Chapter 119 I got a new sister-in-law!
"Hey, who is this?" Just when Su Mei was feeling uncomfortable because of the chicken poop on her feet, a crisp sound suddenly rang out in the yard.
A little girl with pigtails came out of the house.
The little girl looked at Su Mei in confusion for a few times, and then she noticed Huo Jianguo following behind Su Mei. She immediately laughed out loud:
"Third brother, it's you. Why didn't you tell me you came back? Mom was still talking about it yesterday, saying she didn't know when you would come home this year!"
"I left in a hurry and didn't have time to send a telegram." Huo Jianguo replied to the girl.
This little girl is Huo Jianguo’s youngest sister, Huo Xiaoju. She is only seventeen years old this year, eleven years younger than Huo Jianguo.
After hearing what Huo Jianguo said, Huo Xiaoju turned her gaze to Su Mei and asked, "Third brother, who is this?"
"Who else could it be? Your sister-in-law!" Huo Jianguo picked up a wooden stick from the ground and squatted in front of Su Mei. He said to Su Mei:
"Lift your feet!"
"Oh, okay!" Su Mei hurriedly lifted her feet. It was not that she was being pretentious, but mainly because she had never lived in the countryside and was a little bit of a cleanliness freak. For a moment, she really couldn't cope with the situation.
After lifting his feet, Huo Jianguo rubbed the chicken shit off from under Su Mei's feet.]
Seeing the couple's actions, Huo Xiaoju was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up. She looked at Su Mei and said:
'Third brother, you finally found me a new sister-in-law!
I told you, that Su Mei is lazy and greedy, making the house a mess every day. Sooner or later you will have to divorce that fat pig.
This sister-in-law is so nice, so clean and fair, and she makes people feel comfortable just by looking at her.
Unlike that fat girl, who is disgusting just by looking at her, she is not worthy of you at all.
But didn't that fat girl follow you to join the army? Now you have a new sister-in-law, where did you leave her?"
"Little sister, I may disappoint you, but I am still your sister-in-law. Your third brother didn't throw me away anywhere. I am back!" Su Mei looked at Huo Xiaoju and said this quietly.
When Huo Xiaoju heard Su Mei's words, she took three steps back as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight. She widened her eyes and asked in disbelief:
"Are you Su Mei?"
"It's me." Su Mei nodded affirmatively.
"No, Su Mei is dirty and smelly, and as fat as a wild boar in the mountains. How...how did you become like this?" Su Mei's change was so great that she was like two completely different people. Huo Xiaoju couldn't connect the current Su Mei with the previous Su Mei for a moment.
But after looking carefully, Huo Xiaoju could still see the similarities between Su Mei's facial features and before. She stared at Su Mei blankly, feeling that the world was magical and unbelievable.
At this time, Huo Jianguo's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Without waiting for Su Mei to say anything, he shouted at Huo Xiaoju with a cold face:
"How can you talk to your sister-in-law like that? I spent money to send you to school, but you just ignored all the books, right? Apologize to your sister-in-law right now!"
"Third brother, are you crazy? You want me to apologize to her?" Huo Xiaoju looked at Su Mei in disbelief, then shook her head:
"No way, I will not apologize to this disgusting woman!"
"Apologize immediately!" Huo Jianguo's eyes gradually turned cold, and as he spoke, he exuded an aura that brooked no room for argument.
This momentum instantly frightened Huo Xiaoju to tears, and she cried out loudly:
"sorry!"
Then he ran out of the house as fast as he could.
"Xiaoju, what are you yelling about?" Only after Huo Xiaoju yelled and ran away did a slightly older woman's voice come from the house.
Then, Huo Jianguo's mother Liu Cuiyun came out of the house. She was stunned for a moment when she saw Su Mei, then she looked at Huo Jianguo and said:
"Third brother, why didn't you tell me you were coming back?
How come Su Mei has lost so much weight? No wonder Xiao Ju didn't recognize you just now. I almost didn't recognize her at first glance!"
From Liu Cuiyun's words, it can be heard that she had just heard Huo Xiaoju insulting Su Mei.
However, when Huo Xiaoju started to curse, Liu Cuiyun did not come out of the house. Instead, she waited until Huo Xiaoju finished cursing before she appeared.
She was deliberately letting Huo Xiaoju embarrass Su Mei.
In this family, only Huo Xiaoju, the youngest daughter, dares not to take Su Mei seriously.
Although Liu Cuiyun didn't like her daughter-in-law, as a mother-in-law, she couldn't fall out with the younger generation.
Sometimes she was so angry that she couldn't vent it, so when her youngest daughter made things difficult for Su Mei, Liu Cuiyun would pretend not to see it.
It was intended to let the youngest daughter vent the anger of the whole family.
In the past, when the original owner was at home, Liu Cuiyun would wait until Huo Xiaoju finished scolding someone and ran away before she would come out with an apologetic look on her face. She said to Su Mei:
"I'm so sorry Su Mei, my little Ju needs some discipline, please don't bother with her!"
Although the original owner was lazy, greedy and irritable, she was also stupid. She could not win an argument with Huo Xiaoju and was often scolded by her.
But the original owner didn't realize that her mother-in-law was allowing her sister-in-law to insult her.
Every time after being scolded, the original owner would feel that she had the upper hand as long as the mother-in-law said sorry, and the mother-in-law would apologize to her on behalf of her sister-in-law.
On the surface, the mother-in-law was virtuous and kind, and everyone in the original owner's in-laws was honest and kind. But in reality, the original owner's life in this family was far less comfortable than in her parents' home.
The original owner just didn't know anything, so he ended up with good fortune.
Perhaps only Su Mei, who inherited the original owner's memory, can see the warmth and coldness of the matter clearly.
It was because Su Mei saw through all of this, so when facing the mother-in-law whom she met for the first time, Su Mei could not show the slightest warmth.
"Mom!" Huo Jianguo put away the cold aura from his body only after seeing Liu Cuiyun.
Su Mei followed Huo Jianguo's polite but distant voice and shouted, "Mom!"
"Hey!" Liu Cuiyun responded while rushing out to help Huo Jianguo with his luggage. She said, "You must be tired after sitting in the car for several days and walking such a long mountain road. Let's go inside and rest.
The commune is slaughtering pigs today, and your father, brother, sister-in-law, and nephews have all gone to watch the fun!
Your father will be back with the meat soon. You've come back just in time. When your father comes back, I'll stew the meat for you.
You guys go back to your room and take a nap. I’ll call you when the meal is ready.”
As Liu Cuiyun spoke, she carried her luggage and walked towards the room where Huo Jianguo and Su Mei slept when they were at home.
"Come in!" Behind him, Huo Jianguo was also urging Su Mei to go into the house.
Looking at the candied chicken droppings all over the floor, Su Mei hesitated for several seconds before she tiptoed to avoid the chicken droppings and followed Liu Cuiyun into the house.
Behind him, Huo Jianguo saw Su Mei's chubby calves standing on tiptoe and frowned.
Before, when she didn't care about cleanliness, she didn't mind how dirty it was. But since she started to care about cleanliness, she seems to have become extra particular about it.
After entering the room, Su Mei took out a quilt from the cupboard, spread it out, and lay down on it directly.
However, after looking at Su Mei for a few times, Huo Jianguo went out again without taking a rest. Su Mei thought that Huo Jianguo must have gone to the commune to watch the pig slaughtering.
Unexpectedly, she had only been lying there for a while when she heard Liu Cuiyun's voice:
"Hey, Third Brother, you must be tired. Just take a good sleep. Why are you sweeping the yard as soon as you come home? I've never seen you so diligent before."
"There's chicken shit everywhere, it's dirty." Huo Jianguo's clear and cold voice came: "Tomorrow I'll build a chicken coop to keep the chickens!"