Chapter 22 Wang Xiulan’s Outburst

Except for Gu’s mother who occasionally came to send Shen Zhiyu some food or check on her, Shen Zhiyu’s life was basically the same as before she got married.

 If it weren’t for the red paper with the double happiness characters still on the window, she would have forgotten that she was already married. She even felt that this kind of life couldn’t be better. It would be great if Gu Ye went to the army and didn’t send any news back. She was eating well and sleeping well every day. Shen Zhiyu had been married for almost half a month, and her complexion was getting better every day. Wang Xiulan was annoyed by this.

How could her complexion not be good? She was holding the dowry money Gu Ye’s family gave her, and she was living at her parents’ house every day. She was already married, but she was still living at home like a younger sister, not doing any work. If it were her, her complexion would be good too! Recently, everyone was exhausted from the double rush, and they were watching helplessly as the little bit of flesh they had gained in the spring disappeared.

Shen Zhiyu felt sorry for her parents, so after work at noon, she went to the village’s supply and marketing cooperative and bought a pound of meat and some sugar. When Chen Cuijuan came to see her daughter, Shen Zhiyu quietly handed the piece of pork belly to Shen’s mother. “Mom, where did this meat come from?” “I bought it.” Shen Zhiyu smiled sweetly and put her arm around Chen Cuijuan, “You’ve all lost weight from working so hard recently.

I didn’t have much to do this afternoon, so I went and bought some meat. Let’s have a special meal tonight.” Having meat to eat at night, Chen Cuijuan was overjoyed, smiling and revealing eight teeth. But the next second, she deliberately put on a stern face, “You’re just wasting money when you have some. Haven’t we been through this every year? What meat are you eating? You’re so pampered.” “Then I’ll go and return it now.” She pretended to reach out to take the meat back. “Why return it after you’ve already bought it!” For the first time, Chen Cuijuan avoided her daughter’s hand, hiding the meat behind her back. Seeing her daughter’s smiling face, she knew she was being teased. She glared at her, “Go, go, go. Why hasn’t Gu Ye come to take you away?

You’re just teasing your mom all day.” “What’s the rush? Isn’t it good that I’m living at home now?” Chen Cuijuan looked at her daughter’s carefree face and sighed in her heart. How could it not be good for her daughter to be by her side? But it was different now that she was married.

They hadn’t gotten their marriage certificate yet, and Chen Cuijuan actually didn’t have much confidence in her heart. She was counting the days on her fingers every day. When she heard the bicycle bell, she thought it was a letter from Gu Ye. Chen Cuijuan felt like she was going crazy. She was already miserable, and seeing her daughter so carefree, Chen Cuijuan sighed again, “Okay, Mom would be happy if you lived at home every day. Alright, I’m going home to cook the meat, you come back early after you’re done, okay?” “Okay.” After work, Shen Zhiyu locked the office door and went home. When she got home, the food was already prepared.

The weather was hot now, and the meat would go bad if left out for a day. Chen Cuijuan was heartbroken, she cooked all the meat, making a dish of braised pork! The greasy pork belly was on the table, and everyone’s eyes were glued to it, swallowing their saliva repeatedly. Tie Dan and Gou Dan saw Shen Zhiyu come back, and excitedly shouted, “Grandma! Auntie is back!”

 “Damn it, you scared me to death. Your aunt is back, she’s back, I’m not deaf!” Chen Cuijuan was startled by the two little brats, she glared at Tie Dan and Gou Dan, scolded them, and then called the two little brats to go to the kitchen to get bowls and eat. After working in the fields all day, everyone was starving. They picked up their bowls and slurped down the porridge, finishing half of it in one go. A mouthful of porridge, a mouthful of meat, instantly making all the hard work of the day worthwhile. The men ate like wolves. A big bowl of meat was almost gone in an instant. Seeing her daughter still eating slowly, Chen Cuijuan quickly picked up two pieces of meat for her, “You’re eating so slowly, the meat will be all gone!” Wang Xiulan felt uncomfortable when she saw this.

 “Mom, Yuzu sits in the office all day, she doesn’t work in the fields, why is she eating so much meat? And she’s married now, her work points are for Gu’s family. It’s fine that you favored her before, but now she’s living at home and eating our food….” Shen Zhiyu actually felt the same way. This meat was bought to nourish Shen Dahe and Chen Cuijuan, so she only ate two pieces of meat and stopped. After all, Chen Cuijuan and Shen Dahe worked so hard every day, their cheeks were even sunken, it made her feel sorry for them. But being said like this by her sister-in-law, she didn’t feel good about it.

She put down her chopsticks and looked at Wang Xiulan with a cold face, “Sister-in-law, what do you mean? You think I shouldn’t live with my parents?” “Yes, I do. I have a lighter workload, but I also go to work early and come back late every day. My work points are still recorded under our family. What’s wrong with me eating two pieces of meat? And this meat was bought by me.” “Bullshit!” Chen Cuijuan was directly annoyed, “What’s yours and ours?

Yuzu is my daughter; she will always be my daughter. She can stay as long as she wants!” Wang Xiulan was both wronged and angry. Before she got married, she knew that this family had a younger sister, a lazy and gluttonous younger sister. There was a natural rivalry between sisters-in-law. But the younger sister would eventually get married, and if she was bullied in her husband’s house, wouldn’t her family support her? When she came back, she would still have to look at her face. But now, Shen Zhiyu was married, and she was still living at home. Wang Xiulan had been able to tolerate it before, but now she really didn’t want to tolerate it anymore, “I know you favor her, but now Yuzu is married,” “So what if she’s married? She’s still my daughter. You, as a sister-in-law, are making a fuss because I picked up two pieces of meat for Yuzu. I’m telling you, this meat was bought by Yuzu!”

 “The meat was bought by Yuzu?” “Who else do you think it was?” Wang Xiulan’s arrogance immediately diminished by half. She held her chopsticks up and down, but she was still uncomfortable. She muttered, “She eats our food and lives at home every day, how much does a meal of meat cost?” Just a meal of meat. Shen Zhiyu was currently living in the most spacious and best room in the house. Just building that house, and the dowry money, how much meat was that worth?

 And they had clearly said that she would go to be stationed with the army after getting married. If Shen Zhiyu went to be stationed with the army, wouldn’t her job as the production team operator be vacant for her? Now, Gu Ye hadn’t sent any news back, and they hadn’t gotten their marriage certificate, what if Gu Ye changed his mind? Wouldn’t Shen Zhiyu have to live at home for the rest of her life? It wasn’t so much that she couldn’t stand Shen Zhiyu eating meat, but rather that Wang Xiulan finally found an opportunity to vent, and she said everything on her mind.

 “Alright, what are you arguing about? What’s there to argue about?” Shen Dahe finished his porridge, slammed his bowl on the table, his eyes drooping, he said heavily, “If you can’t stand it, then separate.” He threatened them with separation again. Wang Xiulan widened her eyes and said stubbornly, “Alright, then separate.”