1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 234 Fortunately, the old lady was a fair person.

When Grandma Qiu heard this, she understood immediately. The marriage was probably settled. She was overjoyed: "That's right. Xia Qiu is a gentle person. If Xiao Jing marries into the family, the two of them will definitely get along well."

The mother, who had been worried, was relieved. She hadn't expected that a plate of melons would make things go so smoothly, and she was even more satisfied with her eldest daughter-in-law.

The girl had originally taken a liking to Qiu Shaocheng, Xia Qiu's brother-in-law, but her mother was somewhat dissatisfied with the marriage because the Qiu family had not yet divided their property and the eldest son's wife, Zhang Shanmei, was a troublesome and unreasonable daughter-in-law.

I came here today to see the Qiu family's attitude.

Grandma Qiu then spoke up: "Xiao Jing's mother, I know what you're worried about. After Shao Cheng gets married, we'll separate the family. After all, my two grandsons are grandfathers now, and it's really not suitable for the whole family to be stuck in the same pot."

Upon hearing this, An Xiaojing's mother beamed with joy: "You are truly enlightened."

Grandma Qiu waved her hand and said, "I'm old and can't take care of things anymore. Besides, children and grandchildren have their own blessings."

With the matter settled, the matchmaker and the An family mother and daughter did not linger. They agreed that the Qiu family would come to propose marriage three days later, and then they left.

After seeing the guests off, Aunt Qiu looked at Grandma Qiu and asked, "Grandma, you just said that Shao Cheng would separate the family after getting married?"

Grandma Qiu looked at her and said, "Well, you're all grandparents now, it's time for you to take charge of the household. This old lady should enjoy a few days of peace and quiet."

"But my son Shaohe hasn't even been asked about marriage yet."

Grandma Qiu knew what she was going to say and interrupted her directly, saying, "Your son Shao Cheng hasn't found a wife yet, but doesn't the second branch have Shao Mei? It's fair that each family has one unmarried person."

Aunt Qiu said, "Shaohe is a boy, and Shaomei is a girl. One pays for his wife's wedding, and the other receives a dowry. How can they be the same?"

Grandma Qiu directly exposed her little scheme: "You married two daughters-in-law, and the second branch of the family also married two daughters-in-law. Isn't that unfair? Besides, the second branch's Shaolan didn't take all of the dowry with her. You can only blame yourself for having only sons." Aunt Qiu was speechless now, since when Shaolan from the second branch got married, the groom's family did indeed only take a portion of the dowry, leaving the rest at home.

Seeing that the old lady didn't favor her sister-in-law, Qiu's mother felt much better. Back then, when her sister-in-law gave birth to a son as her first child and she gave birth to a daughter, her sister-in-law had often made snide remarks about her. Later, when they both gave birth to two sons in a row, her sister-in-law finally stopped making sarcastic comments.

I never expected her to have such thoughts again today. She probably wants to use the money from the public funds to pay for her youngest son's wedding. She really knows how to scheme. Fortunately, the old lady is a fair person.

Chu Xue talked with her older sister for a while before preparing to leave: "Sister, stay away from your second cousin's wife in the future."

Xia Qiu knew her younger sister was doing it for her own good: "I know."

The two sisters came out of the house and saw Qiu Shaofeng running into the yard.

Xia Qiu saw that he was covered in sweat from running: "Why are you back?"

Qiu Shaofeng looked at Chu Xue: "I heard that my sister-in-law has come, so I came back to see her."

Xia Qiu smiled and said, "Chu Xue brought me a lot of apricots, enough for me to eat for a few days. You don't need to rush up the mountain after work. Also, the housewarming party is scheduled for the sixth day of the month."

Qiu Shaofeng laughed when he heard this: "Then let's go there early, so I can help run errands."

After saying that, he looked at his sister-in-law and said, "Chuxue, you have been a great help to me. Your sister has been craving something sour these past few days, but I have only been able to find a few apricots after several trips. I was planning to search deeper into the area after work today to see if I could find any apricot trees."

(End of this chapter)