Changping Village.
Bao Suyun had just opened the courtyard door and was about to go out. When he saw Jiang's mother coming out of the Luo family's courtyard diagonally opposite, Bao Suyun quickly stepped back.
She hid behind the courtyard door and waited for a while. She saw Jiang's mother coming out of Luo's house and then entering Yang Huazhong's house. Soon she came out of Yang Huazhong's house with Jiang's father, followed by Yang Huazhong and Sun. At this time, Bao Suyun shrank further and further behind the courtyard gate.
Because they were standing on the road at the door talking, and from time to time they pointed to the fifth room, as if they were talking about her.
"Her third uncle and third mother, it's settled. You guys will go over for dinner together later, and we'll go back and get ready first."
Mother Jiang finally shouted loudly.
"Okay, you go back and do your work first!" Mrs. Sun said.
Only then did Jiang's father and mother leave with satisfaction, and Yang Huazhong and Sun also turned around and returned to the yard.
Not long after entering the courtyard gate, Yang Ruoqing came over.
"Dad, Mom, are you going to Jiang's house to eat bean silk tonight?" she asked as soon as she entered the door.
"Father Jiang and Mother Jiang just came over and asked us all to go. They said they would go to Luo's house to call you. What, are you going?" Yang Huazhong asked.
Yang Ruoqing glanced at the gradually falling dusk, with a face full of embarrassment: "My uncle and aunt don't want to go, and I don't want to go so far to eat at night, it will be noisy."
Mrs. Sun smiled and said, "But both the Jiang family have come to invite us. It doesn't make sense if not one of them goes. You can just go as a representative. Anyway, your fifth aunt and I will also go later. Let's go." I have company, too.”
"Both mother and fifth aunt are going?" Yang Ruoqing seemed to have regained her energy.
Just as Ms. Sun was about to nod, a weak voice suddenly sounded at the door of the hall: "Third sister-in-law, I, I, I won't go."
"Suyun?"
"Fifth aunt?"
Bao Suyun then held on to the door frame and moved the other half of her body into the main room. She lowered her head, pursed her lips, and her face didn't look very good.
"Suyun, what's wrong with you? Why do you look like this?"
Mrs. Sun quickly went over to hold Bao Suyun's arm and asked with concern.
Yang Huazhong and Yang Ruoqing also looked at Bao Suyun in surprise. The state of the person in front of them was indeed a little different from that in the daytime. He looked worried, as if he had been bullied by someone.
"Suyun, why don't you go? The Jiang family is the in-laws of your fifth house. They came here to call us to eat beans because of the face of your fifth house. You are the real owner. Why doesn't the real owner still? Going?"
Mrs. Sun pulled Bao Suyun to the table and asked softly.
At this time, twilight was gradually rising outside, and the early winter wind blew the dead leaves around in the yard.
The light in the main room was dim and the candles had not been lit yet.
Seeing this, Yang Ruoqing quickly pulled out the fire stick and lit the candle on the table in the main room.
The room suddenly lit up, and a warm light shone on several people. Bao Suyun's cold hands returned a little warmth.
"Third sister-in-law, Mianmian and I don't want to go there at night, you go ahead."
"Why don't you go? Are you worried about Guiling? You can bring some food to Guiling later." Sun said again.
Bao Suyun shook his head gently, and his tears suddenly fell down. This really shocked Mr. Sun.
"Why are you still crying? Who bullied you? Talk to third sister-in-law."
"No one bullied me. The wind and sand on the way here blinded my eyes." Bao Suyun said.
"Fifth Aunt, there are no outsiders here. If you feel unhappy, just tell us and we can think about it together."
Bao Suyun stood there holding the edge of the table with both hands, twitching her waist slightly and hesitated to speak.
"How do I say this? Maybe it is my own inner feeling. I am afraid that others will say I am hypocritical if I say it without any basis. However, I feel really uncomfortable as if I have a knot in my heart."
Sun and the others had a tacit understanding not to interrupt Bao Suyun and listened to her continue.
Bao Suyun didn't know how to describe her complicated mood, so she recounted the cause and effect of the incident to Sun and the others.
"I would say I'm not happy about this, but Mother Jiang kept saying she felt sorry for Mianmian. She didn't want her to get hurt and get her clothes dirty, so she didn't ask her to come over and help."
"They are considerate of my daughter, how can I still annoy them? This is unjustifiable."
"But I'm really not happy about this. After all, this is how everyone in our village comes here. My daughter-in-law-to-be went over to help me show her face. Yesterday, I went to Lijiacun for embroidery. I thought the Jiang family would ask Mianmian to go there. I said hello to Mianmian in advance last night, but Mianmian has been waiting at home all day and has not yet arrived."
"We thought the Jiang family didn't have the bean curds spread out, but they finished it during the day and asked Jiang's mother's family to come over and help. I always felt... I always felt that wasn't the case. Am I overthinking it? I I can’t say for sure.”
The more Bao Suyun talked, the more confused she became. In the end, she didn't know what she wanted to express. She sat down in frustration, frowning, and feeling extremely depressed.
After hearing all this, Sun's expression also changed.
She sat down next to Bao Suyun, her face full of doubts.
"I thought Mianmian came over to help. After a long time, it turned out that someone from Jiang Xianjun's uncle's family came to help. Mother Jiang is really like this. Even if she loves her daughter-in-law, she has to show her face when it's time to show her face... "
Mrs. Sun sat there muttering, obviously dissatisfied with Jiang's mother's behavior.
Yang Huazhong also frowned and sat silently aside.
It is not convenient for him to intervene in these matters between women, but he can listen and express his opinions when necessary.
"Third sister-in-law, this is what I think. Even if your mother-in-law loves my Mianmian and is reluctant to let her suffer, this is how everyone comes to such occasions. You asking your mother-in-law's family to come over to help instead of asking Mianmian to come over always makes me feel a little intentional. It makes the relationship between distance and distance so obvious.”
"With so many people helping out, it's not tiring for Mianmian to show up and help. The Jiang family only has an only son, Jun, and Mianmian is the only daughter-in-law. Shouldn't Mianmian be closer to her?"
"Suyun, you are right, normal people would put their prospective daughter-in-law first," said Sun.
It can only be said that Mother Jiang's behavior is a little different from normal people.
"I feel unhappy, and Mianmian must be feeling uncomfortable too. When Xian Junniang came over to greet her as a guest and invited her over to eat beans at night, the girl's confidence weakened at that time. I felt sad when I saw her."
Bao Suyun wiped away tears again.
Mrs. Sun also became more and more angry.
"I reminded you earlier when your fifth room got married to the Jiang family. Mother Jiang is well-known in the village for her strong temper. The day after she married into the Jiang family, she and Grandma Xianjun talked in front of each other. There was a lot of quarrel, both Xianjun and his son obeyed her words, and when Mianmian married her, I was worried that she would be wronged, hey!"
