Chapter 252

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

After a few people chatted for a while, Chai Mi began kneading dough to prepare wrapping dumplings.

The dumpling filling was freshly cut leeks.

Because Su Jin's high blood pressure problem was actually very severe, although she lived to a not-small age in her previous life, it was still better not to eat that much fatty meat, so Chai Mi planned to make some less greasy dumplings, so that Su Jin wouldn't end up eating and having problems.

Moreover, leek and egg dumplings were also very delicious.

While kneading dough, Chai Mi spoke to her eldest aunt Su Jin: "Eldest Aunt, eat some vegetarian filling, leek and egg. It's hot in summer, put too much meat and it's greasy as hell. Better to make something light."

Su Jin wasn't someone who absolutely had to eat fatty meat, nor was she someone who couldn't do without meat, so she didn't say anything.

Afterwards, seeing Mother still endlessly complaining about Chai Zhongxiao and the others' faults, Chai Mi smiled and comforted: "Mom, we just need to live our own lives well from now on. The old house is already in this state, I'll do my best to kick them while they're down. You don't need to complain anymore, bad people got their retribution, you don't need to be so angry. Ruining your health from anger, that would be bad."

Su Wan only then quieted down, but ultimately said with unresolved resentment: "Getting retribution is what they deserve. Pity, they enjoyed blessings for so many years, and still occupy that bit of our family's money and won't give it back. Chai Chunfang's death was not unjust, the unjust one is Chai Zhongxiao... why didn't he die in place of a good person."

"Alright alright." Chai Mi smiled: "Being alive isn't also just suffering? Sometimes, being alive doesn't necessarily mean more blessings than being dead. My grandpa and grandma don't like grandsons every day? This time, they have no money, I want to see how that beloved good grandson of theirs treats them."

Over these years, Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong's preference for sons over daughters was extremely severe. They gave all the money to Chai You De, also because among the Chai family's three brothers, only Chai You De had sons, and moreover two sons. This favoritism toward Chai Youfu was something everyone anticipated.

"Mom, I'll put it this way. Whether giving birth to a girl or a boy, neither is of use. Don't mention that grandpa separated by a generation, having a grandson doesn't connect with him either. Even a biological son, what can he do? My grandpa also had three sons? He doted on Chai You De the most, now Chai Zhongxiao has hit a snag, let's see if this son manages him. As for me, I'm just waiting for the day Chai You De kicks the old man and old woman into the big ditch, I'll go watch the excitement." Chai Mi paused and said: "I'm making dumplings today, actually just to celebrate a bit. Celebrate the old man and old woman being thoroughly finished. When they're thoroughly done for that day, I'll definitely take dumplings to see them, not give them any to eat, anger them to death."

Su Wan was somewhat surprised, feeling this matter seemed improper again: "Chai Mi, saying it at home is fine. When the time comes, Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong can't even survive, you go make things difficult for them, what if they don't care about their lives and fight you, how to handle it?"

"Hehe. If they have that ability, I reckon they'd definitely be able to suppress Chai You De, not let Chai You De kick them out. But, I reckon they don't. Let's wait and see, won't pass a month or two. Chai Zhongxiao and his wife, definitely will clash with Chai You De."

Chai Mi was very certain about this matter.

In her previous life, even without these current events, waiting until ten-odd years later, Chai Zhongxiao old beyond old, Chai You De still heartlessly kicked Chai Zhongxiao out.

Let alone now?!

Chai You De in essence, is that heartless person. Even, from the heartless angle, Chai You De is more severe than Che Lianyun and the others.

Biological father and mother useless, still kicked them out.

As the saying goes, three years old shows the adult, seven years old shows the old. This Chai You De was the family's old knot from childhood, the previous text also said, Chai You De saw eldest and second brother marry wives, he himself would rather not study, and made a fuss to return home to marry a wife. This kind of goods, Chai Zhongxiao still pinned hopes on him, simply an idiot's idea.

"Then..." Su Wan's words reached her mouth but went back. Afterwards she also helped wrap dumplings.

Chai Mi's eldest aunt Su Jin also helped wrap dumplings.

A few people chatted some more daily trivialities, and the dumplings were finished wrapping.

At mealtime, Chai Youqing also didn't come over.

Su Wan still asked Chai Mi, your dad isn't coming to eat, call him once?

Chai Mi directly refused with a cold face.

Let it be whatever.

Although Chai Youqing had worries, Chai Mi also couldn't be bothered to care. Over these years, with that idiot IQ of his, being able to live to today wasn't easy, wanting to not open up is normal too.

As for why he wants to not open up, Chai Mi also doesn't want to care.

Not eating he'll starve to death, who's he scaring.

After eating lunch, brewed hot tea, Su Jin also drank two sips, but her mouth started muttering: "Sigh... your eldest brother-in-law went to see the incense again, I see his spirit isn't too good either, the first two days went to work, came back and fell and bruised his leg purple. I said let him stay home a few days, but he wouldn't do it."

"What's the matter?" Su Wan asked with a face full of concern: "Again because of third sister-in-law's matter ah?"

Su Jin nodded: "Went to that Boluochi side, there's an incense-reader who reads accurately. Your eldest brother-in-law went, result that person said: 'If fate has it, it will come in the end; if fate lacks it, don't force it.' The meaning is, maybe we three this lifetime estimate also won't have any children... your eldest brother-in-law got anxious fire attacking the heart, got internal heat. But that person of his still has to be strong, insisted on going to work. Result... sigh..."

As Su Jin spoke tears came down: "Little sister, you say eldest sister this lifetime also didn't do any bad things. This heavens, why does it torture us couple so."

Su Jin cried especially fiercely, persuading couldn't stop her at all.

Chai Mi also felt somewhat bad in mood.

Actually, sometimes Su Jin not coming out to eat meals and such, including Chai Mi's eldest uncle Liu Qiyuan also not really participating in any eating and drinking matters, all have reasons.

Especially Liu Qiyuan, these two years going to whoever's house to eat, that's not drinking but drunk, drank wine even more drunk.

Drunk he started crying.

Saying his own life is bad and such words.

Didn't expect, now even eldest aunt Su Jin was infected too.

But thinking about it, can understand.

Last time at Chai Mi's little sister Chai Xin's full-month banquet, notified the hardworking people a day early, Su Jin didn't come, Chai Mi knew she was seeing other families have children, herself having no grandson felt bad.

Although she came on the full-month banquet day, she also ate early, then left.

Including Liu San and his wife, neither stayed long. Even didn't say much.

If it were ordinary days, finding Liu San to work and eat, still normal. But, since seeing Su Wan gave birth to the third, Su Jin seeing small children, her heart felt even more uncomfortable.

Not that seeing little sister give birth made her angry, but her own family has no children, seeing whoever has kids, her heart doesn't feel right, stifled resentment and even some pathological psychological imbalance.

Su Jin cried fiercely, Chai Mi also persuaded a while, instead the more she persuaded the fiercer she cried.

"Creating karma ah... this lifetime I haven't done wrong things, but heavens treats me like this. Even giving birth to a granddaughter would be fine, at least it's one's own... this having nothing at all, people go out and say I'm a cut-off lineage... sigh..."

Actually, Su Jin's family life is still not bad. But what Su Jin says is also true.

This era, indeed many people say this and that behind backs.

Not to mention others, even Chai Mi's family, there are people pointing fingers behind backs.

Just because Su Wan gave birth to three daughters, Chai Zhongxiao then looks down on, despises Chai Youqing and his wife. Always feel Chai family's continuing the lineage has problems.

This is still having given birth to children.

Like Zhang Hailan not having given birth to a single child, outsiders even more say three paths four. Su Jin also had people say this and that behind her back.

Being looked down on is certain, even if family life is wealthy, but no children, then it's like having no hope, classified into that kind of lowly society people.

It was precisely this situation that made Su Jin extremely lacking in confidence.

"Normally, I don't go anywhere. Going to other people's houses and watching their children makes me feel uncomfortable. Sigh... these years, I've taken Zhang Hailan everywhere for treatment, but she just hasn't been cured."

"Aunt, do you think it's possible? It might not be my sister-in-law's problem; my cousin might have a problem too..." Chai Mi said somewhat tentatively.

"Chai Mi, don't talk nonsense." Su Wan scolded her with an angry glare.

Although they were relatives, Chai Mi's words were tantamount to exposing Aunt Su Jin's shortcomings to her face...

Su Jin's expression also turned sour: "If a woman can't give birth, isn't that the woman's problem? What does that have to do with our family's Third Son..."

Chai Mi sighed.

To tell the truth, that aunt didn't like hearing it.

And she was extremely reluctant to admit illness and seek treatment; anyway, she pushed all the responsibility onto Zhang Hailan, insisting her own son Liu San definitely had no problem.

It had always been like this.

Every time they went to the hospital, they mainly checked Zhang Hailan's problems; they checked back and forth, took countless medicines, but it still didn't work.

The problem was...

She just wouldn't admit her own son had a problem.

That was the biggest problem.

Chai Mi didn't really want to offend this person; saying things the aunt didn't like to hear made her angry, and she still wouldn't believe it.

There wasn't really a good solution.

"My cousin's sister-in-law is still young; there will definitely be a chance." Chai Mi said as a compromise: "If it really doesn't work... well, adopting one from the orphanage is also an option."

"That's not born from oneself, so it's just not born from oneself..."

Chai Mi stopped talking.

And her mother Su Wan had been looking at Chai Mi with a sideways glare, rolling her eyes at Chai Mi, signaling her not to say anything more.

Chai Mi sighed, turned her head, and went to the West Room.

Fine, you two sisters keep deceiving yourselves!

Especially Su Jin; she only knew how to blame her daughter-in-law and wouldn't say her own son had a problem. In this situation, no one could fix it.

This matter was moreover not an ordinary matter.

Putting it deeply, she should have said: we are all sisters from the same parents; if others make things difficult for me, does your family also make things difficult for me?

The problem...

Putting it lightly, it was useless.

When she arrived at the West Room, Chai Youqing was sitting on the Kang Tou smoking, puffing away one after another.

Chai Mi frowned: "Why are you smoking in this room? There's grass in the field; if you're not too tired, go do some work. Don't lecture me with this reasoning and that reasoning. You have difficulties, you have bitterness, but it wasn't caused by us few daughters. You're such a grown adult, what's the big deal? At most it's just saying: my grandparents failed you? The problem, I've said it long ago, you don't believe me."

"I..." Chai Youqing hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping.

"Go do some work; once you're tired and busy, you'll be fine." Chai Mi said.

Then she urged Chai Youqing to go work.

"There's plenty of work; don't act like a person with nothing to do all day. Do some work and live your life properly. Don't look for trouble when there's none. Those few at the old house are just like that; no one can fix them. Even if the Heavenly King and Old Father came, they incurred so much famine and debt they still couldn't repay it. They spent the money themselves, so let them handle it their own way."

After Chai Mi finished speaking, she pushed Chai Youqing away.

Then she called out to Chai Xiu in the West Room: "Xiu'er, bring me my teacup."

Chai Xiu obediently brought the teacup with tea in it to Chai Mi in a short while, then immediately left without staying.

Chai Xiu was actually as intelligent as ice and snow, and she especially liked to stay relatively quiet; usually she just secretly read books and slept, and she had already become sensible, not as silly as other children, and she didn't want to listen to her aunt and mother's nagging.

Chai Mi drank her tea quietly, thinking about how to earn money. She had originally thought of finding a relatively good location beside Liu Zhijing to open a small restaurant, but when she actually went there, she found it wasn't feasible.

The purchasing power of the township was really too poor.

Except during market days, basically there was no one. And even during market days, the miserable business of the shop next door made Chai Mi hesitate.

Moreover, the rent was a bit expensive.

Combined with what Song Qiushui said last time, the distance was also a problem.

But the county town was probably too far. The compromise was to go to the market. Like the person selling tofu pudding, going around to markets to do small business, low cost and more freedom.

But there were quite a few people selling food at the markets; it could be said each had its own merits. Among the several large markets nearby, besides the market where Sanjiacun was located, Chai Mi was relatively close to it, the rest were relatively far.

In that case, she would need a means of transportation.

Liu San also went around to markets; he bought a second-hand small box truck. But in this era, that kind of vehicle was absurdly expensive, absolutely not something Chai Mi could afford.

So she fell into a dilemma.

Since there was no good solution, she might as well go to sleep...

After waking from her nap, Aunt Su Jin had already left, and her mother Su Wan was not home; she guessed her mother had probably sent Aunt Su Jin home.

Chai Xiu was also napping and hadn't woken up at all.

Chai Mi rested for a while, then got up and went out for some fresh air.

The room was really stiflingly hot; at noon during the dog days of summer, a small room without air conditioning or a fan was really unbearable.

Just as she stepped out the door, she saw Liu Zhanggui leading Liu Zhijing, carrying a large pile of things over.

Chai Youqing was also beside them; the two were chatting and laughing, smoking and talking very happily.

It made Chai Mi doubt her life: how did these two feel so familiar all of a sudden; the way they chatted, she almost thought they were blood brothers.

Chai Mi heard from far away that they were discussing the matter of irrigating the fields.

Nothing more than boasting to each other whose family's crops grew better; after irrigating, the output would definitely increase, much better than not irrigating.

Anyway, to sum it up: it was just nonsense.

And Liu Zhijing was carrying a large pile of things; it looked like he had come to give gifts. The excuse was probably that he had used Chai Mi's family well without paying the electricity fee, but the courtesy couldn't be lacking; just a token gesture.

"Uncle, look at you. Using a well, and you bring big and small packages; the electricity fee is only a few mao in total. The things you bought are almost enough to dry up two mu of land... If you irrigate the fields like that, I think it's a bit excessive, huh."