amaotonovel Chapter 287 Heart-to-heart talk between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
Chapter 287 Heart-to-heart talk between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
When the new house was built, in addition to building a new courtyard for Wang Qiuyue's siblings and Xiao Ming's family, two additional rows of houses were built as backup.
Now everything has been built and most of the furniture is ready, so we can just move in.
While Liu was packing up, Song Dashan took a torch and searched Song Nian's body. He found two fifty-tael silver notes and a few taels of change in his purse, and he took them all.
"Daughter-in-law, come here. This is over a hundred taels of silver from your family. Your mother and I will keep it for you. Don't let this bastard have any of it."
Even at this moment, Liu still felt a little bit reluctant, and her voice was as soft as a mosquito: "Dad, Mom, let's move out. My husband doesn't have any money. How are we going to survive?"
"Live or die, it's better to be dead than to live like this.
You took all the food away from home and are not allowed to come back, let alone cook for him. I want to see how he shows off his power.
The second brother gave you one or two ounces of silver two days ago. Is it still in your hands?"
"Yes, I don't have much money to spend, so I haven't touched it yet."
"That's fine. Let's go live in Aning's new house for a while and we'll talk about the future later."
After the two elders finished explaining things to Liu, Zhang went into the house to help the children dress and tidy up their bedding, while Song Dashan took Song An Ning to the kitchen to get something.
After a thorough cleanup, not a single grain of rice was left in the kitchen. Song Nian kept apologizing, but everyone present pretended not to hear him.
It was late at night. On the small road north of Banyue Village, the old couple and a few others were carrying luggage and clothes, slowly walking towards their new house.
Song Zexun, who was walking in front, holding a torch, took a last look at the house at the foot of the mountain. That was his home. The only one left in the house was his father who knew how to beat people.
After an incense stick of time, the group finally arrived at the new house. When Song An Ning built this row of houses, Song Dashan and Song Erhe felt that it was unnecessary. The new house was already very large, and there was a row of warehouses in the backyard. They didn't expect that it would be used so soon.
"There's a brick bed in the room, and it's a little cold because the fire hasn't been turned on yet.
I'll go back and get two more quilts later, so we can make do for the night."
Song An Ning took out a tinderbox and lit the oil lamp in the room. He looked around and saw that all the tables, chairs and benches were there, except for the clothes hanger.
The house was built with blue bricks. Although it was not as spacious and bright as the main courtyard, it was much better than the house where Liu and her family lived now.
The children were no longer sleepy and looked around curiously. It was the first time they lived in such a nice house and they didn't know if they could sleep.
After Song An Ning finished speaking, she prepared to take Number One back to get the quilt. Before leaving, she gave Zhang a look, and the old lady understood immediately.
After she and Song Dashan left, Zhang helped her daughter-in-law tidy up the bedding. After saying a few words, she also took the opportunity to knock:
"Second daughter-in-law, now you have seen it too.
Your father, Aning, and I have always been objective about the matter, not the person. In our family, no matter young or old, if anyone says or does something wrong, they will be punished.
I am not the second child's biological mother. When I married your father, the second child was only three or four years old. The skinny little baby hid at the door in fear, which made people feel sad.
From then on, I treated the two children as my own. Maybe your father and I didn't teach him well, so he dared to hit others when he grew up.
Here, I'll apologize to you on his behalf. When his injuries heal, your father and I will bring him over to apologize to you in person."
Liu was flattered. In her twenty-plus years of life, this was the first time she had heard of a mother-in-law apologizing to her daughter-in-law. She quickly said,
"There's no need for such a mother. Since I got married, we've never had a quarrel except for that last incident.
I will always remember all the kindness you have shown us.
If anyone should apologize, it should be me who apologizes to you two elders. It was indeed my wrong decision last time, and I have figured it out in the past two days.
My family doesn't care about family affection, they only care about money. Juan'er will suffer if she marries there.
From now on, apart from the one or two taels of silver as a tribute every month, I will buy some things for you during the New Year and other festivals. I will not take care of the rest. I will just watch over my children to make more money and live a good life.
As for Song Nian, I will listen to you and Aning. If he hits me again, I will hit him back. If I can't beat him, I will tell you and dad.
I want to make money, buy land, and build a house like this!"
After hearing what she said, Zhang finally felt better. Her eldest daughter-in-law had gone crazy, and she couldn't let anything happen to her second daughter-in-law. The family was just getting by, and she hoped that the future would be smooth.
After knowing what Liu was thinking, Zhang stopped talking about it and brought up the duck eggs again.
"Don't worry about the duck eggs. Aning said she would go to the next town to buy some.
We have a car, so we save the cost of hiring one, but it will take some time.
You should rest for the next two days and return to work when your injuries are almost healed."
"Yes, thank you for thinking so much for me."
"We're a family, there's no need to talk about this..."
While the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting, Song Dashan and Song Anning came back, followed by No. 1 and Wang Qiuyue. The four of them all carried large and small bags and took a lot of things.
"Grandma, this is medicine for the wound, please apply it on Second Aunt.
Grandpa said you should stay here tonight too, he's worried about Second Aunt taking care of the kids."
"Okay, your grandfather and I will live in the next room, so I can look after you."
After the children's initial excitement wore off, their eyelids began to droop and they soon fell asleep.
The matter was half settled. After Song Anning and Wang Qiuyue put away the things they brought, they said goodbye to their grandparents and Liu and were about to leave.
When he reached the door, Song Dashan called out to Song Anning: "Aning, if you go out, come here and tell me when you come back."
"Don't worry, Grandpa. I'll just be out for a while. I'll make sure you get a good night's sleep."
"Tsk, this girl..."
Song Dashan stood at the door with his hands behind his back, watching his granddaughter until she was out of sight.
After sending Wang Qiuyue home, Song Anning set out from Banyue Village with Number One. They first went to the river to collect the dead fish before setting off.
A quarter of an hour later, she put Number One into her backpack and became Sister Hua herself.
"Master, what are we going to do?"
Song An Ning thought about it. In the original owner's memory, he seemed to have come to Liujia Village with his grandmother for a banquet when he was a child. He vaguely remembered that the headman's house in Liujia Village was located in the center of the village, and there was a big willow tree at the door.
"Let's go to the village head's house first. The villagers of Liujia Village dared to do this, so the village head must know the situation. Let's go and take a look.
Look for the house with the big willow tree in the center of the village."
"We've found it. Xiangxiang is already marked on the map. Master, just follow the map and fly over."
There were many insects in the village at night. Song Anning had to be alert to the natural enemies around him while flying, humming:
"I can't fly out of this colorful world... I'm actually a lovely flower..."
"..."
Xiangxiang was already accustomed to her master's adaptation of songs, and she began to hum them in her head.
After a while, Song An Ning found the headman's house. Surprisingly, the doors and windows of the Liujia Village headman's house were closed, with only a dim oil lamp lit, but a group of people gathered in the house.
At this moment, they were gathered together, talking in low voices.