Chapter 36 Speaking Well of Her

Chapter 36: Chapter 36 Speaking Well of HerThe next day, Mother Qi arrived at the county hospital with a belly full of anger and started nagging as soon as she caught Qi Fenglian.

"...You haven’t seen the way she cooks, she almost tips over the oil jar, that woman is such a spendthrift, has no idea how to run a household. We in Taiguo really drew the short straw by marrying her."

"And those eggs, I didn’t even ask her to cook them, but she went ahead and fried up three all by herself. I was saving those for your postpartum care, and she, without asking, just used up three."

"Your father even says her food tastes good, pah! Anyone’s food would taste good drowned in that much oil. Such a wasteful woman, she really doesn’t know how to manage a home!"

Qi Fenglian weakly smiled and said, "Mom, don’t be so hard on her. Everyone has their own way of cooking. If it has been eaten, then it’s been eaten."

"No matter what the habit is, nobody uses oil like she does. I knew she was a big spender even before she married into our family. I’ve sneakily looked at the clothes in her wardrobe, they look expensive, who knows how much money she has spent," Mother Qi said with a face full of displeasure.

Qi Fenglian chuckled again, "Mom, you really misunderstood her. Which young lady doesn’t like to dress up? Maybe she bought the clothes before she got married?"

"Even so, she spent it all on herself. Look at what she brought as a dowry when she married into our family, not a single decent item. Hmph, always talking about how glorious her ancestors were, bah, when the capitalists were being denounced fiercely, why didn’t she mention that? In the end, she was just spoiled by her parents, always wasteful since she was young."

Qi Fenglian stayed silent and after a while, she said, "When I married, it was the same, not very glamorous either."

Mother Qi was taken aback by her remark, her face looked a little unpleasant, and she awkwardly said, "Back then, the family’s circumstances weren’t good, but it’s better now, isn’t it? Taiguo also gives you money from time to time, right?"

"Yes, so every family has its tough times. Mom, stop criticizing Taiguo’s wife. Being a daughter-in-law is hard, and I didn’t realize how hard it was until I was in that situation myself," Qi Fenglian said with a rueful smile.

"I’m just worried about your brother. Taiguo only has that little allowance, and if she doesn’t economize, how can that money be enough for her lavish spending?"

Qi Fenglian propped herself up from the bed and said, "Mom, young people have their own world. Life will get better. Don’t worry about it. Oh, they just got married. Why didn’t she accompany Taiguo to the military base? Don’t tell me you kept her here? Mom, you know Taiguo is always in the military, how often does he get to come home? If they keep living separately like this, when can you expect to hold a great-grandson?"

"It’s not that I kept her here; she mentioned she’ll go to Qing City in a few days," Mother Qi said, sounding frustrated. "If she goes and gives me a big, fat grandson, then it would all be worth it. Hey, she has a wide hip, she should be able to give birth easily, right?"

"Yes, yes, I think she’s a lucky woman. She will surely give you a big, fat grandson," Qi Fenglian reassured her.

Mother Qi smiled from ear to ear, then suddenly felt something was amiss, and eyed her daughter skeptically: "Why are you suddenly speaking up for her today?"

"Am I?" Qi Fenglian looked down and fiddled with the quilt on her body, saying, "I’m just grateful to her, mom. You know, if it weren’t for her, I might have died."

Mother Qi’s smiling face froze: "Why bring up such things?"

Qi Fenglian’s eyes reddened, "I just feel so resentful. How can people be so heartless? I’ve worked hard for their family for over a decade."

"Alright, alright, you’re doing fine now, why talk about this? Careful Jisheng hears you when he comes back," Mother Qi consoled her. "You can’t cry, you didn’t rest well during your miscarriage, and if you don’t take care now, you might end up with puerperal diseases. And stop crying or you might ruin your eyes later."

"Well, if he hears, he hears. Am I afraid of him?" Qi Fenglian wiped the corner of her eye.

Zhang Jisheng entered, smiling broadly, "The doctor said Baobao is doing well, she might be able to go home soon!"

"Amitabha, may the Bodhisattva protect us. We should really pray and give thanks when we get back," Mother Qi chanted a Buddhist phrase and shot her daughter a glare, prompting Qi Fenglian to start asking about her son.