While Ma Xiulan was blanching the ribs, she asked her niece:
"Xiao Lian, I heard from your father that he wants to find you a live-in son-in-law. How is it going? Are there any prospects?"
Ma Xiaolian paused while peeling potatoes, and it turned out that she had come to see if her family needed money recently.
If her family doesn't need it, my aunt will borrow the money.
After thinking for a while, I mustered up the courage to say, "I'm getting married soon, and I have a lot of money to spend."
Ma Xiu Lan looked at her niece with a happy face. It seemed that Bai Zhihua had coaxed both her brother and niece.
In his previous life, after Bai Zhihua became a son-in-law, no bad news came from him in the past few years.
However, the couple had not had any children after five years of marriage. Bai Zhihua found out about a very amazing doctor, and the two went to see him together.
Unexpectedly, the doctor said that Ma Xiaolian had a congenital uterine problem and could not have children.
The younger brother felt very guilty, and under Bai Zhihua's lobbying, he transferred his job to Bai Zhihua and took on furniture making jobs everywhere to make money.
Finally, the young couple adopted a poor orphan from Bai Zhihua Village and named him Ma Xiangqian.
His younger brother and niece devoted themselves to raising Ma Xiangqian, buying him a house and helping him get married, and taking care of their grandson. During this period, his younger brother often worked overnight to earn money to buy Ma Xiangqian a big house, and eventually died suddenly from overwork.
It was during a free gynecological examination organized by her workplace that my niece learned that she was a normal woman with fertility.
But at this time she was almost fifty years old, and even if she wanted to have a child of her own, she couldn't.
She went home and questioned Bai Zhihua, asking if there was something wrong with Bai Zhihua, otherwise how could he not have a child for so many years.
At this time, Ma Xiangqian couldn't wait to reveal the truth about her adopted child.
"Bai Zhihua is my second uncle. He was childless for three years after his first marriage. After the divorce, my second aunt married someone else and had a child. My grandmother said that since my second uncle can't have children, it would be a waste to marry him off. It would be better for him to be a live-in son-in-law and earn me a share of the family property."
"Uncle, this old woman is useless. Divorce her quickly. I want to change my last name back to Bai. I am the grandson of our Bai family."
The niece was so angry that she had a stroke. Seeing that her niece didn't come to see her, she thought of going to her house to see her. Only then did she learn all this from her niece.
She thought about going home to discuss with her sons how she could help her niece get justice.
The next day, I heard that my niece's house was on fire. My niece and Bai Zhihua were both dead. Ma Xiangqian was seriously injured. Ma Xiangqian's wife and grandson returned to her parents' home and escaped the disaster.
She was attending a funeral, and police said the fire started at her niece's place.
The niece hugged Bai Zhihua tightly, and both of them were burned to death.
Ma Xiulan couldn't imagine how painful it would be.
This time, I must not let my niece fall into the fire pit again.
Seeing that her aunt did not respond but stared at her thoughtfully, Ma Xiaolian was afraid that her aunt was going to take her family's money, so she repeated it again.
Afraid that she would become suspicious, Ma Xiulan smiled and said, "Well, getting married costs money. I brought all the money I borrowed from your father today. Our Xiaolian's wedding is a big deal, so we must do it well."
When Ma Xiaolian heard that her aunt was here to repay the money, she felt guilty for her previous little thoughts and said, "Aunt, let me help you."
Use work as an excuse to cover up your embarrassment.
Ma Xiu Lan originally wanted to say that Ma Xiaolian had steamed too much rice, but seeing her normal expression, could it be that her brother's appetite had become so big?
A little after twelve o'clock, Ma Mingqiang returned home, followed by a young man in his early twenties.
Ma Mingqiang's eyes lit up when he saw Ma Xiulan: "Big sister."
Then he introduced Bai Zhihua who was following behind her to Ma Xiulan.
"Sister, this is Bai Zhihua, Xiaolian's future husband."
"Zhihua, this is my aunt."
Bai Zhihua showed an honest smile: "Hello, aunt, I am Zhihua."
Ma Xiu Lan nodded. He looked so honest, but she didn’t expect him to be a poisonous snake.
Bai Zhihua quickly walked over to Ma Xiaolian and said, "I'll serve the food. You just sit and wait for it."
Ma Mingqiang was very satisfied. He pulled Ma Xiu Lan and kept praising Bai Zhihua, a young man who came from the village to the city to do odd jobs. He was enterprising, had a keen eye for work, always eager to do work, and was very careful.
Ma Xiu Lan listened and observed Bai Zhihua. Wow, when he served the rice, he pressed it down very firmly with each spoonful. That bowl was equivalent to two bowls.
She watched Bai Zhihua distribute the other three bowls to the three of them, and placed the solid bowl in front of him.
Ma Xiulan's eyes turned: "Let me use this bowl. There's a small notch on the edge of this bowl. Don't let Zhihua get stabbed."
After saying that, he took away the bowl of rice in front of Bai Zhihua. Bai Zhihua stopped him:
"It's okay, aunt, I was afraid I'd give you a shot."
Ma Xiulan waved her hand: "Why are you taking so long to eat? Just use the good bowl if I tell you to."
Bai Zhihua watched unwillingly as his bowl of solid rice was taken away, hoping that Ma Xiulan had a big appetite and wouldn't notice anything wrong.
Ma Mingqiang invited Bai Zhihua to eat: "Eat, your aunt's cooking skills are very good."
Bai Zhihua was already drooling at the aroma of stewed potatoes and pork ribs, and he tried to purse his lips several times. When Ma Mingqiang spoke, he took a pair of clean chopsticks and added a piece of meat to Ma Mingqiang, followed by Ma Xiulan, and finally Ma Xiaolian.
Ma Xiulan saw Ma Mingqiang nodding with satisfaction and showing off to her what a good son-in-law he had chosen, while Ma Xiaolian blushed.
Next, I saw Bai Zhihua eating very quickly, putting pieces of meat into his bowl.
While eating, she praised: "Aunt, your cooking skills are amazing. Can I learn from you? I will make it for Uncle Ma and Xiaolian in the future."
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