Yan Yan's long eyelashes fluttered, and she obediently got on her bike and rode home along the path.
Shao Jiang stood there until he could no longer see her, and still refused to go back.
When he got home, he stared blankly at the little bed where she had just slept. After a long while, he sat on the edge of the bed, gently touched the sheets, and then leaned down to smell them...
Su Xueli and Wei Mingshen returned home after dark. Cao Maizi and the others had already returned from visiting relatives and were cooking dinner in the kitchen.
"Mother, how long have you been back?" Su Xueli went straight to the kitchen as soon as she entered the door.
Cao Maizi looked at her daughter-in-law with a loving expression. "We've only been here a little while. Your father drank too much and kept talking to your uncle, so we're late. Did you have fun at his comrade's place?"
Su Xueli giggled and said, "I'm so happy! We ate roasted rabbit and drank rice wine. Hmm, I drank too much, Mom."
Cao Maizi touched her rosy cheeks and said, "I saw you drinking, are you alright?"
Su Xueli smiled and shook her head: "It's okay, feeling dizzy is quite comfortable."
Cao Maizi laughed heartily.
When Wei Mingyue saw her mother being so affectionate with someone else's daughter, she was furious again, because the matchmaker had just delivered a message that her blind date hadn't taken a liking to her.
This is such a blow to her self-esteem.
Cao Maizi then scolded her, saying, "Look at you, you don't even like her, but she doesn't like you. You should really think about yourself."
Wei Mingyue couldn't stand these words and started arguing with her mother.
She had just finished arguing with her mother when her mother turned around and started chatting and laughing with her sister-in-law. She immediately burst out, "Mother, you are such a good mother-in-law. Even when your daughter-in-law slaps you, you still greet her with a smile. Our village should erect a monument for you and write 'The best mother-in-law, Cao Maizi,' so that your name will be remembered for generations."
Cao Maizi was listening to Su Xueli share her joy of the day when she was suddenly doused with cold water and jolted awake.
She yelled at her daughter, "You brat, what nonsense are you spouting? How did my daughter-in-law slap me in the face? My daughter-in-law is wonderful, I love her dearly, of course I'm good to her."
Now that the old woman had spoken up, Su Xueli decided to watch the show quietly.
Wei Mingyue sneered, "Stop flattering yourself. If your daughter-in-law thought highly of you, why would she go off to play somewhere else instead of visiting my uncle on New Year's Day?"
Cao Maizi said, "I agree that my daughter-in-law shouldn't go to your uncle's house. Your father and I will go, and your brother and sister-in-law can stay if they don't want to. There's nothing impolite about it, and it's not your place to complain."
He then grabbed Su Xueli's hand and said, "When your father and I get old, your brother and sister-in-law will be in charge of this family. As a daughter, you should go to your husband's family to be in charge. Your own family is not where you should be in charge."
That's quite a statement. Su Xueli smiled and gently touched and played with the bracelet on her wrist.
Wei Mingyue was furious. She jumped up and said, "I will never get married. I have a share in this family, and I have a say!"
"What are you yelling about during the New Year? You need someone to want you if you want to get married." Wei Mingshen came over with his hands in his pockets.
These words are extremely hurtful and highly insulting!
Wei Mingyue glared at her brother for a long time, then burst into tears and sat down on the ground.
"Oh, you little devil, don't cry like that during the New Year. You've annoyed the household gods." Cao Maizi quickly got up to coax her.
Wei Mingshen stopped his mother and said, "Don't mind her, let her cry. She'll stop crying when she's had enough."
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