Chapter 53: Generous Sister-in-law
"Puchi," Xu Baoju burst into tears with laughter, "Xiu Fen, you are still a little young. Look at your third sister-in-law's belly, which is so round, and her butt is getting rounder. Look at her taste. I heard from your mother that she likes spicy food. She even stir-fries pickles with chili peppers. Every day at mealtime, my house can smell the chili peppers you stir-fry. Don't you think she is not pregnant with a girl?"
Xu Baoju was very confident in her judgment. Judging from the shape of her belly and the taste, it was definitely a girl.
Sun Erni was not to be outdone. She looked Xu Baoju up and down, turned her head and said, "Humph, at least my family has flowers blooming. Unlike your family, not even a bud has bloomed. How dare you criticize us? Xin Bai, let's go home."
"Hey, you..." Xu Baoju wanted to say something, but was frightened by Yang Xiufen who suddenly came in front of her, "You, what do you want to do?"
"Aunt Xu, is there something wrong with your son? You are so dishonest. You wanted me to be your daughter-in-law before. You are a marriage fraud!"
Yang Xiufen glared at Xu Baoju, then continued with a generous look: "Forget it, forget it, I didn't cheat you anyway. To be honest with you, if you are sick, you should see a doctor as soon as possible, maybe there is still a cure..."
"Yang Xiufen, do you still want to come in? Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Sun Erni in the room shouted at the top of her voice.
"Oh, OK, I'll be right there." Yang Xiufen turned around and said to the inside of the house, then spread her hands towards Xu Baoju and said, "Aunt Xu, what a bad luck, my mother called me, otherwise I would have liked to talk to you a little more."
"Okay, Xiufen, go back to the house quickly, your mother will be anxious." Li Guiying, who was standing by, stepped forward to smooth things over, thinking that they were all neighbors. Xiufen, what a kid! Didn't she see that Xu Baoju's face was turning green? If she continued talking, there would be a quarrel.
"Aunt Li, Aunt Xu, I'll be back first. We'll talk again when we have time." Yang Xiufen waved at the two of them with a smile, then went into the house and closed the door with a bang.
Sun Erni rolled her eyes at her eldest daughter and said, "Just go home. Why are you talking so much to someone irrelevant?"
Yang Xiufen waved her hands indifferently, "Well, it's not that Aunt Xu and the others are too enthusiastic. I haven't been home for several years. We are neighbors, so what's wrong with chatting a little more? Hey, Mom, you are not angry about what Aunt Xu said? I'm talking to you, you are so old, but you are still so depressed. No matter whether it is a boy or a girl, they will not take your surname. Tell me, why are you so anxious every day?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? As a grandmother, what's wrong with me wanting a grandson? Is it against the law?"
"It's not against the law, but I think you're putting too much pressure on your little sister-in-law by doing this."
Yang Xiufen glanced at Jiang Xinbai. All signs showed that her younger sister might be pregnant with a girl. She had to remind her mother in advance, otherwise she would faint as soon as the baby was born. It would not be worth it.
"Do you think I'm some evil mother-in-law? No matter what the baby she gave birth to is, it's still the third child's. As a grandmother, can I just abandon her?"
Sun Erni said unhappily that at most she just didn't like it that much. Well, all her eggs were wasted.
"Mom, do you also think I'm pregnant with a daughter?" Jiang Xinbai asked in a low voice. Didn't her mother-in-law always believe that she was pregnant with a boy? She was quite confident, but why was it so...
"Why not? I've given birth to five children, how could I not know the reaction to being pregnant with a boy or a girl? Forget it, you can have the first one without any worries."
“……” What’s the matter? Can’t you live in peace just because you’re not the first?
Seeing this, Yang Xiufen stepped forward and took out a can of malted milk from the bag on the table and handed it to Jiang Xinbai, "Here, I brought it back from far away. You're about to give birth, so give it some more."
Jiang Xinbai's eyes lit up when she saw malted milk. Although she was rich, malted milk was difficult to buy at the moment, so this really touched her heart.
So she happily took it and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, big sister, you are the best."
"That's good to know. I love the third child the most." Yang Xiufen smiled proudly, then opened the bag and took out the things while saying, "Mom, these are all brought back by us to honor you and Dad. Look, this is malted milk. You and Dad also have a can. Don't be jealous of the third brother and his wife."
"Who is jealous? You girl, you just know how to spend money recklessly." Although Sun Erni said that she disliked Yang Xiufen for spending money recklessly, her eyes were always on the malted milk, and it was obvious that she liked it very much.
Yang Xiufen didn't care and continued, "Here is a bag of candy for the children. Big sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, and younger brother and sister-in-law, each of you will get a bottle of snow cream. Xiumin's new skirt, I bought it based on the size, it should be suitable. And, look, here are two packs of cigarettes and a can of tea for Dad. I bought a woolen sweater for you and Dad, and you get an extra woolen scarf..."
Sun Erni watched her eldest daughter take out more and more things, and her heart skipped a beat. "Xiufen, tell me the truth, are you and Zhou Yu no longer going to live together? You are here to take revenge on him..."
Yang Xiufen was really at a loss for words after hearing what her mother said. "Mom, what are you talking about? Why can't we just get married? Don't worry, he asked me to buy all these. Here, this is the money for you to show your filial piety. We haven't been back for the past two years, which is really wrong."
Sun Erni looked at the red envelope in front of her and pushed it back, "I don't want it. Don't spend money recklessly. You have to be frugal in life. You still have to raise children in the future!"
"You don't have a child yet, so it's best for you to live well first. Just take it. Zhou Yu's salary is good enough now, so don't worry!"
Jiang Xinbai hid the malted milk in the room while the elder sister was taking out something. After coming out, he asked curiously, "Sister, what does your brother-in-law do for a living?" Judging from the way the elder sister spends money, she really has a lot of money!
Yang Xiufen glanced at Jiang Xinbai and said with a smile, "Your brother-in-law used to be the office director of the cannery. Now he has been transferred back to be the director of the cannery here. It can be considered a promotion, right?"
Although Qing County is a county, it has all the necessary factories and covers a large area, so the cannery can be considered a large factory, and the factory director is naturally very prestigious.
"Factory Director? My brother-in-law is so awesome." Jiang Xinbai exclaimed.
"Well, it's nothing. Their factory has three factory managers. Your brother-in-law is in charge of production. He is officially the factory manager, but to be more precise, he is just a deputy factory manager."
Seeing Jiang Xinbai so shocked and envious, Yang Xiufen quickly waved her hands in response, although she was also very proud in her heart.
Sun Erni heard this and secretly kept it in mind. Her youngest daughter is already fourteen years old and will graduate from junior high school soon. If she fails to get into technical secondary school, she can only find a class for her through someone with connections.
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