I went shopping for half a day yesterday and didn't get home until midnight. It was a good opportunity for me to take a day off at home while Pei Ziheng was on vacation. Shen Mingzhu planned not to go out today.
Anyway, there is meat and vegetables in the refrigerator. If all else fails, there are dumplings in the freezer. I can just make do with two meals. After a good rest, I can go out to buy vegetables and cook something delicious tomorrow.
Her stepson also made her feel at ease. After dinner, he went back to his room to read.
Shen Mingzhu boiled some water and made a cup of scented tea. Then she took out a baking tray and flour and prepared to bake some cookies.
The dough hadn't been kneaded yet when someone knocked on the door.
When I opened the door, I saw the mother of two children who went to the same kindergarten as Pei Ziheng.
The two mothers also brought their children, a girl and a boy. The girl was named Wang Shiting and the boy was named Li Xiaojie.
Shen Mingzhu took the two children to Pei Ziheng's room and brought in some candies and cakes. She then drank tea and chatted with the children's mother in the living room.
While chatting, Shen Mingzhu didn't rest her hands.
Upon learning that she wanted to bake cookies, the two mothers flattered her one after another and took the opportunity to express their desire to learn from her. Shen Mingzhu readily agreed.
The three of them gossiped about the Zhou family while baking cookies.
"...I heard that the police station was going to issue a detention order, so Father Zhou went out early this morning to run some connections to get the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law out. Humph, this is not that easy, there are still five or six children lying in the ward."
"The most pitiful one is Zhou Hao. He was such a good kid, but he was ruined like this by his stepmother."
"A stepmother is a stepmother. She is not even a little bit different from my biological mother..."
Li Xiaojie's mother had just said half of her words when she was bumped on the arm by Wang Shiting's mother. She reacted quickly and apologized to Shen Mingzhu awkwardly.
"Ziheng's mother, look at my mouth, it's just annoying. We are talking about Zhou Hao's stepmother. You are different from her. You are smart and can do anything. You have raised your son Ziheng to be fat and white. Now everyone in the family compound praises you."
"Yes, Ziheng's mother, although you are not Ziheng's biological mother, you are no worse than our biological mothers. My mother-in-law keeps telling me how capable and virtuous you are. With her picky personality, not many people can get a good word from her. You don't know how much I envy you."
Although she knew that the two were trying to flatter her, who wouldn't like to hear nice words? Shen Mingzhu was secretly happy, and she said a few humble words, then brought the topic back to the Zhou family.
Although she didn't want to get involved with the Zhou family, she was still happy to listen to gossip about the Zhou family.
After the cookies were baked, Shen Mingzhu divided them into three portions, one for each of the two mothers and one for herself.
After chatting about gossip and learning some skills, the two mothers returned home happily with their children, holding the cookies.
Although Shen Mingzhu did not deliberately inquire, there were always enthusiastic neighbors who shared (gossip) about the Zhou family with her.
After Zhou Hao was discharged from the hospital, his ex-wife came to his house, scolded Zhou Shuhuan, and then took Zhou Hao away.
Zhou Quanxiong ran around for three days and paid a bail of 200 yuan, and finally brought his wife and daughter-in-law back home.
That night, the Zhou family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a huge quarrel. The crying and cursing could be heard throughout the entire apartment building. The quarrel lasted the entire night. The next day, Shen Baolan returned to her parents' home with red eyes and carrying a bag.
Shen Baolan just left, but the Zhou family had to clean up the mess she made.
In view of the fact that the two women had no ill intentions and had a good attitude of admitting their mistakes, the police station did not pursue criminal liability against them, but compensation was inevitable.
The Zhou family needs to compensate for the medical expenses and nutrition expenses of all children who have suffered from food poisoning, and also needs to apologize to the parents.
Poor couple Zhou Quanxiong and Ma Sufen, who are a hundred years old in total, have to go door to door to apologize and apologize humbly.
Nowadays, one thousand yuan is not a small sum of money. Many families cannot save this amount in their entire lives.
Everyone laughed at the Zhou family behind their backs for losing not only the wife but also the army. Shen Baolan became the laughing stock of the entire family compound and was nicknamed "jinx".
Within two days, Shen Mingzhu heard new gossip from the mother of a child who lived in the same apartment building as the Zhou family.
Ma Sufen insisted on getting her son a divorce, saying she no longer wanted Shen Baolan, her unlucky daughter-in-law, and she also wanted Shen Baolan's family to return the betrothal money they had received.
"...In the next two days, the Zhou family will prepare to go to Shen Baolan's parents' home to file for divorce. Aunt Ma is also asking people everywhere to find a new partner for Zhou Shuhuan. Mother Ziheng, do you think what kind of new daughter-in-law she wants to find?"
Shen Mingzhu shook her head.
The other person smiled mischievously, "They said they wanted to find someone like you, who is capable, virtuous, can make money and doesn't cause trouble."
Shen Mingzhu's mood was that Wu Yu's mother opened the door for Wu Yu, and Wu Yu was home.
You go find a new daughter-in-law, why are you cueing me?
However, she didn't think Ma Sufen could get what she wanted.
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Who is Shen Baolan? In the book, she is a virtuous and kind stepmother who treats her stepson as her own son. Even she, the control group, is a foil for Shen Baolan. When Zhou Hao grows up, he is closer to his stepmother Shen Baolan than his biological mother. How can such a character be eliminated so easily?
Another thing is that the food poisoning was not entirely Shen Baolan’s fault.
First of all, your Zhou family agreed and supported Shen Baolan’s stall business, and Ma Sufen personally delivered the egg cake and Chongyang cake to the school.
If we really want to investigate, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law are equally matched.
As the saying goes, if you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same door.
In Shen Mingzhu's opinion, this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law should be locked together for life.
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Liu Cuihua was furious as she looked at her daughter sleeping soundly in bed.
During the past few days when my daughter returned to her parents' home, she did nothing every day. She just ate and slept, and slept and ate again. She was just like the pigs in her pigsty.
"Sleep, sleep, sleep. All you do is sleep every day. Let me ask you, when are you going to go back to your in-laws' house?"
"Why are you in such a hurry? Let's wait for Zhou Shuhuan to pick me up first." Shen Baolan closed her eyes and replied without raising her head.
Liu Cuihua was furious. "What if Zhou Shuhuan doesn't come? Are you planning to go back? Do you want to live in your mother's house forever? Go out and listen to what people are saying about you!"
"Send it, will I lose a piece of meat or something?"
"You have no shame, but I still want it!"
The more Liu Cuihua spoke, the angrier she became. "Don't blame your in-laws for scolding you. I wanted to beat you to death! Why don't you just go to work and earn money? Why do you have to learn from Shen Mingzhu? She has no job so she can only try other ways to make money. She didn't make a penny after all the trouble and she almost ended up in jail. She also lost so much money. How long will it take you to save up that much money? You..."
"vomit!!"
Liu Cuihua was scolding her daughter when she saw her daughter roll over from the kang, cover her mouth and run out.