Chapter 47 Chapter 47 Ironically, his brother is not as good as her...
Sometimes Zhao Ruyue really doesn't know how to describe her mother-in-law.
You may say she is smart, but she can also be stupid sometimes. You may say she is stupid, but she can also be calculating.
Just like now, she wouldn't think that the division is really over here, right?
Zhao Ruyue glanced at her and said, "It's time to buy it."
When she said this, not only were Wang Haiyan and Ye Jing, who were eating at the same table with her, surprised, she actually agreed so easily?
Even Huang Xiuhua was surprised. She thought the third brother's family would feel it was unfair and make a fuss.
If the situation gets out of hand, I can just ask the three parties to buy it together. At least I don't have to spend my own money.
She can save the holiday money her sons give her as her retirement fund.
After all, in order to divide the family property smoothly, she told her husband that she would not need her sons to support her for the time being while she lived there.
From then on, the old couple had less food to eat, and the money given by the third child was gone, so of course she had to be frugal and didn't want to spend money on buying things for the New Year.
Zhao Ruyue looked at their reactions calmly and continued, "Mom, please tell me in detail about the customs of the New Year. After the separation, we have to prepare our own offerings to worship the gods. This year is the first time I have to prepare all the New Year's items by myself, and I am worried that I have not thought it through.
Now that we are all here, you don't have to repeat the same thing three times to the three of us sisters-in-law. If it is convenient, it would be best if you could tell us all the festival customs from the beginning to the end of the year. I will write them down to avoid making mistakes in the future. ”
Huang Xiuhua changed her happy expression and felt something was wrong the more she listened.
Wang Haiyan said hastily, "Third sister-in-law, didn't my parents say that we would spend the New Year together this year and then officially cook separately after the New Year? Are you planning to buy things for your own use and spend the New Year alone?"
Zhao Ruyue had an expression that said, 'You really misunderstood me.'
"Sister-in-law, I didn't say I wanted to celebrate by myself. Since my parents have spoken, we must have the New Year's reunion dinner together.
But since the separation coincides with the Chinese New Year, we can learn the Chinese New Year customs from mom from beginning to end, and tell our ancestors when we worship the gods that the family is starting to separate this year, and from now on, when we worship our ancestors, we will represent our respective small families.
Otherwise, when we go to worship our ancestors on Qingming Festival, we each bring offerings. Will our ancestors know what is going on? ”
Ye Jing thought Zhao Ruyue was too superstitious. It would be strange if the ancestors could hear what she said. If the ancestors could really hear what they said, why didn’t they bless her family to make fortune?
She looked at her mother-in-law, wanting to see how she would refute Zhao Ruyue, but her mother-in-law said nothing.
Huang Xiuhua did not fail to notice the look in her second daughter-in-law's eyes, but she did not want to care. She was not required to spend money anyway. To her, it made no difference whether one daughter-in-law paid or three daughters-in-law paid.
Before, I only asked the third brother’s family to buy it, because I saw that the couple earned a lot this year, so they were more generous and easier to talk to.
As for the eldest daughter of the old family, she was a reckless person who never listened to her, so she simply bypassed her.
The second brother's family felt that although the couple seemed to have good jobs, they actually earned very little and did not have an easy life.
Ye Jing thought Zhao Ruyue was superstitious, but she didn't know that Wang Haiyan was the one who was actually a bit superstitious.
Zhao Ruyue wanted to find an excuse to get all three parties to contribute money, and Wang Haiyan felt that this made sense.
"That's right, since the family division happened at the beginning of the year, we must take advantage of the New Year to talk to our ancestors about it.
If we don't choose another time to talk, we have to prepare offerings again. Without offerings, incense, candles, and paper money to pave the way for the gods, how can our words reach the ears of our ancestors? ”
Ye Jing was not happy with the eldest brother's family at the moment. After Wang Haiyan finished speaking, she immediately retorted: "According to what you said, we need offerings, incense, candles, paper money and other things to pave the way. Can't we just prepare one thing and tell the ancestors? Why do we need three?"
Wang Haiyan looked at her disapprovingly: "You are just ignorant. Dividing the family is like a tree branching out. It means that the family is getting bigger and bigger and more prosperous. If we only prepare one thing and tell our ancestors that our family is getting more prosperous, how can they believe it? We should each prepare one thing, so that when our ancestors bless us, they can accurately bless our own family!"
Her tone became quite earnest, and she began to teach Ye Jing: "Believe me, you really can't be stingy about this kind of thing. If you can prepare more things, it's best not to be stingy. If you can prepare it well, don't settle for something worse. Don't think that I, your sister-in-law, am meddling. I say this for your own good. I'm willing to say so much because we're family."
Ye Jing thought to herself: Bah! Stop it, what family members are you talking about? Who is your family member?
The other two sisters-in-law didn't care what she thought. It was two against one, so she had to agree even if she didn't want to.
Zhao Ruyue immediately settled the matter with Wang Haiyan: "Then sister-in-law, we have agreed that we will each prepare our own things."
"Okay!" Wang Haiyan nodded hurriedly, already thinking about what to buy.
Zhao Ruyue frowned again: "These are just chickens for worshiping the gods. I wonder if my parents are willing to kill three of them."
The twenty or so chickens in the house were raised by the old couple. Wang Haiyan got a few because she helped feed them from time to time. There were twenty left, and all of them belonged to the old couple.
Zhao Ruyue paused and continued, "It's okay if mom doesn't want to. I can go back to my parents' home and ask. The chickens my mom raises are also very good."
Huang Xiuhua was shocked when she heard Zhao Ruyue mention her parents' home.
She finally remembered that they had not kept their promise when they divided the property, and had not yet passed the test of their in-laws.
If you don’t want the Zhao family to make trouble, the third daughter-in-law has to go and coax them.
At this moment, Huang Xiuhua was about to break out in a cold sweat when she thought about what she had just done by relying on her seniority.
I couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that I had only said that one sentence and didn't refute what the third brother's wife said.
Otherwise, if you make her angry, she will say something cunning when she goes back to her parents' home and talks about the division of the family property.
Even if their family has signed a separation agreement, if the Zhao family comes to make trouble, the old couple may not be able to keep their coffin money.
Moreover, when she can no longer work, she will go to live with the third brother. It will not be good for her to offend the third brother's wife.
Huang Xiuhua said hurriedly, "It's just a few chickens. We raise them at home and it doesn't cost any money. You can't say whether you are willing or not. Don't let people think I am stingy. Each of the three families can have two. On New Year's Eve, go to the chicken pen in the backyard and choose which one you like and kill it."
Without waiting for Zhao Ruyue to speak, Wang Haiyan said happily: "Thank you, Mom!"
She was afraid that what she prepared would be outdone, and that her ancestors would favor the other two families in the future. It was great that the most important tribute: chickens, were raised at home.
She also helps feed the chickens when she is free, so she knows which one is the best.
Having saved some money on this, Wang Haiyan felt that she could buy better quality other tributes.
She hurriedly asked Zhao Ruyue: "Third sister-in-law, you are going to the county town tomorrow, can you bring some things for me? I will give you the money after dinner."
This time she wasn't just talking, she really intended to take the money.
Anyway, she had just received more than a thousand yuan from the division of the family property. Even if she only took out two hundred yuan to buy things, she could guarantee that she would do better than her mother-in-law and celebrate this New Year more decently than before!
Zhao Ruyue didn't refuse: "Okay, you'd better make a list for me, otherwise I'm afraid I'll forget. But don't bring too many things. We may not be able to take too many things with us."
"Why do you need to bring the child with you? The child can't walk and you have to carry him. How troublesome!"
Ning Shiqiu and Ning Shixia heard their mother say that she was going to take them to the county town, but before they could be happy, they heard their aunt-in-law advising her not to take them.
The two children immediately looked at their mother nervously.
Ning Shiqiu: "I am very strong and won't get tired. If my sister is tired, I can still carry her on my back."
Ning Shixia: "I am also very strong, so I won't get tired."
Ning Da, who was about to take a sip of wine, heard what his granddaughter said.
I couldn't help but laugh: "You little liar, you still have the nerve to say you won't be tired, who was the one who came back from Haijie and lied to me that he had a stomachache halfway through the walk?"
Ning Shixia laughed and ran over to pick up some food for his grandfather: "Grandpa, eat more meat. The braised meat made by my aunt is delicious. It tastes as good as the one at the banquet!"
Ning Da tapped her little head and said, "You clever little thing, you are trying to stuff meat into my mouth."
He took a bite of meat and looked at Ning Shaode: "Doesn't the second child have a motorcycle? The third child can ride one too. Let the third child drive that motorcycle to the county town tomorrow, and you can drive yourself. You can drive wherever you want. You don't have to worry about the child getting unable to walk halfway, and you don't have to wait for the bus.
Nowadays, there are so many people taking the bus, some coming back from working in other places, some going to the county town to buy New Year's goods, and some going to the county town to play. Even adults may not be able to squeeze on the buses going back and forth. The price of vans has doubled, so it is more convenient to drive yourself when you bring children. ”
Ning Shaoming and Ning Shaode looked unhappy when they heard what their father said.
Ning Shaoming felt uncomfortable.
Ning Shaode was embarrassed and a little angry.
The embarrassment came from the fact that he had lied to his brother and felt a little guilty.
He was angry because he felt that his father was too disrespectful to him. He didn't even ask him and just decided to let the third child drive his car.
Although the purchase price of his car was secretly supported by his two elderly parents with one-third, his father-in-law and mother-in-law supported another one-third, plus their own savings.
But Ning Shaode didn't think his father had the right to control the car.
If it were in the past, when the situation calmed down, Ning Shaoming would definitely take the initiative to smooth things over so that the situation would not become too ugly.
But today he said nothing, took his daughter who came to the table to shut his father up, and put her on his lap, and carefully picked up some meat for her to eat.
Ning Shixia was very happy and directed her father to pick up the fatty meat that she had not dared to eat before.
The meat has both fat and lean parts, the lean part is very fragrant and delicious, and much more tender than pure lean meat, but she hates fat meat and feels nauseous when eating it. She simply never ate such meat before.
But today she can share it with her dad, letting him eat the fat part while she eats the thin part.
Ning Shaoming was almost tired of feeding his daughter with fat meat, when he heard his second brother, who had been grumbling for a long time, finally say, "My car has been borrowed by someone else, and it will be returned after the New Year."
He didn't dare to say that the car needed repairing as he had done to fool Ning Shaoming.
Because among his father’s chess friends there is an old man who runs a car repair shop.
The old man used to work in the transport team of a state-owned factory in the county. He could repair any vehicle, whether it was four-wheeled, three-wheeled or two-wheeled.
His car really needed repairing before, and his father took him to see the old man, but the old man didn't charge any money.
He also said that next time he went to get his car repaired, he would only charge for the parts at the purchase price, as long as the problem was not serious.
In other words, if it was a minor problem that didn't require replacing parts and only required repairs, no one would charge him for repairing it himself, and since he was repairing his car in town, there was no reason for him to ask someone else to repair it instead of his dad's friend.
Ning Shaoming finally heard the truth from him and felt complicated. How could things turn out like this between brothers?
Zhao Ruyue glanced towards the table. She originally wanted to see how her daughter was eating, but she saw that her husband seemed a little sad.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Dad, we don't need my second brother's car. I went to my third uncle's house to see him today, and I happened to hear my cousin say that he wouldn't need his car tomorrow, so I borrowed it from him."
Ning Da nodded: "That's fine. Remember to fill up the gas tank after you use the car. If you have time, it's best to send it for washing. If you don't have time, wash it yourself. It's the New Year, and you have to make sure the car is clean for the New Year."
No one else saw anything wrong with the conversation.
Ning Shaode listened to it, but was thinking in his heart: Is it because the third brother's wife couldn't borrow his car that she is mocking him, her own brother, for being worse than her cousin?
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