Chapter 83 Brother-in-law is not an enemy

After giving Bao'er instructions, Zhai Ximo stood in the corridor outside his brother-in-law's room.

Nervously waiting for my son to run out holding the book.

But when he saw the little guy rummaging under the pillow, even wanting to pull the quilt to the ground, but couldn't find the book at all, he whispered, "Baoer, did you find the book?"

"Why isn't there any photo under the pillow, Dad? We can't see Mom's photo anymore."

Baoer was very depressed. That night, he and his father stayed in his uncle's room. When his father went to the toilet, he told him to lie down well under the quilt. While he was waiting for his father to come back from the toilet, his little hands were scratching around under the pillow.

She unexpectedly pulled out a rusty old book from under her pillow. When she opened it, she found a few photos falling out of the book. The boy took a closer look and sat up with joy. "Oh, it's my mother."

That night, I accidentally found a photo of my mother when she was a child...

It is still vivid in my mind, how could the young man stop so easily?

"Forget it if we can't find it. Maybe your uncle has hidden it. Come out and we won't look for it anymore."

Zhai Ximo was worried about being caught by his mother-in-law, so he kept urging the boy to come out quickly.

Yesterday in town, my brother-in-law may have noticed that something was wrong. Knowing that they were going back to my mother's house today, he deliberately hid those old photos.

Brat! He even wanted to use a few tattered photos to get money for the betrothal gift from his sister!

"There's a drawer here, Dad. My uncle might have put the book in the drawer." There was no trace of the old book anywhere on the bed. The boy was very unwilling to give up. Just when he was disappointed, he found a drawer near the window. He ran over excitedly, opened the drawer and looked for it.

The stove room at this moment.

The fire in the stove was not very big, but the hot steam from the pig's trotters stewed slowly in the large iron pot kept coming out of the pot lid, filling the whole stove room with a layer of white mist.

There were several large dishes on the chopping board, which were not usually seen on the table at home.

There are wild bamboo shoots and dried wild mushrooms, each of which exudes the breath of nature.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Wang family stood beside the chopping board, concentrating on cutting a piece of cooked pork belly. The piece she cut was as long as a finger and looked particularly tempting when placed on the chopping board.

"Hui, Baoer and the others are back!"

Lin Xiuying hurried into the kitchen holding a net bag of canned oranges and said to her daughter-in-law with a happy face, "Hurry up and add more dishes! Add two more bowls of steamed pork with rice flour."

Li Hui was also very happy to hear that her sister-in-law had returned. She looked up and saw the net bag held by her mother-in-law, "Is this canned oranges?"

"Yes! Baoer brought it back. The child is really sensible. He insisted on bringing it back to eat with Zhuzi."

"My brother-in-law really loves his children. It's not worth spending money on these rare toys."

"They didn't buy these canned oranges themselves. What happened to the Zhai family yesterday? Secretary Tang of the commune heard about it, so he bought some things and brought people to their home to express his condolences." Lin Xiuying was so happy that she looked beaming.

Looking back, one day, their daughter went to the town to attend the market and came home suddenly saying that she wanted to marry this poor boy. The couple wanted to catch this boy and beat him up.

As a result, they lost their son-in-law in the county who had a wealthy and promising future.

I even lost a lot of betrothal money.

Unexpectedly, after five years, this kid is still doing well. Now, when he goes home to visit his relatives, the commune secretary even brings people to visit him to express his condolences.

It's amazing.

"Mom! Go and see if Zhuzi and the others have come back?" Li Hui saw that her mother-in-law still had some resentment in her heart, so she quickly spoke up to interrupt her wild thoughts.

Lin Xiuying nodded happily, touching the canned oranges like a treasure. "I'll open these two cans of oranges when Zhuzi comes back and let everyone taste them. I'll keep the other one for you."

"Mom, I'm an adult and I don't eat these things."

"Tsk! You don't get to eat good food normally, and now the baby in your belly wants to eat something good. I'll put it in the closet in your room, don't let Zhuzi see it..." Lin Xiuying smiled and looked at her daughter-in-law's belly. She felt so happy in her heart, as if she had eaten honey, sweet.

Ever since Zhuzi was born, the whole family had been hoping that the eldest daughter-in-law would have two or three more babies, but there was no movement in her belly.

But this year, I don’t know if it was the spirit of our ancestors appearing, but there was unexpected movement.

How could the Wang family be unhappy?

Lin Xiuying turned around and walked out of the kitchen, vaguely hearing her son-in-law and little grandson talking in the room.

She walked around the main room and glanced toward the corridor.

The boy seemed to have just come out of his uncle's room, with empty hands and a downcast face. "Dad, I can't find it. Did my uncle throw it away?"

"Your uncle is not that brave! Forget it, dad will ask for you later."

Hearing the footsteps of his mother-in-law, Zhai Ximo remained expressionless. He patted the boy gently and said.

Lin Xiuying asked curiously, "What are you looking for in my uncle's room?"

"Photo! My mother's photo was under my uncle's pillow, but it's gone today. Grandma, have you seen my mother's photo?"

"A photo of Mom?"

Lin Xiuying blinked her eyes of joy quickly, and her gaze instantly moved to her son-in-law. She said with a smile: "You have to ask my uncle, grandma doesn't know."

"Mom, it's okay, the child is curious."

Lin Xiuying watched her son-in-law leading Baoer to the toilet, and her heart was a little uneasy.

He quickly returned to the kitchen to ask his eldest daughter-in-law, "Last night, I seemed to hear Zonghao hiding the photos in your room?"

"Hehehe..." Li Hui also heard her mother-in-law and brother-in-law talking on the veranda, and couldn't help laughing, "Zonghao is right, my brother-in-law must be curious about who my sister-in-law was engaged to before."

"What a fool Zonghao is! Why would he keep such a thing?"

"Mom, don't worry. Zonghao guessed last night that this would happen today and hid the photos in our room a long time ago."

"But don't let him show it off again, it's embarrassing!"

Lin Xiuying is an experienced person, and he would not be happy if a woman saw such a thing.

Maybe the couple will even quarrel when they get home.

Outside the stone house, the sun filled the entire courtyard and the wind was not strong.

Everyone sat around the fire, drinking tea and eating melon seeds.

Wang Dongsheng went back to the house, found three enamel pots, poured three cups of tea, and felt inexplicably emotional when he saw his daughter return to her parents' home unharmed.

"Have you dealt with yesterday's incident?"

"Are you talking about the incident where my mother-in-law chopped off my eldest uncle?" Wang Ziru held the enamel pot, gulped down several mouthfuls of hot tea, and looked up and asked.

"I heard that Uncle Baoer had a big cut on his arm?"

Wang Dongsheng puffed on a cigarette, frowning, and was very worried about his daughter's life at her husband's house.

When Zhu Yan's parents heard Wang Dongsheng mention the matter of the Zhai family, they also wanted to find out more.

However, Wang Ziru said calmly, "It's not a big deal, don't worry."

Seeing the man leading his son back from the toilet, she put down the enamel pot and grabbed a handful of melon seeds, "Bao'er, you and dad can warm yourself by the fire in the yard. Brother Zhuzi and the others will be back soon."

"oh."

The little guy doesn't look very good.

He couldn't find his mother's photo, and he couldn't show it off in front of his father.

I had no choice but to go and eat some melon seeds.

Wang Ziru went to the kitchen to help cook.

When I walked into the kitchen and saw the dishes on the chopping board, my mood suddenly became better. "Sister-in-law! Today we have such a good meal to entertain our in-laws. I will help you cook."

"Oh, my dear, it's rare for you to come back to your parents' home. Sit down and rest for a while."

"It's okay. We can chat while cooking." Wang Ziru quickly finished the melon seeds in her hand and threw the shells into the stove.

Turn around.

My sister-in-law opened the lid of another steamer that was already steaming hot and put several bowls of steamed pork with rice flour into the steamer.

"Is this meat from a wild boar's leg?"

Li Hui smiled with dimples on her face: "The wild boar leg meat is stewing in the pot. This steamed pork with rice flour was bought by Zong Hao in the next village last night."

It is worthy of being a feast for entertaining in-laws.

It's really abundant.

Wang Ziru curled her lips, "Sister-in-law, you've married into our Wang family, this isn't the first time you've eaten something this good, right?"

"From what you said, although the Wang family doesn't have meat every day, they are not the worst family in our village. We can still eat a lot of seafood on a regular basis."

Li Hui is a contented woman. She married to Longwang Village from her parents' home in the deep mountains.

She had simple meals, a good-natured husband, and her in-laws treated her kindly, so she lived a happy life.

Compared to her sister-in-law, Li Hui feels that she is a very happy woman.

My aunt and sister-in-law are preparing to cook in the kitchen.

There was some movement in the yard outside. It was Zhuzi and the others who had returned.

Soon, Wang Zongming came into the kitchen and saw his sister and his wife Zha busy with their work, chatting and laughing. He smiled and asked, "Sister! We went to the dock to get some shrimps. Do you think we should stir-fry them like we did that night?"

"No crabs?" Li Hui asked.

"Well, they didn't catch much valuable goods this time. Some people in the town came to buy them and took away the good ones. There were some shrimps left. I thought they were okay, so I took some back."

"Brother, go and shell the big shrimps and bring them in. Remove the heads and I'll make shrimp balls for you."

Wang Zongming was stunned, "How do you make shrimp balls?"

Here, Wang Ziru stood beside the chopping board, tearing wild bamboo shoots with her hands, and turned back to say: "Chop the shrimp meat, add some sweet potato flour and roll it into balls."

"Can it be made into meatballs? Then I'll ask Zonghao to help."

It was the first time that Wang Zongming heard that shrimps could be shelled and then the meat could be chopped and rolled into balls.

I admire my sister's smart mind.

When Wang Zonghao came into the kitchen with the cleaned shrimp in a small bamboo basket, Wang Ziru asked unhappily, "Zonghao, did you hide those photos of mine?"

"Sister! Do you want to go back?"

Wang Zonghao immediately seemed to smell the scent of betrothal money, his eyes lit up, and after a pause, he smiled slyly: "Just now Baoer asked me where the photos were placed. Tell me, could it be that my brother-in-law wants to see them?"

"Ah? Did Baoer ask? Then what did you say?"

Somehow, Wang Ziru felt a little nervous.

Although it wasn't a shameful photo, it would still make any man jealous.

Wang Zonghao's mind was working rapidly, thinking about this matter. If he let his brother-in-law get involved, would his betrothal money fly away?

At this moment, a cold voice appeared silently at the door of the stove room.

"Zong Hao, Baoer wants to see his mother's photo. Go find it and return it to your sister." Zhai Ximo led his son into the smoky kitchen.