"Cooking?" Bai Jingjing shook her head. She had cooked enough when she was at her parents' home and now she didn't want to cook at all.
"Mom, I'm a little tired today. Let's do it another day." Bai Jingjing shook her head deliberately, looking very tired.
Mrs. Zhang rolled her eyes and said, "Why are you tired? After breakfast in the morning, she pushed the bowl aside and went out to play. Now she comes back in the middle of the day and says she is tired. Whose daughter-in-law has such an easy life?
"It's a good time to take a break after cooking." Mrs. Zhang took Bai Jingjing to the kitchen and insisted that she cook.
Bai Jingjing originally wanted to pretend that she didn't know how to do it, but Mrs. Zhang was watching her closely. Whenever Bai Jingjing made a mistake, she would scold her endlessly. Finally, Bai Jingjing was so annoyed that she quickly cooked the porridge and went straight back to her room regardless of Mrs. Zhang's scolding.
When Zhang Laosan came back at noon, he saw two droopy faces.
Bai Jingjing and Mrs. Zhang were both unhappy.
Bai Jingjing felt that as the eldest daughter of the Bai family, marrying into the Zhang family was a complete downgrade. However, Mrs. Zhang didn't even coax her and even asked her to cook. It was so unfair to her.
Mrs. Zhang finally became a mother-in-law and wanted to show off her power, but Bai Jingjing didn't cooperate. She was already thinking about how to deal with Bai Jingjing.
Zhang Laosan felt a little biased when he saw the aggrieved Bai Jingjing.
"Mom, Jingjing just got married and doesn't understand a lot of things. You should teach her more." After saying this, Zhang Laosan looked at Bai Jingjing and smiled.
Bai Jingjing's face darkened. What was there to teach? She didn't need to be taught. After getting back the Bai family's properties, she would hire someone else to do the housework.
Mrs. Zhang was even more unhappy. Her son had just married and he was already favoring his wife. How could he live like this in the future? So she said with a sullen face, "Okay, I'll teach her how to make dinner."
Bai Jingjing didn't expect Mrs. Zhang to say this in front of Zhang Laosan. It was obvious that Mrs. Zhang liked her very much before they got married and treated her very well. Why did she change after they got married?
"I don't want to eat anymore." Bai Jingjing put down her chopsticks and turned back to her room.
Mrs. Zhang gritted her teeth and thought in her heart how to deal with Bai Jingjing.
Zhang Laosan felt a little distressed. He had just gotten married and was in love with Bai Jingjing. How could he bear to let her skip a meal?
"Mom, I'm going to boil an egg for Jingjing."
"Don't go. She doesn't want to eat, but you still cook eggs for her. Whose family rule is this?" Mrs. Zhang treated Bai Jingjing well in the beginning because she wanted to coax her to be her daughter-in-law, not to let her come to her home to enjoy life.
"Mom, Jingjing and I just got married, you should be nicer to her." Zhang Laosan said unhappily. He just got married at this age, so how could he bear to let his new daughter-in-law be bullied.
"I heard from Jingjing that the Bai family used to be a wealthy family, but now many people outside have returned their houses. Do you think it is possible for the Bai family to return their house?"
There was a calculating gleam in Zhang Laosan's eyes. During the two days before the wedding, he took the opportunity to get to know a lot of news about the Bai family.
Bai Jingjing thought she had hidden it well, but in fact, she had already told almost everything she knew, otherwise, Zhang Laosan would not have been so nice to her.
"Mom, tell me, if we can get the Bai family's house and stuff back, why would we still live here?"
Zhang Laosan has long been fed up with living in this slum. Everyone in the compound looks down on him and is unwilling to marry their daughters to him. Now he has married a wife with his own ability, and in the future he will have a rich father-in-law. Let's see who dares to look down on him.
Mrs. Zhang is old, and of course she covets the Bai family's property, but she doesn't believe that all the Bai family's property can be given to Bai Jingjing.
"I heard from Jingjing that the Bai family's property has not been taken back yet, but my family said that whoever can help get the property back will get the largest share in the future. Mom, our ancestors are all from the capital. As long as we help the Bai family get the property back, our family will also be a wealthy family in the future."
Zhang Laosan had a very nice dream, but Mrs. Zhang poured a bucket of cold water on him.
"Third brother, our family doesn't have any such connections."
If they had relatives in this area, why would they live in a slum? They would have had their own house long ago.
Zhang Laosan knew that what his mother said was all false, but he believed that as long as he found a way, he would be able to get the Bai family's property.
The most important thing was that he believed that he was definitely destined to do that, so he coaxed Mrs. Zhang to boil an egg and brought it back to the house for Bai Jingjing.
Bai Jingjing looked at the egg with some disgust, but still ate it.
"I'm not full, Lao San, go buy me some peach cakes."
Zhang Laosan: "I've given you all the money I have. You can go buy it yourself tomorrow."
Bai Jingjing said unhappily, "You only gave me ten dollars, and I've already spent it."
These words made Zhang Laosan's eyes widen. That was ten dollars. It took him a year to save up his own pocket money, but he only gave it to Bai Jingjing in one day and she had already spent it all.
"What's with that expression on your face? It's just ten dollars, why are you so reluctant to part with it?"
Bai Jingjing was reluctant too, but she knew that one cannot catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb, and she thought that ten yuan was not enough, so she was not going to take out the money she had. She planned to tell Zhang Laosan some news about the Bai family, so that when it came time to take money in the future, she could let Zhang Laosan pay.
Zhang Laosan's reaction was similar to what Bai Jingjing had thought. He even stuttered when he spoke: "Jingjing, you are the eldest daughter of the Bai family."
These words pleased Bai Jingjing, and she nodded modestly.
Zhang Laosan continued, "Jingjing, when are we going to move to the Bai family's house?"
Bai Jingjing: If there is this opportunity, will it be Zhang Laosan's turn?
"The house hasn't been taken back yet. When it is, we can move in." Bai Jingjing said perfunctorily to Zhang Laosan.
She recounted the Bai family's previous property and life, and successfully convinced Zhang Laosan to say that he would definitely help Bai Jingjing get the property back.
Zhang Laosan gave Bai Jingjing another ten yuan and said that he would give her more if she needed more in the future.
Bai Jingjing was very satisfied with Zhang Laosan's attitude, and the two of them spent a very harmonious evening.
Two days later, Bai Jingjing "accidentally" met Jiang Shengnan on the campus of Peking University again and gave her ten yuan.
Qi Mengmeng was surprised to see two people getting together and felt it was a bit strange, so she told Gu Guizhi about it and asked him to find someone to find out.
After Bai Jingjing gave money to Jiang Shengnan for the third time, Gu Guizhi told Qi Mengmeng about it.
Qi Mengmeng had an indescribable expression on her face. She had heard from Zhang Meiling that Jiang Shengnan and his wife both had jobs and earned a lot. The most important thing was that the Bai family's real estate could not be taken back at all. With Jiang Shengnan and Chen Fei's connections, they would definitely be able to find out.
So why did Jiang Shengnan keep asking Bai Jingjing for money?
She was not worried that Bai Jingjing would cause trouble for her if she could not get the Bai family's property back.
The most important thing is, will this matter affect Professor Jiang and Zhang Meiling?
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