Chapter 475 General's Wife Strengthens the Wife's Responsibility (3)
Jiang's mother originally thought that her daughter-in-law would have a bad temper since she came from a high-class family. However, since she came to the house, she has never seen her daughter-in-law give anyone a cold face. She also gets along very well with the neighbors around her and does not put on airs with anyone. She is indescribably satisfied with this daughter-in -law.
She once saw General Qi's mansion from a distance on the street. It was so magnificent and gorgeous that she never dared to imagine that she could have any contact with the people inside. Looking at her daughter-in-law busying herself in front of the stove, she felt complicated and didn't know whether she would regret it in the future.
"Come over and take a rest, Shiyi." Jiang's mother picked up the old clothes that she had half-dressed yesterday and was about to finish it. When she picked it up, she saw that there was no hole in it. It was a perfect piece of clothing. If it hadn't turned white due to so many washes, it might have been mistaken for a new piece of clothing!
Although she is old, her memory is still good. This dress was damaged when she was carrying firewood up the mountain, and she had clearly gone to Aunt Wang's house to borrow rice for cooking yesterday when she was halfway through sewing. Then, the remaining half must have been completed by her daughter-in-law. Her eyes fell on her daughter-in-law who was still busy, and she heard her daughter-in-law say, "Mother, I'm not tired, but you should take a break. I have already mended the clothes for you yesterday, but I don't know if it suits your taste, so I didn't tell you."
Hey. Her daughter-in-law is really a hidden talent! The mending skills are so good, so the embroidery skills must be good.
She also heard her daughter-in-law tell her that she can pay back Aunt Zhang's buckwheat noodles tomorrow. The buckwheat noodles were the first time her son came back since joining the army, and she went to borrow them herself.
"What should we use to pay back?" she asked. There was obviously nothing left at home. Except for a few bundles of dead firewood.
"I embroidered a few new patterns and sold them to Guirenfang. The boss asked me to cooperate with her and she will give me a share."
Her daughter-in-law looked calm, but she was a little uneasy.
Guirenfang is the best place in Kyoto to make clothes. Whether it is patterns, styles or fabrics, they are the trend of the whole Kyoto. Even an old woman like her knew the saying in Kyoto: If you don't go to Guirenfang in this life, you've come from the human world in vain. And those who can go to Guirenfang to buy clothes are either rich or noble.
"How much money can I get?" She asked carefully. But her daughter-in-law smiled and told her: "Enough rice for our family to eat for half a year."
"Ah? Enough rice for half a year!" Jiang's mother slapped her thigh, "Isn't that...isn't that...great!"
If there is enough rice at home, her son doesn't have to save money in the military camp. This family doesn't have to drag her son down.
"Mother, please go slowly. Are your legs and feet hurt?"
Looking at her daughter-in-law who cares about her, Jiang's mother felt warm in her heart.
This daughter-in-law is a good daughter-in-law! A good daughter-in-law! But there is still a small regret. She looked at her daughter-in-law's flat belly.
I hope that when her son comes back next time, her daughter-in-law can get pregnant!
Military camp.
"Jiang Qi, your family sent you something again!" Fireman Lao Wang has always been active in getting news and doesn't hide things. When he sees the person involved, he will pass on a message orally.
"Family?" Jiang Qi was a little confused. His mother was illiterate and had never sent anything to the military camp. He had just married and was not used to his wife.
"Go and see for yourself." Lao Wang patted his shoulder and turned to another place.
Jiang Qi went there with doubts and got a big package. He opened it and saw that it was full of dried salted fish and pickles, as well as a letter wrapped in kraft paper.
When he returned to his tent, he opened the letter. The letter was written with four big characters "My husband's personal letter". He suddenly remembered his wife at home.
[Best wishes to my husband!
Everything is fine at home! My mother is in good health and her appetite has increased! My mother promised that the old house will be renovated by the end of the year. Best wishes
again, and I hope my husband will take care of himself! ]
The content of the letter is simple, but it only has a few words, but it contains a lot of information.
My mother's health is getting better and better, which must be due to her care. The firewood room at home needs to be renovated, and the money for the renovation must come from her!
If he remained unknown, he would be ashamed of his mother and her! He fought even harder on the battlefield!
At the end of the year, he went home to visit his family after being promoted to a higher level. The woodshed at home had become a bright tile house. It was no longer his mother who was waiting for him at the door.
"You're back. Come in and sit down. It's snowing hard. You'll catch a cold." When Jiang's mother saw her son, she couldn't hold back her smile. Her son was good. He got promoted to a higher level less than a year after getting married. In the future, maybe he could really become a great general like Qi Wei.
Jiang Qi supported his mother and turned sideways to look at his gentle wife.
"Come in quickly. The food is ready." Shi Yi brushed the snow off his body.
Jiang Qi lowered his eyes and pulled her fingers. Her fingers were even colder than his, a traveler.
"You go in first." He said in a deep voice.
"Oh, we are all family. Why should we go in first? Let's go in together." Jiang's mother smiled and pushed the two of them. Fearing that she would fall, the two of them supported her on the left and right.
"Let's go, let's go in together." Jiang's mother smiled and let the two juniors help her walk in.
The table in the house was already full of food, steaming hot, which made people's appetites grow.
"These are all home-cooked dishes. My husband rarely comes back, so eat more." Shi Yi helped Jiang's mother sit down, scooped rice for him and divided the chopsticks for him, and finally took out the steamed fish from the pot.
"Where did this come from?" Jiang Qi's face was full of surprise. He liked to eat fish since he was a child, but his family was poor and he had no money to buy a whole fish. His mother would always buy the cheapest fish heads and tails to make soup for him to taste.
Once, he couldn't resist his greed and secretly went to someone else's rice field with his friends to steal fish. After being beaten by his mother with a fire stick, he never did such sneaky things again. The fish naturally didn't go into his stomach and was returned by his mother.
"I heard mother occasionally talk about your childhood story, so I specially prepared it for you."
Jiang Qi didn't expect his mother to tell her about her childhood. He felt a little shy for a moment, and said after a while: "I was ignorant when I was young!"
Jiang's mother coughed deliberately, "It's time to eat, sit down and eat. The food will not taste good if it gets cold. Don't let your wife down."
All the money in the family was used to build a new house, and the money for buying vegetables today was bought on credit by the daughter-in-law at the market. After her son leaves, the daughter-in-law will have to pay back double the money.
Jiang Qi picked up the most tender meat in the belly of the fish with his chopsticks and gave it to his mother, but his mother put it into his wife's bowl, and his wife put the fish into his bowl.
"Mother, you have worked hard. Eating more fish is good for your health."
"Eat it once in a while. You have worked hard these days. Eat more to replenish your body."
"Husband, you have worked hard in the army. Eat more fish to nourish your body. I don't like fish."
The three of them smiled at each other, held their bowls and buried their heads in eating, and no longer spoke.
(End of this chapter)
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