Chapter 36 Failure - The Sickly Young Girl Eating Watermelons in the Courtyard
It was already dark when Qin Xianglian came back!
"Why did you come back so late?" Aunt Su asked, suppressing her anger.
"Mom, someone happened to be willing to lend us money this afternoon!" Qin Xianglian said a little tiredly.
“…”
Aunt Su looked her up and down. She was walking in very slowly just now, and she did look like she had been tricked.
She felt disgusted inside, but she didn't show it. Her family still needed this shameless woman like her to go out and earn money!
"Xianglian, you've worked so hard! If it weren't for Dazhuang's dad... oooh..." As she spoke, Aunt Su choked up.
"Mom, I did all this voluntarily. Please don't say that." Qin Xianglian was moved when she saw her mother-in-law like this.
"Good! You are a good daughter-in-law. It is a great blessing for our Su family to marry you!" Aunt Su encouraged again.
Now, Qin Xianglian felt that all the suffering she had endured was worth it!
"Mom, Mom, I want to eat meat!"
"Mom, Mom, I want to eat meat too!"
Su Dazhuang and Su Erzhuang rushed over and surrounded Qin Xianglian. If Su Dama had not warned them beforehand, they would have been unable to hold back the moment Qin Xianglian entered the room.
Aunt Su thought this was just right, it just helped to stabilize the morale of the troops without leaving any trace, so it was just right to let her go out and do something now!
Qin Xianglian was also very troubled when she heard her sons clamoring for meat again. Where could she find meat for them?
"Grandma said you'll have meat to eat when you come back, where's the meat?"
"I want to eat meat. Where is the meat?"
The two children quarreled.
Qin Xianglian felt sorry for them, but she did have the meat. "I don't have any meat. Let's not eat it, okay?"
She came back late, and the aroma of the meat from the cooking had already disappeared, so she didn't know why her two children were clamoring for meat.
So she looked at her mother-in-law with a puzzled expression.
Aunt Su explained softly, "It was Lin Qing who killed us that day. He had to make a scene to let everyone know when he cooked meat. Otherwise, Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang wouldn't have been making such a fuss and asking for meat."
When Aunt Su said this, she never thought that the three families in the backyard were even more unashamed when cooking than Lin Qing, and the smell of meat coming from the backyard was much stronger than that from the front yard. But now she changed her tone and directly attributed all of it to Lin Qing.
After Qin Xianglian heard this, she was very dissatisfied with Lin Qing, but, "But, Mom, I can't turn into flesh!"
"Well, I originally wanted to comfort Dazhuang and Erzhuang first, so I told them that there would be meat to eat when you come back." Aunt Su sighed and said, "If you come back earlier, you can also find an opportunity to see if you can borrow some meat from Engineer Cen." Aunt Su's tone became increasingly ambiguous.
"Mom!" Qin Xianglian thought of Cen Xi's handsome face and suddenly felt embarrassed.
Mother Su suppressed the urge to curse and sighed softly, "I thought so, but I didn't expect you to come back late today because of something. Besides, Mr. Cen has never come out alone since he came back. If you go directly to their house to borrow, you will definitely not be able to borrow it. Even his iron-hearted daughter-in-law will not give you the meat."
Aunt Su's words were like a heavy blow to Qin Xianglian, waking her up. Yes, it looked like Lin Qing was not someone who was easy to deal with!
"What should we do now?" Qin Xianglian suddenly felt at a loss as she looked at her two crying sons.
Aunt Su looked at her useless daughter-in-law and felt a little disappointed. What should I do? What should I do? Can't you think of a solution yourself? Why are you asking me what to do?
"Why don't you go see if Zhou's family has any meat?"
What else can Su Dama do? She can only let her go to find Zhou Qin. Who else can she find at this time if not a bootlicker?
"Okay, I'll go right away. I'll go right away."
"Well, go ahead and I'll comfort Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang!"
"Oh, my dear grandson, please stop making trouble. Your mom will bring you some meat soon. Don't cry!"
"Really?" Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang looked at Aunt Su with burning eyes.
"Really, really." But Aunt Su was also afraid that the Zhou family would not have meat, so she added, "If there is really no meat, let your mother go buy it tomorrow. Oh, no, your mother doesn't have to go buy it tomorrow, we can still eat meat. Tomorrow, tomorrow is your uncle Jiang's wedding banquet across the street. They will definitely have meat at the wedding banquet, and you will have enough to eat then."
"Meat, well, I must eat all the meat!" Su Dazhuang said with great pride.
Su Erzhuang followed his brother's footsteps and said, "I want to eat all the meat, too."
"Okay, eat it all. I'll give it all to you!"
Just as Aunt Su had finished comforting her grandson, she saw Qin Xianglian coming back with her head down and empty-handed.
"No?"
Qin Xianglian shook her head.
Su Dazhuang and Erzhuang pouted and were about to cry again. Su's mother quickly said, "Dazhuang, Erzhuang, have you forgotten what grandma just said? There will be meat to eat tomorrow. I will let you eat enough then. Don't cry. When you wake up from your sleep, there will be meat to eat tomorrow!"
Aunt Su could only make an excuse about Jiang Yang's wedding banquet tomorrow.
Qin Xianglian had a bitter look on her face. She had just gone to Zhou's house. It was not that the Zhou family had no meat, and it was not that Zhou Qin did not want to give it, but he was stopped by Uncle Zhou.
Uncle Zhou still remembers that he came back excitedly last time and wanted to drink some wine with the meat. Unfortunately, after returning home, almost all the meat in the house went into Su's mouth, and only a few shreds of meat were left in his mouth, which was not chewy at all. This made him angry for several days.
He brought the beef back today himself. He had finally asked someone to buy half a pound of it. He brought it back himself and cooked it himself. In order to prevent the Zhou family from finding out, he sealed the doors and windows of the kitchen so that the smell would not leak out at all.
Who knew that just as the dish was served, Qin Xianglian came again, wondering if this person had a dog nose? Every time he ate meat, she would come over just by smelling it.
Sure enough, as soon as she entered the room, Qin Xianglian twisted her waist and hinted to his son in a coquettish manner that her child had eaten too much meat again.
As for his silly son, his heart would immediately fall when someone showed him some interest. As soon as Qin Xianglian gave him a hint, he would immediately take advantage of the situation. If he hadn't stopped himself in time and chased Qin Xianglian out, he might not be able to eat the meat today!
Qin Xianglian was still a little confused when she was driven out. She didn't expect that she would fail this time. This had never happened before.
But the door of Zhou's house was closed, so she had to go home empty-handed.
"You damn brat, do you want to give my meat away again?" Uncle Zhou was almost mad at his son.
"I……"
"Why do you always want to lick a widow's ass? Can you find me a good wife? Look at these two guys from the Gu and Jiang families, they are about the same age as you, and they have married for the second time. What about you? You have never married a single wife."
If this continues, when will he be able to hold his grandchildren?
Speaking of getting married, Zhou Qin was also very depressed. With his conditions, he had been introduced by Aunt Li and had gone on many blind dates, but none of them worked out. Thinking about Jiang Yang's wedding banquet tomorrow, he was still alone. Sigh~
Zhou Qin snatched the wine glass from his old father in frustration and drank it in one gulp.
"You..." Uncle Zhou snorted twice when he saw his depressed look. He didn't want to bother with him anymore. He took another glass, poured some wine, and started drinking.