Chapter 3 A man’s family is his relatives, but his wife’s family is just his relatives
Liang Xiulan's ancestors were all farmers, so Liang Jianguo's generation was still a farmer.
Not starving, but not rich either.
My second uncle is a smart man. He signed up to work in the factory early on, so he has money and spends it generously.
At this time, standing in front of the pork stall, he insisted on buying meat to take home.
"Oh... I finally came back, and I didn't bring anything to eat for the child. This is just half a pound of pork. Sister-in-law, please don't refuse."
"How can this be? Asking you to come back is already a bother for you, how can I have the nerve to ask you to buy meat?"
"We're all family, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. Can I eat pork?"
"oops……"
After pushing and shoving each other for more than ten rounds, Second Aunt Zhou Caiju still bought half a pound of pork.
Liang Jianguo felt embarrassed that his brother had come back to support his family and even bought meat for them, so he immediately ran to the store and bought another pack of cigarettes and gave it to his brother.
A whole pack of cigarettes was equivalent to several pounds of pork. Liu Guizhi felt a pain in her liver instantly, but was too embarrassed to show it, so she could only grit her teeth and take the meat.
Liang Xiulan stood aside and saw clearly that all men were selfish, not just Jiang Jinzhou.
A man’s family is his relatives, while his wife’s family is just his relatives.
Every year during the busy farming season, my uncle would come to help in the fields, but I have never seen Liang Jianguo buy anyone a pack of cigarettes.
Oh! This is what a man is.
When she got home, Liang Xiulan made her best sour soup shredded pork noodles for her family.
In Liu Guizhi's impression, her daughter has never liked cooking. She usually just cooks noodle soup and rice soup. When did she learn to make shredded pork noodles?
But this is not important. She is happy that her daughter has learned to cook, so she will not starve to death when she moves in with her husband's family in the future. The most important thing right now is to ask about Jiang Jinzhou.
"Lanlan, why do you suddenly not want to marry Jinzhou? Tell me the truth."
Liang Xiulan skillfully cut the meat in her hand and organized her words in her mind for a long time before she said, "I don't think I know him well enough, and I don't feel comfortable getting along with his family."
"Marriage is a lifelong thing. I don't want to marry myself off so easily."
"Their family just looks kind on the surface."
Liu Guizhi put the kneaded dough on the chopping board, pulled out a small ball and kneaded it on the chopping board while talking.
"We also asked people and heard that Jiang Jinzhou's mother was very kind to her eldest daughter-in-law. She raised the child herself until he was five or six years old. Such a kind mother-in-law is rare in the whole Shangyao Village."
"That's only good for the eldest daughter-in-law, not for all daughters-in-law."
"Haha, look at what you're saying. He only has this one daughter-in-law, and you haven't even married her yet. How do you know she's not good?"
Liang Xiulan thought for a moment and said, "Well...it's just a feeling. His mother and I don't get along."
"You don't want me to quarrel with my mother-in-law every day after marriage, right?"
Liu Guizhi kneaded the dough, took a rolling pin, sprinkled white flour on the chopping board and rubbed it.
"That won't do. I know my daughter well. You can't win an argument with her."
"That's right, so please don't worry about what happened between Jinzhou and me. Just pretend it never happened."
"Okay then, you decide your own affairs!"
Liu Guizhi rolled the dough thinly and cut it into thin strips according to Liang Xiulan's requirements.
At this time, Liang Xiulan had already made all the preparations.
I saw her skillfully heating oil in a pan, adding onions and garlic to bring out the aroma, then putting the chopped meat in, stir-frying it skillfully, and adding seasonings.
Liu Guizhi's eyes lit up when she saw it.
"Lanlan, when did you become so good at cooking?"
Liang Xiulan's expression froze for a moment, but she quickly reacted and said with a smile, "I've been watching you cook all day, and I've learned it a long time ago. I just didn't show it because I was afraid you would ask me to do more work."
Liu Guizhi couldn't help but sneer: "I'm here to deal with you, a clever guy. From now on, you have to cook for our family!"
Liang Xiulan immediately responded: "No problem!"
You answered so quickly, did you take it seriously?
Liu Guizhi smiled and touched her head: "I'm just kidding, how can I let you do this every day."
Of course Liang Xiulan knew that she was joking with her.
When she was a little girl in her previous life, she basically didn't know how to cook, but when she went to her mother-in-law's house, she learned everything.
He doesn't even take care of his own parents, but goes to the Jiang family to serve the whole family. That's just too stupid.
If she were to live her life again, she would have to be filial to her mother.
When the meat is almost done, start adding water until the water boils.
Liu Guizhi washed some vegetables and set them aside. When the noodles were cooked, she threw the vegetables directly into the pot, stirred them, and they were ready in a few seconds.
Second Aunt Zhou Caiju looked at the noodles on the table. Both the appearance and the smell were exactly the same as those sold outside. She praised Liang Xiulan's cooking skills.
"This color, this smell, it's almost time for dinner. Where did Lanlan learn this?"
How can I explain this? I can't just say I've been doing this for decades, right?
He rolled his eyes and came up with an idea.
"I went to the market in town last week and had a bowl of it at a food stall. I thought it was delicious, so I stood next to the owner and watched him for almost an hour."
Zhou Caiju slurped a mouthful of noodles and praised again: "She can learn just by watching. This girl has a natural talent for cooking!"
"Sister-in-law, why don't you set up a stall in front of our factory? It will definitely sell well!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Liang Xiulan immediately became interested.
"Can you set up a stall in front of your factory?"
The scene of urban management officers driving people away in my previous life kept lingering in my mind, but it seemed that there were no urban management officers now.
"Of course, there are two or three bun stalls in the morning. There are so many people in our factory, and many of them don't want to cook."
"There are still many single guys. Maybe you can meet someone better than Jiang Jinzhou."
But Liang Jianguo was not optimistic about his own daughter.
"These noodles are fine to eat at home, but don't even think about going out to do business. With your temper, you'll quit after just two days. Don't I know you?"
In Liang Jianguo's eyes, his daughters are useless, both of them.
Because Liu Guizhi was useless in his eyes, she gave birth to two useless daughters.
He never reflected on what kind of person he was.
Liang Xiulan didn't care what he thought of her. More than 20 years had passed, so why would she argue with her own father? She just wanted to make money!
In her memory, her mother Liu Guizhi would get appendicitis a year later and would need surgery to remove her appendix.
She vaguely remembered that the entire operation cost about 1,500 yuan.
This does not include post-operative medication, which is not something a poor farmer like them can afford.
Their family sold everything they had to scrape together three hundred yuan, and Liang Jianguo was too concerned about his reputation to go out and borrow money.
Liang Xiulan took out all her savings after getting married, and went to her grandmother's house to beg for money, and finally raised more than 800 yuan. Her second uncle's family gave 200 yuan.
She asked Jiang Jinzhou to borrow another 200 yuan, and only then did she raise enough money for the surgery and medical expenses.
But afterwards, Jiang Jinzhou and Liang Xiulan felt awkward for a long time.
He didn't come home for dinner for a week. At first, Liang Xiulan didn't know what was wrong with him, but she heard some clues from his friends.
Only then did he pull Jiang Jinzhou to sit down and have a detailed discussion.
He felt that he had been very kind by using all his savings to treat his mother-in-law's illness, but Liang Xiulan actually asked him to go out and borrow money.
What kind of logic is this? Does marrying a wife mean marrying her entire family?
Is there no one in her family? If she needs to borrow money, it should be her family, not him, the son-in-law who has no blood relationship with her.
His idea was very problematic. She was Liang Xiulan's biological mother, and Liang Xiulan couldn't just sit there and do nothing.
Since they are married, shouldn't they share the hardships?
I discussed this matter with Jiang Jinzhou for a long time, but he still didn't let go of the grudge in his heart. He just pretended to be generous and said, "As long as you are happy."
Oh! Happy? Her mother was seriously ill, and her husband and she had been arguing about money for a week. What could she be happy about?
Later, after Liu Guizhi's surgery, Liang Xiulan went to work at her second uncle's factory without discussing it with Jiang Jinzhou.
After saving and frugality for half a year, he earned more than 300 yuan and gave it all to Jiang Jinzhou.
Jiang Jinzhou held the money in his hand, grinning, and still complaining that she was stingy.
"It's been half a year, and I've let it go. Why are you still holding on to it?"
"Okay, I'm no longer angry. I've already paid back the money I borrowed. You can take this money."
He was no longer angry, but that was because of the money, but Liang Xiulan couldn't get over it.
Her biological mother was just an outsider in his eyes.
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