It didn't take Chen Suwen and her daughter-in-law long to tidy up their vegetable garden. Zhou Qingyun and his two sons would also help when they returned home.
Zhou Cunming hasn't been driving around lately, but he's been coming over to help till the land, so Chen Suwen managed to renovate the vegetable garden in a very short time.
Near the fence, a spot on the west side was chosen specifically for planting melons and other gourd vegetables, such as pumpkins, winter melons, loofahs, chayote, and bitter melons.
Although the melons haven't been planted yet, Chen Suwen has already had Zhou Qingyun and his sons set up the melon trellises.
I'll plant about one or two saplings of each type of melon, and when they grow well, it'll be enough for my family to eat.
She planted only two rows of green beans, cucumbers, string beans, snow peas, and so on; that was all.
On the other side, to the east, plant shorter vegetables so that the yard gets enough sunlight and the vegetables don't block it.
Here, we grow all kinds of vegetables, including white radishes, carrots, Chinese cabbage, bok choy, Shanghai bok choy, water spinach, chives, choy sum, mustard greens, cauliflower, cabbage, and so on. Some of them can be eaten in just over twenty years or a month, while others take a little longer.
Since there wasn't enough space in the front yard, she planted some fruits and vegetables in the back yard.
After finishing all this, Chen Suwen finally relaxed.
By this time, her daughter-in-law was about to finish her postpartum confinement, and the family did not plan to hold a full-month celebration banquet.
How could one possibly hold a large banquet in the 1970s?
The previous pair of twins, Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei, didn't have a full-month celebration, so there's no need for Zhou Shan and Zhou Hu to have one now.
"How can this be?"
He Caiping had forgotten what happened after her daughter gave birth. Thinking that her granddaughters were about to turn one month old, she came over to check on them.
Actually, she wanted to ask Shen Wenxiu if she had any money, as she planned to go back and help her precious son recover.
He Caiping truly dotes on her youngest son, Shen Wencai, to the point that even her eldest son, whom she should have valued the most, is not as important as Shen Wencai.
She came to visit her daughter and granddaughter, and when she heard Chen Su ask if they weren't going to have a full-month celebration, she immediately became dissatisfied.
How can she get a red envelope if we don't hold a full-month celebration?
She was also hoping that after the banquet, she could coax the red envelopes given to the children by the guests from her daughter and take them back to subsidize her youngest son.
Chen Suwen crossed her arms and looked at He Caiping, "If you want to do it, you can do it at your home."
Chen Suwen wouldn't do it; she couldn't be bothered to prepare food for so many people, and she didn't even want to cook three meals a day at home.
She's already a mother-in-law, and her children and daughters-in-law can boss her around, so she can't let herself get too tired.
Organizing a banquet, especially in this day and age, is exhausting.
It's just a one-month celebration for two children; there's no need to hire a professional chef to cook.
So after thinking it over, Chen Suwen decided not to hold a full moon celebration.
"Let me make it clear in advance, my family doesn't have much money, so it's impossible for me to pay for the banquet."
“If you are not satisfied, you can bring your daughter and granddaughter back to the Shen family, and your Shen family can pay for the banquet yourself.”
Have we all forgotten that she has an extremely eccentric persona?
Chen Suwen didn't intend to change the original character's personality after transmigrating; she actually liked the original owner's personality.
She felt that the selfish, domineering, and wicked mother-in-law was very much in line with her own personality.
She was never a truly good or kind person to begin with. Having lived in such a chaotic world for so many years, it was even more impossible for her to maintain a pure heart.
Although it's not the end of the world now, it doesn't mean that just because she's been reborn, her soul has been cleansed and she's become some kind and generous philanthropist.
"What do you mean by this? Our Wenxiu has worked so hard to give birth to two children for your Zhou family, and you won't even hold a full-month celebration for them?"
He Caiping was furious and absolutely would not allow the Zhou family to treat her daughter like this.
"So what? Does anyone not have children?" Chen Suwen said this with great confidence.
Even though her adopted children weren't her own, she is now the successor to the original owner of this body, and she has given birth to five children, so she feels no shame whatsoever.
“She had a child for the Zhou family, not for me. I don’t even have the surname Zhou.” Chen Suwen raised her chin at He Caiping.
Her surname is Chen, not Zhou.
Now, all the family members with the surname Zhou are either at work or at school, leaving only two babies who are just a month old with the surname Zhou.
"You're just being unreasonable!" He Caiping pointed at Chen Suwen and yelled, "Aren't they your granddaughters? Aren't their fathers your sons?"
“Yes, you said it yourself, it’s a granddaughter.” Chen Suwen nodded. “Since you said you were going to hold a full-month celebration for your granddaughter, did you do it?”
"I remember you didn't hold a full-month celebration for your own granddaughter. Why don't you make me do one?"
“You can’t be so hypocritical… I mean, don’t expect others to do things you can’t do yourself.” Chen Suwen kindly explained to He Caiping what “hypocrisy” meant.
He Caiping was choked up by her.
Indeed, He Caiping also favored sons over daughters, so she didn't hold a full-month celebration for her own granddaughter.
She also has two granddaughters, but they are not twins like Zhou Shan and Zhou Hu. The two granddaughters of the Shen family are sisters who are a few years apart.
"You don't just have two granddaughters, have you forgotten that your second son also has a daughter? Tell me, what have you given them?"
"You yourself don't treat your granddaughter well, how can you expect me to?"
Even He Caiping doesn't have the reputation of being such an extreme and wicked mother-in-law. She didn't even hold a full-month celebration for her granddaughter. Why should Chen Suwen hold one?
"In short, if you want to hold a full moon celebration, your Shen family can pay for it yourselves. I won't contribute any money or effort."
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