Chapter 29 I Have to Find Her

Liu Sanjin finished work early in the afternoon. She sat at the door of the main hall waiting for Xie Jinghao. These past two days, the third daughter-in-law had nothing to do so she took her children to the main house. Don't think she didn't know. The old woman who was chatting at the entrance of the village told her that her eldest daughter-in-law went to the county town today and brought back two large bags of things. She guessed that she went to pick up the things her son sent back. She had to find out what they were.

When Xie Jinghao came back with Xiaogang, she met Liu Sanjin's eyes as soon as she opened the door, and she stopped in her tracks in fright.

"Mom, you're off work so early. I'll go cook now."

"Wait, come and sit down first, I have something to ask you."

Xie Jing looked at her and then walked over with Xiaogang.

Liu Sanjin was not nice to his daughter-in-law, but he was good to his grandson Xiaogang. Of course, there was a huge difference compared to Lu Mingkai.

"Come here, Xiaogang, let grandma hold you."

"I want my mother to hold me. Xiaogang wants my mother to hold me."

Liu Sanjin's face changed, and she looked at Xie Jinghao with an ugly expression. Her grandson was not close to her, and she just thought that her daughter-in-law had said bad things about her to her grandson behind her back.

"Humph, stop inciting my grandson behind my back. My grandson and I are closest, and Xiaogang is closest to grandma, right? Hehehe." She glared at Xie Jinghao and said, "You came from your eldest sister-in-law's house, didn't she say anything?"

"Oh, sister-in-law, she gave you this month's pension and also told you not to work too hard!" Xie Jinghao was afraid that she would scold him when she just came back, so she hurried to cook and forgot about the money.

"Humph, you won't take it out even if I don't tell you. Is it just money? Where are the coupons, food coupons, cloth coupons, kerosene coupons, and your eldest brother sent such a big bag of things over, and she didn't take out any of it?"

Xie Jinghao licked her lips and said with a wry smile, "Mom, that wasn't sent by big brother. I looked at big brother's letter and there was only a remittance slip. The package was sent by soldiers in the army to the children in Mingyang. It was vermicelli, dried mushrooms and so on."

When Liu Sanjin heard this, his eyes widened in anger, and the old lady with bound feet almost jumped up. In her opinion, as long as the family had not been divided, the things sent by the eldest brother should belong to her, and not a single needle or thread should be put in Shen Meng's hands.

She said that they were not allowed to build the house at the beginning, and now all the things her son sent back were hidden by the black-hearted Shen Meng.

"Don't cook for the eldest wife tonight. Let her go hungry for a few meals. Humph, no, I have to go and get them. Those are what the army sent to Mingyang's children. If they are left in the hands of Shen Meng, that idiot, they will all be sent to her parents' home."

Before Xie Jinghao could stop her, she saw Liu Sanjin walking straight towards the gate of the courtyard. It was the first time she saw her mother-in-law walking so fast!
Seeing that there was no one around, she took Xiaogang back to the house and untied the cloth that Shen Meng had tied around her waist. There was a handful of Golden Monkey milk candies and a bag of brown sugar hidden inside. She quickly packed them up and put them in her kang cabinet and locked it, then she breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiaogang sensibly moved over and lay in her arms, but what he was thinking about was Shen Meng's words, "It's very comfortable to live in a yard of your own." She also wanted to live such a comfortable life. If she could also go out and live alone, she wouldn't have to secretly give good things to the children.

Shen Meng was in the room watching Mingkai and Mingfang happily holding their things and gesturing at themselves. Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door and frowned.

"Mingfang, quickly put away all your things and stay in the room to look after your brother. I'm going to go out and take a look."

Lu Mingfang's face turned pale with fright. She got off the kang in a hurry and hid her clothes and shoes in Shen Meng's closet. She didn't know why, but her mother said so, so there must be a reason.

The knock on the door was so loud that the neighbors on both sides stretched their heads to look, thinking something had happened. "Third Auntie, what's wrong with you? What happened?"

Liu Sanjin wiped his eyes and sobbed twice, saying, "Mother Daqing, Zhenping wrote a letter back, and I didn't know what he wrote in the letter for a whole day. Zhenping's wife covered it up and didn't let me see it. I was so worried!"

Daqing's mother Wang Lianhua rubbed her hands and looked at Liu Sanjin with some pity.

"Yes, Third Auntie, Brother Zhenping hasn't been home for several years, but he writes to me once a month. Don't get angry. Mingyang's mother is not feeling well. Wait a little longer, she will be out soon. Ask her what's going on first."

Originally, she thought Wang Lianhua was going to follow her words and scold Shen Meng, but unexpectedly, she was going to say something nice. She was very annoyed, and couldn't help but knock on the door a little harder.

"What's wrong, sister-in-law? Zhenping's wife has made you angry again. I think she should be beaten twice. She will be obedient after being beaten. Look at Lianhua and Xifeng. They listen to me very much. You are just soft-hearted and like dough. That's why your daughter-in-law has to poop and piss on you."

Wang Lianhua shuddered after hearing what her mother-in-law said, and hurried back to the yard to work.

Chen Zhaodi looked at her second daughter-in-law's back and spit on the ground.

Liu Sanjin lifted his hair and said, "I'm not as lucky as you. But only the older generation is not very filial. Xianglan and Jiaojiao are very filial. They always think of me when they have something delicious. Jiaojiao and Jiaxuan moved back and let me live in the big house. It's pitiful."

The daughter-in-law is a good person, but her son feels sorry for her. Jiaxuan had mentioned earlier that he wanted to build a yard. Ever since he became a warehouse keeper in the production team, he never asked for the money on hand. It would cost a lot of money to build a yard. The money in her hand is her life savings and she cannot touch it. Only Zhenping can pay for the money. It doesn't make sense for the eldest brother to live in a brick house and let his younger brother live in a mud house!

In addition to Chen Zhaodi, several other families came out to watch the fun after hearing the noise. Shen Meng stood behind the door with his arms folded and listened for a while before opening the door. His pale face looked like a ghost that had just jumped out of a grave in the dim light.

"Oh my God!"

"Oh my god, I'm scared to death!"

"Zhenping's wife, what happened to you? Why did you become like this?"

Liu Sanjin was also startled. Seeing Shen Meng holding on to the door frame, she subconsciously took two steps back, fearing that Shen Meng would suddenly fall on her.

"Aunt, I, cough cough cough, I received Zhenping's letter and was so happy that I wanted to ask someone to pick up the package, but I was afraid that I would be late for work, so I went there myself. After I came back, I felt uncomfortable in various ways and lay down for the whole afternoon."

"Tsk, where's Mingyang Mingliang? You're so sick, and the kids won't take care of you?"

Shen Meng shrank her neck as if she was afraid and said, "Comrade Zhenping sent some mushrooms and vermicelli, both from southern Yunnan. We didn't have any lunch at noon, and we couldn't wait until the evening. Mingyang and his children didn't know how to make those things, and they felt sorry for me, so they asked Mingfang to look after me. The two children went fishing, and they didn't come back so late. I was really worried."

Liu Sanjin had a lot to say but before she could even utter it, she was blatantly slandered by Shen Meng. Looking at the suspicious gaze from the side, she felt a mouthful of blood stuck in her chest and couldn't even spit it out.

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