Around noon, Chen Bingxing drove his sister and Zhao Xiaoxing back to the fishing village.
Chen Xingling poured a bowl of water and handed it to Zhao Xiaoxing, then poured a bowl for himself and went to the kitchen outside the house to look for Lao Qi.
"Mom, I gave all the dried seafood to exchange for tea to my mother-in-law yesterday, why is there still a big bag today? If it weren't for my third brother helping to carry it, we wouldn't be able to move it at all!"
Thinking of her mother-in-law's insatiable and happy face, Chen Xingling couldn't help but ask, "Mom, isn't this too much? Is it that serious?"
Liu Peiyun was washing vegetables and looked up at her lovingly.
"It's not that serious! Just because she is Aqi's mother, we must coax her well. She only comes to Yucheng once every few years, so we can just collect all the valuable seafood in our house and give it to her!"
Chen Xingling rolled his eyes and snorted, "Don't bother with her too much. She is the kind of greedy person. Even if you can cut off a whole sea and give it to her, she will accept it without hesitation!"
Liu Peiyun curled her lips and whispered: "If cutting it off would make her happy and treat you better, we would have found a way to cut it off a long time ago..."
Chen Xingling was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes turned red in an instant.
"Alas!" Liu Peiyun sighed helplessly: "Gu Qi, you are the one who chose him. He is really good, and we are all very satisfied with him. However, there is nothing about him that makes you unhappy. Although you don't want to say it, we all know that Gu Qi's mother has always looked down on you and thinks that we are inferior to her because we don't have a city hukou. The more she says this, the more we have to move good things to her to prevent her from looking down on you even more."
Having said this, Liu Peiyun couldn't help choking up.
"When you lived in Beijing before, postage and phone bills were extremely expensive. Even if we wanted to send you more things, we didn't have enough money to send you things every few days. Now it's different. Our family is much better off, and your family can finally save face for you. We must not let Gu Qi's mother treat you harshly anymore..."
Chen Xingling held back her tears, shook her head deliberately and laughed.
"No, I am not a pushover. I will not let her bully me. Now I am thousands of miles away. I don't need to pay any attention to her."
After all, Liu Peiyun is an experienced person and has seen through many human emotions.
"Some people, even if you want to escape, you can never escape. She is Gu Qi's mother. As long as you follow Gu Qi for one day, you have to face her."
Chen Xingling pouted and muttered, "I know. Aqi, no, she's here, I'll do whatever I need to do, without any hesitation."
Although she was angry and even resentful of her mother-in-law, she never shirked her responsibilities as a daughter-in-law. She couldn't treat her warmly, but she would never kick her out and ignore her.
"That's right." Liu Peiyun smiled and said, "You don't have to please her. Just give her food and buy her things. This is your responsibility as Aqi's wife, and you can't shirk it. You did what you should do, and no one can find fault with you. Aqi will love you more."
Chen Xingling finished drinking the water and used clean water to wash the dishes.
"Don't worry, I have always done this. Not for anything else, just because Archie is my beloved husband. I know you are trying to save my face, just do it halfway, there is no need to be too attentive."
"Wrong." Liu Peiyun snorted softly: "Ling, you are still too naive."
Chen Xingling touched his nose and explained, "There's no need to please my mother-in-law. If you give her some favor, she can open more than a dozen dyeing factories. Just show your appreciation. There's no need to be so nice to her."
"You can." Liu Peiyun shook her head: "Your father, brothers and I can't. We gave her enough face just to save face for your in-laws. Our family has never asked Gu Qi for a penny, borrowed a penny, and never asked for a little betrothal gift from your in-laws - it's all for you!"
Chen Xingling was thoughtful and felt that she might have overlooked something.
They decided to get married in a hurry that year. Gu Qi brought Director Guo to propose marriage and offered a betrothal gift, but her father-in-law did not accept a penny and instead collected more than 100 yuan as a dowry for her.
She had not been to Yucheng for these years, and Gu Qi was quite close to her family. They should have had some financial exchanges, but unexpectedly, there was not a penny at all!
Liu Peiyun lowered her voice and said, "We don't raise our daughter for anything. We just hope that she can live a good life after she gets married and not be bullied or abused. If you take something from someone else, you will feel guilty. If your family is self-reliant and does not bother your son-in-law and his family, your mother-in-law's family will be able to stand firm. We generously give things to your mother-in-law so that she will not look down on you and you can stand up straight in front of her."
Chen Xingling was deeply moved and whispered, "Thank you, Mom. I... understand everything."
A father who loves his son will have long-term plans for him.
Whether a woman can be respected and admired by her husband's family is not only related to her own ability, but also has a close relationship with her parents' family.
From the very beginning, her parents had made plans for her, but they never expected Gu Qi to go abroad suddenly, let alone her to return to her hometown with her mother-in-law.
Shangjing City is too far away from Yucheng, and my mother-in-law is too strong-willed and greedy for money. My parents are unable to help and are ultimately helpless.
Now that she is back under the eyes of her parents, she is her biggest supporter, and her parents and brothers are her second biggest supporters.
In the original book, although the heroine missed her natal family very much, she could not resist her strong mother-in-law, and was reluctant to be separated from her son, so she kept delaying leaving Shangjing City.
She was surrounded by vicious people. The long-term oppressive environment and day-to-day fatigue made her lose her desire to survive and live, and eventually she died.
If she could be self-reliant and strong, if she had a strong support from her family, how could she have ended up in such a tragic way?
This time, she completely understood.
Liu Peiyun picked up the vegetables and shook them vigorously.
"Go pick up little Tiger, we're ready to have lunch."
Chen Xingling looked around and asked, "Where did you go, brat? Did you go to the beach to play with sand?"
"No." Liu Peiyun suddenly remembered something and explained, "The school principal came this morning and said he wanted to take Xiao Huzi to do math problems. I asked Daqiang and Erqiang to accompany him."
Chen Xingling frowned when he heard it: "Math problems?"
Liu Peiyun laughed excitedly and said, "Principal Yi teaches mathematics. He heard that our little Huzi is good at solving problems, so he found a math problem book and brought it to little Huzi yesterday afternoon. Little Huzi didn't know what was going on, but he solved all the problems as he wrote them down. Principal Yi said the school would be quieter there, so he took little Huzi to the classroom to do the problems today."
Chen Xingling frowned and asked, "Inside Huiqiao Primary School?"
"Yes!" Liu Peiyun reminded: "Go to your second brother's room and get a bicycle to ride over. Don't walk in such a hot day."
Chen Xingling wiped his hands hurriedly and ran out.
A few minutes later, she arrived at the gate of Huiqiao Fishing Village. Just as she was about to push her bicycle in to look for him, she saw her two nephews, Daqiang and Erqiang, walking out with Xiaohuzi.
"Mom!" Little Tiger shook off his cousins' hands and ran out to greet her.
Daqiang and Erqiang chased after her happily, shouting, "Auntie!"
Chen Xingling parked his car, squatted down to check Xiaohuzi's body, and found that he was clean, unlike his usual naughty appearance of being covered in mud and sand after playing at the beach. For a moment, he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
Daqiang and Erqiang laughed excitedly and said, "Aunt! Huzi can answer a lot of questions! I don't know how he calculated them, and his handwriting was crooked, but the principal said he got them all right!"
"Our Tiger is so awesome!"
Little Tiger smiled proudly and asked, "Mom, is there anything delicious? I'm so hungry!"
Chen Xingling raised his chin slightly: "Let's go, get in the car! Let's go home and eat!"
Daqiang carried Xiaohuzi to the back seat of his car.
"Wait! Wait a minute!" someone suddenly shouted from behind.
Chen Xingling turned his head and saw a short and fat man in his teens chasing after him, waving his hands as he ran.
Erqiang on the side reminded: "Aunt! Principal Yi is calling us!"
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