Chapter 38

As soon as Fang Yumin took Aunt Chunhua around the corner, she saw Xiaoming and Xiaobai looking at Zhang Cuihua and Lin Qiulai arguing in the yard with their backs to them.In fact, it was Zhang Cuihua who kept yelling and cursing, but Lin Qiulai remained silent.

"Xiao Lian, why don't you go over there?" Aunt Chunhua couldn't help asking strangely when she saw Fang Yumin suddenly stopped like a brake.

Fang Yumin said lightly: "It's none of my business and Xiao Ming's. My mother-in-law is here to find Qiu. If that's the case, let them have a good talk. Let's just listen here. Look, Xiao Ming We all know this truth very well, and have never interfered in the past.”

"Xiao Ming is probably afraid of his grandma. If you don't go over, let's get closer, otherwise we won't be able to hear what they are talking about from such a distance."

"Okay." Fang Yumin stretched out his head to see the mother and child, but unexpectedly met Lin Qiulai's gaze.He grinned at her, seeming to ignore Zhang Cuihua's snarl.

Fang Yumin retracted her head and curled her lips, muttering in a low voice: "Hey, why are you laughing? Let's see how you deal with your old lady?"

"Xiaolian, what did you say?" Aunt Chunhua lowered her voice and asked, Fang Yumin hurriedly waved her hand to silence her.It was because her voice was too loud, Fang Yumin didn't want to alarm the old woman.

"Let's go over there, follow me." Fang Yumin took Aunt Chunhua and quietly moved behind the wooden cart parked by the side room. This was the closest hiding place to them.

The two of them had just squatted down when they heard Zhang Cuihua reprimanded in a rough voice: "...now in the village, who doesn't know that you would rather invite outsiders than ask your brothers to set up a stall in the county to sell hot and sour noodles? It spread in the village, saying that there are so many people eating hot and sour noodles at your noodle stall, and you have to wait to eat before leaving if you don’t have a seat. Brothers at home, huh?"

Lin Qiulai knew that Fang Yumin and Aunt Chunhua were listening in the corner, so he couldn't keep silent anymore: "Mother, the hot and sour noodles are made by Xiaolian and Aunt Chunhua, and the noodle stall is naturally made by our two families together." Besides, Aunt Chunhua is not an outsider, thanks to her for taking care of Xiaolian and Xiaoming when I was not at home." The implication is that you are a grandma and mother-in-law and have never paid attention to your grandson and daughter-in-law.Lin Qiulai was also very unhappy.

"Xiao Lian's short-lived ghost is really capable of being a pig in the water. I don't believe that Chunhua can do it. Don't use your wife to push things around. Give me the right words today. I'll call your elder brother over later."

Lin Qiulai was so angry that he laughed instead. He already knew that it was useless to reason with his mother. Was such arbitrariness only aimed at his family of three?
Seeing Lin Qiulai laughing, Zhang Cuihua became angry. She slapped Lin Qiulai's arm vigorously, and scolded: "What are you laughing at? Your short-lived ghost daughter-in-law hasn't given us pigs in the water these days. Your elder brother, sister-in-law and his family are all here." I muttered in front of me several times, if the old man didn't stop me, I would have come here to ask what's going on. It turns out that you all sold it, and you didn't say anything about such a lucrative job, and you didn't help your brother. It was done with outsiders, did you take your own mother seriously, huh?"

Zhang Cuihua has repeated these few words several times, Lin Qiulai goes in one ear and out the other, but he can't hear his mother say Fang Yumin: "Mother, my wife's name is Xiaolian, don't call her a short-lived ghost."

"You still dare to talk back, are you so courageous?" Zhang Cuihua glared at Lin Qiulai angrily, "Tomorrow you will take your eldest brother and second brother to set up a stall in the county."

"No, Xiaolian and I have already agreed with Brother Damin's family to cooperate with each other. Next time if there are other opportunities to make money, we will call the eldest brother and the second brother."

"Next time? When will we wait next time? We are all a family, what can we do? I will call Chunlai to help you in a while." Zhang Cuihua didn't take it seriously at all, probably because she was used to Lin Qiulai. No, don't pay attention to him at all.

Lin Qiulai looked at the aunt in front of him, is it really his mother? "You asked the eldest brother to come and join us, how do you want to divide the money I made? My eldest brother and I are half of each other?"

Zhang Cuihua stared with cloudy eyes: "What is half of one person? What about me? I am your mother, and you have to give me your share."

Lin Qiulai's voice was still so flat that no emotion could be heard: "If you take away my share, wouldn't Xiaolian and I work for nothing? What shall we eat?"

Zhang Cuihua didn't even have to think about it: "Doesn't your family have food? You just go to work again."

Lin Qiulai's heart suddenly turned to ice, he looked at his mother's natural expression, the answer without warmth at all, his face was ashen, he clenched his fist and asked patiently: "Mom, do you know What are you talking about?"

Zhang Cuihua glared: "Are you showing me a face? Isn't it just a noodle stall, so what if I gave it to your elder brother? He is your dear elder brother."

Lin Qiulai asked coldly: "Then I'm his own brother, why didn't he give it to me? Why should I give him everything from Xiaolian and me?"

"Should I give it away or not? You are all my sons, and I will give it to whoever I say." Zhang Cuihua said arrogantly.In the past, when she said she wanted to change the land, Sapo was so angry that Lin Qiulai and Fang Xiaolian obediently followed her to change the land. Now they just want a noodle stall, so they pushed three times and four times.But after she heard about it, the purse was bulging in just one morning.

Lin Qiulai was disheartened: "Go back and pretend that I haven't heard what you said."

"Okay, I'll call your elder brother over here." Zhang Cuihua didn't understand, and smiled triumphantly.

Lin Qiulai looked at his mother coldly, and now he regrets the stupid things he did before!Just because she was his own mother, she was squeezed time and time again by his greedy mother.It was because of her that the life of their family became more and more difficult. Xiao Lian and Xiao Ming really suffered with him.

"Don't call him, our noodle stall won't allow anyone to join. You can go back, if you have never thought of being nice to Xiaolian and Xiaoming in your heart. You don't need to come here in the future."

Zhang Cuihua opened her mouth wide with disbelief on her face. She stepped forward and grabbed Lin Qiulai's clothes and asked loudly, "What did you say? You unfilial thing, what did you just say?"

Lin Qiulai let Zhang Cuihua pull him and did not fight back, but said coldly: "I told you to stop thinking about our noodle stall. This noodle stall is the brainchild of Xiaolian and Aunt Chunhua. I won't let anyone join. If you have never thought about our family of three, then please don't come, we are very busy and don't want to keep adding trouble."

Zhang Cuihua was stunned. She never thought that Lin Qiulai would talk to her like this. She was in a daze, but her body reacted directly to this. She slid down and cried, "You, you, Ouch, God, what did I do to give birth to such an unfilial thing, my life..."

"Go back when you've had enough lying on the ground, but let me explain something to you first." Lin Qiulai looked at Zhang Cuihua, who was lying on the ground and howling with his mouth open, and said in a flat tone: "Although we are with you The eldest brother’s family has changed seven acres of land, three acres of paddy fields and four acres of dry land. However, the land deeds of our two families have not been changed in the county. You want to change the land because you really can't stand you coming over and scolding Xiaolian and Xiaoming all the time. If you want to change, just change it. Hold on to her. Mom, I've wanted to get the land back a long time ago. It's Xiaolian, the short-lived ghost you're talking about. It's her who has been worrying about us being a family. She didn't care about it, and gave the five acres of fertile land to my eldest brother. Now , but I won’t listen to her advice anymore, since you haven’t thought about her at all, and still bully her all the time, I will tell Lizheng to take back the seven acres of land after the autumn harvest.”

Zhang Cuihua hadn't thought about such a thing, but at the beginning they were at Lizheng's house.She stared at Lin Qiulai. The look in her youngest son's eyes was terrifying, it was exactly the same as Fang Xiaolian looked at her that day.

She rolled her eyes, did Lin Qiulai lie to her?It doesn't count if you draw all the bets?Zhang Cuihua quickly got up, patted the dirt on her body, and said, "Your sister-in-law and I saw with our own eyes that you made your fingerprints. Don't scare me with this."

Lin Qiulai laughed angrily, and asked: "The fact that the title deed has not been changed will scare you into old age. It seems that you really don't regard us as family members! You only have the eldest brother and the second brother in your heart. If that's the case, I won't let you go." Whatever you want, come back."

Lin Qiu stopped paying attention to Zhang Cuihua after he finished speaking. If he had any illusions about his mother before, they are completely shattered now.He really didn't expect his own mother to say such a thing, but Lin Qiulai felt more guilty towards Xiao Lian and Xiao Ming.Back then, if Xiaolian hadn't married him, her life would have been much better than it is now.

"Xiao Lian, I didn't expect that Lin Qiulai, who has always been a good person, would be so frightening when angry. But it's good, after this time, your mother-in-law probably won't come again." After hearing the gossip, Aunt Chunhua turned to Fang Yumin who stayed aside Say.

Fang Yumin originally thought that Lin Qiulai's transformation would take some time, but Zhang Cuihua's words actually stimulated him to take a big step forward.

It turns out that there is also the matter of land exchange. This Lin Qiulai is not as simple and honest as he looks on the outside, but has a delicate mind.However, his elder brother didn't propose to change the title deed at that time, so he didn't seem to be greedy.

"Aunt Chunhua, let's go to the kitchen. Please don't say what they just said. After all, family ugliness should not be spread. We don't want to make any more troubles." Fang Yumin sincerely wants to live a peaceful life. If Zhang Cuihua wants to keep Those five acres of land, it is estimated that there will be no trouble in the short term.

"Of course I won't say that. Let's go and try hard tofu." Aunt Chunhua just heard that Zhang Cuihua asked for noodles, and her heart was pounding.If Lin Qiulai's position is not firm, if Fang Yumin remains the same as before, her family may have to quit.It wasn't until Lin Qiu said that he was determined not to let his brother join, that he felt relieved.

The two sneaked back to the kitchen, Fang Yumin concentrated on stirring her dried tofu into the water, and the aroma was overflowing.She spooned it up and looked at it. The dried tofu was slightly burnt before it was put down, but now it was mixed with spices, sauerkraut and soup, and the color looked almost like pig offal.

Aunt Chunhua had already brought chopsticks and a bowl, Fang Yumin took a spoonful and put it in the bowl, saying, "Aunt Chunhua, try the taste."

Aunt Chunhua was also anxious. She put a piece of dried tofu into her mouth and chewed it carefully. She nodded and smiled as she tasted it, and said, "It's delicious, but the taste is not enough now. I think it will be fine if you stew it overnight. Little Lian, this dried bean curd doesn’t taste as greasy as pork intestines but has its fragrance, it’s really delicious.”

Fang Yumin also picked up the dried tofu and put it in his mouth, but it was not fully flavored, but when he tasted it like this, the outside of the dried tofu was full of oily aroma, but there was still a faint fragrance of beans inside. Fang Yumin felt that such dried tofu Taste better.

"Aunt Chunhua, do you think it's good to keep the fragrance of dried tofu like this? If it's stewed until tomorrow morning, it probably tastes the same as pig offal."

"I think it's okay, but I have to cook it again, and the taste is a bit bland now."

"This time I can only stew until tomorrow, otherwise the pork intestines will not be tough enough to be crispy, and it will not taste good. Let's make a little more of that tomorrow. Wouldn't it be better to ask the guests for their opinions? Everyone has their own preferences." .”

"Okay. That's it."

The two talked for a while about buying things tomorrow, and it wasn't until Lin Qiulai came into the kitchen that Aunt Chunhua said goodbye and went home tactfully.

"Xiao Min, I'm sorry." Lin Qiulai walked to Fang Yumin's side and hugged her waist and said sullenly.

"I heard everything. As long as you think about your own family in the future, and you have me and Xiao Ming in your heart, then the previous things will come to an end." Fang Yumin said softly, thinking in her heart: You are sorry for Fang Xiaolian. Your mother is exhausted.

Lin Qiulai hugged Fang Yumin even tighter after hearing this: "Well, I said that I will listen to you from now on."

"You don't want to exchange the seven acres of land for the time being, so as to threaten your mother not to make trouble again. After a few days, the matter of pigs entering the water is resolved, we will buy dry land to plant soybeans. In autumn, as long as we are willing to do it, we are not afraid. Life will get better if you endure hardships. However, you also have to know that no matter how much you earn, if you can’t keep it, it’s tantamount to doing nothing, do you understand what I mean?”

"I understand. You will keep all the money and silver in the future. I am not afraid of suffering at all. I have strength, but I am very afraid that you will blame me. It is because of me that you and Xiaoming have suffered so much all these years." How bitter."

"Forget about the past, don't mention it again. Come on, try this dried tofu. Just now Aunt Chunhua said it's delicious, so you should try it too." Fang Yumin didn't want to dwell on this issue any more. She looked forward and moved forward. is the most important.

Lin Qiu came to see Fang Yumin's calm face, and he was relieved. He ate a chopstick with Fang Yumin's hand, and he was full of praise: "It's delicious. It's chewy. It doesn't melt in the mouth like pig's water. It's really delicious. It's delicious. Xiao Min's craftsmanship is really good."

"Of course." Fang Yumin raised her chin resentfully, "Where's Xiao Ming?"

"He is reciting Jiuyin songs in the house."

"So obedient?" Fang Yumin was a little stunned, Jiuyinge Xiaoming didn't like to memorize it the most, did the sun come out from the west today?

Lin Qiulai showed a look of shame on his face: "He said that he should study hard, so that his mother will not be bullied again in the future."

Fang Yumin was overjoyed when she heard this: "Xiao Ming is indeed my good son!"

After finishing speaking, seeing Lin Qiulai's increasingly ashamed expression, Fang Yumin had no choice but to comfort him and said: "Our son is very good, but he is still young. From now on, we mother and son will rely on you to protect us."

After hearing this, Lin Qiulai's expression softened a lot. He took Fang Yumin's hand gratefully and swore: "Xiao Min, don't worry. I will definitely protect you and Xiao Ming well."

"We believe you will." Encouraging others' morale is to better control others to do things. Fang Yumin naturally understands this after working for so long: "This hot and sour noodles are the treasure of our noodle stall to make money. Can you Don't tell anyone. It's not that I don't trust you, but I'm always afraid that if your daddy or big brother begs you, you'll soften your heart and say it. I don't want to favor one another, but we really only think about making money right now gone."

"Xiao Min, don't worry, I won't tell. If someone asks, I'll tell you that it's a secret recipe handed down from your Fang family."

"Okay, with your words, I really feel at ease. Let's go, let's go into the house."

"Are you sleepy? So early?"

"...Go to hell! I want you and Xiao Ming to recite the Jiuyin song together."

"so disappointed……"

(End of this chapter)

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