Liu Cuihua looked at Qin Fang and asked, "How much can you make per month doing your current job?"
Qin Fang took the tea handed over by his elder brother and just took a sip of water before he spoke.
"It should be no less than the troops. I didn't ask for the details. Next month I will officially take over as deputy factory director, which is considered a semi-senior official."
When Lin Jie heard this, he said, "You are really amazing! The deputy director is a very important official. There are probably several thousand people in that steel plant, right?"
Qin Fang, "Not that many, only about 1,000 people."
Lin Jie went home to get tools as he had to go back to the production team to work. He didn't dare to ask too many questions because he wanted to tell his father the good news that his sister had returned.
Lin Qiaoqiao took this opportunity to make a relationship chart of all the members of the Lin family.
My mother is Liu Cuihua and my father is Lin Zhi. They are both in their 60s, almost 70. My eldest brother is Lin Jie, his wife is Yu Hui, my eldest son is Lin Yu, and my youngest daughter is Lin Shuang, the sick child.
My second brother Lin Wei and his wife Wang Lanying have two sons, the older one is named Lin Hai and the younger one is named Lin Jiang.
The third brother Lin Hu has just been married for three years to his wife Li Le (who had a bad relationship with the original owner, the kind that they fight overtly and secretly). They have only one daughter so far, and I remember her name was Lin Bao, who seems to be just over one year old this year.
Half of the rabbit was cooked, and Liu Cuihua smeared salt on the remaining half and hung it under the beam to dry, waiting to be eaten when her daughter came back next time.
The fish was stewed with a lot of soybean paste, which smelled quite fragrant. The staple food was pancakes and rice, because there were many people in the family.
I was thinking about frying some Chinese cabbage when the food is ready. There are still some wild vegetables in the basket, so I can mix some cold dishes, so that I can have 4 dishes. Today's meal can be said to be better than the one during the Chinese New Year.
Lin Qiaoqiao wanted to help with the cooking but her mother ignored her, so she just kept the fire burning and chatted about family matters. The old lady seemed to be quite good at cooking, the meat was fried until it was smoking, and the soy sauce added to it made the color come up in an instant. She was looking forward to the braised rabbit meat for lunch.
Li Le came back from outside carrying his daughter on his back. She had been staying at her mother's house for the past few days. She didn't feel any warmth and just worked non-stop. She had lost a lot of weight and was holding the dirty clothes she had changed in the past two days.
As soon as I entered the yard, I felt something was wrong, and saw a shiny new 28-inch bicycle parked in the corner.
This car looked very valuable. I remembered that there were only two cars in the village, and even in his mother's village, there were only three or four. He couldn't help but walk forward and touch it.
“This car is really nice!”
Lin Qiaoqiao came out to get firewood and saw a woman with a child on her back touching her bicycle. The moment she turned around, she realized that it was her third sister-in-law Li Le, who was only a few years older than Yuan Shu. The two of them had not gotten along well from the beginning.
Because Li Le's family favors boys over girls, she was jealous of the original owner's good treatment at home. Even if she got married, there would not be much difference between her and before. Whenever there was something delicious at home, the old lady would think of her daughter and ask her second sister-in-law to send it to her.
"Third sister-in-law!"
Li Le frowned immediately. She heard Lin Qiaoqiao's voice. She turned around and saw that it was indeed her, but she had gained a lot of weight. Her face was still the same, dark and ugly.
"Lin Qiaoqiao, why are you back again?"
"This is my mother's home. I can come back whenever I want." Lin Qiaoqiao saw malice in the woman's eyes, a feeling of special hatred.
"That's true, who is as lucky as you!" Li Le said with a sour tone, "When you grow up, you can follow your temper and marry whoever you want. Unlike me, I have to live a miserable life all day long!"
When Liu Cuihua came out, she heard her daughter-in-law say such a sarcastic remark.
"What's wrong with you, the third brother? Why are you living a hard life? Has the third brother treated you badly?"
"Mom, I just said it casually." Li Le didn't dare to offend her mother-in-law. At this time, he thought of the bicycle behind him. Combined with Lin Qiaoqiao's return, he immediately had a bold guess in his mind and said to Lin Qiaoqiao who was picking up firewood on the ground,
"Did you ride this bike back here?"
"Yeah." Lin Qiaoqiao had already picked up the firewood and folded her hands. She was too lazy to argue with such a mental patient. Such a person had been oppressed for many years, and the breaking point was that the happier the original owner was, the more unhappy she would be.
Now think about it, the original owner was locked up in the villa for so many years, and he had offended all the family members in the past. Li Le must have played an important role in it, and he made a lot of sarcastic remarks.
"How can you afford a car?" Li Le raised her voice. She knew that Lin Qiaoqiao lived a good life, but a bicycle cost several hundred yuan, which was equivalent to a family's annual income.
She can actually afford it?
The jealousy in my heart was growing. How come this fat guy has such a good life?
Lin Qiaoqiao, "Third sister-in-law, instead of talking to me here, you might as well send the child back to sleep. Look how sleepy your daughter is!"
Seeing the unfriendly look from her mother-in-law, Li Le angrily carried the child back to the house, thinking that this damn old woman only loved her daughter, how annoying.
I put the child to sleep on the kang, and then I smelled a very fragrant smell. I thought it must be my mother-in-law, because what delicious food did my sister-in-law prepare when she came back?
This old woman usually doesn't know where to put her things, and she couldn't find them anyway.
When I came to the outer room, I saw meat stewing in the pot. I didn't know what kind of meat it was, but it looked very delicious. My saliva couldn't help but flow.
Lin Qiaoqiao wanted to eat spicier rabbit meat, and found some dried chilies at home, so she opened the pot and threw some in, intending to stew it for a while before serving.
Li Le's head was almost in the pot, so she quickly closed the lid, otherwise her saliva would fall into the pot.
The pot is covered.
Li Le saw her mother-in-law cutting a fish with a kitchen knife, "Mom, how could you do this? You are usually so stingy, but when my sister-in-law comes home, she gives me meat and fish."
Liu Cuihua could only turn around and say, "This meat and fish were brought back by Qiao Qiao, not taken out of my mouth. Don't you know what our family conditions are? Don't speak ill of me, an old woman!"
Li Le was psychologically traumatized, but he was not forgiving.
"My second sister-in-law told me that every time you saved up something, you asked her to secretly give it to my sister-in-law."
Liu Cuihua didn't intend to argue with her daughter-in-law. It was a rare occasion that her son-in-law came to visit her today. It would be terrible if someone saw them quarreling.
"If you can help with the work, do it. If you don't want to help, then go back to the house."
Li Le felt wronged and yelled at Lin Qiaoqiao, "Every time we quarrel it's because of you. Mom will always help you! You're a married daughter, why do you always come back to mess things up!"
Lin Qiaoqiao put down the firewood in her hand and said, "Third sister-in-law, why are you yelling at me again? You think it's unfair, that's what you think in your heart. You think your married daughter should be treated the same as you, why?
This is my home. My last name is Lin. My mother loves me and is willing to give me things. That’s because she cherishes me and misses me! I am my mother’s biological daughter. What’s wrong with her loving me? What does it have to do with you? "
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