Candide in Chronology is on strike

I was angry in my heart. On the first day of the new year, Liu's mother prepared something for Qin Qing. When she went back to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings, she was very perfunctory.

Half a catty of peanuts, I can't be more perfunctory. I can't get enough of this New Year's gift. If outsiders find out, their family will definitely be laughed at.

You know, at this time, even if you are in the countryside, you won't just take these things back to your parents' house to celebrate the New Year.

She just wanted to embarrass Qin Qing. As long as she relented, said a few nice words, and promised not to be as cunning and mean as before, she would give her the real New Year's gift.

She had prepared the things a long time ago, including a pound of mung bean cake and half a pound of brown sugar. As soon as these things were taken out, who wouldn’t give them a thumbs up!

But who knows, Qin Qing glanced at the New Year's gift she prepared and said nothing.

"Liu Chen, hurry up, if you keep grinding, you won't be able to make it in time for lunch." Today is the Chinese New Year, and her parents have decided to make delicious food at home.

To be honest, even though she had just gotten married not long ago, she felt a little homesick.

Although the things were not very good, as long as Liu Chen dared to get them for her, she would dare to take them home. Not only that, but she would also promote them all the way.

Even if she goes to visit relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year, she will bring up this topic every now and then. Anyway, she is not afraid of embarrassment or others making fun of her.

"Oh, I'll be fine soon." Liu Chen's attitude was much better than before.

Before, he regarded Qin Qing as the same character as his mother, that is, someone with a low status, someone who obeyed him and absolutely obeyed him. Now that Qin Qing is not easy to mess with, his attitude naturally changed.

Mother Liu had been waiting for Qin Qing to come to her and give in. However, after waiting for a while, the two people actually wanted to leave with their things.

"Qin Qing, have you seen the New Year's gift I prepared for you to take back to your parents' family?" She asked with some uncertainty, what if Qin Qing didn't see it?

"I saw it!"

"Mom, don't worry! Since I married into the Liu family, I must be on our side. You can prepare anything. Even if you don't prepare, I won't have any objection." After saying that, Qin Qing He took off the cloth covering the basket.

"No need to cover it, let's take it over openly. How good are these peanuts! How many people want to eat but can't eat them!"

"My grandma has said before that peanuts nourish people and eating them is good for your health."

Liu Chen looked at the things in the basket and said nothing. It was none of his business. His mother had prepared the things and Qin Qing wanted to take them. He was just an innocent passerby.

It has nothing to do with what he needs to prepare or what he takes. No grown man would care about such a thing.

"No, don't you dislike this thing and not being able to get on the stage?"

"Would your parents be unhappy if you take this thing back?" Mother Liu asked passionately.

She herself has daughters. Except for the one in the country, she has two other daughters. When she comes back during the New Year, they all bring big and small bags. Brown sugar cakes are the standard. Sometimes, fish and meat are also brought back.

She thought she was not a philistine, but when her daughter returned to her parents' home, the things she had in her hands were too few and too thin, and she would be a little unhappy, feeling that she had let down the couple.

Qin Qing waved his hand very boldly: "Don't worry about what these two old guys think. We will take whatever we have. If we can bring them some peanuts, it will be a great honor to them. If you dare to show the slightest dislike in front of me, "Look, I won't take a hair from my parents' house when I go back to my parents' house." "Mom, don't worry! I'm not the kind of person who wants to go to my parents' house if there are some good things at home. I won't take advantage of them. Besides, I My parents also have a salary of fifty or sixty yuan a month, which is about the same as me."

It's true, she really doesn't care how much she takes back, whether it's more or less, it won't end up in her mouth anyway.

Of course, she also wanted to take this opportunity to make a name for her mother-in-law and smooth things over.

"That's good, that's good." Mother Liu was obviously not that happy, but she still forced a smile at the corner of her mouth.

She didn't know how to stop Qin Qing. After all, she was the one who took out the things and asked Qin Qing to take them back to her parents' home. Now, if she said no or said it didn't look good with this thing, it wouldn't be a slap in her face. ?

At this time, Liu Chen's eldest sister came back to her parents' home with her husband and children, which was a relief for her.

"What's wrong, is this?" Liu Chen's eldest sister Liu Yulan is a capable person with a very friendly and cheerful personality. When she saw that something was not right at home, she immediately asked.

"Your brother and sister-in-law are going back to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings! I've prepared some New Year's gifts for them." Liu's mother motioned to the boss to look at the little broken basket.

As soon as Liu Yulan looked at the thing, she knew what was going on. Wasn't it her mother who stole the chicken but failed to lose the rice?

If her siblings really took those things back to their parents' home, the family's reputation would be stepped on in the mud and spread. Who knows, they would think how mean and stingy their family is!

"Brother and sister, Mom is just kidding you. How can I really ask you to bring some peanuts and go back to your parents' house? It's impossible."

"Well, I brought back half a catty of meat and a catty of red bean cake this time. It's a token of appreciation from my eldest aunt. You can take it with you!"

"Liu Chen, when you get to your in-law's house, you need to be able to look at your eyes. Do you have a cigarette? Even if you don't smoke, you should light one for your father-in-law and the neighbors you meet." Liu Yulan felt that she was heartbroken for this family.

"Sister, this is what you brought back. I don't have the nerve to take it from you." Qin Qing declined, not wanting it.

But Liu Yulan felt that she was still angry: "Just take it! This is my little wish. If you don't take it, I will be angry."

"I really can't have it." Before Qin Qing finished speaking, Liu Yulan put the things directly into the small basket.

"Hurry up and take it, or I'm going to get angry."

After sending the young couple out, Liu Yulan began to lecture Liu's mother. Because she was close and could help both at home and outside, Liu's father and Liu's mother generally listened to her words.

"You tell me, why do you want to compete with a young girl like her? Fortunately, I'm here this time. Otherwise, if she had gone back like this, you would have just waited to hear the sarcastic remarks!"

This small county town is just that big of a place. Both families live in the city and are not far apart. There shouldn't be too many places where they intersect.

"I just want to control her, Magnolia, you don't know how much she has done these days. I won't talk about pouring hot soup on her. In the cold weather, at night, she even locked up your brother. It’s really helpless to go out.”

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have come up with this trick to pinch her! Who knew, she wouldn't pick up the trick, which almost pissed me off."