Zhang Jiao, who planned to host a banquet for her son's birthday today, bought a fish and a pound of pork belly.
Although she didn't invite her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, she was still very angry and planned to cook both the fish and the pork belly.
While she was doing it, her parents came.
"Junjun, my dear grandson, your grandparents are here to celebrate your birthday."
Mother Zhang was holding a small box of biscuits that she bought for 10 cents, and she said to Junjun who was playing in the yard with a smile.
Junjun ran towards them, "Grandpa, grandma."
Hearing his mother-in-law's voice, Lin Guodong walked out of the house. Seeing the small box of biscuits in his mother-in-law's hand, a sneer flashed in his eyes.
Bringing a box of Mao's cookies to celebrate your grandson's birthday?
"Dad, Mom." Lin Guodong called indifferently.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhang smiled and nodded, then handed the biscuits in their hands to Junjun.
"Come here, Junjun, these are the cookies grandma bought for you, take them quickly."
"Thank you, grandma." Junjun thanked her while holding the biscuits.
Aunt Wang came out of the house and looked at Zhang's mother and father and said, "Hey, this is Junjun's grandparents, right? It's been so long since I last saw them, I almost recognized them."
The first time I met Zhang Jiao's parents was when Junjun was having his first birthday party.
Mother Zhang smiled and said, "It's been two years since I last came. Is it because Junjun is having his birthday today? We old couple happened to have some free time, so we came to celebrate Junjun's birthday."
Aunt Wang said, "Oh, you came here specially to celebrate Junjun's birthday. So you should buy Junjun a new set of clothes, a bright red one?"
Then Aunt Wang looked at Junjun and said, "Junjun, you have to wear the new clothes your grandparents bought for you and show them to us. And take out your grandparents' red coat and show it to us all, okay?"
"Okay." Junjun nodded.
Zhang's father and mother's eyes twitched. What new clothes? Bright red ones? They hadn't prepared anything at all. They just bought a box of biscuits for a dime.
Seeing Zhang Jiao's parents' empty hands, Aunt Wang knew that they hadn't bought any new clothes for Junjun at all, let alone prepared anything bright red. They were just being stingy.
When Junjun was one year old, the Zhang family came and made a pair of tiger-head shoes for Junjun.
During the one-year-old celebration, Fan even complained that Shuping, as a grandmother, was stingy. The two-yuan red envelope she gave Junjun was too small, and she hadn't even bought a silver lock for Junjun, which made Shuping feel very embarrassed.
When they left, they took away all the leftover fish and meat from the banquet.
"Dad, Mom, why are you here? Come in and sit down." Zhang Jiao walked out of the kitchen and rescued her parents from their embarrassment.
The two of them went into the house as if they were hiding from something.
"My dear relatives, what brings you here?" Lin Yongnian smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Zhang's father.
Father Zhang smiled and said, "It's Junjun's birthday, so we're here to celebrate his birthday."
"Hurry up and sit down, hurry up and sit down." Lin Yongnian invited the two to sit on the reclining chairs.
Zhang's mother looked around the room and asked, "Are you the only ones home here?"
Lin Yongnian was stunned for a moment, thinking she was asking about Lin Jianshe, and nodded and said, "Yes, Lin Jianshe moved out of the house."
Zhang's mother knew that Lin Jianshe had been kicked out. Zhang Jiao told them about it the first time she returned home.
"Yes." Zhang's mother waved her hand. "I mean, Junjun's grandmother is coming to celebrate your birthday?"
Junjun is Li Shuping's only grandson. She used to love him very much. Will she come back for Junjun's birthday?
Lin Yongnian's expression changed slightly. "She and we are family now. What is she doing here?"
"My dear in-laws, you can't say that. You and your mother-in-law are divorced, but Guodong is still her son, and Junjun is still her grandson. The blood relationship is severed."
"But, let me tell you, you should remarry your mother-in-law. After that, you can still be a close family, and the children will be less embarrassed." Mother Zhang looked at Lin Yongnian and advised earnestly.
Lin Yongnian waved his hands and said, "Mother-in-law, please don't say that again. I, Lin Yongnian, will die alone and will never go back to find her, Li Shuping."
Besides, 놛놊 will be lonely because 놛 already has a romantic partner.
Zhang's mother slapped her thigh and said, "Oh, dear in-laws, are you so decisive? Even if you think about yourself, think about the children."
"Your mother-in-law's business is doing so well now. Do the math and think about how much money she makes this month! You're remarrying your mother-in-law. The money she earns and her dumpling shop are the entire Lin family's assets. From now on, they will belong to Guodong and the others!"
"Do you want to see the money that originally belonged to Guodong and others fall into the hands of outsiders?" Zhang's mother asked, clapping her hands on her palms.
Lin Yongnian: “…”
Even if she could bear it, Li Shuping might not be willing to remarry her, let alone recognize Guodong and the others.
"Mom, stop talking. Li Shuping would remarry my father-in-law!" Zhang Jiao interrupted her mother.
Zhang Jiao sneered, "Now that she's rich, she feels superior. She looks down on my father-in-law and Guodong!"
"I think we went to her because we wanted her money."
"She's belittled me and Guodong like shit! I'll never try to please her again."
"Whether she's good or bad, dead or alive, Guodong and I will take care of her. I'm just watching her. A woman like this who doesn't care about her relatives, what good will she have in the future?"
When Zhang's mother heard her daughter say this, she knew something must have happened again, so she asked, "What happened?"
Zhang Jiao told Li Shuping how she had kindly invited him to celebrate Junjun's birthday, but was humiliated and insulted by her.
After hearing this, Zhang's father and mother said that Li Shuping was going too far.
"Isn't it insulting for her to say that?"
"That's right, she even recognized her own son and grandson. This kind of woman is so cruel."
"Guodong, how come you have such a mother?" Mother Zhang looked at Lin Guodong with sympathy.
Lin Guodong curled his lips and said nothing. As my father-in-law and mother-in-law, aren't you any better?
My mother has cruelly admitted it now, but before, she has always been devoted to me and my children and has never asked for anything from me.
People like 놊 놛 only know how to grab 놛, the son-in-law, and take advantage of him.
After complaining about Li Shuping with her parents, Zhang Jiao returned to the kitchen to continue cooking.
Mother Zhang sat for a while and then went into the kitchen.
Seeing Zhang Jiao cutting the meat, he pointed at the half-cut meat and said, "Okay, stop cutting. You still have fish here. This much meat is enough for us."
Zhang Jiao looked at the meat on the chopping board and said, "There are so many of us eating at noon, let's just cut it all up."
Mother Zhang shook her head and said, "Oh, this is more than enough. Let me take the rest home so that your brothers and nephews who couldn't come can have some meat."
As she spoke, she picked up the uncut meat and strung it with the hay that had originally been used to strung the meat.
Zhang Jiao looked at the half-pound of fleshy flesh that her mother had pierced, and the corners of her eyes twitched uncontrollably.
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