CHAPTER 972: CHAPTER 656: CLOSENESS

Today, there will only be one update. Nuan is going to the hospital for a minor surgery, this was written ahead last night.

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Praises that sound too exaggerated naturally come off as fake. Fat Auntie was unimpressed by Zheng Sanqiao’s compliments, her face carrying a perfunctory smile: "Are you talking about me?"

"Who else but you?" Zheng Sanqiao said, bouncing Shuanshuan, "Oh, you really are blessed, Gangshun is capable, your son and daughter are successful, you have a life of enjoying blessings.

Unlike me, since marrying into this family, I’ve been a laborer, barely managed to raise two children, and now have to raise this little one, while also doing chores inside and outside the home. You tell me, what kind of life is this!"

After a pause, seeing Fat Auntie wasn’t going to continue the conversation, Zheng Sanqiao proceeded: "Just talking about what happened today, everyone complained that I cooked too little food, but I can’t use all the grain for one meal, right?

There’s barely enough food in the house to eat, and now Laosan’s family and the old man and lady have to join us. You see, if I don’t scrimp, won’t we all have to drink the northwest wind?

Yes, you and the secretary have been thinking of us and sent us some grain, but I can’t treat it as a free gift and not take it seriously. There’s still a long way to go before the next grain distribution, can’t possibly bother you and the secretary eating halfway through?

The meal cooked at noon today, our family couldn’t bear to eat it, saved it for the workers. Look at this child starving, the eyes are sunken, oh...

While speaking, Zheng Sanqiao’s hand already grabbed the bundle, "We are infinitely grateful to you and the sister-in-law for being so considerate towards us. Rest assured, we will strive not to stretch our hands to the village again before the next grain distribution."

"What are you doing?" Luo Xiaoqiong angrily snatched the bundle back, "Who said these are for you? Shameless! How dare you try to rob it?"

"Xiaoqiong, Auntie knows, you have a bad impression of Auntie, think Auntie wasn’t good to Xia’s family before, but every family has its hard-to-recite sutra. Living together, it’s inevitable for pots and spoons to clash."

Yet, whose fault is it, it’s always a matter of differing opinions, you are close to Xia, you certainly think her family is right, Auntie’s family is wrong, but from Auntie’s perspective, that’s not the case.

You said Xia had such a big daughter back then, always idle at home. Auntie disciplined her to make life easier for her parents, but how come you didn’t see that Xia has become sensible now? People shouldn’t interfere with others’ children, good intentions are seen as offensive and lead to grudges."

Speaking, Zheng Sanqiao again tried to snatch the bundle, at this moment, Liu Meiqing came out, quickly took Shuanshuan back from Zheng Sanqiao, and mumbled: "Baby, are you hungry? Quickly tell Auntie Xiaoqiong to give Baby a bun to eat."

Obviously, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law saw everyone eating white-flour buns inside and got greedy, causing this scene, the very thing Luo Xiaoqiong worried about before.

"Stop!" Luo Gangshun frowned and stepped over, "Zheng Sanqiao, how can you lie without blushing? The grain Cha Xiang and a few daughters-in-law sent, will definitely last you several families three months, how come you talk as if it’s all gone?" Then looking at Lin Baohai, "You and your wife, go bring out the grain your sister-in-law brought, and from now on, decide how much to use each meal yourselves, use the stove at the old man and lady’s place!"

"Oh dear! I can’t live like this anymore..." Zheng Sanqiao wailed, lying on the ground, "A family struggled through hard times, finally able to relax a bit in life, but they burn away all our savings in one go.

So many mouths to feed here, saying it lightly, is it possible to use the stove without firewood? If we eat through our grain, can we stand by and not care? How can this life go on?... "

With Zheng Sanqiao’s cries, Lin Baojiang couldn’t help but come out, but he just stood there, saying nothing. Since his position as team leader was revoked, all his fighting spirit was gone, he sulked daily, now it’s Zheng Sanqiao who is in charge at home, he has no choice but to cooperate, otherwise, he’ll be the one suffering in the end.

Fortunately, Lin Chudong was back from rummaging through things in the old house that was burned down together with Lin Chuchun and Lin Chuqiu. Seeing his mother lying at the door causing a scene, without a word, he pulled her up and dragged her back into the house.