This lesbian is too good at talking! I can't afford to offend her!

Chapter 227 Ji Xue stews braised pork for Chen Shuning

As the college entrance examination draws closer, Chen Shuning and Chen Jiawang devote themselves wholeheartedly to studying.

In May, Ji Xue and Chen Jiaxing returned home and found that their younger siblings had lost a lot of weight. Ji Xue immediately took out some money and went to the town to buy a large piece of meat to give to Chen Shuning and Chen Jiawang.

When Liu Xianghua found out, the meat was already in the pot. She put the food she brought back from the cafeteria on the table, turned around, went into the house, took out the money, and stuffed it into Ji Xue's hand.

"Your father and I have already paid off the family debt. Xiaoxue, please keep this money. You and Jiaxing are struggling, so don't keep giving us money."

Ji Xue felt the money was too hot to handle, so she stuffed it back into Liu Xianghua's hands and said with a smile, "Mom, I'm almost done with my debt to Jiaxing. I bought this meat to support Shuning and Jiawang, so I can't take this money."

Chen Jiaxing put out the fire in the stove and said, "Mom, if I work for another month, I'll have no more debts. You keep the money. Xiaoxue and I can live well."

"What nonsense!" Liu Xianghua scolded, "You've bought so much money to buy a job, how can you pay it off so quickly? You're just teasing me day after day."

"Mom, what Jiaxing said is true!" Ji Xue explained, "Have you forgotten what I said last time about transferring Jiaxing to the transport team? The transport team just happened to have a layoff, so they transferred him over."

Liu Xianghua said doubtfully, "Really?"

"Really? Why would I lie to you?" Chen Jiaxing put the meat into the bowl and replied, "You've heard of that man. He's the man Wang Shan's ex-wife dated. His name is Sun Zhiyuan."

"Him?" Liu Xianghua asked excitedly, "Why was he fired?"

Chen Jiaxing smiled and said, "This kid is clueless. He drove the factory truck to deliver goods for others. He even took the gas receipts to the accountant to claim reimbursement, and the factory manager caught him red-handed."

Ji Xue set the table and dishes, and echoed in a deep voice, "I really don't know what he's thinking. Other drivers would at most smuggle contraband and sell it for money. But he's so..."

Liu Xianghua asked with great interest, "Then, Liang Xiuhong didn't make a fuss?"

"What's the fuss? It's good enough that the factory didn't send Sun Zhiyuan to jail," Chen Jiaxing said. "They're just being lenient because he's a long-time employee."

"That's not right!" Liu Xianghua frowned and said, "The driver's salary is higher than your previous salary, but it's not much higher, right?"

Chen Jiaxing and Ji Xue smiled at each other, neither of them telling the truth to Liu Xianghua. She was timid, and if she knew her son was smuggling contraband and her daughter-in-law was helping to sell it, she would definitely be terrified.

Liu Xianghua pressed on, "Just tell me! I'm your biological mother, is there anything you can't tell me?"

"I didn't do anything..." Chen Jiaxing said vaguely, "I brought some things for a friend and earned some hard work money. Don't worry, Mom, everyone does that now."

Ji Xue helped Liu Xianghua sit down and said softly, "Mom, we definitely won't do anything illegal. We're just helping people carry a few things."

Liu Xianghua said worriedly, "Even if we're bringing something, we have to be careful. Policies change all the time, and no one can predict what will happen in the future. If we don't do something right, we might end up in trouble."

"Mom, don't worry about it, just call them to eat!"

Liu Xianghua sighed, stood up and walked into the yard, shouting, "It's time to eat—"

Chen Feng and Li Zhen put down the unfinished bamboo baskets and went into the house one after the other. Chen Aiguo went into Chen Jiawang's house and called out again, and only then did Chen Shuning and Chen Jiawang come out.

Ji Xue looked at Chen Shuning, who had obviously lost a lot of weight, and said worriedly, "Shuning, studying is a good thing, but you can't work so hard. You and Jiawang are too thin."

As she spoke, she put a piece of meat into Chen Shuning's bowl and urged, "This is the new dish I learned, braised pork. Eat it quickly!"

Chen Shuning looked exhausted. He took a bite of meat woodenly before coming to his senses.

"Sister-in-law, my second brother and I have enough nutrition." Chen Shuning said with a smile, "Brother Guo sent us a lot of things. There are several bottles of malted milk alone. We drink it every day."

"It's all thanks to you drinking malted milk every day. Look how thin you are." Chen Jiaxing joked, "The clothes that used to fit me well now hang loose in them."

Ji Xue tugged at Chen Shuning's clothes and said, "After dinner, I'll take the fabric to Wang Na and ask her to make you two new clothes."

"Don't go," Chen Jiawang said as he ate. "They sold their sewing machines and are concentrating on their studies, preparing for the college entrance exam."

Ji Xue said with regret, "Ah? What a pity... I was thinking of asking them to make a few more clothes!"

"Let's talk about it after the college entrance examination!" Chen Shuning sighed and said lazily, "Then I'll borrow a sewing machine and ask them to help me."

Ji Xue shook her head and said, "Clothes can be made anywhere. Let them study hard!"

Taking the college entrance exam was a big deal; if she could actually get into university, her fate would be completely different. Ji Xue knew what was important and wasn't that selfish.

Chen Shuning swallowed the food in his mouth and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, I left a lot of hair flowers for you. They were made by Wang Na and the others with scraps of cloth. They are so beautiful!"

Chen Jiawang agreed, "It's quite pretty. Shuning didn't want to bring it with her. She said she'd wait for you to come back and let you choose first."

"Sister-in-law loves you for a reason!" Ji Xue teased, "You always think of me when you have something good."

Liu Xianghua took a couple of bites of food and thought about Sun Zhiyuan again. She asked, "Jiaxing, have you been to Chen Qin's house recently? Did Liang Xiuhong go and cause trouble?"

"Wang Shan and I often meet, and Chen Qin and her husband have a good relationship. Liang Xiuhong didn't dare to go over and cause trouble anymore, but she just told everyone that our Chen family is full of troublemakers."

Wang Shan was simple and honest, and Chen Qin was also honest. They didn't get married out of love, and although their life wasn't exactly sweet, they were able to treat each other with respect.

Ji Xue couldn't help laughing out loud: "Hahaha... Mom, you don't know, Liang Xiuhong avoids me now. She doesn't even dare to talk to me when she goes to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things."

Chen Shuning said with satisfaction: "Liang Xiuhong has a problem with her brain. Her ideas are different from ours. It will never be good if she gets entangled with us. It would be better if she stays away from our family!"

Li Zhen looked at Ji Xue eagerly and asked, "What about Fu Niu? Is Wang Shan treating her well?"

"I think it's good." Ji Xue replied with a smile, "Teacher Zhou buys things for Funiu every now and then, and she never stops buying malted milk."

"From what I heard, it means that Teacher Zhou doesn't have a daughter, and all his sons have grandchildren. Funiu is the only girl in their family, and everyone in the family loves her very much."

"That's good!" Li Zhen felt completely relieved and nodded, saying, "This child is lucky to have met Teacher Zhou's family."

She was lucky not to have a father like Ma Chunlei. Funiu was quite lucky to have a stepfather like Wang Shan.

Chen Aiguo was stunned for a moment, and finally remembered something very important: "Shuning, Xiao Guo wrote you another letter. It's in my briefcase. You should take it later."

Chen Feng frowned and said, "Another letter? He's already written several this month. Aren't stamps free?"

"Dad, there's a letter for you, too." Chen Aiguo said slowly, "This is the third one this month, and it's from my Uncle Wang."

Chen Feng's expression froze, and he said with some disdain: "This old man, he's so old, and he's still doing this..."