Chapter 7: No One Can Touch My Things

Dinner was a mix of corn and wheat noodles, egg sauce, and a large plate of pickled radish strips.

The radishes were sent by the second daughter-in-law’s parents’ home in the autumn, they sent half a truckload of radishes and cabbages, as well as a lot of wild vegetables, cornmeal, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc.

The second son’s three children also came back, the eldest was six years old, the youngest was three years old, they were all boys, the little radish heads saw them and all shouted, “Grandpa and Grandma!”

“Okay, let’s eat!” Li Mancang patted the children’s heads, Li Mancang really liked the children, the eldest son went to university and got married late, he hadn’t had children in two years, he had watched these children grow up, and they were close to him.

The whole family sat down to eat, the second daughter-in-law served the noodles, mixed them, and handed them to her and Li Mancang.

Wu Zhiqiu was dazed, did Chunni serve them like this in her previous life? Why did she have no memory of it?

The second daughter-in-law saw Wu Zhiqiu staring at the noodles, “What’s wrong, Mom, is there not enough sauce?”

“No, no, I just think your noodles are better than mine.”

This was the first time the second daughter-in-law had heard her mother-in-law praise her.

The second son also looked at his mother, thinking, where did the sun come out from today, she usually wouldn’t even look at his wife, but today she was actually praising her.

The second son took a closer look at the noodles, they were the same as usual, why was she praising them today!

The second daughter-in-law was simple-minded, she thought that after all this time, her mother-in-law finally approved of her, her eyes welled up.

“Mom, try it, if you like it, I’ll make it for you every day!”

Wu Zhiqiu heard the nasal tone in the second daughter-in-law’s voice, and her heart ached, just one kind word, and the child was so touched, it showed how much she didn’t like this daughter-in-law!

She picked up her chopsticks and took a bite, the noodles were smooth, with a faint corn and wheat aroma, the egg sauce was fried until it was oily and fragrant.

“Delicious!” She gave a fair assessment.

“The second daughter-in-law’s cooking is better than yours!” Li Mancang ate with gusto, not forgetting to praise his daughter-in-law.

The second daughter-in-law turned her back and wiped her eyes with her sleeve! She didn’t want to cry, but she couldn’t control herself.

“Okay, let’s eat, it’ll get soggy soon!” The second son pulled his wife to sit down.

The children’s eyes were rolling around, looking at this one and that one.

The third son was also observing his mother, why was her attitude towards the second sister-in-law so different today? Was it because she saw that she couldn’t rely on the eldest brother, and she wanted to get close to the second brother?

Wouldn’t she give the job to the second brother too? That wouldn’t do!

The noodles were eaten quickly, two hours of hard work, five minutes to eat!

The third son waited for his parents to put down their bowls.

“Mom and Dad, about Meina and me…”

“We don’t care about your business, but don’t covet our jobs! My job is not for anyone! Even if I retire soon, I’m waiting to collect my pension! Don’t even think about it!”

“Mom, what am I supposed to do then? Without a job, Meina’s family won’t agree to our marriage!”

“That’s your business, I don’t care!”

“Mom, how can you be like this, you even gave eight thousand yuan in dowry when Big brother got married!”

“I didn’t give a penny when your second brother got married? Why don’t you compare! You didn’t mention it, I forgot, I’ll go get the eight thousand yuan dowry back today, which family’s daughter-in-law gives her salary to her parents’ home?”

Wu Zhiqiu immediately remembered, she was still dazed from coming back today, she had forgotten a lot of things, she couldn’t suffer this loss! She couldn’t let her get away with cursing her! Since she dared to curse her mother, she would treat her as if she didn’t exist!

The third son… that wasn’t what he meant, besides, they had been married for two years, could the dowry be taken back?

“Mom, I’m not asking you to take back Big sister-in-law’s dowry, I just…”

“You also want that much dowry! And you also want my job! Is that right?” Wu Zhiqiu looked at the third son with a sarcastic smile.

The third son swallowed, that was what he meant, but seeing his mother’s attitude, he was a little afraid to say it, but he still nodded.

Wu Zhiqiu looked at this son whose mind was like a sieve, look at him scheming, he wanted to take all the money and jobs for his own little family.

“Third son, you heard your sister-in-law curse me today, didn’t you?”

The third son didn’t know why his mother asked that, but he felt a little uneasy.

“Your mother was insulted, and you were indifferent, how dare you ask your mother for things! Why should I give you anything? Because you’re scheming? Because you think you’re smarter than others? Because you don’t take your parents seriously? Because you watch the fun when the family has problems?” Wu Zhiqiu sneered.

The third son was blushing under his mother’s barrage of questions.

The second son and his wife stood up straight, both of them understood why their mother’s attitude towards them had changed so much today!

“Mom, I didn’t react in time.” The third son tried to explain.

“Then have you reacted now?” Wu Zhiqiu asked.

The third son nodded, being pointed at and questioned like this, how could he not react?

“Then go beat them up now!”

The third son…

Li Fengchun also looked at her mother in surprise.

The second son stood up abruptly and rushed out!

“Where are you going?” Wu Zhiqiu quickly stopped him.

“I’m going to beat the eldest brother and his wife to death!”

The third son…

Li Mancang…

Wu Zhiqiu…

“I’m going too! I’ll beat the eldest sister-in-law! You beat the eldest brother!”

Wu Zhiqiu… These two were really tigers! Wasn’t she trying to provoke the third son? These two actually took her seriously!

“Where are you going! Sit down, let the third son go!”

The second son and his wife reluctantly went back into the house, they didn’t understand why they couldn’t fight, why did the third son have to fight?

The third son…

“Mom, don’t say things like that!” The third son was speechless, he wasn’t as stupid as his second brother.

“Then don’t say those irrelevant things, if you get married and also give half your salary back home like your big brother, I’ll help you pay for the dowry, but the dowry, including the wedding expenses, can’t exceed one hundred yuan!”

“Mom, I only have that much salary, if I give half to the family, who would marry me?” The third son was anxious.

Wu Zhiqiu raised her hand, “You don’t need the family to get married, you don’t need to give money to the family, and at the same time, you move out on your own immediately after you get married, as long as you stay in this house, you have to pay living expenses!”

“Why doesn’t Big brother have to pay living expenses?” The third son was trying to get a bargain.

“How do you know your big brother doesn’t pay? Your big brother gives the family ten yuan every month, don’t you know?”

The third son shook his head, he really didn’t know, if he knew, would he have said such stupid things?

“Your big brother pays living expenses, and your big sister-in-law does all the housework! If you can do that, I can help you get married.”

The third son shook his head like a rattle, Meina couldn’t do housework, it was impossible for her to serve a whole family like his sister-in-law!

“Then you figure it out yourself, no money, no job, it’s already hard enough for your mother to raise you, I don’t want you to marry a little ancestor back to support.” That He Meina was cunning, lazy, and greedy, Wu Zhiqiu didn’t want to live with her for a single day in this life.

“Mom, how can parents not care about their son’s marriage!”

“How can a son watch his mother be humiliated and just watch the fun!”

“Mom, I told you, I didn’t react in time!”

“I’m giving you a chance to make up for it now!”

“As long as I beat Big brother up, you’ll take care of my marriage?”

“According to your big brother’s standard!”