Chapter 32: The university recommendation quota was taken away

Liu Hongmei and Sun Yuxiu understood what Xia Juanjuan meant, that they would have to cook from now on, and Lin Yuru would no longer be their free mother! They were so angry that their hearts ached!

"Xia Juanjuan, how come you have become so aggressive and troublesome after you got married! Do you still know how to respect the elderly and love the young?" Li Cuihua recovered from the shock of the thirty yuan and started arguing with Xia Juanjuan, joining the two daughters-in-law.

Xia Juanjuan glared at her coldly and said, "I respect the old and love the young. Do you think I should respect you as much as your grandmother, who almost beat me to death on the day I got married? If you want others to respect the elderly so much, why don't you ask your precious eldest son and third son's grandchildren to respect you? Don't try to seduce me!"

Li Cuihua had never expected that her granddaughter, who had always been a soft-spoken person, would become so sharp-tongued after getting married. She was so angry that she almost passed out. She pointed at Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru and cursed:

"Second brother, look at the good daughter your wife who doesn't lay eggs has raised! She even dares to confront me, her grandmother! After all, I am your mother! So what? You eat meat, eggs and fish soup, and you want your mother to gnaw on the eggs?"

As Li Cuihua spoke, she couldn't help but look enviously at the red and white pork and big fish on the table, as well as a bamboo basket of eggs!

She hasn't eaten meat for three days!

"In ancient times, filial sons would cut off their thigh meat for their mothers to eat! What's wrong with you? Are you planning to show no respect to your mother at all?"

Xia Shuangshan was stunned for a moment. Having lived under the tyranny of Li Cuihua for many years, he subconsciously wanted to turn around and pick up the two pounds of meat on the table and hand it to Li Cuihua.

Xia Juanjuan was so angry that she sighed in her heart, grabbed Xia Shuangshan's sleeve, and said in a cold voice: "Dad! These meats, fish, and eggs are all my filial piety to you and mom! If my grandma wants to give them to us, let her two sons do it! If you dare to give them to her, I will never come to this door again!"

If her father is weak today, it will only be a matter of time before Li Cuihua bullies her again in the future!

Xia Shuangshan finally reacted and slapped himself hard.

You just woke up for a while, and now you are intoxicated again? Don’t you think it’s not enough that your family and daughter are bullied?

He looked up at Li Cuihua and said in a cold voice, "Mom! I've just told you this! After we separate, I'll give you one yuan a month. I gave you 40 cents last night. I'll give you another 60 cents tomorrow. If you want to eat meat, you can ask your eldest brother and third brother to buy it for you, or you can buy it yourself. Anyway, forget about the meat my daughter sent you!"

Li Cuihua was so angry that she couldn't say a word.

Here, Xia Juanjuan didn't want to argue with them anymore, so she took Lin Yuru and went to the kitchen with the ingredients.

"Mom! I'll cook for you!"

Seeing that no one paid attention to them, the other members of the Xia family also left with cold faces.

After a short while, the braised pork, scrambled eggs, and old hen and radish soup were ready. The aroma of meat wafted in the air, making the stomachs of the other members of the Xia family growl.

Xia Juanjuan and Lin Yuru took the food back to their room.

Looking at the sumptuous lunch, Lin Yuru was still a little bit unbelieving: "These dishes and rice...are they really for only the three of us?"

In the past, she always cooked for the whole family, but she and Xia Shuangshan were also the last ones to eat.

Every time when the second room was eating, if there was some food left for them, a little porridge was already good, and if there were any vegetables or the like, there would only be vegetable soup left!

This was the first time in all these years that she saw a table full of delicious food!

Xia Juanjuan hugged Lin Yuru's shoulders, asked her to sit down at the table, put the chopsticks in her hand, and said with a smile: "Mom, you also said that there are three people in our family, are you still letting outsiders come to eat?"

"This chicken soup is very delicious. I'll serve you a bowl and also get you a big chicken leg." Xia Juanjuan said, picking up the bowl and filling it with a bowl of chicken soup for Lin Yuru.

"Oh!" Lin Yuru replied, but she couldn't help but lift the corner of her clothes to wipe her tears.

Seeing this, Xia Shuangshan couldn't help but say, "Oh! Don't cry! What will happen if our daughter sees you? Eat quickly! From now on... we don't have to support that big family. We can have a meal like this every now and then!"

Lin Yuru wiped her tears and said, "I... I wasn't crying! I just... suddenly thought of your poor brother... If he hadn't been washed away by the flood that year, I wouldn't have been bullied by them all these years!"

Xia Juanjuan sighed and said with a smile: "Why are you talking about my brother again? Don't you still have me as your daughter? Don't worry, I will take care of you in your old age!"

Xia Shuangshan lowered his head and ate the food in silence, then said, "Juan'er, you don't have to bring back so many things like today. After all, you are married now. Once or twice is fine, but if you do it more, your husband and your in-laws will definitely not be happy... Your mother and I are still capable and can support ourselves in our old age!"

Xia Juanjuan was moved after hearing this.

After this cheap dad came to his senses, he became quite sensible.

"Dad! Don't worry about it. My man can give me all the thirty dollars, so I can use it as I want. If he dares to say anything, I will divorce him! Besides, I only took so many things today when I went back to my parents' home. How can I give you things like this every day?"

She said this on purpose, naturally, so that Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru would not have any psychological burden and feel that they were a burden to her.

When the family was having dinner, there was suddenly a commotion in the Xia family's courtyard.

"Grandma! Mom! Come out quickly! Fangfang is back from winter vacation at college!" Xia Dazhuang's eldest son Xia Chunjian shouted.

Xia Juanjuan turned around and saw Xia Dazhuang's daughter, her cousin Xia Fangfang!

The college entrance examination was resumed in 1977, so it’s still early now.

Therefore, Xia Fangfang went to a university that poor and lower-middle peasants were recommended to attend, which was actually just a more advanced literacy class.

Come to think of it, this place recommended for admission to university should have originally belonged to the original owner!

That was two years ago. The only cow used for plowing the land in the commune suddenly ran away. Everyone in the commune looked for it but couldn't find it.

It was the original owner who searched for a day and a night, finally found the cow in the mountains and brought it back.

In order to commend her, the commune gave the original owner the place in the village to go to university.

Unfortunately, when the matter came to the Xia family, things changed.

Li Cuihua loved Xia Fangfang the most, so she made the decision arbitrarily and let Xia Fangfang replace the original owner to go to college!

Although the original owner didn't agree in her heart, no one in her family cared about her idea, so she could only swallow the loss in the end!