After not sleeping well the previous night, Lin Xiaoman started to get busy early the next morning.
After Chen Xinyi got up, she started to help.
At around 9 o'clock, Meng Jianfen also came to help.
After 10 o'clock, relatives came one after another, and Lin Xiaoman invited several families to have dinner together.
Shen Guoqiang's family and Shen Fumin's family from the town also came, as did her younger sister-in-law and her husband. Her older sister-in-law and her family were busy. Her older brother and younger sister's families also came, but her second brother had gone to work in the coastal areas long ago, so he didn't come.
Several families gathered together, had lunch and discussed business.
After some discussion, they decided that the man's wedding would be held on October 5th, and Shen Xinyi's uncle's family, fourth uncle's family, and eldest uncle's family would go.
Generally speaking, the atmosphere here is still somewhat patriarchal. Whenever something big happens, it is usually men who take action.
After this matter is settled, today's dinner is over.
After seeing the people off, Lin Xiaoman took Chen Xinyi to the parking lot at the village entrance. After repeatedly admonishing her to "drive carefully," Chen Xinyi drove back.
Lin Xiaoman continued to stay in his hometown and made all the necessary preparations. He had to contact the chef, otherwise he might not be able to call anyone when the New Year came.
In addition, the old house needs to be renovated and painted, and some new furniture needs to be bought. Although I won’t be living here, I’m getting married after all, so the old house can’t be too ugly.
After working hard for a week in his hometown and almost arranging everything, Lin Xiaoman took a bus back to Wu City.
It was such a long journey on a long-distance bus. During the bumpy ride, Lin Xiaoman felt that his old problem of motion sickness came back.
Oh, it hurts so much!
I hate buses as a means of transportation the most.
After returning to Wu City, Lin Xiaoman returned to Old Lady Sun's villa. Seeing her return, the granddaughter who had been accompanying Old Lady Sun took her luggage and went back to school to report after staying there for only two days.
With only her and Old Lady Sun left at home, Lin Xiaoman returned to her retirement life, living among retired old men and women.
A few days later, it was the last weekend of August, and Shen Xinyi's dormitory lease expired, so naturally she had to move out.
Zhou Yang ran around busily and soon loaded all the things into the car.
The couple returned home happily together.
Although she had lived in the Zhou family several times, she was now going to live there permanently. Shen Xinyi couldn't help feeling a little nervous, and she felt a little uncomfortable as a newcomer.
All daughters-in-law are like this. Although Chen Xinyi felt a little awkward, she was still very active in her actions to integrate into the family.
After tidying up the room in the afternoon, Li Jing prepared to cook dinner at around 4 o'clock.
"Mom, do you want me to help?"
Shen Xinyi followed into the kitchen. As a daughter-in-law, she should always be hardworking. Sitting there doing nothing and waiting for food to be ready would definitely be unpleasant and annoying.
"Xinyi, wash the vegetables. Here, the blue basin is for washing vegetables, and the red basin is for washing meat. Remember this and don't mix them up."
"I know, Mom."
It is advisable to add water to the sink and start washing the vegetables.
Then, "Hey, hey, hey, no, no, Xinyi, you're not washing it right. It won't be clean. You have to do it like this, soak it like this, then rinse it like this, then wash it again. You have to weigh it here, drain the water..."
Li Jing took full command with a meticulous attitude, as if the students had to do their homework according to her requirements.
When washing vegetables, you have to follow her requirements and steps.
Then, how to cut the vegetable, which knife to use, and where to put it after cutting, all need to be done in accordance with the rules and cannot be sloppy.
Although she was just helping out in the kitchen, Chen Xinyi felt like she was producing some kind of precision product.
Finally, dinner is ready.
The four of them sat at a table and ate together.
During the meal, Li Jing didn't talk much, Zhou Dagui was even quieter, Zhou Yang didn't speak either, and Shen Xinyi was even quieter.
Perhaps it is because he adheres to the style of "don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping".
They ate quickly without talking, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the four of them had almost finished eating.
Seeing that everyone had finished eating, Chen Xinyi stood up and took the initiative to clean up the dishes, "I'll wash it."
Zhou Yang and Zhou Dagui just threw down their chopsticks and left the matter alone. Chen Xinyi carried the bowl into the kitchen. Li Jing was not idle either, and went into the kitchen with the remaining bowls and chopsticks.
Then, just like in class, Li Jing pointed at the pile of cleaning supplies and said, "Xinyi, this He brand dishwashing liquid is the best. If you buy anything in the future, remember to buy this one. It's the most cost-effective."
"Use the dishwashing liquid on this red sponge. The yellow sponge is for scrubbing pots. Of course, if there's not much oil, you don't need to use dishwashing liquid."
"When you rinse with clean water, use this towel. This one is for wiping the kitchen counter, and this one is for wiping the table. You need to wipe the table twice. After the first wipe, use this one. And this one..."
Blah blah, Li Jing was like a machine gun, facing the pile of dishwashing sponges and towels with clear division of labor, and Chen Xinyi was silently ashamed.
This... isn't this too particular?
Suddenly, Chen Xinyi became a little suspicious. Could it be that this mother-in-law has mysophobia?
Although she felt that this was too particular and troublesome, she changed her mind and thought that a clean mother-in-law is better than a sloppy and unhygienic one. Shen Xinyi quickly accepted it and took note of it carefully.
Washing the dishes was still done according to Li Jing's requirements. Finally, it met the standards. Shen Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief. Washing the dishes was like a war.
After the little episode of washing dishes, Chen Xinyi and Zhou Yang went for a walk after dinner hand in hand very sweetly.
After coming back from a walk, the couple went back to their room to take a shower and showed their affection.
The next day was the weekend. As young people, Zhou Yang and Shen Xinyi both had the habit of getting up late. In addition, the couple had just moved in together, so they stayed up late.
When I got up, it was almost 10 o'clock.
Li Jing was watching TV in the living room on the first floor. When she saw the two people coming downstairs, she suddenly asked, "What time is it? Is this breakfast or lunch?"
He didn't get up until noon! The dissatisfaction on Li Jing's face was very obvious.
"Let's have lunch."
Zhou Yang yawned, scratched his head, smiled shamelessly, and sat down on the sofa next to Li Jing. Then he crossed his legs and watched TV, in the standard posture of waiting for dinner.
Zhou Yang has become accustomed to Li Jing's unhappy expression. His mother would scold him for any little thing anyway.
Shen Xinyi was naturally not used to it. She knew her mother-in-law was angry. Thinking that she had indeed gotten up too late, Shen Xinyi smiled awkwardly and said, "Mom, how about I cook lunch?"
"Yeah." Li Jing nodded. It was natural for a daughter-in-law to cook. She didn't ask Chen Xinyi to cook every day, but what did it look like to sleep so late?
Which daughter-in-law is so lazy?
This unhealthy trend must not be tolerated.
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