Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder's Comeback in the Era Tales

Chapter 498: Chapter 498: Vicious Mother-in-Law 44

Ma Xiangmei was returning to her parents’ home for the first time after getting married.

Yuan Chun went to the mountains early in the morning, brought back some wild chickens and rabbits, and went to a deep mountain pond to catch two big grass carp weighing more than ten pounds.

Qian Hongmei and Wang Cui, the two sisters-in-law, went to the kitchen to make braised fish chunks, chopped pepper fish head, spicy chicken, chicken soup, braised rabbit meat...

Ma Xiangmei was amazed at the large table full of delicacies, ”Sister-in-law, how come there is so much meat in the house?”

Qian Hongmei glanced at her mother-in-law and smiled, telling her, ”Knowing you and Jian Country would come today, Mom went to the mountain early specifically to catch the wild chicken, wild rabbit, and fish.”

”Mom went to the mountain to catch them?” Ma Xiangmei couldn’t believe it, ”When did Mom become so skilled?”

Qian Hongmei pulled Ma Xiangmei aside to speak in whispers, ”I heard your eldest brother say that when Mom was young, she often followed Grandpa to the street to perform acrobatics. Grandpa had learned martial arts, and Mom was his biological daughter, so she must have learned it too. But later on, it was strictly forbidden, so Mom didn’t dare to reveal her martial arts skills.”

Ma Xiangmei still couldn’t believe it, ”Then why is Mom revealing it now?”

Qian Hongmei laughed, ”Well, things have loosened up in the past couple of years. I’ve heard that college entrance exams are going to be reinstated. A few days ago, your younger sister-in-law and the third siblings were at the scrap yard buying a huge stack of high school textbooks to read.”

Ma Xiangmei found it unbelievable, ”Going to college is for getting a good job, and the third siblings already have good jobs. Why would they want to go to college? Are they intending to abandon their jobs to take university exams? What about the kids then?”

”I don’t know. From what the third siblings seem to think, they want to send the kids back for Mom to look after. But over the past year and a half, Mom doesn’t like the way the third siblings are, so she definitely won’t watch the kids for them. Moreover, the third siblings have deserted their textbooks for so many years. Even if the college exams are reinstated, they may not necessarily get into university.”

”That’s true,” Ma Xiangmei also thought the third sibling wouldn’t get into college.

Not just the third sibling.

Ma Xiangling might not get in either.

The grades of the third sibling and the fifth are the worst among the brothers and sisters and even at the bottom in their class, but Mom biasedly pampers them and uses the allowance sent back by the eldest brother every month to support them for studies.

After the family finished eating, Yuan Chun went to take a nap for a while.

Ma Xiangmei entered the front east room, dug out twenty yuan from her pocket, and handed it to her old mother, ”Mom, I’ve been unfilial these years and haven’t been able to come back to see you. Please take this money and go to the department store to buy a new cotton jacket to wear.”

”No need, Mom has money,” Yuan Chun pushed it away and didn’t take it, ”You still don’t know, Mom got back all the money given over the years for the third and fifth siblings’ studies, and the money given for the third sibling’s work and marriage, so Mom’s not short of money now. All the family’s financial power is in Mom’s hands.”

Ma Xiangmei was once again incredulous, ”Mom, would third brother and third sister-in-law willingly give you so much money?”

”Haha, of course, they wouldn’t voluntarily give it, so I took it myself. Your third brother has been working for years without handing over a single penny to the family and often tricks me into giving him pocket money. For those years, I was also muddled, surprisingly fooled by the third sibling with just a few words. Fortunately, Mom wasn’t so muddled as to be stupid. After Mom saw through the third sibling’s nature, she took advantage of their working hours to go to their house and took away the money they had saved for years.”

”This past year, except leaving thirty yuan for their household uses from the third siblings’ salary, the rest is handed over to me as well. It shows they have some sense; otherwise, I would definitely make it hard for them to stay in the city.”