The next day, when I went to Ji Xin's house again, the atmosphere at home was a little weird. Old Mrs. Ji said she was sick and lay in the house unable to get up. Old Man Ji simply asked his son to set up a table in the west room. After the whole family had dinner, he gave Niu Niu a red envelope and let them go back.
As for Old Mrs. Ji, who was waiting for her family to bow their heads and coax her, no one paid any attention to her.
After coming out of Ji Xin's house, Xu Fang felt that today's weather was bluer than usual. It was the first time that she didn't have to look at her mother-in-law's face when she came to celebrate the New Year at her mother-in-law's house.
Perhaps her mother-in-law had been making a lot of noise over the past year, and finally she had calmed down, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
Ji Ling came back this time just to take a look. In addition, because of the Ji Ke incident, there was no call from the capital, and Ji Ling was very worried. She stayed here with Zhu Weidong for two days and then went back.
Ji Ke's affairs were not hidden from the family. Xu Fang never expressed any opinion from beginning to end, let alone asked any questions. As for whether she had told Ji Yong behind his back, Ji Ling did not care.
After three days on the road, when I got home, tomorrow would be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
The Zhu family thought that they would stay in Bei County for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before coming back, but they were very happy when they saw the three of them coming back.
As they sat down to talk, Ji Ling realized that her family didn't know anything about the antiques.
When it was time for dinner in the evening, Zhu Yaowu and the other three came back one after another. Zhu Yaowu was shocked to see Zhu Weidong and his wife.
"Brother, why did you and sister-in-law come back so soon?"
Zhu Weidong glanced at him and said, "I'm about to go to work. I didn't take that many days off."
Zhu Yaowu looked at his parents' faces again, and seeing that they were no different from usual, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, guessing that his eldest brother and the others didn't say anything.
Then, when no one was paying attention, he secretly pulled Zhu Weidong aside to talk.
"Brother, I haven't told my parents about this. I'll tell you and sister-in-law about it after dinner."
Zhu Weidong looked at him, and Zhu Yaowu said helplessly, "Wei Yue asked me to do this. I'll tell you in detail later."
Zhu Weidong hummed, and Zhu Yaowu followed him, "Brother, tell my sister-in-law."
"you say."
Zhu Yaowu, "What should I say?"
Zhu Weidong has already entered the restaurant. "What do you want me to say?"
Zhu Yaowu: Mrs. Kong looked up and asked, "What did you say?"
Niuniu clapped her hands on the table and asked in a crisp voice, "What did you say?"
Zhu Weidong didn't respond. He sat on his wife, squeezed his wife's hand under the table, and looked at Zhu Yaowu again. Ji Ling understood.
She smiled without saying anything, but Zhu Yaowu was worried that after dinner, he would still have to face the gazes of his family members.
After dinner, the elders played with Niu Niu in the living room. Ji Ling was cleaning the table and found that the Zhu brothers had stayed to help.
She smiled and sent them away, "You all go and do your work, I can clean it up myself."
"Sister-in-law, the whole family is having a meal, how can you let you clean up by yourself? We will help you." Zhu Weiyue smiled twice to show his friendliness.
Zhu Weidong snorted, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Zhu Weiyue scratched his head, "Brother, sister-in-law, I'm not hiding anything from you. I just found a toy by accident. Ji Ke and her friends were collecting antiques, so I wanted to broaden my horizons. I asked someone to appraise the item I found at her recommendation. I didn't expect it to be a good item, so I sold it right away."
While speaking, he was observing carefully, "Sister-in-law, I just thought that Ji Ke and I didn't have much contact, so I went to her when I had the goods, and I didn't tell you and big brother."
"Brother, I'm just afraid that my sister-in-law will think too much." Zhu Weiyue didn't dare to say that, for fear that once he said it, his brother would say that he thought his sister-in-law was narrow-minded.
How dare he say this, big brother?
Ji Ling smiled, "Don't listen to what your eldest brother says. You are an adult and have your own life. If you think it is right, then do it. Don't worry about whether we are happy or not. As for Ji Ke, I don't have a good relationship with her, but if you get along well, you can keep in touch. I won't have any objection on my side."
Zhu Weiyue pulled the corners of his mouth awkwardly and unnaturally.
Zhu Yaowu kicked him on the calf. "When I asked you before, you kept saying that you would wait until your elder brother and sister-in-law came back. Now that they are back, you should tell me."
Zhu Weiyue looked embarrassed, but Ji Ling didn't want to make things difficult for her brother-in-law because of her. "Okay, the third brother has his own ideas, don't embarrass him."
However, Ji Ling still said the ugly words in advance, "Third brother, you and Ji Ke are doing antiques, but I still want to say one more thing, if anything happens in the future, don't blame your sister-in-law."
"Sister-in-law, what are you saying? If I blame you, I would be a complete bastard." Zhu Wei Yue had been hiding the secret from his family and sister-in-law, and he already felt very guilty. After hearing these words, he was so embarrassed that he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.
He saw that there was money to be made in the antique circle and became greedy. He also worked with Ji Ke. Taking the grudge between Ji Ke and his sister-in-law as an example, he should not have done this.
His family members didn’t know about it, but when they knew about it they would be the first to jump out and deal with him.
Ji Ling smiled and said, "Okay, now that I have made myself clear, I can breathe a sigh of relief."
Zhu Weidong's face looked unhappy. He glanced at his brother indifferently. Zhu Weiyue lowered his head guiltily.
The other three looked at Zhu Weiyue with disapproval. It was okay to play with antiques, but not to do it with Ji Ke.
Who is Ji Ke? Who in the Zhu family doesn’t know him?
Zhu Weiyue was a traitor in the eyes of Zhu Yaowu and the other two because he disregarded his family's feelings for the sake of profit.
"Third brother." Zhu Yaowu reminded in a low voice.
Zhu Weiyue didn't look at him. Zhu Yaowu gritted his teeth and sneered for a while, "Okay, you have your own ideas now, you can do whatever you want."
Zhu Heping pursed his lips. In the past, there had never been any conflicts among the five brothers. But now, because of Ji Ke, there was really no need for that.
Zhu Heping acted as a peacemaker and advised, "Second brother, Third brother is not stupid. He cooperated with Ji Ke, but he is not on Ji Ke's side."
"You know nothing." Zhu Yaowu scolded, "How deep is the water of antiques? He is just a newcomer, and he wants to resell antiques? If he gets cheated one day, there will be nothing left but the antiques, and he won't even have a chance to cry."
"Second brother, I can't." Zhu Wei Yue looked up. There was grievance and unwillingness in his eyes, and even a hint of determination, as if saying, just wait and see if you don't believe it.
Zhu Yaowu smiled foolishly, "Then wait and see."
He turned and left.
Zhu Heping became anxious when he saw the commotion. He looked to Zhu Weidong for help, but discovered that his elder brother was helping his sister-in-law clean up the kitchen and didn't notice them at all.
Or maybe it’s not that I didn’t notice, but that I didn’t want to care.
He pursed his lips and wanted to say something, blaming his eldest brother for being too partial, but he couldn't utter the words. Someone patted his shoulder. He looked up and saw Lao Wu shaking his head at him, and he swallowed the words that were stuck in his throat.
(End of this chapter)
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