Chapter 587: How Dare I Trouble You to Come Yourself

In Willow Tree Village, Ding Surong didn't even know how she had gotten home.

She entered the door, threw herself onto the kang bed, and couldn't understand how a perfectly fine home could just vanish like that.

Now, she was actually grateful she had married into the countryside, which had saved her from the fate of being sent down.

Moreover, she dared not let the Liu family know her current situation; otherwise, without the leverage to intimidate them, what good days could she expect in the future?

Hearing commotion in the neighboring courtyard, Liu Jiandong knew Ding Surong had returned: "Surong, you're back."

Hearing Liu Jiandong's voice, Ding Surong's mood instantly became even more vexed.

But with no other choice at the moment, she could only force down her nausea: "I'm back. My parents said that since I'm married, I should live a proper life; they just can't accept my act-first-ask-later approach for now and don't want to see me yet. Once they've cooled off, they'll come to visit me."

Hearing this, Liu Jiandong didn't think anything was wrong; after all, their marriage had indeed been somewhat hasty, and his in-laws' wish for their daughter to marry into a family of equal status was not mistaken: "Surong, don't worry. I will work hard at the fields in the future and strive to get my in-laws to agree to our union sooner."

Seeing that he didn't seem to be pretending, Ding Surong finally felt her unease ease: "Good, Jiandong, let's live a good life together from now on."

The two, each with their own hidden agendas, temporarily reached a verbal agreement; both felt reassured, and for a moment, their relationship seemed to draw much closer.

Meanwhile, in the next room, Qu Aihua, who had just returned from the hospital, said with a crying voice: "Jianqiang, there's still no milk. What should we do?"

Liu Jianqiang was also extremely worried: "I'll go check the river again in a bit to see if I can catch any fish."

He said that, but both of them knew clearly that fish were not so easy to catch.

Just as the two were worrying, they heard the Qu family's voices: "Aihua, Dongzi, we're here."

Qu Dayao, the eldest brother, was the first to enter the courtyard, but as a grown man, he naturally couldn't enter the confinement room, so he shouted loudly by the window: "Aihua, we've come to see you."

As he spoke, he held up the chickens he had caught: "This chicken is for you to stew and eat, and the other is to keep laying eggs for you."

Hearing the commotion in the courtyard, Ge Xiulan came out to greet them: "In-laws, you should have just come without bringing so many things; you've really spent too much."

As she spoke, she reached out to take the items from Qu Dayao's hands.

But Qu Dayao sneered lightly: "How dare I trouble you to come out yourself."

When Ge Xiulan returned that day, she had intended to cook some chicken soup for Qu Aihua and send it over, but unfortunately, after a quarrel with her second son and his wife upon returning, the matter was delayed; originally, she had felt somewhat guilty.

But upon learning that her eldest daughter-in-law had given birth to a girl, that slight guilt instantly vanished.

If it weren't for wanting to take advantage of the Qu family, she wouldn't have come out to receive them at all, but she hadn't expected Qu Dayao to give her no face whatsoever: "Look at what you're saying. Since the in-laws have come, I naturally must come forward to host them; otherwise, the villagers would say I'm not proper."

After Qu's mother entered: "Mother-in-law, just go about your business. Since they've been separated, they must learn to manage their own small household; they can't rely on you for everything, don't you agree that's the logic?"

Good, listen to what they say; Ge Xiulan wanted to explode but couldn't find an excuse, her face looking extremely foul: "Fine, since the in-laws have said so, I won't stay here to block their view."

Qu's mother didn't care whether she was angry or not; from the moment she unhesitatingly shouted "save the baby," the two families could no longer have any pleasant relations.