Chapter 237
Start the new year in bed.
After eating dumplings with four kinds of fillings at Qin Baotian's place on New Year's Eve, the two returned to the villa to rest.
Such a big house, but there is no heating yet, is actually a bit cold, but the two young men and women used their enthusiasm to warm up the house.
It was not until the second half of the night when there was no movement anywhere that the two of them cleaned up the mess, wiped themselves a little, and fell asleep in each other's arms.
When Qin Xiang woke up early in the morning, the sun had already risen. She took a look and realized that it was already ten o'clock.
Meng Huaiqing had disappeared. When I got up, I saw him sitting downstairs reading documents in high spirits.
Qin Xiang resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "Don't you feel tired?"
Meng Huaiqing smiled, "You're not tired, come again tonight?"
"Get lost." Qin Xiang angrily took off her shoes and threw them at him. Meng Huaiqing reached out and grabbed them, then stood up and put them on the ground for her. "Don't catch a cold."
Qin Xiang wanted to roll her eyes again. "I suspect you invested in building a condom factory just for your own convenience."
Hearing this, Meng Huaiqing was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, "How much more can I use?"
Speaking of this, Qin Xiang became curious again, "How is this matter progressing?"
Meng Huaiqing said, "We started a pilot program around the capital before the New Year, and it's going quite well. We'll roll it out more broadly after the New Year. The government will independently handle expansion in remote mountainous areas. While it's unlikely to benefit the entire country, we'll try to expand it as far as possible. This is a long process, and everyone needs to understand it first."
Qin Xiang nodded. "I heard that in many places women have to get sterilized, which is actually very harmful to the body."
"That's right, but there's nothing we can do. This is what the policy requires. What we can do is provide condoms and raise awareness. Even without getting an IUD or a vasectomy, contraception is still effective."
Seeing her lost expression, Meng Huaiqing patted her and said, "Actually, men can get sterilized."
Qin Xiang nodded, "I know, but how many men are willing to get sterilized? In the end, it's still women who get sterilized."
Although she was a wealthy woman in her previous life, she had also been sterilized. Later, after a long time, she had stomach and back pain. When she went to the hospital for a check-up and to remove the IUD, it turned out that the IUD had grown integral to her body. It was not a good experience.
Meng Huaiqing patted her shoulder and said, "Let's do what we can, and everything will be fine."
Qin Xiang nodded, she stood up and said, "Let's go to my dad's place for dinner."
This villa has everything, but there are no pots, pans, or other utensils prepared, and Qin Xiang also wants to do it.
When the two of them went over, everyone else had already had breakfast. Seeing them coming, Qin Juan went to make two large plates of dumplings, which she dipped in vinegar and garlic and tasted very delicious.
The only people they knew in the capital were those in the store, and the first grade class didn't hang out together, so they all gathered here with Qin Baotian.
Not to mention the second day of the New Year, no one goes back to their parents' home. Before the sixth day, almost everyone stays at home.
Meng Huaiqing was busy during the three-day holiday for the New Year.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Qin Xiang, along with Mi Hongjun, Tan Xiu and Miao Xiaofeng, began to inspect the branch stores.
It was opened on the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, so it was just right to go there on the seventh day.
Starting from Jinshi, each household took inventory of their remaining stock. He Liping also rushed over with a calculator in her hand, which had never stopped since she entered the door.
After checking one store, they encouraged the clerk and explained the follow-up procedures. Then they went to the second store. When they arrived at the provincial capital, they stopped temporarily. Miao Xiaofeng and Tan Xiu decided to go home and take a look, and Zhao Ping also had to go back.
Qin Xiang took Mi Hongjun and He Liping to Qingshui County to pay New Year's greetings to her second brother and Teacher Ning.
When I arrived at Qin Hai's house, the door was closed. After asking the neighbors, I found out that Qin Hai and his wife were busy in the convenience store with their children.
Qin Xiang also knew the address, so the three of them went straight there.
What surprised Qin Xiang was that the small shop, which originally occupied a very small area, has now expanded in size and now covers an area of more than 100 square meters.
It turned out that the small house was demolished and rebuilt. There were two large windows in the house and the door was spacious. You could see from the outside that there were quite a few people inside.
He Liping said, "It's not even the end of the Chinese New Year yet, and many people are visiting relatives."
Qin Xiang looked at it for a while and couldn't help but sigh that her second brother was really smart.
This small shop looks inconspicuous, but its sales volume is good. In just a short while, five or six people entered, and Qin Hai and his wife were busy all the time.
As for the two children, seven-year-old Qin Lan and five-year-old Qin Bao, the brother and sister were playing behind the checkout counter.
Qin Hai's mother-in-law was also there to help.
Qin Xiang and the other two went over, but before they could even call out "Second Brother," they heard someone shout in a trembling voice, "Qin Xiang?"
Qin Xiang turned her head and the smile on her face fell.
I have such bad luck that I actually ran into Lian Fengying.
This was her biological mother, so Qin Xiang had no choice but to nod and then walked towards Qin Hai and the others.
Qin Hai also saw them when he looked up. Then he looked at Lian Fengying and Tian Zhongmei who were following behind him. Qin Hai frowned. He had a bad feeling. He said to Huang Xiufen, "You and Mom, keep an eye on me first."
Huang Xiufen also saw Lian Fengying at this time and felt that she was really causing trouble. She warned, "Don't let them fight. Fighting on New Year's Day is not a good thing."
Qin Hai nodded, "I know."
Qin Xiang ignored Lian Fengying and walked straight ahead. Lian Fengying felt wronged again and reached out to pull her, "Qin Xiang, what's your attitude? I'm your mother."
Tanaka Mei also said, "Little sister, I'm not saying anything to you, but you can't treat mom like this..."
Qin Xiang turned around and looked at her coldly, "Shut up, what does it have to do with you? And let me remind you once, we have severed our relationship. How can you be considered my sister-in-law?"
Tanaka Mei was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears. "Mom, listen to her. It's been so long, and she still hates me for the mistakes I made when I was stupid. She even sent her eldest brother to jail, and she still hates me and wants me dead. I should take your two grandsons with me and die, so that she won't be an eyesore."
Seeing her crying, Lian Fengying suddenly became anxious and frantically tried to comfort her, "Zhongmei, don't cry. This is not your fault. You are not wrong."
Then Lian Fengying looked at Qin Xiang with red eyes and said, "Qin Xiang, how did you become like this? She is your sister-in-law after all. Even if there are any unhappy things in the family, they are in the past. Why are you still so unreasonable? Do you want to force me to death?"
Qin Xiang listened and felt like laughing. "Why didn't you say this when your good son and daughter-in-law did something wrong and deliberately prevented me from taking the college entrance examination? Why didn't you say anything when your good son and daughter-in-law stole my sister's child and threatened her for money?"
Many onlookers were watching the farce. Perhaps because they had seen farces so many times before, many of them took a wait-and-see attitude and did not speak easily.
As soon as Qin Xiang said this, Tian Zhongmei cried even louder, "Boss, look, this is your sister. I wish you would die in there. I will just die with my two children."
Lian Fengying was heartbroken, "Hurry up and apologize to your sister-in-law."
"Get lost." Qin Xiang was too lazy to pay attention and didn't look for her second brother anymore. She turned around and left.
Lian Fengying refused to give in. "You, you, you, don't leave."
Lian Fengying suddenly remembered the purpose of going to the county town. They originally wanted to ask Qin Hai for some money, but it was better to meet Qin Xiang, who was richer. Lian Fengying said, "You have to give me pension money."
Qin Xiang laughed. "Retirement money? Are you unable to make a living now? My dad gave you a lot of money when you divorced him, right? What? You gave all your money to your good son and daughter-in-law, and now you have no money you come to me? If you want to ask me for money, you can. Let's write down the retirement money clearly in black and white. From now on, I will give you the retirement money, and we will never have anything to do with each other again."
Lian Fengying was stunned.
The onlookers were also shocked.
There's a lot of content in this melon.
Someone reported, "This old woman divorced her husband and gave all her money to her son. Now she has no money left and is asking her daughter for more."
A middle-aged woman nearby added, "And her distressed son and daughter-in-law have also prevented the girl from taking the college entrance exam. It's pitiful! Preventing someone from taking the college entrance exam is ruining their future."
"Why does this sound so familiar to me? Didn't our city's top science student run into this same thing a couple of years ago?"
Everyone looked at Qin Xiang's dressing style and immediately understood.
A teenage girl said, "She is Qin Xiang, the top scorer in science two years ago, and she's also a self-employed business owner."
Now they are facing each other.
Everyone in the city knew what had happened to Qin Xiang.
At the beginning, everyone envied Qin Xiang and felt pity for her. When talking about Qin Xiang's excellence, they would mention Qin Xiang's heartless brother and sister-in-law.
I didn't expect that the mother was also so confused that she helped the bad guys bully her own daughter.
Some older women simply couldn't understand it. "I've never seen such a thing in my life. I've never met such a person in my life. He actually loves his daughter-in-law more than his own daughter."
"He's even helping his daughter-in-law harm his own daughter."
The repeated sounds made Lian Fengying blush with embarrassment.
In fact, she has never figured it out. They are obviously a family, and Qin Xiang is now attending college well. Why can't she forgive Qin Jun and his wife for the mistake they accidentally made?
She has scolded them and beaten them, and her Junzi is now working on the sewing machine. Why can't she forgive them?
Lian Fengying's eyes reddened when she thought of Qin Jun. "You are also mothers, why don't you understand my painstaking efforts? We are all flesh and blood, why can't we live in harmony? Are you happy just to watch your nephew suffer?"
At this time, Qin Hai came forward, pulled Qin Xiang to him, and said to Lian Fengying, "The hard life those two children have is not caused by Xiangxiang, nor by us. It's the children's bad luck to have such parents. You don't blame them for doing bad things and causing the children to suffer, but instead blame us for not caring about those two children? They are already married and have their own families. Why should we raise children for them? Their biological mother is still alive. Is it our turn to care?"
"What are you talking about!" Lian Fengying was furious. "How can you be so unsympathetic? Your brother is in prison and suffering so much. How can you say that?"
When Lian Fengying thought of this, her heart ached. How could this be possible?
Qin Xiang didn't bother to pay attention and said to Qin Hai, "Second brother, let's not talk about this anymore. If there's any more trouble, just call the police."
When she heard about the police, Tian Zhongmei panicked and pulled Lian Fengying's sleeve and said, "Mom, what should we do?"
If it were someone else, they might not believe it at all, but Qin Xiang had gone to the police more than once. She herself was still not clean, and she was afraid that one day the police would arrest her again to ask about Qin Nian's incident.
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted, "The police are here."
Qin Xiang looked back and saw that the police were not there. When she turned around again, she saw that Tian Zhongmei had already run away with the two children.
Lian Fengying was stunned for a moment, "Zhongmei, why are you running? Wait for me."
People came and went quickly, and Qin Xiang felt like she was having a nightmare.
Maybe these two people came to disgust her on purpose during the New Year.
Shaking her head, the aunties who were watching the excitement comforted her sympathetically, "If you don't want a mother like this, then don't want one. She's not angry enough."
But some people also said, "After all, she is my mother and sister-in-law, so it's better not to make things awkward."
Qin Xiang had heard such words countless times and didn't care. Most people were easy to talk without any concern. It was not their fault, so it didn't matter what they said. They just stood on their high ground and acted like a good person.
Qin Hai glanced at her and smiled, "That's fine, but I heard that Grandma Qin was starved to death by you. After all, she's your mother-in-law. You were so kind to you back then, but you starved her to death. Maybe your children will follow your example in the future."
The old lady who was speaking blushed redly. She looked at the people around her pointing and talking, and then ran away in a hurry.
Qin Hai also realized something was wrong at this time.
Where are the police?
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