Chapter 5 Breakfast Incident
"What are you all doing here? Is the meal ready? Have you fed the chickens? Have you watered the vegetable patch?"
When Old Lady Shen came out, she saw several daughters-in-law gathered together and talking lively. Thinking that the fourth daughter-in-law was unwilling to give even a broken wooden sign and let her daughter suffer such a great injustice, she was furious. The angry words came out directly.
The expressions of the sisters-in-law changed slightly. As the second daughter-in-law, Xu usually took on the responsibilities of the eldest sister-in-law when the eldest sister-in-law was not around. At this moment, she was the first to speak, "Mom, you're up. My sister-in-law and I are already cooking. We can eat soon."
Although the mother-in-law always oppressed her daughters-in-law and gave all kinds of subsidies to take care of Shen Mingzhu, no matter what Xu and others thought in their hearts, they still respected her on the surface. After all, they were not at the point of never seeing each other again, and they had to consider their reputation.
"Xiaoyu, get some water for your grandma to wash her face." Xu instructed her daughter and comforted the old lady, "Mom, wash up first. I'll call you when it's time for dinner!"
Old Mrs. Shen nodded with satisfaction. As expected, the second daughter-in-law made her the most satisfied in this family. Thinking about it, she looked at the fourth daughter-in-law again and saw that she still had a bandage on her forehead. She couldn't help but speak.
"Fourth son's wife, seeing how lively you are, I guess nothing is wrong now. Just pick up the housework and don't expect your sister-in-law to do everything! Whose unmarried sister-in-law stays at home to serve the whole family every day!"
Xu and Zhao, who serve the whole family:...
Lin Yuxi's thoughts kept flashing across the screen, but she didn't say a word. Why did she have to wake up someone who was pretending to be asleep? Was she waiting for her to lose her temper and cause trouble?
"Mom, is breakfast ready? I'm hungry!" Shen Mingzhu yawned as she walked out of the room. Although the dried meat in the room was delicious, it was not a proper meal after all. If her father had not been angry and refused to let her eat last night, she would have called up her sisters-in-law to make her something delicious.
"Hey, Mingzhu, you're awake. Why don't you sleep a little longer? It's still early." When Old Mrs. Shen saw her old daughter wake up, she walked quickly to Shen Mingzhu with a smile on her face and said with pity.
Shen Lu, the third child, was only 5 years old at this moment. Hearing this, she looked at the sun in the sky and blinked her cute eyes in confusion. Is it still early? Why did her mother say that the sun was shining on her buttocks and asked her to get up quickly?
Shen Xue touched the bun on her cousin's head and looked at the cute little expression with amusement. At the age of 8, she could already understand what adults said. She subconsciously comforted her cousin with her hands, and then received a sweet smile from her cousin.
"Mom, I'm starving. When can we have dinner?"
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Shen touched her daughter's hair with a distressed look, and then she glared at her daughters-in-law and scolded them, "Didn't you hear that your sister is hungry? Why don't you hurry up and cook? What are you all doing here? Are you waiting for me to serve you? You have no sense at all. Why did my son marry you women?"
Xu Wan'er and Zhao Li, who were chosen by their deceased grandmother and then married:
Lin Yuxi, who was chosen by the fourth son Shen Minghui and insisted on marrying:
Xu took her two younger siblings and quickly went to the kitchen, away from this place of trouble.
Several children also chose a place farther away to play.
Old Mrs. Shen looked at the scene with satisfaction. Yes, she was still so prestigious. None of the old ladies in the village had such deterrent power as her. Her words were law at home.
"Grandma, water for washing your face!"
"Good, you have a good eye!" Old Mrs. Shen looked at the face-washing water brought over by her little granddaughter, felt the temperature, nodded with satisfaction, and after her daughter finished washing her face, she also washed herself, without noticing the flash of disgust in her beloved daughter's eyes.
At this time, the men who had been busy in the fields also returned home one after another. Looking at the mud and sweat on their bodies, Shen Yu, Shen Xue and others were busy fetching water to wash their fathers and uncles. Shen Mingzhu frowned uncomfortably. Really, they didn't know to wash outside before coming back. It's so dirty!
Shen Mingliang and others took it and cleaned the stains on it.
Old man Shen finished the work first, took out his pipe and took a puff. "Oh, I'm finally done with the planting. My old bones are almost falling apart! I'm so old, so useless! I only have a few dozen acres of land. When I was young, planting was like a piece of cake."
The other brothers also took care of themselves one after another. Shen Minghua wiped the water drops from his face and said, "Second brother, didn't I tell you to wait until I finish the work at hand, and then I will work with you? You and dad finished harvesting dozens of acres of wheat just like that! You...what can I say to you?"
"Yes, second brother, the work in the field is not yours alone. Do you still treat us as brothers?" Shen Minghui got up early today and finished his morning exercise, and went to the field early. Seeing that dozens of acres of wheat had been planted and only the end was left, and looking at his second brother who was so tired that his waist could hardly straighten up, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Old Man Shen watched the two brothers criticize their second son with a smile on his face, but he didn't say anything. As long as the brothers had a good relationship, the family would not break up.
"Haha, don't you all have things to do? Besides, there are cows at home, how can I really let myself be tired!" Shen Mingliang waved his hand indifferently. He only had the ability to farm. The land at home was the foundation. He had to take care of the rear for his brothers so that they would have a way out no matter what happened in the future.
"Fourth brother, where are you going this time? Did you see the plane?" While the others were talking, Shen Mingzhu approached Shen Minghui calmly and spoke suddenly, paying attention to Shen Minghui's expression as she spoke.
"Fat chicken? Mingzhu, are you greedy? If you want to eat it, ask your sister-in-law to kill one for you. We still have a lot of chickens at home!" It will fall into your mouth sooner or later anyway, and it saves my daughter from feeding it. Shen Laoer had a simple smile on his face and spoke kindly.
Shen Mingzhu looked at Shen Minghui's normal face and said with a roll of her eyes, "Yes, but I still have to keep the chickens at home to lay eggs, so I won't eat them. I don't know if there are still fish in the river now? Fourth brother, do we still have the net at home? How about using the Internet to catch fish?"
"Fishing net? We don't have that thing at home!" Although Shen Minghui didn't know what Shen Mingzhu was doing today, it didn't stop him from countering her moves.
"Little sister, don't you dislike eating fish? Last time your sister-in-law cooked one and you complained it was fishy and boney? Why do you want to eat fish now?"
What did you do so far? I'm so tired, who has time to catch that fish, just for you to watch? Shen Minghua complained in his heart. Thinking about it, it doesn't make sense, why does the little sister keep calling Lao Si today, is she finally embarrassed about what happened yesterday? But this attitude of looking for trouble doesn't seem right!