After a long while, Meng's mother and Meng's fourth sister-in-law came back.
Mother Meng looked at the bright moon while she said to her fourth sister-in-law, "Then you should go back, sister-in-law. Let the two children meet each other in a couple of days. We will know if they are destined to be together when they meet."
The middle-aged woman, Meng Ma's fourth sister-in-law, nodded and said, "Let's meet, it won't hurt to take a look at each other."
At this point, no matter how stupid Mingyue was, she should have understood what Meng Ma meant.
No wonder the middle-aged woman looked at her like that. Wasn't she trying to see if she could give birth to a son
Mingyue was speechless and helpless. She hated Meng's self-willed attitude, even though she thought it was for her own good.
However, Mingyue did not get angry immediately. Instead, she waited until Fourth Sister-in-law Meng left before saying to Mother Meng: "Aunt, you should have heard about my past, right?"
Mother Meng looked at her with some distress: "I heard from your sister-in-law that you are just unlucky to have met such a heartless family. However, life is often full of hardships and happiness. Your blessings are still to come!"
As she spoke, Meng's mother probably thought it was a good opportunity, and immediately mentioned her nephew: "It's a coincidence that your sister-in-law has a cousin. He was also unlucky. He happened to meet a heartless woman. While he was working outside, the heartless woman ran away with another man. In fact, my nephew is a down-to-earth and reliable person, and he looks decent. I think he and you are a good match..."
Mingyue's guess was confirmed, so she didn't let her continue and interrupted her directly: "It's like this, aunt, ever since I met the He family and experienced so many evil people and evil things, I made up my mind that I will never get married again."
Mother Meng opened her mouth wide, but couldn't utter a word for a long time.
How can you not get married
Even though she spoiled Meng Zhen so much, to be honest, if anything happened to Zhou Laosan, she would never allow Meng Zhen to stay at home and not get married.
After all, a woman still has to marry a man, because only by marrying a man can she have someone to rely on.
Mingyue didn't care how shocked she was and continued to speak: "My parents also know about this, and they all agreed. I will make my own choices and live my life on my own in the future."
Now Meng's mother came to her senses and realized that Mingyue was probably saying this specifically for her to hear.
In fact, she was unhappy for a moment, as if her kindness was being treated as a donkey's liver and lungs.
But then I thought, Zhou Mingyue’s parents don’t care about her, so why should I, as her sister-in-law, worry so much about her
Meng's mother was an open-minded person. After thinking it through, she immediately admitted her mistake: "You probably guessed it, too. I was mistaken before. I thought that you and my nephew were both single, and you two were both down-to-earth people, so I thought about pairing you two up."
Mingyue shook her head: "I know you mean well, but everyone has their own way of living. I still like to live alone, free and unrestrained."
Mother Meng sighed, still feeling a little sorry, but she still chose to respect: "Okay, I understand what you mean, I will make it clear to the fourth sister-in-law."
Mingyue was relieved and smiled at her: "By the way, Aunt, I came to see you because I wanted to tell you to go to my place for dinner tonight. You can say hello to the third brother and his wife and ask them to invite the fourth brother as well. As for me, I will go back now to make some preparations."
Mother Meng was feeling a little melancholy at first, but when she heard that they were going to Mingyue's place for dinner, the melancholy in her heart immediately disappeared.
She smiled so hard that wrinkles appeared on her face: "Okay, then you go back. We will come right over when your brother and sister-in-law get off work."
Mingyue touched Baoer's face again, said goodbye to Baoer, and then left and returned to the rental house.
By the time Zhou Sanming and the others came over in the evening, Mingyue's meal had already been prepared.
The food she cooked was always delicious. The smell filled the entire compound, so strong that those who only ate pickles at home couldn't eat it at all.
Some people in the compound came to ask Mingyue what she made and why it smelled so good. The compound was not soundproof, and many people were waiting for Mingyue's answer. Mingyue would not miss this good opportunity and directly advertised her cold dish stall.
"It's been hot lately, and my brother and his friends are coming over soon, so I made some appetizers. By the way, if you're interested in those cold dishes, you can buy them from me tomorrow."
When someone heard this, he poked his head out of the house and asked, "You want to sell vegetables? How do you sell them? Are they expensive?"
Nowadays, those who can rent a house to live alone must have some wealth.
Mingyue said with a smile: "The cold dishes here are both meat and vegetarian. They are mainly sold by kilogram. The meat is 80 cents per kilogram, and the vegetarian is 40 cents per kilogram."
Of course, these meat parts are from chickens and ducks. These days chickens and ducks are cheaper than pork.
Upon hearing this, one tenant frowned and said, "Pork outside is only 80 cents a pound, and vegetables are only a few cents. Aren't yours too expensive?"
The others nodded after hearing this, saying that one should not underestimate a few cents, as a few cents can do a lot these days.
Mingyue didn't care about their doubts at all, and said calmly: "The labor and rent have to be paid for, right? I can't not make a penny, right? So, when I come out to set up the stall tomorrow, if you want to buy anything, you can try my cooking first, and then decide whether to buy it or not?"
Since Mingyue said so, there was nothing else for others to say.
In addition, with the arrival of Zhou Sanming and his friends, the tenants returned to their respective rooms and continued to smell the tempting aroma and eat their own tasteless meals.
Tonight Mingyue mixed some cold dishes and made a few bowls of ice jelly, and the group of people ate it so deliciously!
Meng Zhen, who had lost her appetite after hearing what her mother said about Mingyue not getting married, couldn't help but have two more bowls of rice.
After tasting the food Mingyue cooked, everyone believed that Mingyue’s snack business would definitely be successful.
After finishing the meal, everyone left.
When she reached the door, Meng Zhen asked Zhou Sanming to wait for her, then turned around and ran into Mingyue's room.
Meng Zhen bowed to Mingyue and said, "Mingyue, I want to say sorry to you for what my mother did today. She really didn't mean any harm."
Mingyue was startled and quickly pulled her up: "Third sister-in-law, what are you doing? I know that aunt has good intentions. We have already talked it out and the matter is over."
Meng Zhen felt relieved when she saw that there was no trace of gloom in her eyes.
The atmosphere in the Zhou family is very good, and Zhou Mingyue is also a very good sister-in-law. She doesn't want to ruin all this because of Meng Ma's selfishness.
Meng Zhen held Mingyue's hand and said, "Okay, let's continue like we are now and talk about whatever we have to say."
Mingyue nodded and agreed without hesitation.
(End of this chapter)