Chapter 546 Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
As the end of the year approached, Mrs. Lu didn't want the two to go on a long trip and advised them to go out after the Chinese New Year. Chen Guilan also said that they would not be able to play for a few days if they went out now and they would have to come back to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
The two of them listened to the advice and changed their honeymoon trip to the first month of the lunar year. There was nothing to do in the first month of the lunar year, so they went out for fun and then came back to work.
The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is the Little New Year. Su Jiaojiao's company took the annual holiday on the first day of the Little New Year. There were no urgent orders in the workshop, so they took the holiday early and started work early.
Cai Ting and Ding Linyu both went back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year, leaving Chen Guilan alone at home. Su Jiaojiao felt that her mother was too lonely, so she returned to Jinyuan.
Old Mrs. Lu warmly invited Chen Guilan to come to the old house to celebrate the New Year with them.
Chen Guilan refused, saying that she was fine in Jinyuan.
Su Jiaojiao returned to Jinyuan, and Lu Jingyou packed up and followed her. He followed his wife wherever she went, because he didn't want to be separated from her.
Chen Guilan was worried. After the two of them stayed for two days, she asked them to go back, saying that it was almost Chinese New Year and it was not good to stay at her parents' house. She asked Su Jiaojiao to go back and help with the New Year's preparations. "I'm not old and can't move. I don't need you to take care of me. I have food and drink. You don't have to worry about me."
As soon as they came back, they filled her refrigerator with food, so she didn't have to go downstairs to buy groceries. When she had nothing to do, she could watch TV and clean the house, which was nice.
She is very content with her current life. Compared with the past, it is like heaven and earth. She has endured such difficult days, so what does a little loneliness matter?
She was fine with anything, but she just didn't want her daughter to be criticized by her in-laws, especially since Lin Manli herself was not an easy mother-in-law to get along with.
"Mom, you're worrying too much. My grandma, mom, and aunt are busy at home preparing for the New Year. We don't need to go back." Lu Jingyou felt that there was nothing to do at home. It was just cleaning the house and having the family eat and drink together. Even if Su Jiaojiao was at home, he was reluctant to let her do these things.
He didn't marry her to let her do housework.
He still has this stance.
"But I feel embarrassed that you are accompanying me like this." Chen Guilan is an experienced person and is always worried that Su Jiaojiao will follow her old path. She hopes that Su Jiaojiao can interact more with the Lu family and integrate into their family as soon as possible, instead of running back to accompany her.
Su Jiaojiao knew what Chen Guilan was thinking and said disapprovingly, "Mom, you don't have to worry about these things. We can live wherever we want. It's not too late to go back on New Year's Day."
Some things should be done openly from the beginning, rather than having to compromise all the time.
It's fine once everyone gets used to it.
The main reason was that Lin Manli and Wu Xinyue also returned to the old house in the past two days, and Qin Xiuming was also there. She and Lu Qingqing could talk to each other, but when eating, she felt quite awkward facing their whole family.
Since she got married, she and Qin Xiuming have not spoken a word to each other, and the relationship between Lu Jingyou and Qin Xiuming is also strange. Because of the issue of borrowing money, there is a gap between them and they don't talk much.
It’s better to live in Jinyuan and relax.
As for Lu Jingyou, she originally told him that she was going back to her parents' home to stay for a few days and did not ask him to come with her. It was he who insisted on coming.
"Then you can stay for a few days. I will cook whatever you want to eat." Seeing that both of them said this, Chen Guilan didn't want to persuade them anymore. She also wanted her daughter and son-in-law to accompany her. She just felt that they should go back to spend more time with their family.
But she still advised Su Jiaojiao privately: "You should go back early and help with the housework. You are a new daughter-in-law and shouldn't go back to your parents' home at this time."
When she was a daughter-in-law, she didn't dare to do this.
In everything, you should put your husband's family first and go back to help with the housework during the Chinese New Year.
"There's no need to worry about so many shoulds and shouldn'ts. As long as I'm willing, that's fine." Su Jiaojiao didn't think she had done anything wrong. She didn't want to be a daughter-in-law who obeyed everything. She just wanted to be herself.
She doesn't care what her family thinks, they can think whatever they want.
The young couple stayed in Jinyuan for several days and didn't come back. Mr. and Mrs. Lu didn't say anything, but Lin Manli was unhappy. She called Lu Jingyou and said, "Jingyou, the New Year is only three days away. When will you be back?"
"I'll go back on New Year's Day." Lu Jingyou was also happy living in Jinyuan. There were few people and the house was quiet. He could watch TV and chat during the day. His mother-in-law would cook whatever he wanted to eat. At night, he would sleep with his wife. It was as comfortable as it could be. He didn't want to go back.
"Your second uncle is not at home this year, so you should come back early to help your father with some work." Lin Manli was very unhappy when she heard that they would only come back after the Chinese New Year. "Your grandfather is not in good health and has been nagging about you all day these past two days. You should come back quickly."
When other people's sons get married, the house becomes lively and everyone works together. But in their family, the son follows his wife to live with his parents.
"I understand." Lu Jingyou hadn't thought of this and agreed readily, "Then I'll go back tomorrow."
The next day, Lu Jingyou drove back to the old house alone. Seeing that he came back alone, Lin Manli was speechless: "Why didn't Xiao Su come back with you?"
These two days they are making noodles from their hometown. The new daughter-in-law should come back to learn. Why did Su Jiaojiao go back to her parents' home?
It wasn't her role as a mother-in-law who was picking on people, but Su Jiaojiao was being too much.
"Mom, it's Chinese New Year, and Jiaojiao's mom is the only one at home. It's only natural for her to be at home with her mom. Why are you always staring at her?" Lu Jingyou said impatiently, "There's only so much work to do around the house, and you're just waiting for her to come back and do it?"
"Alright, alright, stop talking." Old Mrs. Lu still stood on Su Jiaojiao's side. "When Jiaojiao went back, she told me that her mother was alone at home and too lonely, and she wanted to go back to accompany her mother. I asked her to go back."
She also hopes that her home will be lively and bustling.
But we cannot ignore Chen Guilan. It is reasonable for Su Jiaojiao to go home and stay with her mother for two days.
"It seems that I am the only one who is an eyesore in this family." Lin Manli's face sank and she sat on the sofa sulking. It was Chen Guilan's own business that she was lonely at home. Why should their family accommodate them?
She said that girls from small places cannot be married.
There are no rules at all.
Seeing that Lin Manli was angry, Lu Jingyou didn't say anything and went into the study to play chess with Mr. Lu.
Qin Xiuming was watching from the side. Mr. Lu said to Qin Xiuming, "You should learn from your elder brother. You can play chess with grandpa in the future."
"Okay." Qin Xiuming agreed. He was just about to apologize to Lu Jingyou in front of Mr. Lu and say that he was wrong about borrowing the money last time, when he heard Mr. Lu ask him, "Xiuming, what's going on between you and Yu Mingyuan?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
