Chapter 14: Jia Zhang's Failed Seizure of Power
When Jia Zhang heard that Lin Chen was not going to hold a banquet, she jumped out immediately.
"Look at what I said. Lin Chen won't hold a banquet! In terms of strength, we still have to look to our Jia family..."
Lin Chen didn't want to listen to Jia Zhang's nonsense, so he pushed his bicycle and walked towards the backyard.
Several women started chattering again, and Jia Zhang began to brag about her daughter-in-law having a job.
When Lin Chen entered the backyard, he saw his wife busy in the kitchen.
"You're already busy now even though you haven't fully recovered from last night's injury?"
After parking his bicycle, Lin Chen walked into his house. Qin Huairu heard the noise and hurried out of the kitchen with a kettle.
"Wash your hands with hot water quickly. You must be frozen! Dinner will be ready soon. Take a rest first..."
"It's not cold. If you don't believe me, just touch my hand and it will be warm."
Lin Chen said as he pulled his wife's hand...
"It's good to be warm. Take a shower, rest and prepare to eat."
Lin Chen thought, why not take a rest? I have already had a whole day off.
"Not tired, I don't have much to do all day. Only problems that others can't handle are given to me..."
The two walked into the kitchen, and Lin Chen found that Qin Huairu had cleaned it inside and out again.
"Huai Ru, be careful when you clean the herb cabinet left by Grandpa in the east room. The herbs in it are all dried in the sun, so don't use a wet towel to wipe the dust, as it will easily get damp..."
"Hey, I used a feather duster to clean it today. Lin Chen, we have so many Chinese medicines left at home. Are you also seeing patients?"
Lin Chen shook his head gently: "I don't see patients. These are all left by my grandfather. I think I prepared them myself! But I'm going to make some plasters after dinner. Can you stand the smell of Chinese medicine?"
Qin Huairu said with a smile: "Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a doctor, follow the doctor. Of course I can handle our cooking skills to protect the family..."
Lin Chen planned to make several bone-setting and tendon-healing plasters recorded in the Qing Nang book. Steel mills are full of various machines and most of the time the workers are basically injured.
After a while, the cabbage stewed with pork belly was served on the table.
"By the way, Brother Linchen, why don't we have corn flour at home but only white flour?"
"Well, I didn't buy corn flour a few days ago. Let's buy some corn flour after we finish this jar of white flour! But we just buy a little bit for show... I only make 80 yuan a month, there's nothing we can't afford to eat."
Qin Huairu already knew that Lin Chen was capable, so she was not surprised by the jar of flour.
"Oh, I'll do as you say. How about trying my cooking?"
"Okay! You eat too..."
The young couple started talking and laughing...
Intermediate Court
Xu Damao came to Shazhu's house again and asked, "Shazhu, do you want to go listen to Jia Dongxu's "The Wall" tonight?"
Sha Zhu slapped his thigh in anger when he thought about what happened last night.
"Why don't you listen? On the way back from get off work, I discussed with Guangqi that we would meet at 8 o'clock tonight... By the way, Liu Guangqi is going to the workshop to be an apprentice today, what's wrong with you?"
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute. Let's be careful this time. What's so great about Liu Guangqi going to the workshop? I'm not going to go to the workshop and swing a sledgehammer."
Xu Damao ran back to the backyard happily.
Jia family
At the dinner table, Jia Zhang began to set rules for her daughter-in-law.
"Lan Zi, you have to learn how to cook in the future. How can you enter the Jia family without knowing how to cook? You have to serve your parents-in-law, wash clothes, cook and take care of the children..."
Before Ma Lan came, her sisters-in-law had taught her how to deal with her mother-in-law. Now she heard Jia Zhang chattering on and on... and it turned out to be almost the same as what her sisters-in-law said, so she slammed her chopsticks.
"I have no time to cook when I'm at work every day. I can just stay at home and do the laundry and cook. If you go to work at a hardware factory... I don't want to go to work, working non-stop all day long."
Jia Dongxu also saw that Ma Lan was in a bad mood, so he also followed suit to defend his wife.
"Mom, we both have to go to work. You have to do the laundry and cooking if you have nothing to do at home. Why is Comrade Ma Lan learning that now?"
Jia Zhang's face immediately turned bad, but she didn't know how to refute it. If she told others, she wouldn't be right... It was her right not to go to work, cook, or wash clothes.
"You don't have to learn how to cook for now, but I am the head of the Jia family. The monthly wages of the two of you must be given to me for safekeeping..."
When Ma Lan heard that her mother-in-law wanted to collect her salary, she stood up immediately.
"That's impossible. Not only will I not give you my money, but I won't even give you all of Dongxu's money... I'll only give you basic living expenses every month, don't even think about anything else."
Jia Zhang didn't expect that the new daughter-in-law would be so difficult to deal with, so she stood up and confronted Ma Lan.
You have to suppress your opponent in momentum in the first round, otherwise it will be difficult to control him in the future.
"No, all your wages must be handed over to me for safekeeping. Once you enter the Jia family, you are a member of the Jia family and you must obey me. You young people don't know how to live and spend money lavishly... I must lead you in life."
Ma Lan looked at her evil mother-in-law with disdain and sneered.
"Jia Dongxu, what did you promise me today? If you don't tell me something tonight, I will leave now... Let's go to the street office for a divorce tomorrow. Don't think you look decent... I will submit to your Jia family."
Jia Dongxu was stunned. He did agree when they got married. From now on, Ma Lan will be in charge of the Jia family's finances...
"Mom, calm down! I'm getting married today, but if you don't want me to get divorced tomorrow, then you can! The whole courtyard will laugh at our Jia family."
Jia Zhang was so angry that she gnashed her teeth and couldn't speak. It didn't look like Ma Lan was joking. Now she could only endure it for a while... It was not nice to divorce right after getting married.
"We'll talk about eating later... I'll have a banquet for you this Sunday. Go ask your master what he thinks and listen to his opinion."
When Jia Dongxu saw his mother give in, he felt relieved.
"Okay, okay, I'll go ask later..."
In this way, Jia Zhang and her daughter-in-law had their first tentative confrontation, and she was clearly at a disadvantage...
Ma Lan was secretly delighted. Her sisters-in-law had long seen through Jia Zhang and had already thought of a plan for her...
"You can't control me. Even if I don't go to work, I won't wash clothes, cook and serve you, an old woman. It's even more impossible for me to give you the salary I worked so hard to earn..."
Jia Zhang felt extremely unhappy when she saw her arrogant daughter-in-law.
"Once you enter my Jia family, you will be under my control. Just wait and see how I deal with you in the future."
The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law each have their own thoughts and are now making their own plans.
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backyard
The smell of herbs filled the yard, and Lin Chen began to make the plaster.
The deaf old lady next door was very unhappy.
"You're starting to make these smelly things again. Do you want to choke an old lady like me to death?"
In the whole hospital, only the deaf old lady dared to speak up, as she was the only one in charge and had nothing to worry about.
No one else dared to cause trouble for Lin Chen, just like Yan Bugui who thought of asking Lin Chen for medicine as soon as he knew his wife was pregnant.
If anyone in the courtyard feels a little unwell, they can just find Lin Chen and have a look. Who dares to make trouble when they are making medicine now...
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Yi Family
Jia Dongxu ran over after dinner.
"Dongxu is here, come sit down and talk. I'm just talking to your master about your situation, you two can chat while I go clean up the dishes."
"Okay Master Wife!"
After Jia Dongxu sat down happily...
"Master, my mother is planning to hold a banquet for me this Sunday. She asked me to ask if there is anything you need to arrange?"
Yi Zhonghai got angry when he mentioned this matter, so he sighed heavily.
"I just heard from your mistress that your mother only prepared two tables of food and wine. This is not easy to handle! She wants to receive gifts but doesn't want to suffer a loss. Two tables are only enough for one man in a family. It's impossible for the women and children in the courtyard to sit..."
Jia Dongxu also said at the beginning that it was inappropriate for his mother to do this, but he was retorted by Jia Zhang's preaching and crying.
"Master, you know my family's situation. We have no money left after buying the bicycle. We can't afford a big one, so we can only make do with this."
The reason why Jia Zhang asked her son to come was to let Yi Zhonghai come forward to calm the matter down.
"That's it! Your mistress and I will play the victim to your family in the courtyard these two days to guide the public opinion. Otherwise, if you only invite one person from the family after receiving the gift, you will definitely be scolded."
Jia Dongxu was delighted, as long as his master could handle the problem.
"Thank you, Master. I will go back first."
Yi Zhonghai waved his hand: "Go ahead, don't keep your wife waiting for too long on your wedding night."
Yi Zhonghai only heard from his wife that Ma Lan was incomparable to Qin Huairu, but he had never seen what she looked like in detail.
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Jia Dongxu returned home happily humming a little tune. Tonight was the day when he would eat meat. Nothing was more important than eating meat.
He's Gate
Xiao Yushui walked to her brother's side.
"What are you looking at, silly brother?"
"Go, go, go, kid, why don't you go to bed? Don't you have school tomorrow?"
Sha Zhu pushed his sister back into the house. He had been watching Jia Dongxu since he came home. The show was about to begin...
After being chased away by her silly brother, Xiao Yu Shui returned to her room angrily.
"What's so great about that..."
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