234 A Shrimp Causes a Murder
At noon, Huang Yanqiu's mother-in-law invited us to dinner and prepared a table full of delicious dishes.
Zheng Xiaopeng cooked soybean and hoof soup for Huang Yanqiu alone, and Liu Lanxiang brought it into the room and placed it next to Huang Yanqiu's bed.
"Qiu, you should eat more and build up your body so that you can give Xueer a younger brother next year. Then the two siblings can play together, and it will be great if the older sister takes care of the younger brother." Liu Lanxiang said with a smile.
Liu Lanxiang has been repeating this several times every day since the second day after her child was born.
Fortunately, Zheng Xiaopeng didn't dare to say this with his mother, otherwise Huang Yanqiu would have told him to get out immediately.
When Liu Lanxiang brought up the same old thing again, Huang Yanqiu thought she had entertained the God of Wealth today and was so happy that she lost her mind.
Huang Yanqiu didn't say a word. She first fed her daughter who had just woken up, then picked up the bowl and started eating.
The mother and daughter were eating and teasing their full daughter at the same time. The scene was very warm and happy.
Seeing her like that, Liu Lanxiang felt a little unhappy and whispered:
"After I take care of you during your confinement period, I have to go back home, otherwise your sisters-in-law will make trouble for me."
Huang Yanqiu paused while eating. Even though she had known this would happen, she would have preferred that her mother-in-law was not around to annoy her.
But since her mother-in-law said this at this time, she couldn't help but suspect that there was a threat in it.
Huang Yanqiu thought about it quickly and said, suppressing her temper:
"You've really worked hard during this period. After I'm out of confinement, Lao Wu and I will take you to buy some clothes for the New Year."
Without waiting for Liu Lanxiang to pretend to refuse, Huang Yanqiu said, "This is just a small gift from us as your son and daughter-in-law. Please don't refuse it."
As he spoke, he remembered something, put down the bowl, and took out a red paper package from under his pillow.
Liu Lanxiang's eyes lit up, but she was afraid that she was thinking too much and didn't dare to expect anything.
Unexpectedly, Huang Yanqiu directly stuffed the red paper package into her hand.
"Oh, what is this for?" Liu Lanxiang was surprised. She stroked the red paper bag with her hand, and just a corner of two hundred yuan was exposed. She couldn't help but smile.
Huang Yanqiu gave the money willingly and asked her mother-in-law to accept it with a rare sincere tone.
There is no harm without comparison. Compared with the mother-in-law next door, Liu Lanxiang has done the best a mother-in-law can do.
Since coming to the city, I have never missed out on buying groceries, cooking, and washing clothes.
Huang Yanqiu really didn't like what people said. She was a little dissatisfied with the fact that the child was a girl when she was born, but she still happily amused the child and did her best to take care of her.
Looking next door, Mrs. Zhong was acting in a weird way, trying to sow discord between her son and daughter-in-law, and forcing them to eat food they didn't like.
In addition, she had difficulty walking, so she only went out to buy groceries during the first two days after she arrived.
Later on, Ouyang Yan or Zhou Zhenghua would buy the vegetables and bring them home for her to cook.
Not only that, he also complained that the vegetables his daughter-in-law bought were not good.
Later, she bought some vegetables sold by people at her doorstep. She didn't know whether the taste was too bad or she just didn't like it, but Ouyang Yan didn't gain any weight on her face.
It is said that the mother-in-law went to the city to take care of her pregnant daughter-in-law.
In Huang Yanqiu's opinion, he was simply here to act like an empress and abuse his power.
Compared with the people next door, Huang Yanqiu really feels that she is quite happy.
Of course, if she were Ouyang Yan, she would have taken action to deal with that feudal old woman Zhong long ago!
There are times when Liu Lanxiang can't stand it.
But she was too lazy to meddle in other people's business, so she just went home and said a few pitiful words to her family about Ouyang Yan.
Liu Lanxiang received a red envelope. Her face, which had turned a little yellow due to staying up all night to take care of the children, suddenly brightened up and she looked much better.
Huang Yanqiu thought to herself that Gao Qinghe was right when he said money was a great tonic.
Huang Yanqiu was eating alone in her bedroom, while Gao Qinghe and others were eating in the main room. The atmosphere was just right.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang of a door slamming next door.
Liu Lanxiang made a "tsk" sound, stood by the window with the bowl in her hand and looked out, then turned around and shook her head at them.
"It's Secretary Zhou's wife. They must have had another fight."
again?
How do you say again?
Seeing Jiang Baohai and Gao Qinghe looking over curiously, Liu Lanxiang thought that there must be an audience.
He immediately sat down again with his bowl in his hand, and excitedly told the two of them about the excitement that had taken place in the next yard recently.
Didn’t Ouyang Yan suffer from severe morning sickness before? She vomited everything she ate, but Zhong still forced her to eat.
As a result, Ouyang Yan hid in school until Zhou Zhenghua returned from a business trip and took her home.
With her son's intervention, Mrs. Zhong restrained herself a little and let the couple buy groceries and cook their own meals.
But seeing that Ouyang Yan always ate dishes cooked in sour soup and liked to dip them in chili water, he suspected that she was most likely pregnant with a daughter, and he immediately put down his pride.
Of course, she didn't say anything to her face, but she got some secret recipes from somewhere and asked Ouyang Yan to eat them.
It is said that it guarantees the birth of a boy and works as soon as you take it.
At first, she secretly put it in Ouyang Yan's food and almost sent Ouyang Yan to the hospital.
Zhou Zhenghua had been to college after all, so when he found out, he criticized his mother severely.
In this way, the Zhong family finally quieted down for a few days.
A few days ago, after the snow melted, he got a talisman from an old Taoist priest and asked Ouyang Yan to carry it with her, saying that it would bless her with good health and enable her to eat.
This time it was just a piece of talisman paper. Ouyang Yan didn't want the relationship with her mother-in-law, which had been improved with great difficulty, to deteriorate, so she agreed to take it with her.
As a result, the day before yesterday, she was in a hurry to go to school and forgot to bring it with her.
Well, that night, Mrs. Zhong flew into a rage at home, throwing a tantrum and rolling around, saying that her daughter-in-law was going to kill her precious grandson.
As soon as Zhou Zhenghua got off work, he was busy educating his mother and coaxing his wife before he could even drink a sip of hot water.
The whole family was busy until late at night before they finished.
Yesterday, the Ouyang family sent a large box of frozen shrimps brought from the coast, and Ouyang Yan was finally able to eat some normal food.
But Liu Lanxiang said that Zhong had a very long face and felt that her in-laws looked down on her family and that was why they got something that they couldn't get and wanted to slap her in the face.
They were from the same village, but because they were not in the same detachment, Liu Lanxiang didn't know much about the Zhong family.
This time I discovered that Secretary Zhou’s mother is a mentally twisted person who can’t stand others being better than her!
"Isn't it normal for parents to feel sorry for their daughter and get her something delicious out of her mouth?"
Liu Lanxiang tutted twice and said, "I think Secretary Zhou is enjoying his meal too."
The big shrimps were plump and her mouth was full of meat. She was greedy just thinking about it.
That's the Zhong family, and they look down on others.
Liu Lanxiang guessed, "It's lunchtime right now. I guess they're all arguing about food again."
As soon as she finished speaking, the door next door was pushed open again, and Zhou Zhenghua went to chase his wife.
Gao Qinghe was just about to pick up the bowl and go to the window like Liu Lanxiang did, when she noticed out of the corner of her eye that the man next to her was staring at her.
Just because he had some relationship with Zhou Zhenghua in the past, someone kept it in mind and was always on guard against him.
Gao Qinghe coughed twice and did not follow Liu Lanxiang to the window.
But she didn't have to go, because Mrs. Zhong next door called out herself.
"Okay, why are you sending me shrimp?"
It turned out that Zhou Zhenghua was pricked in the mouth by the shrimp tail while eating shrimp just now. He only bled a little and it healed quickly.
But Mrs. Zhong kept complaining that Ouyang Yan insisted on eating the shrimp, and blamed the Ouyang family for sending the shrimp.
Ouyang Yan ran away in anger. Seeing that he could not educate his mother, Zhou Zhenghua hurried out to chase his wife.
After eating the melon, Gao Qinghe was once again glad that he was away from Zhou Zhenghua.
But Zhou Zhenghua and his wife are really quails. They can tolerate this.
If it were her, she would have thrown a basin of shrimp shells on the old woman's face, and she wouldn't have had the chance to blame her parents.
Anyway, you can’t scold her, and you can’t scold her parents even more!
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