Chapter 6 Angry Mother Su is about to retire
"Go on, go on!" Old Mrs. Su slammed her chopsticks on the table.
Wei Shanshan was shocked, and Wei Dashan quickly hugged Wei Shanshan.
Amelia Su didn't dare to speak much, she knew that Old Madam Su was really angry.
Although Mrs. Su has no job and Mr. Su is gone, the Su family respects Mrs. Su very much. Mrs. Su had a stubborn temper when she was young, and her temper was not as good as it is now.
When facing Su's mother, Amelia Su dared to confront her directly, but when facing Old Lady Su, Amelia Su didn't dare. The whole family respected Old Lady Su, and Amelia Su couldn't be an exception. If Amelia Su wanted to refute Old Lady Su, Father Su would definitely not let Amelia Su stay.
"Grandma." The other people in the Su family didn't dare to speak, but Su Xueqing did.
Old Mrs. Su felt sorry for Su Xueqing, and she felt even more sorry for Brother Su San, but as a man, he still had to go through more hardships, and Old Mrs. Su's attitude towards Brother Su San was not so soft. Old Mrs. Su looked at Su Xueqing, and she glanced at Amelia Su coldly.
"The weather has been too hot recently. I want to eat the grass jelly you made." Su Xueqing said.
"Okay, I'll make it for you." Old Mrs. Su said with a smile.
"Thank you, grandma." Su Xueqing said.
"That's great. Your grandma and I will make some more." Mother Su said, "We'll make it tomorrow. Are there any roommates of yours who still live in school?"
"Yes, but not many." Su Xueqing said, "We live in a four-person room. The accommodation conditions in our school are relatively good. Two of us are locals, and two are from other provinces. The two from other provinces have gone back. The other roommate comes from a well-off family. She is the one who paid for my tuition to learn baking. She rarely stays in the dormitory on weekdays."
"Have you taken the quilt out to dry?" Su's mother asked, "It's so hot, you don't need a quilt, a blanket will do. Have you dried them out in the sun?"
"It's been exposed to the sun. It's been exposed to the sun." Su Xueqing said quickly.
Amelia Su's husband picked up some food for her, and the atmosphere eased. Don't say those unpleasant words. Amelia Su looked at the appearance of Amelia Su and her husband, and thought that the eldest sister's mouth was like this. The eldest sisters of other families were mature, stable and sensible, but their eldest sister was like eating gunpowder, and she would explode at any time. No, that's not right, she would explode at any time.
Su Yanan's husband finally arrived after everyone had finished their meal.
"Have you eaten?" Su's mother asked.
"Not yet." said Su Yanan's husband Tian Guohua.
"Wait, I'll cook you a bowl of noodles." said Su's mother.
"Mom, you don't have to cook noodles for him." Su Yanan glared at her husband. "Who asked him to come so late? He should go back to eat. I have already packed up everything. How can I cook for him alone? Don't worry about him."
"Yes, you don't have to cook noodles for me." Tian Guohua said, "I will have food when I go back."
"Call me elder sister, elder brother-in-law." Su Yanan motioned her husband to look at Su Yamei and her husband.
“Sister, brother-in-law.” Tian Guohua looked at Amelia Su and her husband.
"Okay, we've seen my eldest sister and brother-in-law, let's go back first." Su Yanan didn't want to stay here any longer, lest Amelia Su get angry again, which would be difficult to deal with.
The house is so small, and with so many people sitting or standing inside, it’s too crowded, and I feel suffocated.
Su Yanan wanted to leave quickly, as there was nothing to eat at home.
"Eat a bowl of noodles before you leave." Su's mother said. If the second son-in-law left without eating, how would others see them?
"It's okay. We live so close. If we want to come back for noodles, we can come back." Su Yanan pushed her husband out. "There's no rush. He came here just to see my eldest sister and her husband. My eldest sister and her husband have officially returned to the city today. From now on, we will all be in the same city and there will be plenty of opportunities to meet. Let's go back first so you can get ready. Mom, I won't help you get ready. I'll go back first."
"Okay, okay, okay, you go back first." Su's mother didn't keep her second daughter and her husband. She knew that Su Yanan was afraid of trouble. It was good for her second daughter and her husband to leave at this time. Su's mother continued to clean up the dishes on the table.
Mrs. Su San helped Su's mother to clean up, Amelia Su also lent a hand, and Mrs. Su sat next to her first.
Su Yanan and his wife left the Su family. As they walked in the alley, Su Yanan tugged at Tian Guohua's clothes.
"You just saw it. My parents' house is so small, and it's hard to squeeze three people in." Su Yanan said, "So many mouths need to be fed. Mom is about to retire, and she will probably leave the job to my third brother and sister-in-law. But if my eldest sister comes back and can't find a job..."
Su Yanan felt that this matter was not so easy to solve. Why did Su Yamei come back at this time? Su's mother had a long working experience, a higher salary, and a larger pension. When she gave her job to Su San's wife, the total income of the family would not decrease much. But could Su Yamei really let Su's mother give her job to Su San's wife?
Even though Amelia Su is sometimes tough, if there is really no other way, Amelia Su will definitely do Su's mother's work.
"No way?" Tian Guohua was shocked. He opened his eyes wide. "You mean..."
Tian Guohua gestured twice: Big sister, are you back to fight for a job?
"It would be fine if one of them found a job, but I'm afraid neither of them could find a job." Su Yanan said, "My third brother was sent by my father to learn technology, and he can be considered a skilled worker. At the beginning, he was able to work in the factory smoothly thanks to some connections and money from his family."
Su Sange's job was not given by his parents, he did not inherit his parents' job. With three people working in the family, the salary is a little higher, so life can be better. A few years ago, when Su Sange got married, the family spent a lot of money. The family didn't have much savings to begin with, and it was even more empty all of a sudden.
Now that Grandpa Su is gone, and Su Xueqing has been admitted to university without spending much of the family's money, the Su family has been living a slightly better life in recent years.
"Everything in a family is left to the son." Su Yanan said, "What they say about gender equality is just talk. Families with sons always give priority to their sons. When I got married, I only took some dowry. Our family was better off than many other families, and we had more dowry. Before I got married, Xueqing and I slept in the room, and my brother slept in the living room."
Su Yanan had no complaints about the Su family. They were not as good as the best but better than the worst. The general environment around them was like this. They could not do whatever they wanted. If the family had a way, their parents would naturally hope to arrange everything steadily.
"Back then, when I was engaged to you and married, I didn't even think about asking mom to give up her job to me." Su Yanan said, "That's unrealistic. There are so many mouths to feed at home. If mom gave me the job and asked me to bring my salary to my husband's family, what would they eat?"
Su Yanan herself did not ask her mother to give her the job, and she felt that her elder sister should not fight for it. If Su Yamei and her husband had not returned to the city, they could at least farm in the countryside and make a living. It was Su Yamei and her husband who decided to return to the city, so they had to bear the problems they might encounter after returning to the city, and they could not always rely on Su's father and mother.
"It's hard to say what will happen next." Su Yanan said, "We don't have the ability. If we did, we would have introduced them to jobs. You should be careful and say less to them, so that they don't think we are showing off in front of them. I put on a piece of clothing, and my elder sister was still asking if it was new..."
Su Yanan was speechless. How come she didn't even have the right to wear new clothes? Just because her elder sister didn't live well, she had to live a shabby life too?
Everyone has their own small family. To put it bluntly, they have separated!
If they each get married, it's no different from splitting up the family, and everyone will live their own lives.
At the Su family, Su Xueqing did not go back to school immediately. She planned to leave later to make sure her elder sister did not suddenly lose her temper and run out. If possible, Su Xueqing wanted to take her little niece to school to stay overnight. But that was obviously not possible. Su Xueqing did not know how to take care of a child. If the child cried loudly, it would be difficult to explain if the dormitory manager came.
"Grandma." Su Xueqing shook Old Lady Su's arm and said coquettishly, "Good grandma."
"Tell me, what are you thinking?" Old Mrs. Su raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Didn't you say yesterday that you would make me a skirt with the green leaf cloth?" Su Xueqing said, "I have a lot of clothes, so why not make clothes for Xiao Shanshan first. She should go to school in early September. Girls also need to go to school. If they have good grades, they can make money in the future."
Old Mrs. Su glanced at Wei Shanshan, the timid and weak child.
"Since you said so, I'll give the cloth to your niece to make clothes first." Old Mrs. Su didn't say anything unpleasant. Her little granddaughter always knew how to care for her family. "Later, ask your mother to buy you another piece of cloth to make clothes."
"It doesn't matter." Su Xueqing said proudly, "I was walking on the street, wearing an ordinary piece of clothing, and some people asked me where I bought it and whether it cost a lot of money. Even if it was old clothes, they still thought it was beautiful."
"That's true." Old Mrs. Su nodded. Su Xueqing was pretty, and even with a sack on her body she looked delicate and pitiful.
Amelia Su didn't say too much about Amelia Su. She was such a big person, and Amelia Su should bear those things by herself. It's not easy for such a big person to attract sympathy from others.
"When do you go to school?" asked Mrs. Su.
"Wait until around seven or eight o'clock." Su Xueqing said, "In summer, it gets dark late."
"Let her third brother take her back to school later." Third sister-in-law Su found a way to make the most of it. Her sister-in-law was pretty good, so she was happy to let her husband take her back. Not to mention Su Xueqing, even if Su Yanan came to the Su family and came back late, Third sister-in-law Su also asked Third brother Su to take Su Yanan back. But most of the time, Su Yanan's husband would come to pick her up, so Third brother Su didn't have to take her back.
"Okay, let Third Brother take me back." Su Xueqing said.
Amelia Su did not interrupt. She was sorting out the clothes she brought from the countryside. Some of the clothes were already quite old, but it would cost a lot of money to buy new ones, so Amelia Su and her husband had to bring those clothes with them. Not to mention that the clothes that the adults wore were old, the clothes that the children wore were also old.
The child does have to go to school in South City, and he needs tuition and schoolbags, and he needs to dress neatly... Amelia Su didn't expect Su Xueqing to let Old Lady Su make clothes for Wei Shanshan, and Old Lady Su agreed. Amelia Su couldn't help thinking that if she said those words to Old Lady Su, the old lady would definitely not agree, and the old lady would only say: What the hell do you want?
Father Su sat at the door smoking a pipe, he did not sit with the rest of the Su family to talk. During the meal, he spoke little, just a few responses.
At this moment, Xu Ruyun had already eaten dinner at her aunt's house. Her cousin whispered to her aunt, "She comes over whenever there is something delicious at home."
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