It was already dark and Xiaoqing's fever had subsided. Jiang Wanwan left the medicine, told Wang Sanni how to take it, and followed Lu Xiao out of the house.
The eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Lu family and Lu's mother were all in the yard, and the two children were also sitting on the doorstep.
Seeing Jiang Wanwan and Lu Xiao coming out, Lu Chunshu stood up, looked at his brother, and slowly sat down again.
Mother Lu said angrily, "What are you all doing standing in the yard? Go do what you need to do. Aren't you going to eat?"
Lu Hui still looked unhappy. When he saw the two of them coming out of the house, he ignored Lu's mother's warning and spoke directly to Lu Xiao.
"Third brother, you're such a fool! Isn't it just some mung bean cakes? If you know how to make them, make more. The few pieces you gave me are barely enough to fill your stomach. And what about that can of food? Who are you giving a bottle to? Who are you giving it to? Isn't this just causing trouble for the family?"
Originally, Jiang Wanwan didn't intend to pay attention to the matters at the old house. Although she noticed that the atmosphere in the yard was not right, she also planned to go home directly with Lu Xiao. She didn't expect that this matter was related to the things she sent.
Then I thought about what Lu's mother said about taking a long time to get canned food for Qingqing and still not getting it, and I guessed something.
Lu Xiao looked at Lu Hui with deep eyes and said calmly, "Brother, who do you think I should give this can of food to?"
"What's right or wrong? Do we have to be so clear-cut as a family? I've wanted to talk about this a long time ago, but Mom is partial and can't bear to tell you off. As your eldest brother, I won't spoil you. Even if you're married, if you don't do this right, I can still punish you."
"Lu Hui, shut up," Lu's mother shouted angrily.
Lu Hui was not afraid at all, and sneered, "Mom, why should I shut up? As the eldest brother, I can't even say a few words to him?"
Mother Lu was so angry that she was running around, and she looked extremely angry.
Lu Xiao stood in front of Jiang Wanwan and looked at Lu Hui without saying a word, his eyes dark, as if he wanted him to give him a try.
Jiang Wanwan felt helpless when she saw him like this. She knew why he moved to this small, dilapidated house on the edge of the village. He was really stupid.
He pulled the man to his side and stood up and said, "Big brother is right, there really aren't many mung bean cakes to give away."
Hearing her words, Mother Lu became anxious, "Old Third, don't listen to his nonsense..."
Lu Xiao looked at her in confusion.
Jiang Wanwan smiled at Lu's mother and continued, "But it's not much, there's nothing we can do. You know, Lu Xiao and I only get a small amount of mung beans, and what we make is only enough to honor Mom. If big brother likes it, you can ask big sister-in-law to make it. If big sister-in-law doesn't know how, I can teach her myself. We are all family, so there's no need to be polite. The whole family in the old house should get a lot of mung beans, enough to satisfy everyone's cravings, and big brother doesn't have to stare at Mom's little thing even though he's grown up."
Lu Hui agreed with her earlier words, but at the end he couldn't help but retort, "Who's staring at my mother's thing?"
"Oh? So Big Brother didn't eat the mung bean cakes and canned food we gave Mom? That's perfect. Xiaoqing's fever just subsided, and Mom even said to give some of her canned food to the child."
Lu Hui subconsciously looked at the empty can next to him, his face flushed and blue, but fortunately it was dark and no one could see anything.
Jiang Wanwan had seen the can a long time ago. She thought that since the whole family lived together, it was impossible for all the food Lu Xiao gave to Lu's mother to end up in her stomach, but she only thought that Lu's mother would share some of it with the children.
After all, how can you not love a child you raised yourself?
Jiang Wanwan had no objection to the children. She had originally taken a few more pieces of mung bean cakes and chestnut cakes, but she didn't expect that the food would end up in Brother Lu's stomach.
Lu Hui was speechless and angrily said, "If you want to feed the child, then bring another can. How can you let me give Xiaoqing the things I gave to you? They say Jiang Zhiqing is generous, but I think he is just that generous."
His tone was unfriendly. Jiang Wanwan clearly felt the man's breath was slightly cold beside her, and his fists were clenched.
She calmly placed her hand over the man's fist and scratched the back of his hand with her fingertips.
He chuckled, "It was Mom who said to give some of the canned food to Xiaoqing. We gave Mom the canned food to show our filial piety to our elders. Mom said to give some to Xiaoqing to show her love for the younger generation. Big brother, you are talking so much here. Are you being filial to Mom? Are you showing filial piety or setting a good example for the younger generation?"
Her expression suddenly changed and her tone became sharper.
"How can you be so embarrassed to take my things and then accuse others of giving too little? People have faces and trees have bark. Big brother is so old and still wants to take my food. Do you think it's appropriate?"
"I...I didn't," Lu Hui denied subconsciously, but the words he said lacked confidence, "I...Even if I didn't take it, mother would share it with us."
"Are you sure that mother gave her share to you and not to the children? You are so self-righteous in eating off my old mother. Big brother, I am really enlightened. Big brother, don't forget that you still have two sons. If you don't set a good example for Chunsheng and Xiaoshu, be careful that when you are old, you won't even have a bite of good food to share with you."
Lu Hui's face flushed and his neck became thick for a moment. Looking at his two sons sitting on the doorstep next to him, he became even more angry.
"What are you looking at? Get out of the way."
Lu Chunsheng and Lu Chunshu didn't expect that their father's temper would be directed at them. They were so scared that they didn't dare to watch the excitement and hurried back to the house.
Zhang Xiulan was already very angry in the house, and now she was being scolded by her brother-in-law and sister-in-law because her husband ate something.
Although she was quite disappointed with her husband, he was still her man after all, and there was no reason for other women to point at him and scold him.
"Look at what you said, sister-in-law. We also want to honor mother, but mother has given you all the white flour. Even if we want to show our filial piety, we can't give anything good. Besides, mother lives with us all year round, and we usually take care of the old and the young. How can it be said that we are the ones who are relying on her? And you said these things in front of the children. Sister-in-law, aren't you too vicious? Your eldest brother only ate two pieces of your mung bean cakes. Maybe there was also our share of flour in the mung bean cakes. Even if your eldest brother ate them, he would have eaten his own."
Jiang Wanwan said that she can eat anything as long as she doesn't suffer any loss.
"Since sister-in-law is calculating this way, then I have to settle the matter with her. As far as I know, in previous years, Lu Xiao never distributed anything directly from the brigade. Whether it was summer grain, autumn grain, or the vegetables distributed on a regular basis, he always received them from the old house. Lu Xiao was never picky about what he ate. When I married him, I didn't even eat white flour for a long time. He earned a lot of work points every day, so it's impossible that he didn't have a single bite of white flour, right?"
Of course, these were not told to her by Lu Xiao, but were all learned from books.
Originally, these were things that happened before she married Lu Xiao. They were all in the past and there was nothing to mention. Since someone wanted to settle the score, she decided to settle it carefully. Lu Xiao didn't say anything, so she did.
"It doesn't matter if sister-in-law feels that she's been at a disadvantage. Mom will live with us from now on. Lu Xiao and I will support her."
The last sentence was so powerful that Lu Xiao couldn't help but look sideways.
There was a tiny light flashing in a pair of deep eyes, and a big hand held her small hand.
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