Chapter 757: Everything is in a mess

On this side, Shen Min had already successfully entered the school to repeat a year under Shen Ci's arrangement, while the old home was also in a mess because of Shen Min's sudden departure.

Funan, Longyang Town.

This is a small town at the southernmost tip of the Funan boundary, with a very strong local style.

Families in the town mostly live together in groups, with old people and children everywhere, especially children. Some families have three or five, which is considered few.

The phenomenon of valuing boys over girls here can be called the best in the country. The local people are not just simple and pure about liking boys in their bones, but they are proud of giving birth to sons. The more sons a woman gives birth to, the higher her status in the family.

If a family or even a clan has no boys, they will be looked down upon.

In the relatively civilized modern society, such feudal customs still exist, and even intensify in such small places where no one knows, and have already shown signs of deformity and morbidity.

"Mom!"

Early in the morning, Wang Chunyan, the wife of the eldest son of the Shen family, shouted in the courtyard, "The laundry detergent is used up. Is there any new one?"

The old lady heard the sound and walked out of the main room slowly, saying with impatience, "Xiao Min bought it online before, saying that there were activities online and it was cheap. She bought a lot. You look for it."

"I've been looking for a long time, there is none!"

"You look carefully again. It must be that Xiao Min put it away. Can the laundry detergent fly?"

Wang Chunyan cursed angrily, "This dead girl said she would leave and left, throwing all the work in the family away. When she can't mix in the outside and comes back one day, I must break her leg. I'll let her run!"

On the other side, just as the old lady entered the room, the grandson followed and shouted, "Grandma, where is my black jeans? Where did you stuff it?"

When the old lady heard this, she was still, "You look carefully. Usually, your sister folds and packs it. It must be in your room."

"She couldn't have thrown it away, could she? Because my jeans faded before, it dyed a basket of clothes, causing her to be scolded by my mom..."

"That can't be. You look carefully."

When the old lady was talking, she was not idle, turning over the drawer to find her denture cleaning solution. Usually, Shen Min did this kind of thing for her.

"Mom, I'm going to work. Chunyan has an activity in the unit at noon today and may not be able to come back. You let the second daughter-in-law cook for you at noon."

Shen Mingming was dressed neatly and carrying a briefcase, about to go out.

He is the eldest in the family and also a cadre working in the town's agency unit. The old lady likes the eldest son the most, because in the eyes of the elderly, being able to work in the agency unit is the most decent and glorious for the ancestors.

"Eldest."

The old lady stopped him first and said, "You have to find Xiao Min back."

"Mom, Xiao Min has already left. If she insists on not coming back, where can I find her?" Shen Mingming said helplessly, "Don't think about Xiao Min's matter. I also felt it wouldn't work. You marry Xiao Min to a divorced man in his thirties, that doesn't sound good when it spreads out."

"Our town is not big, and I can be considered a person with a face. If it really happens, what will others think of me?"

The old lady waved her hand. "It's not this matter."

"Then what is it?"

The old lady sighed and said, "When Xiao Min was here, I didn't feel like there was anything extra. Now that she has left, the family is in a mess. Look at the mess in the family these days. No one cleans it up, and the work has to wait for your wife and the second daughter-in-law to have time to do it. I really feel bad looking at it."

As soon as Shen Mingming heard this, he immediately showed a speechless expression. "Then isn't it fine if someone does it? Why do you care when they do it?"

Without waiting for the old lady to nag again, Shen Mingming looked at the time and pushed the old lady aside impatiently. "Mom, I really have to go. If there is anything, you tell the second one."

Men are like this. Anyway, this work doesn't need him to do it. Whether it is done by Xiao Min or his wife, he feels it is the same.

Anyway, it is fine if someone does it.

"Mom, I'm going to work. I'll eat at the unit at noon and won't come back."

At this time, the second daughter-in-law, Zheng Hong, came out from the back room and said she was going out.

When the old lady heard this, she stared and said, "You won't come back at noon either? Then, then who will cook for me and the eldest grandsons?"

Children in the town's middle school who live close to home will go home for lunch.

Zheng Hong subconsciously blurted out, "Xiao Min, she..."

And then she reacted, "Oh, right, Xiao Min ran away from home. Then the eldest sister-in-law, usually this should be done by her daughter. Now that Xiao Min is gone, the eldest sister-in-law will do it."

This was just heard by Wang Chunyan who entered the room. She immediately retorted with dissatisfaction, "You said this, is serving Mom and cooking for Mom only our family's business?"

"Oh, eldest sister-in-law, I didn't say that." Zheng Hong looked at Wang Chunyan calmly and said, "It's not just serving Mom. Aren't Dabao, Erbao, and Sanbao all your sons? Now that the sister has run away, you as a mother don't care about the meal?"

As soon as Wang Chunyan heard this, she was about to refute, but Zheng Hong grabbed the front of her and said, "Don't drag my Taotao into it. My family only has this one son. If you, as an aunt, don't want to take him, I can let him eat at school at noon."

After saying this, she went out.

Wang Chunyan was in pain in her chest, and she heard the old lady say again, "Then you come back at noon to cook a meal. You can't let the children have no food at noon."

"Mom, I have something to do at the unit at noon. How far is it to go back and forth?"

"How far can it be? When Xiao Min was at home going to school, she could come back at noon to cook a meal for her younger brothers. Why can't you?"

"Alright, stop arguing, what a big deal." At this time, the second son, Shen Chengcheng, came out wearing only underpants with sleepy eyes. "I wanted to sleep a little longer, but I heard you guys arguing endlessly early in the morning."

When Wang Chunyan saw that he was not wearing pants again, she shouted, "Second brother, put on your pants!"

"Eldest sister-in-law, you are surprised, I am not naked." Shen Chengcheng didn't care much and looked at his mother. "Mom, don't toss the eldest sister-in-law either. Let Dabao take his younger brothers to eat at school at noon. I will pay for it. The eldest sister-in-law has something to do at the unit, can you let her leave her work and come back to cook?"

"Then what about me?" The old lady asked with staring eyes.

"Can I leave you behind?" Shen Chengcheng stepped forward and hugged the old lady. "Isn't your son still here? I'll take you out to eat steamed dumplings at noon. It just opened next to the Forestry Bureau, it's delicious."

Like the youngest son in many families, Shen Chengcheng's work is not as good as his eldest brother's, and his steadiness and ability are far less than his two sisters.

He is glib and best at pleasing the elderly.

When he said this, the old lady nodded immediately. "Alright, let's all go to work."

Wang Chunyan also sighed, thinking that there is something today, but what about the future?

Xiao Min is not here, is she afraid that she will have to come back every noon to cook a meal for the elderly and children in the future? ===== CHAPTER 758 =====