Zhao Jingyu's two older brothers have already married and had children in the countryside, and his only sister has also been married for a long time.
This wasn't Yang Yuelan's first time being a mother-in-law. She glanced at her sleeping daughter-in-law and tactfully withdrew. Seeing her husband sitting silently in a chair smoking, she frowned and said, "Stop smoking. The whole house smells of smoke. If you want to smoke, go home."
When Zhao Jingyu was five years old, there was a famine. There were many children in the family, and they were not getting enough to eat or wear. In order to survive, she sent Zhao Jingyu back to her hometown and entrusted him to his grandparents to raise.
Less than a year later, Old Master Zhao went to the Northwest Farm and took Zhao Jingyu with him. Twelve years later, Zhao Jingyu returned to Jiaodong City.
Zhao Jingyu had always been distant from them, rarely calling them "Mom" and "Dad." If it weren't for this matter, he wouldn't have let them come.
Zhao Futang said nothing, stubbed out his cigarette, and put the remaining half-smoked cigarette into his pocket.
Zhao Jingyu told them about Xu Qingning's pregnancy on the way, and he was very angry.
He was angry that Zhao Jingyu could do such a scandalous thing, but since the deed was done, he couldn't say anything.
Unlike the eldest and second eldest sons, the third son didn't have much of a father-son bond, so he couldn't easily curse him.
"Tomorrow, it'll be people from my company, my brothers, and the neighbors from the courtyard. There will be about six tables." Zhao Jingyu closed the door and came out, sitting down to say to the old couple, "The pig and sheep in the yard were originally intended as betrothal gifts, but their family didn't agree, so we brought them back. Now that it's hot, we can't keep them for too long, so let's use them for the banquet tomorrow!"
"What?" Zhao Futang thought he had misheard. "Their family doesn't agree, how are we supposed to get married?"
If your in-laws don't agree, just wait for them to come and discuss it properly!
Why did they bring the bride price back?
Yang Yuelan found it unbelievable and asked repeatedly, "So, your wife isn't going back to her parents' house tonight?"
She assumed her daughter-in-law wanted to meet them beforehand, which was why she was waiting there.
If their family doesn't agree, can I have her come over tomorrow?
“We’ve already registered our marriage. Legally, she’s my wife. Whether she goes back to her parents’ home or not is not important,” Zhao Jingyu said indifferently. “You don’t need to worry about anything else. Tomorrow we’re just having a few tables of food for the banquet.”
The elderly couple looked at each other, their feelings quite complicated.
Zhao Jingyu is already twenty-three years old. Logically speaking, at this age, he should be married and have children. However, he has been drifting at sea, his whereabouts are uncertain, and he has no contact with them, so they don't want to urge him.
When the elderly couple heard the news that he was getting married, they were both surprised and delighted, because they had never heard of their son having a girlfriend before.
Then they learned that his wife was pregnant. They were shocked and angry. They finally managed to calm themselves down... and now they find out that the daughter-in-law's family does not agree to the marriage.
"That's the situation." Zhao Jingyu didn't say much more and walked out. "You guys take care of cleaning up the meat and vegetables on the table. I'll go out and tell everyone to come over for lunch tomorrow."
After Zhao Jingyu left, Zhao Futang sighed, "How did he become like this..."
"Whatever he says goes!" Yang Yuelan sighed as well. "We owe him something, and it's already a great favor that he even managed to call us here."
"What do you mean by owing or not owing?" Zhao Futang hated hearing such words the most. "We sent him to his grandparents' house, not gave him away. His grandparents didn't mistreat him!"
“That’s what they say, but he’s not the child we raised. We can’t say anything to him or scold him.” Yang Yuelan’s eyes reddened as she spoke. “Jingyu isn’t close to us, he’s only close to his grandparents. Since his grandparents passed away, he hasn’t been going home for the New Year. At most, he’ll go to his sister’s house for a meal.”
Zhao Jingyu has two older brothers and one older sister. His older sister, Zhao Lei, was taken away by her aunt during the famine.
Three years ago, Zhao Lei got married and had a child, and lived in the suburbs, not far from here.
Zhao Jingyu took good care of his older sister.
"Forget about that, let's get to work!" Zhao Futang stood up, found an axe in the corner, went to the yard, and prepared to chop up the pigs and sheep.
“We can’t finish all of this. We’ll just use half.” Yang Yuelan counted the number of people, thought for a moment, and said, “The rest, we’ll have Jingyu take to the canteen to exchange for meat coupons. We have to be careful with our money. We won’t need this much for the banquet.”
"Understood." Zhao Futang agreed and began chopping the meat with a clatter.
Yang Yuelan opened the fertilizer bag she had brought from home, poured out the vegetables inside, and began to pick and wash them.
You need to buy everything in the city, and you have to spend money everywhere, so you have to be careful with your spending.
Xu Qingning lay on the bed, quietly listening to the elderly couple's conversation. Wow, the author's comment about a complicated family background turned out to be true.
The family consisted of four siblings who grew up in three different environments. Zhao Jingyu was the most pitiful, as he was taken to the Northwest when he was so young.
For children, being with their grandparents is not as reassuring as being with their parents.
After taking a nap, Xu Qingning felt hungry; her stomach was growling. She then realized that she hadn't eaten lunch yet.
She got out of bed, put on her shoes, and went outside. It was already evening, and the whole yard was dyed orange-red. Seeing the two people busy in the yard, Xu Qingning naturally went up to greet them: "Mom and Dad, you're here!"
Since they've already registered their marriage, it's not appropriate to call them uncle or aunt.
Since we'll have to change our tune sooner or later anyway, we might as well do it now.
"Oh, you're awake?" Yang Yuelan was washing vegetables when she heard her call for her parents. She was pleasantly surprised and quickly wiped her hands on her clothes before going over to ask, "Are you hungry? Mom will cook for you."
Xu Qingning was sleeping just now, so she didn't see clearly.
Looking at her now, this girl is really beautiful. You can't find such a beautiful girl in the countryside. Not only is she beautiful, but she also has a sweet tongue.
Zhao Futang looked up at Xu Qingning, responded, and then quickly lowered his head to continue chopping the meat.
"Mom, I'm hungry." Xu Qingning then remembered that Zhao Jingyu had brought her lunch at noon. She went into the room, opened the lunchbox, and saw that it was full of dumplings, but they were already cold.
"Mom will heat this up for you, have something to eat first, and we'll eat together later when I've finished cooking." Yang Yuelan immediately followed her in, adding water to the pot and fetching firewood to start a fire.
After Zhao Jingyu returned, he ate three meals a day in the canteen. He didn't cook at home, and even the pots and pans rusted.
Yang Yuelan scrubbed the pot several times before she finally got it clean.
"Thank you, Mom!" Xu Qingning said sweetly. She didn't know how to start a fire, so her attitude naturally had to be good.
Although the elderly couple's clothes were a bit old, they were clean and tidy.
Yang Yuelan, in particular, speaks with a smile, which is quite pleasant.
"Go back to your room and rest. Mom will bring it to you later." Yang Yuelan was overjoyed to hear her call her "Mom."
"Mom, you've worked so hard." Xu Qingning gave her a sweet smile and went back to her room with a clear conscience.
She tries her best to win over anyone who is kind to her.
Besides, this mother-in-law is very important; she will need her mother-in-law's care in the future.
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