Chapter 131 Must Give Return Gift

The topic of dividing the family had to be brought to the fore.

As the mainstay of the Wang family, Wang Dongsheng had a mouthful of food in his mouth. He chewed it in a few big bites and swallowed it, then looked at the whole family.

Especially what would be the reaction of the eldest son Wang Zongming and his wife Li Hui, fortunately they did not rush to speak.

"Since my in-laws have said so much, I will also tell you what I think."

Wang Dongsheng put down his job and said, "Zonghao is still young and has little social experience. My dear, don't think that he has found a job in the city now. What if, to put it bluntly, he has to go back to the village in the future?"

"So Zong Hao's mother and I feel that if our family squeezes together, we can help their little family to some extent."

"Yes, Pingping's mother, we can't be careless about dividing the family." Lin Xiuying also disagreed with dividing the family and wanted her newly married youngest son to live with them for a while.

She knew her younger son too well. He was impatient and not as down-to-earth as his brother Wang Zongming. She also saw that Chen Pingping was not as capable of handling household chores as her eldest daughter-in-law. In other words, as parents, they should take care of their younger son's family.

Seeing this, Li Hui secretly glanced at her man out of the corner of her eye.

Although she was very surprised that Chen Pingping's parents interfered in the Wang family's affairs, she had long wanted to separate the family, especially when she saw her brother-in-law suddenly cancel the marriage proposal with the Zhu family and immediately got engaged to the Chen family.

Pingping's mother smiled and looked at the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wang family with a sly look, "Li Hui, you will also have to stay in confinement in a few months. We still live together. It will be inconvenient for you to open the small stove during the confinement period, right?"

"Why are you cooking?" Wang Dongsheng was not afraid of offending his eldest daughter-in-law, and said unhappily, "It's not your first child, you can eat whatever you have at home."

"Hey, Dongsheng, you should ask your daughter-in-law what she thinks. I think Pingping will be pregnant soon. How can she cook two kinds of small steamboats in one pot?"

"Auntie, what you said..." Li Hui was very angry. Should the Wang family split up? When would it be her mother-in-law's turn to be in charge?

The Chen family is clearly forcing them to separate.

Then let’s split.

Wang Zonghao didn't say anything stupid. Whether the family splits up or not, they will continue to live their lives as usual.

As long as he doesn't treat Pingping unfairly.

"Pingping, I'm going to the city in the afternoon. Please take me to the town to take the bus." Wang Zonghao was eating his meal with big mouthfuls of food and nudged Pingping with his elbow to deliberately interrupt the topic of dividing the family property.

Chen Pingping held the bowl and chopsticks, turned her head and glanced at Zong Hao, "Oh."

The adults on both sides were extremely happy to see this scene, as it showed that the couple had a good relationship and were as close as glue and paint.

In the afternoon, I watched my brother-in-law and Chen Pingping go to town.

Li Hui returned to the room, sat on the edge of the bed angrily, grabbed the comb from the drawer, combed her hair twice, and threw it down with a "snap", feeling angry and upset.

Looking at her husband Wang Zongming who followed her into the house, she said, "After my brother-in-law's wedding is over, we will discuss the clan and invite them to come and preside over the division of the family."

Wang Zongming had never thought about the separation of the family. He felt that such a major matter had to be arranged by his parents. He consoled them, "Let's see what mom and dad think. Zonghao has only been in the city for a few days. You are anxious to separate the family. If Zonghao disagrees, let's put it aside for now."

"Zong Ming! I'm not saying anything bad about you. Chen Pingping's parents may have come to dinner today to discuss the separation of the family property for their daughter. Why do you still think Zong Hao disagrees?"

Wang Zongming looked embarrassed. He patted his wife's shoulder gently and said in a gentle tone, "I'll ask my parents first."

I was thinking about whether I should find the right opportunity to talk to my parents about the separation.

Wang Zongming considered things more maturely and also took his family into consideration. However, seeing that his wife was pregnant with their second child, it would become increasingly difficult for him to work in the next two or three months.

These days, I have seen my brother's wife, Chen Pingping, staying at Wang's house every day. She just opens her mouth for food and stretches out her hand for clothes, just like a hands-off manager. I am afraid that I can't rely on her to get up every morning to make breakfast for the family.

Over there, Wang Zonghao and Chen Pingping left Longwang Village and saw that there was no one else on the road.

The two of them stood on the side of the road and started chewing each other's food in each other's arms, as if they were having a tryst.

It was a coincidence that they happened to pass by the fork in the road between Longwang Village and Qinglong Village, and the villagers of the two villages were rushing to the town from here.

Zhang Kang, his eldest brother, two cousins, and their hunting companions were almost at the intersection when they saw a young couple at the intersection ahead of them who seemed to be being affectionate.

"Zhang Kang, does the girl in front look like Chen Pingping?" asked Zhang Kang.

Zhang Kang twitched his lips. "What a pair of bastards! They are so shameless even in the street in broad daylight."

The two people standing at the intersection also heard someone coming this way, so they quickly let go and continued on their way to the town.

The two groups of people were not too far apart, one in front and one behind.

When they arrived in the town, Wang Zonghao took Chen Pingping to a rice cake shop, intending to buy some rice cakes. However, the steamed rice cakes at the shop would take a while to cook.

Standing at the entrance of the rice cake shop, Wang Zonghao saw Zhang Kang and his group walking onto the road to Hongmei. "Is that bastard going to Hongmei Village to look for my brother-in-law to go hunting in the mountains?"

"Maybe so. The Zhang family is also going to have a wedding. How can we hold the banquet if we don't go to the mountains to buy some mountain products?" Chen Pingping said sarcastically.

"Hiss!" Wang Zonghao scratched his head, "We are also going to get married. When the time comes, should we ask my dad and his family to go to the mountains behind Hongmei Village to buy mountain products?"

It's impossible for the banquet to be filled with only seafood.

In the village, wedding banquets always emphasize having a few bowls of meat dishes and a few bowls of vegetarian dishes.

After all, the groom's family has to accept favors, so how could they feel embarrassed if the banquet was so awful?

Chen Pingping thought for a moment, and seeing her fiancé's irritated look, she said, "Zonghao, this time we're getting married, and the village will have to give favors to both families, so the feast for our Chen family can't be too bad. Think of a way to get some meat for us."

"...What can I think of? You don't have a son in your family, and almost no one will say anything at the banquet." Wang Zonghao said with a grin.

He could think of nothing else to do. Apart from going into the mountains to buy some mountain products, he only had that little money. He also had to buy new quilts and other things for the Chen family. There were so many other places where he needed to spend money.

"Don't you work for the county's armed forces? They need to buy groceries every day..."

"No, please don't let me do anything bad."

Wang Zonghao still understands this point clearly.

He didn't dare to set his sights on the kitchen, otherwise it would damage his brother-in-law's reputation.

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Zhang Kang and his companions walked quickly and arrived at Hongmei Village in half an hour. When they arrived at Zhai's house, they walked straight into the main hall and went to the side room at the back. However, they saw their old comrade-in-arms hunched over in the field behind the house, planting vegetables.

"Old Zhai! Come on, let's go into the mountains and buy some mountain products."

"You want to go hunting in the mountains?" Zhai Ximo slowly straightened his back and dug the hoe in his hand into the soil. "I want to plant vegetables here. Why don't you go out in the morning? If you go into the mountains at this time, it will be dark soon."

Wang Ziru came out of the side room holding a bag of cabbage seeds, glanced outside, and vaguely saw several men standing in the yard.

He was also craning his neck to look into the house.

"Did you bring anyone else with you?"

Zhang Kang turned around and smiled, "Yes, we are all brothers."

After a pause, Zhang Kang asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you see that my brothers and I are not familiar with the terrain of the mountains in your village. You can ask Lao Zhai to take me to the mountains and plant vegetables tomorrow."

"Of course, but if you guys hunt down any mountain products, I won't ask you for any of them. If you have any small ones, like wild rabbits or pheasants, remember to bring me one."

"Of course I'll tell you!"

With approval from his family leaders, Zhai Ximo put down his hoe and worked from morning till afternoon to dig up only half a lump of soil.

"Just sow the vegetable seeds in the places I dug out, and I will dig the rest tomorrow." Zhai Ximo put on thin clothes, tied a military belt around his waist, went back to the house to get a flashlight, and went out with his eldest brother.

Zhai Qingsong has been planting crops in the village all year round. In his spare time, he would go hunting in the mountains with the men in the village to become familiar with the terrain of the mountains.

A few other idle men in the village saw the two Zhai brothers leading people from other villages into the mountains, so they also invited a few friends to go to the mountains to collect waste.

The man went to the mountains, and Wang Ziru sowed vegetable seeds in the half-turned field by herself, and then covered it with a thin layer of soil. In this way, the seeds could be kept warm and take root and sprout with the help of the moisture from the nearby forest.

After planting the cabbage, Wang Ziru put the hoe and small bucket into the studio.

I plan to take a break and then make dinner.

Baoer was in the house by herself, wearing her own leather shoes with her bare feet, and running happily in the house, "Mom, look, are my leather shoes pretty?"

"pretty."

Looking at the little leather shoes that the child loved so much, Wang Ziru felt that she should give Han Dixing a small gift in return.

But Koreans have everything, including food, clothing and drinks.

Thinking of this, Wang Ziru secretly swore that she must find a way to get some return gifts for the Han family tomorrow. She must not let Han Dixing spend so much money to buy two pairs of small leather shoes for the child and a pair of leather shoes for her in one go.

When dinner was almost ready, we heard men talking in the yard outside.

"Dad and uncle are back from hunting." Baoer's little body, which was sitting on the stove, stood up suddenly and ran out to check.

Wang Ziru stir-fried a plate of Chinese cabbage and fried a plate of shredded potato cakes. As soon as they came out of the pan, she was afraid that if she went out now, she would ask her mother-in-law to come in and secretly eat the food she cooked.

He took the dishes out of the pot, scooped three bowls of porridge with corn grits cooked in the pot next to it, and placed them all on a high stool at the mouth of the stove.

At this time, the man walked into the kitchen carrying a wild rabbit, "Zi Ru, we got a wild rabbit."

Wang Ziru turned around and saw the man holding a big wild rabbit with a bulging belly. "Is it a female?"

"Uh," Zhai Ximo didn't look carefully. It was too dark in the forest at that time. He just relied on his keen hearing to shoot the wild rabbit. He walked over and asked, "Do you recognize it?"

Wang Ziru rubbed her hands on her apron twice, took the big wild rabbit, and with her experience as an obstetrician and gynecologist, examined it: "It is indeed a female, and there are at least four or five cubs in its belly."

"Ah? Can I still eat it?"

"You definitely can't eat it!" Wang Ziru noticed that the gray-haired female rabbit in her hand looked panicked, as if it was ready to escape from human control at any time.

The gray rabbit's eyes are a gentle and docile black. The offspring of this breed of wild rabbits grow quickly and can eat several rabbits in the future.

The man looked unhappy, as he had been busy for so long only to get a fish that was inedible.

"It's okay. Go ask Uncle Zhang. I heard a while ago that he was planning to raise a rabbit. This rabbit looks good. It will probably give birth to pups in a few days. The pups are easy to raise."

Baoer stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at the wild rabbit in his mother's hand from afar. He wanted to come over and touch the wild rabbit's fur, but he was afraid of being caught by the rabbit.

"I'll bring the rabbit over directly. If Master Zhang doesn't want to keep it, we'll just let it go." Zhai Ximo was carrying the big wild rabbit and was about to go to Master Zhang's house. But before he could even step out of the doorstep, he was bumped into by his mother.

When Mrs. Liu saw her son carrying the rabbit to Mr. Zhang's house, she immediately reached out to grab the rabbit, "If you don't want to eat it, give it to me! I can eat this rabbit."

"Mom, my brother has a pheasant. You can go and stew it with him." Zhai Ximo didn't let his mother catch the wild rabbit.

Mrs. Liu was furious and shouted, "Your eldest brother only got a chicken the size of a palm. How can he eat that? Give me the rabbit quickly. I will kill it and make soup tonight."