The old lady didn't dare to make her son angry again, and she nagged about some things in the first room, saying a lot of bad things about the eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hu. She also asked the second room to have dinner in the first room three days later. That day was March 17, her 56th birthday.
"Sansheng, don't invite outsiders. The third family won't let them come back. Let the old family and your family get together to have a meal." said the old lady.
Chen Ming smiled and said, "It's not good to ask my eldest brother's family to pay for my mother's birthday. I will give her fifty coins when the time comes. Juanniang also made a long dress for me with many blessing characters embroidered on the collar. When I wear that dress, I'm sure I'll look more elegant than Old Lady Gao."
Old Mrs. Gao is the mother of Gao Lizheng, who is not only the head of the village but also the richest landlord in Xiangluo Village.
Old Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "That's great. Mother knows that the second son's wife is capable. I love her well." She added, "Don't take the fifty coins. Keep them to buy some good food to nourish your body. Your third brother gives me a lot of pocket money, and I can't spend it all. Here, this is fifty coins. You should give it to your eldest brother in front of your eldest sister-in-law that day. That bitch, Mrs. Hu, is so short-sighted."
Chen Ming said hurriedly, "How can this be possible?"
The old lady said, "Why not? The clothes made by your daughter-in-law are worth some money. They are nothing like your sister-in-law, who is so stupid. She rarely makes a piece of clothes for your mother, but she doesn't even know how to embroider a flower or a flower." Then, there was another sound of Chen Ming refusing and the old lady Chen trying to give in.
It seemed like the old lady was angry, and Chen Mingcai continued.
The old lady walked away for a while before Chen Ahfu finally walked out of the room. The afternoon sun was much brighter, causing Chen Ahfu to squint his eyes.
Chen Ming raised his head and smiled, "Ah Fu is up?"
"Yeah." Chen Afu nodded and sat on the small stool next to him.
Chen Ming asked again, "Your milk came just now, did you hear it?"
"No—I didn't hear it." Chen Afu shook his head.
Chen Ming breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your mother went to Guqiao Village to buy pig lungs. How would Ah Fu like to eat them?" Of the two nearby villages, only Guqiao Village had a pork stall. Pork in the town was one cent more expensive per pound, so most villagers bought meat in the village.
Chen Ahfu had never eaten pig lungs in his previous life. He shook his head and said, "I don't know either."
Chen Ming smiled again and said, "Then let your mother stew the pig lung soup, add less vegetables, it will be fragrant."
The smile is clean and warm, like the sun in the sky.
Even if he was the biological father of this body, it was precious to smile at such a disabled daughter. What's more, he was raising a daughter with no blood relationship.
Chen Afu felt a natural admiration for him.
Chen Afu pulled his sleeve and shouted, "Dad, in the future, I will respect you and earn money to treat your illness." His nose felt a little sour and his saliva flowed again.
Chen Ming smiled and took the handkerchief from her chest to wipe her saliva, and said, "Okay, Dad will wait for that day."
As they were talking, Wang came back with Chen A-lu and Chen Dabao, holding half a pig's lung in her hands.
Chen Dabao ran over, hugged Chen Afu and said excitedly, "Mom, grandma bought pig lungs. Let's have pig lung soup tonight."
Chen Ming didn't stop working, he looked up and smiled, "Well, let grandma put less vegetables, it smells good."
Wang smiled and said, "Okay, add some wolfberries, it will not only be fragrant, but also good for the head of the family."
At the dinner table, Chen Ming mentioned that Old Mrs. Chen was having her birthday on the 17th and had invited the whole family of the second wife to dinner.
Chen A-Lu nodded with a smile, but Chen Dabao frowned and pouted. He hesitated for a moment and asked Chen Ming for his opinion, "Grandpa, can my mother and I not go? We'd rather eat leftovers at home."
Seeing this, Chen A-Lu also said, "Sister and Dabao should not go. Auntie, Sister Ju, and Grandma always scold them, and the words they say are unpleasant. At most, I can bring back some delicious food for them."
Although Chen Dabao was sensible, he was still young and wanted to eat delicious food. When he heard that his uncle would bring them delicious food, he smiled and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
Wang sighed and said to Chen Ming, "How about not taking them with you? It would save them from being an eyesore to others."
Chen Ming said disapprovingly, "It's OK if you don't go on other days, but the 17th is my mother's birthday, it's not good not to go." He touched Chen Dabao's head and said, "Grandma is just a nagging person, but she still cares about you. Although great-grandma and Aunt Aju don't... don't like you very much, your great-grandfather and uncle are still good to you. In the future, you two will have to have someone to help you if you want to gain a foothold in the village. It's still too little to just have your uncle. You are smart and sensible, so you should find a way to maintain a good relationship with them. As for Aunt Aju and the others, they don't like you very much, so stay away from them."
"Not only do they speak rudely, but Aunt Aju also pulls my ears and lets Brother Dahu beat me. She even pinched my mother once." Chen Dabao muttered.
Wang's eyes were red. Chen Ming sighed and said to Chen A'lu, "When you go to your uncle's house, don't look at your sister and Dabao with disdain." Then, he talked about how his uncle Chen Ye followed the widowed Old Lady Chen to work in the fields at a young age, and how he gritted his teeth and sold a few acres of land to support Chen Ming and Chen Shi's studies.
From these words, it can be heard that Chen Ming has deep feelings for Chen Ye.
Chen A-Lu and Chen Dabao both nodded in agreement.
Chen Ahfu wanted to see more of this world and get to know more people here, especially his relatives. Not only did he not feel embarrassed, he wanted to go very much. He nodded and said, "Okay, let's go." He also comforted them, "I am no longer stupid, and I will not be bullied."
After dinner, after studying books for more than an hour, everyone except Wang went to rest.
Chen Dabao was still frowning as he lay on the bed. Chen Afu reached out and wiped his brows and asked, "Going to my great-grandmother's house - is it difficult?"
The little boy pouted and said, "Well, it's fine if they scold me and pinch me. But they also scold and pinch my mother, and I feel very uncomfortable."
"Why? They, my aunt, Aju - why do they hate us?" From what Old Lady Chen said, only Old Lady Chen and Chen Ye knew that Chen Afu was not Chen Ming's biological daughter, and no one else knew.
The little boy pointed two thin fingers and said, "One is that my great grandmother felt that my great grandfather and my great grandmother supported my grandfather and my third uncle together when he was a child, and my grandfather spent more money on education and medical treatment than my third uncle. My third uncle knew how to repay his kindness, and he built a big house for their family and occasionally brought money back to show his filial piety. But not only can our family not give more money to the first family as a filial piety, but my great grandmother would also secretly help our family."
She leaned her little head closer, covered her mouth with her skinny little dick, and gossiped, "There's another more important reason. I heard from the villagers that Aunt Aju wanted to marry Uncle Changsheng, but Uncle Changsheng didn't want to. Aunt Aju also fell in love with an uncle from the neighboring village, but that uncle didn't want to marry her either. Great-grandmother and Aunt Aju thought that it must be because mother adopted Dabao as her son, which ruined the Chen family's family tradition, that the good young man didn't want to marry Aunt Aju."
The little boy is really smart, he described this story vividly.
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