Li Chunhua is very warm to these women who; according to her son, have taken care of her daughter-in-law. Although the little girl in front of her looks strange, she doesn"t take it to heart, she just keeps holding on to her hand and starts talking.
“I wanted to come with them before. After all, Shiheng is busy. Xuezhu is pregnant for the first time and has no experience. It"s because someone needed to watch the building of the new house at home. In addition, I have to rent a house to live here. Originally, I said that Xuezhu should stay in our hometown, but I was afraid that she would get sick when we were building the house with all the dust and sand moving back and forth. Finally, Shiheng said that there was nothing lacking in the army and the hospital here, so I was relieved.”
“In recent months, when I was at home, I couldn"t eat or sleep well. I was afraid that Shiheng couldn"t take good care of Xuezhu. So, as soon as the house was finished, I came here in a hurry.”
Zhou Qianqian"s face was stiff. She looked at the woman in front of her who was full of fondness when she looked at her. She even doubted whether she was dreaming.
She also has a mother-in-law. Before she joined her husband at the army base, she had never seen other people"s mother-in-law get along with a daughter-in-law. In Zhou Qianqian"s impression, as long as someone was a mother-in-law, she would be dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law at least a little.
When her mother was dissatisfied with her sister-in-law, her mother once said that there should always be a bow between a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law. Her mother didn"t want to be the one who bowed her head, so she had to subdue the person from the beginning.
Zhou Qianqian did notice her mother-in-law"s faint dissatisfaction with herself after she got married. Instead of thinking about resistance, she chose to bow first, and was careful to please her.
After all, she also knew clearly that between herself and her mother-in-law, her husband would definitely choose his mother.
Therefore, if Lin Shiheng"s mother did not like He Xuezhu, Zhou Qianqian only felt that she had antic.i.p.ated it and did not doubt it at all.
But she never thought that when Lin Shiheng"s mother got here, she showed more kindness than He Xuezhu"s own mother.
Li Chunhua held her hand and spoke nonstop for a long while but receive no response. When she looked again, she could see Zhou Qianqian"s expression was ugly.
How can this person be as stiff as a log and expect her to follow up on her own words?
She loosened her hand and shook hands with someone else.
This time, Zhang-jie, who is a good friend of He Xuezhu, was shaken by the hand. She sighed with great cooperation: “you are very kind to Xuezhu.”
That"s it!
This is what Li Chunhua was waiting for. She immediately held out her chest and raised her head with pride: “Xuezhu, I liked her before she married into my family. She was good in appearance, figure and temperament, and she worked neatly. As soon as I looked at her, I felt that this was my destined daughter-in-law!”
He Xuezhu was supported by Lin Shiheng and was somewhat confused when she heard her mother-in-law"s words. All she knew at that time was that suddenly one day the mother told herself that the Lins" had liked her, and the bride price had been fixed, so she only needed to wait for her marriage with ease. She really didn"t know that her mother-in-law had only mentioned it because she liked her.
Seeing that the expression on the old lady"s face in front of her was not fake, she breathed a sigh of relief at the bottom of her heart. Why was He Xuezhu worried? Zhang-jie also smiled: “I feel the same. It"s also a good blessing for Xuezhu to meet such a kind and loving mother-in-law.”
As soon as Li Chunhua heard this, the smile on her face suddenly became even more friendly: “No, this child, Xuezhu had some hardship. Before, when Shiheng was in the army, she should have followed him to the base as a soldier"s wife, but he didn"t trust me, an old lady, being left alone. So, she accompanied me in the village for three years.”
“Three years ago, I was greedy because I liked Xuezhu and wanted her to stay with me some more. But now, I couldn"t always be so selfish, right? I just couldn"t let her and Shiheng stay apart for such a long time."
He Xuezhu was lamenting that her mother-in-law liked her so much. Hearing Li Chunhua"s remarks, she was deeply moved by her already emotional pregnancy.
Was it because her mother-in-law liked her that she was not allowed to follow Shiheng to the base?
Lin Shiheng timely said: “Mom, you like Xuezhu so much, just stay here. Let"s buy a house here and live with the family in the future.”
“No, that won"t do. Your father"s grave is still in the village. I have to watch over him.” Li Chunhua went back to her son and explained to Zhang-jie, “my husband left early. Our family"s sir, died before he was 30 years old. Unless we move the grave, our family must guard it. Otherwise, I"m are afraid he would haunt me.”
Zhang-jie would naturally say that this was all a feudal superst.i.tion. But after listening to this, she also said, “it"s hasn"t been easy for you.”
“It"s okay. It used to be that I only wanted to bring up my child. Later, I didn"t think that the child joined the army as soon as he was old enough. It"s also good to have Xuezhu with me, which gives some comfort to this old woman"s heart."
Li Chunhua"s words are inseparable from He Xuezhu, the daughter-in-law. After chatting a few more words, she reluctantly let go of Zhang-jie"s hand. “Then I"ll go back first. In these past months, I specially selected some female chicks. I carefully wait on them every day to cultivate a big chicken. Each hen can lay eggs. This chicken soup from a hen that can lay eggs is the most nourishing. It"s not easy to get. I brought them here, waiting to mend Xuezhu"s body. They are all alive. I have to hurry to let them loose so they won"t wilt. ”
“Ah, you go then.”
After the meeting, some women were more or less surprised and had some envy in their eyes. Li Chunhua released her hand with satisfaction.
She started to think about all kinds of countermeasures when her son and daughter-in-law left.