As soon as Ma Xiuzhu walked out of the house, she ran into Yang Niannian.

Seeing her sullen face, Yang Niannian took the initiative to talk, "Dad, Mom, it's time to eat."

Ma Xiuzhu and Lu Zhiguo didn't say anything, just sat at the table, and didn't show any intention of washing their hands.

Yang Niannian didn't care. It wasn't her turn to eat it anyway. Her parents-in-law had this habit for a long time. They hadn't washed their hands before eating for most of their lives and they had survived. This would be the last time.

Lu Shishen brought the food into the main room and handed the chopsticks to his parents, "Let's eat."

Lu Guozhi and his wife were indeed hungry. Looking at the food on the table which was even more sumptuous than the food during Chinese New Year, they picked up their chopsticks and ate with relish.

In the old couple’s minds, they are at their son’s home and there is no need to be polite.

After eating until she was about 70% full, Ma Xiuzhu began to find fault with Yang Niannian, "When you buy meat, you should buy fatty meat. Fatty meat is delicious and can satisfy your cravings. It is nutritious. Why buy so much lean meat? It will not fill your stomach with fat, and it will be the same as not eating anything."

Before Yang Niannian could say anything, Lu Shishen replied, "I bought it. I like to eat lean meat."

When Ma Xiuzhu heard that her son liked to eat it, her attitude changed immediately, and she advised him kindly, "Just eat a moderate amount, it's better to eat fatty meat."

Changing the subject, he asked Yang Niannian, "Do you usually eat like this? There's soup, meat, and white rice. How much does it cost this month?"

"I don't eat it every day. Shi Shen just came back from a mission. I bought some meat for him to nourish him." Yang Niannian replied.

Ma Xiuzhu had just picked up the last piece of meat from the dish. When she heard this, she felt a little embarrassed and put the meat into Lu Shishen's bowl.

"You've worked hard on the mission, eat more to replenish your body."

Yang Niannian: I only remembered my son after I finished eating a plate of meat.

Lu Shishen gave her the meat back and said, "I'm full, you guys eat."

Ma Xiuzhu felt that her son knew how to feel sorry for his mother. After a moment of relief, she put on the attitude of a mother-in-law and lectured Yang Niannian.

"Since you have married Shi Shen, you will be the daughter-in-law of the Lu family in the future. I see that you don't know how to feel sorry for others. As your mother-in-law, I have to talk to you properly."

Yang Niannian lowered her head and put rice into her mouth grain by grain without saying a word.

Thinking she had understood, Ma Xiuzhu continued, "Shi Shen is a real man, he should be busy making money to support the family. He is the mainstay of the family, you should know how to care for him. He works hard enough in the army, and when he comes home, you can't let him do this and that, like cooking and washing clothes, these are women's work."

"I have been married to your father-in-law for so many years, and I have never let him cook a meal in the kitchen. A woman should be diligent and take care of household affairs..."

Ma Xiuzhu kept on talking, but Yang Niannian didn't even say a word. She asked unhappily, "Are you listening to me?"

"Ah? Mom, what did you say just now? I was thinking about what delicious food to make for you in the evening, so I wasn't paying attention." Yang Niannian looked innocent.

Ma Xiuzhu's face looked uglier than spoiled pig liver. What she had said for a long time, but was it all in vain? Just as she was about to scold Yang Niannian, Lu Shishen spoke up.

"We have our own way of getting along with each other in life. You don't have to worry about it. Just stay at home with dad and take care of your health."

Lu Guozhi also said, "They are a young couple living their own lives, so you should stop worrying about them."

The eldest daughter-in-law treats the eldest son like a dog every day, and Ma Xiuzhu never says anything.

Ma Xiuzhu was so angry that her husband and son didn't stand on her side and she said with a long face.

"Okay, I won't say anything. I won't say anything. I just can't open my mouth. When I open my mouth, you all can't stand it. You might as well find a needle and thread to sew my mouth shut. Then you can all be quiet."

Yang Niannian pretended not to hear and didn't respond.

But how could Ma Xiuzhu really keep her mouth shut? Not even two minutes had passed before she started mumbling again.

"Write a letter to your mother and ask her to return half of the betrothal gift. She gave so much betrothal gift because your sister is a college student. Now that she is marrying you, she must return part of the betrothal gift."

Ma Xiuzhu is not at all satisfied with her daughter-in-law Yang Niannian.

Her son is her own, and she couldn't bear to blame him, so she could only find fault with her daughter-in-law.

She will feel balanced only if she gets some of the betrothal gift back.

"My mother doesn't love me. If I ask for it, she will definitely not give it to me. But you can ask for it. I support you." Yang Niannian said in a crisp voice.

Ma Xiuzhu felt like she had punched cotton. She was filled with anger but couldn't find a way to vent it.

Lu Shishen suddenly felt a little bit of admiration for Yang Niannian. His father had never been able to control his mother in his entire life, but he didn't expect that Yang Niannian had actually been able to control his mother.

Her words sounded indifferent and she seemed to agree with his mother, but the truth was that nothing she said was what his mother wanted.

This girl will cry when she is wronged, her eyes will light up when she does business, and she has her own way of getting along with her neighbors and mother-in-law.

He was a little confused as to which one was the real side of Yang Niannian.

…

Being so angry at Yang Niannian, Ma Xiuzhu forgot about serious matters.

When she remembered, her son had already arranged for her to rest in another room. After sitting in the car for most of the day, the old couple was tired and their snoring sounded like a tractor while they were blowing the fan.

After making sure her parents-in-law were asleep, Yang Niannian closed the door to the inner room and said gloomily.

"Your mother doesn't like me."

"It's not your fault." Lu Shishen knew Ma Xiuzhu's personality very well. "If we changed a royal princess to be her daughter-in-law, she wouldn't like it either."

The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been unsolvable since ancient times.

Upon hearing this, Yang Niannian smiled, "Fortunately, your personality has not been influenced by them. Unlike them, you look a bit like your father."

My parents-in-law are both good-looking, with regular features, but they work in the fields all year round, and are exposed to the wind and sun, making them look older than their actual age.

When they were young, they must have been handsome men and beautiful women.

No one knew what he was thinking of, but Lu Shishen said with a complicated look in his eyes, "If a person's personality has already been set, it is very difficult to change it."

"Um?"

Yang Niannian looked at Lu Shishen curiously, but he was unwilling to say more.

I don’t know if I’m overthinking it, but Yang Niannian always feels that there’s something else behind his words, as if he’s hiding some secret that can’t be told to outsiders.

Ma Xiuzhu slept until it was almost time to go home from school. When she woke up, she smelled a fragrance. She followed the smell to the kitchen and saw Yang Niannian frying omelets and her son cutting vegetables nearby.

She rolled up her sleeves and pushed her son out. "Go to the main room and chat with your father. You and your father haven't seen each other for a long time. I can help you here."

Yang Niannian said quickly, "Mom, you came all the way here, it must be very tiring, you should go and have a rest, I can cook by myself."

She didn't want to be with her mother-in-law and listen to her nagging.

Ma Xiuzhu didn't really want to help, so she went along with Lu Shishen and went back to the main room.

Lu Shishen spoke as soon as the three of them sat down on the small benches.

"I have something to tell you."