Chapter 37 Chapter 37 It’s not like the door is closed. What are you doing?
When Zhao Ruyue came back from her parents' home, she saw her second sister-in-law and her daughter sitting by the fire in the main room and greeted them.
When Ye Jing saw the couple, she remembered what she overheard at the door of her parents-in-law's room, and her mood became even worse.
He pulled the corners of his mouth to reveal a smile and greeted them.
In her previous life, when Zhao Ruyue got older, she had a lot of contact with Ye Jing, but now she doesn't want to see her very much.
After all, among the relatives who later laughed at her behind her back was Ye Jing.
This second sister-in-law was very good at putting on a show and coaxed her into thinking that she was a really good-tempered person.
However, Ye Jing has not done anything in her life, so Zhao Ruyue won't make things difficult for her now because of something that hasn't happened yet.
After a few brief greetings, the two children took Ning Danjie out to play, and Zhao Ruyue returned to her room to continue cleaning it.
There were a lot of things in her and Ning Shaoming's room, including their own things and their two children's things.
Elderly people in the countryside will sleep separately when they get older. If they have the conditions, they will have one room each, while if they don’t have the conditions, they will just put two beds in one room.
Now her parents-in-law sleep separately, and the two children sleep with her mother-in-law.
However, most of the child's clothes are still in her and Ning Shaoming's room.
My mother-in-law is not very particular. She mixed the children's clothes together and stuffed them all over the unlocked cupboard.
Zhao Ruyue is used to sorting things into categories and keeping them in order. She wants to tidy them up quickly and clean them thoroughly. Otherwise, she will feel uncomfortable living in a messy house.
The couple were tidying up the room, and they left the door open to make it easier for them to go in and out to clean the room.
Wang Haiyan came out from the backyard, passed by the door of their room, glanced inside, walked into the main room, tugged at Ye Jing's sleeve, and pouted in the direction of Zhao Ruyue's room: "Did you go and see it just now?"
Ye Jing didn't quite understand what she meant: "What are you looking at?"
Wang Haiyan looked as if she couldn't bear to look at it, and blinked hard in that direction: "The third brother and his wife!"
"Ah?" Ye Jing was even more confused.
What's so interesting about seeing people cleaning the room with the door open?
It's not like he's doing anything shameful behind closed doors.
"It seems you didn't see it. Just pretend to go to the patio to wash your hands and you'll know it when you pass by the door."
At Wang Haiyan's urging, Ye Jing got up half-believingly and went to the patio to wash her hands. She still felt puzzled: "I checked, nothing happened."
Wang Haiyan sighed and lowered her voice to Ye Jing's ear: "Didn't you see the third brother cleaning and tidying up the bedding and sheets just now?"
"I saw it." Ye Jing disliked her for being too close, and moved away quietly.
"How can you let a man do this kind of work!" Wang Haiyan showed an expression that was hard to describe. "I said Xiaoqiu's mother was so lazy that she actually asked a man to do this! Whose family doesn't have women do this kind of work? If you tell others about it, you will definitely be laughed at!"
Ye Jing was speechless after hearing her words. In her own family, the couple did all the chores together, and they had agreed on this before they got married.
Ning Shaode usually cleans the house, makes the bed, folds the quilts and washes the sheets, and he never seems to feel ashamed to do these things.
How come in my sister-in-law's mouth, this is all women's work?
Ye Jing smiled and said, "We are at home, if we don't tell anyone, who would know?"
Wang Haiyan paused in her mocking words and said hurriedly, "Haha, that's true. I definitely won't go out and tell anyone about it."
Ye Jing mocked her in her heart for not seeing good things happen, but she agreed with him: "Of course not. I don't usually tell others about my family's affairs, not to mention that I just received gifts from the third brother and his wife. I have to remember their kindness. Sister-in-law, your family should have some too, right?"
Wang Haiyan said awkwardly: "Yes, there are all of them. They are quite suitable. Have you tried them?"
"I've tried it on," Ye Jing changed the subject, "Mine and the one her father wore fit well, but the one I bought for Danjie is a little big. I usually buy clothes for my children in the exact size, and I'm afraid that one won't fit her this year."
"I heard from the third brother's wife that the clothes she chose for Danjie according to Xiaoxia's size were actually too big?" Wang Haiyan said with a frown.
I thought to myself: As an elementary school teacher, she only gets paid a few hundred yuan a month, yet she is so arrogant that she even dares to buy full-size clothes for her children. She really has so much money to burn.
Ye Jing didn't quite believe it: "Really? My Danjie is one year older than Xiaoxia. Why did my sister-in-law buy such big clothes for Xiaoxia? It saves money if she can wear it for a few more years, but won't the child be uncomfortable wearing it?"
Wang Haiyan felt that what she said was a little awkward, but she couldn't tell what was awkward, so she just said what she wanted to say: "Xiao Xia is wearing it just right."
"No way, I think Danjie is a little taller than Xiaoxia."
Ye Jing was not very happy. Didn't this mean that her daughter was not as good as her cousin who was one year younger than her?
Wang Haiyan also argued with her. Although her family did not spend any money to raise her brother-in-law's child, she also helped to take care of the child for a year. She believed that she also contributed to Xiaoxia's good growth.
"Two kids are playing skateboards outside. Just ask them to come in and compare and you'll know."
Ye Jing was determined to prove her point, so she actually called the two children in.
When Zhao Ruyue came out with a bag of clothes, the two little girls took off their shoes and were standing back to back comparing their heights.
Wang Haiyan giggled so much that her eyes narrowed into slits.
She saw Zhao Ruyue and called her over to watch together.
He said loudly in an exaggerated tone: "Oh, look, when they are not close together, it's okay. The two children look about the same height and size. But when they are close together, you can see that Xiao Xia is actually an inch taller than Dan Jie, and the flesh on her body looks more solid."
Ning Danjie was frightened by her exaggerated tone and thought she had made some mistake, so she lowered her head in confusion.
Ning Shixia looked at this and that, not knowing what the adults were playing or why they had to compare heights. She just keenly noticed that her second sister seemed unhappy because of her aunt's words.
"My feet are going to be frozen into carrot feet!" Ning Shixia jumped and broke free from her aunt's hand, picked up her shoes with one hand, and ran with her second sister with the other, "Second sister, we don't want to play with them anymore, let's go to the store next door to watch TV!"
Ning Danjie breathed a sigh of relief that she could leave here. She ran to the door with her sister in her socks, then she remembered that she was not wearing shoes. She turned around to get her shoes and ran after her sister.
In the main hall, Wang Haiyan was still talking to Ye Jing confidently: "You should persuade your children to eat more and stop indulging them in being picky eaters. Xiaoxia can eat two bowls of rice in one meal, and can also eat a lot of meat and vegetables. It's a bit expensive to raise a child who eats a lot, but eating a lot is the key to growth."
Ye Jing thought: It’s not your money that is being wasted, and it’s not your child that is being raised, so why are you so proud?
She had a smile on her face, but her tone was perfunctory. She nodded a few times and tried to change the subject, so she looked at Zhao Ruyue who was about to go out with a bag.
"Third sister-in-law, what are these big bags of things you have? Do you want to throw them away or give them to someone else?"
Zhao Ruyue glanced down and said, "I cleaned up the room and found some clothes that Xiaoxia couldn't wear anymore. I wanted to send them to my cousin's daughter next door."
She paused and asked a little embarrassedly: "Second sister-in-law, there are some clothes in there that Mom brought back from you. They are no longer suitable for Danjie and Xiaoxia to wear. I'm giving them away. You don't mind, right?"
Ye Jing suspected that Zhao Ruyue did it on purpose. She was indirectly disliking her mother-in-law for taking inappropriate clothes from her own home for her daughter.
But this third sister-in-law had a particularly sincere expression on her face, which made her hard to figure out.
Ye Jing also knew that she was in the wrong in this matter. When her mother-in-law went to her place to help take care of Danping, she took the money for buying clothes for Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia, and wanted to buy clothes for the two children in the county town at the same time.
It just so happened that the couple had something urgent to do and needed money, so they discussed it with their mother-in-law and embezzled some of the money for buying clothes for their two children.
Ask mother-in-law to bring back the clothes that Danjie can’t wear and give them to Xiaoxia as an emergency measure.
She thought Danping was one year older than Xiaoxia, and Xiaoxia would definitely be able to fit into Danping's clothes. But who knew Xiaoxia grew so fast.
The money has not yet been returned to her mother-in-law, and Ye Jing is not in a position to say anything more in front of her brother and sister-in-law.
I could only keep smiling and act magnanimous and said, "What's there to mind? Since my kids can't wear them anymore, I'll give them away. If someone wants them, there's no need to waste these good clothes. They weren't cheap when I bought them."
Zhao Ruyue nodded: "I thought so too, I'll send it over first."
She took the clothes and walked to her cousin's house opposite. As soon as she walked in, she was so overwhelmed by the smell of alcohol that she couldn't help covering her mouth and nose.
There was no one in the main room. Zhao Ruyue heard several men playing rock-paper-scissors and urging each other to drink. She guessed that they were probably drinking in the kitchen and didn't want to go in at all.
She stood at the door and called, "Hongli, is Donglan home?"
After calling out several times, my cousin Zhao Hongli came out drunkenly: "Sister, it's you, what do you want to do with her?"
"I'll get some clothes for Sikui. Donglan isn't home?"
Zhao Hongli frowned: "I don't know where she went. She's not at home all day. I'll have to scold her when she comes back..."
"Come on," Zhao Ruyue interrupted him rudely, "How dare you say that about Donglan, who gets drunk all day long. If she doesn't despise you, just be happy!"
Zhao Hongli was not angry when he was told that. He scratched his head and said, "Why don't I take it in first and tell her when she comes back."
"You know nothing. I'll take care of it for you. When you get drunk and confused, you still don't know where to throw it. I'll go next door to see if Dong Lan is there."
Zhao Hongli nodded: "Okay, I'll go in first."
Zhao Ruyue waved her hand in disdain and went to Zhao Hongli's brother's house next door.
Zhao Hongli's wife was not here either, but his two daughters were.
His sister-in-law Xu Ping told Zhao Ruyue: "Donglan's mother is sick again. She has been sick several times since the beginning of winter. She said she couldn't stand the cold. She went back to take care of her for several days. His two children have been with me these days. My brother-in-law is drunk all day long. He didn't even show up when my mother-in-law was sick, and he didn't care about the children at home. It's really..."
She was halfway through her words when she noticed the two girls were still there and stopped talking.
Zhao Ruyue didn't respond. She took out a piece of clothing and handed it over. "The child happens to be here. These clothes are too short for Xiaoxia. Sikui is a few months younger than Xiaoxia. I don't know if she can wear them. If she can, keep them. If not, I'll go ask if anyone wants them."
Xu Ping happily took the clothes and said, "They are wearable. They are definitely wearable. Sikui is a head shorter than Xiaoxia. She may be able to wear them for several years. These clothes still look very new. Sikui will have new clothes to wear during the Chinese New Year. Thank you so much!"
Zhao Ruyue: "If you want it, I don't have to look for someone to send it to me. It saves me a lot of trouble."
After chatting for a while at Xu Ping's house and eating some roasted peanuts, Zhao Ruyue got up and went home.
Today is the Little New Year, and they had dinner early. After dinner, before it got dark, her family members came to help sort the goods.
A few people were chatting while working, and time passed quickly.
When Zhao Ruyue paid attention to the outside again, it was dark.
She stood up and was about to close the door to block out the night wind, but she saw a person walking towards her in a hurry.
When the person came closer, Zhao Ruyue realized it was her elder sister: "Sister, why are you here? Is Tianbao asleep?"
Zhao Ruyan pulled her into the house and drove the children out to play.
Then he closed the door, lowered his voice, and told everyone a piece of news that shocked everyone.
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