On the other side of the living room, Qiao Qingqing was playing with her uncle.
Shao Shengfei, the eldest son of the Shao family, is 32 years old this year, but his intelligence is only at the level of a 6-year-old child. He likes his beautiful sister-in-law very much. He has been looking at her eagerly since he entered the room. When he saw her looking at him, he immediately smiled and took out a handful of fruit candy from his pocket: "Eat! Sister will give it to you!"
Shao Shengan was talking to his parents, so Qiao Qingqing played with him. The two of them played marbles together, and Shao Shengfei was very happy.
Qiao Qingqing bought him a lot of toys, and this marble castle was one of them. As expected, Shao Shengfei liked it very much. In addition, the one playing with him was his favorite sister, so his happiness was doubled.
Father Shao glanced back, his face full of love, and turned to whisper to Shao Shengan: "Qingqing is a good child. She is good to you, to me and your mother, and to your eldest brother. There is no other daughter-in-law as good as her. You must treat her well. In two days, your mother and I will take your eldest brother back. You two should live a good life."
"Dad, don't go back yet. I have an old classmate who works at the weather station. He said that there has been a lot of rain recently. If the trend continues, there will definitely be floods. Even if the house at home is not sold, I will let you come here to avoid the disaster."
"Hey, it's just flooding. My hometown floods every year. I'm used to it! It's okay. We still have to go back to work. I've asked for almost half a month's leave. The factory will have objections."
"Dad, if there is a flood, the factory will also stop working. It's okay, just stay! We can be together as a family for a while. Big brother misses me and Qingqing too."
Mother Shao looked at her eldest son and his younger daughter-in-law having fun and made the decision: "Then let them stay for two more days. Xiaofei is usually locked up in the dormitory and there is no one to play with him."
The house was renovated and two more beds were installed in the attic. Shao's parents and Shao Shengfei lived in the attic.
During dinner, Shao Shengan found an excuse: "The information given by my classmate is very accurate. I will also call my uncle and aunt to stock up some more things at home to avoid being trapped by the water in the future."
Shao's father and mother did not take it seriously and let Shao Shengan make his own arrangements.
After dinner, Shao Shengan called his close relatives in his hometown one by one. As the only male in his family who went to college, married a city woman after graduation, and settled down to work in the city, Shao Shengan was very reliable in the eyes of his relatives, and everyone was willing to listen to what he said.
"...Aunt, I sent you some things, please remember to sign for them...Third uncle, it's nothing, my hometown is low-lying and there's water all year round, but I heard from my classmates that this rain will last for a long time and the rice in the north will be flooded, so I guess the price of grain may rise this year...Yes, yes, the government will definitely regulate prices, but our place is a small place, so I'm afraid it won't be able to control it. It's not easy to make money, so don't get cheated. Rice, flour, oil, salt and other things are used every day, so there's no need to worry about wasting them if you buy too much...Seventh uncle's house is too old, why don't we move to the town first..."
The call lasted all night.
"Mom, what did you tell my uncle and the others?" Qiao Qingqing asked Qiao Songzhi.
Qiao Songzhi laughed, "I said I had contact with the descendants of an old sister of your grandmother, and they hinted to me a few words. Your grandmother was also an old comrade, she passed away early, and her old sisters passed away earlier than her, some of them work in the government, but we haven't been in touch for many years, and your uncle has long forgotten which one it was, so I borrowed their names and said that I got the news from them. Don't worry! I didn't say any news, I just hinted to them that they had to store food at home anyway. You don't understand, the clearer you explain, the less they believe you, and they will think it's a top secret if you hide it! Didn't they say that an oil tanker capsized on the coast a few years ago? The news was not accurate, and the salt in the town was snatched away, so I didn't say anything in detail, and your uncle and others believed it. Don't be afraid if your uncle and others let it slip, I really didn't say anything."
"Mom, you're not really in touch with grandma's old sisters and descendants, are you?"
"Of course." Qiao Songzhi smiled. "When your father and I divorced, your aunt Ming helped a lot. We have been in touch frequently over the years. She is busy with her work in the court, so I send her some local specialties during the holidays. They are not worth much, but they are just a token of my appreciation. She accepts them without fear of causing trouble. I called her a few days ago and told her that you don't want to work in the company anymore and want to study law. I consulted her."
Qiao Qingqing was very touched and put her arm around her: "Mom..."
She rubbed Qiao Qingqing's head and said softly, "I sent some thick quilts and thick cotton clothes to your Aunt Ming as a token of my appreciation." It would be too strange if she sent a large amount of food.
The house was very lively that night.
Shao's parents had only met Qiao Songzhi twice, at the time of engagement and wedding. They were grateful and respectful to this elegant and soft-spoken mother-in-law. They were grateful that she married their daughter to their youngest son and did not despise their family for having an older son with intellectual disabilities. She had no requirements for the marriage and even provided a wedding room. Sheng An said that his mother-in-law treated him like her own son. How could they not be grateful?
This time, it was the mother-in-law who comforted and cared for them. The couple sighed in private: their family is not so unlucky. At least Sheng An is lucky to have such a good wife and mother-in-law. The mother-in-law is half a mother, and the son has a mother who loves him in another place, so the couple feels at ease.
In Qiao Songzhi's eyes, her son-in-law is also very good. When her daughter was in high school, she was depressed for a while because of her father's new children, and her grades plummeted. It was Sheng An who always protected and encouraged her, and helped her stand up again.
Qiao Songzhi didn't know about this at the time. Her daughter never mentioned it to her. She thought her daughter's grades dropped because of the pressure of the college entrance examination. After the college entrance examination, her daughter said she wanted to change her surname to Qiao. She then realized that her ex-husband's children were so vicious at a young age that they targeted her daughter at the critical moment of the college entrance examination to disgust her!
She immediately contacted her ex-husband, whom she had not contacted for ten years, and asked him to give an explanation. He denied everything and said disgusting things. Although Qiao Songzhi divorced her ex-husband, she did not want her daughter to be filled with hatred. She never said anything bad about her ex-husband, and she did not change her daughter's surname.
This time she couldn't stand it anymore. She took her 18-year-old daughter to change her surname, and then she took a basket of rotten eggs to her ex-husband's company and smashed all the rotten eggs on his face. She threatened her ex-husband, saying that his children's conversations with her daughter were recorded, and if he wasn't afraid of his teenage children being ridiculed for being cruel and uneducated, he could call the police. In the end, she admired her ex-husband's frustrated expression and left in a good mood.
When both sides are polite, the atmosphere at home will naturally be harmonious.
The rain continued to fall at night, and the crackling sound was very disturbing, but after half a month of rainy weather, everyone was used to falling asleep in such noisy rainy nights.
Tonight is the time when Qiao Qingqing feels the least stressed. Her family is around her, which allows her to sleep well.
The next morning news was, as expected, still about the flooding in low-lying areas due to continuous heavy rains. In some places, the People's Liberation Army had even been dispatched to rescue and evacuate people. Qiao Qingqing donated 10,000 yuan to the Red Cross in the area first hit by the disaster.
Early in the morning, Qiao Songzhi called his brothers in his hometown: "Is the house flooded? It's ankle-deep and the water won't recede anytime soon! Big brother, listen to me, go to Cong Wen's place now. Cong Fei has been asking you to come live there, big brother! Hey!"
She sighed to Qiao Qingqing: "Your uncle is just stubborn! I'll call him later to try to persuade him."
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