They gave it to the Zhang family of three.
Standing by the roadside, Zhang Liao earnestly advised Lin Xiaotong, "Remember my words, you must treat your brother-in-law well! Otherwise, you won't be spared!"
Lin Xiaotong rolled her eyes.
Back home, Lin Xiaotong immediately launched into a tirade: "What happened today?"
While washing the dishes, Jia Yan sensed Lin Xiaotong's strange behavior: "Drunk? What's going on?"
"I feel ignored!"
"You're asking for it!" Jia Yan glared at him. "Get out of here and stop making a scene!"
Lin Xiaotong turned to Lin Xiaoru and said, "Sister, you'd better keep a close eye on my brother-in-law. I don't think he's a good guy!"
Lin Xiaoru rolled her eyes: "You're the one who's no good!"
"I'm serious!" Lin Xiaotong pointed at Wu Changfeng and continued, "This guy has definitely taken a liking to Zhang Liao! This won't do! The law won't allow it!"
Wu Changfeng chuckled: "Drinking a little horse piss has messed up your brain? You think I've taken a fancy to Zhang Liao? Are you crazy?"
Lin Xiaoru also said, "Your brother-in-law isn't that kind of person. Zhang Liaoliao isn't as good-looking as me."
Lin Xiaotong shouted, "Give me a break! I've been looking at you for over twenty years, and I still don't think you're good-looking."
"roll!"
Lin Xiaotong dodged the flying pillow: "I'm not kidding, Wu Changfeng, watch your step! If anyone finds out you're messing around with Zhang Liao, I'll fucking kill you!"
Lin Xiaoru stared at him, "Are you sick in the head?"
"I didn't!" Lin Xiaotong said, "Didn't you see that my father-in-law wouldn't drink with me? He kept drinking with Wu Changfeng, as if the bride was my brother-in-law, overstepping his bounds! I lost face, you know?"
Lin Xiaoru said angrily, "Your face? Your face is all thanks to your brother-in-law! You ungrateful wretch."
"What?" Lin Xiaotong was displeased: "What face does he have to give me? I'm already being lenient by not giving him any attitude."
"Get out of here, you're ruining my New Year's mood!"
Lin Xiaotong saw that her older sister had stopped fighting.
He then turned to look at Wu Changfeng.
Seeing him sitting lazily on the kang (a heated brick bed) eating melon seeds and drinking tea made me even angrier.
He kept tugging at Wu Changfeng, saying, "Get up and go wash the dishes!"
"You're always bored and have no one to chat with, huh?" Wu Changfeng spat out a mouthful of sunflower seed shells. "Why don't you go and browse the internet?"
"That's my mom, she won't let me use it!"
"She's my mom too."
Lin Xiaotong really wanted to say, "That's my biological mother!"
But I didn't say it out loud. If I did, my older sister would definitely kick me out of the house, and I'd have to sleep in the woodshed tonight.
Lin Xiaotong continued, "My sister said you're giving me face. What kind of face do you mean? Tell me."
Wu Changfeng agreed wholeheartedly, saying, "I'm really giving you face, otherwise... this marriage wouldn't be possible."
"Pah!" Lin Xiaotong scoffed disdainfully, "That's because they see me as a future success! I'm born with a face that looks like I'll be successful! That's called investing in the future, what does it have to do with you?"
Wu Changfeng then asked Lin Xiaoru, "Have I ever been this arrogant?"
“My boss is the most low-key person I know,” Lin Xiaoru replied.
Wu Changfeng nodded: "Little Tong, whatever you do, don't brag before you start, or you'll easily fail!"
Are you teaching me how to do things?
"I'm teaching you how to be a person!"
Lin Xiaotong got excited: "Come on, how did you behave? I want to drink with my father-in-law, what seat are you taking?"
Wu Changfeng said leisurely, "Your father-in-law sees me as having a successful look on my face."
Lin Xiaotong nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
To my utter surprise, this sentence was sent back verbatim.
Lin Xiaoru giggled on the side.
Lin Xiaotong, feeling humiliated, glared at Wu Changfeng: "I admit you're good with words. But don't let me see you with Zhang Liao, or I'll make you suffer."
Wu Changfeng sighed: "You're just a salesman who makes a living by talking, and I'm really worried about your future."
"That's none of your business!"
Lin Xiaotong lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), groaning as she digested her food.
After washing the dishes, Jia Yan began to pack up the gifts that Wu Changfeng had brought.
I was in a bit of a dilemma.
They're all quite valuable. I didn't look at them closely when I came in, but now I realize how much they must have cost!
Jia Yan said to Wu Changfeng with dissatisfaction, "Buying so much stuff, are you not living frugally? You're the head of the household, how can you not know how to be thrifty!"
Wu Changfeng said helplessly, "It really wasn't me who bought it; your daughter insisted on giving it to you as a gift."
Jia Yan immediately changed her attitude: "My daughter is still the best, she's my sweet little cotton-padded jacket."
Lin Xiaotong laughed loudly: "Go ahead and argue! Why don't you argue with my mom? You wouldn't dare even if you had ten lives!"
Wu Changfeng scoffed, "From now on, you'll be going against Zhang Liaoliao's mother. I support you."
Jia Yan glared at Wu Changfeng: "You're so mean! Son, you can't listen to your brother-in-law."
Jia Yan picked out a few nice gifts and said, "Son, take these with you when you go to Zhang Liaoliao's house tomorrow."
Wu Changfeng chuckled and said, "Mom, you're looking down on Lin Xiaotong. He definitely can't accept it. He's self-reliant and wants to buy it with his own money. How can he use someone else's leftovers? It would lower his status!"
Lin Xiaotong's face turned red with embarrassment; it wasn't that she couldn't afford the gift.
Rather, since we have so many at home, we can make use of them.
But my awful brother-in-law is so good at putting people down!
Disgusting!
Jia Yan was really annoyed and said, "Mind your own business!"
Lin Xiaotong chimed in, "Yeah, mind your own business! It's cool outside, go stay outside."
Wu Changfeng delivered a direct blow: "They've been to our house before. Who knows if they have a good memory? What if they find out that the gift they sent is the second time they've given a gift? They'll lose face. What if they break off the engagement? Lin Xiaotong will be rolling on the ground begging for a wife!"
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