Ji Changze, who ‘followed his mother,’ was treated like an Emperor after explaining his income source.
Knowing that her son didn’t break the law and made a lot of money, Mother Ji couldn’t be happier. Seeing Ji Changze, the darling son, even more precious.
“Changze, are you tired? Do you want to sleep?”
“Are you thirsty? Mom will get you some water.”
“Are you hungry? Your brother sent food again last time. I’ll bring it to you.”
Father Ji took the bench and sat at the door, smoking a cigarette: Puff puff…
Ji Changze was reminded, stretched himself, and said, “Mom, I made a lot of money this time, and I’m free today. Why don’t I go to the city and pay back the money older brother bought me a bicycle with?”
Mother Ji started: “Pay back the money? Didn’t he say that this bicycle should be given to you?”
Since Ji Changguang said those words last time, the anger in Mother Ji’s heart gradually disappeared. In addition, Ji Changguang came back to see her several times with Liu Huifen in the past two months.
Liu Huifen thought that it turned out her mother-in-law was nice to her.
Mother Ji was thinking that Liu Huifen was very filial to her mother-in-law.
The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had reached great harmony.
She wasn’t angry, and naturally, she had no problem with Ji Changze’s repayment.
It’s just because she didn’t think that Ji Changze would pay back the money because she knew that her son was someone who wouldn’t think of it (shamelessly and righteously taking advantage).
As a result, her youngest son offered to pay back the money.
Is the sun rising from the west?
Ji Changze looked indignant at being underestimated, “Mom, what’s that look on your face? Do you think I won’t give him money? I didn’t use to give, that was because I didn’t have any money. Now that I have money, of course, I’ll give it. Am I the kind of person who likes to take advantage, especially from my own Brother?!”
She certainly didn’t want to discredit her son.
Didn’t Changze like to take advantage, like the things he did before?
Ji Changze just said, “I told you long ago that I would repay my Older Brother if I made great achievements. Now that I have money, I must keep my word.”
“And not only would I bring money, but I also want to do some shopping and get gifts, so as not to lose face. I think I’m pretty compatible with Uncle Liu. I can even play chess with him and talk to him. By the way, Mom, the youngest son of Uncle Liu’s eldest sister-in-law’s house, the one with the big mole under his nose, isn’t he a doctor?”
Mother Ji couldn’t understand how the conversation had turned to this and nodded at the memory, “Yes, he is still working at the hospital.”
After answering, she felt something was wrong again: “What do you want to do?!”
Father Ji snapped, “He wants to examine why Xiaolu is mute.”
Mother Ji suddenly realized.
As she thought, how could Ji Changze take the initiative to send money and gifts to the door?
There must be something that he wants.
When she twisted her face, she suddenly reacted and asked Father Ji, “Why do you know everything?!”
Father Ji snapped, “I met Changze at the village entrance and came back while chatting with him.”
Mother Ji, “Why didn’t I know?”
When her Changze arrived at the door, she was the one who came up to greet her.
Father Ji was silent for a few seconds.
Quite grudgingly, he replied, “I came back with him, and I was standing right next to him.”
Then it was as if he had become a transparent man, watching his wife hug another man’s baby and cried out, without so much as a glance at him.
Mother Ji; “Then why don’t you make a sound? Every day, you just know how to puff, puff, puff smoke. Once people look at you, it’s definitely not looking at you as a person, but looking at you like a cigarette.”
She turned to look at her son again, and her face looked loving: “It’s better to be like Changze. A non-smoker and a sensible man who knows how to make money, even for his wife. Look at how good Changze is; the first thing he does when he earns money is to help his wife seek medical treatment.”
Facing her son with a spring breeze like expression, while facing her husband with a face of disgust, “Look at you! When was the first time you thought of me!”
Father Ji: “…” Changze obviously came towards our house as soon as he came back, when did he think of his wife in the first place?”
Mother Ji looked across at him, “It’s Changze’s filial piety, isn’t it?!”
Never mind, he’d rather smoke.
When Mother Ji looked at Ji Changze, she suddenly changed her expression, smiling and boasting, “My Changze is good, filial, and loves his wife. Mom knows that you follow Mom, not like your father and your brother, one by one, they don’t know how to love their wives.”
She also held a grudge against Ji Changguang, because of his misinformation; she had a problem with her daughter-in-law before.
Ji Changze patted his chest without any guilt, “That’s right, Mom taught me. Mom, don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll treat my wife well. I want Brother and Dad to know that in our Ji family, there are still real men!”
“Aye! That’s Mom’s good son!”
Mother Ji was proud in her heart and waved her hand. “Then take the money and buy something for your Brother’s family, just to show your Sister-in-law’s family that our family didn’t become in-laws with their family just to let your brother eat soft rice.”
(TNote: eat soft rice = living a good life while not contributing or working for the family.)
Something else came to mind; there was hesitation on his face.
Mother Ji saw him and asked him, “What’s wrong?”
Ji Changze, “But mom, according to your teaching, I should go to Xiaolu’s house in the afternoon. It would be good for the wife. Besides, her Grandmother isn’t good to her family. Fortunately, last time I was smart enough to subdue her. I said I would go for a visit again today, but I want to go to my Older Brother’s.”
Mother Ji felt that indeed as expected, her son was still too young, and he still lacked experience.
As soon as she lifted her chin, she said, “Don’t worry about going to your Brother’s. I will go to Xiaolu’s house, as you are getting married, I will check the bride price with Xiaolu’s mother.”
Ji Changze agreed quickly, “Okay, Mom, I’m counting on you.”
Seeing that he didn’t mention anything about forcing himself to go to An Xiaolu’s house to be nice to her, Mother Ji felt that ‘my son really only values me as his mother,’ while she felt that ‘ah this child is unable to care for his wife…’.
It was such a proud and torn conclusion.
It’s okay. She’ll just worry about it if her son didn’t mention it.
Anyway, she will prove by her actions that she was a good mother-in-law.
Before, she had a bad relationship with Liu Huifen due to Ji Changguang, that little brat.
She is a kind person, a very kind person.
Whether it’s to her son or her daughter-in-law, it was spring-like warmth.
Ji Changze looked at Mother Ji like this; it wasn’t like she was going to meet her future daughter-in-law and her in-laws, but rather like she was going to war.
He counted the money in his pocket, took out half of it, and handed it to Mother Ji, “Mom, this money is for you.”
Mother Ji wanted to reject, “This is your hard earned…”
She just wanted to say that ‘this is your hard-earned money. Mom, couldn’t’, but suddenly felt it was wrong. Her son didn’t work very hard. She changed her words:
“It’s money you’ve earned; you keep it and spend it, ah.”
“I’ll just keep half, the remaining half, in addition to paying back Older Brother, the rest is for Xiaolu’s treatment. If I don’t give you half, considering that you raised me, resulting in me earning money and only spending it on Xiaolu, I feel particularly uncomfortable.”
Where is it like Ji Changguang? That brat married a wife and didn’t care about his mother or his wife.
Look at her Changze. He made money and gave it to his parents.
Completely ignoring the fact that Ji Changguang also gives half of his salary every month, Mother Ji took the money and felt moved:
“Changze, Mom’s good son …”
Ji Changze striked while the iron was hot, and came with a set of sweet words: “Mom, you are so kind to me. I like Mom best, and no one likes you more than me.”
Mother Ji’s heart felt like exploding fireworks.
Bang, bang, bang. It was thumping with happiness.
Look at her son, so filial, so sensible, so articulate.
The expression on her face was 800 times softer, and her voice was as gentle as if it could drip water.
“Really, you’re the only one with a sweet mouth, and Mom loves you the most.”
Father Ji, who was smoking a cigarette alone, saw this scene, all the while puffing and thinking.
Waiting for Ji Changze to walk away with the remaining half of the money.
There were only Father Ji, and Mother Ji left in the yard.
Mother Ji was counting money with a happy face. The more she counted, the happier she was. Father Ji exhaled the smoke and stood up.
Look around; nobody was near.
He came forward with a deep face and said to Mother Ji, who was counting money, “Wife.”
Father Ji, “I like you best. No one likes you more than me.”
Mother Ji counted out the money and looked up at her husband.
Father Ji puffed on the cigarette, fully confident.
Mother Ji suddenly changed her expression, “Nonsense! It’s my Changze who likes me the most!”
Women, so hard to understand…
Ji Changze entered the city with his money.
He didn’t carry pheasant or fish this time but directly bought a can of malted milk.
Malted milk can be said to be a powerful weapon in this era.
No matter who you meet, old people, women, children, healthy adults.
With malted milk, people would definitely think you were full of sincerity.
It’s just too expensive, and people don’t usually work that way.
Ji Changze went to knock on Liu’s door with malted milk in his arms.
Liu Huifen just got off work, and when she opened the door, she saw that it was him. When the smile on her face was just about to rise, she saw her Brother-in-law put the malted milk in his hand into her hands:
“Sister-in-law, I’m here to pay back the money.”
Liu Huifen guessed at the bottom of her heart about paying back the bicycle money, but she couldn’t believe it.
Ji Changze would take the initiative to pay back the money?
Ji Changguang also heard the movement. When he stood up and saw it was Ji Changze, the smile on his face immediately came out, “Changze, why are you here?”
Ji Changze went straight to the point, took out the money he had counted out earlier, and put it directly into the hands of Ji Changguang, who came over.
“Older Brother, you count it and see if it’s right.”
Ji Changguang looked down at the money, stunned, “Where did you get this and this money?”
“I earned from Shanghai.”
Ji Changze looked confident and said, “Didn’t I work in Shanghai before? Older Brother, as I said before, I will repay you when I have money.”
Ji Changguang pinched the money he thought he wouldn’t get back and looked at his younger brother in front of him.
Ji Changze was bragging about himself, “I may seem a little out of the ordinary at times, but I’m a man of great affection, and our brotherhood is so strong that as soon as I had the money, I couldn’t spend it myself and hurried over to give it to you.”
He added, “Mom, too. She urged me to give it to you.”
Ji Changguang was extremely moved.
It turns out that they were so kind to him and think about him so much.
He was so touched, the corners of his eyes turned red, and he hugged the younger brother in front of him. He was a burly man, but his excited voice trembled:
“Changze! You are so kind to me!!”
Liu Huifen, who saw this scene, standing next to him: “…”
Although she had no problem with her Brother-in-law.
She was also happy that the Brother-in-law was willing to take the initiative to pay back the money.
The money was theirs, to begin with, okay?!
Ji Changze really should have paid back this money!!
Obviously, what was happening now was that Ji Changze had gone from a rogue to what normal people were supposed to do.
Why did Ji Changguang act as if Ji Changze was so kind to their family?
She really didn’t understand.
Ji Changze, who was being hugged, leaned his head on his Older Brother’s shoulder and smiled at Liu Huifen standing in front of him.
“Older Sister-in-law, this malted milk for Uncle and Aunt. I heard that this was the best for older people, so I especially bought it.”
Liu Huifen was shocked, only to find that what Ji Changze gave her before was actually malted milk.
Ji Changze bought such expensive malted milk for her parents??
Her first reaction was to refuse, “No, no. How embarrassing.”
“That’s okay, that’s okay. Sister-in-law, you take it. Older Sister-in-law is like a mother. You are so good to me; treat me like a brother. This brother remembers it at the bottom of his heart. There was no money before, but now I made money. Of course, I want to buy something for you.”
She didn’t treat Ji Changze very well before.
In the back of her mind, she hasn’t cursed this brother-in-law any less.
Unexpectedly, in Ji Changze’s eyes, her image had always been so good.
Ji Changze still said, “Sister-in-law, I also bought some beautiful clothes from Shanghai, which are all popular styles, especially suitable for you. I will give them to you later.”
The point is, he didn’t just buy a few.
Shanghai had always been much more fashionable than other cities, and these clothes could definitely be sold at twice or even three times the price in their city.
Even so, it was in short supply.
Liu Huifen naturally wasn’t aware that Ji Changze had bought it, especially for herself, feeling guilty and touched.
Changze was so kind to her, but she thought of him like that.
She held the malted milk, only to think that she thought that brother-in-law was a scoundrel and a waste before.
“Changze, you’re very kind to me. Thank you.”