"No." Hua Qiang said simply. He didn't want the Zhang family to come over and bully his granddaughter based on his status as a grandfather.
He finally understood that sometimes having many relatives may not necessarily help each other, and it is often these relatives who bully you.
After that, no matter how Mrs. Zhang begged, Hua Qiang didn't let go.
The Zhang family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had no choice but to return after lunch.
"You actually left so happily?" Hua Zhao looked at the two people's backs and said in surprise.
After the meal, they didn't even ask her to make any more clothes. When they left, they didn't even say they wanted to pick some vegetables from the garden. Sun Chunying just picked a bunch of grapes before leaving and ate them as she left.
This fighting ability is far worse than when I was a child.
There are many scenes in my memory. Every time the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law from the Zhang family came over, they would eat, take and damage Hua Zhao's father.
Father Hua also tried to resist, but no matter how he tried to sarcastically, he could not stop the Zhang family.
This resulted in a very bad relationship between Hua Zhao's parents and husband.
Hua Zhao felt that this was also the reason why Zhang Guilan happily remarried after her husband's death.
In short, the Zhang family should not retreat so easily.
Hua Qiang didn't understand the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and he didn't care. As long as he was around, no one could bully his granddaughter!
When he's gone... there's still Ye Shen.
"He should have received the dried cherries in the mail last time. Did you tell him that they taste good soaked in water?" Hua Qiang asked.
He is so bored that he actually likes to inquire about the young couple's daily correspondence... Watching them write letters and send things back and forth makes him happy, and occasionally he will participate.
"I've said it," Hua Zhao said. The ripest fruit in the Northeast is cherries. The fresh ones couldn't be mailed, so she baked them dry. Whether they were eaten dry or soaked in water, they were all better than expected.
Ye Shen, on the other hand, gave her a bag of wild tea in return. The taste was actually very good, with a refreshing fragrance and a long aftertaste.
It is said that he went to the mountains to pick it himself during his break, and then asked the local fellows to help him fry it.
Hua Zhao immediately wrote back and asked him to mail a wild tea tree next time. He didn’t need to think about whether it would survive or not, just mail it!
At this time, Ye Shen was indeed digging tea trees on the mountain...
She asked for it by name, and it's not a big deal, so just do it.
"What are you going to give him this time?" Hua Qiang asked with some anticipation.
Hua Zhao pointed to the large water tank in the yard: "Give him dried fish."
"Okay, okay!" Hua Qiang has already tried it and believes that his grandson-in-law will like it.
...
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Zhang family returned home, and the whole family was in the house, eagerly awaiting her arrival.
It is now mid-June, and the busiest spring plowing period has passed. At this time, you can rest at home and not work. No work points will be deducted, and of course no work points will be earned.
But most people don’t like to rest at this time. Basically, they have 8 work points every day. They don’t work when there is less work, but work when there is more work? Are they stupid?
The Zhang family doesn't usually take a break, but isn't this an important matter?
"Mom, how's it going?" asked Zhang Dafu, the boss.
The third child, Zhang Daquan, raised his head and glanced at the expressions of his mother and sister-in-law, and immediately stopped asking.
"I just said, you can't do it temporarily." Zhang Dagui, the second child, said.
The kind look on Mrs. Zhang's face disappeared the moment she crossed the threshold.
"Bah! You know how to treat her in hindsight! Who doesn't know how to flatter her in advance? But I asked you to flatter her stinky feet before, did you go?" Old Mrs. Zhang scolded me.
Zhang Dagui squatted on the ground with his head down and kept silent. No matter what happened, his mother would scold him! Before? When had she ever said she was going to Kaoshantun to see Hua Zhao?
When did his eldest sister not give her the final say on the things his eldest sister sent back? When did she say she would give them to Hua Zhao?
"Mom, is that bean sprout thing true?" Zhang Daquan, the third child, asked, "Can you really earn more than 300 yuan a month?"
Mrs. Zhang and Sun Chunying both nodded.
The atmosphere in the Zhang family room suddenly changed.
"Mistress, please think of a solution quickly!" Zhang Shun, Zhang Dafu's second son, urged.
He is 18 years old this year, which is the time to marry a wife, but because the Zhang family is not rich and his mother's reputation is not good, he can't find a good wife at all.
But if his family earns 300 yuan a month, what kind of wife doesn’t?
Mrs. Zhang sat on the kang, rolled up a cigarette bag slowly, and took a puff. She had already thought of the idea.
"My eldest daughter-in-law, tomorrow you will take your eldest daughter Ya Er Ya to chat with Hua Zhao and teach her how to give birth to and raise children. Don't mention anything else," Mrs. Zhang said.
It's useless to hold her temporarily? Then start hugging her from now on. If you hold her for a few months, it won't be temporary, right?
"I know." A woman in the corner, holding a child with her belly puffed out and carrying a child on her back, whispered.
Zhang Dafu has two sons and two daughters. Only his eldest son, Zhang Xiao, is married and has given birth to two children. However, they are both girls and are not allowed to see him.
Even Zhao Xiaohong, the eldest grandson's daughter-in-law, was not invited to see her. She stayed at home all day long, not daring to say a word or objecting to anything, otherwise she would be beaten or starved.
...
The next day, Zhao Xiaohong finished her morning chores, cleaned up the two children, and went to Hua Zhao's house, carrying one on her back and holding the other in her arms.
Hua Zhao didn't recognize this person at all, but after hearing her hesitant self-introduction, he knew the reason for her visit.
"Come in and sit down. Are you tired after walking so far with a child?" Hua Zhao was not very enthusiastic, but he did not invite people into the courtyard coldly.
Although she looked down upon the Zhang family's behavior, she would not embarrass a pregnant woman and two children.
Twenty miles of mountain road is enough for these three ladies to choke.
Not being kicked out on the spot, nor being beaten or scolded, Zhao Xiaohong immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
This Hua Zhao is indeed as her mother-in-law said, not as fierce as the rumors say, and she is not as fat or ugly as the rumors say.
There are so many gossips out there... they must be made by people who are jealous of Hua Zhao's good family conditions!
Zhao Xiaohong put the child on the kang and quietly looked at the furnishings in the room, including a brand new kang cabinet, a brand new table, and a brand new standing cabinet. There was a legendary sewing machine next to the standing cabinet, and there was a half-finished piece of clothing on the sewing machine.