Yonghe Road

Chapter 65 Busy
Because Niu Niu was stung by a bee, the relationship between Huifang and Lin Yingying became worse and worse. Lin Yingying finally realized the truth of the famous saying "mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies."

In addition to the external ointment to detoxify bee venom, Huifang was also brought back two large bags of herbs from the She medicine hall. Huifang was quite unhappy.

Although Niu Niu's face was basically swollen after applying medicine every day, the changes in the skin at the wound caused by the bee sting could still be clearly seen. It was indeed different from normal healthy skin, which made Huifang very distressed.

When Huifang heard Zhong Ziqi say that Boss Lan diagnosed Niu Niu with infantile malnutrition, she blamed Lin Yingying even more for not taking good care of the child.

As for Boss Lan's comment that Lin Yingying didn't take good care of herself after the postpartum period and needed to take herbal medicine for conditioning, Huifang didn't take it seriously and thought Lin Yingying was being spoiled.

Huifang personally prepared the herbal medicine for Niu Niu to treat her infantile malnutrition. Sometimes, she would hold Niu Niu in her arms while watching over the medicine jar, muttering to her, "Nannan, Mom is so bad, Mom is so bad. I don't have to cook or wash clothes, but I just take care of you. I even let you get stung by bees and suffer from malnutrition. Our Nannan is really 'hanging herself up'. So pitiful..."

Lin Yingying couldn't stand it anymore, so she carried Niuniu out and ignored Huifang's nagging. Huifang kept guarding the medicine jar while staring at Zhong Ziwang who was wandering around in the kitchen, and her mind suddenly became clear.

It turned out that she hated this daughter-in-law from the bottom of her heart. If she hadn't married her, why would she have borrowed money to pay the bride price? If she hadn't married her, the family wouldn't have to go into debt, and Ziwang wouldn't have to go out to work and get into an accident. Her poor eldest son, although he saved his life, he was stupid. Her once well-behaved and sensible son, now just stupid...

Huifang couldn't help wiping away her tears. The more she wiped away, the more tears came. She picked up the rag on the stove and wiped her eyes. The rag wiped over the kitchen mat and the kitchen knife. The kitchen knife chopped garlic on the kitchen mat...

Huifang's eyes were irritated by the garlic foam left on the rag, and her tears flowed even more violently.

Zhong Ziwang watched Huifang wiping her tears in a hurry, and clapped and laughed happily.

As she laughed, she started to cry, making a whimpering sound, and was so nervous that she kept stomping her steps on the spot.

He knew Huifang was his mother, but he didn't know what the word "mother" meant. He knew Huifang was crying, but he didn't know what it meant. He cried with her, but there was no special meaning; it was just an action, just like laughing, eating, sleeping, clapping his hands, and stamping his feet.

Seeing Zhong Ziwang like this, Huifang's resentment towards Lin Yingying deepened, until she accidentally found out that her grandson was bitten by bees at Lei Sheng's beekeeping base, and the pent-up dissatisfaction in her heart completely erupted.

For the first time, Zhong Ziqi saw his mother, who had been weak all her life, become as violent as a lioness, baring her fangs and claws at his sister-in-law.

Zhong Ziqi was unable to act as a peacemaker. He no longer had the ability to mediate the conflict between his mother and sister-in-law. His mother's disgust for his sister-in-law and her grievances had reached an irreconcilable level.

Lin Yingying held her child, carried some simple clothes and maternal and child supplies, ran out of the Zhong family's house, and ran back to her parents' home.

Huifang yelled at Zhong Ziqi at home: "Go and get Nannan back."

The only person she wanted to get back was her grandson. As for her daughter-in-law, in her mind she was already an unfaithful woman who had an affair with another man and caused her grandson to be injured.

Zhong Ziqi really followed Huifang's words and chased to the Lin family, but he did not want to take his nephew back. Instead, he brought the herbal medicine picked from She Medicine Hall to Lin Yingying and told Lin Yingying to take the medicine in time.

Looking at Lin Yingying's slightly sallow complexion and her chin, which had become pointed due to weight loss, and thinking of Boss Lan's words that she hadn't taken good care of herself after the confinement period and might suffer from postpartum illness, Zhong Ziqi felt a pang of pain. It's said that infants and toddlers between one and three years old are the most difficult to care for, and that those who take care of them have the hardest time. But he had to attend classes, manage the tea factory business, and help his mother take care of his older brother, leaving him with very little time for his nephew. His mother was still angry, and his older brother needed constant care, leaving him with no one to help his sister-in-law.

Zhong Ziqi felt guilty and sympathetic towards Lin Yingying, so he could only comfort her by telling her to stay at her mother's house for a while and to come and take her home when her mother's anger subsided. He also told her that if Lin Yingying was unhappy at her mother's house, she could call him to come and take her home.

Lin Yingying stood at the door of the Lin family, holding her child, took the herbs from Zhong Ziqi's hand, listened to Zhong Ziqi's heartwarming instructions, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Behind her, Lin Dangdang was peeking around, eavesdropping on her conversation with Zhong Ziqi. Her parents stood uselessly behind Lin Dangdang, following her and peeking around.

Ah, Lin Yingying, you are a poor woman with no way out and no relatives to support you.

Her husband had an accident and she lost her support. Her child was still so young and her mother-in-law refused to sympathize with her. Her brother-in-law was the only hope and warmth in her life.

Lin Yingying couldn't help but think of Huifang's proposal for her to marry Zhong Ziqi. She looked down at the child in her arms, her heart aching. Maybe, maybe, this might be the only way out.

"Zi Qi, you and writer Xie will eventually break up, right?"

Zhong Ziqi frowned. Why would his sister-in-law say such nonsense?
"Sister-in-law, no matter what the future holds, An Min and I are doing well now. As long as we live well in the present, there will always be hope for the future, right?" Zhong Ziqi's thoughts matured a lot without anyone noticing.

Lin Yingying smiled bitterly. What hope did she have for the future? Would her husband be as healthy as before? Her only hope for the future was her child. But the child was still so young. How much effort would it take for him to grow up and become her hope?

"Zi Qi, could you please ask writer Xie to help Niu Niu pick a nice name? She's a cultured person, so the name she can come up with will definitely be better than ours."

This request was not difficult, and Zhong Ziqi agreed.

Xie Anmin has been incredibly busy lately. Besides her creative and field research, she's also been able to travel to Shajiaqi Town to interview the inheritors of the intangible cultural heritage of iron rod crafts, facilitated by the local cultural and tourism authorities. Zhong Ziqi couldn't meet her for a while, so he left a message on WeChat, asking her to help him choose a name for his nephew. Xie Anmin naturally didn't refuse.

Zhong Ziqi couldn't sit idle either. The city was planning the first "Tea BA" national basketball tournament, and both he and Wang Zian had been invited to help with the organizing committee while also managing the tea factory's business.

Wang Zian told him that President Ji Tong, after some time in contact with him, had shown some interest in investing in Zhiyin White Tea House. If they could secure Ji Tong's investment, Zhiyin White Tea House would be able to expand its production scale, gain publicity and promotion, and its business would undoubtedly take off. So the two of them put their all into showcasing their talents at the "Tea BA" tournament, hosted by the city and sponsored by President Ji Tong. Besides assisting with the organizing committee, the most important thing was to compete, perform at a high level, and win the championship.

This also just makes up for the regret that the two missed the village BA team selection competition held in the prefecture-level city.

Lei Sheng finally found out that Lin Yingying had run back to her parents' home because he had a falling out with her mother-in-law, so he brought several large bags of gifts to the Lin family to visit Lin Yingying and her son.

Lin Yingying was holding her child in the room, avoiding him. Instead, Lin Dangdang came out to entertain him. Not only did she accept all the gifts he brought, she also specially prepared some wine and dishes, and asked Lei Sheng to sit down and have a drink.

After two bottles of beer, Lin Dangdang's face flushed and her eyes sparkled as she asked Lei Sheng, "Boss Lei, are you interested in my sister?"