Liu Shujuan was very dissatisfied with the man Liu Jiao was looking for now. Liu Jiao's man was quite fair and not tall, only about 1.72 meters. He looked okay and was very attentive. She didn't like the man her niece was looking for at all.
He is not as good as Feng Xuejun, whom her husband Ye found last time, not to mention Zhou Shengtian, the eldest son of Teacher Zhou’s family, who is Ye Shuning’s current target.
Now, Liu Shujuan remembered that Ye Shuning was engaged to the eldest son of Teacher Zhou's family. She felt like vomiting blood just thinking about it.
But her niece Liu Jiao found such a male educated youth as her boyfriend, which made Liu Shujuan feel particularly upset.
She had told her niece many times a few days ago that she wanted to use Lao Ye's connections to find her a good partner in the military district.
If all else failed, she even wanted to ruin the marriage between Ye Shuning and the eldest son of Teacher Zhou's family and let her niece interfere. However, her niece actually fell in love with this poor educated youth who had nothing, and was determined to marry him.
Liu Shujuan forced a smile on her face and asked Zhang Dai to sit down. She poured him a cup of water and then heard Liu Jiao say, "Aunt, I plan to go to the county town with my boyfriend to get the marriage certificate tomorrow!"
"What? So fast? I don't agree!" Liu Shujuan said immediately.
Liu Jiao didn't look very happy, and Zhang Dai hurriedly said, "Aunt, after we get married, I will take good care of Jiao Jiao and won't let her suffer!"
However, Liu Shujuan thought in her heart that the male educated youth named Zhang had nothing and was so poor that he could not even afford to eat enough. He just had a mouth and everyone knew how to speak.
But seeing her niece's touched face, Liu Shujuan felt extremely depressed, with a feeling of urgency stuck in her chest, making her feel very uncomfortable.
Thinking of Zhang Dai's bright future, Liu Jiao was very determined: "Aunt, Zhang Dai treats me very well, and I believe he won't let me suffer."
The two of them sang the same tune, and Liu Shujuan was so angry that she fell backwards.
Political Commissar Ye and Ye Shuning came back later. Seeing that her stepmother looked unhappy, Ye Shuning glanced at Liu Jiao and her male educated youth boyfriend who were sitting on the sofa.
When Liu Jiao told Ye Shuning that they were going to get their marriage certificate tomorrow, she realized why her stepmother had such an unhappy look on her face.
"Uncle!" Zhang Dai was very attentive to Political Commissar Ye. He quickly stood up and greeted him warmly, while telling Political Commissar Ye that he would treat Liu Jiao well in the future.
Political Commissar Ye had met many people, and he could see that Zhang Dai was trying to please him and was particularly attentive to him. He was a little disappointed with Liu Jiao's new partner.
Political Commissar Ye felt that if Liu Jiao had listened to him and been with Feng Xuejun, she would have lived a good life in the future. But when it came to this man, Political Commissar Ye felt that he was not steady enough and his eyes were too clever.
But Liu Jiao was not his biological daughter after all, but only his wife's niece, so it was not easy for him to intervene directly.
A few days ago, Liu Jiao brought this male educated youth to his home, and he told her to think it over carefully. Unexpectedly, she brought someone to his home today and planned to get the marriage certificate tomorrow.
Since she was willing, Political Commissar Ye didn't want to be the bad guy, so he asked everyone to sit down and have lunch together.
Liu Shujuan brought the dishes out from the kitchen and wanted to say something to Political Commissar Ye, but seeing how enthusiastic Liu Jiao was towards the educated youth Zhang Dai, Liu Shujuan felt bitter but unable to express herself and was very disappointed with her niece.
Zhang Dai had lunch at Ye's house and left. Liu Jiao took the initiative to see him off.
After Liu Jiao and Zhang Dai left the Ye family, Liu Shujuan rushed to her husband, Old Ye, and cried, "Old Ye, Jiao Jiao is young, she must have been deceived by that educated youth. That educated youth has nothing, he just talks nonsense, how can he be a down-to-earth person. You can't agree to let them get married!"
Ye Shuning couldn't stand Liu Shujuan's pretentiousness in front of her father. After lunch, he said, "Auntie, my father is not Liu Jiao's biological father. How can he control who Liu Jiao wants to get married with?"
After choking Liu Shujuan to speechlessness, Ye Shuning found an excuse with a sullen face and went back to his room to read.
Political Commissar Ye had just reconciled his relationship with his daughter, and he didn't want her to be unhappy, so he asked Ye Shuning if she had eaten enough. He told her to eat more and not to be hungry.
"Dad, no need, I'm full!" Ye Shuning replied!
Political Commissar Ye's words of concern for Ye Shuning really touched Liu Shujuan's heart, and she felt very uncomfortable.
Liu Shujuan now really hated Commander Chen's daughter-in-law for meddling in her family affairs. If Commander Chen's daughter-in-law hadn't kept her stepdaughter, her daughter Jiaojiao might have been married to Commander Zhou's eldest son.
Her stepdaughter might have also met with trouble in Kyoto, so how could she have such a good relationship with Old Ye?
She had heard these days that all the people working in publishing houses in Kyoto were sent to the countryside or reformed. Why wasn't she, the stepdaughter, one of those sent to the countryside?
If her stepdaughter goes to the countryside, she might never come back.
If something really happens to Ye Shuning, won’t Old Ye treat Jiaojiao as his own daughter?
After Ye Shuning left, Liu Shujuan continued to cry and said that Liu Jiao had been deceived.
These days, Political Commissar Ye also saw clearly that Liu Jiao was a very shrewd person and it was unlikely that she would be deceived. Moreover, with her current reputation, it would be unlikely for him to find a good partner for her even if he really wanted to.
Political Commissar Ye took the last bite of rice from his bowl and said, "Jiao Jiao is over 18 years old, it's unlikely that she was deceived. Shu Ning is right. After all, I'm not Liu Jiao's biological father, and I can't control her. I think she's quite satisfied with her boyfriend! I'm afraid she won't be happy if we ask her to break up."
Political Commissar Ye made a few excuses and found an excuse to leave.
Liu Shujuan was so angry that her heart ached. After Political Commissar Ye left, she immediately called Ye Shuning to come out and wash the dishes.
Liu Jiao sent Zhang Dai to the gate of the military district, and the two were quite sweet along the way.
Zhang Dai was good at talking and could coax people around. Ever since he knew that Liu Jiao was the niece of Political Commissar Ye and that Political Commissar Ye's wife was very nice to her and treated her like a real daughter, Zhang Dai wanted to get the marriage certificate right away, fearing that the cooked duck would fly away.
He now regretted coming to Shilitun as an educated youth to support the construction of the countryside. Not only did he get angry at Huang Xiaying, he also regretted it.
If he married Political Commissar Ye's niece, it would not be difficult for Political Commissar Ye to transfer him to the military region to teach. Maybe he could even use Political Commissar Ye's connections to get a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University and return to the city.
The more Zhang and Dai thought about it, the better it seemed. They had originally decided to go get their marriage certificate tomorrow afternoon, but his girlfriend's sister-in-law clearly disagreed with the couple's plan.
Liu Jiao was his lifeline, so Zhang Dai was unwilling to let her go. He felt a sense of crisis and said, "Jiao Jiao, I'll wait for you at the gate of the military area at 6:30 tomorrow morning and take you to the county town to get the marriage certificate, okay?"
Without waiting for Liu Jiao to speak, Zhang Dai said that he liked her so much that he couldn't wait to get the marriage certificate with her, so he wanted to get the marriage certificate with her early. Liu Jiao was overjoyed to hear this and was very proud of her own charm.
In her heart, she was also afraid that Zhang Dai, this "high-quality" potential backup, would fly away, and she also wanted to get the marriage certificate as soon as possible, so she naturally agreed with Zhang Dai's words.
Shuying rode a bike with the children back to his yard. From a distance, he smelled the fragrance coming from Mrs. Gao's house. Could it be that Mrs. Gao really fried French fries for the three brothers?
Shuying was very happy for the three brothers and took their children home.
Shuying pushed the bicycle into the yard and carried the child off.
Carrying the backpack into the main room, Chen Yi stood on tiptoe and used all her strength to help carry it. The backpack was heavy and the little boy's face turned red. Shuying smiled and said softly, "No need for you, go play in the front yard! Auntie will make you something delicious later!"
Chen Yi's eyes lit up when she heard there was something delicious to eat: "Auntie, I want to read the book about the rooster and the duck yesterday!"
Shuying knew that the child was reading comic books first, so she simply asked the child to go to the bed next to her in the master bedroom to get the comic book illustrations and sit at the door of the main room to read them while she made lunch first.
While the child was sitting at the door of the main room reading with the illustrations in hand, Shuying sorted out the things he bought at the market today and put them in the cupboard.
She took out her watch and saw that it was still early, so she simply dug the soil and planted tomatoes and strawberries. Chen Yi was particularly curious and ran over to squat and asked curiously, "Auntie, what is this?"
When she found out that these were delicious and would bear fruit when she planted them, including sour and sweet tomatoes and sweet strawberries, Chen Yi's eyes widened, and she tried her best to help plant them while swallowing her saliva.
Tree Shadow did not stop the child from working. She asked the child to put down the comic book and come over to plant with her.
After Chen Yi put the comic book down, he ran over with his short legs and squatted down to plant with them.
She only planted a few seeds to try it out and did not plant all the seeds in the bag. It was not tiring at all and was just like playing. Chen Yi had a lot of fun.
After planting tomatoes and strawberries, Shuying took the children to wash their hands. Chen Yi's eyes widened and she asked curiously, "Auntie, will we have sweet and sour tomatoes and strawberries to eat tomorrow?"
Shuying washed the child's black paws, washed his own hands, and replied with a smile: "Not so fast, it will take some time!"
By the way, this was her first time growing this, and she used the experience that Mrs. Gao taught her about growing vegetables to grow tomato and strawberry seeds. She hoped that she and her children would have better luck, and that at least one of these seeds would survive and bear fruit successfully.
Chen Yi was a little disappointed.
Shuying changed the basin of water and washed the child's hands again. There was a knock on the door, and a distant voice came from outside.
Shuying asked Chen Yi to open the door, and she washed the dirty sheets in the wooden basin by herself. While washing the sheets, she really missed her man.
While Shuying was washing the sheets, Chen Yi took something slightly yellow and slightly burnt and fed it into her mouth.
Shuying chewed it. It tasted slightly bitter but was crispy and fragrant. She could tell it was French fries. However, unlike her fried French fries, these were probably fried. "Did Xiaoyuan give them to you?"
Gao Yuan came over with a plate in his hand, took one and stuffed it into his mouth, eating happily, and said, "Auntie Yang, these are the fries my mother made. Let me eat them with the boss!"
French fries are still very popular among children. Although Mrs. Gao fried them until they were burnt, both Gao Yuan and her own children loved to eat them and ate them with relish.
Chen Yi ate one fries himself and fed one to his aunt, saying, "Our fries are the best!"
TreeShadow ate a few and let the two children eat the rest.
Chen Yi didn't leave either. She squatted beside her and watched her wash the sheets. Gao Yuan also squatted there, and the two children chattered.
Shuying learned from Gao Yuan that the reason why Gao's wife was willing to make fried French fries was because Gao Yuan was beaten and whipped with a cane today for being naughty. Gao Yuan also shouted that he wanted to eat French fries, but Gao's wife was reluctant to do so and had a headache. It was Gao Tuan who asked Gao's wife to quickly get some French fries for the child, and only then did she coax him into a good mood.
"Auntie Yang, my butt hurts so much. It was especially painful when my mom spanked me!" Gao Yuan said his butt hurt, but he was still very happy to eat French fries. He probably felt that getting a beating in exchange for eating French fries was worth it. Shuying didn't know what to say. He had a new understanding of this child's greed.
Chen Yi was very sensitive about children being beaten, so she stared at Gao Yuan with wide eyes. Seeing that he was not unhappy at all, but rather quite happy, Chen Yi's little face was a little confused.
Gao Yuan asked Chen Yi to eat French fries again, but Chen Yi turned a cold face and refused to touch them. Gao Yuan didn't understand why his boss suddenly stopped eating when he was eating with him just now?
His fries are delicious too.
Shuying let Gaoyuan eat by himself. After Gaoyuan finished a plate and left, Chenyi said sullenly, "Xiaoyuan's mother is bad. I won't eat anything she cooks!" Then she said to Shuying, "Auntie, Xiaoyuan is old and pitiful. Can our family support him?"
Chen Yi felt sympathy for Gao Yuan at this time. Fearing that Shu Ying would disagree, he hurriedly said, "You can share half of my meal with Xiao Yuan!"
Shuying knew that the child must have misunderstood something, so he patiently explained to him that Xiaoyuan was scolded by his mother because he was disobedient.
"It's wrong to hit people! I don't like Xiaoyuan's mother anymore!" Chen Yi's cheeks puffed up with anger, and he said with a very serious face.
Although Shuying didn't quite agree with beating children, nowadays everyone believes in "a good son is born under the stick". She explained this, but the child didn't understand. So she had to tell the child that Sister Gao beat Xiaoyuan to teach him to be sensible, and it wasn't really to mean to him. Xiaoyuan was her child, a piece of flesh and blood that fell from Sister Gao's body. How could Sister Gao not feel pain?
"Auntie, am I your child?" Chen Yi's eyes sparkled. Shuying coughed and stopped scrubbing the sheets. However, Chen Yi quickly remembered that his father was not his uncle. The young man looked depressed. Shuying hurriedly said, "Although you are not Auntie's child, in Auntie's heart you are Auntie's biological child."
Chen Yi's face immediately lit up with joy.
After washing and hanging the sheets, Shuying started to make lunch. Chen Yi followed Shuying everywhere like a little tail. She was not willing to let the child read comics and was particularly dependent on her.
When Shuying was picking vegetables, Chen Yi squatted down to help pick vegetables together, and said to Shuying: "Auntie, I like you the most, even more than I like my uncle!"
Shuying immediately replied: "Auntie likes you the most, too!"
The little guy was smiling and laughing so sweetly.
For lunch, Shuying prepared two dishes, a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs and a bowl of eggplant stewed with beans.
Sweet and sour spare ribs is a delicacy that every child can't resist. The sour and sweet taste is so delicious.
Look, Chen Yi and others took a bite of the sour and sweet sweet and sour spare ribs and immediately fell in love with it. They ate the rice with their little mouths and took a bite of the sweet and sour spare ribs. The food was delicious and their mouths were full of oil.
In the past, whenever the kid ate something delicious, he would always tell Shuying that the dish was "so delicious". But this time, when he was eating sweet and sour pork ribs, the little guy just focused on eating the dish without saying a word and even ate almost three bowls of rice.
This amount of food was just like the first time she saw her man eating spicy rabbit meat, he ate almost five bowls of rice, which surprised her.
Afraid that the child would eat too much and get full, Shuying did not allow the child to eat any more rice and only let him eat vegetables.
After lunch, a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs was eaten cleanly. Although Shuying also ate a lot of ribs, most of them were eaten by the child this time.
After finishing a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs, Chen Yi still wanted to eat this in the evening: "Auntie, this sweet and sour pork ribs is delicious, can we make it in the evening?"
Tree Shadow: “…”
The aroma of the Chen family's lunch wafted to the Gao and Fang families next door.
This time in the Gao family, Mrs. Gao kept an eye on her third son, not letting him be shameless enough to take advantage of Miss Yang.
The three Gao brothers had sweet potato rice with pickled cabbage, which they had not finished yesterday. The three Gao brothers looked listless and hoped that their mother would be as good at sewing as Aunt Yang and would be willing to cook delicious food for them every day.
At the Fang family, Fang Boran was not at home. Xia Lina went to the cafeteria to get some food and came back to eat. Liu Jiao was also there. The two of them were talking and laughing, and they had a very close relationship.
The aroma of food wafting from the Chen family next door not only made Xia Lina unable to eat, but also made Liu Jiao feel a little greedy.
Liu Jiao was going to get married right away, but she didn't want Yang Shuying to have an easy time. She knew that Xia Lina had conflicts with that woman Yang Shuying, so she came here specifically to stir up trouble.
Even before she started provoking him, Liu Jiao became extremely jealous and heartbroken when she heard Xia Lina talk about how great Yang Shuying's life was.
A few years later, she got divorced and married Chen Tuan. Wasn't Chen Tuan's money hers?
Xia Lina was telling Liu Jiao in a sarcastic tone that Yang Shuying was a very frivolous woman and was a spendthrift. Today she saw her go to the market and buy a big basket of good things. Xia Lina was jealous and said that Yang Shuying took advantage of Chen Tuan's absence to cook delicious food every day and live the good life of a landlord.
Xia Lina sneered, "Jiao Jiao, just wait and see. Chen Tuan married such a spendthrift daughter-in-law. It may not be long before she squanders all the savings."