"Oh, Third Brother. Your son-in-law is too overbearing."
Seeing Shen Xiao rudely driving people away, Qiao Ergui couldn't hold back her face anymore and started to make trouble with Qiao Changhai.
"Third brother, I know your family is doing well now. But can you still cut off ties with your relatives no matter how well they are doing? If you really despise us poor relatives, just say so directly. From now on, we will definitely not come to your house."
Qiao Baozhu burst into laughter and glanced at Qiao Ergui meaningfully.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, his expression said it all.
If Qiao Ergui really had that kind of ambition, she wouldn't have come all the way here and just abandon her daughter to their family.
"Little sister, Chen Xiao is not that kind of person. He is a cadre with a high level of ideological awareness. He is not chasing you away, but we are really busy and it is inconvenient to receive guests. Your daughter Hongmei is willing to come to my place to learn the craft. She can come again when we come back in a few days."
Qiao Changhai was concerned about Shen Xiao's work, fearing that his relatives would be ignorant and talk nonsense, affecting Shen Xiao.
"Huh, why don't I believe it? If your family really has something going on, why didn't you tell me earlier? I've been to your house for a long time, but I haven't heard that you have to go to the provincial capital for any reason. If you really want to go to the provincial capital, that's great, I haven't been there yet. Third brother, don't you have a car at home? I'll go with you."
Qiao Ergui made up her mind to rely on Qiao Changhai. She understood that her third brother cared a lot about his son-in-law's reputation. She is not afraid of those who wear shoes when she is barefoot. She is not afraid of anything.
"this……"
Qiao Changhai looked at Shen Xiao in embarrassment, going to the provincial capital was just an excuse. How is he supposed to cover up this lie?
"If Second Aunt had informed us in advance, we could have saved a train ticket for her. Unfortunately, my father has moved to the city for more than ten years, and Second Aunt and Uncle have never visited us.
This is the first time in my life that people from my hometown have come to visit us as relatives. ”
Qiao Baozhu smiled and tried to smooth things over, and winked at Shen Xiao. Shen Xiao took out a few train tickets from his pocket. Qiao Baozhu put the tickets in her hand and waved them at the few people.
"The train tickets were bought in advance. Our family had booked it long ago. We took advantage of the New Year holiday to go to the provincial capital for a visit."
"We have to pack up and leave for tonight's train. Second Aunt, it's not that we don't want to host you, it's just that it's not convenient at home."
Qiao Baozhu looked at Qiao Changhai, who was in shock, and asked with a smile, "Dad, how about asking my mom to find some food coupons, and I'll pay for it and invite my second aunt and the others to go to the state-owned restaurant to eat fried food?"
Qiao Changhai reacted and quickly got up and went to his room. He took out a tin box containing various receipts and dug out a few food coupons. He took out another five dollars, thought about it, took out another five dollars, and returned to the main room.
"Little sister, it's not that Third Brother doesn't want to keep you. You can see that we really have to go out today. There is no time to prepare meals at home. Take these ten yuan and food coupons and go to the state-owned restaurant to eat something good. Wait until the eighth day of the New Year, when I go to work, and you can ask Hongmei to come over."
Now that things have come to this, no matter how thick-skinned Qiao Ergui is, she can't stay.
She took the food coupons and money from Qiao Changhai and said with a smile: "Third brother, I won't be polite to you. My family's conditions are not as good as yours, so I will accept this money.
State-owned restaurants are high-end places, not places for country bumpkins like us. You are leaving today, and I guess you won’t have time to eat the leftovers from the New Year at home.
Please pack up the leftover food from Sanshi’er and I will take it home to eat. ”
Qiao Baozhu was so angry that she laughed.
This family is really dog-like. Why do they like to pick up leftovers from her house?
"Little sister, it's not that Third Brother won't give it to you."
Qiao Changhai looked embarrassed: "My second brother and his wife came over yesterday and took away all the leftovers. My second brother said to leave them for Xifeng to eat in the hospital, so I didn't think much about it and gave him even the leftover dumplings and steamed buns."
Qiao Ergui screamed with a look of pain on her face: "What? All given to Xifeng? Can that damn girl eat so much?"
That was the New Year's Eve dinner, and even the poorest families would have a few meat dishes. Qiao Changhai's family is so wealthy, and he has a son-in-law who is a soldier and they can celebrate the New Year together.
Qiao Ergui guessed blindly that Qiao Changhai's family's New Year's Eve dinner would have at least eight plates, eight bowls, and sixteen dishes.
According to the rules in my hometown, the dishes cooked on the night of the 30th must be eaten until the fifth day of the New Year. This is called "year after year of abundance", which indicates a bumper harvest and abundant food in the new year.
"How can that be possible~"
Qiao Baozhu rolled her eyes. "That black-hearted couple threw her into a mental hospital, and they were willing to send her food? They just took the leftovers home and ate them themselves under the guise of feeding her."
Qiao Ergui knew that Qiao Baozhu was not lying, and if it were her, she would do the same.
The whole family still has to survive. Xifeng has been admitted to a mental hospital, so how can she eat meat?
"If there's none, forget it. We don't have to eat leftovers."
Qiao Ergui's eyes rolled around in the main hall of the Qiao family, trying to see if there was anything good that she could take away.
Unfortunately, the main room was kept very clean, the cement floor was wiped clean enough to reflect light, and the room was kept in perfect order.
Apart from the melon seeds, peanuts, candies and apples on the coffee table, Qiao Ergui saw nothing else.
"You guys are out, and these apples will be left out for a few days. They will go bad when you come back. I'll help your family eat them so we don't waste money."
Without waiting for Qiao Changhai to speak, Qiao Ergui took out a bag from his trouser pocket. After shaking it vigorously, the bag opened and turned out to be a fertilizer bag.
She threw the apples and the fruit plate into the fertilizer bag, and also threw the melon seeds, peanuts, and candies into the bag. He walked around the main room again and saw half a basket of apples on the ground. Without asking the owner, he poured all the apples into the bag.
Qiao Changhai looked extremely unhappy, and he pulled a face and scolded Qiao Ergui: "That's enough. It's getting late, and the state-owned restaurant is crowded. You will have to queue for more than an hour to eat. After eating, you have to queue up to buy tickets. If you delay any longer, you will miss everything."
Qiao Ergui took the opportunity to say, "If I can't make it, I can stay at your house for one night and watch over the house."
After saying that, he faced Shen Xiao’s cold face and immediately smiled playfully: “I’m just joking. There are so many things to do at home, how can I live here?”
After greeting her husband and daughter, Qiao Ergui left happily, carrying a bag full of things.
Qiao Changhai locked the door and returned to the house with a depressed look on his face. He sat on the sofa and drank a jar of water from the herbal tea before he calmed down.
These are his own relatives. So many things have happened one after another in the past two days, which makes Qiao Changhai feel very embarrassed.
"Dad, don't be angry. Fortunately, Second Aunt only walked around in the living room. If she had gone into the kitchen, our family would have suffered a great loss."
Qiao Baozhu laughed and joked, it was also thanks to Shen Xiao's obsessive-compulsive disorder that he liked to keep the house tidy.
All the New Year goods she bought, those that were not afraid of freezing were put in the back room, and those that were afraid of freezing were put in the kitchen. There were four boxes of apples neatly stacked together in the kitchen.
Sugar, biscuits, and milk powder are all kept in the cupboard.
Ge Liuping wanted to steal it yesterday, but she couldn't do it because Qiao Baozhu was watching.
If Qiao Ergui saw this today, she would definitely take all of it away like a bandit.
There is no one in this family who has any shame.
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