Li Yunqiao nodded, everyone could understand; nowadays life is better, but back when we were hungry, we couldn’t even get Chen Gaoliang Rice.
Li Yunqiang felt a bit uncomfortable inside; both big brother’s and second brother’s families were harmonious, but his own ho?
He glanced at his wife who was making faces while picking at from the dish, and sighed again.
What was he thinking at that ti to have married such a wife?
He was already at this age but couldn’t do like big brother and get a divorce. Liu Cuilan had so issues, but not like his ex-sister-in-law. If he divorced, he’d get criticized.
Unconsciously, Li Yunqiang drank a bit too much. It was late at night, and since there was nothing happening, Li Yungui didn’t stop him.
He understood that his fourth brother was upset, but there was nothing anyone could do, not even comfort him.
Liu Cuilan was full, but felt wasting such good food was a loss.
So she ate another bowl of rice, a lot of dishes, until she felt it in her throat, and couldn’t eat anymore, finally putting down her chopsticks.
Qu Xiaoli noticed there weren’t many dishes left on the table, and seeing the n still drinking, she went down to fry so chopped leek with eggs.
Liu Cuilan was not happy about this, thinking the dishes were cooked after she was done eating to keep her from eating more.
Li Yunqiang happened to look up and see his wife’s expression, regretting yet again. From his experience, he must tell his sons to choose their wives carefully.
No matter how beautiful they are, it won’t work.
Liu Cuilan felt uncomfortable after eating too much, so she got up, but still felt bloated. She said sothing to Qu Xiaoli, then turned and left.
The children had also finished eating, Zheng Lihong and Li Xue tidied up both tables together.
In this era, there’s no worry about leftovers; dishes were eaten clean.
Li Xue told them all to go play and have a bath in a while.
Since it was indeed late, and tomorrow was big brother’s engagent day, with a lot of trivial things needing attention, anyone couldn’t sleep in.
Zheng Lihong followed holding Zhibin with her sister-in-law back to her room. He would be staying here tonight.
The room was exceptionally clean. Zheng Lihong knew her sister-in-law was a neat and tidy girl, not only clean but also quite cozy, lighting the kerosene lamp as she admired the curtains. She thought they were very beautiful, beautiful.
"Xue, second aunt is really good to you guys."
"Isn’t she? Second aunt is a good person, treating the three of us like her own children."
"Second aunt is really good, much better than fourth aunt."
"Haha, there’s really no comparison. Sister-in-law, fourth uncle and fourth aunt won’t talk to each other now."
"Can they still argue?"
"I don’t know the specifics, it’s just that since the day Red Army and fourth uncle had trouble, fourth uncle got even angrier."
"Perhaps fourth uncle feels fourth aunt doesn’t care about him. He must be heartbroken."
Li Xue nodded, she indeed felt the sa way. Fourth aunt was truly clueless. Fourth uncle looks much older than before, and constantly seems dispirited.
"Xue, I noticed Xiang Dong doesn’t seem as energetic as before."
"Big brother probably feels his formal job isn’t as good as his previous work; after all, following Master Wei allowed him to travel far, be free, and learn things.
Now at work, he just labors there. He probably can’t accept it for the mont."
"Chaoyang, on the other hand, seems quite adapted, though being obedient has benefits too. See, second uncle’s family hasn’t sought formal job slots, big brother enlisted, Chaoyang is out there, Third is studying dicine, isn’t that nice?"
"Yes, Brother Chaoyang wrote saying the Capital is great, inviting us to play in the early autumn.
I haven’t dared tell second uncle yet, he probably won’t let us go given the chaos."
"True, you all need to study, right?"
"Yes, so I haven’t told Red Army either."
Zheng Lihong laughed, knowing if the younger brother found out, he’d definitely want to go.
"Red Army is really reliable."
"Isn’t he? Guodong told the tractor handle is particularly heavy and driving it is very tiring."
"Red Army has grown much taller and stronger."
Li Xue laughed, "How could Red Army not tell that he would certainly be filial to second uncle and aunt, eating even more than Changhe, more than second uncle."
Zheng Lihong sighed, second uncle’s family really was good. Though they lived in the city, truly supporting relatives back ho wasn’t much, sending grain and food, especially the big roosters, the one or two in the yard, aroused envy from neighboring hos.
"Xue, can our village’s chicken farm make good money?"
"I don’t know the specifics; about 260-70 pounds of eggs can be produced a day, sotis even 300 pounds."
"Wow, is it like this every day?"
"Yes, and as I ntioned, we are about to have so hens ready to be phased out, second aunt said she’d get a few for our ho, even at ho they can still lay eggs. Teacher Jiang says having them at ho is fine, but at the chicken farm they don’t produce as much, so it’s unprofitable."
"Xue, do you know when they’ll be phased out? I want to get two or three for my mom’s ho, even if they can’t lay eggs, by the end of the year we could at least eat chicken."
"I really don’t know yet, but once there is news, I’ll buy so to send ho."
"Have your brother go by bike to retrieve them."
"Sure, let’s discuss that later."
The sister-in-law was now part of soone else’s family, though not married yet, buying things for ho with her money, she felt embarrassed.
The sister-in-law and sister chatted while bathing Zhibin.
This boy was lively wherever he went, not wanting to sleep in unfamiliar surroundings. Usually at this ti, he was already asleep. But today, he just sat on his aunt’s lap not moving.
"Xue, what do you think of the big sister-in-law?"
"She’s pretty, just a little less than Jing Chu. She’s truly beautiful, just doesn’t like to talk, always so cold, but when she talks to second aunt she always smiles."
"It’s fate."
Exactly fate, Li Xue knew it was the future big sister-in-law who first took a liking to Big Brother, but since second uncle and aunt didn’t say, she wouldn’t ntion it, not even to Guodong, fearing it might be unfavorable for big sister-in-law.
Honestly, Big Brother’s appearance was just average, unworthy of big sister-in-law, furthermore Guodong ntioned the Tao Family was influential, not likely interested in second uncle’s village chief role, or Big Brother’s military status, so the only explanation is that big sister-in-law and Big Brother had so fate.
Just like herself and Guodong, destined to et over a thousand miles, actually she noticed Big Brother was willing, although not showing it visibly, he sotis had a smile on his face.
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