Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Eavesdropping? Why in my own home...
After the mother and daughter finished talking, Zhao Ruyue forced the money into her mother's hand and immediately left the room.
There were many people outside, so Deng Ximei couldn't chase after her and stuff the money back into her daughter's pocket, so she had to accept it.
Less than two minutes after they came out, Zhao Ruyue's elder sister Zhao Ruyan came with her youngest son Zhou Tianbao.
Zhao Ruyue gave her the portion she bought for her family.
The clothes she bought for her natal family were the same as those for her husband's family, including scarves, gloves, and socks for her parents from head to toe.
Others didn't have so much to offer. They only had a thick coat, while women also had a silk scarf or shawl, gloves and socks.
Besides clothes, the only items for men are gloves and socks, because there are too few men's scarves in the few bags of goods that came in.
If all the men were given gifts, there wouldn't be enough to share, so Zhao Ruyue simply gave none.
When Zhao Ruyan heard them talking about going to Zhao Ruyue's house in the evening to help sort the goods, she said she would go to help too.
She joked, "Otherwise, I would be embarrassed to accept so many things from you."
Zhao Ruyue hugged her little son and shook him: "Is your Tianbao no longer making trouble at night?"
"Ah..." Zhao Ruyan couldn't help but sigh when she talked about this, and she also remembered that she couldn't leave at night. "This little rascal, anyone can take care of him during the day, but at night he only stays with me. I really can't do anything with him. How about asking Xiaomei and Xiaoju to help? They also accepted the good things you gave them, but they can't just accept things and do nothing."
There are three children in the family, and she has to pay more fines for having more children than her sister. Her son is only two and a half years old and cannot be left alone. She has no mother-in-law to help her, and she cannot go out to work, and she is not comfortable with letting her husband go alone.
Her family was in an even worse situation than Zhao Ruyue's. Originally, she had not planned to buy new clothes for the children this year. She only wanted to buy a new pair of cloth shoes for each of them.
Zhao Ruyan knew that her children would definitely be envious when they saw other children wearing new clothes during the New Year.
But the family conditions were not good, and she had no choice but to talk to her children about the situation and ask them to understand the family's difficulties.
Now the things given by her third sister really touched her heart. Now she doesn’t have to worry about her daughters being unhappy if she doesn’t buy new clothes for the New Year.
Sisters Zhou Xiaomei and Zhou Xiaoju were also at their grandmother's house. When they heard what their mother said, they immediately nodded and agreed: "We will go to our third aunt's house to help after dinner tonight."
The two cousins were going to their third aunt's house. Zhao Ruyue's brother's daughter Zhao Siyun and her younger sister's daughter Lin Cairou couldn't sit still and said they wanted to go too.
Zhao Ruyue smiled and said, "Okay, okay, let's go. I was worried that we wouldn't be able to sort all the goods tonight, so I wanted to ask mom and sister-in-law to help. But now I'm worried that there won't be enough goods for you to sort."
The others all laughed when they heard it.
The atmosphere in the Zhao family was joyful, but the old couple of the Ning family, who were hiding in the room discussing something, had serious expressions.
Huang Xiuhua touched the new clothes on the bed and looked at Ning Da: "Old man, what do you think about the third son's plan to build a house and open a store on the empty homestead?"
"What do you think?" Ning Da leaned against the bed with his eyes narrowed, still holding a candy given by his grandchildren before they left. "Didn't the third brother say that we were just building a small bungalow to open a store, not a yard to move in."
"You mean, we should still follow the previous plan and give each son a room? How do we tell the second son?"
When they promised Zhao Ruyue's parents to give them a separate room, they never mentioned this to the eldest and second oldest sons, but the third oldest son thought they had told both the eldest and second oldest sons.
Huang Xiuhua was very worried at this moment. If the third brother went to the empty residential land to build a bungalow and open a shop, the second brother would definitely think that the third brother got the empty residential land.
When the time comes to really split up the family business, the two brothers will discover that things are not as they thought, and they will probably start a quarrel.
This is what Huang Xiuhua doesn't want to see. Everyone wants their children to live in harmony and friendship.
It could have been delayed before, but now with the third son planning to open a store, the matter has to be brought to the surface and resolved, and the old couple must make a decision as soon as possible.
Huang Xiuhua's favorite child is the second oldest, who is the most promising and has a stable job in the family, but her most beloved grandchild is the youngest grandson, Xiaoqiu.
The third brother and his wife gave her so many good things this year.
She couldn't make a decision herself, so she forced Ning Da to express his opinion: "Who should we give the empty homestead to?!"
Ning Da was also having a headache, but he favored his well-behaved and sweet-talking granddaughter, and loved to take her with him when he went out to feast or herd cattle: "The palms and backs of my hands are all flesh, why not leave the homestead to the second child?"
Huang Xiuhua couldn't help but said in disgust: "What do you mean by palms and backs of hands are all flesh? I didn't think for a few seconds and told the second brother that the palms are thick and the backs are thin, right?"
"Then what do you think we should do? Didn't the second child get a room at school? They don't like to come back and live here, so it's useless to leave the yard empty. Why not give it to the third child?"
Ning Da thought that after the family was divided, he would have to live with the old family according to the rules.
The third son's family lives next to the eldest son's house, and there is not much difference from before the family split up. He can still see his grandchildren every day.
Thinking of this, he found another reason to give the yard to the third son: "The second son's family only has one daughter. If they don't want to lose their job, they can't have any more children. If I give this house to him, who knows who will benefit from it in the future. It's better to give it to the third son, so that he can pass it on to Xiaoqiu in the future."
When Huang Xiuhua heard this, she felt that what the old man said made sense.
Outside the door, Ye Jing took a few deep breaths silently, then left quietly and calmly.
He walked into the main room and dragged Ning Shaode out.
"What's wrong?" Ning Shaode had just sat down and took the orange handed to him by his eldest nephew and prepared to peel it.
He was a physical education teacher with a tall physique, and he almost fell down when he was pulled like that. It shows how much strength his wife used.
So when Ning Shaode asked that question, Ye Jing didn't answer with a grim face, and he didn't dare to ask again.
The two of them came to the empty pond. Ye Jing let go of her hand and cursed in a low voice, "What your parents said about grandchildren being the same is all bullshit! If I had known your family was like this, I would have married a beggar rather than you!
The two old guys usually look like decent people, but unexpectedly they are actually evil! If they think my Danjie is a daughter, they should have told us earlier so that we can get divorced earlier. I can take Danjie with me and make room for her earlier, and it won't delay them finding someone else who can give birth to a son for you! ”
Ning Shaode became more and more confused as he listened: "No, why are you saying this suddenly? Wasn't he fine when he just came back? Who said that nonsense in front of you?"
Ye Jing: "Who else could it be? It's just your good parents!" She angrily repeated what she overheard.
"That's impossible," Ning Shaode didn't believe his parents would do that. "Xiaochun said they were taking a nap in the room. Even if they weren't sleeping, they wouldn't say that to you. My parents have always been very good to you and Danjie."
Ye Jing said disdainfully: "Only on the surface they are nice to us, but behind the scenes they look down on you for not having a son and are partial to your brother who has a son. You are such a fool and you still think your parents are the best in the world!"
"You can't say anything without evidence. My mother may be biased towards boys, but she didn't intentionally treat any of the children badly, right?"
At most, his mother treated her grandson better. Ning Shaode had seen with his own eyes that his mother hid delicious food and secretly gave it to her grandson. He admitted this, but his mother did not abuse her granddaughters like those vicious grandmothers.
"Not to mention my dad, he treats his grandchildren the same, he even loves his granddaughter more. Haven't you seen that he is more willing to take his granddaughter with him wherever he goes?"
When talking about his father, Ye Jing's face became even uglier: "Come on, your father is the one who favors boys over girls the most. I just stood at the door of their room and heard it clearly!"
Eavesdropping? Why do you do this in your own home?
Ning Shaode was a little unhappy: "Then let's go back and ask them clearly. If they really do that, we will come back less often in the future, or I can come back by myself."
Ye Jing choked. How could she possibly confront her in-laws face to face? Wouldn't that expose her eavesdropping?
And does she have any evidence? What if those two old guys deny it and try to turn the tables on her?
Everyone in this house is their family, no one will help her, and if they really go against her, they will definitely suffer.
If outsiders knew that she had a quarrel with her in-laws, it might ruin her reputation.
Her parents' family is also in the town. When the time comes, people will not say anything about the old couple of the Ning family. Instead, they will say that her parents did not know how to teach their daughter. Neither she nor her parents can afford to lose face in this matter.
Ye Jing's eyes rolled and she came up with an idea: "What can we get out of asking them directly? Just wait and see when the family is divided. Since you don't have a son, they plan to give you the empty homestead that doesn't even have a thatched house!"
Ning Shaode laughed angrily when he heard this: "You said you should make up some stories with some logic and evidence. You know the rules of dividing the family in your hometown. Can you believe it if you use this to make a story?"
Ye Jing sneered: "Then we'll see!"
"Okay, when we split up the family, we'll see whether it's our parents who are wrong, or you who are fooling around!"
Both the husband and wife were angry, but they also wanted to save face.
They relaxed together by the pond, regained their good mood, maintained their smiles so that no one could tell they had had an argument, and then went home.
Before going back, Ye Jing took Ning Shaode and picked some wild vegetables by the pond.
When he got home, Ning Shichun was still sitting by the fire in the main room eating oranges.
Seeing them coming back, he asked in confusion, "Uncle and Aunt, why did you run out in such a hurry just now? What were you going to do?"
Ye Jing smiled and raised the wild vegetables in her hand: "I was a little excited to see wild vegetables growing by the pond that are rarely seen in the city. I was afraid that they would be picked by others, so I didn't bother to bring a basket and pulled your second uncle to pick them."
Ning Shichun showed an expression that was hard to describe: "This vegetable is not tender enough. The aunties and grandmas on the street don't like to dig it up, otherwise they won't keep it for you to come back. If you like to eat wild vegetables, let my mother take you to our fields. The ones grown in the fields are more tender and tastier. My mother is worried that no one will go with her."
Ye Jing smiled and nodded, then went into the backyard and threw the wild vegetables into the chicken bowl.
Coming out of the backyard, I ran into my mother-in-law who was carrying a few bags. She smiled and waved at her, "Come quickly, Xiaojing. The third brother and his wife have bought clothes for the three of you."
In the past, Ye Jing felt that her mother-in-law seemed to be a little partial to her husband and was really good to her family.
Now when I see my mother-in-law’s smiling face, it seems so fake.
But no matter how awkward she felt, she had to cheer herself up and deal with it: "Here we are, why did the third brother and his wife buy us clothes this year? Do you have any too, Mom?"
Huang Xiuhua responded cheerfully, "Yes, the whole family has them. We tried them all this afternoon, except for you. I'll go get Danjie, and you two can go to the room and try them out to see if they fit."
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