Zhang Guoqing was speechless. What a foolish mother-in-law was! She hadn't told anyone else yet? What was wrong with her? She didn't tell her father-in-law but told her son-in-law, whom she had just met, so she wasn't afraid of trusting the wrong person. It must have been a headache for her father-in-law.
"Here you go, you're not careful again. These things should be kept secret in your heart. Don't say them out loud next time. I'm your son-in-law whom you just met for the first time. You're too careless. What if you meet someone with deep scheming?"
"Silly child, I believe in my daughter's judgment. Even your grandfather praises you. I can judge people very well. I can tell who is good and who is bad at a glance. It is obvious that the old man in the Zhou family is not a good person. Your grandfather didn't believe it, but now he knows." Lin Lishan said proudly.
Zhang Guoqing was speechless. "You already know Old Man Zhou isn't a good person, yet you're still trusting your daughter to his family?" "Do you love your daughter or hate her? Even if you wanted to say this, you couldn't tell him and Zhou Jiao to their faces, right? Wouldn't someone so petty hate you to death? You're lucky to have met someone as casual as Zhou Jiao."
"Yes, yes, Mom, you are as good as Jiaojiao. You can tell who is good and who is bad just by looking at them. Oh my god, why did you bring rice and flour here? They are so heavy."
Zhang Guoqing didn't know what to say anymore. He finally understood what Fang Fei meant when he said his mother-in-law would always have a girl's heart. This was the big kid who hadn't grown up. Thinking back to his previous mother-in-law, they were so different. One was grabbing him hard, the other was sticking to him. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Your grandfather said that everything else is easy to handle in the countryside, except for rice and flour. Besides, there are too many things, so if anyone asks, just say you only brought clothes and quilts. You're strong, so take the food out and give it to your mother. Jiaojiao can handle the rest."
Even though he possessed supernatural powers, he still had to move it three times, okay?
However, the small living room was spacious now. After looking at the remaining packages, Zhang Guoqing moved the boxes one by one to the inner room to make it easier for the mother and daughter to see them.
Looking at the mother and daughter hugging and laughing, he was still very happy. Aside from the Lin family, Zhou Jiao was able to get along well with her mother-in-law and finally be in her mother's arms. His Jiaojiao was kind and gentle, not easily making enemies, and always considering others from other people's perspectives. His Jiaojiao should have been a princess loved and pampered by her parents, but she suffered hardships in her youth in both lives.
Although Zhou Jiao didn't say it in her previous life, maternal love and paternal love were regrets in her heart. Just like he has parents now, he feels at ease in his heart. When he goes out, he always thinks of his parents, lover, and children unconsciously.
The love his parents shared was not that of a married couple, a selfless devotion that made him understand the family affection he had most desired and longed for in his previous life. When his grandfather passed away after a brief time together, the bond between him and his grandson made him want to dwell in the sorrow. It was only then that the kick of new life woke him up.
Husband and wife and children only make a family incomplete; adding parents to the family makes it a true home. It's the home he longs for, the home he strives for. It's the home he wants to make his father happy without regrets, and his mother proud without sadness. He's as childish as those kids in kindergarten who get a little red flower and want to show off to their parents, but deep down he's deeply moved and grateful to God for giving him the best parents in the world.
In the kitchen, looking at the cellar overflowing with rice, flour, oil, bacon, and dried fish, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law exchanged bewilderment. What was going on? They had never seen a guest bring so many things. They felt neither pleased nor disrespectful. It took a long time until Zhang Guoqing missed his mother and went to the kitchen to check on her, which woke her up.
Zhang's mother looked around and made sure no one was around before she said, "Xiaowu, why did your mother-in-law bring so much food? Your grandfather won't be staying for a few days and has to go back tomorrow. She can't eat much by herself. How can we handle it? Did you push it away? Why did you carry it all down to the cellar by yourself? How will people look at you?"
Zhang Guoqing looked at his mother, feeling extremely distressed. This was his mother, without surprises or greed. The only thing she worried about was that he would be discriminated against in the future. Seeing his mother and sister-in-law at a loss, he hurriedly comforted them: "Don't worry, mother and sister-in-law, I know what's going on. I will be filial to her in the future. Besides, you didn't see that the outer room of the west wing is full of things. It's not good for people to see it. My mother-in-law asked me to put the food in the kitchen for you first. I guess she doesn't know how to cook. I moved the other boxes to the inner room for her. They are looking at them now."
Seeing his mother still frowning, he smiled at her and pulled her aside. "Don't worry, Mom. When they go back, I'll prepare some local specialties for her to take back. You don't understand your son yet. We don't take advantage of others, and we don't let others take advantage of your son."
Lin Juhua had seen the world, and she had seen people moving things in this way. She thought it was for Jiaojiao, but she didn't expect that she would be so generous and give it all to her mother-in-law.
Lin Juhua sighed, "I finally understand why those people call her Golden Baby. She's not a Golden Baby, is she? I just saw them moving something. Wow, there were six people moving things: four soldiers and two grown men from the family. They drove over in two cars."
Huang Cuilan looked at her mother-in-law, her sister-in-law, and then at Xiaowu, and finally said, "I owe you a favor this time. Xiaowu, take a look at what local specialties we have and pick up as many as you can. Ask others who has some and bring them all back to the capital for her grandfather. I have the money, and if it's not enough, we can add to it."
Lin Juhua also nodded. "I don't have any money. If you need to find someone, just tell me. I'll ask the child's father to prepare some things. Mom, I won't be jealous no matter how much you prepare. I know that my sister-in-law's personality is like her mother's."
Zhang's mother and the others laughed. This was the first time the second family hadn't calculated the situation and was willing to pay the price. You know, she calculated everything carefully, fearing that her family would suffer a loss.
Zhang Guoqing smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to my two sisters-in-law. There's no need to bring it to the elderly. I can just send the packages directly to several families. It can be considered as repaying the favors we have done before. I have the money on hand to arrange it first, and I will come to you later if it's not enough." Of course, he couldn't let his brothers pay, but the thought was enough.
"Mom, let's have a good meal tonight. Our lives will get better and better in the future. Grandpa asked me to go with him to the military region tomorrow to meet his old friends. You see, this is helping me to build relationships. He doesn't treat us as outsiders. You can just treat us as your own relatives. There's no need to be nervous."
"Okay, then you go over there and talk to them nicely, and see the world. Now, don't stay in the kitchen if you have nothing to do, go and chat with them. We can do it ourselves, and I'll thank my in-laws later." Mother Zhang straightened her son's collar, smoothed out some wrinkles, and pushed him out.
After watching him enter the main hall, she turned around and instructed with a smile, "Juhua, you cook, Cuilan will help. We'll have the dishes prepared by our family tonight. Prepare more rice because there are a few soldiers here, and they have big appetites. Don't let them go hungry. Just make two servings of rice. I'll make more dumplings, and we can have more tomorrow morning if we can't finish them. Since there's pork in them, we'll make some with sauerkraut filling. I'll ask Xizi to ask your aunt and uncle to come over to help with the dumplings. Luckily, we have a big pot and a big kitchen at home, otherwise we'd be overwhelmed."
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