When Zhao Lei arrived, Yang Yuelan was washing dishes and pots in the kitchen in the yard. Upon seeing her daughter, the mother was very happy: "Leilei is here. Aren't you at work today?"
"I'm not going to work, I just came to see you." Zhao Lei parked her bicycle, walked up to Yang Yuelan, and asked directly, "Mom, I heard you're going to work?"
"How did you know?" Yang Yuelan asked, surprised.
"You agree, don't you?" Zhao Lei glanced around the room and deliberately raised her voice, "Jing Yu has such a high salary, why would he still let you go out to work?"
She knew that Zhao Jingyu's salary was sixty or seventy yuan a month, which was more than the combined salaries of the two of them.
Moreover, Zhao Jingyu was not at home, so Yang Yuelan and Xu Qingning had more than enough money for their daily expenses.
Xu Qingning was watching the two boys write in the room. When she heard Zhao Lei come in, she didn't even lift her eyelids. Judging from Zhao Lei's question, it seemed like Wu Huihui had told her.
Why does this sister-in-law have to meddle in everything?
Speechless!
After being under Xu Qingning's care for more than a month, the two boys became much more well-behaved. Every day after breakfast, they would obediently lie on the coffee table in the living room to write and do simple math problems.
Because of the candy reward, the two boys are very interested in learning and rarely slack off. They know that the morning is study time and they can only go out to play in the afternoon.
Hearing Zhao Lei's voice, they turned their heads slightly to look outside the door before continuing to write. Their impression of their aunt was vague, not as familiar as that of Xu Qingning.
Sitting inside, Zhao Qiyuan couldn't see Zhao Lei, and whispered to Zhao Chengjun, "Who's here?"
"It's my aunt, the one who's pretty fierce." Zhao Chengjun was a year older than Zhao Lei, so he had some impression of her.
"Don't talk, just write." Xu Qingning was amused by the two boys' words. "I'll give you candy when you're done writing."
The two boys' eyes lit up, and they continued writing diligently.
"It's me who wants to go to work," Yang Yuelan said in the yard. "Did Huihui tell you?"
“Yes, I was worried when I heard that, so I came to check on you.” Zhao Lei looked at Yang Yuelan with mixed feelings. “Mom, if Jingyu were home, he wouldn’t let you go out to work. You’re too tired.”
She cooks, washes pots and pans, does laundry, takes care of her daughter-in-law, and also looks after her two grandsons every day.
Now that she has to go back to work, no wonder Yang Yuexiang always calls Yang Yuelan a workhorse; it's true.
“Leilei, this is not your business.” Yang Yuelan looked at her daughter with mixed feelings and said in a low voice, “I want to be a meter reader. It’s an easy job, and I’m only busy for a few days at the end of the month. I’ve done it before.”
"So, in the end, you still want to subsidize your son and daughter-in-law, don't you?" Zhao Lei said emotionally, raising her voice. "Mom, when will you stop being burdened by your son? When will you have a few days of peace and quiet? When will you treat me like your daughter?"
She has always felt that her parents are not close to her, even when she is with them.
In their parents' eyes, their sons are the most important.
"Leilei, what do you mean by this?" Yang Yuelan was stunned by Zhao Lei's question. "When did I stop treating you like a daughter?"
"If you treat me like a daughter, how come you didn't consult me about such a big thing?" Zhao Lei complained, feeling very dissatisfied with Yang Yuelan. "You've been in the city for so long, and you haven't even come to see me or sent me a message. If Huihui hadn't come to find me, I wouldn't have known about these things."
“Leilei, I know you’re busy at work, so I didn’t want to bother you. Besides, Chengjun and Qiyuan are here, so it’s not convenient for me to go to your place.” Yang Yuelan was speechless after being questioned by her daughter. She wiped her hands on her apron and said awkwardly, “It’s hot outside, let’s go inside and talk.”
She knew she had let her daughter and youngest son down.
She always felt she was in the wrong in front of her daughter.
But it was too late for regrets now. If she had known that the siblings would blame her, she would never have sent them away.
Zhao Lei followed Yang Yuelan into the house, and Xu Qingning then looked up and greeted her indifferently, "Sister is here."
"Sister-in-law, you have a clever way of letting your mother-in-law go out to work while you enjoy yourself at home." Zhao Lei was already feeling wronged, and seeing Xu Qingning dressed in brand-new clothes and lazily teaching her two little nephews to write made her even angrier.
Neither of my two nephews went to school.
Do I really need her to teach me?
It's obvious that she's deliberately being lazy and not doing housework.
"Sister, what does this have to do with you?" Xu Qingning laughed angrily. "Wasn't it Wu Huihui who sent you to pick a fight with me? How can you, as the older sister, let outsiders stir things up?"
“Isn’t that right?” Zhao Lei knew that Xu Qingning was sharp-tongued and not to be trifled with, but Zhao Jingyu wasn’t home right now, so she wasn’t afraid of her sister-in-law. “Let me tell you, this family is not your place to make the decisions.”
"It's not my turn, so why would it be yours?" Xu Qingning retorted without any politeness. "If you're so capable, go and complain to Zhao Jingyu, and see if he listens to you or me."
“I’m definitely going to talk to him about it, including what you’ve been doing at home.” Zhao Lei saw that Xu Qingning hadn’t built the west wing when she came in, and she got angrier and angrier as she spoke. “Don’t think that just because you’re pregnant you can make decisions for my brother.”
"Leilei, what are you saying?" Yang Yuelan pulled her into the inner room and said with a stern face, "I told you it's my idea, it has nothing to do with Lao San's wife, why won't you listen?"
"Mom, what time is it? Why are you still defending her?" Zhao Lei was angry, and when she was angry, she spoke without restraint. "If she had married Wu Huihui back then, none of this would have happened."
“It’s not too late now!” Xu Qingning sneered. “When Zhao Jingyu comes back, you can bring Wu Huihui over. If Zhao Jingyu wants her, I’ll leave immediately.”
With that, she turned and went back to her room.
ill!
Zhao Lei angrily shouted at her retreating figure, "Do you think I wouldn't dare?"
Yang Yuelan immediately interrupted her: "Leilei, stop talking. Why have you become so unreasonable?"
"Mom, do you think I'm being unreasonable, or do you think I shouldn't have come back?" Zhao Lei said with red eyes when she saw Yang Yuelan standing on Xu Qingning's side. "I knew it! You only care about your sons and don't care about your daughter at all!"
"You bad guy, you're bullying my grandma and my third aunt." When Zhao Chengjun saw Xu Qingning return to the house, he picked up his slingshot, wrapped a piece of rubber around it, and flicked it at Zhao Lei. It hit her squarely on the forehead.
Zhao Lei screamed and covered her head, her forehead burning with pain. When she came to her senses, she angrily went to hit Zhao Chengjun: "You dare to bully me, you little brat, I'll beat you to death!"
Zhao Chengjun dodged to the side, and Zhao Lei's slap landed on Zhao Qiyuan's face. Zhao Qiyuan burst into tears, crying, "Auntie hit me! Auntie is a bad person!"
"Leilei, you actually hit her!" Yang Yuelan was genuinely angry. She pulled her two grandsons into her arms protectively and said sternly, "How can you, as their aunt, just hit them like that?"
Zhao Qiyuan cried even louder.
"Your grandson shot me with a slingshot, why didn't you say anything?" Zhao Lei also cried in anger, her sobs even louder than Zhao Qiyuan's. "What did I do to deserve this? I get bullied at my husband's family, and I get bullied at my parents' family too."
Hearing Zhao Lei and Zhao Qiyuan crying from inside the house, Xu Qingning immediately came over and said expressionlessly, "Sister, don't come to my house anymore. Our family's affairs have nothing to do with you. Also, remember to pay back the money you owe us."
After saying that, Xu Qingning led Zhao Chengjun and Zhao Qiyuan to her room.
Having such a clueless sister-in-law is a real nightmare!
Wang Cuifen, without anyone noticing, led a group of old ladies over and peered out the window with gossipy expressions.
Seeing that Xu Qingning had chased her away in front of so many people and even demanded money from her, Zhao Lei felt even more ashamed. She pushed her bicycle and left, crying.
She knew it; she had no family to rely on anymore!
Within half a day, the news had spread throughout the courtyard.
As the story spread, it evolved into this version: Xu Qingning was entangled with another man, and her sister-in-law came to advise her to behave herself. Xu Qingning hit her sister-in-law, and the sister-in-law left crying.
That evening, Tang Wenya heard about the incident and gloated as she told Jiang Yumei, "If Xu Qingning behaved herself, she wouldn't be Xu Qingning. There's going to be a good show to watch later."
“That brat is still restless even after having a child. Luckily, she’s married out.” Jiang Yumei shook her head as she listened. “No matter how bad the eldest sister-in-law is, she’s still the mother-in-law’s daughter. She beat someone else’s daughter, so the mother-in-law will definitely have a problem with her.”
“Exactly, her mother-in-law and sister-in-law are the real family, what is she?” Tang Wenya had been in a bad mood these days because she couldn’t take the college entrance exam, but her mood improved after hearing about this. “Mom, do you know who the old ladies in the tenement are talking about Xu Qingning dating?”
"Who?" Jiang Yumei also became interested.
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