Chapter 47 Photo: Does she hate her mother so much?
"Just come if you want to. What else do you want to bring? You're so polite when you come to your own home." Chen Xiuqin took a cloth bag from Li Fengju's hand. There was an enamel basin in the bag.
"It's not a good thing. Yingzi likes to eat it, but her father and I can't eat much." Li Fengju said.
"Come and sit down." Chen Xiuqin put the cloth bag on the square table and asked Li Fengju to sit on the wooden sofa.
Li Fengju glanced around. The Zhao family's conditions were indeed better than most. The house was immaculately tidy. She couldn't tell if it was done by Yingzi or Chen Xiuqin. Chen Xiuqin was also a forthright person. If Huihui married into the family... Li Fengju quickly dismissed the idea, mentally cursing herself.
Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng went downstairs and came to the main hall. They both called out, "Mom."
Li Fengju saw her daughter and son-in-law and stood up to greet them.
Chen Xiuqin smiled and said, "Please sit down, my dear. You are even being polite to the younger generation."
With her mother-in-law around, Wang Ying did not turn her back on Chen Xiuqin, but she was not as enthusiastic as other daughters would be when seeing their mothers.
Wang Ying sat down next to Chen Xiuqin, and Chen Xiuqin went to the kitchen to make tea.
"Why is it raining so heavily? Is there something wrong at home?" Wang Ying asked.
"It's raining, and I thought you'd all be home, so I came to check on you," Chen Xiuqin said. "You're back at work, right? How's it going? Are you tired?"
"Well, it's been last week. I'm not tired." Wang Ying said.
"That's good." Chen Xiuqin said.
Wang Hui nodded and said nothing more.
Zhao Yunsheng watched the mother and daughter talking and felt a little embarrassed for them, but he didn't know what to say, so he just looked at Wang Ying.
"What did your father say when he came last time?" Li Fengju said after a moment of silence.
"Nothing." Wang Ying said.
"He got drunk after returning home. When we asked him about it, he wouldn't say anything," Li Fengju said. "He's been feeling down these past few days. Yesterday, while repairing a machine at the factory, he nearly broke his hand."
"Dad, is your hand okay?" Zhao Yunsheng interjected at the right time.
"It's just a cut, but not too deep," said Li Fengju.
Wang Ying felt a little annoyed after hearing what her mother said. Although her mother didn't say it explicitly, she felt that her mother was here to find fault with her.
"Have you got stitches?" Zhao Yunsheng asked again.
"Well, three injections of blood." Li Fengju said as she glanced at Wang Ying. Seeing that she looked like nothing had happened, she felt a little unhappy.
"Be careful not to touch water. Have you asked for leave from the factory?" Seeing that Wang Ying didn't want to say anything, Zhao Yunsheng kept talking to his mother-in-law.
"One more day of rest should be enough today," Li Fengju said. "I just wanted to ask you, when your dad came that day..."
Chen Xiuqin returned to the main hall with the tea tray: "My dear, come and have some tea to cool off. It's very cold outside, and you're wearing quite thin clothes."
Li Fengju sat down at the square table and said, "Thank you for troubling me, in-laws."
"What are you talking about? It's my duty." Chen Xiuqin sat down with Li Fengju. Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng also came over to have tea together.
In front of Chen Xiuqin, Li Fengju didn't dare to ask any more questions. She just drank tea in silence and chatted with Chen Xiuqin about family matters.
Although Li Fengju didn't say anything, Chen Xiuqin knew at a glance that she must have something wrong since she came in the rain.
After finishing her tea, Chen Xiuqin said, "I'll free up this enamel basin for you to take home."
Li Fengju said, "It doesn't matter if it's not empty. Just put it in there and eat it. We still have an enamel bowl at home."
Chen Xiuqin smiled and said, "No, I'll take it back with you. I'll bring food to Yingzi next time."
Li Fengju also smiled and said, "Okay."
"Yingzi, take your mother upstairs to sit for a while." Chen Xiuqin said to Wang Ying, and went to the kitchen with the enamel basin.
"Let's talk upstairs." Wang Ying said.
Li Fengju followed Wang Ying and his wife upstairs and into their room. She saw the bed was messy, and it looked like the two of them had just been in bed. In broad daylight, the two of them were in bed, and it looked like they were in a good relationship.
"Mom, please sit wherever you want." Zhao Yunsheng said.
Li Fengju sat down at the desk, while Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng sat by the bed.
Li Fengju had just sat down when she noticed a photo album in the glass case of the chest of drawers. Two photos were hidden between the glass panels. One was a solo photo of Wang Ying, the other a photo of Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng. In the photo, the two were standing close together, with Zhao Yunsheng's head tilted toward Wang Ying, smiling beautifully.
"The photo was taken on the wedding day?" Li Fengju asked, pointing at the photo.
"Yeah. Mom, do you want to see the photo album?" Zhao Yunsheng said.
"Let's take a look." Li Fengju said.
Zhao Yunsheng took the photo album out of the chest of drawers and put it on the desk for Li Fengju to see.
"Did you take all these photos?" Li Fengju asked.
"I took the photo." Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile.
"That's a great photo," Li Fengju said. "Yingzi looks great in the photo." Li Fengju thought to herself that Yingzi looked even prettier in the photo than in person... Huihui would have looked even prettier. Although Li Fengju realized she was biased and knew it was wrong, she couldn't help but think that way. This regret only deepened after she visited Wang Hui's home.
Li Fengju flipped through the photo album, put it on the desk, and turned to ask Wang Ying, who was sitting beside the bed: "Yingzi, tell Mom, what did you talk about when your dad came last time?"
Wang Ying said, "You should ask Dad what he came here for and what he said."
"He refuses to talk, and he seems half-dead every day, which makes people worried," said Li Fengju.
"Then come to me and demand accountability," Wang Ying said.
"You kid, your father was injured and you didn't care about him. Now I want to know why he is depressed. Just say that I am here to hold him accountable." Li Fengju said.
Wang Ying looked at her mother and said, "He came here, just like you, saying some self-righteous things."
Li Fengju was stunned, and then her face felt a little hot. Her son-in-law was still there, but her daughter just didn't give her face. She didn't do anything and even brought her food. Did she hate her mother so much?
Wang Ying winked at Zhao Yunsheng, and Zhao Yunsheng said he had a stomachache and ran away, closing the door before leaving.
Li Fengju felt indescribable when she saw her son-in-law leave. Her daughter had been married for just over a month, but she had already become one with her in-laws, treating them as outsiders, or even enemies.
"Yingzi, parents are always parents." Li Fengju said earnestly, "No matter how good your husband's family is, you can't do without the support of your own family."
Wang Ying couldn't help laughing when he heard what Li Fengju said.
"What are you laughing at!" Li Fengju looked a little embarrassed.
"What my father said is similar to what you said," Wang Ying said, "but he's a bit more powerful than you. He slammed the table in the main hall of my husband's house and got angry. It's really because my parents' family is supporting me. Without this help, who would come to my husband's house to slam the table?"
"Slammed the table?" Li Fengju was a little speechless. In Beichong, slamming the table in someone else's house was considered bad behavior. "Did you say something to irritate him?"
Wang Ying looked at her mother with a cold expression and said, "You've lived with Dad for over twenty years, and you still don't know what kind of person he is? If he's right, why wouldn't he tell you? I'm staying home well, what have I done to irritate him?"
Li Fengju remained silent. In fact, she was not clueless. It was precisely because she knew what was going on that she wanted to talk to Wang Ying... But she didn't expect that as soon as the mother and daughter opened their mouths, it would turn out like this.
"Yingzi, you see, your father must know in his heart that he has not done well, that's why he is unhappy. Don't blame him, he is your father after all." Li Fengju said.
"When did I blame him? Did I go to the Wang family and slam the table, or something?" Wang Ying was annoyed by this. "You guys came to our house to accuse me, right?"
"No..." Li Fengju felt a little powerless for a moment. She didn't know what to say to Wang Ying. She knew that she owed Wang Ying in the past, but she had already promised to compensate her and to treat her equally in the future. Why didn't she have any soft words... Did the mother and daughter really have such a big hatred?
After a long while, Li Fengju finally said, "Then when your father came, were your parents-in-law at home?"
"He's not here." Wang Ying said, "It would be great if he were here. Let them take a look."
"Don't say that out of anger. Your dad didn't mean it." Li Fengju said.
"Okay, stop talking, Mom. I'm going to say this today. You want me to become like before, or like Wang Hui, that's impossible. I have my own life to live, I have to go to work, and I have to take care of the family. Don't bother me for no reason. I will go back for the three festivals and two birthdays, and I will give you all the gifts I deserve. You don't have to worry that I won't take care of you in your old age. That's all." Wang Ying finished speaking in one breath.
Li Fengju looked at Wang Ying, and Wang Ying's expression told her that she no longer had any affection for them.
"Also, you don't have to take it to heart. I wasn't that important to you before. Don't say it's because of me now that Dad is injured. It's just that Wang Hui is fine now, so you're bored. If Wang Hui had any problems now, you wouldn't have the time to care about me." Wang Ying said again.
Li Fengju was speechless. She sat at the desk and didn't say anything for a long time.
Wang Ying didn't say anything either. She was really annoyed. When she saw her mother, she thought of her past life.
It was getting darker outside. It was not even four o'clock, but it felt like it was going to be night.
Li Fengju sighed and said, "Yingzi, Mom is really not what you think. Just wait and see."
Wang Ying didn't say anything and didn't believe her at all.
"Then I'll go back first. It's getting dark outside." said Li Fengju.
"Okay. I'll take you there." Wang Ying stood up.
When the mother and daughter went downstairs, Li Fengju said to Chen Xiuqin and Zhao Yunsheng in the main hall, "My dear in-laws, Yunsheng, I'm going back first."
"Please sit down for a while and stay for dinner." Chen Xiuqin came forward and said.
"No, no, I'm going home." Li Fengju said, "Come to my house if you have time. Yingzi and Yunsheng can also come to my house and play if you have time."
Li Fengju was about to leave when Zhao Yunsheng hurriedly got her a raincoat, while Chen Xiuqin put the enamel basin in a cloth bag and handed it to Li Fengju.
Li Fengju felt something was wrong as soon as she considered it. Just as she was about to open it, she heard Chen Xiuqin say, "A few peanuts, for my father-in-law to go with his wine. Don't open it, it will get damp."
"This is so embarrassing..." said Li Fengju.
"Of course I should." Chen Xiuqin said with a smile, "Be careful when riding your bike."
"Then I'll leave." Li Fengju glanced at Wang Ying.
Wang Ying sent Li Fengju to the gate of the courtyard and said, "Ride slowly. If the road is too slippery, get off and push it a few steps."
"Okay, I understand. You can go back." Chen Xiuqin came in the rain and left in the rain. Wang Ying looked at her mother's back as she walked away, feeling unhappy.
An umbrella was held over Wang Ying's head, and Zhao Yunsheng came over.
"You don't even hold an umbrella, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?" Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile.
Before going to bed that night, Zhao Yunsheng asked Wang Ying, "Do you think it's possible that Mom has truly regretted her actions and will treat everyone equally in the future?"
"Impossible." Wang Ying said.
"Why are you so sure?" Zhao Yunsheng felt that his mother-in-law looked quite regretful, just like before at Wang's house. The look of guilt could not lie.
Wang Ying said, "She looked through our photo album today. There were so many photos of me in it. She just left them there after looking at them. Before she left, she didn't even ask for a single photo to take back. If it were Wang Hui's, she would definitely ask for a few to take back."
Zhao Yunsheng was stunned and hissed, "I hadn't thought of that. It seems to be true. My mother even took two and put them in their room."
Because in her past life, the family had a photo of Wang Hui's wedding day, which her mother had brought back from the Zhao family. A tilted balance will never be balanced, and Wang Ying saw it clearly.
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