When cooking in the evening, it was Li Jing who went to the kitchen, and Chen Xinyi was still helping her. Li Jing was nagging at her while cooking.
"For stir-frying vegetables, this little oil is enough. Add salt when the food is 70% cooked. Don't add too much salt. This salt spoon is enough. There's no need to add MSG. I don't usually use MSG at home. The dish does taste better with MSG, but it's not healthy. The food must be eaten lightly..."
Chen Xinyi was nagged so much that she felt like her ears were getting calluses.
The dishes cooked by Li Jing are really not very oily and taste very light.
It is good for health, but it tastes really bland when eaten.
After dinner, Chen Xinyi was still the one washing the dishes. What was originally a simple chore, under Li Jing's strict requirements, became a delicate job...
New week, Monday, workday.
Chen Xinyi got up at six o'clock. According to her calculations, she would spend half an hour preparing breakfast, and would definitely be able to go out at seven o'clock and arrive at the company at eight o'clock.
After Shen Xinyi went downstairs, she found that Li Jing was already in the kitchen.
Since Li Jing was already making breakfast, she didn't say anything and hung out the clothes that she had washed last night in the inner bathroom. When hanging the clothes, she was afraid that Li Jing would find fault with them, so she strictly followed what she said yesterday.
After breakfast, except for Li Jing who still had two days of vacation to rest at home, the other three went out to work.
The days went by like this, one after another, time passed quickly, and it was the weekend again.
On Saturday, knowing that Chen Xinyi had no activities at home, Lin Xiaoman called her over to have lunch together.
This time, Zhou Yang didn't come, and Shen Xinyi drove over by herself. Lin Xiaoman cooked two more dishes and had a simple meal at Old Lady Sun's house.
Old Mrs. Sun talked to Shen Xinyi for a while, then walked around the community and went home to take a nap.
While Old Lady Sun was sleeping, Lin Xiaoman pulled Shen Xinyi to have a heart-to-heart talk.
The content of the conversation is nothing more than how the past few days have been and whether they have been wronged.
In response to Lin Xiaoman's questions, Chen Xinyi basically answered "okay" or "pretty good".
Although he didn't say anything, there was a hint of depression between Shen Xinyi's brows.
Things smell good from a distance but smell bad up close; this is the truth.
In the past, she thought Li Jing was just a bit too assertive, but she was still reasonable and sensible. She herself was good-natured and easygoing, so she had no problem getting along with someone as assertive as Li Jing. Even if there was a conflict, she could always back down. After all, her principle was to be kind to others, and to back down to open up more opportunities.
The reality is that there are indeed no temporary contradictions.
But... I feel suffocated and depressed.
Li Jing is not the evil mother-in-law in TV dramas, and you can't say she is bad, but Chen Xinyi is really tired and has an indescribable boredom.
Her living habits are rather casual, and she is a bit careless when it comes to daily chores. For example, washing dishes used to be done with just a few quick strokes, not as troublesome as it is now.
As soon as she moved into the Zhou family, Shen Xinyi was immediately caught in the big net woven by Li Jing.
How should this be done, how should that be done, how should this be done, how should that be done... everything must be done according to Li Jing's requirements.
But, these are just trivial family matters, some trivial matters, and it cannot be said that Li Jing, the mother-in-law, is targeting her. It can only be said that the mother-in-law is using her own standards to demand her.
In the eyes of my mother-in-law, all her standards are correct and good, so her request is for her own good.
Chen Xinyi herself felt that it was a bit unreasonable to have a conflict over such a trivial matter in life.
I feel like I'm back in my student days, being controlled by teachers in everything, which is really depressing.
I feel depressed, and from time to time I feel a nameless anger in my heart, which I can neither vent nor swallow.
Chen Xinyi felt uneasy, and felt that being married was not as happy as she had imagined.
However, her husband doesn't gamble, visit prostitutes, or commit domestic violence, and he still hands over his salary to her. She doesn't have to serve her parents-in-law, and the housework is shared by her mother-in-law and her. Even so, she still feels dissatisfied and has many complaints, which seems a bit ungrateful.
If she accidentally "did something wrong", Li Jing would lecture her like a student. Feeling depressed, Shen Xinyi could only tell herself that life is not a fairy tale. After getting married, who doesn't have bumps and bruises?
Compared with the worst scumbags and the worst in-laws, she couldn't be any better.
Just like that, I comfort myself and live my life.
Lin Xiaoman did not ask in detail about Chen Xinyi's "very good" behavior. After all, it was her own choice to get married. Whether she lived a good life or a bad life was entirely her own choice.
Chen Xinyi and Lin Xiaoman talked for the whole afternoon and went back before dinner.
As time passed, the heat began to subside, the weather gradually became cooler, and we entered the golden month of September.
In a blink of an eye, it’s almost October.
Amidst the anticipation of office workers, the National Day holiday arrived, and then whoosh, before they had enough fun, it jumped to the 5th and the holiday balance was insufficient.
October 5th, wedding banquet.
Back in his hometown, Chen Xinyi's uncle, fourth uncle, and eldest uncle came a day in advance. There were 10 people in total, driving two cars.
Li Jing looked down on Chen Xinyi, the poor relative of her daughter-in-law, but she was a person who always put on a good show. She had already booked a hotel and made all the arrangements.
The wedding was lively and festive on the day. When Zhou Yang came to the hotel to pick up the bride, Lin Xiaoman, as the mother of the bride, pinched her thigh secretly. Her eyes were red and she squeezed out several tears. She was like an old mother who was reluctant to let her daughter go.
Perhaps it was because Lin Xiaoman's acting was too real, Chen Xinyi was deeply moved and also wiped away tears with red eyes.
The scene was just sensational.
After the people were taken away, Lin Xiaoman, who had nothing to do, just chatted with relatives the whole time. The four of them sat at a table and played mahjong to pass the time.
The time spent playing mahjong is always so short. In the blink of an eye, the dinner is here.
Relatives from the Zhou family arrived at the hotel one after another and began to take their seats. Soon, the entire lobby was full of people.
There were more than twenty tables full of people, and it was very lively.
Because it was the man's home court and she had nothing to do, Lin Xiaoman sat at the main table the whole time, eating her own food.
Although Li Jing was very particular about other aspects, she was not stingy at all when it came to the banquet. She had lobsters, crabs, a bowl of abalone for each person... The food was very rich. The wine was Maotai, and the cigarettes on the table were soft cigarettes, one pack for each person.
This banquet was definitely a huge expense.
Lin Xiaoman: Tsk, how can you look like you don’t have money for the bride price?
During the meal, Lin Xiaoman was free, while Li Jing and Zhou Dagui ate a few bites in a hurry and then took Zhou Yang and Shen Xinyi to each table to toast.
Every time she went to a table, Chen Xinyi would receive several packets of red envelopes from the elders.
I received red envelopes at every table, and my pockets were filled with so many red envelopes.
After more than an hour, the banquet ended and friends and relatives left one after another.
The bustling day has come to an end.
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