The arrival of Feng Qingxue and her sister was warmly welcomed by Miao Fengqin, who poured them water to drink and brought them chairs to sit on.
After experiencing her own daughter's willful, selfish, lazy and gluttonous behavior, Miao Fengqin became more and more fond of her niece, who was grateful, well-behaved and hardworking, and she wished she could swap with her own daughter.
"Auntie, I'm here to see my cousin. Please don't be so polite. If you're so polite, I won't know where to put my hands and feet!"
After hearing what Feng Qingxue said, Miao Fengqin stopped and pointed to the west.
"Your cousin is asleep in the room and hasn't gotten up yet! I'm too lazy to say anything. Anyway, she will be someone else's daughter-in-law in the future, so I don't need to worry about her. You go in and see her, and she will come out. We can have a warm chat and have lunch here at noon. Your eldest cousin caught a grass carp in the river yesterday, so we can have fish and pancakes for lunch."
Miao Fengqin has three sons, all of whom are married.
The eldest son is Wang Dachun, the second son is Wang Daxia, the youngest son is Wang Daqiu, and Wang Jiao’s original name was Wang Dadong, but later changed it to Wang Jiao.
These were all names given by Wang Zhengguo's deceased father according to the seasons of their birth. Coincidentally, the four brothers and sisters were born in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Wang Zhengguo originally wanted to change "Da" to "Zhi" to make it sound more elegant, but the old man disagreed, thinking it was too difficult to pronounce.
Miao Fengqin was really nice to her daughters-in-law. When they came in, she secretly gave each of them a gold stud. So although there were occasional dirty things between the daughters-in-law, they were quite respectful to their mother-in-law and tried to please her very much. So when Wang Dachun caught a few fish for his wife to nourish her body, his wife immediately asked him to give one to her parents-in-law as a snack.
"Auntie, just a simple meal will do. I'll leave the fish for you and uncle to nourish your bodies."
"Let's eat together at noon to replenish our body."
Feng Qingxue thanked her aunt, handed her the things she had brought, and went into the west room. She saw that Wang Jiao was not asleep. Instead, she was sitting on the bed with disheveled hair and eating melon seeds, and she vomited so much that the floor in front of the bed was covered with melon seed shells.
"More than a month ago, I heard from my uncle that my cousin was injured. Is she okay now?" Feng Qingxue asked.
Wang Jiao looked up and saw her. A hint of surprise appeared on her face. She ate melon seeds and said vaguely, "You call me cousin? Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"
Is it true that he has lost his memory?
Feng Qingxue smiled and said, "I'm Feng Qingxue, my cousin. My family is from Caohu Brigade, and my mother is your second aunt."
"I remember now, you are from my second aunt's family. I haven't seen you for several years. How come you have time to come to my house?"
Feng Qingxue sat on a chair in the room, far away from the bed, afraid that Wang Jiao's saliva from spitting melon seeds and skins would splash on her face. She smiled and said, "My cousin's memory is not very good. We just met before the New Year, but it's not like we haven't seen each other for several years."
"We just met before the New Year?" Wang Jiao touched her head. "Didn't I stay at my grandma's house? When and where did I see you? It's really strange. I clearly remember that I didn't want to marry Lu Jiang, so I went to my grandma's house. As a result, I was hit with a stick when I woke up. Everyone said it was half a year later and that I had returned home a long time ago. I looked at the weather and it was spring before winter. And my mother kept asking me where the money and things I took from home went. How could I know? She just wronged me and was not happy with me every day."