Unfortunately, this time Wu Xiuli returned at the wrong time and in the wrong way.
Every time Wu Xiuli returned to her parents' home, she would bring bags and bags of gifts. The Wen family members all had jobs, and their employers provided them with generous benefits, like rice, flour, fruit, grains, and oils. Especially during Chinese New Year, they gave out even more. Wen Yulun and Wen Yuxiang didn't live near the elderly Wen couple, but to show their filial piety, they would bring anything they had to Wen Yiran and his family.
Wen Yiran and his family couldn't eat so much food, so it was a good deal for Wu Xiuli to carry large and small bags of food back to her parents' home.
Today, Wu Xiuli came empty-handed, with nothing at all, except her daughter Wen Ziqiu.
It was the afternoon of New Year's Eve, and it wasn't even time for the New Year's Eve dinner yet! Even Mrs. Wu, who had no education at all, knew that New Year's Eve dinner was all about the whole family being together and having a good time. Wasn't it obvious that Wu Xiuli chose this time to go back to her parents' home to make things difficult for the two elders of the Wen family?
The Wen family's status was much higher than Wu Xiuli's. Old Man Wu and Mrs. Wu were afraid that their daughter's unconventional behavior would anger her parents-in-law, so they were naturally not happy at all about Wu Xiuli's return.
Wu Xiuli's sister-in-law Zhang Meihua was originally asking about Wu Xiuli and her son's well-being with a smile on her face. However, when she saw Wu Xiuli pulling Wu Po's hand into the room and whispering, Zhang Meihua's face turned dark.
The Wu family's house was small, just a small courtyard with six rooms. Mrs. Wu and Mr. Wu had one room, the two sons each had two rooms, and the other room was filled with miscellaneous items.
Although Wu Xiuli and Wu Pozi's voices were not loud, a few words still got into the ears of Zhang Meihua who was eavesdropping.
"Left by my elder sister," "paper crane," "use"—from just these few words, Zhang Meihua could already infer that her sister-in-law had returned to her parents' home for no reason. My elder sister was a "fairy lady"! Every item she left behind was worth a fortune. Don't assume that Zhang Meihua, a country girl, didn't know the market.
Just last month I heard someone say that the "magic pill" that the eldest sister left to Mrs. Wu was taken away by the younger sister-in-law Wu Xiuli, and sold for tens of thousands in Kyoto!
Now her sister-in-law has returned to her parents' home to collect her eldest sister's belongings, leaving Zhang Meihua feeling heartbroken. Tens of thousands of yuan! With that much money, would her husband still have to work so hard in business? With that much money, the family could return home and enjoy a much better life.
Zhang Meihua didn't know that Wu Xiuli had indeed taken a "Spirit-Enriching Pill" from Wu Pozi and had indeed "sold" it to He Shumin. Unfortunately, He Shumin didn't pay her at the time, but only agreed to transfer Wen Yulong's job from the Northern Military Region to the Kyoto Military Region.
When someone asked Wu Xiuli to buy one, she was out of pills, so she would definitely ask for a sky-high price to discourage people from buying. As a result, word spread quickly, and eventually people spread the story that Wu Xiuli had sold a single pill for tens of thousands of yuan.
Zhang Meihua must have been very unhappy when she heard the tens of thousands of yuan. The pills were given to Wu Pozi by Wu Xiuyun, and in Zhang Meihua's heart, they belonged to the two brothers of the Wu family. Wu Xiuli took the pills and sold them but didn't give them to Wu Pozi. How grateful Zhang Meihua was to Wu Xiuli before, now she felt that Wu Xiuli was as annoying as she was.
Zhang Meihua was unhappy and complained to her sister-in-law Xiao Hongyu. Xiao Hongyu was not happy with Wu Xiuli after hearing her sister-in-law's speculation about her purpose of returning to her parents' home.
After staying at her mother's house for two days, Wu Xiuli did not see any sign of Wen Yulong, and saw that her two sisters-in-law looked unhappy, so she had no choice but to return to the Wen family with her daughter Wen Ziqiu in dejection.
As soon as Wu Xiuli entered the door, she saw Wen Yiran and Feng Xueying sitting happily in the living room watching TV. In addition, there was another person in the living room that surprised Wu Xiuli very much.
"Grandpa Wen, is my uncle really arriving today? What time is the train? I'll go to the train station later..." He Jingjing said to Wen Yiran with a smile. Seeing Wu Xiuli coming in, He Jingjing frowned and continued the following half of the sentence "...Pick him up."
"Jingjing, you don't have to go to pick up the person. I have already asked Xiao Zhang to go." Wen Yiran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that He Jingjing spoke clearly.
Xiao Zhang was Wen Yiran's driver. After receiving a call yesterday from He Boyuan about visiting He Jingjing in Kyoto, Wen Yiran had Xiao Zhang book a guesthouse for He Boyuan and his family. Although the He family was now "a phoenix in decline, worse than a chicken," Wen Yiran was no superficial person. Since his family had been hosting He Jingjing for so long, there was no need to disown He Boyuan at this juncture.
The most important thing is that He Jingjing is now awake and everything has returned to normal, which makes Wen Yiran feel relieved. After all, if He Jingjing is still lying in the hospital bed, Wen Yiran would be embarrassed to ask He Boyuan to take her away.
Yes, Wen Yiran didn't want He Jingjing to stay in their house anymore. It wasn't that he was stingy and couldn't even tolerate a girl. It was that He Jingjing kept pestering Wen Ziqing, and Wen Yiran was worried that she would upset Zhou Yuanyuan. Seeing Wen Ziqing running to the Zhou family every day, Wen Yiran felt relieved. After all, Zhou Yuanyuan was the only one Wen Yiran had in mind as the perfect granddaughter-in-law.
Wu Xiuli saw that Wen Yiran and the others were so busy talking that they didn't even glance at her and her daughter. She couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved. They were biased by the elderly, and she, as their daughter-in-law, was so angry that she just said a few words in response. How could she be the "sinner"?
Although Wu Xiuli was unhappy in her heart, she remembered that her purpose of coming back today was not to make trouble, but to be humble. She immediately put on a bright smile on her face and called out, "Dad, Mom, Happy New Year!"
After Wu Xiuli greeted her parents-in-law, she turned to He Jingjing and said, "Jingjing, are you feeling better? When were you discharged from the hospital? Why didn't you tell your aunt?"
He Jingjing glanced at Wu Xiuli and said nothing. Say something? What did she mean? She had returned to the Wen family two days ago, but Wu Xiuli had been out wandering around and wasn't home. Besides, Wu Xiuli was Ziqing's stepmother, and their relationship wasn't great. She was now Ziqing's... To avoid suspicion, she shouldn't get too close to Wu Xiuli.
"Grandpa, Grandma, I'm going upstairs to catch up on some sleep. Ouch! I'm so sleepy." Wen Ziqiu dozed off the entire way. After entering the room, her mind was filled with the soft, fluffy bed. She didn't notice He Jingjing in the living room, nor did she notice Wu Xiuli's awkwardness. After forcing herself to greet Wen Yiran and his wife, she rushed upstairs.
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