Chapter 167 Crying
After only two bites of the Lu family's meal, Lu's mother felt uncomfortable and couldn't eat. Which mother-in-law would like to see her daughter-in-law's face? Besides, this daughter-in-law did nothing at home, just waiting for food and drinks, and now she even dared to look at her face. She put down her chopsticks and yelled at Ji Hongxia, "This is how our food is. If you don't want to eat, don't eat. Who are you showing your disdain to? Are you the mother-in-law or am I the mother-in-law?"
When Lu Li heard this, he also felt that Ji Hongxia was ignorant, and directly taught her a lesson: "If you really can't eat, go down. My mother worked so hard to make the meal, what are you doing?"
Ji Hongxia was a little flustered and immediately explained: "No, it's delicious, I didn't turn your face away." After that, she immediately picked up the chopsticks and took a few bites of the food.
However, the food in the Lu family is indeed not as good as that in the Ji family. With Ji's parents and himself as the three working families, it is impossible for them to live poorly. But in the Lu family, only Lu's father works, so they are naturally much tighter. The food is without oil and salt, but his bad face is not because of this.
Ji Hongxia felt that no one understood her and she felt sad. She was so nice to Lu Li, but Lu Li always beat her. Lu's father never spoke, and Lu's mother always spoke to her in a sarcastic tone. After taking a few bites of food, Ji Hongxia couldn't help feeling wronged as a girl, and tears fell.
Of course, Lu's mother saw it. You said you were eating, so why are you crying? It's New Year's Eve dinner, how unlucky! She couldn't help but scold him again: "Why are you crying again? You cried because of what I said. It's New Year's Eve dinner, don't you think it's unlucky? Do you cry like this when you eat New Year's Eve dinner at home?"
Father Lu had been holding back, but he couldn't say anything to his own daughter-in-law, whose face looked a little worried. Lu Li couldn't help it anymore, so he put down his bowl and chopsticks and dragged Ji Hongxia back to the room and stopped her from eating.
It suddenly became quiet outside, and Lu's mother's mood suddenly turned from gloomy to cheerful, but she was even more dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law. She had used the cabbage to roast the meat today, and she had queued up in the middle of the night in the wind, rain and snow, and she even gave her a cold face. If she didn't eat it, it would save her family money and she could eat more.
Mother Lu picked up her chopsticks and put all the meat in the dish into the bowls of Father Lu and Lu Li. Seeing that Mother Lu only picked up meat for Father Lu, Lu Li immediately picked up a piece of meat for Mother Lu: "Mom, you eat too. When I get a regular salary and it increases, I'll give it all to you, so I can buy more meat."
Mother Lu nodded with satisfaction as she ate the piece of meat that Lu Li had picked out for her in the bowl, feeling that her son was not raised in vain as he knew to give all his earnings to her.
Outside, a loving mother-son scene was unfolding, while Ji Hongxia, who was dragged back into the house by Lu Li, cried heart-wrenchingly.
Ji Hongxia felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong. She just felt that her life was completely different from what she had imagined. She didn't think it was her problem, and naturally she didn't think it was Lu Li's problem either. It was Lu's mother who was talking just now, otherwise Lu Li wouldn't have treated her like this, so the blame was all on Lu's mother.
Ji Hongxia cried for a while and then didn't stop because she was hungry.
Lu's mother was very smart. Since there were some leftovers, why not do something good? So she put all the leftovers into Ji Hongxia's bowl and asked her son to bring it to Ji Hongxia. It didn't matter whether Ji Hongxia appreciated it or not, as long as her son saw how good she was.
Lu Li obediently brought the bowl in. Ji Hongxia was sitting on a chair in the bedroom with red eyes. Lu Li did not feel distressed, but felt a little annoyed. However, he still patiently brought the food to Ji Hongxia. After all, it was his mother who asked him to do so.
Lu Li spoke kindly, and Ji Hongxia was very pleased. She took the food from Lu Li's hand and started eating. She was already hungry, so this meal came at the right time.
Lu Li and Ji Hongxia thought that what happened just now was over, so they said again: "Don't do this again next time. You cry while eating. Is this how you eat New Year's dinner at home?"
Ji Hongxia felt that she was also a little wrong after listening to Lu Li's words, and then nodded. Lu Li continued: "My mother still cares about you. This meal was brought in by my mother. You eat more than my mother. Just now, my mother poured all the leftovers into your bowl. Enjoy your meal."
"Leftovers?" Ji Hongxia asked, and confirmed again: "Give me the leftovers?" Then she threw the bowl away.
When Lu Li saw Ji Hongxia throw the bowl and chopsticks directly on the ground, he immediately exploded: "What are you doing? These are all food. If you don't eat them, can't you put them aside for the next meal? Why throw them away?"
Seeing Lu Li's temper, Ji Hongxia was a little scared, so she explained, "I never eat leftovers. I used to eat fresh food at home. Even if my parents ate first, they would leave some for me and not let me eat the leftovers."
"That was in the past. You're married now, don't you know what's wrong with the leftovers? They're not left overnight, so why can't we eat them? Why are you so picky about them?"
Ji Hongxia felt a little aggrieved, and her tears, which had just stopped flowing, began to flow again: "Why should I eat the leftovers? Why don't you eat them?"
When Lu Li heard Ji Hongxia's words, he couldn't help but rush forward and slapped her several times, saying loudly as he hit her: "I'll let you waste food, I'll let you waste food."
Ji Hongxia was so stunned by Lu Li's slaps that she even forgot to cry.
When Ji Hongxia came to her senses again, she rushed out without delay, wanting to find her parents. But how could Lu Li give her this opportunity? He directly locked Ji Hongxia in the house.
Naturally, Lu's father heard the noise in the room, but he did not react. Lu's mother was a little proud, thinking that her son was capable. This little bastard must be beaten to be obedient.
After Lu Li came out, he locked the door directly. Liu Ji Hongxia banged on the door and cried loudly: "Open the door, open the door."
"Try crying again. If you cry and shout again, you will never go out again." Lu Li threatened.
Lu Li’s threat was still very effective on Ji Hongxia. She stopped crying after a while, and the farce stopped temporarily.
Ji Hongxia had been locked up for an afternoon and had become much more obedient. Naturally, the Lu family didn't wait for Ji Hongxia to finish her meal. After that, Lu Ma asked Lu Li to bring the meal in to Ji Hongxia and instructed her, "This isn't leftovers. These were served first. You can give it to her."
Lu Li was a little annoyed, but he couldn't let the person starve to death, so he opened the door and let him in.
Although Ji Hongxia did not cry loudly, she did not stop sobbing softly. After she was tired of crying, she fell asleep directly.
When Lu Li came in, Ji Hongxia was sleeping soundly. He called Ji Hongxia in a bad mood. Ji Hongxia was frightened and her body twitched, then she sat up.
(End of this chapter)
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