Chapter 29: I have to go find her
Liu Sanjin got off work early in the afternoon. She sat at the door of the main hall waiting for Xie Jinghao. In the past two days, the third family had nothing to do and took the children to the main house. Don't think she doesn't know. The old mother who was chatting at the entrance of the village today told her that her eldest daughter-in-law went to the county town today and dragged back two large bags of things. She must have guessed that she went to pick up the things her son sent back. What exactly, she had to find out.
When Xie Jinghao came back with Xiaogang, she opened the door and looked at Liu Sanjin, which scared her so much that she paused.
"Mom, you got off work so early, I'm going to cook now."
"Wait, come and sit first, I have something to ask you."
Xie Jinghao glanced at her and then walked over with Xiaogang.
Liu Sanjin was not nice to her daughter-in-law, but she was nice to her grandson Xiaogang. Of course, it was a world of difference compared to Lu Mingkai.
"Xiaogang, come here, grandma will hold you."
"I want my mom to hold me, Xiaogang wants my mom to hold me."
Liu Sanjin's face changed, and she saw Xie Jinghao's face turned ugly. Since her grandson was not close to her, she just thought that her daughter-in-law had said bad things about her to her grandson behind her back.
"Hmph, stop instigating my grandson behind my back. My grandson and I are closest, and Xiaogang is closest to grandma, right? Hehehe," she said, glaring at Xie Jinghao, "You came from your sister-in-law's house, didn't she say anything?"
"Oh, sister-in-law, she gave you this month's pension and told you not to work too hard!" Xie Jinghao was afraid that she would scold her when she just came back, so she hurried to cook and forgot about the money.
"Hmph, you won't take it out even if I don't tell you. Is it just money? Where are the tickets, grain tickets, cloth tickets, kerosene tickets? And your eldest brother sent such a big package of things, and she didn't take out any of it?"
Xie Jinghao licked her lips and smiled awkwardly, "Mom, that was not sent by eldest brother. I read eldest brother's letter, and there was only a remittance slip. The package was sent by soldiers in the army to Mingyang children. It was vermicelli, dried mushrooms and so on."
When Liu Sanjin heard this, she immediately glared at him, and the old lady with bound feet almost jumped up. In her opinion, as long as the family was not divided, the things sent by the eldest brother should belong to her, and not a single needle or thread should be put in Shen Meng's hands.
She said that she was not allowed to build a house at first, but now, the things her son sent back were hidden by Shen Meng, a black-hearted person.
"Don't cook for the eldest wife tonight, she will be hungry for a few meals. Humph, no, I have to go and get them. Those are sent by the army to Mingyang's children. If they are put in the hands of Shen Meng, they will all go to her mother's house."
Xie Jinghao didn't have time to stop her, and she saw Liu Sanjin running straight to the gate on her little feet. It was the first time she saw her mother-in-law walking so fast!
Seeing that there was no one around, she took Xiaogang back to the house and untied the cloth that Shen Meng had tied around her waist. Inside was a handful of Golden Monkey candies and a bag of brown sugar. She quickly packed them up and locked them in her kang cabinet before she breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiaogang sensibly moved over and lay in her arms, but what she was thinking about was Shen Meng's words, "It's very comfortable to live in a yard of your own." She also thought about such a comfortable life. If she could also go out and live alone, she wouldn't have to secretly give good things to her children.
Shen Meng was in the house watching Mingkai and Mingfang happily holding their things and gesturing at themselves. Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door and frowned.
"Mingfang, put away all your things quickly, stay in the room and look after your brother. I'm going to go out and take a look."
Lu Mingfang's face turned pale with fear. She hurriedly got off the kang and hid her clothes and shoes in Shen Meng's cabinet. She didn't know why, but since her mother said so, there must be a reason.
The knock on the door was so loud that the neighbors on both sides also stretched their heads out to see what had happened.
"Third Aunt, what's wrong with you? What happened?"
Liu Sanjin wiped his eyes and sobbed twice, saying, "Daqing's mother, didn't Zhenping write a letter back? I didn't know what he wrote in the letter for a whole day. Zhenping
's wife covered it up and didn't let me see it. I was really worried!" Daqing's mother Wang Lianhua rubbed her hands and looked at Liu Sanjin with some pity.
"Yes, Third Aunt, Brother Zhenping hasn't been home for several years, but he writes to her once a month. Don't get angry. Mother Mingyang is not feeling well. Wait a little longer, she will be out soon. Ask her what's going on first."
She thought Wang Lianhua was going to curse Shen Meng based on what she said, but she didn't expect that she was here to say something nice. She was very upset, and she couldn't help but knock on the door a little harder.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong? Zhenping's wife has made you angry again. I say you should give her a couple of beatings. She will be obedient after being beaten. Look at Lianhua and Xifeng. They listen to me very well. You are just soft-hearted, like a dough ball. That's why your daughter-in-law has to poop and pee on you."
Wang Lianhua shuddered when she heard her mother-in-law's words and hurried back to the yard to work.
Chen Zhaodi looked at the back of her second daughter-in-law and spit on the ground.
Liu Sanjin lifted his hair and said, "I'm not as lucky as you. It's just that the older family members are not very filial. Xianglan and Jiaojiao are very filial. They always think of me when they have something delicious. Jiaojiao and Jiaxuan moved back and let me live in a big house. It's so pitiful."
The daughter-in-law is a good person, but the son feels sorry for her. Jiaxuan had mentioned earlier that she wanted to build a yard. Since he became a warehouse manager of the production team, he has never asked for the money on hand. If they want to build a yard, it will cost a lot of money. She has her own savings in her hand, which she cannot touch. The money can only be paid by Zhenping. It doesn't make sense for the eldest brother to live in a brick and tile house and let his younger brother live in an adobe house!
In addition to Chen Zhaodi, there were several other families who came out to see the excitement after hearing the noise. Shen Meng stood behind the door with her arms folded and listened for a while before opening the door. Her face was pale in the dim light, like a ghost that had just jumped out of a grave.
"Oh my god!"
"Oh my god, I'm scared to death!"
"Zhenping's wife, what happened to you? Why did you become like this?"
Liu Sanjin was also startled. Seeing Shen Meng holding the door frame, she subconsciously took two steps back, fearing that Shen Meng would suddenly fall on her.
"Auntie, I, cough cough cough... I received Zhenping's letter and was very happy. I wanted to ask someone to pick up the package, but I was afraid of delaying work, so I went there myself. After I came back, I felt uncomfortable in various ways and lay down for the whole afternoon before getting up."
"Tsk, Mingyang, where is Mingyang? You are so sick, and the children don't take care of you?"
Shen Meng shrank her neck as if she was afraid and said, "Comrade Zhenping sent some mushrooms and vermicelli, both from southern Yunnan. Our family didn't have lunch at noon, and we couldn't wait until evening. Mingyang's children couldn't make those things, and they felt sorry for me, so they let Mingfang look after me, and the two children went fishing. They didn't come back so late, I was really worried."
Liu Sanjin had a lot of words to say, but she was blatantly slandered by Shen Meng. Looking at the suspicious eyes on the side, she had a mouthful of blood stuck in her chest and couldn't even spit it out.
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