Chapter 237 Selfishness (Page 1/2)
Lin Man picked some apples, tangerines and grapefruits, and then went to the fields to pick some vegetables.
Huo Qingci asked her, "Manman, are you planning to make kimchi some time?"
"Not for now. I have to knit sweaters for you and your two children, so I don't have time to make kimchi. I plan to store these vegetables in my space and eat them myself."
"Manman, I'll come to see you at school tomorrow at noon. We'll cook and eat together in the space at noon."
"Okay, let's have hot pot for lunch tomorrow. You kill a chicken now, and I'll go to the pond and get a turtle. We'll have chicken soup and turtle hot pot tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll go kill the chicken."
It would be a waste not to eat all the chickens, ducks and fish in such a large space. If she prepared the ingredients the night before and cooked the rice in the rice cooker in the morning, she could eat it directly after get off work at noon. It wouldn't take long.
Since school started, she has been eating in the cafeteria most of the time, and occasionally cooking in her own room. Each time she cooks, it takes dozens of minutes, which affects her lunch break.
Lin Man used the exotic beast meat in her own space as bait, cast a net in the pond and caught two large turtles.
She put the two chickens in a bucket and put them in her own space. After Huo Qingci killed the chicken and put it in the refrigerator, they took a shower and rested.
The next day at noon, Lin Man returned to the dormitory after work, poured the soft-shelled turtle and chicken that she had stewed in the morning into the electric hot pot, washed the vegetables and waited for Huo Qingci to come.
When he still didn't show up at 12:30, I started eating without waiting for him.
When Huo Qingci got home from get off work, he put the fruit he brought on the table and ran to the kitchen to explain to Lin Man.
"Manman, I didn't go to school to see you at noon because the director arranged for me to perform surgery on a patient in his place this morning."
Lin Man had long guessed that Huo Qingci must have been busy when he didn't come. She pointed at the killed turtle and said, "It's okay. I brought another one back. Do you like it braised or stewed?"
"Let's braise it. Braised ones go better with rice."
"Okay, then braise it, stir-fry some vegetables, and steam a bowl of egg custard."
Three dishes are enough for four adults and two children. What's more, the soft-shelled turtle she caught last night was not small, and it made a big bowl after being fried.
The egg custard was steaming in the rice cooker. Lin Man only needed to cook a bowl of soft-shelled turtle and stir-fry some vegetables. She didn't need Huo Qingci's help.
So she said to Huo Qingci, "Go and call An An and the others back for dinner."
"Where did they go?"
"Si Jie took them to play with the children in the compound."
Huo Qingci stepped out of the kitchen to pick up his son to go home for dinner. As soon as he stepped into the living room, he found that his fourth uncle and aunt had come to the house.
When Huo Li saw his son and daughter-in-law coming, he asked, "Why are you here?"
Yang Huiling said with a sad face, "Dad, Wen Jing hasn't been released yet. Can you ask them to release him?"
Before Huo Li could answer, Huo Qingci started to explain, "Aunt, Deputy Commander Su has been detained for investigation. Wen Jing is Su Yingzi's boyfriend, so there's no way he'll be released so soon."
Yang Huiling's face turned pale and she cried loudly, "It's all your wife's fault. If it weren't for your son's first birthday party, Su Yingzi wouldn't have gotten drunk and said such nonsense. If she hadn't said such nonsense, my son wouldn't have been locked up."
When Huo Li heard Yang Huiling say this, he was so angry that he picked up his crutch and hit the stool hard several times.
"You bastard, if Xiao Man hadn't discovered it in time, our whole family would have been horribly harmed by your son and that female spy.
By then, it won’t just be your son who will be imprisoned, our entire family will be imprisoned.”
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Yang Huiling retorted, "If Huo Qingci hadn't reported it, who would have known that the woman had problems? Couldn't he have waited until my son broke up with her before reporting it?"
Huo Qingci sneered, "Fourth Aunt, do you think that just because Wen Jing broke up with Su Yingzi early, the fact that they're dating can be erased? Aren't you too naive?
If Huo Wenjing is innocent, he will be released after the investigation is completed. If you let your grandfather interfere too much, the people above will suspect that your grandfather is committing treason.
Because your son is dating a spy, all of us in the Huo family have become targets of surveillance. Not to mention the impact on our Huo family, my brother and I will definitely have no hope of promotion in the next few years.
We discovered the problem, reported it promptly, and stopped the loss in time. At least the Huo family is still here, and you don't have to be demoted.
As long as Grandpa is healthy, the Huo family will not collapse. You only care about your son, don't you think about the entire Huo family?"
Yang Huiling was speechless. Huo Junlin said, "Qingci, calm down. Your Fourth Aunt is just too anxious and talking nonsense. We came here mainly to find out about Wen Jing."
Seeing his son say this, Huo Li snorted coldly: "Wen Jing was only detained for questioning and not tortured. In two days, Su Yingzi will be taken away and Wen Jing will be released.
But he will be under surveillance even after he is released, so you'd better not act rashly, and don't rush to find him a partner. Let's wait two years for him to find a partner."
When Yang Huiling heard that her son would be released in two days, she felt relieved. She said, "Our son Wen Jing will be released, and they will definitely find him a new partner right away. That way, the authorities won't continue to monitor my son."
Is this daughter-in-law a bit out of her mind? She was just released and immediately found a partner for her son to avoid suspicion. Who would marry her son?
Huo Li shook his head and sighed, "Comrade Yang Huiling, the fact that Wen Jing was imprisoned is no longer a secret. Everyone who needs to know knows it, but they just don't dare to discuss it.
Who would dare marry their daughter to your son at this point? I advise you to stop indulging Wen Jing and let him work properly for the next two years. After two or three years, when everyone has forgotten about this, you can introduce someone to Wen Jing.
Qingci and Qingyan both got married at the age of twenty-four or twenty-five, so it's not too late for Wenjing to get married at twenty-two or twenty-three."
Huo Junlin nodded repeatedly, indicating that he agreed with his father's statement, and promised to persuade Wen Jing after he came out.
However, Huo Li didn't even raise his eyes. He spoke calmly and slowly, "Qingci, go and get An'an and Ningning back. As for the two of you, go home quickly too. We need to prepare dinner."
Huo Junlin never expected that his father would actually order them to leave. You know, usually his father would warmly invite them to have dinner together, but at this moment his father was obviously really angry.
He showed an awkward smile on his face and quickly responded: "Okay, Dad, let's go back now."
Huo Qingci glanced at his uncle and aunt silently, and did not ask them to stay for dinner. Instead, he turned around and strode out the door to pick up the children for dinner.
Fourth Aunt seemed to be a decent person normally, but who would have thought that she was so selfish? Not only did she blame them for holding the child's first birthday party, which led to her son being imprisoned, she even made a scene in front of Grandpa.
After this incident, Huo Junlin deeply realized a truth: no matter how close the family relationship is, they may be able to care for each other and live in harmony on weekdays, but once their own interests are involved, everyone will become selfish.
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