Chen Lili’s home luncheon is bound to be unpleasant.
When the last dish was ready, Zhao Laifeng went to call Jiang Chunxiu.
Jiang Chunxiu's expression was ugly when she came in. It was obvious that she had an unpleasant conversation with Chen Dawang.
She glared at Liu Guihua, a look full of resentment. Liu Guihua stood there with her head lowered, not daring to move.
Jiang Chunxiu divided the six prepared dishes into two portions, one more and one less.
Put the meat in the portion with more meat.
Order Liu Guihua and Zhao Laifeng to serve it to the table.
Because there were so many people, two tables were set up, one for men and one for women.
Naturally, the portions at the men's table were larger. Jiang Chunxiu also sat at that table. She also called Chen Lili, the protagonist of the meal, and placed Chen Dawang and Zhang Genshan at the women's table.
This is normal. The two families spend the Chinese New Year together at Jiang Chunxiu's request.
This is how it is done every time the seats are arranged.
It is said that today Wang Erniu came back with a pound of meat, a chicken, a bottle of canned food, a pound of melon seeds and two jars of wine. Jiang Chunxiu handed all the things to Jiang Chunxiu. She put the chicken in the chicken coop, and the meat
He took it to the kitchen, divided half of the melon seeds, and put the rest in his room.
She also locked the meat in the kitchen cabinet, and only she had the key.
Today she cut off about two taels of meat for stir-frying, stir-fried one dried bean with stir-fried meat, one with celery stir-fried with meat, and the rest were vegetarian.
Before the meal started, Jiang Chunxiu said: "Today is the day when Lili returns home. From now on, Erniu and we are a family. Erniu's homecoming gift is very sincere. I hope that more of you will get married in the future."
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After speaking, he specifically glanced at Chen Zhaozhao.
Chen Zhaozhao noticed her look and didn't give any response. She stared at the food on the table, which was half a rice bowl for one person and half a vegetable bowl for six portions. Thirteen adults and Chen Xiaoni ate, and there were only two chopsticks per person.
Chen Dawang and Zhang Genshan ate the same amount of food as everyone else. In the past, men tended to eat more. Now it seems that Jiang Chunxiu was very angry with them at noon today.
When Jiang Chunxiu saw Chen Zhaozhao ignoring her, anger burned in her chest, and she said coldly: "Let's eat."
When Zhao Laifeng heard that it was time to eat, he quickly picked up the dried beans and put them into his, Chen Erli's and Chen Sanli's bowls. She removed half of them with this move. Li Mei immediately became anxious and quickly snatched them from her hand and gave them to her and Chen Dali.
some.
As a result, there were only a few dried beans left in the bowl.
They plucked the dried beans, celery and other vegetables, leaving only a little bit of each.
This is also normal. Every time they come to eat, they rarely get food, and they are even less likely to be full. Even half-full is pretty good.
Chen Zhaozhao suddenly felt a sense of familiarity from another life when she looked at it. She couldn't help but feel a little funny and a little touched. She was back in time deep in her memory. It was so good.
Lunch ended soon, and Jiang Chunxiu ordered Liu Guihua to clean up.
Chen Zhaozhao stopped Liu Guihua who was about to clean up and said to Jiang Chunxiu: "We still have things to do at home, so we should go back first."
"You just leave after eating? How can you have such etiquette?" Jiang Chunxiu took the opportunity to get angry.
"You invite us to your home, there is no reason to ask guests to do everything. Are your manners very good?" Chen Zhaozhao asked unceremoniously.
"We invite you to our house for dinner, are we going to give you a free meal?"
"You don't have to invite us. We don't want to eat at your house. Besides, my parents brought rice."
"Chen Zhaozhao, is this your attitude towards your elders?" Jiang Chunxiu was dissatisfied that his eldest son only brought rice.
She thought they would bring more meat and eggs. After all, they just got so much, shouldn't they bring some to honor her? She was so angry that they didn't.
"Whatever you did to me, I will do to you."
"Chen Dawang!" Jiang Chunxiu shouted angrily, "Are you going to see your daughter like this and make me mad to death? Have you forgotten that I am your mother?"
"I'm afraid it's mom who forgot this, right?" Chen Dawang said to everyone's surprise.
"What did you say?" Jiang Chunxiu stared at Chen Dawang in disbelief. She didn't expect that her eldest son, who had always let her hit and scold her like a fool, would actually refute her in public.
She said angrily, "Okay, very good, in this case, you guys..."
"Mom." Chen Erwang hurriedly said, "Calm down, Mom, brother, you all calm down. In fact, Zhao Zhao is right. We have separated, we are two families. We really shouldn't let the sister-in-law be busy when we entertain guests.
It's just that mom treats you like a family, so don't let this hurt your friendship.
Since eldest brother still has something to do at home, you should go back first and leave the cleaning to Laifeng and Dali."
Jiang Chunxiu calmed down a little and waved tiredly, "Let's go, let's go, hurry up."
Chen Zhaozhao greeted his family and left without ceremony.
Jiang Chunxiu watched their figures disappear outside the courtyard. She stamped her feet angrily and turned around to go back to her room. Chen Erwang quickly followed.
Chen Sanwang stood still and Li Mei secretly urged, "Go and see Mom."
"Mom is angry. Are you going to scold me?" Chen Sanwang didn't want to follow him. He wasn't as good at talking as his second brother, so he would only get scolded if he went in. "As long as you have second brother."
Li Mei secretly scolded him for being stupid. She didn't know that by acting well in front of Jiang Chunxiu, her second brother would get all the good things. She felt that her mother-in-law was becoming more and more partial to her second brother. She was anxious and angry, and urged, "Just go.
Comfort me, just follow Mom’s words, it’s okay to be scolded, it’s good to let her vent and not be so angry.”
Chen Sanwang hesitated and walked towards Jiang Chunxiu's room.
Li Mei quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Lili walked to Li Mei and held her arm, "Mom."
"Lili." Li Mei covered her hand, "Let's talk again."
"Yes." Chen Lili nodded, looked at Wang Erniu and said softly: "Erniu, I will talk to my mother for a while, and I will go back with you later."
"Okay." Wang Erniu agreed with a smile. He liked Chen Lili's gentleness very much. He had been indulging in her gentleness for the past few days, but he didn't know how long it would take for him to get tired of it.
Chen Lili and Li Mei went back to her previous room and closed the door. Chen Lili lowered her head and shed tears.
"My child~" Li Mei hugged Chen Lili distressedly.
Chen Lili cried silently, and then she stopped for a while and said softly: "Mom, I hate you so much."
Li Mei looked at the tears on Chen Lili's face and felt even more distressed when she saw the bruises on the back of her neck, "Er Niu is not good to you?"
Chen Lili noticed her mother's eyes, raised her head hurriedly, hid her neck, smiled sadly, and said, "Isn't he pretty?"
She had already tried to please him very gently, but he still didn't know the importance, didn't know how to feel sorry for her at all, and only cared about himself.
Li Mei was very angry, "Your grandma is just partial. She found your sister from the next village. As for you, you found Wang Erniu. Your second uncle planned to find someone from the town."
"Mom, you can pay attention to what Er Niang asked Sister Er Li before."
Li Mei's eyes lit up and she nodded.
"And Chen Zhaozhao." Chen Lili's eyes burst out with strong hatred, "It's mainly because of her that I married Wang Erniu. If I marry Wang Erniu, she can't even think of marrying to the provincial capital."
"Yes." Li Mei nodded heavily. Why should her daughter suffer in the village so that they can enjoy happiness in the city? In this case, don't even think about it.
Especially Chen Zhaozhao who harmed her daughter.
Chen Lili looked at the hatred in her mother's eyes and smiled with satisfaction in her heart. With her mother's support, she would have more help and it would be easier to succeed.