Peng Chunhua said: "You are too squeamish. You are so afraid of hardship and tiredness. How can your family survive just by relying on A Jin to work alone? How will you support your children in the future?"

Li Qiao held her hand, sometimes urging her to have more children to create good conditions, and sometimes trying to persuade her not to go to the city to work.

Okay, she's done.

He started to persuade her to work again.

It seems like you have less brains.

She raised the corners of her lips slightly and said in a mocking arc: "My family's affairs have worried you a lot."

Peng Chunhua was dumb for a moment: "I also have good intentions, why don't you appreciate it? Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"Ah? What did you say that I don't appreciate it?" Li Qiao looked innocent and confused.

On the contrary, it seemed that Peng Chunhua was too narrow-minded, which made Peng Chunhua so angry that her temples jumped.

At this time, Qin Jin said: "Qiaoqiao, it's windy outside, you'd better go back and just bring me food at noon."

"Okay." Li Qiao simply stood up and left without looking back.

The aunts and daughters-in-law around him all praised Qin Jin for loving his daughter-in-law, unlike his own men who treated them like cattle.

Peng Chunhua was disdainful, saying that newly married men are all good, but they have grown tired of it over time. They yelled at each other, were beaten and scolded, and Li Qiao's days of suffering were to come.

........

When Li Qiao returned home, he called Mrs. Qin, who was sitting in the yard knitting a sweater, "grandma."

Old Mrs. Qin opened her eyes slightly: "Qiaoqiao, isn't it a canal digger?"

"I can't do that job, grandma, I'm sorry." Li Qiao suddenly felt aggrieved, tears welling up in his eyes. Ever since he had inexplicably changed his identity, he had either been bullied by men or suffered from poverty all the time.

Her feet and hands were barely warm due to the cold weather, but she persevered, except digging the ditch, which was really unbearable.

Old Mrs. Qin smiled: "What big deal do I have to do? I'm sorry. You didn't have to do it in your parents' house before, but when you married here, I let you do it. If you want to say I'm sorry, it's me who should go back to the house and rest."

Li Qiao was extremely moved and said "oh". She silently went into the house to find a needle to prick the blisters on her palms, and poured some white wine to clean and disinfect them. The pain made her burst into tears. She secretly vowed to get into the best university to change her destiny.

At noon, Mrs. Qin was preparing meals, and Li Qiao followed her to help.

I specially took out the fish segments that had been marinated years ago, carefully removed the fish bones after braised, and put them in a lunch box.

Mrs. Qin took a look and saw that the cabbage sticks were neatly stacked one by one, and the fish segments were next to each other.

In the early years of the Qin family, the family was well off, with only a dozen or so servants, and the meals served by the cook would be arranged in this way.

Granddaughter-in-law, a girl from the countryside, actually also pays attention to this.

Don't tell me, the child has a very good temperament.

The back is straight even though the waist is bent, like a lady.

Li Jinhua, who grew up in the same family, is not like this.

Li Qiao put the food on the table, closed the lid, raised his eyes and met Mrs. Qin's eyes. He smiled: "Grandma, what are you looking at?"

"Why are you so good-looking?" Old Mrs. Qin said with her eyes widened.

Li Qiao felt a little embarrassed: "I'll deliver food to Ah Jin."

"Hey, go and come back quickly. I'll wait for you to have dinner together."

"Okay." Li Qiao ran away with the rice in hand.

He found Qin Jin and handed the lunch box to him: "There is fish in it, and I picked out the fish specially."

Qin Jin opened the lid of the lunch box. When people around him saw it, they all praised it for how beautiful and rich it was.

Feng Hu tasted the food: "I left home for half a month a year ago. When I came back, I not only had noodles every day, but also had meat for lunch. You kid made so much money in silence and didn't even take us with you."

Qin Jin was so hungry that he wolfed down the steamed buns in his mouth and said vaguely: "The steamed buns I steamed years ago have been sitting around and I didn't want to eat them. The fish was caught in the reservoir, where can I make a fortune? I owe a lot of debt to my wife and I haven't paid off it yet."

Peng Chunhua took advantage of every opportunity: "This is the case at home, but we still don't let my daughter-in-law work."

Qin Jin: "Marrying a daughter-in-law is not a business and you need to repay the capital. How can you be begging for a living without the few work points she earns?"

Li Qiao nodded frequently, and Qin Jin's image became taller in her heart again.

Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of four or five snake-like squirming creatures at his feet, and she screamed in surprise and jumped up.

"Haha, even cowards are afraid of eels." Qin Jin burst into laughter.

Li Qiao: "...you caught it."

"Who else could have caught it if it wasn't me? Take it back and make soup for dinner."

Li Qiao didn't dare to eat it: "I heard that there are parasites in the eel, and if you eat it, it will get into your brain."

"People in the village often catch and eat them, and I haven't heard of anyone having their brains drilled out." Qin Jin said: "If you don't drink, I will."

Li Qiao: "......"

........

Li Qiao waited for Qin Jin to finish eating and then walked home with the empty lunch box.

"Third sister."

Li Qiao paused for a moment and then continued walking.

Li Jinhua trotted to catch up: "Third sister, do you still blame me? I was obsessed with it before. I promise I won't do anything wrong to you next time. Can you forgive me?" Dad said, telling Li Qiao personally that mother was injured in the fall.

, but Li Qiao still didn’t come home after two days.

She couldn't sit still and came here to investigate the situation.

Li Qiao sneered: "Are you admitting that you miss your brother-in-law? Or are you admitting that you set a trap for me? I have always been grateful for your efforts. Do you think Qin Jin will fall in love with you after I get divorced?"

Li Jinhua clutched the corner of her clothes and thought to herself, why not?

She is pretty and graduated from high school.

The people who proposed marriages for her were young people with stable jobs in the town.

What does Qin Jin have?

Being poor has a bad reputation.

She is more than enough for him.

She pursed her lips and confessed: "I was wrong, Third Sister. My mother was injured in a fall. She misses you very much and keeps talking about you."

Li Qiao's expression became a little relaxed. She didn't look at the monk's face to look at the Buddha's face. Dong Lamei had to support her, and she had to give her face. "Today the team is digging ditches, and it is estimated that it will not be completed until tomorrow afternoon. I will go back with your third brother-in-law the day after tomorrow."

"

Li Jinhua said excitedly: "I will prepare wine and food in advance and apologize."

Li Qiao stared at Li Jinhua, wearing a scarf with only his eyes exposed, and the smile inside almost overflowed from his eyes.

She only promised to go home to visit her stepmother, but did not say she would forgive her.

Li Jinhua was as happy as if she had won the lottery.

It's not normal. You won't be setting up another trap to wait for her, right?

She had to be careful.

…

Li Qiao and Li Jinhua went home directly after separation, had lunch and sat at the desk to review independently.

He didn't come out of the house until evening.

Mrs. Qin made a pot of noodle soup with eel.

Li Qiao took a sip, and the taste of the fish soup spread from the tip of his tongue. It was rich and mellow, the fish meat was tender, and even the noodles inside were fragrant.

She gave a thumbs up: "It's delicious."

"It's delicious, eat more." Mrs. Qin said with a smile.

Waiting for Qin Jin to finish work, the three of them sat in a circle to eat.

When Qin Jin drank his second bowl, Mrs. Qin picked out the eel from his bowl and put it into Li Qiao's bowl: "Men can't eat too much of this fish, as it will harm their health."

Qin Jin angrily said: "If you want to feed Qiao Qiao, just tell me."

Li Qiao covered his mouth and smiled.

When going to bed at night, Qin Jin complained that it was hot, took off his autumn clothes and exposed half of his body, lying on his side and said, "Aren't you hot?"

Li Qiao shrank into the bed with only one head exposed: "I feel very cold." She stretched out her hand to test his skin and found that it was not hot. She suddenly remembered what Mrs. Qin said at dinner.

Did he become like this because he ate eels?

Just listen to Qin Jin say: "In the haystack, you said how many days to wait. It has been seven or eight days. It should be convenient today, right?"

Li Qiao: "..." Sure enough, that fish nourishes the kidneys. It's very convenient for her, but she is afraid of the cold and pregnancy, so she refused directly and was afraid of annoying him. After hesitation, she decided to go with him and gave a shy hum.

He immediately hugged her impatiently, and then there was a knock on the door: "Is Mr. Qin here? There is a meeting in the team."

Qin Jin was furious: "Grass! It doesn't open during the day!"


Chapter completed!