Chapter 134 Two Chapters Combined into One

"We won't need them to take care of us in our old age. They just need to take care of themselves."

After listening to what Sister Gu said, Su He began to understand why Zhao Qingyu became a mistress when she grew up.

She discovered that Sister Gu was not as amiable as she appeared to be. She only spoke in a gentle tone, but she was not truly gentle. She seemed to be scheming and sneaky.

As for the eldest sister's son Zhao Qingmu, who was the only one who went there, it was obviously the fault of the young lady. She pushed her sister-in-law and was usually weird to her sister-in-law.

My sister-in-law couldn't help it and suggested that we live separately.

They didn't use the money to build the house.

Why is she still making trouble with her son and daughter-in-law? Zhang Ning, the daughter-in-law, has no direct conflict with her!

The only thing Su He could think of was that Sister Gu had some strong opinions about her daughter-in-law Zhang Ning because of the division of the family property, but she didn't say anything.

She proved it with her actions. For example, when Zhang Ning gave birth, she would not take care of her during the confinement period.

Su He felt that she was very lucky that she had never met a mother-in-law like Sister Gu. Even if she had met her, she might not be able to defeat her because she would appear to be cheerful and speak in a friendly and amiable manner.

Just because of Sister Gu's superficial efforts, Su He was still willing to be close to her, even though Sister Gu had asked her to learn how to cook before.

Because Sister Gu usually speaks so softly, I like her very much and act like she loves you as her sister-in-law.

Actually, Zhang Ning is better than her and was not defeated by Sister Gu's sweet words.

Su He felt that he was still too young and not very experienced.

Keep practicing!!!

Everyone was helpless about Sister Gu's idea. They had talked about it and mentioned it.

It's her business whether to go or not.

Sister Gu went back and told her brother-in-law about this matter. Should she take care of her daughter-in-law during the confinement period? Her brother-in-law said, "Let's talk about it later. It's still early."

The couple has always been upset about their eldest son moving out of the family.

Zhang Ning was born in mid-October. On the fifth day after Zhang Ning was born, Qingmu came to talk to her parents and told them that they would invite her grandma, aunt, uncle and mother to come over when the baby is one month old next month.

Gave birth to a girl.

Gu's mother asked, "Who is taking care of your wife during her confinement?"

Zhao Qingmu, "It's me, grandma. I haven't been out of bed for the past two days."

Mother Gu: "Your mother didn't care"

Zhao Qingmu, "I came here to take a look."

Gu's mother was really angry. She only saw her daughter-in-law once when she gave birth and then ignored her afterwards.

She caught an old hen and brought a basket of eggs, "Take it back and stew it for your wife."

"Don't go to the fields these days. You don't need to worry about the work points. Take good care of your wife."

Zhao Qingmu did not refuse, "Well, grandma, I'll go back first."

Gu's mother told everyone about this during dinner that night.

Everyone was very confused. There was no direct conflict between her and her daughter-in-law, so why would Sister Gu treat her daughter-in-law like this?

Mother Gu said, "Jianhua, come with me to Dakuo Village the day after tomorrow."

"Mom, I'm going too." said Sister Gu.

The day after tomorrow is a rest day, so everyone should rest.

Su He, "I'll go too, Third Sister, you sit in the back."

Men can stay at home and take care of the children the day after tomorrow.

So the day after tomorrow everyone brought some things. Third sister Gu took a pound of brown sugar, Su He took pig's trotters, and the millet given by second sister Gu went to Dakuo Village.

I went to Zhao Qingmu's house first and visited the pregnant woman and the baby.

The baby is very cute. The little girl is pretty and has double eyelids.

Su He asked, "Have you chosen a name?"

"Aunt, my name is Zhao Sitian." Zhao Qingmu held his young lady in his arms, looking at her with great admiration.

Su He: "It sounds nice. Did your mother come up with this name?"

Zhao Qingmu smiled and said, "My wife gave it to me. I can't think of a nice name."

After looking after the baby for a while, Gu's mother and the third sister went to Gu's eldest sister's house. Su He guessed that Gu's mother wanted to talk to Gu's eldest sister.

She didn't go.

Zhang Ning's diet during the confinement period was okay because she raised chickens at home, and with the fine grains prepared in advance by Zhao Qingmu, such as chicken soup and millet porridge, or noodles and eggs, she ate quite well.

This is Sister Gu’s house.

Sister Gu said, "If you gave birth to a boy, I would take care of you during the confinement period, but you gave birth to a girl..."

Gu's mother was shocked. "You favor boys over girls?"

Sister Gu said, "Mom, who doesn't like their son? You don't like your son."

Mother Gu was speechless, "I like my son, but I also like my daughter!"

I like both of them, they are both my own children.

What's more, this is the first child.

Third sister Gu didn't want to talk anymore. She wondered why her eldest sister had such thoughts but had never shown them before.

However, when her second sister was pregnant with her fourth child, she kept saying "son, son". The child was born to be like that.

It's not that it's wrong. Her elder sister likes her son and she treats Aoki and Qinglin the same way!

She actually loves her little girl Qingyu very much.

Is it because you don't want to take care of your daughter-in-law during the confinement period that you made up this excuse?

Gu's mother and the third sister thought that the eldest sister Gu was just speaking out of anger, and they thought that she would definitely take care of the matter after her daughter-in-law gave birth to the child.

I didn't expect you to be serious.

They also started to favor boys over girls.

Mother Gu: "Your idea is wrong."

Sister Gu said, "Mom, don't worry about what I think. If she wants to give birth to twins like my sister-in-law, I will stew chicken for her every day."

Mother Gu said, "Your idea is wrong. I treat your brother and sister well, not because of the children."

You have all been someone else's daughter-in-law before, so why make things difficult for your own daughter-in-law?

At this point, Gu's mother also realized that her daughter was determined not to care.

Fine, just ignore it. He is not her son or daughter-in-law anyway.

He didn't stay long. He went back and talked to Qingmu Zhang Ning and his wife for a while, then left.

Of course, Sister Gu didn't take care of Zhang Ning during the confinement period because she disliked her for giving birth to a daughter, and Mother Gu didn't tell Zhang Ning and Qingmu about it either.

It would only make things worse.

On the way, Gu's mother complained to Gu's third sister, "Your eldest sister and her husband are getting more and more confused as they get older."

Sister Gu said, "I guess she's still thinking about the family division."

In fact, Gu's mother didn't understand why Zhang Xiuying and her third son never had any contact with each other because of the son-in-law issue. Her eldest daughter's son-in-law was angry because her son had moved out.

There is nothing to be angry about, especially for her eldest daughter and son-in-law. It's good enough that their son has separated and moved on. They have been competing with each other until now.

As the daughter-in-law, Zhang Ning knew that Sister Gu would not take care of her during the confinement period and had expected this.

As the saying goes, no expectation, no disappointment.

She didn't need her mother-in-law to take care of her during the confinement period. Her husband took good care of her, but he did delay work for a few days.

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Su Che and Feng Shuning had originally planned to come back this winter to celebrate the New Year. Their child is two years old now and is quite grown up, so they wanted to come back last year.

But my child was just over one year old and still breastfeeding, so I thought it would be inconvenient for him to come on the train, so I didn’t come.

But this year, all preparations were made, but the child caught a cold, and the fever lasted for half a month before he got better. The couple discussed it and decided to wait until next year.

The child is still too young, and it is inconvenient to carry him around.

He wrote a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Feng, attaching a photo of his son Xiao Chengyao.

Mr. and Mrs. Feng still sent slaughtered old hens over. This year they sent seven old hens, and Mrs. Feng slaughtered all the old hens she raised the previous year.

Su's father and mother were not bad either. They knew their youngest son's family was in financial difficulty, so they sent meat, tickets, and money every year.

The same is true for Su He and Gu Jianhua, the younger sister and brother-in-law, who need food every year.

Just get through these few years.

1970 arrived as promised.

Sister Gu and team leader Wang plan to move back to the city after the Chinese New Year. Yaoyao will be six years old during the Chinese New Year, so they will send her to school in the spring.

That's just a small county town. There are nurseries in big cities, but it's better to let the grandparents take care of the children than strangers.

The children have grown up and gone to school, so Gu's mother can finally have some free time.

It should be said that Gu's mother breathed a sigh of relief.

It can be said that in the past few years, she has hardly gone out, that is, in the literal sense, she has mostly stayed at home to take care of the children and has few opportunities to visit other people.

Unlike other old ladies who visit people and chat everywhere, she only goes to the doorstep or the second daughter's house.

"Mom, you've worked hard these past few years, taking care of Yaoyao and cooking for us."

At the New Year's Eve dinner, Team Leader Wang took out a red envelope and handed it to Gu's mother. He felt that his mother-in-law was really nice, even though he and Yunlan were remarriages.

But his mother-in-law never treated him and Hongxing differently. He even felt that among the three sons-in-law, his mother-in-law treated him the best.

He treats Hong Xing like his own grandson.

Hongxing is already 20 years old, so he still gets New Year's money. The little one drinks milk, but the big brother Hongxing also gets a share.

So Team Leader Wang is really grateful.

"No, no, you can take it yourselves." Gu's mother refused to take it.

How can she take more money when she already gives money every month to her daughter and son-in-law for taking care of the children?

"Mom, you take it."

"No, no, take it back!"

The two argued for a long time, and finally Gu's mother accepted the money. However, she really didn't want to accept it. She wanted to wait until after the New Year when her daughter and son-in-law returned to the city and then give the money to her daughter.

It’s enough to collect that ten dollars every month, why do you charge extra money?

Even if they offered it.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, we still visit those few families.

Zhang Xiuying discussed the division of the family property with Gu's mother. The grandsons are all grown up. The eldest grandson Gu Zhuang got married last year. Now it is the turn of the second grandson Gu Gang, who is 21 years old and is currently looking for a wife.

These two children are from the old family.

And the second son’s son, Gu Hai, is also 20 years old this year and is old enough to get married, so the previous house can no longer accommodate him.

Mother Gu said, "It should have been divided long ago. If it were me, I would have divided it among my sons when they got married. Why did you wait until now?"

It's so troublesome to have four generations living together with all the noise and clatter.

Zhang Xiuying: "That's right. You only have one son and you have divided him out before."

In the past, this statement might have irritated Gu's mother, but now she just says it and doesn't care anymore, because having many sons may not necessarily help.

Zhang Xiuying's three sons combined are not as useful as her one son.

Mother Gu said, "Several sons have to go out and live separately."

Zhang Xiuying nodded on the surface, but in her heart she didn't agree with what her mother Gu said. What's the purpose of marrying a daughter-in-law? Of course, it's to serve them.

How can they be taken care of after they have been separated? They have worked hard all their lives and they deserve someone to take care of them in their old age so that they can enjoy family happiness.

But her sister-in-law treats her daughter-in-law like a real lady, forbidding her to do this or that, and treats her like an ancestor.

She couldn't do that anyway, even if the other person was a city girl with a job.

Once you marry into their family, you have to do what you are supposed to do.

When it comes to dividing the family property, the daughters-in-law are the happiest, especially the eldest cousin's sister-in-law Li Jinhua, because her mother-in-law said that their first wife should be divided up and the second wife should take care of them in their old age.

This is the benefit of not being liked by the parents-in-law. Li Jinhua supports her parents-in-law's decision very much. Finally, she doesn't have to get involved with this family.

She doesn't talk much normally, but that doesn't mean she doesn't care. She keeps it all in mind.

In short, there are many benefits to sharing.

Well, actually Wu Sanfeng also wanted to separate and live on her own, but her parents-in-law had their own private money, and if they separated and lived on their own, they would have no share of that money.

If you want money, you have to live together and take care of your parents-in-law until they die.

Eleven-year-old Gu Li is already a big kid, in the third grade of primary school. He is very polite to relatives like Su He, and gets along well with his younger brothers and sisters like Changyi, Changan, and Yaoyao.

There's absolutely no sign that she has any bad intentions.

She is very beautiful, with big eyes and long eyelashes. She has inherited the best features of both Gu Yinzhu and Wu Sanfeng.

In fact, Su He didn't understand why Gu Li had to find a man after her rebirth. She had seized the initiative, so why couldn't she do anything? She could even take revenge on her husband.

But why cling to a man?

Now she really wants to see the male lead, Zhou Yinghuai. Is he a celestial being? He is as handsome as Pan An and Wei Jie, and many girls like him.

Maybe it has a unique charm.

Second grade.

When Su He returned from her mother's home, her eldest sister Gu and her family had already gone back, but her second sister Gu and her family were still there.

"This year, my eldest sister had the New Year's Eve dinner with Aoki Zhang Ning and others." Second Sister Gu told her.

Su He, "Have you made up?" They are our own children. Even if there is a conflict, it's time to calm down the anger in your heart.

Gu Erjie, "They are quarreling again."

Su He frowned, "What's going on?"

Sister Gu said, "It's also because of that girl Qingyu."

"Zhang Ning and Qing Mu cooked some dishes and brought them over to eat together. That damn girl Qing Yu said the dishes were not cooked well and were too salty and bland."

"Qingmu might be angry and told you to get out if you don't want to eat. Qingyu said this is my home and if anyone should get out, it should be the three of you!"

"Aoki was so angry that he didn't even eat and went back directly."

Second sister Gu knew that her niece Zhao Qingyu had always had this problem. Two years ago, a fish dish was served at the dinner table, which was salted fish. She said that the fish was too salty and that grandma didn't cook it well. Then she drank two bottles of drink.

Su He: "What does my elder sister and brother-in-law say?"

Gu Erjie, "They are both wrong."

"I think my elder sister and her husband need to educate their daughter. She is so young but still able to gossip."

If it was her daughter, who complained that the food was salty and said something about it, she would just beat her up. What a rude child!

Su He: "Well, he really should be educated."

However, she found that Sister Gu and her brother-in-law were quite tolerant of their daughter, so they would verbally stop them if there was anything they did.

If it were Second Sister Gu, she would probably just get started.

However, Mingyue and her four children have always been very good and polite. The same goes for Hongxing, Xueer and Yaoyao's three children. They are all very well behaved.

She doesn't cause as many troubles as Qingyu.