Chapter 381 I Cry My Life
Hearing Zhou Jingchen calling her "big brother", Shen Xue didn't even wait for Zhou Jingchen to introduce her. She spoke first, "Hello, big brother. I'm Xiaoxue."
Zhou Jinglin had never seen Shen Xue before, so he nodded politely, then looked at Zhou Jingchen with a puzzled look. Now that she was brought home, Zhou Jingchen couldn't hide it anymore, "Brother, this is my wife."
Although Zhou Jinglin was surprised, he didn't show it on his face. When he saw the children in their arms, he asked, "Is this your child?"
Shen Xue handed the son in her arms to Zhou Jinglin to hold, "Yes, they are our children, big brother, they are twins, this is your nephew Zhou Jin, this time he specially brought the children home to see their grandparents."
A child was suddenly stuffed into Zhou Jinglin's arms, and he had no choice but to hold the child.
After holding her for a few times, he handed the child to her and said, "The child is growing well. Let's take him home first."
He opened the door and Zhou Jinglin went in first. Shen Xue was not polite at all. She said Jingchen's home was her home, and when Jingchen came back, she would come back and live in the house with him.
She followed Zhou Jinglin and walked inside. In fact, the Zhou family’s house was quite large, about 120 square meters.
However, the Zhou family had a large population, so the original house with four bedrooms and one living room was divided into eight bedrooms and one living room. All the usable space was utilized, and there was no extra space at all, and the living room became a room.
There are many people and many things. Plus, the children are young and like to throw things around. Visually, the house looks messy and narrow.
Shen Xue walked into the house happily, but her face suddenly fell. Where was the big house that was promised? It was nothing like what she had imagined.
"Jingchen, is this our home?"
"Correct."
"Where is your room?" She wanted to see what Zhou Jingchen's room was like. If the room was big, she would be fine with it.
He has gone to the countryside and is not welcome at home. Where is his room? His nephew has already moved into his room, and now the room is full of his nephew's things.
The room was closed, Zhou Jinglin opened it, "Jingchen, you are not at home, Xiaoxi has grown up, and mom and dad let Xiaoxi move in."
Shen Xue was unhappy when she heard this. "Brother, Jing Chen's life in the countryside is already hard enough, why doesn't he have a room at home? This is too unfair."
Zhou Jingchen saw his elder brother frowning and stopped Shen Xue, "Xiaoxue, don't say that. I'm not at home, so there's no need to occupy a room. It's only right that the room should be given to my nephew."
"What should we do? The room has been vacated. Then where will we live when we return?" Really, what uncle would vacate his room for his nephew to live in?
"Just say less." He didn't show any politeness at all. Didn't he see that his elder brother was unhappy?
She was from the countryside. Zhou Jinglin looked down on her in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. "You must be hungry. I'll make you something to eat."
Zhou Jinglin never cooked at home. When his younger brother came back, he thought that his younger brother had suffered a lot in the countryside, so it was not a bad idea for him to cook a meal for him.
Shen Xue had no idea how to write the word "polite". They had come back from far away with great difficulty, so as the eldest brother, it was his duty to cook a meal for them.
"Thank you for your hard work, brother. To be honest, Jing Chen and I went hungry for nine meals in three days on the train.
I am so hungry that I don't even have the energy to talk. Big brother, please give us more food. Only when we are full can I have milk to feed the baby."
"Brother, please cook more quickly. Jing Chen and I are starving."
Zhou Jingchen: "..."
Zhou Jingchen wanted her to get herself some food, but she ended up urging her eldest brother into the kitchen.
Zhou Jinglin didn't expect her to be so rude. Now that she had said it, what could he do? He could only go to the kitchen and prepare something for them.
Shen Xue sat on the sofa, "Jingchen, this stool is so soft." It's still a little different in big cities. These things are more comfortable to sit on than the ones in their countryside.
"It's a real sofa. It's so valuable. Please sit on it carefully and don't break it."
Shen Xue disagreed, "It's just a stool. How can a stool be broken so easily?"
She didn't know anything about sofas or anything like that. She just thought this stool was comfortable to sit on.
"Jingchen, when we go back, let's move this stool back to the countryside so that we can put the child to sleep on it."
Zhou Jingchen: “…” She really knows how to pick things.
"No, this is Mom and Dad's favorite sofa."
"Didn't you say that your parents love you the most? If you ask for it, how can they not give it to you?"
My parents-in-law are not short of money, so just buy another one.
"It's too heavy for us to carry."
"Why don't we just send it back?"
Zhou Jingchen looked considerate and said, "With such a heavy item, aren't you adding burden to the courier?"
"Then don't bring it."
Shen Xue put the child on the sofa and went to the kitchen to see what Zhou Jinglin was going to cook for them. She saw that Zhou Jinglin had cooked some porridge without any vegetables. Shen Xue was not happy.
"Brother, there is flour, eggs, and meat at home, right? You can cook for us. It's not that I don't like to eat these, but mainly because Jingchen is too tired after going to the countryside, and he needs to eat something good."
"Sister-in-law, we don't have much food at home right now. We can only cook porridge. Just make do with it. We'll make something delicious later."
The porridge was ready, but Shen Xue was so hungry that she could only eat the porridge. She started crying while eating.
Zhou Jingchen really didn't understand what she was doing. "Why are you crying?"
"I'm crying for my life, Jingchen. My life is so hard. I came all the way to my husband's house, but I didn't even get a decent meal. I drank porridge without any pickles. Jingchen, my life is so hard!"
Zhou Jingchen: "..."
Zhou Jinglin: “…”
After they finished drinking the porridge, the Zhou family members came back one after another. Zhou Jingchen had three older brothers. All three brothers were married and had children, and there were a lot of children in the family.
Zhou Jingchen introduced so many children to her, and Shen Xue couldn't remember them all at once.
But he called Zhou Dad and Zhou Mom very sweetly, calling them "Mom and Dad" all the time. Zhou's parents didn't respond, but called Zhou Jingchen into the room with a sullen face.
Zhou's mother Wang Fanghong has never liked her youngest son. People always say that the eldest grandson and the youngest son are the lifeblood of the elderly, but there is no such saying in the Zhou family.
When Wang Fanghong gave birth to Zhou Jingchen, she suffered heavy bleeding and almost lost her life. Fortunately, the medical conditions here were relatively better, and she happened to meet a famous doctor in the hospital, so she was able to save her life.
She was fine when she gave birth to her first son and daughter, but she almost died when she gave birth to her youngest son. Thinking of the pain she went through during childbirth,
Wang Fanghong really couldn't like her youngest son at all.
In order to recuperate, she had to take a long vacation and almost lost her job. It was only through her husband’s help that she was able to keep her job.
In order to give birth to him, she almost lost her life and job. Wang Fanghong couldn't even show maternal love to him.
It would be fine if he had a promising future, but he has been inferior to his brothers and sisters in every way since he was a child, and he is always getting into trouble.