Chapter 259 Pig Trotter Ginger Without Pig Trotters(1/2)
Ye Shuying didn't think about sending her son to a private school. Of course, it was to save money. She made a lot of calculations. Anyway, everything was paid for by her mother's family. Why not take advantage of it?
I think my son can play if he wants to. He is only over three years old at the moment and will go to his parents' home to study when he is five or six years old.
Ye Shuying even felt that their sisters were uneducated and did not know a few words. Apart from the fact that she was a farmer, her husband could also get business and make money, so her life was okay.
Although she is not as good as her two younger sisters, as a woman, she is already pretty good as a farm girl. She feels that her eldest brother from her mother’s side asked the husband to teach the girl how to read. Those are not boys. No matter how many words she knows, she is just a girl.
That's all.
It would be better to save the money and wait until his son grows up to have a husband or support a boy as a scholar.
Not only did Ye Shuying think this way at the time, she was also nagging her mother and whispering to her mother. At that time, her third sister was not yet married!
It's a pity...the days when parents made the decision are gone forever. The elder brother and sister-in-law are controlled by their parents and all their income is handed over to them.
Now with the support of the Tang family, I can make money, but it is not controlled by my parents and I refuse to listen to their persuasion. I am a spoiled girl from the family.
Ye Shuying gave birth to a boy before, and her mother always gave birth to girls after her eldest brother, and she always gave her love to her boys. Not only did she take care of her children, but she also helped her in everything.
But now the eldest brother and sister-in-law not only have money, but also have a baby boy.
Although her mother-in-law's family is also helping her husband, her mother-in-law's family no longer helps their family. Fortunately, her mother-in-law's family has established a relationship. In the past, her mother-in-law did not take care of her baby and now she can still take care of her baby at home.
My brother-in-law's newly married daughter-in-law seems to be very hard-working and very smart. In order to gain a foothold in the family, she shows her strength in every aspect.
In order not to be weaker than her sister-in-law, Ye Shuying had to work harder. Since giving birth to her eldest son, her sister-in-law has given birth to another child, and her belly has not moved yet.
In fact, I am quite afraid that my brother-in-law's wife will have a baby before her, and then all the work in the fields will be handed over to her.
There was a plate of red eggs and pig's trotters, ginger and vinegar on the Ye family's dinner table. There was only this little thing left in the pig's trotters, ginger and vinegar. There were no pig's trotters in the pig's trotters, ginger and vinegar, but only ginger and eggs.
If there is an extra husband at lunch, the family will be divided into two tables. In the morning and evening, if there is no husband, the family will only have one table to sit and eat.
There were two extra plates of food on the dinner table. The Acer couple, who didn't know the situation yet, looked at each other and realized that there must be a story inside.
They haven't even heard their daughters tell them where these two things came from.
When Mrs. Lai was serving dinner, she asked the workers to serve her a small plate of rice. She was already very full after eating the pig's trotters, and she was just sitting here to hand over tasks to her son and daughter-in-law.
Acer's father didn't know about this either. He washed his hands and ate bamboo cigarettes as soon as he came back from the factory. Since his son took charge of the family, he, the peacemaker, has had a lot less work.
"Acer, your sister has given birth to a baby. These are red eggs and pig's feet sent by your second brother-in-law. Tomorrow, Mrs. Li will go to visit and will bring chickens and eggs."
When Lai talked about chickens and eggs, she didn't feel distressed. After all, they were her daughter, son, and her daughter-in-law were so generous in giving things to others. She still felt a little distressed when her own daughter gave birth.
After hearing Lai's words, Hongji and his wife looked at each other. Hongji couldn't say how much he liked this second sister, but she was his sister after all. The way he looked at his wife seemed to say, leave this matter to her.
Mrs. Li already knew from her husband's eyes what he meant. As a eldest sister-in-law, she was like a mother. In fact, these sisters-in-law had always treated her badly. Being kind-hearted, she never held a grudge. She only felt that the sisters-in-law were ignorant.
After all, with such a mother around, they became richer at home, more capable of making decisions, and more or less forgave their sisters-in-law, but they did not express how kind they were to their sisters-in-law.
After all, she is not my sister, and she has always had a bad attitude towards me. People have to change their hearts, and exchange their enthusiasm for the indifference of others.
Mrs. Li nodded to her husband and said that she heard it and would go to the hospital tomorrow. As a mother, if the mother of the mother's family does not go to visit the mother who gave birth to the baby, she would do it tomorrow.
Her sister-in-law also had to visit her, not only to bring food to the mother, but also to show some support.
This is also a small custom, but only when you marry close can you get the attention of your mother's family.
Whether you have status in your husband's family and whether you can live a better life in your mother-in-law's family may be due to the lack of support from your mother's family.
Mrs. Li had suffered so much back then, and she understood very well that for a mother who had just given birth to a baby, especially a girl, the visit from her mother's family might be to provide some spiritual support.
Maternal mothers are particularly vulnerable after giving birth. The arrival of the mother-in-law's family and bringing them food only shows their concern, and will also make the husband's family treat their mother and daughter better from now on.
Everyone shared one of the red eggs on the table. As for the pot of pig's trotters and ginger, it looked delicious and no one touched it.
When Lai saw her family, they only ate red eggs. She felt that they didn't want to eat this plate of pig's trotters, ginger and vinegar, and wanted to finish all the eggs in it, but she was too full, so she could only save this plate for dinner.
night.
Ye Shiqi and her sisters shared a red egg to eat, and the pig's trotters and ginger vinegar sent by their second uncle. They met in the afternoon and did not ask grandma for anything to eat.
It can be seen that there are a lot of them, but there is only this little bit on the table at the moment. I understand that grandma has eaten it.
They eat red eggs just to give face to their second aunt, who is still a relative after all. They don’t eat red eggs just for the sake of eating red eggs. The eggs from the chickens raised at home are much more delicious than those sent by their uncle.
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The five sisters all saw with their own eyes their uncle's face when he returned to his parents' home to announce the good news, and they were unhappy that the second girl had given birth to a girl instead of a boy.
As women, they have fully understood from the time they were born until they became wise, that girls are so mean in the eyes of their parents.
Ye Shiqi has always felt this sad and bad feeling about such a society where men are superior to women, which is not fair and unequal at all.
Fortunately, her parents were okay with her, otherwise she would have cursed the author of this book for writing about this family like this.
She was so unlucky to come into this society. Fortunately, she had a golden finger and her parents were not that bad, allowing her to feel the love of her father and mother in this era where men were superior to women.
Ye Shiqi actually works so hard, exposing her space and ability so hard, and helping her family get rich at the cost of her own danger.
It's all because of this father's love and mother's love, so that she won't have such a hard time when she grows up.
Helping her family is actually just for herself, and she has become a peasant girl. She wants to use her golden fingers to live the life of a wealthy lady, and use her own abilities to never be a loser in her life.
You can't just look at it now, and really don't take it seriously if you only make a small amount of money.
After Ye Shiqi had dinner, she would no longer save oil lamps at home, and she would no longer be scolded by her grandma for the oil lamps.
She would not waste the time before going to bed at night. In fact, she cherished every minute and every second of her growth.
It has entered the cold winter night, and even if you close the door, you will not close the window too tightly that the wind will blow in.
In order to prevent their children from getting cold, parents would put a stove in their sisters' room.
The maid would use this stove to place an earthen pot for boiling hot water on it, and also put sweet potatoes on the burning stove to bake, so that in the evening there would be a midnight snack.
In fact, Ye Shiqi is very satisfied with her current ordinary and happy home. She does not need to eat exquisite food or eat cereals to be happy. As long as her family is healthy, safe and happy, she is very satisfied.
She is also constantly working hard to protect this happiness.
Others had dinner and took a bath here. Such a little baby must be lying on the bed, and she was writing or drawing.
They did not practice musical instruments at night. Did the sisters want to be annoying at night and not disturb the rest of the neighbors not far away?
Unexpectedly, someone came to the house that night, and she could hear the sound of the door opening in the courtyard outside her room, and heard her aunt's voice.
There is no need to think that the eldest aunt is coming to her parents' house at such a late hour because of the second aunt's business.
In winter, it gets dark relatively early, so Ye Shuying and her sister-in-law returned home before dark.
She found that the pots and stoves were cold at home, but Ye Shuying was used to it. Her parents were not lazy enough to cook for the family.
She went to cook in silence, and the newlyweds who came back with her pouted without a trace, saying that they had already inquired about this family before marrying into it. Not only was this widowed mother stingy, she was also lazy and a little selfish.
To be able to fall in love with this family, of course, the husband is also valued by the widowed mother. More importantly, both the husband and the uncle can make money, and the house built at home is okay.
The most important point is that her sister-in-law's natal family can make money and lead her husband's family to make money. Being able to get along better with her sister-in-law is also for her own natal family.
She comes from the village next door. Her family is not rich and she has many brothers and sisters. Coming here has also brought benefits to her family.
It turns out that having more brothers and sisters has brought difficulties to the family, so I have already found a job in my sister-in-law’s family.
Although some are long-term farm workers and some are part-time workers, it is still better than guarding one or two acres of land at home and leaving so many people without food.
The two sisters worked together in the kitchen to cook food. Their life was a little better, and the mother-in-law was not as picky as before. There was meat for lunch, let alone dinner, for her two sons.
Still coming back for dinner.
When the widowed mother saw Ye Shuying coming home, they entered the kitchen to cook and did not say hello to her, nor did they care. She curled her lips and chose to leave a message for her sons when they came back for dinner.
The sisters-in-law had prepared the meal before their husbands came back. They had just washed their hands. When they saw their men coming back, they quickly gave them hot water to wash their hands and put dinner on the table.
While the family was eating, Ms. Ding glanced at Ye Shuying, who was feeding her son, and began to make her remarks.
"Eldest daughter-in-law, your mother's family sent someone to tell you this afternoon that your second sister has given birth to a baby girl."
Ye Shuying's hands were dazed for a moment, she looked up at her mother-in-law and said, "Mother-in-law, what did my second sister and her family say?"
"Eldest daughter-in-law, it stands to reason that you should bring a message when you go out. For such a good news, you will be given pig's trotters, ginger, vinegar and red eggs. I don't know whether your second sister is stingy or your mother-in-law withheld it. I just said that you will go and visit tomorrow.
, Tsk tsk, we are both sisters, how come your second sister gave birth to a daughter for her first child."
Ye Shuying would not speak ill of her natal family in front of her husband's family, which is what her own sisters and her natal mother did. Belittling her natal family is equivalent to belittling herself, especially now that there is a new member in the family.
She did not answer what Ye Shuying's mother-in-law said. In fact, she was very considerate, otherwise she would not have taken advantage of her parents' family.
Ye Shuying nodded and said, "I'll go back to my parents' house after dinner."
What she meant by saying this is that anyone who knows how their family works knows that when Ye Shuying returns to her natal family, she will definitely ask her natal family to help bring out chickens and eggs.
The widowed mother was very willing for her daughter-in-law to do this. She raised chickens and eggs at home, which she saved and sold for money. She was only willing to give eggs to her grandson occasionally.
Adults don't have such good benefits, and other public expenses are there!
She would rather let her sons give her money to buy meat.
The sister-in-law didn't quite understand it yet, so she touched her husband's hand secretly.
Her husband gave her a look that said she should not pay so much attention to her sister-in-law's affairs.
The two brothers have a good relationship, and they also want their women to get along well, so that they don't get caught in the middle and don't gossip about everything.
Ye Shuying was full and didn't even wash her rice bowl. She changed into better clothes and hurried to her parents' house. Her sister-in-law pouted and looked at the bowls on the table and could only tidy them up obediently.
To be continued...