Chapter 65: My sister-in-law who has not yet married into the family wants a dowry. What does it have to do with me?

Seeing his savior appear, Zhuzi shouted into the house at the top of his voice: "Grandma! My aunt is back."

In the blink of an eye, like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, he quickly rushed down the roof and hid behind his aunt.

Wang Ziru's mother was sitting at the door of the stone house, mending her torn clothes that were covered with patches.

Hearing the familiar voices of her daughter and grandson outside the house, Lin Xiuying was overjoyed. She quickly put the unfinished clothes on a chair and got up to greet her daughter.

"It's Bao Er who's back."

Wang Ziru saw the woman in plain clothes and called out, "Mom."

The tall figure standing beside her was silent for a moment, then called out, "Mom..."

Lin Xiuying's eyes were filled with tears of joy. Her daughter had not been back to her parents' home for a long time and had been missing her and her little grandson.

When Baoer saw his grandmother, he excitedly slid off his mother's back.

Rushed to grandma, "Grandma! I miss you so much, where's grandpa?"

"Grandma misses you, too." Lin Xiuying picked up her little grandson, held his cheek and kissed him, then looked at her increasingly handsome son-in-law, "Grandpa and the two uncles are out to sea, and should be home before the evening."

Lin Xiuying pinched the boy's chubby face and looked at her son-in-law with mixed feelings. She had five years of accumulated resentment in her heart and wanted to question her son-in-law in person.

Back then, this daughter of the Wang family was engaged to a man in the city.

Who would have known that this unpromising girl, who had never liked going to the gathering, followed a few women in the village to the gathering that day.

She fell in love with the brat from the Zhai family at first sight and forced him to...

Thinking of what happened five years ago, Lin Xiuying swallowed back the words she wanted to scold.

She looked at her daughter and found that she had been reborn. She looked radiant and beautifully dressed.

I guess it’s also thanks to my son-in-law.

The expression of "I don't agree with this marriage" on Lin Xiuying's face gradually disappeared, and her eyes were full of joy. "Bao'er, you are back! How come you have been in the army for five years?"

Still couldn't help but question his son-in-law.

After all, Zhai Ximo had served in the army for five years and had experienced hundreds of wars. After years of tempering, he looked a little rough, but with a bit of the warmth of a tough guy. Under his sword-like brows were a pair of eyes that contained tenderness but determination.

He knew his mother-in-law was about to ask him questions, so he replied calmly, "Back then, I joined the army and fought in the war... Then, after the war ended, which was two years ago, the army promoted me to officer, and I went to military school for another two years."

In other words, it’s not that he doesn’t want to go home to visit his family.

Once he entered Guo Jia's system, he could not decide on his own whether to take a vacation.

Especially now that he is still a cadre, he must set a good example and be a role model for the Youth League.

"You...were promoted in the army?" Lin Xiuying was quite shocked.

This kid kept quiet, but actually made a name for himself and became an officer in the army!

No wonder her daughter was dressed so well. She said that with the Zhai family's financial resources, they couldn't even afford a piece of decent cloth, let alone new clothes for their daughter-in-law.

Wang Ziru, who was standing next to her, was confused. She had never asked about this before, and this was of course the first time she had heard of it.

But she couldn't let others see that she didn't know. "He's just a small cadre, Mom. Let's not talk about the military affairs for now. Let's go into the house and rest first."

"No matter how small a cadre is, he is still an official." Li Hui came over to smooth things over, and then looked at her brother-in-law with a smile on her face, "I wonder what position your brother-in-law holds in the army now?"

"Captain." Zhai Ximo replied.

"Captain?! I heard from the people in Qinglong Village that there is a soldier in their village who has become a battalion commander. He came back to visit his family this time and got engaged. The girl is a girl from our fishing village..."

"You are talking about Zhang Kang, right? He was my junior high school classmate..."

Zhai Ximo had forgotten about this matter.

I went to Zhang Kang's house for a wedding banquet that day and didn't bother to ask where the bride was from.

What a good family! They married a girl from the same village. When she joins the army, they will live in the courtyard and will have a fellow villager to look after each other.

Zhuzi tugged at the brand new shirt his little cousin was wearing and pouted, "Grandma, look, Bao'er is wearing a new shirt. Your uncle must be a very important official."

Lin Xiuying's eyes were complicated, and she felt that her daughter's hard work had paid off. "If she hadn't come back, how could she and her daughter survive?"

"Oh my! Mom! What are you talking about on such a happy day?"

When my sister-in-law and her family finally returned to her parents' home, Li Hui had already dropped the bamboo stick in her hand and came over to hold Bao'er's hand, "Look! Bao'er has grown stronger than he was six months ago."

Lin Xiuying happily welcomed her daughter and son-in-law into the stone house.

Holding his little grandson in his arms, he was reluctant to put him down, so he walked straight into the stone house and sat on a chair.

Daughter-in-law Li Hui was quick and skillful. She quickly made a pot of tea and brought it out, then poured two cups of tea for her sister-in-law and her husband.

Then I turned around and saw the basket my brother-in-law had placed on the ground. Inside was a pig's trotter and a live duck.

Li Hui blinked quickly and said in surprise, "Aunt Zhuzi, why did you buy so many things when you came back?"

In previous years, I would always go back to my parents’ home empty-handed with my child.

This year it was a great gift.

Lin Xiuying, who was sitting on a chair, also saw a piece of pig's trotter sticking out of the basket and asked hurriedly, "You also bought pig's feet? If everyone goes back to their parents' home like you, who in-laws wouldn't have something to say about it?"

Wang Ziru sat on a low chair and picked up the enamel teacup, "Isn't this Baoer's grandpa's birthday?"

"By the way, we are all back, where is my dad? Why is there no man at home?"

"My dad and a few other men from the village went out to sea to fish before dawn. I guess they will be back to the village soon," Li Hui replied quickly.

Lin Xiuying turned her head and glanced outside the house. "I should be back before dusk."

"My dad and his friends went out to sea? It's his birthday today, so he can't go out to sea." What if we encounter big storms?

There are no other customs in the fishing village, except that people usually do not go out to sea on their birthdays.

He was afraid of disturbing the sea god and shortening his life.

This has become a custom that the men in the fishing village have strictly adhered to for many years.

Lin Xiuying waved her hands, "A big family needs to eat! We have few dry fields in our fishing village. Unlike your village, we rely on that one mu of land. We can bring back some things when we go out to sea."

Most families in fishing villages have a similar structure to the Wang family, where men work outside the home and women take care of the household, raising children, sewing and doing housework. The men in the family work together on the small amount of dry land allocated to them, and they can finish the farm work in the fields in three to five days.

The daughter and son-in-law returned to her parents' home, and the two women in the stone house immediately became busy.

Lin Xiuying looked at the wild boar's foot that weighed ten pounds, and then looked at the mallard duck.

Naturally, I feel happy.

However, my daughter can eat whatever she wants, but my son-in-law is someone else's son, so he is a distinguished guest after all, and it is rare for him to accompany my daughter back to her parents' home.

Lin Xiuying asked her son-in-law, "Baoer's father, do you think we should eat duck or pig's feet tonight?"

Without waiting for Zhai Ximo to answer, Wang Ziru stood up from the chair holding the teacup, walked over to look at the duck, "My dad and his friends will definitely have some fresh seafood when they come back, why don't we kill a duck and roast it."

"Roast duck...we don't know how to make it." Lin Xiuying said.

"Leave it to me. I'll make the roast duck later, and Bao'er's dad will be in charge of slaughtering the duck."

"It's his first time coming to our house, and you let him do the work..."

Li Hui smiled and looked at her brother-in-law. It was her brother-in-law's first time to the Wang family. No men were at home, so he could only hold the enamel teacup and pour himself tea.

Division of labor completed.

The young couple stopped drinking tea.

Wang Ziru went to the toilet to relieve herself and when she came back she passed by the window of the stove room.

I heard my sister-in-law lower her voice in the kitchen:

"My brother-in-law must have brought a lot of money with him when he came back to visit his family this time, otherwise Baoer and his mother would not have had the money to buy new clothes."

Lin Xiuying: "Alas, they finally got their reward after all the hardship they've endured."

"Mom! Don't you understand what I mean? My brother-in-law brought money home. Now, my brother-in-law's girlfriend wants us to give her 200 yuan as a betrothal gift when they get married at the end of the year. Have you forgotten?"

"How could I forget? You saw it too. Bao'er's dad bought pig's feet and duck for your dad's birthday. Tell me, how can I ask them for money?"

Hearing what the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law said in the kitchen, Wang Zi tiptoed out like a cat.

She hurried to the open courtyard in front to look for a man.