The retired rough man dotes on his mother

Chapter 173 They Can't Help But Admit It

After all the prepared ingredients were brought to the big dining room by Shen Xiuxiu, Xiao Baoer asked Dabao to go through the small door and call his father and Uncle Zhou Bao to eat.

Zhou Bao could smell the aroma of the meal prepared by Xiao Baoer in the new courtyard next door, but it didn't smell like the usual meal he had eaten. "Sister-in-law, what did you cook? Why is the aroma so rare?"

Xiao Baoer came out of the house and said with a smile, "You must not have eaten it. You and my husband should go wash your hands first, and then we can eat quickly."

The two of them washed their hands with their children and came in to eat. Zhou Bao was very curious when he saw the hot pot and barbecue. He circled around the barbecue stove and said, "Sister-in-law, this smells so good. It can not only grill meat but also vegetables."

"Yes, look, aren't these roasted leeks, shiitake mushrooms, and hairy mushrooms? You can eat them with the dipping sauce, it's delicious."

After hearing what Xiao Baoer said, Zhou Bao immediately stood up with a small bowl of dipping sauce, and seriously picked up a bunch of mushrooms, dipped them in the sauce and put them into his mouth.

My goodness! His sudden standing up startled Xiao Baoer and Shen Xiuxiu. Later, Xiao Baoer realized that he had misunderstood and burst out laughing. "Oh my, I am dying of laughter. I told you to put the vegetables and meat into the dipping sauce and eat them, I didn't tell you to stand up and eat them."

Shen Zhensheng demonstrated it again, "Do you understand, little brat? This is what your sister-in-law meant."

Although Zhou Bao was embarrassed, he had to sit in the back row in front of the delicious food. It was the first time for him to eat this kind of hot pot and barbecue. It was different from the barbecue in the mountains when he was in the army. This one was obviously much more delicious and full of flavor.

Several people couldn't stop eating. Xiao Baoer told them to try wrapping the meat dipped in seasonings in lettuce and eating it together with garlic slices. Zhou Bao and Shen Xiuxiu both tried it and found it was delicious.

"Sister-in-law, this is so delicious. The potato chips are so delicious, and why are the fried sweet potato fries so sweet?"

Shen Xiuxiu praised Xiao Baoer's cooking skills while eating, saying that the third brother was so lucky. It was a great blessing to be able to eat meals cooked by the third sister-in-law often.

"That's right, I've never eaten anything so delicious before, sister-in-law, brother Sheng, I want to bring food here more often to eat for free in the future," Zhou Bao ate so deliciously that he didn't want to talk, but in order to eat it often in the future, he still had to say hello and say that he was here to eat for free.

Shen Zhensheng kicked him and said, "Get lost, you kid. Your sister-in-law is getting pregnant, so she doesn't have time to cook for you. It's okay for her to come once every ten days or half a month. If you come to eat for free too often, I will beat you to death."

"Okay, come if you want to eat. Anyway, when you make more clothes in the future, you will have to come more often to buy goods."

Zhou Bao nodded frantically, "Yes, yes, sister-in-law is right, Brother Sheng, I'm here to transport goods, not to eat."

A few people finished their meal while chatting and laughing. In line with the principle of not wasting food, Shen Xiuxiu, Shen Zhensheng and Zhou Bao finished all the remaining ingredients on the table.

Zhou Bao had some things to deal with at the black market in the town, so he hurried back after dinner. The road was too slippery for riding a bike, so he walked here, and it would take him a long time to walk back.

Shin Soo-so helped Shin Jin-sung clean up the dining table and the house, and then washed the dishes and pots. Since the third sister-in-law didn't need help today, she also prepared to go back to the old house.

"Third sister-in-law, I'm going to go back and help mother and second sister-in-law first. They're still making cakes at home."

Shen Xiuxiu has always been very hardworking. She is reluctant to stay idle as long as she is at home. Before the family was separated, work was always done in shifts, and she was not willing to help her sisters-in-law with their work. They did not want to suffer any loss, and she was not willing to give in either.

But things are different now. The family has been divided, and my parents and fifth brother live together. So it is natural for me to help my mother with household chores. I don't care whether I suffer any loss or not, because it is my own home after all.

When Shen Xiuxiu was making pastries with Shen's mother and Liu Ying, someone came into the yard. Shen's mother's face changed when she saw her.

Wang Xiang put her hands in the sleeves of her tattered cotton jacket and walked into the house timidly, followed by the eldest brother Shen and the four children. "Mom, my second brother and his wife, Xiuxiu, I'm back."

Shen's mother said with a cold face, "You were chased back to your mother's home by my family. You are no longer a member of my Shen family, so you don't need to enter my house."

Wang Xiang knelt in front of Shen's mother, crying and pulling at her cotton-padded jacket sleeves to beg her, "Mom, I have nowhere to go. My parents won't let me in. Mom, I beg you."

Shen's mother knew that Wang Xiang was a person who would never change his bad habits, so she pulled her arm out of her hand with a hard heart, "Isn't your mother's family your heaven? Aren't you going to support your mother's family even if your children starve to death? Then go and let them support you."

Wang Xiang kept kowtowed to the ground, "Mom, I was wrong, Mom, I won't do it again, I won't dare to do it again."

The four children also knelt in front of Shen's mother and kept begging her. Xiao Shu knelt in front of Shen's mother and said, "Grandma, let my mother go home. We don't want to be wild children without a mother. Grandma, my mother knows she is wrong."

Shen Xiuxiu and Liu Ying pulled the four children up. It was freezing cold, and they would not be able to catch a cold if they kneeled on the ground.

"Grandma, if my mother makes a mistake again, let her go. Please forgive her this time," Daya was still begging Shen's mother.

Shen's mother was too lazy to argue with the eldest wife, and didn't want to care about their trivial matters. She said to the eldest wife, "Remember this, you let this woman in. If she does this again, you must die far away, even if you starve to death. You are not allowed to beg for food at the door of any Shen family. Starving to death is your fate, and it has nothing to do with anyone else."

Boss Shen backed off. He had lived with Wang Xiang for so many years and knew her too well. As long as her parents and her brother said a few nice words, she would immediately offer the family's food to them without caring at all about how her family survived.

Should I let such a woman in? Before Boss Shen could make up his mind, the children had already agreed.

Shen's mother took a look at the irresponsible eldest brother Shen and couldn't believe that this was her child. He was such a coward, worse than her children.

"Boss, what about you? Do you agree with what I just said?" Shen's mother forced Boss Shen to express his opinion.

Boss Shen could only nod in agreement. Mother Shen didn't want to talk to them any more as she still had to go make cakes to earn money, so she waved her hand and told the family to go back to the house and leave.

Before Shen Laoda and his family had taken two steps, they were stopped by Shen's father who came out of the house. "Stop, Xiuxiu, take a pen and paper and write down what your mother just said. Make two copies and have them all put their fingerprints on them. Give one copy to your captain uncle and keep it in the village for record."

Shen Xiuxiu thought that what her father said made a lot of sense and was very comprehensive. Her mother only said it verbally, but they might not acknowledge it in the future. However, it would be different if they pressed their fingerprints, and they had no choice but to acknowledge it.

Shin Soo-so went into the house, took out a pen and paper, and wrote two certificates according to what her mother said. She asked the eldest family to put their fingerprints on them one by one, and then gave one to Shin's father, and asked Shin's father to take one to Shin Yong-bok's house and explain the situation.

After pressing the fingerprints and seeing his father's back as he left, Boss Shen realized that his parents no longer acknowledged him as their son and were going to sever all ties with him.