"No," Yuan Hong'er shook her head blankly and continued, "His status in the family is neither high nor low. In fact, his parents don't like him. The family has not yet been divided, and he has no final say over the land.
Even if he agrees, my parents-in-law will not agree when they go back, their whole family is like this."
"Qing'er, I'm sorry. I know you want to help us, but my life is not good. When I meet such a man, my life is destined to be not as good as others."
"These things happened today. I really don't have the shame to go back to my parents' house. My mother is still lying in the hospital bed. It doesn't matter if he doesn't help. She is still making such a fuss in the yard. I'm really... really..."
Yuan Hong'er started wiping tears again as she spoke. She really didn't want to cry during the Chinese New Year, but she really couldn't help it.
"Sister, this is not your fault, and what I told you before is true that it is good for a daughter to have a daughter. A son may not be reliable, but a daughter must be considerate. Remember what I said today, no matter what
No matter what happens, never give up on your two daughters, it will not be easy for them to live in a home like that."
Yuanshi patiently comforted her sister, while Li Dong outside didn't care about what was happening inside and just wandered around in the yard.
He was quite surprised to see that the Yuan family actually raised chickens and ducks. He had never seen his father-in-law's family raise anything before he came here. After all, his family couldn't even feed their own people.
"These chickens are pretty good. I'll kill them and make some soup!"
He shouted towards the stove at the top of his lungs, signaling Zhao Dagui to come over and kill the chicken.
He felt that Zhao Dagui was a fool. He was obviously his son-in-law, but he took the initiative to cook when he came to his father-in-law's house. Isn't this an embarrassment to a man? It was impossible for him to enter the kitchen even on weekdays, let alone the Chinese New Year, and marry someone by himself.
Isn’t it just for the daughter-in-law to come home so that she can have someone to help her wash clothes and cook? Why else should she have to work so hard for her?
Zhao Dagui didn't even raise his eyebrows when he heard this and didn't want to pay attention to him at all.
Li Dong thought he hadn't heard and shouted again, but Zhao Dagui still ignored him, and then he realized that he had been tricked.
He walked into the kitchen angrily, clamoring to ask Zhao Dagui to make chicken soup for him.
Zhao Dagui looked at the eldest brother-in-law in front of him. He was really shameless. Don't say: "I brought these chickens and ducks to replenish my mother's body. What about you, eldest brother-in-law? You didn't just bring a few eggs, right?"
Li Dong didn't expect that Zhao Dagui would ask him this. He was a little embarrassed, but he still managed to hold on and said confidently: "What's wrong with eggs? Can't eggs nourish the body? Those ten eggs were saved by my family for a long time. Let's take them to the town.
You can get more than ten pennies from selling it."
He felt that it was very generous of his family to allow his daughter-in-law to bring ten eggs back to her parents' home. After all, no one was as stupid as Zhao Dagui. He kept sending eggs to his wife's parents' home when he had some money, and in the end, his own family couldn't even eat.
Zhao Dagui smiled and nodded without saying anything more.
Just as he was about to go about his business, Li Dong said again: "I asked you to kill the chicken! Why don't you move?"
"Didn't you say this is for mother's health?"
Zhao Dagui looked innocent, as if he didn't know what Li Dong meant.
"Yes, since it is said to be for mother's health, why not kill the chicken? Chicken soup is the best for health. It is the same for mother to drink chicken soup and for us to eat meat."
Li Dong raised his chin and looked at him. You felt that you had completely grasped this idiot Zhao Dagui.
However, Zhao Dagui, who had been smiling all the time, turned his face at this moment.
Zhao Dagui put away the smile on his face, his expression turned gloomy, and asked slowly: "How do you think you are qualified to eat a chicken worth several hundred yuan a piece when you gave him an egg for more than ten yuan?"
My mother is seriously ill and you didn’t even go in to take a look. It’s polite to let you eat, but you have the nerve to want to eat chicken. You will really embarrass us men!”
There are actually other delicious foods in the kitchen. After all, they have brought a lot here these days. If Li Dong didn't make such a fuss, he might actually bring all the delicious food.
However, now that Li Dong is so shameless, he suddenly doesn't want to bring out the delicious food. Li Dong's thing is not worthy of eating good food.
He lowered his head and gave Yuan Baoshan a few instructions. He didn't make any main dishes. He just cooked a large bowl of noodles for himself and took care of the matter.
But these days, not many people can afford white noodles. Even if there is no chicken to go with the rice, Li Dong happily eats up a large bowl of noodles and even licks the bowl clean.
What he didn't understand was that it was just a bowl of noodles, but why could it taste like meat?
Moreover, this noodle is made of fine white flour, not the thin bran batter like his family’s. This trip to my father-in-law’s house turned out to be the best meal I’ve had in the past few days.
Originally he thought that after returning this time, he would not have to come to his father-in-law's house again, but now he had another idea. It would be good to have a meal every once in a while.
Zhao Dagui and Yuan Baoshan would talk about the cultivation of medicinal materials at the dinner table, and even tell interesting stories about their previous trips to the mountains to collect medicines. The atmosphere at the dinner table was quite good.
Li Dong was busy eating delicious noodles. He was not interested in medicinal materials at first, but he thought that if he made money, he could often eat noodles like this. He suddenly became a little excited and occasionally added a few words.
Yuan Hong'er kept her head down while eating and didn't talk to each other. She also thought the noodles were delicious. She praised her brother-in-law a few times at first, but then her mind was filled with thoughts about her two daughters. She wondered if they had eaten now, and those people in her husband's family.
Did you bully them?
After breakfast, Yuan Hong'er and Li Dong were ready to go back. Li Dong was still holding a handful of green vegetables, which Yuan had just asked them to take back.
Under normal circumstances, they would not harvest it, but Li Dong did, and kept saying that it is not easy to eat vegetables in this winter. Next time I come, I will ask them how they grow these vegetables?
Li Dong was in a good mood after taking advantage, humming a little tune along the way and walking very fast.
Yuan Hong'er caught up with her and said unbearably: "You shouldn't have said those words at my parents' house today! The second brother-in-law did this to help us. Even if you don't feel happy, don't say it in person and embarrass others.
But not only did you say it, you said it in such an unpleasant way. Now it’s not only embarrassing for other people, but also for me. How can I have the shame to return to my parents’ home in the future? Have you ever considered my feelings?”
"Considering your feelings? I said you are a fool. Zhao Dagui is not a smart person to begin with. Now he just made some money by chance and came to your parents' house to show off. Do you think he can keep making money?
Just wait and see, they will definitely lose everything by then!"
Li Dong picked at the gap between his teeth, spit out a piece of green vegetable leaf, and continued to walk forward proudly.