allendalepharm Chapter 444: Be nice to her now so she will suffer less when she is old.
Chapter 444: Be nice to her now so she will suffer less when she is old.
Qi Dahe helped Chen Cuiping into the house and let her lie on the bed for a while.
Xu Xiaoping held her stomach and directed Qi Guoliang to cook in the kitchen. The big pancakes were made by Chen Cuiping in the morning and just needed to be steamed. Chen Cuiping also peeled the potatoes and cut them into thick strips to make potato soup.
An egg was placed in a small bowl. This was for Xu Xiaoping to nourish her body. All the eggs in the family were saved for her to eat, basically one a day. If fish or meat was cooked that day, the eggs would be saved for later.
Xu Xiaoping looked at the basket of eggs. There were still three eggs in it, but they would soon be gone. He didn't know whether his mother-in-law could get the money tomorrow. He went to the mountains and spent all the money on the trip, but got nothing back. Alas!
The whole family was in a gloomy mood. Except for Xu Xiaoping who ate with relish, everyone else had no appetite. They ate a few bites reluctantly and then left the table.
At night, Chen Cuiping lay in bed, unable to fall asleep. It felt like a huge rock was pressing on her chest. She tossed and turned, and took a deep breath. But she still felt choked up!
"Dahe, Dahe." He nudged the person next to him with his elbow, "Who do you think it could be? No one knows that we have gold at home. How could he steal it so accurately?"
The couple had long passed away, and no one from Feifei's grandmother's family was left in the country. For so many years, no one even knew that Qi Feifei was adopted by them, so who could know about the money?
"Could it be that her grandmother's family is back?"
Qi Dahe's throat hurt so much that he managed to speak hoarsely, "No." They dared to come back during the Cultural Revolution? They would be asking for death. They were living so well abroad, who would want to come back?
Chen Cuiping could tell that Qi Dahe was angry and his throat was boiling. If it were normal, she would get up and give him some canned food to relieve his anger, but today she was so upset that she had no strength at all. Her mouth was bitter.
"Who could this be?"
Qi Dahe swallowed his saliva, which was as painful as a knife. "Go to sleep!" There was no point in thinking about it. Where could he find someone? The money could not be made public. If people knew that he had overseas connections and was a capitalist, the whole family would be finished. Many people were investigated and sent down for reform because of this.
Chen Cuiping couldn't sleep at all. She was wondering who stole the gold, and then she was thinking about how to tell Guan Ming tomorrow to get him to hand over the money.
Qi Guoliang and his wife were still awake. Xu Xiaoping asked Qi Guoliang, "Where did your mother get the gold?"
Qi Guoliang: "I don't know." How would he know?
Xu Xiaoping, "You've never heard your parents mention it? You don't know anything about it?"
You can't do that? You are my own son, how can I hide this from you? Normally, when marrying a daughter-in-law, the mother-in-law will give her a piece of jewelry, unless there is none at home. Your mother is really good!
Qi Guoliang was furious! He was still thinking about the money Xu Xiaoping had lost. He had given all his salary to Xu Xiaoping. "Let's go report the case tomorrow. You lost a lot of money! Let's just ignore the gold loss, okay?"
Xu Xiaoping, "Are you not smart enough? You can report the case, but with your mother's personality, will she suffer this loss in silence? What are you thinking? If you report the case, people will ask for details, right? If the thief is really caught, how can you hide the matter of the gold?
I mean, your mother is really amazing. She didn't tell you, her own son, about such a big thing! She must have a lot of gold in her hands, otherwise she would have fainted from anxiety. You are just a big fool, you are stupid enough to die."
This man is really useless. He doesn't even know what's going on with his own things. If she had known this earlier, she would have taken the things into her own hands. How could she have thrown them away?
Qi Guoliang saw that his wife was angry, so he held back his anger and coaxed her, "Don't be angry, I'll go ask for Feifei's betrothal money tomorrow, and I'll talk to her later and ask her to give you the money back."
Xu Xiaoping, "That's good enough. Okay, go to sleep!"
Xu Xiaoping fell asleep quickly, but Qi Guoliang was too worried to sleep. He felt as if fire was coming out of his mouth and his gums were broken. He was in so much pain that he dared not close his mouth tightly. He could clearly feel the blisters on his lips swelling rapidly.
Qi Feifei sat in the courtyard, watching all this, and she felt very uncomfortable. This home was where she had lived for eighteen years, and it was full of her memories.
The family of four sat at the dining table to eat countless times. Although Chen Cuiping always favored Qi Guoliang, she had served her rice and picked up dishes for her. They were also happy and warm. At least the three of them were happy and harmonious.
Chen Cuiping also taught me how to do housework, how to cook, and how to sew. I can do everything, but it is also inseparable from her teaching.
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Qi Feifei thought about asking Chen Cuiping directly to return her mother's things, but there were no witnesses, and she would not admit it, so she had no way out. She would also be accused of being an unfilial daughter, and a fight would be inevitable.
That Xu Xiaoping was not a good person either. He hadn't even been to her house, but she "lost" all her money. How ridiculous!
I probably won't come back again.
In the second half of the night, Chen Cuiping suddenly called out for her father and mother, and the whole family was woken up. Qi Dahe wanted to ask her what was wrong, but no sound came out of his throat.
Qi Guoliang's mouth was also full of bubbles, and he spoke incoherently, "What's wrong?"
Chen Cuiping held her stomach tightly, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead due to the pain. The father and son quickly put on their clothes and ran to the staff hospital with Chen Cuiping on their backs.
Xu Xiaoping was the only one left at home, so she lay back on bed and continued to sleep.
The three people did not come back all night. In the morning, Xu Xiaoping made himself a bowl of dumpling soup, fried an egg, ate his meal and went to work.
Qi Feifei saw that there was no one at home, so he came out of the courtyard.
She went to Qi Xiaoping's room and looked through it. It was true. The whole room was full of new things: clothes, fabrics, blankets, wool in the closet, a kettle on the box, a radio, a sewing machine on the floor...
Qi Feifei finally found the money hidden in the shoe shell under the bed. There was really money. The deposit certificate was for 1,000 yuan, with a three-year term deposit. He was really good at saving money!
Qi Feifei stuffed the money into Chen Cuiping's box through the gap between the boxes, and then left in a swagger.
Chen Cuiping went to the hospital for examination and was diagnosed with appendicitis, but the factory hospital could not perform surgery, so the father and son had to carry Chen Cuiping to the city hospital. Because the disease was serious, she underwent a resection surgery. Chen Cuiping had to stay in the hospital and was unable to go to Guan Ming.
Chen Cuiping was lying in the hospital, and Qi Dahe was with her.
"Dahe, you said I can't go find Guan Ming, Xiaoping won't run back to her parents' home, right? Why don't you go back first? I still have more than 30 yuan in my box, you can give her 20 first, let her go to the cafeteria to get what she wants to eat, I will be in the hospital for a few days before I can go back, and I can't cook for her."
Qi Dahe was a little unhappy and said, "She's spoiled." This daughter-in-law is as bad as her ancestors.
Chen Cuiping, "Don't be unhappy. Sooner or later, we will both be left to her when we are old. Our son goes to work every day, and the wife has the final say in the family. Whether she serves you well or not depends on her mood. Treat her well now, so that you will suffer less when you are old."