As she spoke, she broke her own egg and gave half to Zhou Zhuo. Zhou Zhuo took the egg from his wife and began to eat it with relish.
Xue Guixiang looked at the egg in her hand and murmured, "This, this..." Her throat felt like it was blocked by a ball of cotton. She turned her face away and secretly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve.
After breakfast, Xue Guixiang brought out the gifts for Lin Qingqing to return to her parents' home. Today was the day to return to her parents' home, so naturally she had to bring gifts to her parents' home.
Unexpectedly, Lin Qingqing fiddled with the gift for a few times and frowned.
"Mom, is this for my family?"
Lin Qingqing looked at the pile on the table, including pork, four-color cakes, cloth, and sour three-color candy, and the smile on her face disappeared.
Xue Guixiang looked a little uneasy: "Yes, you see, it's okay. If you think it's not enough, I'll buy more."
"Mom, did you borrow money to buy all this?"
"I bought it with borrowed money, but don't worry, Mom has a way to pay it back and won't let you get into trouble." Xue Guixiang explained hurriedly.
No one wants to be in debt right after getting married. There are many fights in the village because of this. Some families have to take on debts that take them half their lifetime to pay off just because of getting married.
"Mom, just return all these. I'll just grab a handful of candy to take home." Lin Qingqing said as she opened the bag of sour tricolor candies, reached out and grabbed a handful. She felt it was a bit too much, shook it a little, and then put it in her pocket.
She didn't give the candy to her parents' home either. When the new son-in-law visited his parents' home for the first time, the children from the neighborhood would come to watch. The candy was for the children, and she couldn't let Zhou Zhuo embarrass himself in front of the children.
The original owner remembered that there was no good person in her family. Her mother died when she was young. Old Mrs. Lin was mean to her. Second Aunt Wang Qiufen seemed honest and loyal, but was actually full of evil intentions. Her daughter Lin Fengzhu dropped out of school early and ate free meals at home every day. She was greedy and lazy. Her son Lin Daqiang was only fifteen years old and he hung out with little gangsters all day long and stole things.
Third aunt Tian Cui'e was a daughter-in-law bought from Sichuan Province. She was cunning, greedy for money and very smooth, and the old woman was completely fooled by her.
Her daughter, Lin Fengya, was admitted to the Yanjing School of Graphic Communication this year and will be enrolling at the school with Lu Yiqing in a few days. Her son, Lin Erqiang, is in elementary school and hasn't seen much of a difference yet.
Her second uncle and third uncle all listened to their wives, and the original owner's father was a stupid dog raised by old lady Lin. If the old lady told him to go east, he would never dare to go west, and he often helped the family bully their own daughter!
Her family members are so corrupt that even their bones are broken, why should she give them things for free!
"Qingqing, what's going on? Today is the day you return home, and you can't let your parents look down on you." The honest Xue Guixiang was sweating profusely.
"If my family wants to eat, let them buy it themselves. We're poor, and Zhou Zhuo is sick. We need to save money for his treatment. Every penny we save gives him a little more hope, don't you agree?"
When Lin Qingqing brought up Zhou Zhuo's illness, Xue Guixiang was speechless. Her son was her concern, and she also wanted him to get better quickly.
After Lin Qingqing finished speaking, she took Zhou Zhuo away. Her husband's family lived in the west of the village, and her parents' family lived in the east of the village. Although they were in the same village, it took more than 20 minutes to walk to each other.
The Lin family was so poor that they didn't even have a courtyard wall. Lin Qingqing saw from afar the old woman Lin with her triangular eyes leaning against the door frame eating melon seeds, the second aunt squatting on the ground grunting as she washed clothes, and the third aunt feeding the pigs in the pigpen.
Seeing Lin Qingqing and Zhou Zhuo coming back empty-handed, the old woman was very impatient: "Why did you come back? Are you afraid that others don't know that you found a stupid son-in-law?"
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