Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse-Chapter 480 - 475: Going Back to Hometown Troublesome Matter 10 [Explosive Update 04]
Chapter 480: Chapter 475: Going Back to Hometown Troublesome Matter 10 [Explosive Update 04]
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Xie Jinghong studied very diligently. These past few days, while she was making elaborate dishes, she constantly learned by observing and asking detailed questions when she didn’t understand.
She picked up braising meat quickly.
However, when it came to making snacks, Xie Jinghong was a bit slow to respond.
Making cookies actually isn’t difficult; it just requires some effort in kneading the dough. Additionally, with the right mix of ingredients, adding some brown sugar not only colors it but also adds nutrition. If one desires fruit flavor, they can even mix in fruit juice themselves.
Considering she didn’t know the living standards or the real conditions in the county town, Yan Jinsu taught her older sister-in-law how to make cookies and meticulously guided her in business.
Nowadays, unlike in their descendants’ time, the business acumen comes naturally from early exposure. The more they saw, the more inherent it became, and the more they thought about it, the clearer it was how business was conducted.
But not now, business is for the bold! Those families who dare to take the lead in business would not divulge their trade secrets casually.
If Xie Jinghong hadn’t heard how her mother managed to make money through business, she would never have thought of the idea herself.
It was Yan Jinsu who challenged her with questions: If she really intended to stand up and not continue with adopting children, and if her husband couldn’t prevent the unfortunate divorce, with no skills or source of income, what was she planning to use to support her three sons?
Raising sons is different from raising daughters.
Daughters could be married off, which is relatively easier. But sons had to ’bring’ a wife home.
If the groom’s family does not have a house or a dowry, who would want to marry in?
Most importantly, was she really preparing for her three sons to be illiterate? Without money, they couldn’t even afford basic schooling!
Before that, she needed to provide for their basic needs!
These questions pierced Xie Jinghong’s heart one after another, making her eyes immediately well up, and she couldn’t find words to rebut the heart-stabbing questions from Yan Jinsu, but instead learned earnestly and humbly.
She did not know that after she returned to her family home, quite a few things had happened within the Fan Family. She only knew that if she couldn’t stand up for herself, she might as well resign to fate and let Xiao Xian be adopted out!
Otherwise, by blindly caring for the youngest, but letting the older two suffer, how could she bear it?!
Thinking of this, Xie Jinghong pursed her lips, stubbornly refusing to give in, and Zhou Xiuhua felt incredibly sad to see Da Niu like this.
However, the words of Yan Jinsu still sounded correct.
A woman, if she cannot have a standing in her husband’s home and protect herself and her children, will indeed be very pitiful and tragic.
Xie Jinghong never wanted to be a woman pitied by others; she wanted to stand up!
Afterward, Yan Jinsu didn’t need to spend more words to soothe her older sister-in-law’s emotional pains, as she would figure it out on her own; as the saying goes, once a single point is understood, everything is understood!
There are many things, as a wife, she wasn’t unaware of, but just reluctant to accept that she was indeed ’so incapable.’
Yan Jinsu could understand because her grandmother was such a woman.
Her mother always mentioned the many mistakes made by her grandmother and then educated her on how to handle such situations correctly—teaching her from a young age that a woman needs to first cherish herself, then her husband would cherish her, and the husband’s family would value her.
If you don’t even respect yourself, letting others bully and vex you, what grounds do you have to blame others for despising you?
Learn to love yourself first, then learn to love others.
Marriage is not merely about ’compromise’ to make it perfect.
A man who only asks for sacrifice from his wife and makes his wife feel wronged just to achieve superficial harmony in the family is truly a man without any responsibility.
Xie Jinghong and Zhou Xiuhua were also hearing Yan Jinsu discussing the reality of human nature and dissecting ’marriage’ for the first time—their thoughts resonated deeply with them.
This made the three women get along more harmoniously and amiably, and Zhou Xiuhua, despite being Yan Jinsu’s mother-in-law, did not reject such ideas but understood and deeply empathized with them.
She herself had been a young bride and had been severely scrutinized more than thirty years ago.
Therefore, Zhou Xiuhua understood that as a daughter-in-law, one truly needs to stand firm for herself so that her husband’s family dare not belittle her!
Such things can only be fully understood by those who have personally experienced them!
Zhou Xiuhua let out a deep sigh; with such a shrewd and righteous woman like Yan Jinsu by San’er’s side, she could truly rest assured about the future of San’er’s family.
Throughout this year, she was truly satisfied with Ni, her daughter-in-law.
From the time Yan Jinsu entered the Xie Family, she has been filial to her in-laws and always willing to help all members of the Xie family, regardless of whether she benefited or suffered, approaching matters with a sense of greater righteousness first.
Even initially, when she was upset by Wang Xiaocui’s mess to the point of falling ill, it was Ni, her daughter-in-law, who dared to bravely endure a three-month pregnancy and take a long train journey to the provincial capital to visit her!
Among her children, it was Ni, her daughter-in-law, who first rushed to her side!
Of course, she and her husband were also grateful to Fan Jiefang, their eldest son-in-law.
It was precisely because Fan Jiefang handled a certain matter very appropriately that now, as the Fan Family faced the issue of ’adoptive transfer’, Xie Tiesheng and Zhou Xiuhua could still stand firm, considering Fan Jiefang a good son-in-law, and surely not foolish enough to easily give up on his own wife and children!
Over the years, although Fan Jiefang had wronged his wife and children, he also struggled internally, especially once when he ended up kneeling in front of his father-in-law, crying and apologizing while drinking with him—
A man rarely shows tears, but as Old Xie’s mother was also once partial, he had a deep understanding of these matters, and thus he developed a kind of revolutionary camaraderie with his eldest son-in-law.
Furthermore, as Fan Jiefang couldn’t resolve the issue with his own mother but was very filial towards his in-laws, the old couple gradually let go of their prejudice against the Fan family.
However, adopting out a child is no child’s play; once done, you must sever ties of birth and continue ties of upbringing!
And their eldest daughter, Da Niu, made her stance very clear on this issue. With just this point alone, Fan Jiefang couldn’t possibly agree to casually let his youngest son be adopted out.
Besides, Fan Jiefang’s younger brother indeed has a child, at least a daughter who is his own flesh and blood!
On this issue, regardless of who came to mediate, Xie Tiesheng and his wife were determined not to support the adoption matter!
Now is no longer the old society where you absolutely must have a son to continue the family business!
Even during the time of the Republic, there were households with only daughters!
When the country was truly liberated later on, women’s status was suddenly elevated to equality, and legally, both sons and daughters had the right of inheritance. [If there is any mistake regarding the implementation time of the law, please correct me]
Xie Tiesheng and Zhou Xiuhua had just made up their minds when at the Fan Family’s side—
Li Xiaochun looked at the empty living room, feeling very unsettled.
Her eldest granddaughter was sick, and it was her responsibility to cook and take care of her youngest son’s family, being meticulous and considerate.
But now, after her eldest granddaughter had recovered, her youngest son took his wife and daughter back to his in-laws without considering that only she, an old grandmother, was left alone at home, possibly feeling unwell!
Since her youngest son’s scandal was exposed, he had been exceedingly nice to his mother-in-law’s family, almost to the point of flattering them like a dutiful grandson in colorful clothes!
When she thought about how she had deeply offended her eldest son’s family, and heard that his daughter-in-law had already moved back to her parents’ house for a long stay due to the adoption issue, Li Xiaochun felt increasingly uneasy—
