In the next few days, Jiang Chunzao cooked fish for the kids in different ways every day, such as braised carp, boiled carp, fried fish... The two kids were so happy that they swallowed their saliva at first but then their faces turned pale when they heard the word "carp". It was not easy for them.
Today is another sunny day, the sun is hanging hot in the sky. In the small courtyard of the third room of the Lu family, the two little kids, Little Stone and Little Jasmine, are sitting on a small bench with their hands on their faces, looking worried.
What are you worried about? Of course, I am worried about when I can finish eating all the fish at home.
Speaking of which, when their mother Jiang Chunzao treated the two kids badly, the two kids didn't have enough to eat or wear all day, and they could only drink a lot of water when they were hungry.
But now, mommy is very good to the two kids. She cooks delicious meals for them all day long, washes little Shitou's face and little Moli's hair. But such days have become a sweet burden for the two kids.
The two kids really don't want to eat fish anymore.
“Hmm!
Brother, although the fish cooked by mom is delicious, little Jasmine wants to eat white rice instead of fish. "
Little Jasmine held her little face and spoke in a baby voice.
The little stone sitting next to him nodded in agreement, scratched his head worriedly, and spoke as well:
"But we still have quite a few fish. Mom bought more than ten fish. We ate a few of them. Mom gave three to Grandpa. What should we do with the rest?"
Yes, this is a big problem.
Little Jasmine nodded faintly, her little voice a little confused:
"Brother, what do you think we should eat for lunch today?"
What can you eat? Just keep eating fish!
When the Lu family of three were having lunch at noon, the two children sighed in unison when they saw Jiang Chunzao coming out of the kitchen with a big pot of stewed fish soup on his face.
Look, we’re still having fish for lunch today.
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The carp soup on the table was emitting a fragrant aroma. Jiang Chunzao sat at the table, watching the two little kids come back from washing their hands. He broke off two pieces of steamed bread and stuffed them into each one, saying to them happily:
"Son, after we have lunch today, Mom will take you two to visit your grandma and grandpa, and bring some fish to them."
The two children were delighted when they heard this. Little Jasmine asked her mother all sorts of questions like a chirping bird:
"Mom, when are we going to visit grandma's house? Jasmine hasn't been to grandma's house for a long time."
Jiang Chunzao answered while picking up some food for the kids:
"We'll go to grandma's house after dinner. Jasmine, do you miss grandma and grandpa?"
"think!
Jasmine misses her grandma and grandpa so much!"
Little Jasmine knew that she could go to her grandmother's house after lunch, so she happily swung her two chubby legs and didn't even notice that her mother was vigorously putting vegetables she didn't like on her plate. After Jiang Chunzao finished picking up the vegetables for the happy little girl, he looked at the calm little stone:
"We are going to grandma's house soon. Are you happy, Shitou?"
Little Stone pursed his lips and showed a happy smile:
“Happy.”
How could they not be happy? Ever since Xiao Shitou was adopted by Lu Lin, except for old man Lu who was always nice to Xiao Shitou, most of the other members of the Lu family disliked Xiao Shitou.
Let's not talk about Old Mrs. Lu. When she sees Xiao Shitou, she always looks sullen and indifferent. But Lu Dashan and his wife Lu Dasao don't dislike Xiao Shitou. To them, he is just an ordinary child. It makes no difference to them whether he exists or not.
Lu Ershan and Liu Hongyan were as annoyed with Little Stone as Old Lady Lu, especially Liu Hongyan. Whenever she saw Little Stone, she would grit her teeth and wish she could pick up Little Stone and throw the bad boy onto the mountain.
In Liu Hongyan's mind, the bad boy Xiao Shitou was just here to steal her family's wood money.
Originally, the Lu family had only two grandsons, one was Lu Xuedong, who was attending middle school in the county town, and the other was Lu Mutou, the baby son born to Liu Hongyan and Lu Ershan.
Although the Lu family is not a wealthy family, and the two brothers Lu Dashan and Lu Ershan are not capable of making a lot of money, the third brother of the Lu family, Lu Lin, is a company commander.
The third child's monthly salary alone is more than one hundred yuan, not to mention that his salary will increase in the future. Besides, the third child's wife, Jiang Chunzao, gave birth to a money-losing child, Xiao Moli.
If the third brother's family cannot give birth to a son in their lifetime, then their family will become extinct. Then, all the money saved by the extinct third brother in his lifetime will become the money of Lu Xuedong and her family Mu.
But who knew that just when Liu Hongyan's plans were going smoothly, this accident happened!
The third child actually adopted the unwanted brat Xiao Shitou and raised him as her own son. It would be strange if she wasn't angry that Xiao Shitou, this burden, stole her son's money!
But no matter what, Liu Hongyan was doomed.
After talking about the Lu family who dislike Xiao Shitou, let’s talk about Jiang Chunzao’s mother’s family, the Jiang family. Unlike the Lu family, the kind-hearted Old Man Jiang and Old Lady Jiang love their little grandson Xiao Shitou very much. Although Xiao Shitou is not their biological grandson, what does it matter? They like him just fine!
Every time Little Stone went to his grandmother's house, his grandmother would secretly give him candies. Little Stone liked his grandmother and his second uncle who didn't have all his teeth yet.
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Jiang Chunzao watched the two kids finish their meal, cleaned the table, changed them into nice and clean clothes, dressed herself up as well, carried two big carps bought from the town, stuffed three pounds of brown sugar and two pounds of egg cake bought in the county into her bag, and took the two kids to the door.
Over at the Lu family's old courtyard, old lady Lu had just gotten up from the kang after a nap. She was thinking about taking advantage of the good weather today to put all the quilts and cotton padded jackets at home to dry out in the sun during the winter. While she was tidying up in the house, she ran into Fu Zi's mother who was visiting.
Fu Zi's mother is an old sister of Old Lady Lu. The two of them have similar interests and when they have nothing to do, they like to get together and gossip about the villagers.
At this moment, Fuzi's mother walked into Lao Lu's house with small steps, holding the insoles in her arms:
"Old sister? Is old sister at home?"
Old Lady Lu was sorting winter cotton quilts in the house. When she heard what Fu Zi's mother said, she quickly responded:
"Sister Fu, I'm in the house."
Fuzi's mother followed Mrs. Lu into the house after hearing her voice. She saw Mrs. Lu sitting on the kang tidying up. She raised her big fat butt and sat on the kang, gossiping to Mrs. Lu:
"Old sister, I saw your old woman on the way here. She was carrying two big fat fish and two little kids. It looked like she was going back to her parents' home."
What!
Did the third son's wife ever take her two little kids to her parents' home?
Mrs. Lu was surprised for a moment, then said unhappily:
"This bitch from the third brother's family always uses our Lu family's stuff to support her family!"
Liu Hongyan, who had just come out of the yard, heard this and shouted:
"That's right, mother. It's not my fault. The third brother's family is so unfilial!
The third child earns so much money in the army in one month, but her family doesn’t even know how to buy more good things to honor her parents. All they think about all day is their parents on their mother’s side!
In all my life, I have never seen such an unfilial daughter-in-law from the third family!"
Liu Hongyan was nagging in the yard when Old Man Lu came out of the house. Just as she was about to scold her, Old Lady Lu in the house saw that Fu Zi's mother looked like she was enjoying the show after hearing what the second brother's family said, and she became furious. She would not let her old sisters laugh at her!
The angry old lady Lu pushed open the window beside the kang with a bang, glared at Liu Hongyan who was arrogant in the yard and scolded her:
"My dear, the old hen at home is cuckooing because of hunger. Can't you hear it? What are you doing here? Why are you making so much noise at home?
Why don’t you get to work?
Get out! Stop standing in the yard and causing trouble!"
Liu Hongyan was so proud before, but now her mother-in-law scolded her and her father-in-law didn't treat her well. She felt so wronged that she could only complain to Lu Dasao who was washing clothes in the yard:
"Sister-in-law, what do you think mother-in-law means? It's the Third Brother's family that is unfilial, not me. Why is mother-in-law scolding me?"
Mrs. Lu, who was usually taciturn, glanced at the aggrieved Liu Hongyan and said nothing.
Why am I scolding you? You deserve it.
Of her two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Lu still prefers Jiang Chunzao more. Even though the third sister-in-law has a bad temper, she always remembers it.
When her daughter Mianhua turned eight years old, she wanted a new dress as a birthday gift, but her mother-in-law refused to give her any money and Mrs. Lu didn't have any money either. Just when she was in a dilemma, the third family bought the floral cloth that Mianhua liked and sent it to her without saying a word.
Mrs. Lu always remembered this incident. She only gave birth to a son and a daughter in her life. She knew that the third brother loved Mianhua very much and was a good person.
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Jiang Chunzao, who was returning to her mother's home at this time, took her two children out of the village. The three of them happened to pass by a market on the road. Jiang Chunzao carried the two children around and bought three pounds of pork. He also bought a few bags of snacks that Jiang's grandmother liked, and bought iced orange juice for the two children to cool down.
The mother and her two children happily hurried to Jiangjia Village, carrying large and small bags. Jiangjia Village was not far from Lujia Village, only about seven or eight miles away, with both mountain roads and roads in between. Jiang Chunzao and her children walked for more than half an hour and arrived at Jiangjia Village.
"Mom, Jasmine saw the albizzia tree at the door of my grandmother's house!"
Little Jasmine stood on the small mound at the entrance of the village, looking up at the albizzia tree looming in the distance.
When Jiang Chunzao heard what the young lady said, he looked up and smiled. Yes, in the whole Jiangjia Village, only her house had a julibrissin tree planted at the doorstep. This tree was planted by Grandma Jiang herself when Jiang Chunzao was born. She said that planting a julibrissin tree at the doorstep would bless the young lady with a happy life.
Jiang Chunzao couldn't help crying when she thought of her parents. Fortunately, Little Stone and Little Jasmine were happy in front of her, which made her unable to stop crying.
Why are you crying? This is a good thing!
Jiang Chunzao sniffed and couldn't wait to take her two kids home. When the mother and three kids came in, Jiang's mother was doing housework. When the old lady saw her daughter bringing her pair of little grandchildren home, her happy face smiled like a chrysanthemum and she hurried forward to welcome her daughter and little grandchildren into the house.
Jiang Chunzao was just returning to her parents' home after a long absence, feeling filled with emotion. Grandma Jiang came out of the inner room happily holding candies and snacks. She saw the young lady's belly due to her greed. The old lady's eyes lit up, thinking that the young lady had good news again, and ran over happily:
"Ah, are you pregnant again?"
Jiang Chunzao & the two kids: !!!
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