Hearing this, Zhang Haiyao snorted softly, and pulled Zhou Laosan back to eat, and Li Qinghe also went back to the kitchen to cook, and the piece of meat was still given to Zhou's mother.
She made some food by herself, carried a hoe to the backyard, dug in a piece of land on the side, and asked Zhou's mother for vegetable seeds to plant.
After she finished planting, it was already afternoon, and she went to the pond to feed the fish and look at the chickens again, and it was already late when she returned home. I went to cook again, fried the meat specially, and brought it back to the house.
There was an episode during the period, when she returned to the room with the meat, she happened to meet Zhang Haiyao who had come out to pack the dishes, glanced at the plate, and said with a smile, "I heard that my brother and sister have been helping in the restaurant for two years, will this skill be better than ours? Are these girls raised by ordinary people better? Why don’t I try it?”
As soon as Li Qinghe gave up his plate, "It's actually not as good as you." Avoiding her body, he went back to the room directly.
In this family, Zhang Haiyao is the person she hates the most, bar none.
The good thing is that she is always at the forefront.
It's reasonable to say that you are filial to Zhou's mother, if you give it to Zhang Haiyao, she will definitely be upset after giving it to her, and she will have to be aggrieved for a long time.
It was getting dark outside, and when she couldn't help but want to go to the foot of the West Mountain to have a look, Zhou Chengkang came back with a load of firewood.
Li Qinghe fetched water for him, but he took it by himself, "I'll do it myself."
In the evening, the two sat face to face and talked about what happened during the day. When they heard about the money they sold, Zhou Chengkang was quite happy, "If this goes on, we should be able to build a house soon, and then we can eat whatever we want. "
I have to say that it is really inconvenient for this big family to live together, and only use the kitchen and water room and have to take turns.
The two agreed that he would go up the mountain as usual the next day, and Li Qinghe went to the town to deliver the pheasants to the restaurant, and then went to bed early by the candlelight. The next morning, just as the two were about to get up, they heard a noise outside.
Mei's voice was not loud, but full of anger, "Every morning we have to use the kitchen, people with long eyes know that, right? You can't get up early if you want to do it, or do it last night like the fourth sibling?"
"I told you to be polite to you." Zhang Haiyao didn't show any weakness, "Why can't I use this kitchen? It's fine to make it last night, but it was cold in the morning after making it last night. The two of us ate it. It’s not cool, does sister-in-law just want us to get sick?”
The two refused to give an inch, Zhou's mother became impatient, she put on her clothes and went out, "It's early in the morning, what are you arguing about? As I said, if you don't like the inconvenience, you can build your own kitchen."
Zhang Haiyao snorted softly, turned around and went into the kitchen, Mei was so angry that she pinched Boss Zhou several times.
That day, Mei's time to go to the town was postponed for half an hour, and the tofu was not as much as before. Li Qinghe didn't go to town with them, and when the three of them came back in the afternoon, the tofu hadn't been sold out, and several of them looked bad. After Boss Zhou entered the door, he took a sip of water and went out again with his burden. It is going to be sold to various families in the village.
In the evening, after Zhou's mother came back, Mrs. Liu brought her daughter-in-law in. Mrs. Zhou looked ugly, knocked on the door and told Li Qinghe to go to the main room.
When everyone arrived, Mrs. Liu coughed twice and said, "Sister Zhou, staying at your house these days really troubles you, but it was agreed in advance."
Zhou's mother looked at the plates on the table and seemed to be listening carefully. Liu Pozi looked at everyone, "If you want me to say, let's discuss this time in the kitchen. Before the time of day, the three of us are busy making tofu. Can't delay. Sister, to be honest, we have done a good job, and the life of the boss is easy, so it will save you worry, right?"
"The kitchen doesn't belong to your family."
As soon as she opened her mouth, Zhang Haiyao knew that it was because of her business in the morning. If she didn't speak again, the kitchen would really belong to them in the morning. If she wanted to use it again, it would be her fault. Feeling that it wasn’t enough, he continued, “I don’t have to work now during the slack season. You can use it however you want. Isn’t our family going up the mountain to cut firewood today? At Chenshi, the sun is already drying our buttocks. When we finish eating, well, it’s the time when the sun is at its highest. How can we do it? You can’t just go to the field without eating, so you can still do it? Your request is completely unreasonable ,Am I right?"
The people she talks about are mainly Li Qinghe.
The fifth younger sister has been cooking for the past few days since they separated, and they have to wait until they are gone. They eat very late, and Zhou's mother didn't say anything. I believe that she will have no objection to the time for making tofu in the morning.
Li Qinghe didn't speak, it was indeed a little inconvenient, but it's okay after getting used to it, the weather is good recently, she always does more the night before, and doesn't join in the fun in the morning. With so many people, it is impossible not to accommodate at all.
Without talking here, Zhang Haiyao glanced at her disdainfully, seeming to think that she was too timid, and said, "Actually, it is not impossible for you to ask me to give up the time to go to the kitchen in the morning. You just need to compensate for my loss, and you don't want to." What a benefit, leave me a piece of the tofu you make every day, and I will definitely cook it later!"
She pointedly glanced at the crowd, "As for others, you can discuss it yourself!"
It was clearly blackmail, but somehow it made sense.
The Mei family made tofu, so they had to give in, and they were willing to give in because of the family's affection. Now they are not willing to give in, and it is completely justified to take some benefits.
But these words really poked Granny Liu's lungs. She stood up so angry that she didn't argue with Zhang Haiyao, but just looked at Zhou's mother, "Sister, isn't that unreasonable? How did we get married in the first place?" As you said, the boss wants to pick me up here to support me in the elderly, and now that your family is like this... are you planning to piss me off early?"
"I don't dare to stay with this family anymore." Mrs. Liu was furious, "I'm afraid I will be pissed to death early, since you don't speak, I will take them back to Liujia Village, where I have a house and a big kitchen for making tofu , it's only a quarter of an hour away from the town, do you think it's easy to pick an extra quarter of an hour every day? I don't care about this place!"
"No." Zhou's mother finally said, looking at the furious Mrs. Liu, "Sister-in-law, since this marriage is over, Meihua is already the daughter-in-law of my Zhou family, so she has to abide by my rules. If you want to go home, I won't stop you." , but she and the boss are not allowed to leave, as for the use of the kitchen, I still say the same thing, you can discuss it yourself, if the discussion is not good, you can build one yourself."
She paused and looked at the dark yard, "Tomorrow I will measure the yard and divide the land equally between each family. It is also convenient for you to build a kitchen."
Liu Pozi was surprised. Mei-shi lowered her head, and tears fell.
Zhang Haiyao folded her arms and smiled triumphantly, "I said, give me a piece of tofu, for the convenience of others and for your own convenience. If you keep a piece of tofu for each family early, I won't be so ignorant."
Mei cried even harder, Zhou's mother looked at her and said seriously, "Mei Hua, don't feel wronged, I didn't target you, everyone is the same with me."
Mei wiped away her tears, "It is said that the eldest son will take care of the elderly, mother, I don't want you to take sides, but... can you be a little fairer?"
Li Qinghe raised her eyebrows. Mei said she wanted to be fair, but in fact she was quite fair now. She meant that Zhou's mother would rely on them for the elderly, and what she wanted was that Zhou's mother should favor them.
"The third brother and sister's family is from the town. I've heard these days that the Zhang family not only didn't ask for the small engagement and dowry gifts from us in the past, but also gave her a lot of dowry. And the fourth brother and sister, there are so many Pond, although it is harder, life must be easier, and we are left..."
She burst into tears, "It's just that we go out early and return late every day to earn some hard-earned money. You still want to force me like this. Why are you so happy? If this family can't accommodate me, it's like what mother said, we will go back to Liujia Village. .”
Mentioning going back to Liujia Village again, Zhou’s mother’s complexion was ugly, “It’s still the same sentence, since you are married to the Zhou family, I don’t care about your mother-in-law. You can’t leave. If you really want to leave, I don’t have a daughter-in-law in this family.” .”
Mei's complexion turned pale in an instant.
She looked at Boss Zhou, raised her hand to interrupt what he was going to say, and said solemnly, "If you want to say that going to Liujia Village is temporary, then don't come back after you go, I am not just your son, they will never look I won’t collect my body when I die. I earn my own food while I’m alive, and if I can’t earn it, I’ll die myself, and someone will collect my body after death. It doesn’t matter if you are there or not.”
Boss Zhou's words of persuasion suddenly stuck in his throat, and his eyes became more and more red, "Mother, don't worry, my son will never leave the Zhou family for the rest of his life."
Mei's pale complexion turned pale, and when she opened her eyes, tears fell.
After this dispute, the eldest and the eldest stopped making tofu the next morning and started hiring artificial kitchens.
Zhou Chengkang still went to help. If there is money to build the kitchen, it will be very fast. In just two days, the kitchen and stove were ready.
After finishing the kitchen, Mei specially invited the two of them over for dinner, Zhou's mother didn't invite her, so she took some of every dish and sent it to the main room.
Four or five people were invited, and when they finished eating, it was a mess. Li Qinghe was still helping to clean up. Mei looked at the yard while washing the dishes, and said in a low voice, "Fourth brother and sister, don't you think Haiyao is too much? Don't take a step." Rang, as expected, the family is in business, and she is too calculating. In the past two days, I have said sourly that I can't bear to part with a piece of tofu every day... "
"If you want me to say, as long as she is here, this family will not be peaceful. I really heard from the servants of the Zhang family that she really has seven or eight taels of silver, which is enough to build a house. Why don't we find a way to let her go out and find her?" A piece of foundation to build a house?"
The last proposal, she lowered her voice.
Li Qinghe was washing the dishes, seeing her excited, asked, "What can I do?"
"I haven't thought about it yet, but I know that you will move out sooner or later, so you can stay away from her, but if she stays at home like that, you can rest assured? I don't know how my mother is bullied by her. "
This makes sense, and we have to think about it in the long run.
Li Qinghe didn't refute her saying that she wanted to go out to build a house. She also planned to hire someone to build the house in June when the weather was at its best, and then move in in winter after a few months in the sun.
It's true that the pond and the chickens over there need to be taken care of carefully, and after moving there, she wants to buy more chickens, and besides, there is such a large wasteland that she has to do something else.
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