The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 97 The Provoked Relationship between Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law
Then Jiang Cheng bought two boxes of soda at a state-owned store and took them home for his family to drink. It happened that there were orange and lime flavored sodas, so he bought one box of each.

I also bought some toothbrushes and China toothpaste, as well as the harmonica, a popular musical instrument of that era.

There were twelve bottles in a box, and they cost 2.4 yuan a box. A large bottle of China toothpaste cost 50 cents a tube, and a toothbrush cost 20 cents. Jiang Cheng bought ten.

The harmonica was bought by chance because Jiang Cheng saw it. He couldn't play it, but he could learn. In this era, if you were not married, you could basically get married by playing the harmonica in places where there were many female educated youths, as long as you were not ugly.

The harmonica cost three dollars, and the total cost including other items was fourteen dollars and eighty dollars.

When leaving the state-owned store, Jiang Cheng saw the couple still at the door. They were probably going to return the bottle after they finished drinking. But they were reluctant to finish it in one or two gulps. It was 1.5 cents per bottle, not counting the bottle. It would be too extravagant to drink it all in one gulp.

"Master, you have bought so much." The young woman greeted Jiang Cheng after seeing him coming out.

"Well, thank you. I'm leaving now." Jiang Cheng also greeted the other party.

After loading the drinks and some other things into the car, Jiang Cheng started the car and set off.

"What's so great about being a driver? It's just a little bit more salary."

"Wang Hao, someone has provoked you, why are you talking about them behind their back?"

"I just can't get used to it. What's so magical about it? It's like others don't know he's the driver."

"I don't want to drink anymore. You can return the bottle. It's getting late. I have to go to work."

"No, Zhang Miao, wait a minute."

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Jiang Cheng didn't know that because of his casual greeting, a couple of young people had quarreled. He was jealous. If Zhou Lingying talked and laughed with other men in front of him, he would definitely drag her into the house and beat her.

This time, Jiang Cheng kept driving towards Nanjing and did not plan to sell fish. Because he was taking the route of Changshu, Changzhou, and Danyang, there were no rivers on the road. In addition, the road was easy to drive on, so Jiang Cheng thought that he might be able to reach Zhou Lingying's parents' home before dinner.

At Nanluoyuan in Changcheng, Zhou Lingying had already returned from washing clothes at the well outside.

Zhou Lingying got up early in the morning and was busy all the time. She first made breakfast, then went to the market to buy some vegetables and picked up some rotten leaves to feed the chickens.

It was almost eight o'clock when I washed my clothes again. After hanging them up to dry, I had to accompany my in-laws to the hospital.

The carpenter will probably finish the doors by noon today, and the last piece of furniture, the dresser, is also coming to an end. But even after it is finished, it still needs carving and polishing. The remaining materials also need to be made into two small stools.

"Yingying, hurry up. Why are you taking so long to do your work?" Zhao Yuxia shouted to Zhou Lingying.

"Mom, I'll be right there." Zhou Lingying responded.

Zhou Lingying was a little upset by Zhao Yuxia's urging. Before she went to wash the clothes, she planned to wash them after she came back from accompanying her parents-in-law to the hospital. Anyway, in this weather, it would dry just as fast if she washed them later.

It was Zhao Yuxia who said there was no rush, so Zhou Lingying went to wash clothes. When she came back from washing, she accused her of taking too long. But after all, she was Jiang Cheng's mother, so she didn't dare to say anything.

Zhou Lingying put the clothes back in the room without hanging them up, then immediately went out and followed Zhao Yuxia.

The treatment effect in recent days has been very good. Jiang Changhe feels that his whole body is much more relaxed and he can use strength in his lower body. A person can move his body in bed and even stand up, but he will suddenly feel weak.

But it’s already pretty good. It’s only been a few days. He doesn’t have to be carried on his back when he eats. Someone can help him to the main room to eat.

The three of them left the yard and walked out of the alley. Zhao Yuxia couldn't help but said to Zhou Lingying, "Yingying, the carpenter will finish the work today. Just pay them the wages and let them go after the work. Why did you just tell them to stew pheasant for lunch? Although the pheasant was not bought, Chengzi had worked hard to catch it. You really don't know how to live." "Mom, I'm just happy to see that the furniture is almost done." Zhou Lingying defended herself weakly.

In the morning, Master Li told Zhou Lingying that the work would be finished by noon today. Zhou Lingying was so happy that she said she would stew a pheasant for them to eat at noon today.

The pheasants and birds were pickled and dried, so they were definitely not as fresh as when they were first brought in, but they tasted very good. Zhou Lingying didn't expect Zhao Yuxia to use this to criticize her. The key point was that she didn't know whether it was right or wrong after being criticized by Zhao Yuxia.

Because from the perspective of economy, the carpenter finished the work and a simple lunch was served. Zhou Lingying was so happy to arrange it, it seemed that a pheasant was indeed wasted. But she felt that the furniture was finished, which was also a happy event, and it was right to eat the stewed food.

"Happy~, if you are happy, can't we stew one at night for our family to eat? We have already done this work, and we are still entertaining outsiders so well, is there any need for that?" Zhao Yuxia said again unhappily.

Zhou Lingying followed beside him and didn't dare to say a word, but she had to do what she said today and stew the pheasant.

Fortunately, Zhao Yuxia didn't say anything else and continued walking towards the hospital.

When I got to the hospital, I received more than an hour of acupuncture and massage treatment. Then the doctor said that after one or two days of treatment, I would not need to come every day.

This came frequently at the beginning, mainly to dredge and relieve some meridians. Treatment needs to continue, but judging from the symptoms, the compressed nerves are almost unblocked, and the main focus is recovery treatment.

In addition to treatment in the hospital, Jiang Changhe also needs nutritional supplements to speed up his recovery.

Jiang Changhe was unable to move, so he tried his best to give his food rations to other people working in the fields. This has caused him to be malnourished and weak now. Eating better will definitely help him recover.

When I left the hospital, the doctor gave me a certificate. With the certificate, I could go to the meat market and buy meat with bones to make soup.

Meat bones are relatively cheap in the market, 1.5 cents per pound. But meat bones also need tickets to buy. In fact, in addition to meat tickets, there are some special tickets, such as meat bone tickets, meat offal tickets, offal tickets, and fat tickets.

Anyway, you basically need a ticket to buy the whole body of a pig, or in some special cases, a certificate issued by the hospital.

The hospital once certified that the limit was three pounds of meat and bones. After Zhou Lingying was discharged from the hospital, she asked Jiang Cheng's parents if they wanted to buy some meat and bones.

This question caused trouble again. She generously stewed pheasant for a carpenter who had no relationship with her, and she even asked if she would buy the meat bones she bought for her husband's father.

Zhao Yuxia felt that she had found the wrong wife for her son, so she scolded Zhou Lingying and told her to go buy one quickly. She would stew it in the afternoon, as the carpenter would not be around in the afternoon, and she would not have to serve it to outsiders.

Zhou Lingying now realized that everything she did seemed to be wrong. In fact, she asked mainly because she thought there was pickled bird meat at home. To nourish her father-in-law Jiang Changhe, she could stew a bird for him every day.

At this time, Zhou Lingying felt a little aggrieved and wanted to find someone to talk to, but her husband was not around. She could only finish the things she had to do in the morning, and in the afternoon, she could only complain about her dissatisfaction like other women in the courtyard.

And Zhao Yuxia also talked to the aunties and grandmas in the yard about how to discipline daughters-in-law in her spare time. She said that mothers-in-law had been daughters-in-law before, so they couldn't just ignore them.

Anyway, people are like this. Once you are dissatisfied with someone, you will think that everything they do is wrong. You won't say anything at first, but it will accumulate in your heart. Once you criticize the other person once and your emotions explode, you may never hide it again.

Jiang Cheng didn't know that his mother was instigated by the aunt in the yard and was now somewhat dissatisfied with Zhou Lingying. The problem between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has existed since ancient times, but in this era, filial piety is very important and can easily be kidnapped by morality.

The mother-in-law can beat the daughter-in-law, but if the daughter-in-law fights back, no matter whether she is right or wrong, she will become unreasonable. So if a daughter-in-law encounters a bad mother-in-law, she will really have to endure it and cannot fight. The natural suppression of seniority means that unless the daughter-in-law has the support of her natal family, she herself must also be ruthless.

　I don't have any drafts saved. Now I finish a 4000-word chapter every day and save it in case there is an emergency during the day and I can't update.

　　I will update the extra words after I finish writing 4,000 words tomorrow. So I will try my best tomorrow. I can only say I will try my best. I can't promise anything.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)