Chapter 261 Let Him Bleed

Mother Chen said, "Are you stupid? Zhao Qinglin dares to nag you for such a small matter, and you didn't take much. He quarreled with you early in the morning for just these few things."

"We must make him bleed a little so that he will learn his lesson. Otherwise, what will you do if he quarrels with you again next time?"

"You're right to listen to your mother. We won't harm you. Just stay here for a few days." Father Chen also said.

Chen Juan was puzzled. How could a couple ask each other for money after a quarrel?

Besides, who should we give this money to? Her parents? Her brother and sister-in-law?

Chen Juan didn't say anything. She thought to herself that she should obey her parents first, and then when Qinglin came to pick her up, she would just follow him.

Sister Gu and her husband didn't know that their daughter-in-law had gone back to her parents' home. No one called them out at noon, so they went to the kitchen and saw that the food was cold.

I went to call my son and daughter-in-law, but found out they were both gone. Where were they going?

I remember my daughter-in-law came back this morning.

I heard my grandson Zhao Fan say, "Grandma, it seems that my parents had a quarrel this morning."

"Fighting? Why?"

Zhao Fan, "I don't know." He vaguely heard them shouting.

After a while, Zhao Qinglin came back and asked

"Where's your wife?"

Zhao Qinglin drank some wine at his friend's place and said, "I'm going back to my mother's house."

"No, why did you go back to your parents' home?"

Zhao Qinglin didn't care. "Just go back. She sent all those expensive sea cucumbers and abalone to her parents' home. She can stay there for a few days and eat some food. That's good enough."

"Mom, don't worry about it. I'll pick her up in a few days."

"Hey, what are you two arguing about?"

Sister Gu said this, but she was secretly happy in her heart.

The second daughter-in-law really went too far this time. Abalone and sea cucumber were so expensive, but she took them all without leaving any for them. Her son was right. Since they had all been sent to her parents' home, she might as well eat her parents' food for a few days.

Three days later.

Zhao Qinglin went to the county. His anger had almost subsided, so he went to pick up his wife.

He went to the shop owned by Chunqing Baishitou, ready to buy two cans of food and two kilograms of cakes.

We went there at noon, just in time for lunch.

We had rice with sea cucumber and scallions.

"Brother Qinglin, why are you here? Have you eaten?" Chunqing stood up.

The sea cucumber rice looked really appetizing. Even if he had eaten, he would have wanted to have a few bites to taste it, let alone he hadn't eaten yet.

"No, I'm going to pick up your sister-in-law..."

Bai Shitou brought a stool and asked, "Where should we pick you up? The station?"

Chunqing scooped a bowl of rice and poured some scallion and sea cucumber sauce on it, which looked particularly delicious.

Also for the sake of this bowl of sea cucumber rice, Zhao Qinglin told the whole story of their quarrel in a rush.

Anyway, they are all relatives and it’s okay to talk about it.

Bai Shitou was shocked. "No, sister-in-law took them all? Not a single one was left?"

Zhao Qinglin took a bite of the sea cucumber rice and shook his head, "I didn't leave any."

I have to say, this stuff, which costs 200 yuan per pound, is really delicious and fragrant. If he leaves two for his family, his son and his parents can also have a bite.

Shiraishitou, "That's really too much. Please leave some."

Chunqing served Bai Shitou another bowl of rice, meaning that he should eat quickly and stop interfering in other people's affairs.

Bai Shitou noticed his wife's look and lowered his head to eat. He felt that his cousin's wife was really something. She gave all the sea cucumbers and abalone that cost 200 yuan per pound to his parents' home.

His aunt sent them these seafoods, and he also wanted his parents to try them, so he took two bags of dried squid but not any sea cucumber or abalone.

It’s not that he is afraid of his wife, he just thinks that the food sent by his aunt should be eaten by their family first, and they haven’t eaten it yet.

Besides, those two things are so expensive that we can eat them at home, so why give them to others as gifts?

If you want to honor your parents, don’t use other people’s gifts to honor them!

The sea cucumber rice was so delicious that Zhao Qinglin finished it very quickly. He had no intention of ordering more, as he just wanted to taste such an expensive dish.

But Chunqing took his bowl and was about to serve him more. Zhao Qinglin said, "No, no, Chunqing, I'm full after just one bowl."

Chun Qing, "Have another bowl. One bowl won't fill you up."

Zhao Qinglin was embarrassed, "Then just pour me some of the soup, but don't take the sea cucumber."

"Eat it, Brother Qinglin. We still have some at home."

Her aunt sent her quite a lot, enough for several meals. Her family was also very hungry and wanted to try the flavor, so they soaked it and made it.

But sea cucumbers are really magical. They get a little bigger every day they are soaked, and finally they get several times bigger.

This time, she used four sea cucumbers to make sea cucumber rice, one for each of the four members of her family, and she cut them into strips and stewed them.

Chunqing was a considerate person who cared about other people's feelings. She was afraid that Zhao Qinglin would feel embarrassed to ask for more after finishing the current bowl of rice, so she pressed down the rice when she served it and poured a lot of juice on it.

It tastes absolutely delicious.

Although the sea cucumbers at home were gone, who knows, we might have a chance to eat them again in the future. Zhao Qinglin asked, "Chunqing, how did you do this?"

My third aunt and uncle taught him some methods, but he didn't remember them all.

Chun Qing, "This is called sea cucumber rice. First we have to soak the sea cucumber for three days until it swells several times in size... and then add the soy sauce and other ingredients. I just watched it."

Zhao Qinglin smiled and said, "Okay, I'll remember this. When I have sea cucumbers again, I'll cook them like this."

There was no need to work in winter, so Zhao Qinglin ate two bowls of rice and felt full. He drank a cup of hot water and paid for the canned pastries he needed.

So he went to his wife's parents' home.

Bai Shitou watched the people walk away and said to Chunqing, "The wife that Auntie found for Qinglin is not very good."

As a relative, how could he not know what was going on in the family? His wife always told him about it, and he finally saw it this summer.

The eldest cousin's wife was found by my eldest cousin himself, but my aunt didn't like her. The second cousin's wife was found by my aunt, but her character is not as good as that of the eldest cousin's wife.

Chunqing, "When it comes to finding a partner, you really have to choose carefully. You have to look not only at the person, but also at her family background."

But people usually pretend, and only after they get married do their true colors come out.

Bai Shitou chuckled, "We two are a good match. We get along well in every way."

Chun Qing, "You're such a snob, you used to come to our house so often that my aunt thought you liked my eldest sister!"

I also secretly told her mother that as a grown-up girl, she should be careful.

Bai Shitou, "Ha, there is still this matter, I came to find you."

"I know. You went fishing with us every day."

The couple reminisced about the past for a while and complained about their relatives and friends.

Zhao Qinglin has already arrived at his father-in-law's house.

Seeing that Zhao Qinglin was holding a gift in his hand, Chen's sister-in-law didn't say anything, and Chen's mother and father's expressions also softened a little.

First, he educated the son-in-law and wanted to take his wife back home, and Zhao Qinglin accepted it.

Finally, Chen's mother said slowly: "Qinglin, let Juan stay at home for a few more days, and you can come back in a few days to pick her up."

Zhao Qinglin was a little confused. What did his mother-in-law mean by this? Did she just want his daughter to stay a few more days? No, how could they be so kind? They would feel bad for eating a single vegetable from their house.

He looked at his daughter-in-law Chen Juan, who avoided his gaze.

Zhao Qinglin knew that the cat was sick, "No need, Dad, Fanfan misses mommy."

Mother Chen was furious and slammed the table. "How could my daughter let you, the Zhao family, bully her so easily? We quarreled over such a small matter, and you didn't even stop your daughter-in-law from going back to her parents' home."

"You have to show some attitude this time before you can take it back."

After hearing this, Zhao Qinglin thought to himself that the attitude his mother-in-law said was definitely not the kind of guarantee or oath.

The next second, Chen's mother said, "You have to bring a hundred yuan here before I can take your wife back."

"We won't spend this money, we'll just save it for Juan."

"Bring me a hundred bucks?"

Zhao Qinglin was so angry that he laughed. What kind of nonsense is this? If a daughter-in-law has a fight and goes back to her parents' home, the husband has to pay money to take her back?

Was this sold to a brothel? Do I have to pay money to get it out?

Zhao Qinglin looked at Chen Juan, "Wife, what do you mean?"

Chen Juan hesitated. She actually wanted to go back. She didn't want the money. Her parents asked her husband for the money in her family and gave it to her brother and sister-in-law.

She didn't want to.

Chen's father threatened, "This time your parents will support you, but if you go back like this, don't come back to your parents' house after a quarrel in the future."

Zhao Qinglin said, "Wife, you know the situation at home. We don't have that much money. All the money we have in the future will be left for our son, not for outsiders."

"Also, every time we had a fight, I never told you to go home. You were the one who left because you were so angry."

"Besides, our quarrels were only verbal. I have never hit you, and I won't do that in the future."

Chen Juan looked at her parents and said, "Mom and Dad, I don't want a hundred yuan. We don't have that much money at home."

After saying that, he stood up and packed his luggage. Chen's mother was angry, "You left so spinelessly this time. People will not take you seriously in the future."

Zhao Qinglin, "Mom, what are you talking about? Who doesn't take my wife seriously? Everyone in the family listens to my wife."

Otherwise, you won’t be able to eat sea cucumbers and abalone at 200 yuan per pound.

Of course he didn't say this out loud, he said, "My mother scolded me for this."

Zhao Qinglin is actually quite good at talking, otherwise he wouldn't have talked Chen Juan so hard, and the same goes for Chen's father and mother.

However, the hundred yuan was gone, and Chen's mother and daughter-in-law were unwilling to accept it. "Juan, you better think about it. We won't support you next time."

Zhao Qinglin, "What's the point of holding your back? My husband and I just had a little quarrel, that's all."

"A person is arguing with pots and pans. It's normal for a couple to quarrel. Arguing will improve their relationship."

Mother Chen gave up and snorted coldly.

Sister-in-law Chen Juan had a gloomy face.

Chen Juan couldn't stay there even for another minute. She felt like her family was going to eat her.

He quickly packed his luggage and went out with Zhao Qinglin. After he came out, Zhao Qinglin muttered, "Your parents are trying to sell you for the second time."

"Don't talk about you. It didn't sell."

The two of them reconciled. Zhao Qinglin asked, "Did you get to eat the sea cucumber and abalone during your three-day stay?"

Chen Juan: "I ate it, it wasn't tasty at all, it was hard and dry, like chewing a tree trunk."

She couldn't understand why such a disgusting thing could be sold at 200 yuan per pound, which was a sky-high price. It also tasted so bad. Why did rich people like such disgusting food?

She tried hard to taste it, but it was not only unpalatable but also fishy. She would not eat it next time even if you gave her money.

Zhao Qinglin, "What the hell? I ate this at Chunqing's today. It was really delicious. It was soft, sticky, and bouncy."

"When will you eat?"

"It was the day I had an argument with you."

Zhao Qinglin snorted, "I'm afraid your sister-in-law and the others haven't soaked it well. Didn't Third Aunt say that the stuff needs to be soaked for three days?"

"The Chunqing one was soaked for three days. It's especially delicious."

"That's probably the case. They just soaked for a long time."

Chen Juan now regretted sending it all away, wasting such expensive ingredients.