Making money, taking exams and supporting the family

chapter 41: Beet Discovery

Lin Ze had always been quite generous with his family, and when it came to his mother-in-law, he was even more generous.

According to Lin Ze’s modern thinking, when giving gifts to his mother-in-law, he should give supplements like bird’s nest or donkey-hide gelatin. However, due to the customs of the village, where most people were not familiar with these items, giving a small box of bird’s nest was not as appreciated as giving a few pounds of fat pork.

Therefore, for the return gift to Zhang’s family, Lin Ze followed the local customs and bought a few pounds of fat pork, fine rice, and white flour, along with a piece of cotton cloth and a ready-made cotton cloth coat.

Such a gift was considered very good in the village, and it also included a silver hairpin redeemed for Zhang Liumei.

This gesture left the women in the house speechless. They were more pleased than Zhang Liumei, the main recipient, and kept saying, “Girl, your Xiao Ger has finally made it, Lin Ze has really changed for the better…”

Lin Ze felt his mouth twitching as he listened. He felt that the women in the village were enthusiastic, but each of them was not very good at speaking.

However, considering Zhang Xiu’s face, he decided to be magnanimous and not argue with these women who were not good at speaking. He calmly watched his mother-in-law cry emotionally, recalling past hardships and joys.

The saying that “women are made of water” is very true, Lin Ze thought to himself at this moment.

Fortunately, Zhang Xiu did not take after his mother-in-law’s emotional side, otherwise, just thinking about his tearful appearance every day, he would probably go crazy!

Zhang Xiu also discovered for the first time that his mother could cry so much. Except for when his father died and when he got married, she had never shed a tear at other times. His mother seemed fragile but was actually very strong-willed.

But since he got married, his mother’s tears have increased, always worrying about him.

Fortunately, Zhang Liumei, although emotional and prone to tears, was clear-headed. She quickly wiped away her tears and happily went to serve Lin Ze his meal.

At her age, she did not have many wishes. She just hoped that her son would live well, be loving with his husband, have a few more children, and live a peaceful and happy life.

It is said that mothers-in-law like their sons-in-law more and more as they look at them. Now that Lin Ze had changed his mind and started treating Zhang Xiu well, today he even specially made up for the return gift that was missed before. It showed that he really cared about her little Ger. Zhang Liumei looked at Lin Ze with satisfaction.

However, the shadow left by the past towards “Lin Ze” was too deep. Zhang Liumei was happy, but she still did not dare to get too close to Lin Ze. When Lin Ze served her a dish, she had to be pleasantly surprised for a long time.

Luckily, she was clever enough to call a few enthusiastic aunties early on to accompany them, joking and lightening the atmosphere, making the atmosphere at the dinner table quite joyful and harmonious.

Zhang Liumei’s prepared meal was not particularly extravagant. There was not even white rice; they had mixed grain porridge instead. The meat dishes consisted of stir-fried pork slices and tofu fish soup. The most abundant meat, the braised chicken, was brought by Lin Ze.

However, Lin Ze could tell that his mother-in-law had put in some effort. Every dish had a generous amount of oil and salt, and the tables, chairs, and benches were all cleaned spotlessly.