Wang Sanni lowered her head to wash the vegetables without even raising it, wondering if she looked like a fool.
My third brother’s wife is kind and filial. If my mother-in-law doesn’t like such a daughter-in-law, does she like my eldest sister-in-law who is always looking for trouble?
Want to sow discord between her and her third brother's wife? There's no window.
Just because her third sister-in-law can give her family two cents more per pound of chestnuts just by asking, her third sister-in-law is her God of Wealth, and she is willing to pay tribute to her.
After being humiliated one after another, Zhang Xiu Lan had no place to vent her anger. Seeing Lu Chunshu running towards her from a distance, she angrily scolded the child.
Lu Chunshu shrank his neck in fear, looked at his mother's expression, turned around and ran to the other side, not forgetting to pull Xiao Qingqing with him as he ran.
In the kitchen, Jiang Wanwan was cutting meat, preparing to make braised pork with the pork belly.
Mother Lu also bought some meat and asked her second son, Lu Jie, to go to the supply and marketing cooperative early in the morning to queue up and buy large pieces of fat meat to prepare a big pot stew.
The fat is rich in oil and tastes delicious when stewed with vermicelli, potatoes or cabbage.
Nowadays, during the Chinese New Year, the whole family sits together to eat a big stew and make meat dumplings.
In addition, Lu Jie also bought tofu and saved a few eggs at home, which were all delicious things that people usually didn't want to eat.
In the same courtyard, Jiang Wanwan naturally heard her sister-in-law scolding the child. She glanced at her mother-in-law, who seemed to be accustomed to it.
The way children were educated in those days was not like in later generations. In some families, there were even several children, with the older ones taking care of the younger ones, and beating and scolding were commonplace.
But thinking of Lu Chunsheng, Jiang Wanwan couldn't help but speak up, "Does sister-in-law often beat or scold the children? I think Chunsheng and Xiaoshu are very obedient and sensible."
Mother Lu sighed, "What good is it to be obedient and sensible, when you have such a mother?"
"Big brother doesn't care?"
Before Mother Lu could speak, the voice of her eldest brother Lu Hui came from outside the door, "Mom, the food has been moved. The second and third brothers and I are going to the back mountain to see if we can bring back some game to add to the dishes."
Lu Er and Lu Jie's voices could be heard from behind, "Brother, dinner will be served soon. It's too late to hunt game right now. We should find some wood to raise the food a little higher to prevent moisture and prevent rats from spoiling it."
"Why are you worried about Lao San? Lao San is the best hunter. We can prepare the food tomorrow. Why don't you prepare the food at home? I'll go with Lao San. Chunsheng, stay at home with your uncle to store the food. Lao San, come on, hurry up, it will be dark soon..."
It soon became quiet outside. Jiang Wanwan saw Lu Hui dragging Lu Xiao out of the door, and Lu Jie took Lu Chunsheng to the firewood pile at the foot of the wall to look for wood.
Mother Lu sighed helplessly and replied to Jiang Wanwan's previous words.
"Your eldest brother has been raised in a wrong way by his family. Back then, our family was well-off, and he was the eldest grandson. The old lady doted on him like a baby, and all the good food and clothes were given to him. You could say he grew up in a honeypot. Now he's a teenager, lazy and clueless. He's lucky enough to be able to take care of himself, so how could he care about his wife and children?"
Jiang Wanwan understood that it could be said that these two people were a match made in heaven by accident.
At that time, the Lu family was in good financial condition and it was not difficult for the sons to find wives. Lu's mother chose the eldest daughter-in-law because her family had many children and they were all good at doing things.
Since my son is a lazy guy, I naturally want to find him a hardworking one, but who knew that his personality was not what I expected.
Taking another look at Chunsheng who was following behind Lu Jie, Jiang Wanwan heard that when Lu Xiao moved out, Chunsheng had a fight with Zhang Xiulan and only stopped after being beaten twice.
After a while, Wang Sanni also washed the vegetables and went into the kitchen, and the small kitchen suddenly became crowded.
There was also a large iron pot in the yard, and meat was stewed in it. The aroma wafted out in waves.
Xiao Chunshu and Xiao Qingqing stopped running around and played, and squatted beside the iron pot, smelling the aroma of the meat with their saliva.
As it was getting dark, Lu Hui and Lu Xiao came back from outside. Lu Hui ran ahead, holding a colorful pheasant in his hand. As soon as he entered the yard, he shouted, "Mom, look what we caught!"
For some reason, every time Jiang Wanwan saw Lu Hui behaving like this, she felt extremely uncomfortable.
Mother Lu also threatened him with a dark face, "Why are you yelling? You're already an adult and you're still whimpering."
Lu Hui didn't care. He held up the pheasant for his mother to see. "Mom, we caught a pheasant, and we have to thank the third brother. I went to the mountains so many times and never caught anything. But with him, I never came back empty-handed."
He smiled, revealing his big white teeth. Seeing the children excitedly circling around the pheasant, plucking its feathers, he said, "We'll have chicken tonight. Wait for dad to make you some chicken feather shuttlecocks. Chunsheng, give me some copper coins."
Chunsheng trotted into the house, and the two little ones clapped their hands with joy. Mother Lu looked at the adults in the yard who didn't look like adults and the children who didn't look like children, and shook her head helplessly.
Jiang Wanwan felt the man's gaze, looked over and gave him a faint smile: I'm fine, don't worry.
He was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable living in the old house with the Lu family.
Seeing this, Lu Xiao's brows relaxed and he curled his lips.
Lu Jie came out of the warehouse, patted his hands and the dust on his body, and when he saw Lu Xiao coming back, he went up to him and put his arm around his shoulders, "I got some wine, let's have a drink later."
The family prepared a lively meal. Except for Zhang Xiulan occasionally scolding the children, the family was quite harmonious.
There were stewed meat, stewed chicken, tofu and vegetables, it was even more sumptuous than the Chinese New Year.
Lu Jie took the wine and poured a small glass for everyone except the children.
Lu Xiao looked at Jiang Wanwan with some concern. How could a girl from the city have ever drunk this kind of liquor?
Jiang Wanwan didn’t know whether the original owner had ever drunk alcohol, but she was a good drinker, as she had developed her drinking tolerance through company social events.
He shook his head slightly to indicate that he was fine.
Mother Lu waited until everyone had poured the wine before she spoke.
Her expression was somewhat serious, and everyone was listening attentively, except for the boss Lu Hui, who picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
"Today is the first time our family is sitting together for a meal. This meal should have been eaten long ago. The third daughter-in-law married in but didn't do anything. It's our Lu family who has let you down and wronged you."
Jiang Wanwan was about to speak when Zhang Xiulan spoke first, "Mom, look at what you said. What can we do in our family under any circumstances? Didn't my second sister-in-law get married in the same way? I gave birth to two grandsons for the Lu family without making a fuss. Why is my third sister-in-law being wronged?"
"What the eldest daughter-in-law said is true. In the final analysis, it is our Lu family who has wronged you guys."
Mother Lu looked at Zhang Xiulan, her voice tinged with authority.
"I've called everyone here for a meal today, and also for a meeting. There are things I've been wanting to say for a long time. My dear family, I know you've always felt wronged by your family because of your class background. But honestly, apart from the fact that your class background made you lose face in those years, how are you any worse than the other wives in the Red Star Brigade? We even agreed to your request for the third child's house. If you really still have something you're not satisfied with in this family, then I have no other solution. Either you split up and live on your own, or you return to your parents' home and remarry. I'll do whatever you want."
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