Wen Zhihua stopped at the gate of the military compound and said, "I still have work to do, so I won't stay any longer."
There was a coldness on her face that made people feel distant. "I'll come to visit Qingshui next time."
Ye Qingshui hadn't figured out how to get along with her mother-in-law yet. She nodded and said, "Then call home next time you come."
Xie Tingyu didn't say anything, he just stood there with his arms crossed, watching his mother drive away from afar.
Xie Tingjue couldn't help but shake his head. He actually hadn't figured out how to get along with Wen Zhihua.
They had only met a few times in their previous life, but they had many opportunities to spend time together in this life. The enthusiasm with which Wen Zhihua treated him seemed to pour double the guilt on him.
In fact, she didn't owe him anything. Xie Tingjue lived a pretty good life in the countryside. His adoptive parents treated him very well. He had both the love of his father and mother.
On the other hand, although my younger brother seems to be living a good life, he is actually having a hard time.
Grandma Xie took her granddaughter-in-law back to the Xie family.
"Shuiya will live here from now on. If you feel any inconvenience, just call her Aunt Zhou. It's the same if you call her Aunt Fang when Aunt Wu is not here." Grandma Xie said.
Mrs. Wu is a nanny hired by the Xie family, but she does not live in the Xie family. She comes once in the morning and once in the evening, and goes back to her own home after finishing her work.
Grandma Xie touched Ye Qingshui's stomach and said, "You just got off the train, you must be hungry, right? Come and eat something to fill your stomach."
She glanced at the food prepared for the young couple on the table and probed the porcelain bowl of potato vermicelli.
The train was late and the food had already gone cold.
"Oh, it's cold. You can't eat it. Shuiya, let grandma heat it up for you."
Xu Maofang couldn't force a smile when she heard her mother-in-law's words. With her daughter-in-law present, how could it be her turn as a mother-in-law to take action?
Xu Maofang stood up and said, "Mom, please stop moving... I'll go and warm it up."
Xu Maofang relit the coal stove and heated up the food again.
Her face darkened, and she was glad that she didn't fire Mrs. Zhou this time.
Otherwise, according to the family status, wouldn't she, the "mother-in-law", have to serve the country girl?
Thinking that his wife didn't like stewed potatoes with vermicelli, Xie Tingyu stood up and said gently, "Don't bother Aunt Fang, I'll do it."
Grandma Xie secretly took a look in the hall. Her grandson was cutting vegetables and cooking with great ease, as if he had done it countless times. When his wife was hungry, he would consciously go to cook.
Grandma Xie was somewhat relieved.
The trip to the countryside was not in vain. Her grandson was good in everything except that his family conditions were better when he was young.
Apart from studying, he didn't have to do any other chores. Grandma Xie was worried that her grandson's wife would not be used to the food cooked by the nanny, but she didn't expect that her grandson could cook it himself.
Xie Tingyu made her favorite hot and sour shredded radish for her daughter-in-law, and also served her a bowl of light vegetable noodles. The lean meat was chopped into small pieces, and paired with carrots, spinach, and lettuce, it was very nutritious.
Grandma Xie ate a bowl and found it tasted good, but a little too light.
Xu Maofang took a sip and almost spit it out.
The food is so vegetarian that it looks like there is no salt in it. It’s okay to eat it for one or two meals, but if the whole family follows the pregnant woman in eating like this in the future, she won’t be able to bear it.
If Xu Maofang didn't understand her mother-in-law's temper, she would almost suspect that the two of them, the grandparents and grandchildren, were deliberately raising Ye Qingshui's status to show off their power in front of her.
This country daughter-in-law seems to be more delicate than the city girl. Mrs. Zhou's daughter-in-law is eight months pregnant, but she still works in the fields?
But Ye Qingshui finished a big bowl of rice with great satisfaction and ate some fruit after the meal.
The New Year had just passed, and the army had a lot of tasks to do, so Xie Jun was too busy to go home.
In the evening, Grandpa Xie came to meet his grandson and his wife. He praised his grandson, saying, "Very good."
"Don't be proud. You must work harder after you are admitted to Kyoto University."
Xie Tingyu agreed.
…
The next day, Xie Tingyu woke up just as the sky was getting light.
Since becoming pregnant, Ye Qingshui has found it difficult to get up early like before and is always feeling very tired.
Xie Tingyu glanced at his watch and said, "Shui'er, we can't be late."
But he looked at his wife who was sleeping soundly and didn't want to wake her up so early. He washed himself and prepared breakfast downstairs before going upstairs to dig his wife out of bed.
As usual, Ye Qingshui hurried to the toilet after getting up in the morning and vomited for a while.
Xie Tingyu found clothes for her to wear, and Ye Qingshui started to wash up after she finished her morning sickness.
Ye Qingshui, who had tidied up her appearance, was about to go downstairs when Xie Tingyu called her with a headache: "Wait, you can't leave like this."
The cold wind in the north in winter is as sharp as a knife, and the skin is most likely to crack.
He squeezed a lump of snowflake frost into his palm, wrapped his big palm around her hand and rubbed it.
Ye Qingshui took the snowflake cream from his hand and applied a little on her face.
Xie Tingyu took a scarf and wrapped it around his wife's neck, kissing her, "Shui'er looks really nice today. After breakfast, we'll take the bus to school."
After Xu Maofang woke up, Xie Dongmei had already come to visit the Xie family.
Now Xie Dongmei has changed back to her original surname, Zhou Dongmei.
Zhou Dongmei held her mother's hand and asked, "Where is my country sister-in-law?"
Xu Maofang went upstairs and looked around for people before realizing, "She might have gone to school with your brother."
Zhou Dongmei came back empty-handed and was in a bad mood, so Xu Maofang washed a plate of fruit for her daughter.
"Why would a pregnant country woman like her go to college with my brother?"
Zhou Dongmei and Xu Maofang still believe that Ye Qingshui followed her husband to the capital to take care of her pregnancy and did not get into university.
It was Grandma Xie's negligence. She thought her grandson had sent a telegram to report the situation. Grandma Xie was not a high-profile person, and she didn't have to show off in the compound that her grandson and granddaughter-in-law were admitted to the capital's university.
Xie Tingyu did report the situation, but the telegram he sent was written to his brother, and Xie Tingjue never mentioned a word about it at home.
Xie Tingjue had something on his mind.
He would not mention much about Xie Tingyu at home.
How could Zhou Dongmei, who had already moved out of the Xie family, know that her country sister-in-law, whom she looked down upon in everything, was admitted to a university in the capital.
Zhou Dongmei came to the Xie family this time with the intention of reconciling with her sister-in-law.
Zhou Dongmei was driven out of the Xie family because of Ye Qingshui. "The person who tied the bell must untie it", Zhou Dongmei needs Ye Qingshui's help to return to the Xie family.
Every time Xu Maofang saw his poor daughter who was driven back to Zhou's house, he felt heartbroken.
Zhou Dongmei complained: "The Zhou family is really short-sighted. All the cousins in the Zhou family are like crazy because of poverty. They even steal clothes."
How could living in Zhou's house be as comfortable as living in Xie's house?
The Xie family has a clean family tradition. Not only do the grandparents pay out of their own pockets to encourage their grandchildren to develop their interests, but even the taciturn stepfather gives Zhou Dongmei pocket money every month.
Zhou Dongmei's surname used to be Xie, and she was a member of the Xie family. The elders would naturally give her red envelopes during festivals. Now she has returned to the Zhou family and changed her surname back to Zhou.
Let Grandpa Xie and Grandma Xie pay for pocket money to raise someone else's daughter?
it's out of the question.
Zhou Dongmei had lived a comfortable and affluent life for more than ten years, but suddenly all her pocket money was gone, and her life was completely changed.
Zhou Dongmei took a bite of the apple, which was fragrant and crisp, and the juice splashed out. The Zhou family was reluctant to buy even fruit, and Zhou Dongmei hadn't eaten this special five-star apple for a long time.
"Mom, you're not going to help me, are you?"
Xu Maofang gritted her teeth and said, "What are you talking about, kid? I'm your mother, and I will always stand by you."
Zhou Dongmei thought for a moment and said, "Hurry up and give my dad a big fat boy."
"We can speak with confidence only if we have a child. If Ye Qingshui wasn't pregnant, would she be able to come to the capital?"
…
Beijing University.
Xie Tingyu took his wife to the department director's office and went through the procedures for taking a leave of absence.
After completing the formalities, the mathematics teacher asked him to go to the office to pick up the textbooks and go through the school opening procedures.
Xie Tingyu considered that running around in such a cold weather would easily tire his wife.
He said, "Shui'er, wait for me here. I'll pick you up soon after I finish my work."
Ye Qingshui nodded.
Ye Qingshui stood in the corridor holding the railing, watching the man's figure disappearing slowly.
In the first year after the resumption of the college entrance examination, the ages of the students enrolled were uneven. Because there was no age limit for the exam, the oldest students in this class were probably already in junior high school, but there were also very young students who had just reached adulthood.
For example, young students like Ye Qingshui, who are young and energetic, are a beautiful scenery on campus just by standing there.
When the students coming and going saw this young girl, their eyes lit up.
She wore a maroon scarf and a black woolen coat. Ye Qingshui had her hair thinned for convenience and no longer wore it in a braid, so her hair was draped down smoothly.
After entering the city, Ye's mother repeatedly taught her daughter not to dress too rustically, as it would easily make the city students laugh at her. Ye Qingshui also put on new clothes.
Ye Qingshui's feet were a little stiff after standing in the corridor for too long. The wind was so strong that the hairpin on her head fell to the ground.
Two male classmates who were walking towards him kindly picked it up for Ye Qingshui.
Ye Qingshui said "thank you".
The male classmate smiled friendly, didn't say anything else, turned around and left.
"She has the color of lilac/She has the fragrance of lilac..."
The male student shook his head and read it. After he finished reading it, he asked the male student who was with him: "Ping Huai, she looks a lot like your Dingxiang girl, right?"
Zhou Pinghuai did not answer.
The so-called "Lilac Girl" is the object of Zhou Pinghuai's inner admiration.
Zhou Pinghuai passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar in the capital this year. He represented the new students in the opening ceremony and was very popular among the girls because of his good looks.
There was a female comrade who frequently expressed her love to him. Zhou Pinghuai was annoyed and copied a poem in reply to her, saying that he only liked girls like lilac.
His friend Zheng Xiaoguo poked him again, "Don't pretend. I've never seen you so enthusiastic before. You even picked up things for female classmates."
"You are the one who picked up the things." Zhou Pinghuai said.
Zheng Xiaoguo didn't believe him. If he had known this, he would not have fought for Zhou Pinghuai.
Zhou Pinghuai was also about to bend down, but he moved faster.
She had long, smooth black hair and a soft curve on her chin. From her profile, she exuded a gentle beauty.
Zhou Pinghuai thought for a moment, and finally there was a vague shadow of the woman in his heart.
Zheng Xiaoguo said regretfully: "I seem to have forgotten to ask this comrade what her name is."
Zhou Pinghuai smiled, which was rare for him. "She should be from the Physics Department. She is standing at the door of the Physics Department office."
"We'll see each other again if we're lucky."
…
Picking up the hairpin was just a small episode and Ye Qingshui didn't take it to heart.
Xie Tingyu came back soon.
He ran back sweating profusely, took his wife's hand, and smiled brightly: "Shui'er, I'll take you around the school."
Ye Qingshui had visited Peking University in his previous life. He passed by it in a hurry every time, but this time the feeling was different.
This was her first time to visit the campus as a Peking University student.
She breathed in the cool air. “It’s great to be able to study here without any worries.”
When Xie Tingyu heard this, he felt guilty and said, "Shui'er will do the same in the future."
Ye Qingshui tied the man's scarf tightly and suddenly smiled: "Although I can't enroll right away, you have to work harder and study hard like me."
Xie Tingyu touched his wife's belly and promised.
After the couple returned to Xie's house, Ye Qingshui was surprised to see the person sitting on the sofa waiting.
She didn't expect Wen Zhihua to visit the Xie family the next day.
When Wen Zhihua saw her daughter-in-law, there was something a little unnatural about her expression.
She pointed to the gifts she brought and said, "This is the wool and fabric I bought for my children. They can be used to make clothes."
Ye Qingshui took the gift and thanked her. She opened it and saw that the fabric and wool were both rare and good materials, very soft and skin-friendly. Ye Qingshui had wanted this kind of material for a long time.
In another five months, the baby will be born. The pregnancy reaction in the first three months was so torturous that Ye Qingshui didn't even have time to make clothes.
Families like Wen Zhihua don't lack one or two pieces of clothing. But after all, they are clothes for babies, so they feel more at ease if they are made by themselves.
When Xie Tingyu saw the person coming, he retracted the smile on his lips. His expression was a little cold, but seeing that his wife liked him very much, he didn't say anything.
Ye Qingshui enthusiastically gave her mother-in-law the specialties she brought from her hometown.
She said: "The persimmons in my hometown are very sweet. I use them to make a lot of persimmon jam in winter. It tastes good when mixed with hot water. Persimmons clear away heat, moisten the lungs, and promote the production of body fluids. I saw you coughing last year. Drinking more persimmon water will be good for you."
Wen Zhihua felt warm in her heart.
Ye Qingshui took out the bacon and sausages.
Just as she was about to speak, she was interrupted by Wen Zhihua:
"I know, this bacon and sausage is delicious."
Not only Grandma Xie missed the sausages and bacon made by Ye Qingshui, Wen Zhihua also liked it after eating it once last year.
Ye Qingshui was also afraid that her mother-in-law would be like Xu Maofang and disdain these country specialties.
She smiled and said, "More than that, this was made by Tingyu himself."
Wen Zhihua was shocked, "Tingyu can do this?"
There was an unnatural look on Xie Tingyu's cold face.
"Yes, he cooks it very deliciously..." Ye Qingshui told her how Xie Tingyu made sausages.
It was the first time that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting together. Ye Qingshui used persimmon jam, bacon, sausages, shortbread and steamed cakes... and the atmosphere was not dull.
Wen Zhihua left with the pile of local specialties, satisfied.
Ye Qingshui breathed a sigh of relief. She thought her mother-in-law would be like Xu Maofang and look down on these local specialties.
She heard that her mother-in-law was the deputy director of a famous winery in the capital. Wen Zhihua was able to become a deputy director at her age, which showed that she was quite capable.
The factory was originally a family inheritance, but in the 1950s it was transformed into a public-private partnership and was thus preserved.
The man was so wealthy because he inherited some ancestral property from his mother's family. Tobacco, alcohol, and candy may seem insignificant, but the profits are surprisingly high.
Chinese people especially love to drink. During festivals and happy events, even the poorest families will have a couple of drinks.
Ye Qingshui shook his head and said with a smile, "Just now I was worried that Mom would look down on these things, but I didn't expect that when she heard that you made them, she took them all back."
Xie Tingyu said calmly: "Shui'er, don't belittle yourself. Your recipe is so good that even I like it. How could she not like it?"
After hearing this, Ye Qingshui stopped talking.
This is a matter between mother and son, and she shouldn't forgive him on behalf of Xie Tingyu.
Ye Qingshui will always remember the time when Xie Tingyu buried his head in her neck and shed tears.
A few days later, the neighbors and relatives in the compound heard the news that Xie's son and daughter-in-law had returned and started to move around.
The specialties that Ye Qingshui brought from the countryside were particularly popular.
Especially the relatives and friends who came to Xie’s house for the New Year’s Eve dinner last year. After coming to Xie’s house, they felt that the meal was not enough and wanted to take some back.
Xie Tingyu's friend, Xu Wei, pleaded in a gentle voice, "Sister-in-law, I'm not eating it for myself. Your sister-in-law really wants to eat it and keeps asking for it. She's going to give birth in two months. For this reason, please give it to me."
He begged and coaxed away a pound of sausage, leaving two dollars and five pounds of meat tickets.
Holding these banknotes, Ye Qingshui seemed to see a glimmer of hope of making money.
She immediately went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy pork. Twenty kilograms of pork was heavy for her to carry, but Ye Qingshui was in a good mood and did not feel tired from doing the work.
She stuffed out 20 kilograms of sausages that day and dried them in the yard.
The next day, when Grandma Xie saw the yard full of sausages hanging, she just slapped her forehead and blamed her grandson for making his wife do heavy work.
Xie Tingyu looked at his wife's motivated figure and smiled, "Shui Ya is very happy, let her do it. The doctor said she needs to exercise properly, and I'm afraid she will get bored sitting all day. I'm watching her, don't worry, grandma..."
"She doesn't even gag when she smells meat now, does she?"
After the sausages were made, everyone in the compound knew that Xie's daughter-in-law had made a lot of sausages.
Because it tastes so good and has a strong and unique aroma, it makes people yearn for it. Many neighbors secretly come to ask about her sausage.
If you ask for someone's sausage, you would feel embarrassed to take it with empty hands, right?
After a week like this, Ye Qingshui's 20 kilograms of sausages were all taken away by relatives and neighbors, and he earned 25.30 yuan.
She counted the hot bills and thought: It’s easier to make money from people in the capital.
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