"If you want your son to remain a bachelor, go ahead and make a scene, I won't stop you."
Following the "One Hundred Weaknesses of an Old Lady" that he had just studied, Shen Shi began to focus intently on the pain points.
Upon hearing this, Chen's mother flew into a rage: "She's just a country girl, how dare she mention divorce!"
"Why wouldn't you dare? Is your son good at making money? Or good-looking? He's nothing but fat. Why can't people get a divorce?"
Shen Shi began to present the facts and evidence, listing his own shortcomings to Shen's mother.
Then he discovered that he had far too many shortcomings to count.
"My wife is such a good person!" Shen Shi couldn't help but exclaim.
"You brat, how can you be so disparaging of yourself?"
At the same time, she felt that what he said made sense, and in a fit of anger, she slapped Shen Shi: "Isn't it all because you're useless!"
As Chen's mother gradually lost her confidence, she turned around and went to chat with someone in the yard, no longer shouting about causing trouble for Ji Beiqing.
Even the most skilled cook can't cook without rice. Faced with the predicament that the Shen family kitchen had nothing, Shen Shi could only make do.
After working for a while, Chen Shi made a dish of shredded potatoes and a stir-fried water spinach, which were served with steamed buns and porridge.
While Shen was cooking, the rest of the Shen family members got up one after another.
However, while everyone was washing up or yawning, no one noticed the sinking in the kitchen.
"Sister-in-law, you didn't cook today!"
Li Fang, who was brushing her teeth, looked at Ji Beiqing, who was washing her face, in surprise.
The two sisters-in-law, Shen's mother, take turns cooking at the Shen family's house, but in reality, Ji Beiqing does most of the cooking.
Lin Fang took this for granted, and she was always surprised when Ji Beiqing didn't do it for a day.
"If you don't cook, what will everyone eat for breakfast?"
Lin Fang didn't even spit out the toothpaste foam in her mouth before yelling at Ji Beiqing and questioning him.
These words made Ji Beiqing frown deeply. So, I'm just a hired nanny, it's your responsibility!
"If I don't cook, everyone will have nothing to eat? In that case, we'll all just go hungry!"
Determined not to be a pushover, Ji Beiqing stared sharply at Lin Fang and retorted without any politeness.
Seeing how firm Ji Beiqing was, Lin Fang softened instead.
"Sister-in-law, you've misunderstood. That's not what I meant. It's just that you didn't inform me beforehand, and I didn't know you hadn't done it. Letting the whole family go hungry, what kind of behavior is that?"
Lin Fang suppressed her displeasure and spoke in as gentle a tone as possible.
But Ji Beiqing's attention was completely drawn to the toothpaste foam that was almost dripping down her neck.
I didn't hear what she was saying at all.
Lin Fang felt that her good intentions had been taken for granted, so she slammed her toothbrush into the tub and deliberately turned the tap on full blast, using her hands to cup water to wash her face and rinse her mouth.
They attempted to vent their dissatisfaction through unusual actions.
Instead of using her perfectly good teacup, she cupped water in her hands. Ji Beiqing thought she was crazy.
Lin Fang finished washing up in a hurry and rushed to the kitchen.
Upon hearing the clanging sound of the spatula, I immediately sensed that something terrible was about to happen.
Could it be my mother-in-law who's cooking?
If she sleeps in late while her mother-in-law is cooking in the kitchen, she'll be furious and humiliated as a daughter-in-law.
Startled by her own assumption, Lin Fang shouted at the figure in the kitchen, "Mom, I was wrong! I shouldn't have slept in!"
Just as I was shoveling potato shreds into the plate, a sudden shout startled me so much that my hand trembled and I dropped several shredded potatoes.
My sister-in-law suddenly rushed out and even called me "Mom"?
This is absolutely outrageous!
"What are you talking about?" Shen Shi asked, holding the pot, his face full of confusion.
Hearing his voice, Lin Fang was also dumbfounded.
"Second brother, is it you who's cooking?" Her surprised tone was full of surprise.
“Yes!” Shen Shi nodded. “Is there a problem?”
"No problem! No problem!"
Lin Fang immediately waved her hand in denial. After realizing what she had said, she felt so embarrassed that she wanted to disappear into the ground and fled the scene as if she were escaping.
Lin Fang's actions made Shen Shi realize that his sister-in-law was quite an oddball.
After scratching his head, he continued cooking until the task was completed.
Shen Shixian brought the food to the table and called out to his wife and daughter, "Dinner's ready."
Unexpectedly, everyone responded to his call, and even Chen's mother, who used to chat in the courtyard, sat down at the dinner table.
Although the ingredients are limited, Shen Shi is generous with the amount of oil he uses when cooking, and the dishes he stir-fries are so appetizing that they whet the appetite just by smelling them.
"I never expected my second brother to be such a good cook."
Shen Yu, thoroughly enjoying his meal, gave a thumbs-up in praise.
"With so much oil, how could it not be good?" Mother Shen rolled her eyes at Shen Shi, displeased. "What family can afford to spend like this?"
Pouring cold water on things is an old habit of Mother Shen's.
Upon hearing this, Shen Yu immediately fell silent.
But Chen Shi, who had been busy all morning, wouldn't tolerate her bad habits.
"Those who sit idly waiting to be fed shouldn't be picky; if they're not satisfied, they don't have to eat."
After saying that, he patted his daughter's head and picked up a large mouthful of food.
Because of his backtalk yesterday, Shen's father is still holding a grudge, and dares to speak rudely to Shen again.
This was a challenge to parental authority, and the thought made the father furious.
With a loud "bang," Shen's father slammed his chopsticks down on the table and pointed at Shen Shi's nose, cursing angrily.
"You've gone too far! You have no right to speak in this family!"
Shen Shi was extremely annoyed by his irritable father.
Shen's father was the kind of person who put on airs at home and was a bully at home.
He yells at his wife and children, but when bullied by outsiders, he doesn't dare to utter a sound.
I remember when we were kids, whenever there was a conflict with the neighbor’s kids, no matter who was right or wrong, my father would force my two sons to apologize.
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