Chapter 93: Double Standards
Jiang Xinbai quickly took it and comforted her, "Mom, my second brother is back. He must have something to ask you. Go check it out first. I'll hang up here myself."
Sun Erni covered her heart which was pounding with fear and muttered, "My life will be destroyed by them sooner or later. They are scaring me like this."
"Mom, are you home? Where are you?" In the living room, Yang Jinwei's voice was even louder, causing the sleeping Yang Jiabao to frown, as if he was about to cry in the next second.
After hanging the persimmons, Jiang Xinbai quickly closed the window, then reached out and patted him, coaxing him softly, "It's okay, it's okay, Xiaobao, go to sleep! Mommy is here!"
As soon as Sun Erni came out of Jiang Xinbai's room, she saw her second son walking around the living room with a black fish in his hand, muttering, "Where's mom? Isn't mom here?"
"Where are you looking? Keep your voice down. Xiaobao is sleeping. Where did you get this fish?" Sun Erni stared at the black fish. It looked to be about three pounds. The seafood store should not be selling it at this time, right?
"Mom, you watched me fishing. Oh, no, I saw others fishing and I bought the fish." Yang Jinwei was so excited that he almost let the cat out of the bag, but he quickly changed the words and said that he saw others fishing.
"Where's Qiuyan? Why did you come back alone?"
"Mom, I'm here," Su Qiuyan walked in slowly from outside, "Mom, did you see the fish we bought? Today we watched someone go fishing, and we bought a fish that he just caught, and we spent one dollar on it!"
Sun Erni looked at the black fish in her second son's hand and said, "You overpaid for it, didn't you? Xinbai brought back more than four kilograms of fish a few days ago, and they only wanted one yuan."
"Mom, that was caught by my colleague's husband. It's cheap to begin with. We don't know each other, so it's also cheap. Didn't you say that the fish in the store are 3.5 cents per pound? This one is more than 3 pounds, and it's more than 1 yuan. It's not expensive." Su Qiuyan hurriedly explained when she saw her mother-in-law complaining that it was too expensive.
"Yes, Mom, it's not expensive." Yang Jinwei touched his nose guiltily.
"One dollar is enough," Sun Erni glanced at Su Qiuyan who was staring at her, and sighed softly, "I'll make soup for you and Xinbai tonight. She'll produce milk and you'll nourish your body, and I'll get the money for you."
"Oh, okay, Mom." Su Qiuyan agreed happily.
Jiang Xinbai came out after calming the children. Thinking of her husband's desire to fish, she asked with a smile, "Second brother, where do you go to watch people fishing? Jinsheng also said he wanted to go fishing. You can take him with you next time!"
Su Qiuyan's face turned a little unhappy when she heard this. If her brother-in-law went there, wouldn't they be exposed?
Yang Jinwei glanced at his wife and stammered, "It's just by the river. I don't know the exact route, but it's just a river. Fishing is not a simple thing. I think Jinsheng is just talking. Don't take it seriously, sister-in-law."
Jiang Xinbai looked at Yang Jinwei with some curiosity. It was just a place for fishing. What was there to hide?
Sun Erni was old and shrewd, and she had seen through everything. She handed the money to Su Qiuyan and said with a smile, "Second brother, Qiuyan needs to nourish her body, and Xinbai needs to produce milk, so fish soup is good. I think it's better to fish by yourself than to buy from others. Why don't you try fishing by yourselves? You can eat what you catch, and mom will pay for it." Having said this, Sun Erni believed that they all understood what she meant.
Yang Jinwei said nervously: "Mom, fishing is not that easy, and there may not be ..."
"Then how will you know if you try again?"
Su Qiuyan was the quickest to respond and agreed immediately, "Mom, let's give it a try and go next time when Jinwei is on vacation."
With the experience gained this time, maybe I can catch two fish next time and sell one on the spot, which will bring me more income. Maybe I can try it myself without waiting for Jinwei to have a holiday? Thinking of this, Su Qiuyan's eyes lit up, as if she had found a shortcut to get rich.
Jiang Xinbai smiled, "Mom, Jinsheng told me last night that he wanted to go fishing. I think it's feasible. I'll tell him when he comes back."
"Mom, what is this on the ground? It looks like a walnut. Where did it come from?" Only then did Su Qiuyan see the fresh walnuts placed on the ground in a corner of the living room to dry.
"Oh, you are talking about this. Xinbai and Jinsheng got it and it needs to be dried." Sun Erni took a look and replied.
Su Qiuyan opened her mouth, wanting Jiang Xinbai to give her some, but she couldn't bring herself to do so. She just smiled and said to her mother-in-law, "Mom, I heard that walnuts are good for the brain and good for children."
"Oh, really? So Xinbai got some to eat, and Xiaobao will become smarter after drinking her milk."
Sun Erni was not stupid, and she could understand what Su Qiuyan meant, but why did she respond? If she wanted it, couldn't she just ask for it herself? Why did she, as the mother-in-law, have to ask for it for her? She was not stupid, and she couldn't please both sides.
Seeing that her mother-in-law didn't respond, Su Qiuyan was so angry that her eyebrows twisted up, and she ran back to her room. When she returned to the room and saw her husband lying on the bed to rest, she became even angrier. She pushed him hard and said angrily: "Who am I doing this for? Isn't it because I want the child to be smarter? Mom clearly knows what I mean, but she just pretends to be stupid. Is it fun to laugh at me?"
Yang Jinwei was really confused and said helplessly: "No, Qiuyan, you came in and started complaining a lot. Who is laughing at you? Don't worry about it. No one in the family looks down on you."
"How come there aren't any? Just now I saw a pile of walnuts on the ground, so I asked mom where they came from. Mom said Jiang Xinbai and the others got them. I said I heard that eating walnuts will make children smarter. Guess what mom said to me?" Su Qiuyan didn't wait for Yang Jinwei to answer and said indignantly: "Mom said that giving Jiang Xinbai to eat is good, it will increase breast milk, and the child will be smarter after drinking it. I have made it so clear, I don't believe that mom can't hear what I mean?"
Yang Jinwei was speechless. There were only a few people in the family. Can't they just say what they want to say? Why let people guess? Is it fun?
But he couldn't tell his wife directly, fearing that she would get angry, so he could only patiently explain: "Mom may really not understand what you mean. Even if she knows what you want, what do you want? Let Mom ask your third brother's wife to give it to you? Do you think this is a good idea?"
"Why is it bad? Now that the family hasn't divided up, what's wrong with us all eating the things she gets together? Wasn't it the same last year? We ate chestnuts, rattan pears, and persimmons together. Why can't we share them this year?" It wasn't given by her third brother from her mother's side, so there was nothing wrong with not sharing it.
Yang Jinwei looked at his wife deeply and said, "Qiuyan, you were not like this before. You said that we should all share the food that your sister-in-law brought. Then why did you ask mom for money for this fish today?"
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