"Mom, eat faster, we still have to go to the old house to help." Qiu Jianshe originally wanted to spoil the fun for his daughter, who was so little and had worked hard to prepare such a good meal. However, he stirred up a hornet's nest as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Help, help, I'm afraid they're all waiting for you to go and do it. What's there for you to help with? You don't tidy up the house on weekdays, and you only go to the toilet when you have a stomachache! Besides, are you asked to go just to work?
You must bring money and food to support us, day after day, you are just as big and strong as before..."
The three siblings were silent. She didn't say anything, because whoever spoke up would get into trouble.
"Mom, the corn and hazelnuts are already warm. If you leave them any longer, they'll get cold. Li Xiaojuan is coming this afternoon..."
"Ah? No, she's crazy?" Qiu Dashu swallowed the chives in his mouth and found it so unbelievable.
"Who said it wasn't? She even knelt before me. I threw her brother out, and she chased him out. I quickly bolted the door."
"Don't open the door next time you come." Li Qingmei picked up several chopsticks of spicy and sour cabbage and slurped them with great pleasure. "This isn't the first time she's done this. She made a scene at your team leader's aunt's house last time, and even knelt at your Aunt Hua's and Aunt Wang's houses..."
No, she thought it was really the bag of dates that caused the trouble. Didn't it mean that anyone who came into contact with her house would be in trouble?
She spent the entire afternoon recreating her character and almost vomited. It turned out she was being scammed!
But it also reminded her that, as the saying goes, a passing goose leaves traces, so from now on she should just stick to her own home and stay away from the lotus seat.
"Her grandmother told her father about a widow, and she hugged her father's legs and cried, refusing him to agree. She was so angry that she didn't allow the Li family to have anything to do with her family.
Her father is alone, his legs are broken, and he's not very mobile. The few work points he earns aren't enough to get by, but whenever he wants to find someone, she'll try to commit suicide."
Li Qingmei slurped a mouthful of porridge and continued, "Her father was worried that the child was too fragile and it would be too difficult for a woman to manage the household, so he relented. I don't know where she heard that stepmothers are cannibals, so she started to use Changsheng to do this."
"Where did you hear that? Li Si said that her fifth aunt was talking nonsense in the second half, and it was probably taught by her." Qiu Dashan, who usually did not participate in the discussion, rarely spoke back.
Qiu Yuling tried hard to recall the limited number of contacts they had, but she couldn't remember them clearly.
But based on gossip and rumors, Li Xiaojuan's mother might be suffering from postpartum depression. It's just that people these days are only concerned with eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, and no one cares about that. Even if they feel something is wrong, they just say that the person is talking nonsense.
Not to mention that Qiu Jianshe and his wife hurriedly finished their meal and went to help in the dark. Anyway, the next day they both took half a day's work, brought five kilograms of flour, two rabbits, and a basket of vegetables from the backyard, and went to support the business early.
Qiu Yuling was still asleep. Li Qingmei didn't call her, but left her a note asking her to come to her uncle's house for lunch at noon.
"Yushan, go add some water. Yuling, go to the kitchen and see what your mother and the others are doing. Why isn't it ready yet?"
Qiu Yuling had only been there for a short while when her grandmother had already given her orders for the third time. Her aunt and uncle were talking to their future in-laws, and her mother was busy in the kitchen alone, and now she was also making her run around.
Qiu Yuling didn't move. Her mother didn't allow her to help in the kitchen. She had arranged this yesterday. Her daughter could do whatever she wanted at home, but she couldn't work like a slave for other families, especially those families who took it for granted and didn't remember her kindness.
It goes without saying who is being talked about.
"Qiu Yuling, go and see what your mother is doing. If she is too busy, you can go and add some firewood or lend a hand. You are a grown-up girl now." The old lady who was halfway through her words seemed to realize something and tried to make amends to her granddaughter-in-law's father, mother, aunt and uncle.
"We've spoiled the girls at home. They don't do any work on weekdays, and now we're a little overwhelmed. They don't even know how to help out."
"It's the same in everyone's family. In our family, she wouldn't even help when the oil bottle fell over. I told her that when she gets married to her husband's family, she has to act like an adult and do what she can do."
Qiu Yuling grabbed another handful of melon seeds. As expected of a city girl, she was good at talking. Not only did she not take on any work, but she also carried around things she wanted to take on. Didn't you see that her grandmother couldn't even respond to her words?
Her aunt Yan Chunmiao no longer treated her as a decoration. She held her mother-in-law's hand affectionately and said, "Good in-laws, there is no need for anything. Look at this room, big and small, full of people. If our Huanhuan marries here, she will definitely be as comfortable as in her parents' home."
"Daqing's mother, Huanhuan is married into your family, so she is yours. Teach her well and don't spoil her too much. Even though she is busy at work, you can still ask her to do the things she should do after get off work." As soon as she heard this, the men's family was satisfied and gave in.
Yan Chunmiao became more and more enthusiastic. Daqing was good-looking and a good student. She was admitted to a technical secondary school and got a job at the grain station in the town after graduation. She then became related to a girl from the city. When she had grandchildren in the future, they would all be city dwellers.
Qiu Yuling grabbed another handful of melon seeds and spat on the shells. Aren't her uncle's family well off? Why would they need her family to make up the numbers? Her mother was burdened by her father and had been busy all morning without even leaving the kitchen. Even her father, Qiu Jianshe, only had a small position as a minor.
Old Mrs. Qiu's forehead jumped when she heard Qiu Yuling's repeated "Pooh". If she hadn't kept her here to show off and let her future in-laws see that their family was also a family that "spoiled" their daughter, she would have picked up the broom and chased her out long ago.
The second brother's family are all short-sighted and have no sense of propriety. They are not presentable.
Qiu Yuling had had enough of the fun and felt aggrieved for Mr. and Mrs. Qiu.
He threw the melon seed shells on the ground and shouted, "Dad, let's go home and eat. My mother has been busy all morning and has taken over all the work of my aunt. My new sister-in-law will go back and complain that my aunt can't do anything herself and she will have to rely on her in the future."
"You kid, you really take after your father. You are still stupid after studying. You feel sorry for your mother working, right? You!" Yan Chunmiao made an expression that showed that he had no way to stop his outspoken niece. He wanted to point at Qiu Yuling's forehead affectionately, but Qiu Yuling tilted her head and dodged.
"Then, my dear relatives, you guys go ahead and do it. I actually washed and chopped everything yesterday. I stewed the meat early this morning. Just have someone watch the fire in the kitchen. I'll go and ask the second son's family to do it. Otherwise, not only will her daughter not agree, but her mother will be distressed too."
Old Mrs. Qiu sat cross-legged on the kang, smiling widely, and was obviously very satisfied with her eldest daughter-in-law's speaking skills.
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