Chapter 65: Melon is picking on her
"Sister, brother-in-law."
Xiang Yao stood under the eaves, calling for help with a smile.
Xiang Chun looked up at Xiang Yao and smiled: "It's Yaoyao."
Lu Ping looked Xiang Yao up and down, then smiled warmly: "Yaoyao seems to have changed a little."
Not only did she become taller and plumper, but her entire temperament seemed to have changed drastically.
He turned his head and looked at Xiang Chun: "Xiaochun, did you find it?"
Xiang Chun paused, then really took another close look at Xiang Yao and nodded, seemingly agreeing, "Yes, that's quite a change."
Xiang Yao didn't like the way Lu Ping looked at her. She was not a child, so of course she could tell the difference between a friendly and ordinary look and a man's observation of a woman with some interest.
So he smiled, but his tone was not very warm: "It's been a while since we last met, it's normal for some changes."
She looked at Xiang Chun: "Why did you arrive at this time, big sister?"
The distance between the Lu family and Shitang Brigade is much shorter than that between the two aunts, but Xiang Yinliu and Xiang Cuiliu have been there for quite a while, and now it is almost time for lunch, and the couple finally arrived.
Xiang Chun subconsciously glanced at Lu Ping and smiled awkwardly. Just as he was about to explain, Lu Ping spoke first:
"Well, it's your eldest sister. She forgot things when she went out, and the housework is a mess. She's almost out, and she hasn't even finished washing the clothes. If she hadn't dawdled, we would have arrived long ago."
Xiang Yao blinked, and out of the corner of her eye she saw Xiang Chun biting his lip lightly.
Xiang Chun said, "Yes, it's all my fault."
Xiang Yao smiled and said, "It's normal. Everyone has a lot of things going on at home. Big sister and brother-in-law, please sit down for a while. Dinner should be served soon."
Lu Ping looked at Xiang Chun and said, "Why don't you go to the kitchen and help? Don't you see the elders are busy? Hey, why do I have to remind you every time about this kind of thing? No wonder my mother always nags at you."
Xiang Chun didn't seem too embarrassed to be told this by her husband in front of Xiang Yao. She just said quickly, "I'll go right away."
As Xiang Chun turned around, Lu Ping turned his head and said to Xiang Yao, "You don't know, your eldest sister is becoming less and less clever, like a piece of wood. It's just me. If it were someone else's family, who knows how hard life would be."
Xiang Chun's leaving figure froze slightly, but he did not stop. He lowered his head and walked quickly to the kitchen.
A white cloud floated in the sky above his head, just enough to cover the sun. The shadow covered Xiang Chun's back, and it seemed to be even thicker than that of other people.
Xiang Yao looked back at Lu Ping: "How could that be? My elder sister is such a good person."
She remembered that although the original body and Xiang Chun did not have much interaction with each other in the past, there was one time when the original body was working in the yard and her clothes were accidentally torn. She was worried about being scolded by Zhang Juhua, so it was Xiang Chun who pulled her into the room and carefully sewed the clothes with needle and thread.
She might not be very close to her original self, but the occasional kindness she showed him was subtle and real.
Therefore, Xiang Yao did not like to hear her brother-in-law teasing Xiang Chun in front of her.
She said, "My eldest sister is struggling to handle everything by herself, so why don't you lend a hand, brother-in-law?"
Lu Ping didn't expect her to say that, and he looked quite indifferent: "How can a man interfere in family affairs?"
Xiang Yao curled her lips and gave Lu Ping a big cross in her heart.
It’s confirmed, this guy surnamed Lu is not a good person.
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After a lot of excitement, we finally had our meal.
Since there were so many family members, we divided the table into two, one for the adults and one for the children.
There was an extra bowl of meat and a bowl of steamed fish on the elders' table. There was also meat on the younger generations' table, but no one was polite. They stretched out their chopsticks and put vegetables into the meat bowl. In a few bites, the meat and vegetables were gone, leaving only a base of soy sauce.
Xiang Liang held the bowl, staring at the adults' table, and shouted, "Grandma! Mom! We've run out of meat, and I want more meat!"
Zhang Juhua glanced at her precious grandson, but she was concerned that all the people at the table were younger, and as a grandmother, it would be inappropriate for her to get any special treatment in front of everyone, so she didn't say anything.
But Liu Xiaolan didn't care about that. When she heard Xiang Liang shouting like that, she immediately thought that others were too good at grabbing the food, and her son must have lost. She felt very distressed.
"Come, let me pick some meat for you!" She took Xiang Liang's bowl and stuffed two pieces of meat into it. "Give your sister a piece!"
How could Xiang Liang share any with Xiang Xiuxiu? He agreed vaguely, took the bowl and stuffed the meat into his mouth. His chubby mouth was greasy and there were oil stains at the corners of his mouth, making him look very sloppy.
Xiang Xiuxiu glared at her brother and said nothing.
She is a person who cares about her reputation, so of course she won't make a fuss over a piece of meat.
Xiang Lili, on the other hand, saw that her cousin had meat to eat, so she held out her bowl and called out to Zhou Aihua, "Mom, I want to eat meat too."
This time Zhou Aihua glared at her, and before she could say anything, Zhang Juhua rolled her eyes and started cursing:
"Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat. Look at yourself. Are you a beggar?"
Xiang Lili didn't expect that she didn't get to eat the meat, but instead got scolded. She felt very aggrieved.
When she was eating just now, the meat bowl was far away from her and she couldn't grab it at all. Instead, Xiang Liang took a lot!
With tears in her eyes, she muttered softly: "How can Brother Liang eat..."
Zhang Juhua scolded, "You little girl, you're such a loser, and you're still being stubborn? Is there no meat on your table? Why do you have to ask the adults for it? I think you're just a cheapskate!"
Xiang Lili lowered her eyes, tears falling from her eyes, and dared not speak.
But through her tearful eyes, she saw a pair of chopsticks reaching out to her, and then a piece of fat and lean meat fell into her bowl.
She looked up and saw a familiar fair face, looking at her with a smile: "It's just meat, eat it."
Xiang Lili pursed her lips. In fact, after being scolded, she was no longer so greedy for the meat, but she still nodded vigorously and stuffed the piece of meat into her mouth with great care.
The rich taste filled her mouth, but she was reluctant to swallow it.
Xiang Yao took back his chopsticks, picked up a piece of autumn eggplant, took a mouthful of rice, and felt no emotion.
There was no cure for Zhang Juhua's bad mouth. Normally, she didn't want to argue with anyone, but she just couldn't bear to see a little girl being scolded and unable to raise her head because of a piece of meat.
After this incident, the children's table became much quieter. They used to be noisy, but now they just pick up their food and eat quietly, not daring to make loud noises anymore.
But the adults at the table didn't take this to heart and continued to eat while talking and laughing.
Just when the atmosphere was getting lively, Lu Ping casually handed the bowl to Xiang Chun: "Xiaochun, serve me some rice."
Xiang Chun put down his own bowl and chopsticks, lowered his head and prepared to take the bowl, but for some reason, the bowl fell to the ground with a dull cracking sound.
Xiang Chun couldn't help but tremble, and subconsciously looked at Lu Ping's face: "I, I didn't mean to, I couldn't catch it..."
In front of everyone, Lu Ping still had a smile on his face, but there was something wrong with what he said:
"Xiaochun, look at you, why are you so careless? You can't even do such a small thing. What else can you do? Can you be more careful?"
Xiang Chun felt very guilty after hearing what he said, and tears flashed in his eyes: "I just didn't hold it firmly..."
The curve of Lu Ping's lips remained unchanged as he hugged her shoulders. "It's okay if you're like this at home, but why are you still like this when you go back to your parents' home? You're not careful at all. Look at your sisters, none of them are like you. I think you're really useless!"
He said this in a very intimate tone, and he didn't seem dissatisfied, but Xiang Chun's face did not look good.
Lü Ping smiled and turned to the others, saying, "Don't mind me, Xiaochun is just like that. He's impulsive and has no plans at all. He's like this at home too, always looking for trouble. My mother keeps telling him to change, but he won't change. It makes me anxious sometimes."
As Xiang Chun's biological mother, Zhou Aihua saw Xiang Chun's appearance and saw that her son-in-law was just talking and didn't seem to be really complaining. The scale in her heart couldn't help but tilt towards her son-in-law.
"Xiaochun, why are you so careless? You broke a good bowl. What are you still doing sitting there? Why don't you go get Xiaoping a new bowl?"
Xiang Chun looked up at her mother, stood up obediently, and went to the kitchen to get a bowl.
Zhou Aihua said to Lu Ping, "Xiaoping, my Xiaochun is just like that. Thanks to you for tolerating her."
Lu Ping looked at Xiang Chun who was leaving with deep affection and smiled warmly:
"Mom, what are you talking about? Xiaochun and I are husband and wife, so we definitely support each other. It's just that Xiaochun hasn't had any news about her pregnancy, and my parents are a little worried, so sometimes they can't help but say something a little harsh..."
"Mom, please try to persuade Xiaochun to relax and not be so unhappy all day because of this. She gets upset and I'm stuck in the middle, so I can't speak up for her."
When it came to the fact that their daughter was still pregnant, Zhou Aihua and her husband felt embarrassed. They both felt that their daughter had been married for several years and still had no children, which was a bit of a shame to the Lu family.
Xiang Gensheng pondered for a moment and said, "Lü Ping, you two should just live your life as usual. If our Xiaochun does something wrong, you should just tell her. What's the big deal?"
Lu Ping nodded: "Well, I'll listen to my parents."
When Xiang Chun brought the bowl back, Zhou Aihua didn't eat much of the meal. She kept saying things like asking her daughter to listen to her mother-in-law and work honestly.
He kept on talking, but didn't notice that Xiang Chun's state with his head down was completely different from before.
Seeing his father-in-law and mother-in-law talking about Xiangchun, Lu Ping coughed and said quickly, "Dad, Mom, this is not Xiaochun's fault. She always wants to do things well. Having this intention is already very good."
"Well, it's true that I always fail to do it well. I always tell her not to take it to heart. My mother is also very talkative and likes to nag her daughter-in-law. Sometimes she doesn't wash the clothes properly, sometimes she doesn't collect enough firewood, and sometimes... Well, there's nothing we can do about it. I can only tell Xiaochun to be more patient. After all, we don't have children, so we always lack confidence."
Xiang Chun lowered his head lowered by his words. He wanted to defend himself, but looking at the attitude of his whole family, he knew in his heart that no matter what he said, it would be wrong.
Xiang Yao was originally concentrating on eating. This dish was probably not cooked by Zhou Aihua, and it tasted much better than before. But as he listened, no matter how good his appetite was, it was gone.
As an outsider, she could of course tell right away that her brother-in-law kept saying how tolerant and understanding he was, but in fact, he was always talking about Xiang Chun's bad side, and every word he said was about Xiang Chun having to endure all the criticisms because she didn't have a baby.
But the other people in the Xiang family thought that Lu Ping was right, that these things were all Xiang Chun's fault, and that the Lu family was already a very good in-law family to be able to do this.
This is ridiculous!
Putting down his chopsticks, Xiang Yao pretended to be surprised: "Brother-in-law, why do you let my sister do all the work in your house?"
She tilted her head and looked at Lu Ping, very puzzled: "I remember there were so many people in your family. How come my eldest sister does all the laundry, cooking, dishes, sweeping, collecting firewood, feeding the pigs and chickens...all by herself?"
Lu Ping was speaking smoothly, but he didn't expect that his cousin didn't agree with him like the others did. Instead, she said such words as soon as she opened her mouth. He couldn't help but be stunned.
But Xiang Yao still hadn't let him go: "So with so many people in your family, it's all up to my eldest sister to take care of everything. No wonder she keeps failing at everything. It seems like all of you only do one thing every day - picking on her."
She smiled gently: "And you, brother-in-law, what did you do in this?"
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