Mr. Zheng talked to Song Zhiting and asked if Mr. Song was in good health.
Chen Lifang took her daughter back to her house and talked to her in a personal way.
Mr. Zheng looked unhappy when he saw his wife taking all the seafood back to his eldest granddaughter.
Seeing this, my aunt Zhou Yongqin said, "Mom, that's Baozhu's gift to you. If Baoyi wants it, just give it to her."
Zheng Baotong was very unhappy when he saw that his seafood was going to be taken away by his sister.
"Sister, there are so many people in our family. If you take everything away, what will we eat?"
Zhou Yongqin said: "Your sister needs nutrition now, don't fight with her."
Zheng Baoyi challenged his brother proudly.
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Chen Lifang brought the prepared egg custard over and felt very distressed when she saw Zheng Baozhu eating the egg custard with big mouthfuls.
The child they raised with such care, got married and went to such a faraway place that it was difficult for them to see her.
Chen Lifang asked her whether she had adapted to life in the army and whether Song Zhiting got along well with his son.
Zheng Baozhu said everything was fine, the child was obedient, and Song Zhiting gave all his salary to her.
Seeing Zheng Baoyi's arrogant look, Zheng Baozhu felt that it was wise for her not to divorce immediately.
Otherwise, I would definitely be laughed at by her when I get back, and my parents would lose face.
Chen Lifang said: "Don't bring so many things back next time. If the Song family sees them, they will say you are subsidizing your parents' home."
Zheng Baozhu said: "Seafood is very cheap in Dongxian Island. It doesn't cost much. I also sent it to them."
"How do the Song family treat you? Is the family atmosphere very serious?"
"No, very approachable."
"That's good. I think Zhiting is much better than Chongming now."
Zheng Baozhu smiled and said, "You are like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law. The more you look at him, the better he looks."
"I am now very glad that you did not marry into the Jiang family."
"What's wrong? Doesn't Zheng Baoyi come back every day to show off her love?"
"She didn't want to cook at home, so she came back every day and brought Jiang Chongming with her.
Whenever my sister-in-law makes something delicious, she comes over just by smelling the food. Baosheng and Baotong are fed up with her."
"If I come back every day, my mother will be annoyed with me."
"I wish you were at home every day."
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At noon, Mr. Zheng asked his family to have lunch with him.
Chen Lifang and Zhou Yongqin prepared lunch together, and Zheng Baoyi also went over to help pick vegetables.
Seeing Zheng Baozhu sitting and watching TV, Zheng Baoyi walked up to her and said, "How dare you sit and wait for ready-made food."
Zheng Baozhu said: "This is my first time to go back to my parents' home after marriage. Of course I feel embarrassed. I am not like you. You go back to your parents' home every day, but no one treats you as a relative."
Zheng Baoyi stamped her feet in anger.
Zhou Yongqin heard this and said to her daughter, "Mom knows you are considerate, but you are pregnant now, so don't do anything and watch TV with Baozhu."
Zheng Baoyi observed Zheng Baozhu's expression, trying to see jealousy and unwillingness on her face.
Unfortunately, Zheng Baozhu was watching TV leisurely and was unable to fulfill her wish.
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Jiang Chongming came back from outside and saw that his wife was not at home, so he went to Zheng's house.
Sure enough, my wife was there.
Seeing Zheng Baozhu was there too, Jiang Chongming stopped at the door.
"Chongming, you're here. I just came home to see you. Why are you here again?" Zheng Baoyi stood up to greet him with a happy face.
Jiang Chongming came in and greeted each member of the Zheng family one by one. When he came to Zheng Baozhu, Jiang Chongming paused.
"How are you?"
Zheng Baozhu then looked up at him, expressionless: "Oh, very good."
Jiang Chongming was a gentle and polite man. He greeted Song Zhiting and asked Zheng Baoyi to go home.
Mr. Zheng said, "Today is Baozhu's first time back home. It's the day for our family to reunite. You should stay for dinner too."
Jiang Chongming said: "I will go home and tell them first."
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Soon, Jiang Chongming came back with two bottles of wine in his hands.
Everyone ate around a large round table, the men talked about work, and the women talked about family matters.
Most of the time, Song Zhiting just listened. When asked about the army, Song Zhiting refused to answer on the grounds that it was inconvenient to talk about it.
Then, everyone turned the topic to the children.
Mrs. Zheng said, "Baoyi is already pregnant, Baozhu, you should hurry up too."
Zheng Baozhu didn't say anything.
Being ignored, Mrs. Zheng was very unhappy. Chen Lifang hurriedly explained: "Baozhu has only been married for a few months, there is no rush to have a baby."
Chen Lifang only gave birth to a daughter, Zheng Baozhu, and was not favored by Mrs. Zheng. Therefore, she preferred the family of her eldest son who had two grandsons.
Mrs. Zheng said, "Not everyone is as open-minded as Youlin. No matter how you feel, a woman should give birth to a son when she gets married, otherwise there will be no one to take care of her when she gets old."
Zheng Baozhu put down her chopsticks and said to Chen Lifang, "Mom, do you believe me?"
Chen Lifang smiled and said, "You are my only child. Do I have any other choice but to trust you?"
Zheng Baozhu said: "I won't make big promises yet. I will prove it with actual actions."
Zheng Baoyi said disdainfully: "You are not at home, what can you prove? Prove that you are good at spending money?
By the way, speaking of money, Baozhu, when you got married, did your grandfather give you a dowry?"
Jiang Chongming reached out and pulled Zheng Baoyi's hand, signaling her not to say anything, but was pushed away by Zheng Baoyi.
"My grandfather promised to give each of us 2,000 yuan as a dowry, but when I got married, he didn't give me any."
Zheng Baoyi said to Mr. Zheng: "Grandpa, we are all granddaughters, you can't be partial, you have to treat us equally."
Mr. Zheng said: "No one gave it."
Zheng Baoyi didn't believe it and looked at Zheng Baozhu.
Zheng Baozhu was about to answer along the lines of her grandfather, but Grandpa Zheng slammed his chopsticks down and said, "If you don't want to eat, go back!"
Before his retirement, Mr. Zheng was the director of a textile factory, and his influence was still there. Zheng Baoyi didn't dare to do anything rash and could only bow his head and eat his meal.
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After dinner, everyone went home. Song Zhiting said he wanted to meet a friend, so he left Zheng Baozhu behind and said he would pick her up in the evening.
Zheng Baoyi still didn't give up, so she went to find Zheng Baozhu and asked her how much dowry she had.
Zheng Baozhu is not a fool, how could she tell her.
She was taking measurements of Chen Lifang and Zheng Youlin to make down jackets for them.
Seeing that Zheng Baoyi kept asking questions, Zheng Youlin said, "Your second aunt and I gave all our savings to Baozhu as a dowry."
Zheng Baoyi was extremely jealous.
Although her mother said that she loved her the most, the family's money had to be saved for her older brother and younger brother to get married, and she only gave her 200 yuan as a dowry.
The 2,000 yuan dowry that the Jiang family originally promised to give was reduced to 666 yuan, and there was no color TV, refrigerator, washing machine or other household appliances.
Zheng Baoyi didn't even dare to ask the Jiang family, for she was afraid of hearing answers she didn't want to hear.
When I went out, I saw Jiang Chongming standing outside, looking at the bare pomegranate tree in front of the door, wondering what he was thinking.
Zheng Baoyi went over, took his arm, and said shyly, "I've already told you, you don't have to wait for me, I will go back by myself."
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