When Qin Yalan returned, Chen Shuning was already asleep, clutching his blanket.
Looking at her daughter, Qin Yalan couldn't help but think of how she looked when she was pregnant with Chen Shuning. At that time, she was with Chen Tiejun in the army.
Working in the army canteen, she always felt like she didn't get enough sleep. Once, she even fell asleep while peeling potatoes, which resulted in a large cut on her hand.
Because of this one opening, Chen Tiejun refused to let her work anymore and let her stay at home to rest until Chen Shuning was born.
Those were truly good days, and it was precisely because those were the most comfortable times that Qin Yalan loved Chen Shuning the most among the three children.
It wasn't just because they only had one daughter, Chen Shuning, but also because Qin Yalan felt that this girl had enjoyed good fortune while she was in her womb, so she always unconsciously doted on this child.
But now, looking at her daughter who looks exactly like her when she gave birth to her daughter, Qin Yalan is worried again.
You should know that she had given birth to a daughter when she was pregnant like that. She had a son back then and thought that having a daughter would complete the family with a son and a daughter, so she didn't care.
Ke Shuning is pregnant with her first child, and she needs to give birth to a son to gain a foothold in her husband's family. So, looking at Chen Shuning sleeping soundly, Qin Yalan is really worried.
It must be said that people of Qin Yalan's generation still had some feudal ideas and felt that having a son was the only reliable support.
Chen Shuning didn't care about any of that. She was fast asleep and had no idea how heavy-hearted her elderly mother was when she left home.
Chen Shuning slept until after 10 a.m., and was only woken up by hunger; otherwise, she could have slept a little longer.
It has to be said that no matter how good the in-laws are, there is still pressure for the daughter-in-law. Although Chen Shuning is also a heavy sleeper in the He family, she can only sleep until eight o'clock at most every day before waking up.
But things were different when she returned to her parents' home. She slept straight until ten o'clock and felt completely relaxed.
I got up and went to the kitchen to find something to eat. It was just past the Lantern Festival, and most families still hadn't finished eating all the delicious food they had prepared during the Spring Festival.
The Chen family was no exception. Chen Shuning found a few twisted dough sticks, put them in a pot to heat up, and steamed a sponge cake for himself, planning to eat them with the twisted dough sticks later.
Just as Chen Shuning put the fried dough twists and sponge cake into the pot, he heard a commotion coming from the front yard.
Thinking that the steamed egg cake would take a while to steam, Chen Shuning put on her cotton coat and went out to see what was going on.
The noise came from the courtyard entrance, and the voices sounded like Chen Shuning and Jianzhong's sister-in-law.
Her mother said that the two of them had always been at odds and would argue whenever they were together. However, Chen Shu had never actually seen this before, so he quickly grabbed a handful of melon seeds from his spatial storage and walked excitedly toward the front yard.
If Jiang Hong hadn't seen Chen Shuning carrying large bags of things to her parents' home, she probably wouldn't have reacted so strongly today.
But just moments before she saw her second cousin carrying so many nice things back to her parents' home, she saw her own sister-in-law walk in empty-handed.
This made Jiang Hong, who was always looking for a bargain, unhappy. They were both going back to their parents' home, so why was there such a big difference?
Jiang Hong was in a bad mood, so her words naturally became harsh. She didn't mince words and directly asked Chen Shuting.
"Oh my, other girls bring lots of things when they go back to their parents' home, but my daughter is really something else. Every time she goes back to her parents' home, she comes back empty-handed, only bringing two mouths to feed."
"Oh, by the way, sister-in-law, you're not unaware of the importance of moving things. Everyone else moves things to their parents' house, but you're the one moving things from your parents' house to your own without any hesitation. Those big bags and small packages—even the laborers carrying heavy loads at the docks didn't carry as much as you."
Chen Shuting was pampered by Wang Qingmei since childhood. She has only been mistreated by her husband's family in the last two years. She has always been the type to obey whatever her husband says in her own family. She has never been treated like this before.
She immediately retorted, "Judging from what you're saying, you must have taken a lot of things from my house to your parents' house these past two years, right?"
So, is my brother's meager monthly income enough for my sister-in-law to move into the house? I don't even know how many years my parents' savings over the years will last for you to move into the house.
Sister-in-law, I heard your sister got divorced recently. Did she move out of her husband's house and find a new husband?
I just don't know if the little bit of wealth my parents have accumulated over the years will last my sister-in-law for several years. When are you planning to find someone else and divorce my brother?
Chen Shuting's words immediately changed Jiang Hong's expression. How dare she curse her to get a divorce during the New Year?
You have to understand that divorce is not a glorious thing in this day and age, especially since her second sister was forced to divorce by her husband because she stole money from her husband's family to give to her own family.
Since it was theft, if her second sister doesn't get a divorce this time, her brother-in-law and his family will drag her to the police station.
Because of this, her brother's fiancé's marriage was called off. Of course, at this time, the Jiang family would only blame her second sister for accidentally ruining her brother's marriage, but no one would think that the reason why Jiang's second sister stole money from her husband's family was to pay the bride price for her brother.
Jiang Hong's family situation is very similar to Shen Wenge's family situation. There are four sisters and only one brother in the family, so the sisters are used to taking things from their husbands' families to help their own families.
The reason she cared so much about Chen Shuting taking things from her parents' home was because she always believed that her husband's family's things belonged to her, and that if Chen Shuting took them, she would have less to take.
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