However, before she could finish speaking, Xiao Mingyang stopped her, saying, "Alright, Xiaoping, take Fangfang to your older sister's room and put her on the bed to sleep. I'll talk to Mom for a while."
Zhou Caiping snorted coldly, but didn't say anything more. She stood up, carried the child on her back, and went into Zhou Cailian's room.
"Mom, don't be angry. Xiaoping doesn't think before she speaks. Don't take it to heart."
Yu Qiuying rolled her eyes at him. "Alright, I know my own daughter better than you do. Let's get down to business. When you get back this afternoon, go and ask about pearl farming. If you don't understand something, you can learn. As long as someone is willing to teach you and guide you, just follow them and farm pearls. You're not stupid. As long as you're willing to put your heart into it and work hard, your future won't be bad."
Xiao Mingyang: "..."
Is this really his mother-in-law?
Why are you suddenly acting like a completely different person?
For some reason, Xiao Mingyang suddenly felt like crying. After three years, had his mother finally accepted him as her son-in-law and finally let go of her prejudice against him?
He looked at Yu Qiuying with a touch of emotion, "Mom, I'll listen to you. I'll go and ask about pearl farming when I get back this afternoon."
He didn't have a mother; she died when he was very young. After marrying Xiaoping, he decided to treat his mother-in-law as his own mother. However, his mother-in-law harbored resentment towards him for his foolishness in getting Xiaoping pregnant out of wedlock. For the past three years, his mother-in-law has disliked him and treated him poorly, which made him feel quite bitter.
He was truly touched and happy that his mother-in-law suddenly took a liking to him.
When it was time for lunch, Xiao Mingyang discovered that his mother-in-law had actually made his favorite spicy stir-fried pork liver, and his eyes welled up with tears.
This meal was the most comfortable meal he had ever had at his mother-in-law's house.
On his way back in the afternoon, Xiao Mingyang hummed a song.
Zhou Caiping chuckled and pinched his waist. "Look how happy you are. You're so pathetic. It's just that I made one of your favorite dishes. Is it really that big of a deal?"
Although she said that, the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up.
Xiao Mingyang chuckled, "Why not? Mom has finally accepted me as her son-in-law, so why can't I be happy?"
The young couple chatted and laughed all the way home. After arriving home, Xiao Mingyang went to the home of Xiao Youfu, a man from a family without descendants, to ask his third daughter, Xiao Shengnan, about raising pearls.
"You want to raise pearls with me?" Xiao Shengnan looked at Xiao Mingyang in surprise, never expecting that the first person in the village willing to believe her would be Xiao Mingyang.
Thinking about what Yu Qiuying had told him at noon, Xiao Mingyang replied firmly, "Yes, I want to raise pearls with you."
When the villagers learned that Xiao Mingyang was actually going to raise pearls with Xiao Shengnan, they all laughed at him for being foolish.
"I think Xiao Mingyang is just getting rich. He actually believes that Xiao Shengnan, a woman, can make him rich. Doesn't he realize that if something really can make him rich, who would be stupid enough to involve someone else?"
"Exactly, what does Xiao Shengnan, a woman, know about raising pearls? It's just nonsense. A woman like her who can't settle down deserves to never get married."
"Young people these days are too ambitious. Just wait and see, they'll regret it when their money goes down the drain."
Xiao Mingyang ignored what the villagers were saying. After discussing the pearl farming with Xiao Shengnan, he went to his mother-in-law's house again as instructed.
He thought his mother-in-law just wanted him to come over and tell her that she had decided to raise pearls, but instead, she directly took out a stack of money and gave it to him.
"Here's three thousand yuan. Take it and invest it. Work hard, and pay me back when you make money."
Xiao Mingyang was shocked that his mother-in-law had so much money, and even more shocked that she was willing to lend him so much money.
She was immediately moved to tears, "Mom, thank you..."
"Don't get sentimental with me. Here, write the IOU first." Yu Qiuying handed him the paper and pen she had prepared beforehand and asked him to write the IOU.
Without saying a word, Xiao Mingyang took the paper and pen and wrote the IOU. At the same time, he secretly vowed that he would work hard and never let his mother-in-law down. He would repay his mother-in-law and be a good daughter-in-law in the future.
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