Zhulan lamented that plans can't keep up with changes, but without plans there is no general direction. Although there have been changes, fortunately the general direction has not changed. "We agreed at the beginning that you would come and live with us to help look after the house after we left. We moved out first, so of course you can move in earlier. However, you can't get back the rent you paid for a year. After all, you are family members, and we agreed to one year."
Xuemei and her mother didn't need to hide their thoughts. She wanted to move in earlier because the newly built firewall in her parents' home was warmer than the rented house in winter. Besides, if she and Jiang Sheng moved in earlier, her parents-in-law would not be able to come over if they wanted to, as it would be unreasonable.
Xuemei said, "Mom, I am a sensible person and I will not return the rent."
Jiang Sheng listened to the conversation between his mother-in-law and his wife, but he didn't know how to say anything. He had guessed that the Yue family would move away. His wife said she would move here early, and he supported it. He didn't do it for the better conditions, but just wanted to move here so that he could get away from his parents. He wanted to concentrate on his studies, and was afraid that his parents would come and nag him about studying and put pressure on him. Of course, he was also completely disappointed with his parents. This time he was really hurt.
Zhulan knew that her daughter's house didn't have many things, and she thought to herself that there were quite a few things at home, most of which would not be useful if she took them over, so it would be a good idea to keep some.
Zhou Shuren came back, Zhulan asked her daughter to help make lunch. Li bought ten kilograms of pork, three kilograms of ribs, four pig's trotters, and half a liver. She picked the big fish and bought four grass carps in one go, each of which weighed three or four kilograms. Finally, she bought pheasants and wild rabbits.
Xuemei estimated the money, took a deep breath, and whispered in her mother's ear: "Mom, is this still the sister-in-law I knew?"
Even though my mother's family is living better and better, and my eldest sister-in-law has become the richest person in the family besides my mother, she is still not generous. Last time, my mother asked my eldest sister-in-law to buy a cake for half a tael of silver. My eldest sister-in-law didn't dare to be unhappy in front of my mother, so she was not so polite to her and didn't give her a good look for several days!
This time, not only did she take the initiative to spend money, but she was also happy. Why did she feel that her sister-in-law was possessed by a ghost
Zhulan: "... She is just hot-headed now. When the temperature drops, she will regret it."
She didn't even need to guess to know that Li was so flattered that he bought too much. It was right. He would feel heartbroken later, and this would be a good opportunity for Li to remember this lesson.
Xuemei: “… … ..”
It is indeed something that my sister-in-law can do!
Li turned around slowly, her mother's voice was not lowered, her mind was clear, she was indeed too happy, everyone in the village knew that her husband's family bought 60 acres of land and a big house, she enjoyed the jealous eyes of the young wives along the way, and was flattered by the butcher's wife and the hunter's wife, and then she bought too much.
Li looked at the pheasants and rabbits on the ground, her heart ached, and she could hardly hold the knife.
Zhao quietly moved away from her sister-in-law. She was really afraid that her sister-in-law was so heartbroken that she couldn't hold the knife, and she was afraid of hurting herself by mistake.
Zhulan coughed, "Li, kill the rabbit quickly, don't just stand there."
Li held the knife and said, "Mom, I think there are too many dishes today. It's too troublesome to kill the rabbit and then skin it. Mom, let's keep it and not eat it!"
She thought she could save the rabbit and send it back? But the pheasant couldn't be sent back, it was already dead and couldn't die again.
Zhulan smiled and said, "There are indeed quite a lot of dishes for lunch."
Li was delighted. "Yes, even if I don't kill the rabbit, I still have ten dishes. Listen to the ten dishes I'm going to make: boiled fish, braised fish, stewed pheasant, braised beef, braised pig's trotters, stir-fried liver with peppers, braised pork, braised spareribs, and two vegetarian dishes. Isn't that enough?"
Zhulan followed up with another question: "So the rabbit can be returned and some money can be exchanged for it, so it won't be so painful."
Li nodded repeatedly, "Yes, how would mother know?"
Before she said the rest, Li realized that her mother-in-law had deliberately led her to speak her mind. She shuddered. Although her mother-in-law had a smile on her face, she felt scared. She thought every time her mother-in-law smiled, she was going to hit her. She silently recalled her recent self.
Li, “… … ..”
She seemed to be too arrogant. Ever since she bought the land, she hardly stayed at home. She either went back to her parents' home to enjoy the flattery of her elder and younger sisters-in-law, or wandered around the village, enjoying everyone's ridicule and jealousy. It seemed that she was really too much.
Zhulan really didn't want to criticize Li this time. It was human nature to show off. Now everyone knew about it, so it was harmless for Li to show off. She also knew that people in the village looked down on Li and said bad things about her behind her back. As they were family, she was happy to see Li go out and piss people off. She just wanted to tease Li.
In the end, Li forgot about his imagination and this time he really scared himself.
Zhulan couldn't laugh now. Not laughing would scare Li even more. She coughed and said, "I'm going to talk to your father. I'll leave the kitchen to you."
Li was a little confused. What did it mean that her mother-in-law was gone? Should she be punished or not
Zhulan returned to the main room. Before she could say anything, Zhou Shuren sent his sons and sons-in-law away, "Go and do your own things!"
The Zhou family's sons were used to it and left quickly.
Although Jiang Sheng had seen it several times, he still wasn't used to it. Fortunately, he understood the colors and followed it out.
Zhu Lan really had nothing to talk to Zhou Shuren about, she just didn't want to scare Li's excuse, "You don't have to accompany me, I just came back to rest for a while."
Zhou Shuren said: "If you hadn't gone to cook, I wouldn't have asked a few sons to kill time."
Zhulan, "... ..."
The boys already felt that they were redundant, so wouldn't they cry when they heard this
Seeing Zhulan's expressionless face, Zhou Shuren could guess what was going on in her mind and smiled, "Okay, I'm just teasing you. I do have something to tell a few guys, but I've already told them. There's nothing more to say, so let them go about their business."
Zhulan snorted. She didn't believe that Zhou Shuren was teasing her. She was really telling him the truth and killing time. She reached out and pinched Zhou Shuren.
Zhou Shuren wanted to play around, but unfortunately the conditions did not allow it. Fortunately, he was moving in a few days. Plans cannot keep up with changes. Now it seems that the benefits of change are not small. The depression caused by Mr. Zheng's threats before leaving was gone.
There were too many dishes for lunch and they were all quite troublesome. It was long past lunch time when we ate. There was one more dish of spicy rabbit meat but one less vegetable.
Today is a happy occasion as we are moving into the new house. Everyone has taken leave from school and the whole family is gathered together. Both men and women are drinking happily.
Zhulan's alcohol tolerance is pretty good. Although not as good as that of modern people, it is still pretty good. She can drink a few glasses without feeling dizzy or having her face turn red.
Xuemei and Xuehan followed Zhulan and Zhou Shuren in their ability to drink a lot. Xuehan never got drunk despite being very young, and Zhulan didn't expect that Zhao was also a person who could drink a lot, but her face turned red after drinking.
Zhao trusted her husband's family but not her son-in-law Jiang Sheng. Jiang Sheng did not reveal his true face in front of Zhao, but he did not hide it from Xuemei.
Xuemei was touched by her sister-in-law's trust in her, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with hiding the truth from her husband. Her second sister-in-law's appearance would be a trouble to her family, so it was better for fewer people to know about it.
It's not that she doesn't trust her husband, it's that she doesn't trust her in-laws!
Among the women in the family, the one who surprised Zhulan the most in terms of alcohol tolerance was Li.