Chapter 17: Finding Trouble
Pang Xiujuan suppressed her anger and looked at the two of them.
Ye Beixiu stood up and asked, "Mom, why are you here?"
"Why? I can't come."
Ye Beixiu was choked by Pang Xiujuan's words and rubbed his hands awkwardly, not knowing how to respond next.
Zhang Juexia could see that Pang Xiujuan was angry, and she didn't want to rush into danger, so she called out "Mom" and lowered her head to busy herself with the work in her hands.
"You are living such a comfortable life. When you enter your courtyard, the whole yard is filled with fragrance. Zhang, are you used to the hard life in your mother's family? How can a poor person become rich? I wonder how you can get by?"
Pang Xiujuan angrily scolded Zhang Juexia.
Ye Beixiu was the first to be unwilling. "Mom, how can you say that? Xia'er didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Besides, these things we bought are all for family use. We didn't waste any money."
Pang Xiujuan staggered back and looked at Ye Beixiu in disbelief.
"Xiu'er, when did you ever say this to Mother? It must be her, it must be her who ordered it, right?"
Pang Xiujuan pointed at Zhang Juexia and said, "I know you have bad intentions. You took my son's hard-earned money and spent it recklessly without restraint."
Zhang Juexia looked at Pang Xiujuan who was out of control of her emotions, and then glanced at Ye Beixiu who had an angry face.
She knew in her heart that with Pang Xiujuan in this state today, she would be criticized for whatever she said, so it was better not to say anything.
Ye Beixiu looked at the unreasonable Pang Xiujuan, and the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed. "Mom, we didn't spend money recklessly. Whatever we bought in town today passed through my hands."
"real."
Ye Beixiu said "hmm".
"Then why are the villagers saying that you two bought two full baskets of things? They also said you bought some fragrant soap for 80 wen a piece. Is that true?"
Pang Xiujuan was looking for the soap back and forth while talking. After looking around, she didn't find anything.
Ye Beixiu was irritated by Pang Xiujuan's actions, "Mom, if nothing else, you can go back first."
"You actually chased me away?"
Pang Xiujuan looked at Zhang Juexia angrily, "Are you dead? Your husband spoke to me like that, and you didn't say a word."
"She can't say anything. As long as I'm here in this family, she doesn't have to speak."
Ye Beixiu's voice became much louder, and he spoke word by word.
"You, you, you..." Pang Xiujuan was so angry that her face turned red. She pointed at Ye Beixiu with a trembling finger, "You unlucky thing. If I had known you were so unfilial, I should have strangled you to death when you were born."
Ye Beixiu's body swayed noticeably, and Zhang Juexia supported him from behind.
After saying this, Pang Xiujuan left angrily.
Zhang Juexia couldn't believe that such vicious words came from the mouth of a man's own mother.
Ye Beixiu's face turned pale. She felt a little sympathetic towards him, but she still found some reasons to persuade him, "Mom must be doing this for our own good. She might be worried that we just got married and won't know how to live together, so she came to give us some advice. After all, she is your biological mother, so don't take her words to heart."
"I know."
Ye Beixiu added a handful of firewood to the bottom of the big pot and sat quietly beside the stove.
He didn't move until Zhang Juexia had finished boiling the lard and poured it into the oil tank.
Zhang Juexia sighed. It really fits the saying that sometimes the people who hurt you the most are often the ones you care about the most.
well……
She squatted in front of Ye Beixiu and said distressedly, "It's getting late, let's go to bed early."
"You go first, I'll take a break."
Zhang Juexia did not try to persuade him further. Perhaps Ye Beixiu really needed to calm down at this moment.
After a quick wash in the yard, she found some colored thread and tried to weave a lucky knot.
Ye Beixiu didn't sit in the kitchen for long. When he stood up, he saw Zhang Juexia earnestly knitting under the oil lamp in the yard.
He watched her figure move, and felt a warmth in his heart.
The warmth gradually dispelled the coldness in his heart, and soon he washed himself and walked into the house with wet feet.
Zhang Juexia raised his head and smiled at him.
Ye Beixiu stared at her blankly. "The oil lamplight is dim. Don't hurt your eyes. Let's do these things tomorrow."
"Can you help me check my color matching?"
"How would I know this?"
Zhang Juexia placed the auspicious knot in front of Ye Beixiu and said, "Today I've used warm colors. Take a closer look and you'll feel better."
Ye Beixiu forced a smile, "It's much better."
"Then you should take a closer look."
"Go to sleep."
Ye Beixiu lay down on the bed first. Seeing that he wanted to watch, Zhang Juexia packed up the things in his hands and got on the bed as well.
"Did my mother scare you today? Ever since my father died, she's been treating me like this, and I'm used to it. But you, if you meet her alone in the future, you should give her some leeway. No matter what she says, don't get into a fight with her."
"I know, she is your mother after all."
Zhang Juexia's words made Ye Beixiu very happy, "I will protect you and won't let my mother bully you."
Zhang Juexia glanced at Ye Beixiu in the light. She found it unbelievable that he could say such words.
In the novels she read, all the ancient mothers-in-law bullied their young wives, and their husbands didn't even dare to fart. But why did the situation become different when it came to Ye Beixiu?
"Don't let my mother make your clothes for you. I'll go find my aunt and ask my sister-in-law to come and teach you. You can learn from her carefully. When you learn it, you can make it yourself and make me a new set of clothes."
Ye Beixiu said as he waved his hand and took Zhang Juexia into his arms. He stood up and blew out the oil lamp, "Go to sleep."
That night, Zhang Juexia was held tightly by Ye Beixiu, and it was difficult for her to turn over.
But no matter how she struggled, Ye Beixiu did not let go.
"Be good...let me get some sleep."
Zhang Juexia resigned herself to lying in his arms, listening to his breathing, and found a comfortable place, where she slept the best sleep she had ever had.
“So noisy.”
When Zhang Juexia opened his eyes, he heard the hens crowing in the backyard.
Ye Beixiu sat on the edge of the bed, holding his shoes. "The hen has laid eggs. I'll go take a look."
A short while later, Ye Beixiu came in with two eggs. "That old woman really didn't lie to us. These two hens really laid eggs. Get up. The hand-rolled noodles you made yesterday were delicious. I want to eat some more today."
"One egg per person."
"Um."
After Zhang Juexia got dressed and washed up, he started making hand-rolled noodles.
She looked at the gradually decreasing amount of flour and felt really distressed. "Husband, if we eat this way, these ten kilograms of flour will be finished very quickly."
"After we finish eating, let's go buy more."
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