The next evening.
Su Fang rode her bicycle back to Shanghe Village and visited Su Li's house.
The meal was already ready. When Ruiying saw her granddaughter coming, she hurried to the kitchen to get another pair of bowls and chopsticks.
Su Fang said with a smile: "Thank you grandma, hehe, I am so lucky, the food at my aunt's house is good, and I just happened to catch it."
Ruiying laughed and scolded her: "You shameless girl, you only know how to be greedy."
Everyone at the table started laughing.
After eating for a while, Su Fangyu said, "Aunt, my uncle and aunt came to the store together at noon and asked me to tell you that they don't plan to open a canning factory together."
As expected, Su Li nodded without saying anything, and picked up a piece of scallion egg with chopsticks for each of Tiedan and Tiedan.
He also served Baoya a bowl of mutton soup.
Su Fang took a bite of the steamed bun in her hand and continued, "Aunt, after my aunt passed away, my uncle came to see me again. He told me to thank you and said that my aunt originally wanted me to do this job, saying that I could make a lot of money by following you. Later, her mother talked to my aunt for a long time and refused to let me do this. My aunt changed her mind and stopped my uncle from doing this job. She kept doing this all night and my uncle had no choice."
Su Li sighed, "Well, I know. When you see your uncle later, remember to tell him."
Xie Zhengchuan shook his head as he listened.
Ruiying listened with a gloomy face, "Don't worry about him, it's his own choice anyway. If he can be ruthless, no one can stop him. He still doesn't dare to say it, what a cowardly bear."
Su Fang was so frightened by her grandmother's scolding that she choked and coughed repeatedly.
"Ahem... Grandma, uncle... Uncle can't do anything. You don't know how much trouble my aunt's mother can make."
"How dare you be the head of the family in front of my son? I've heard of people being the head of their own sons' families, but I've never heard of people being the head of their own daughters and sons-in-law's families. What's going on? Are you treating me like I'm dead?"
Su Li didn't want to hear such words, so she quickly picked up her chopsticks and added a spoonful of cumin lamb to Ruiying's plate.
"Mom, please don't say such things. It's not nice to say them. When I went there yesterday, I probably knew that my brother couldn't do it. If he does well, the Wu family might have to send someone else. If he doesn't do well, I'll be blamed. Sigh! I used to think that the eldest lady of the Wu family was a reasonable person, how come she has become like this?"
"They were poor before, but now they are well off. Her daughter has moved to the city and is a city dweller now. I give her five dollars a month. It's something worth showing off." Ruiying said indignantly.
Thinking that as an old man, he would go to the county town to deliver vegetables and food to the fifth brother whenever he had time, he was afraid that they had a hard time, so he was never willing to keep them for dinner. Even if he did so once or twice, he didn't dare to eat much.
Now that he had worked so hard, someone else took over his mountain and became the king of the mountain. Ruiying felt angry just thinking about it.
If they can help take care of the grandchildren honestly, no matter how much money they give, Ruiying will have no objection. After all, she is Wu Yanhong's mother. She raised the children. Now that such a pretty girl has married into their family, it is nothing to let their son follow his daughter-in-law to show filial piety.
The same is true for her other daughters-in-law. Fortunately, the families of her other daughters-in-law are all sensible people, and they still send them some dried vegetables and bean cakes from time to time.
She had nothing to say and felt comfortable getting along with them. She also told her sons to be nicer to their Yue family. Her family was doing well now, so they could help out wherever they could. For example, when her daughter's garment factory was building a house and Xie Zhenghe was building a fence on the hill, she asked her daughters-in-law to send people from their homes to help.
But Old Lady Wu is different.
Since moving to the city, she has always been bullied by her own son, and even her grandchildren have to suffer as well. She has heard this from Su Lan and Su Fang many times.
If it weren't for her son, she would have gone to the door long ago.
Su Li looked at her mother's face, which had turned black with anger.
"Mom, go back home tomorrow and ask my third and fourth brothers to come to my house. They have their own ideas. You always worry about what people in our dam say about you. We live for ourselves. We are honest and upright. What are we afraid of? If the third and fourth brothers are willing, let them run the cannery with my eldest brother."
Ruiying had not thought that after her fifth son was unwilling to be a mother, her daughter would still think about the third and fourth sons. She had originally thought that after her daughter's furniture factory was established, if her sons did not do well in farming, they could go to the furniture factory to work as spare parts and live a good life.
After all, my daughter is married, and I can't ask her to think about her parents' home all the time. It's good enough for my daughters-in-law to have stable jobs in garment factories and take home a good salary every month.
What's more, I have taken good care of my two granddaughters and have earned a lot of money.
Ruiying glanced at Su Li, then looked at Xie Zhengchuan and said, "Is this...will this work?"
Xie Zhengchuan was a man who could tell at a glance that his mother-in-law was worried that he would feel uncomfortable, so he immediately expressed his opinion: "Mom, just go and ask. If the three brothers are willing, it would be the best. My eldest brother is the village chief and has to be in the village most of the time. If someone can help take care of it, then there is nothing to worry about."
Seeing her son-in-law said this, Ruiying smiled and said, "Oh, oh, okay, they definitely agree."
How could they not be happy? Seeing how successful their sister is, not only does she live a good life, but she also helps the village. The Xie family lives such a prosperous life, they are also envious!
But look at the brick house they live in and the big yard. This is all thanks to my younger sister. In addition, there is also the generous monthly salary from my wife. They are very motivated even to farm in the fields.
Su Li arranged for Pang Wei to drive a tractor to take Ruiying back to Sujiaba, which was also a way for Pang Wei to show his presence in front of his mother.
When taking on this task, Pang Wei came to Su Li's house early in the morning, with his clothes and hair all clean and tidy.
Su Li felt distressed when she thought about how her father had been living alone for several months, so she stuffed a lot of things into Ruiying's pockets.
There were also some supplements that Su Li had specially unpacked and repackaged in separate plastic bags, such as rice, flour, grain, oil, a few bottles of wine, and even a Shanghai brand men's watch, saying that she bought it specifically for her father when she went to the provincial capital.
Ruiying stroked the gold bracelet on her wrist and simply took it without any resistance, thinking that after the old man took it, he would probably take it out to show off.
When you get older, whenever your children give you something as a filial gift, even if it's just a glass of water, you can show it off in front of others, pretending to be disgusted.
Pang Wei helped Ruiying carry the large and small bags of things, and carefully helped Ruiying onto the tractor. He drove very carefully along the way, for fear of knocking the old lady over.
Ruiying looked at the handsome young man, who seemed upright and capable, and she felt more and more satisfied. He was her eldest grandson's son-in-law, and he should be a role model for his younger brothers and sisters.
She looked very satisfied.
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