Chapter 298 Sister-in-law and Brother-in-law
When Chen Mei criticized her future sister-in-law, Chen Ju didn't say a word. She had spent more time with Cheng Yu and didn't think he was that bad. She said he was from the countryside, and who wasn't from the countryside?
Their family moved out from Wutong Village!
But she didn't want to argue with Chen Mei about this matter, and secretly advised her mother Wang Yunying, saying that as long as Chen Jiang liked it, it was fine and they shouldn't get involved.
Wang Yunying scolded her for being ungrateful. When Chen Mei found out, she said she was a traitor to the family, and she dared not say a word.
The two sisters sat for a while and then left. Before leaving, Chen Ju asked Chen Guilan to go to Chen Jiang's store to get the pig's trotters, saying that they had been braised for two hours when she came back and should be ready now.
Since Chen Jiang opened the seafood restaurant, business has been pretty good. He tasted the sweetness and wanted to make more money.
Chen Guichang suggested that he make some cooked food and sell it at the Hualian Department Store. Chen Jiang was an obedient person and would braise a pot of pork head, trotters, pig tails, etc. every day. He set up a small mobile food truck at the Hualian Department Store and asked Wang Yunying to sell the food there, and it was basically sold out every day.
The whole family was pleasantly surprised to be able to earn an extra four or five hundred yuan a month.
Since there was no place to put the food cart, Chen Guilan told the management of Hualian Shopping Mall and asked them to put it in the warehouse of Hualian Shopping Mall after the goods were sold out, and push it there when needed.
For this reason, Wang Yunying specifically told Chen Guilan that there was no need to make braised pig's trotters and pig's heads at home for the New Year. They could just bring them to Chen Jiang's store and braise them together.
Chen Guilan did not refuse. She bought a few pig's trotters and sent them over, asking him to help braise them using his pot and secret seasoning.
Su Jiaojiao volunteered to get it. She had been lying in bed at home for three days, and Chen Guilan was busy taking care of her. Now that she was better, she went out to get some fresh air.
On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, red lanterns were hung on the trees on the roadside at the entrance of the community, swaying back and forth in the biting cold wind, looking very festive.
Familiar local accents are everywhere, and they sound very cordial.
Su Jiaojiao's down jacket was long, which made it inconvenient for her to ride a bicycle, so she took a cloth bag and went out. Chen Jiang's seafood restaurant was not far from Century Jiayuan, and it took about twenty minutes to walk there.
The last time she came to Chen Jiang’s seafood restaurant, she was with Lu Jingyou. When she saw Chen Jiang coming out, she didn’t feel comfortable going in to eat.
Lu Jingyou took her to Qingyuan Ecological Park...
Cheng Yu was cleaning up the store when he saw Su Jiaojiao come in. He was stunned for a moment and asked hesitantly, "Su Jiaojiao?"
"Cheng Yu, let me get the pig's trotters." Su Jiaojiao recognized Cheng Yu at a glance. She was about 1.7 meters tall, taller than her, and looked very strong. She also put on makeup and looked much prettier than when she was a child.
"I almost didn't recognize you." Cheng Yu put down the mop, pulled Su Jiaojiao to sit down, and said in surprise, "I heard that you were admitted to Peking University. You are amazing. You are the only one in our class who has such a promising future."
"You're exaggerating. Whether you're successful or not has little to do with schooling." Su Jiaojiao felt friendly looking at her and praised her, "You're getting more and more beautiful."
"Hey, if I were pretty, there wouldn't be any ugly people on the street." Cheng Yu laughed and took the teapot and teacup, ready to make tea. Su Jiaojiao stopped her, "You go ahead and do your thing. I'll take the pig's trotter and leave."
"Don't worry, the pig's trotter won't run away, it's soaking in the pot!" Cheng Yu said disapprovingly, "We old classmates haven't seen each other for many years, this tea must be drunk. Your cousin is not back from delivering goods yet, let him treat us to dinner another day."
Chen Jiang's restaurant is nicely decorated, with six tables in the hall downstairs and four private rooms upstairs. It is quite busy when it is full.
Cheng Yu even went out to buy a bag of melon seeds, and the two old classmates sat down to drink tea, chat and crack melon seeds.
Su Jiaojiao knew about Cheng Yu and Chen Jiang's affair, but because of the unpleasantness at her uncle's house, she didn't mention it. Instead, Cheng Yu took the initiative to talk about it: "I told your cousin that I wouldn't come next year, but he disagreed. He said that if I left, he would close this place and go wherever I went."
Cheng Yu chuckled as he spoke: "Your cousin's family moved out early. To be honest, I didn't have any impression of him at all. It was only when I came to apply for the waiter position that I found out we were from the same village. Then I found out that you two were actually cousins."
"My cousin is capable and has a good temper." Su Jiaojiao said with a smile, "My old classmate, you have good taste."
"Your cousin is quite nice, but except for the second sister Chen Ju, the others in his family seem quite fierce." Cheng Yu cracked melon seeds and snorted, "Especially your eldest cousin Chen Mei, she's like an idiot. She scolded Chen Jiang as soon as she came. I know she was blaming me for something else and she's not happy with me."
Su Jiaojiao held her forehead, wanting to laugh so hard.
I have to say that Cheng Yu is indeed a good fit for their family.
"I heard that you had a falling out with your eldest cousin, and you only forgave her after she apologized and begged for peace. In my opinion, you shouldn't bother with people like that. She's the type who only uses people when they're needed. Even Chen Jiang can't stand her." Cheng Yu had a lot of opinions about Chen Mei, and in front of Su Jiaojiao, he scolded her without hesitation, "If I ended up with Chen Jiang, I would definitely not go to her house. Does she think she's so great just because she married a regular worker at a paper mill? Pah!"
"As long as you have a good relationship with my cousin, other things can be solved slowly." Su Jiaojiao didn't know what to say. She couldn't join Cheng Yu in scolding her uncle's family. They might be a family in the future, and she was just a relative.
"Who knows? Let's talk about it later!" Cheng Yu was a carefree person and said cunningly, "If they don't agree, I will kidnap your cousin and see what they will do!"
"Who wants to kidnap me?" Chen Jiang pushed the door open and walked in. Su Jiaojiao smiled and said, "My cousin is back. My sister-in-law wants to kidnap you."
Cheng Yu blushed and pushed Su Jiaojiao: "Who is your sister-in-law..."
"Hey, no need to turn, I'll just go with you." Chen Jiang rubbed his hands and sat down next to Cheng Yu. "When did Jiao Jiao come back?"
"I've been back for three or four days." Su Jiaojiao was surprised to see the two of them sitting together affectionately. In her impression, Chen Jiang didn't talk much, but now he was talking and laughing with a girl. It was really different from before.
"Hey, don't come over and join in the fun while we're talking." Cheng Yu looked at Chen Jiang and said coquettishly, "Go and get the pig's trotters out and put them away."
Chen Jiang responded with a smile, went to the kitchen, fished out the pig's trotters, put them in a small iron basin, wrapped them with plastic wrap, and took them out to Su Jiaojiao: "Aunt said you like ribs, so I put a few more ribs in for you. Go back and try them."
"Thank you, cousin." Su Jiaojiao didn't refuse and took it home. Chen Guilan opened the plastic wrap and said a little embarrassedly, "Oh, your cousin is so worried. I bought six pig's trotters and asked him to help braise them, but he gave us eight pig's trotters and so many spare ribs."
In the evening, Chen Guisheng called Chen Guilan and asked her and her daughter to return to the village to celebrate the New Year. Su Jiaojiao waved her hand and whispered that she would not go.
The village is nice, but it is too cold in winter.
"Come to my house on the first day of the New Year and stay a few more days so we can have some fun." Chen Guilan didn't want to go back either. She had become accustomed to life in the city. If she returned to the village, she would be surrounded by villagers asking her all sorts of questions. It would be better for her not to go back.
Chen Guisheng answered simply: "Okay, then we'll go on the first day of the new year."
The mother and daughter were sitting on the sofa watching TV when Su Houli suddenly came with a bag of oranges in his hand, saying that he came to see Su Jiaojiao.
Chen Guilan was very surprised, but still let him in and sit down.
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