Uninvited Guests
As the days went by, Qin Ya had been lying in bed for recuperation. Taking advantage of this time period, she was busy making clothes for Li Chenggu and Li Xin'er.
She broke the thread with her teeth and unfolded the clothes to check. Then, she asked Li Chenggu and Xin’er to come and try on the new clothes.
Li Chenggu was calm and didn’t show much excitement about new clothes.
However, Li Xin’er held the clothes dearly as if it was a treasure, and then his tears rolled down like a broken pearl necklace.
Qin Ya can't help being stunned by his reaction. She fondly embraced him in her arms and coaxed him in a soft voice, "Why are you crying? Do you not like the clothes I made?"
Li Xin'er wiped tears with his sleeve and cried, "I like it so much. My mommy is so kind to me. No one has ever been so nice to Xin'er."
Qin Ya pitied him for having suffered so much at such a young age. In fact, she had always regarded him as her own child.
“If you like it, I will make more for you in the future. Now, don't cry anymore. Men only weep when deeply hurt. You have grown up to a little man now. How could a little man cry so easily?"
Li Chenggu had always been very strict with Li Xin’er. However, he didn't say anything when he saw this scene. He was not treated by his parents properly and had never felt maternal love ever since he was a child.
It would be great if Qin Ya could make it up for Xin’er in this part.
Li Chenggu tried on the clothes that Qin Ya had made for him. The indigo satin clothes matched him so well that he was no less attractive than that of a reputable movie star. Qin Ya had a blush on her face upon seeing him.
"I want to go hunting in the mountains after some time. If it gets colder, there are hardly any animals coming out. This period of time is just when the animals are coming out and foraging, so I can hunt more animals at this time."
Qin Ya nodded in agreement.
When Li Chenggu got dressed and was about to go out with a bow and arrow, Qin Ya stopped him, then went inside to pick up a bag of flour in the inside room and went to the next door. After a short time, she came back with some steamed buns in her hand.
"How can you go hunting without bringing any food? You don’t leave me much time, and I didn't get to prepare the food, so I went to the Sister Lan next door to exchange some steamed buns for you so that you can eat on the way. "
She didn't expect Li Chenggu to go out so soon. However, she also understood what Li Chenggu had said was true. It would be improper for her to stop him.
Looking at the food she handed over, Li Chenggu sighed, "You don't have to worry about it, actually. I won’t starve myself. When I was marching in the military before, I had to find a way to solve the food issue on the road by myself as well..."
"That's not the same."
Qin Ya interrupted him, "You were in the military back then, and there was no way for me to control what you did. Now I'm at home. Since I'm your wife, you have to listen to me. It's my duty to prepare food for you."
Li Chenggu knew that he couldn't resist her, so he didn't say anything else.
Although he felt warm in his heart, he didn’t show it.
"Then, I'm leaving now..."
"Okay."
After seeing Li Chenggu off, Qin Ya made an inventory of the things at home.
Winter was coming soon. The quilts were still made a couple of years ago. The cotton inside had already clumped together into one piece, so she should find some time to take the quilts apart and mend them again.
It was damp and cold inside the house, which made charcoal fire essential in winter. That would be a large expense as well.
In addition, Xin’er would be old enough to go to school when the spring came, which would bring about a necessary expense.
No matter how she calculated, the money in her hand could barely make the ends meet.
In addition to making clothes on the bed these days, Qin Ya also carefully thought about her current situation and wanted to do something based on her ability obtained in the 21st century.
After thinking about it, she decided to pick a time to figure out the specific situation of this era. Regardless of what time it was, information collection would be the most important thing.
Just as she was thinking about these things, a voice came in from the yard.
"Second sister-in-law."
She heard the voice first before seeing who it really was.
Qin Ya looked up at the fence gate in the yard and saw a woman in a small yellow short coat coming in from outside.
It was Zhang, the wife of Li Chengbai, the third son of the Li family. Zhang was an attentive girl who had her own plans and shrewdness.
When Li Chengbai was a little kid, he was very gentle and handsome. When he was working for the Zhang family, he gained the favor of the host of the Zhang family, and the elder Zhang agreed to have his daughter marry Li Chengbai with the only requirement was that Li Chengbai had to come and live in the Zhang family.
Li Tao was self-proud, so he couldn’t agree to this marriage.
However, Li Chengbai was fascinated by money and said that he would live in the Zhang family. Li Tao was running out of choices. Out of rage, he broke off the relationship with the third son.
As a result, Zhang was not seriously a daughter-in-law of the Li family. She didn’t want to contact her sisters-in-law of the Li family. She despised Zhu Cuihua's stupidity and Qin Sufen's laziness.
She was even willing to come to visit today. Qin Ya had a second thought on this and realized that it might be nothing good.
As Qin Ya had expected, as soon as Zhang came to the door, she first exchanged pleasantries with Qin Ya warmly and then indicated her intention.
"Since the fire broke out in the main house, the father-in-law has been sick all the time. He has been lying on the bed, having only faint breath. He wanted to cut off the relationship with us in the early years. However, Chengbai still took him in to take care of him in our house. It is our duty to take care of the father-in-law. However, even if the eldest brother doesn’t have a place to stay, he couldn't just stay at my home forever…”
What a wishful thinking she had! She didn’t want to keep the eldest son’s family at home yet also would not want to be a notorious person for kicking them out. This time, she came to Qin Ya presumably to push her to take over this mess.
Qin Ya thought a little bit and then immediately figured out the plan Zhang had.
Qin Ya was not stupid either. Regardless of how Zhang explained, she just didn’t promise Zhang anything, playing dumb and giving some perfunctory comments. "I'm a woman anyway. How could I be able to understand how to deal with this? Why not go back home first, sister-in-law? When Chenggu comes back, I’ll discuss this with him, and then we make a plan for it."
Since Zhang already came here, she would not be sent away easily.
"Do you need to trouble my second brother-in-law for such a mere trifle? The old house was on fire that day, and everyone saw it. The second elder brother rushed in and rescued people regardless of life and death. Since he saved them, he should always be responsible for them as well. How could he just save them and then leave them to others? "
Qin Ya sneered in her heart.
She had seen many people who criticized others in the pretense of morality. However, this was the first time that she saw people being so shameless. What now? If Li Chenggu had saved them regardless of his life, then he should be the unlucky one to take care of them as well?
Never mentioning that Li Chenggu was the least favorable one among Li Tao's three sons, he still had done everything he should do. If the third son of the Li family had a little conscience, he should not let Zhang come to this house and put the responsibility on Li Chenggu.
"My third sister-in-law, if you said so, we really need to have a further discussion about this..."
Thud.
Qin Ya directly took a stool to sit in the yard, which obviously showed that she would have a long talk with Zhang.