"Mom, if I don’t do something, just wandering around all day, I feel so restless." Xu Nianhua patted her chest and added, "Besides, translating is also a way of learning."
Xu Nianhua spoke eloquently, "Mom, this is a win-win situation. I earn money and solidify my knowledge, how great is that?"
"Alright, alright, I can never win against you." Ji Ying looked helplessly at Xu Nianhua, her eyes filled with indulgence, she said, "Go wash your hands and come to eat, don’t just stay in the room, it’s not good for your eyes."
Ji Ying was really worried that Nianhua would get sulked up.
Ever since Xu Feng followed Xu Nianji in growing and selling bean sprouts, many villagers said Xu Feng was lucky.
Xu Nianhua was waiting, waiting for Liu Sanmei to hear about this and come start trouble.
With Liu Sanmei’s personality, and Zhao Juxiang’s unwillingness to be outdone, knowing about this, how could they possibly not come looking for trouble?
But, having waited and waited, Liu Sanmei and the others showed no reaction at all. Instead, it was said that Zhao Juxiang and Liu Sanmei had managed to get several people from the village jobs at the canning factory, including Ma Xiuhong who had previously approached Zhao Juxiang.
Xu Nianhua thought, could it be that those two were trying to prove through such actions that their sons (grandsons) were the capable ones?
It must be said, Xu Nianhua hit the nail on the head.
Liu Sanmei and Zhao Juxiang of course wanted to cause trouble for Xu Qinghe’s family because they felt humiliated behind closed doors—that good things should not be missing from their own kin’s reach.
In the eyes of Xu Qinghe’s family, Xu Yuchun’s family seemed even more like Xu Qinghe’s kin.
Although Liu Sanmei was not his biological mother, she had raised Xu Qinghe.
Liu Sanmei certainly was not convinced, but Xu Zhong’s argument was also valid. There were no men in their family who could go and sell bean sprouts; they couldn’t possibly ask Xu Zhong to do it at his age, right?
Therefore, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had switched tactics, showing off their grandson and son, who were now capable and competent.
"Oh, Aihong, would you like me to have my Zhihao find some work for your Shengzi? Or perhaps for your daughter-in-law?" Liu Sanmei, cracking sunflower seeds, looked at Hu Aihong mockingly.
She always had issues with Hu Aihong and said proudly, "In my opinion, my Zhihao being a workshop director at the canning factory is no small feat. Look at Xiuhong and the rest working there, they make twenty-five yuan a month."
"How about, I ask around for you, to save your daughter-in-law from nagging at you all day at home?"
Liu Sanmei, though phrasing it that way, was mocking Hu Aihong with every sentence.
"Enough, Auntie Liu, better mind other’s business, we don’t need your concern for Shengzi and our daughter-in-law." Hu Aihong, unlike her usual quarrelsome demeanor, had a smile plastered over her face, saying, "My Shengzi, oh, he’s got work, he doesn’t lack for work."
"Is that so?" Liu Sanmei looked at Hu Aihong skeptically, always feeling she was just putting on a brave face. Her son Zou Sheng was known to be honest, only doing tedious chores like fetching firewood and farming.
Seeing her disbelief, Hu Aihong immediately felt uncomfortable. What’s wrong with her son being a bit honest?
"Qinghe came over the day before yesterday looking for Shengzi, wanted him to work at the furniture factory, and today, after finishing the field work, he went to the factory." Hu Aihong’s face was brimming with pride.