Chapter 27 (Part II)
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If it weren't for Zhou Biyun's insistence, Chen Yi wouldn't want to see Chi Nuo's family at all, and she was opposed to her mother's statement that "marriage is not a matter between the two".
Maybe it's really a fusion of the two families if she changes to someone else, but she is Chen Yi, she earns her own money to support the family - such as choosing who can walk into her own home, and where to choose where to buy a house in the future - these decisions can be made by her alone, who controls the family's economic resources, who has the right to speak, this is the same as the principle in the workplace, who creates benefits for the company, who is under one person, above ten thousand people.
But she didn't want to argue with Zhou Biyun, after all, her father was gone, her mother was weak, and she pressed her strongly, making her seem to be a bully, especially from Zhou Biyun's position, all her worries, in the final analysis, were not because she was her daughter.
Chi Nuo's mother Jiang Qiong heard that her son was going to get married, she was also shocked and anxious, and immediately agreed to meet with her mother-in-law and prospective daughter-in-law, from Shijiazhuang to Beijing by high-speed rail only one hour, after receiving her son's call "good news", she booked a ticket for the next day, and decided to leave her husband alone to come to "explore the intelligence ahead", Chi Nuo immediately told Chen Yi and Zhou Biyun the "good news".
Faced with such a sudden situation, Zhou Biyun's mood became even more complicated, and she went to the hairdresser overnight to get her hair done.
As for Chen Yi, in order to show respect, she made time for tomorrow and went to the high-speed rail station with Chi Nuo to welcome her mother-in-law to Beijing.
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Jiang Qiong is not tall, short hair, slightly fat, although it is a hot summer, she has a silk scarf tied around her neck, and brown leather short wedges on her feet, Chi Nuo's height inherits his father who is in his early eights, and his face is like his mother, although Jiang Qiong is very inconspicuous in the crowd, but when she walks to her and looks closely, she can still see that she is a sweet little pointed face when she is young.
"Mom-" Chi Nuo and Jiang Qiong had a very close relationship, and when he saw it, he jumped over like a primary school student on vacation, hugged her and asked, "Are you tired from riding in the car?" But he didn't forget Chen Yi, and immediately turned around and pointed at her to introduce, "This is my wife Chen Yi, your daughter-in-law." β
"Hello Auntie. Out of business habits, Chen Yi smiled and stretched out her hand while greeting, and when she reacted in half a second, she couldn't take her hand back.
Fortunately, Jiang Qiong didn't feel that this action was abrupt, she stretched out her hands and held her hand with one hand, and patted the back of her hand affectionately with the other hand, and said while carefully looking at her, "Chen Yi, what a beautiful child, what is your aunt? It's time to call me mother, what kind of good deed did our family Chi Nuo did, to marry back such a capable wife as you, this is really blessed for our Chi family in the future." β
Chen Yi smiled and said, "I'm also lucky to meet Chi Nuo." β
Jiang Qiong laughed heartily, "Ouch, you don't need to say polite words, you can see that you are at a loss, what will our family Chi Nuo do? β
"Mom, do you want to hurt me, don't stand in this crowded place?" Chi Nuo took Jiang Qiong's suitcase with a smile, took her arm and walked out the door, "Let's go home, close the door and count the falls." β
In order to talk to Chen Yi, Jiang Qiong pulled her into the back row together, today is Chi Nuo's car, when the two ladies, an old man and a young lady, just sat down, Chi Nuo couldn't help but start preaching Chen Yi's goodness to his mother, "Mom, do you think this car is good? My wife bought it for me, 500,000 yuan." β
"Oh yo oh-" Jiang Qiong also made an extremely exaggerated surprise reaction very cooperatively, she raised her hand and touched it around, "It's good, spacious!"
"Less than half a million, just a very ordinary car. Chen Yi said modestly, "Because it is Chi Nuo's first car, I will give him training first, and I am afraid of knocking if it is too expensive to drive." β
"Yes, yes, it makes sense, and there is a good way to run a family. Jiang Qiong nodded with satisfaction, and touched the back of her hand with the pity of the elders, as early as in the high-speed rail station, she noticed the diamond ring on her finger, and finally couldn't help asking, "Hey, this is your engagement ring with Nuonuo, right?"
"I bought it for my wife. Chi Nuo glanced at Jiang Qiong excitedly through the rearview mirror while driving and said, "With my own salary, it's amazing, right?"
Jiang Qiong hurriedly asked, "Oh, it's good-looking, how much does it cost?"
"One hundred thousand. Chen Yi said an extra price of 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, in order to earn more face for Chi Nuo.
"Huh?" Jiang Qiong screamed, "With a small stone on top of such a small circle, it costs 100,000 yuan?"
Chi Nuo said loudly: "Mom, that's a diamond, and it's a big brand, we will get married once in our lives, and this is all as it should be." β
"You young people are exquisite, when I was with your father, I had a pair of gold rings, or melted your grandmother's gold utensils, your mother and I, this is the only gold object in this life. Jiang Qiong let go of Chen Yi's hand, and said sourly at the back of Chi Nuo's head, "I can't count on your father anymore, I don't have that tendon in my heart, he feels that money should not be spent on fancy things except for eating, so I finally raised you, you are romantic, but you don't have a mother in your heart." After that, there was at least ten seconds of embarrassing silence in the car, and she immediately panicked, turned her face and said to Chen Yi, "Ouch, look at my mouth, I'm too used to counting my son, look at my mouth, I may not treat you as an outsider, how can I say this in front of you, I don't mean to blame you, Chen Yi, I teach my son to be unfilial, it has nothing to do with you." β
Chen Yi smiled understandingly, "Auntie, I know, which woman doesn't like jewelry, Chi Nuo is not sensible, we can teach him well, see when you want to go shopping, let him take you to buy a few favorite gold and silver jewelry, don't be polite to him." β
Chi Nuo shrunk his neck and laughed, "Yes, yes, mom likes anything, buy it." β
"Alright, don't show your loyalty afterwards, I won't eat your set. Jiang Qiong waved her hand in disgust, and continued to hold Chen Yi's ring and studied, "You are too young, you still can't live, how many household appliances can you exchange for this money, how much rice can you buy? β
Knowing that the consumption views of the older generation are different from their own, Chen Yi also patiently comforted her and said: "Auntie, don't worry, we will not have less household appliances, and we will not have more or less rice, and we will not have to cut back on food and clothing because of this ring." β
"No matter how rich you are, you have to know how to save, if you don't earn this money, you will spend it one day. After Jiang Qiong sighed at the price, she thought of a new question, "You wear the 100,000 yuan on your fingers like this, aren't you afraid of losing it when you wash the dishes?"
Chen Yi just smiled and didn't say anything, and Chi Nuo replied loudly for her, "Mom, Chen Yi doesn't need to wash the dishes, we have a cleaning aunt." β
"What?" Jiang Qiong was shocked again, "Do you have to pay someone to wash the dishes? She turned her face to Chen Yi and said earnestly, "Chen Yi, don't blame your aunt for nagging, you haven't been married, so you don't know, this life is not a family, you have to be careful and calculated, do you know? Wash the dishes, how big is it? Let me tell you, after cooking, store the pot with water, and then heat it, throw all the dishes and chopsticks in, a drop, a wipe, a two-minute thing, two minutes at noon every day, two minutes at night, work by yourself, how much money can be saved? How much does it cost to clean the door for an hour? You guys day after day, how much is this? Isn't it good to keep the flowers for yourself? Do you have to give them to outsiders?"
Chen Yi said: "Auntie, people have a division of labor, when I do housework, I go to concentrate on earning money, and I have the money to hire someone to do housework for me, I have earned, and the cleaning aunt also has to earn, and everyone is happy." β
Jiang Qiong frowned and waved her hand in disagreement, "That's not what I said, isn't housework something that every woman in the family will do?
Chi Nuo saw that Chen Yi fell into a silence that seemed to be impatient, and immediately became nervous, interrupting Jiang Qiong and said, "Mom, don't say it, you have your habits of living, and we also have ours, so there is no need to be unified." β
Jiang Qiong was even more unhappy, she replied, "You are a child, what do you know?"
"I don't understand, I'm going to get married, and I'll understand it when I live my life. Chi Nuo turned the steering wheel and asked, "Shall we eat first or go to the hotel first?"
"Hotel, what hotel?" Jiang Qiong shouted, "I'm your mother, I don't live in your house, you arrange for me to go to the hotel? I'm not your guestβI'll go back to my son's house, you'd be good, you dislike your mother? β