Chapter 124: There's a commotion at home

"Humph, you are so old, but you don't go to work because you have a headache or a fever. Do you think you are the eldest daughter of a capitalist? You are asking for trouble. In my opinion, you should get married as soon as possible. Not only can you save food for the family, but you can also ask for more betrothal gifts so that your brothers can live a better life."

Zhu Juying ran out of the house and looked at Huang Maochun with indignation.

"What are you making a fuss about? Xiangxiang is still running a fever. She has already asked for leave from the team. Why can't she rest? Besides, it was such a good marriage, but you had to ruin it. Now you want Xiangxiang to get married again. What are you thinking?"

Huang Maochun threw away the roasted peanuts in his hand, put his son in his arms into the sewing basket, and started quarreling with Zhu Juying.

"What's my intention? I have good intentions. What's so good about the last in-laws? I think they are useless. They don't give this or that. The total betrothal gift is only a few dozen yuan. They don't have any of the three major items. Your daughter is so cheap. She rushed to marry him, but she doesn't want anything."

Zhu Juying's head was buzzing with anger. The betrothal gift given by Xiangxiang's in-laws was already more than ten yuan more than what most girls get when they get married. As for the three big items, not to mention that they, the country folk, couldn't afford them, even if people from the city wanted to buy one of the big items, wouldn't they have to beg for favors?
They are all people who can make a living by earning work points. How can she and the old man have the nerve to ask for so many things? Her Xiangxiang is not a fairy. She married into the family just to live a down-to-earth life.

"We don't want so much. As long as my in-laws treat me well and the couple can live a stable life, I don't care about the rest."

"You don't care, but I do. Let me tell you, my cousin's son works in a blacksmith shop in the county town, and he makes this much a month. I've already promised to introduce Xiang Xiang to him, and they'll give me a dowry of 80 yuan and a Butterfly brand bicycle. It's all agreed upon, and they'll come over tomorrow."

When Huang Maochun said this, he didn't notice Zhu Juying's increasingly ugly expression. Her mind was full of the betrothal money and how to spend it after she got it.

Although her cousin has a physical defect, he has a stable job and she is not destined to have that. If she could marry someone in the city and the man is so good at making money, she would wake up laughing even in her dreams.

Thinking of Lu Xingchang, she couldn't help but frown. She shouldn't have agreed to marry him just because he was good-looking.

"Let me tell you, only her father and I can decide Xiangxiang's marriage. As her sister-in-law, you should stop interfering. Your cousin or aunt don't need to come over. Even if she does, I will kick her out. Don't blame me for embarrassing you later."

"you dare!"

"See if I dare!"

Huangmaochun was so angry that he picked up the scissors in the basket and was about to stab Zhu Juying. The door was opened with a "click". Xiangxiang, who was too sick to stand, held onto the door frame and pointed at Huangmaochun with shaking hands.

"Huang Maochun, if you dare to touch my mother, I will fight you to the death."

Huang Maochun's hand holding the scissors paused for a moment. Zhu Juying was not afraid of her and thought it would be best to just give her a stab. Then she could live separately or let her son divorce her. She really wanted to stay away from this daughter-in-law who frightened her.

The two of them just stared at each other, Xiangxiang held onto the door frame and coughed. She turned her head to glance at her little nephew who was shaking with fear, and felt infinitely sad. If she hadn't given birth to the child, her second brother would have divorced her, but since they had this little nephew, all they could do was give in. They couldn't let the child be without a mother.

The gate of the courtyard was slammed loudly, interrupting the three people who were on the verge of a tense situation in the yard.

Shen Meng was carrying a basket covered with a blue cloth, and she reached out and knocked on the door again.

"Is Aunt Juying at home? I'm Xiaomeng, Aunt?"

Huang Maochun reacted quickly. She pulled two handfuls of hair and turned to open the gate. Seeing Shen Meng carrying the basket, her eyes brightened a little, but her face was full of grievance. "Sister-in-law is here. Look, there's a commotion at home. Come in quickly. What are you holding? How about I hold it for you!"

Shen Meng handed it to her without any hesitation, but at the moment of handing it to her, she put all the good things under the dried vegetables into the space.

"Oh my, what's going on? Why are they arguing? Auntie, help Xiangxiang up. She can't stand. Is she sick?"

"What's wrong with you? You just don't want to go to work because it's cold. You're just being lazy. Sister-in-law, do you want to come to my room and talk?"

Huang Maochun spoke first before Zhu Juying did. Without any fear of embarrassment, she opened the basket that Shen Meng brought and looked through it. There were only some dried vegetables. Her face darkened and she even lost interest in inviting Shen Meng to talk.

She also knew that two cars went to Shen Meng's house at noon today. Who wouldn't be jealous of those large and small bags of things? She thought she would bring some valuable things, but she didn't expect it to be just these worthless dried vegetables. It seemed that everyone had these things.

"No, I have something to do with Aunt Juying, this basket..."

"Here you go. I'm going to go back and take care of the child. The child is making a fuss, so I'm afraid I won't have time to chat with my sister-in-law."

She pushed the basket into Shen Meng's arms and turned back to the house. Zhu Juying's face turned red when she saw this. After all, Shen Meng was a guest when he came to her house. It was really unruly.

"Xiao Meng, come inside and talk!"

Shen Meng smiled and followed Zhu Juying into the house and put the things in the space back into the basket. Lu Xiangxiang looked very weak, her cheeks were flushed, and her breathing was heavy.

"Xiangxiang is seriously ill, have you taken medicine?"

"Cough, cough, cough, no, I thought it would be fine if I just cover it up. It's okay, sister-in-law, wait and see. If it's still not better at night, let my dad go find Brother Changhong."

Shen Meng glanced towards the door and poked Zhu Juying with his elbow.

"Aunt, I have some antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs at home. Please ask Uncle Guai to come to my house and give them to Xiangxiang in the evening."

Her voice was a little louder when she said this, and she handed the basket in her hand to Zhu Juying. The latter took it after a moment's hesitation, and picked up the dried vegetables on top. Underneath was a can of food, a box of honey, and a pound of brown sugar.

"How can this be possible? This is too expensive. I can't do this."

"Aunt, please take it. Xiangxiang is sick and needs to take medicine. You can soak these dried vegetables to make dumplings or even buns later."

Lu Xiangxiang was groggy, but she knew in her heart that her mother was probably so frightened because her sister-in-law Meng had sent her good things again. Thinking about it, ever since her family had become good friends with sister-in-law Meng, all the things she gave to her mother were real things, and all she did was just to help out when they were inconvenient, which was really insignificant. Her family was really getting a great deal.

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