Rebirth to the Eighties to Get Rich

On Saturday, Li Zhi asked Ji Yunyun if she wanted to go back to his hometown tomorrow.

“I'm not going back.” Ji Yunyun didn't want to go back to her in-laws' house at all. She got very annoyed at her in-laws' house, especially because the whole place smelled like pig shit.

Li Zhi said, “Then you'll have to make your own food. I'll probably be back in the evening.”

“It has to be the evening?” Ji Yunyun had to ask.

If Li Zhi was gone, who would cook for her? Her belly was getting bigger and bigger now, and she was so lazy that she didn’t want to move.

“I haven't been back for a long time, and I have to go to mother-in-law's place to bring you some strawberries,” Li Zhi said.

“Then you better bring more back,” Ji Yunyun warned.

“Yeah.” Li Zhi nodded.

If he was alone, he could just ride his bicycle.

When he got home, his mother, Aunt Li, asked, “Why isn’t your precious gold egg wife back?”

As soon as he heard this tone, he knew how much Aunt Li disagreed with his little wife.

“Mother, don't say that,” Li Zhi parked his bicycle and said.

“Hmph, don't say that? If it wasn’t for her parents, I would have slapped her a few times this morning. Do you think I really care about her?” Aunt Li didn't give her son any chances to make excuses, so she said this directly to him.

She considered herself to be a very open-minded mother-in-law. However, to be able to annoy her to this point showed how capable this little daughter-in-law was.

Since the marriage, she had purposefully tried not to wrong her daughter-in-law.

She and her husband were still young and had already made plans to save their pension money. They didn’t need to worry about the eldest son, and their daughter had married out. The youngest son was also married and had a stable job. They didn’t have any concerns.

Therefore, the money they earned now could be saved for their retirement without burdening their sons.

Nowadays, the family often keeps a few pigs and chickens. It was necessary for their fields. When her husband went to kill pigs, she worked on the land alone, and when her husband was not killing pigs, they worked together.

There were basically no expenses throughout the year, so all the money earned was saved.

It was precisely because of this that Aunt Li was very confident. She spoke out whenever her daughter-in-law did something wrong, but she was usually not meddlesome.

For example, her eldest daughter-in-law had moved to the town with her eldest son. They opened a store that sold electrical appliances, dishes, and chopsticks. She lived in the town with her grandchildren.

The eldest daughter-in-law brought her grandchildren back from time to time. It was at least three or four times a month. Every time she came back, she helped clean up the house and cleaned everywhere. Aunt Li didn’t even need to feed the pigs, the daughter-in-law did all the work, and even the food was cooked by her.

Aunt Li wanted to have a daughter-in-law like that at home, but she couldn’t be so selfish. Her eldest son opened a shop in the town, how could he run it alone?

There were also two grandchildren who needed to be taken care of. If the eldest daughter-in-law had to be home, then her eldest son would be busy in the town without even having a hot meal. He also helped repair electrical appliances at home. Some people in the town bought TVs a long time ago, and if they break, he would repair them. He did the same for other electrical appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, electric fans, etc. The business was good and he was very busy.

Thus, Aunt Li was satisfied when her daughter-in-law came back at least once a month to help out.

But what about this younger one?

It was fine if she didn't come back when she wasn't pregnant. But when she came back, why was she picky? During the last visit her eldest grandson picked up an egg and asked her to make egg drop soup. Ji Yunyun saw it and said she wanted to drink it. However, there was only one egg and the rest were being made into salted eggs.

Naturally, Aunt Li gave it to her eldest grandson, and she was unhappy.

There were countless things like this. What really made Aunt Li angry was when Ji Yunyun complained to her neighbors that the house smelled so bad that she couldn't stay any longer.

Aunt Li was right at the door, and she heard it with her own ears. She rushed over and slapped her and told her loudly, “Go back to your maternal house! My house can’t afford to have your Buddha statue.”

She was also holding herself back.

She wouldn’t respect Ji Yunyun after that, and Ji Yunyun would be the same. The conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law continued to deepen. It was to the point where Aunt Li could no longer even contact Mother Ji.

To be honest, she regretted this marriage. She thought that the whole family was good, but she didn't expect there to be such a bad bamboo shoot growing in a good bamboo forest!

“Mother, it's rare that I come back, so don't talk about this,” Li Zhi said helplessly.

“Just get used to it. If you don't take care of this kind of wife, then she will turn the world upside down and do even more extreme things!” Aunt Li snorted coldly.

“She’s still young…”

As soon as he said this, he was interrupted by Aunt Li. “Young? When I was her age, you were almost born, and you’re still trying to tell me that she is young?” She looked at her son again. “I don't care how arrogant she was when she was living in her maternal home. She is married now. She is a member of the Li family, so there is absolutely no reason to let her scale the roof to rip the tiles1. The third brother in her family is indeed a capable person, but we are in Dawan Village. If you do something wrong, you need to be taught, you know?”

“Okay, I'll talk to her when I get back.” Li Zhi nodded.

Aunt Li didn't say anything else about that. She said, “What's the matter with you? Why did you lose weight every month? Does she take care of you when she's at home all day long?”

“It's not very convenient for her while she’s pregnant now.” Li Zhi shook his head.

“What do you mean it’s not very convenient? Who hasn't been pregnant before? Is she acting like a monster again because she is pregnant?” Aunt Li questioned.

“Mother, no, don't think that much about it. Keep these two kilograms of brown sugar, Mother. I'll take this bag of brown sugar and this bag of toffee to my mother-in-law's house,” Li Zhi said.

Not long after he came back, he was already going out with his bike.

Seeing her son like this, Aunt Li frowned and felt sorry for her son. She couldn't bear it. As long as Ji Yunyun didn't come back, she would let it go. If she did come back, Aunt Li would make her obey. If she dared to act like a monster in front of her, she would make her unable to do so!

Mother Ji was happy to see Li Zhi. However, she saw that he was even thinner than the last time she saw him. It was the opposite to how the last time she went to see her daughter, she looked very good.

Mother Ji made a huge lunch.

When Mother JI brought him the strawberries, she hesitated and said, “If Yunyun needs to be taught over there, then you can teach her. She is about to become a mother and should be more sensible.”

She already knew about the mother-in-law’s attitude. She sent strawberries to her this year, and she immediately returned a basket of eggs the next day. Her attitude showed that she didn't want to receive something for free.

Before, when the orchard was busy, she came to help out. However, when it was mentioned now, she would smile and say she was not free.

Mother Ji then understood that her daughter was not living up to expectations, which was an embarrassment to her.

1. comes from a longer idiom meaning be unruly