C18 Pangolin and Snake Soup

Grandma and I walked behind them. I went downstairs to the door to pick them up. Lian Kang went to the airport to pick up my mom. Only I, Ms Zhou, and Xuanyuan were at home.

"Mom, dad, it's been hard on you."

The old granny was holding a large snakeskin bag in her hand. There was something inside that was flopping about. It was probably a chicken.

I hastily extended my hand to receive it. Ms Zhou, who was behind me, caught it. "Fei, let me do it!"

The mother-in-law looked at Ms Zhou and suddenly slapped her thigh. "Dear family, are you here?" You said that I didn't have the time to pick you up! "

Embarrassed, Ms Zhou quickly explained, "This is the cook, Ms Zhou, not my mom."

They've met twice before and on the day of my marriage, but my mother-in-law still doesn't know my mother.

"Cooking?" Whose family are you from? " Grandma shouted.

"No," I whispered in my mother-in-law's ear. "It was our aunt who invited him. The cooking is very delicious."

My brothers and sisters were in the back, so I let them in.

There was heat in the house, and as soon as they entered they called out for heat and undressed.

His father-in-law took off his coat and threw it on the ground. Dust immediately flew into the air, dancing in the sunlight.

I don't know how long it has been since my father-in-law changed his coat. I can't tell if it was black or grey, but in fact, every year I would buy a good down jacket for Lian Kang to send to them. I know that it is also very cold in Hebei village in winter, but I don't know why they don't like to wear it.

"Open the bag, I brought some good stuff for you. I'll burn it down tonight to replenish you." Ms Zhou answered and went into the kitchen.

In less than two minutes, Ms Zhou screamed and ran out of the kitchen. Her face changed color.

"What's wrong, Ms Zhou?"

"Inside the bag, inside the bag!" Ms Zhou pointed at the kitchen as if there was a monster inside.

"What's wrong?" I walked into the kitchen, where the snakeskin bag lay open on the floor. I looked in, and my legs went limp.

There was an unknown animal inside, with snakes circling around it.

"What is this? "Oh my god!" My voice was out of tune, and my mother-in-law came over and tipped the bag upside down. The contents were all dumped out, and several especially long snakes crawled quickly to my feet as soon as they were released.

I couldn't help but scream, almost tripping on the doorstep of the kitchen. Someone held me up and looked up at Big Sis with disdain.

"What's there to be afraid of? Our big flower snake is a treasure, someone collects it at a high price all day long. This is something my husband caught while he was in the mountains."

"Why are you grabbing on to this?"

"Here's a stew for you to drink! The medicinal value of this flower snake is simply too high. Big Sis said it was so exaggerated, but I wouldn't eat snakes even if I was beaten to death. Thinking of these disgusting and greasy things being stewed into soup made my stomach feel sick.

"What about that?" I pointed to the little animal.

"Pangolin." Nanny mysteriously whispered into my ear, "You and Yasuko can eat this stuff together, but I can't say for sure. Anyway, I'm going to give birth to a son!"

"I've already been born, what's the point of eating it!" Pangolin is a national protected animal, so I won't eat it, but I don't bother to explain it to them. I knew they were going to do something for me when they came. Pudding's Hundred Day Feast was just a few days away, and they would be leaving in a few days after the Spring Festival, so I had to be patient.

"You still have to worry about your second birth after you have one. You didn't tell me before you had your first birth, so I fed this to you then. Keep your second life as a boy."

I looked at my mother-in-law's face. From the moment I entered the house until now, none of them mentioned that they wanted to see Pudding, so they kept talking to me about the second and second babies. Originally, I told myself that they wouldn't be angry after coming here for a few days, but after getting pregnant with Pudding, I realized that I had to protect my son.

"I'm not born twice. I'll be satisfied with only one daughter of Pudding in my entire life.

At this moment, my mother came down from upstairs and extended her hand to my mother-in-law. "Long time no see, darling."

Grandma did not take my mother's hand: "We rural people do not know your manners."

My mother smiled and withdrew her hand. She looked at me.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, my mother said to my mother-in-law, "I haven't seen my grandson since I came here. He's upstairs, let's go together!"

It was only then that the mother-in-law and sister-in-law followed.

Liu Jing was holding Pudding and Xuanyuan, playing with her. Xuanyuan made Pudding lie on the ground for about ten minutes every day. Every time I took a photo with my phone, Liu Jing said that it would be really fun to make a video clip when the time came.

"Come Fei, it's almost time to let Pudding lie on the floor." Liu Jing called me excitedly.

They stood around the bed and without a word began to dig in their pockets.

"Come, Granny will pay." The mother-in-law took out a small, colorless bag from her pocket and stuffed it into Pudding's arms. The other sister-in-law and sisters also took out their money and stuffed it into Pudding's arms.

Before I could react, Xuan Yuan hurriedly took the money out from Pudding's bosom and placed it on the bedside table. "There are so many germs on top of the money. How can you give a baby access?"

"Who is this?" The mother-in-law sized up Xuanyuan.

"This is Sister Yue, she specially looks after Pudding."

It was unknown which sister-in-law or eldest young mistress murmured, "The children in the city are so precious. They even found someone to serve them."

I pretended not to hear, but my mother's face had already changed color.

Nanny and the others walked around the room. Nanny hugged Pudding before she left.

My mother was sitting on the edge of the bed with Pudding in her arms. Liu Jing went to count the money they had given her.

"Report, your mother-in-law is eight hundred, the other sister-in-law's are three hundred each, a total of two thousand six hundred. You've struck gold, Fei." Liu Jing raised the money.

My mother said, "Money isn't important, and their family's conditions aren't good either. It's not easy to take out this money. I'll give everyone a red packet during the Spring Festival. Fei, you can also take one too. Just don't let them lose out."

I knew my mother didn't care about money, and I didn't think much about it. I always thought my mother-in-law and the rest of them weren't very enthusiastic about Pudding either, and my father-in-law didn't even mention it. He just sat in the living room downstairs like a Bodhisattva.

Xuan Yuan went out to get water and came back after a while to cover his nose. "Fei, all the men in Director Lian's family are smoking downstairs. How can they smoke at home? Besides, they have children."

I'd forgotten about that all the time. The last time they came they'd made my ceiling yellow, and they were going to redecorate the baby a little bigger.

"Let Lian Kang speak." My mother tugged at me. "I'll be staying for a few more days. Don't make it unpleasant."

I was afraid that it would be useless to tell Lian Kang. Coincidentally, Lian Kang came in and told us to go downstairs to eat dinner.

Liu Jing was straightforward and immediately said, "Lian Kang, I shouldn't care about your family's matters, but it concerns my daughter. Can you tell those who smoke downstairs not to smoke at home, there are places to smoke in the garden."

I didn't expect Lian Kang to respond with a smile, "I've already told you about them. How could they smoke in the room? Don't worry, you guys can go down later. I've turned on the air conditioner."

When he left the room, my mom smiled and said, "Look, I said that Lian Kang still loves his daughter a lot, so it's more convenient for him to talk."

"A change in personality is still a show." Liu Jing groaned and mumbled, "Alright, you guys go eat. I'm going back."

"Don't!" I held her back. "How can I let you go after a busy day? We'll eat together. "

"I've gone mad. I'd rather go out and make my own skewers than eat with so many people."

"Come on, what's the point of having such a cold weather like this?" I pressed my ear to hers. "If there's pangolin and snake soup at night, pretend you're afraid of being thrown away for me."

She rolled her eyes at me. "You want me to be the bad guy again?"

However, Liu Jing still stayed behind. There were 30-40 people, my family's dining table can only seat 12 people, children can sit at the coffee table, and they also borrowed a big round table from a nearby restaurant to set up a table.

I asked KFC to bring the children's food over, and the next restaurant to make something that suited their mother-in-law's taste. Ms Zhou couldn't make so many meals by herself.

"Ms Zhou, Xuanyuan, it's time to eat." I called out to them. Xuanyuan, who was standing in the corridor upstairs, shook his head. "I'll eat later. Pudding is tired. I'll coax her to sleep."

Just as Ms Zhou was about to bring the bowl to the table, her mother-in-law suddenly said, "In the old society, how can the family workers serve the table?"

Ms Zhou carried the bowl back to the kitchen as soon as she heard him.

I wanted to get up, but my mother held me down, and then she went into the kitchen.

After a while, my mother came out and sat down beside me.

"Is Ms Zhou angry?" I whispered to my mother.

"That's right, but it's better now. She won't do it when I tell her to come out for dinner. Forget it, you can tell her about it after dinner."

I nodded. Actually, this wasn't the first time I saw my mother-in-law act this way. She talked to my mother in such a way that it could anger you to death at any moment. It wouldn't be worth it if she really was angry with me.

Liu Jing scrutinized the dishes on the table and then whispered to me, "There's no such thing as a weird dish."

I was relieved. I wouldn't eat those weird things if I was allowed to, and it would kill me to death. At night, I told Lian Kang to take them away, release them, and send them to the zoo. I wouldn't eat them anyway.

After dinner, Lili couldn't finish washing the bowls by herself. When I said I was going to do it, my mother and Liu Jing both held me down. "Come on, just be a good boy until Pudding is a year old."

"A room full of women, and it's your turn to wash?" My mother said, "Let's go upstairs and see if Pudding is hungry. I'll feed her some milk."

I thought my mother was being too optimistic. I turned around and saw that there were already four mahjong tables in the living room. My sister-in-law had already sat down.

"Are they treating themselves too much like family or are they treating themselves too much like guests?" Liu Jing was extremely angry, but there was nothing she could do other than to help Ms Zhou wash it.

They wouldn't let me in, so I helped clean the dishes. Ms Zhou washed the dishes, my mom cleaned the dishes, and Liu Jing cleaned the tables.

"Big Sis, you're such a good person." Ms Zhou said to my mother, "When Pudding was not full moon, you were at home so long, and you helped me with my work. Fei's mother-in-law just arrived today, and she asked me about my salary several times over in a few hours. "

"Did you say that, Ms Zhou?" Liu Jing came over and asked.

"At first I didn't say anything, but then she kept asking, which annoyed me, so I just told her the truth."

Ms Zhou's salary is two thousand eight hundred and in fact, her salary isn't considered high. In City H, the labor cost is very high, but Ms Zhou was introduced by Lian Kang's colleague, and Ms Zhou herself also has a retirement salary. It's just that after her wife died, she didn't get along well with her wife.

"Then is Grandma Fei so shocked that she's about to faint?" Liu Jing laughed out loud.