Chapter 340: Rising or Falling
When Lin Chuxia left the bun shop and was about to contact the school, she saw the familiar figure again on the road.

This time she didn’t hesitate and chased after him on her bike.

“Sister, is it really you?”

She and Qin Juan had only met twice. She only felt that the figure looked familiar before, but she didn’t expect it was really her elder sister Qin Juan.

Qin Juan was surprised to meet Lin Chuxia here. She smiled and greeted, “Xia Xia, why are you here?”

“Qin Yang has been transferred to work in the city, so I moved here to live with him.”

Qin Juan was also very happy when she heard that Qin Yang had been transferred back, “When did it happen?”

“It’s just these days. I just came to the city a few days ago, and my house is not tidy yet. I wanted to go see my elder sister with Qin Yang after I cleaned it up, but I didn’t expect that we would run into each other first.”

Lin Chuxia looked around and said, “Big sister, where are you going? Isn’t Ningning with you?”

Qin Juan looked uncomfortable for a moment, but she hid it well and said with a smile, “I’m going to the market to buy some vegetables. Ningning is playing with her grandmother at home. You guys are so busy just moving here, don’t rush to see me. I’m fine now. But you just moved here, so I have to go and get to know you when I have time.”

“Of course, you are welcome anytime. My sister-in-law said before that we are not qualified to be her in-laws. We never visited my sister before she moved to the city. Now that Qin Yang and I are in the city, we should visit each other more often in the future.”

Qin Juan felt warm at heart when she saw her enthusiastic sister-in-law. She held her hand and talked to her for a long time. It was not until she watched Lin Chuxia leave that she felt bitter in her heart.

Seeing that it was getting late, he quickened his pace.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw Ningning sitting by the water pipe in the yard, washing a basin of clothes.

Qin Juan hurried forward and pulled her thin and weak daughter up.

“Why are you washing clothes here? You are so young, how can you do this?”

Ningning’s hands were cold and her body was wet. She saw her mother and said, “Grandma asked me to wash them. She said that since I’m a girl, I should learn how to wash and cook.”

Qin Juan felt upset as she looked at the basin of clothes. Apart from her mother-in-law’s, the other two were her father-in-law’s.

In the past, she didn’t go to work, and her parents-in-law complained that she didn’t make enough money, so they just ate for free at home and left all the laundry and cooking chores to her.

Now that she has gone to work and earned money as they wished, they have actually left the work to their daughter. How old is Ningning?

She quickly wiped her daughter’s hands with a towel and touched her face. “Go play over there. Mom will wash these clothes.”

“Yeah,” Ningning responded and went to play somewhere else.

When Qin Juan entered the house, she saw her husband had returned from get off work and was sitting in the house watching TV.

My father-in-law was sitting on one side, playing chess with himself. I didn’t see my mother-in-law, so I knew she must have gone out to play cards and hadn’t come back yet.

Zhang Wenbin saw Qin Juan and said unhappily, “Why did you come back at this time? The whole family is waiting for you to cook.”

Qin Juan was holding back her breath and said calmly, “I get off work late. If you are in a hurry to eat, you can help yourself first.”

“You want me to cook?” Zhang Wenbin pointed at himself in disbelief. “Qin Juan, what do you mean by that? I’m married, and I still have to cook for myself?”

“If you don’t want to do it, you can let mom do it.”

When she got married, Mrs. Zhang was only in her early 50s. The Zhang family was not doing well at that time, and Mrs. Zhang did everything at home and outside.

Later, when the Zhang family’s policy was implemented, Old Lady Zhang started to act arrogantly.

He doesn’t cook or wash clothes, saying that he has suffered all his life and it’s time to enjoy himself.

Old Mrs. Zhang wanted to enjoy a peaceful life, but also wanted to make money. If she hadn’t asked Ningning to do the laundry, Qin Juan felt that she could have endured it.

Zhang Wenbin frowned, “How old is mom? You still let him cook? Don’t you think you are being too much? Is this what you should say as a daughter-in-law?”

Qin Juan knew that it was pointless to argue with Zhang Wenbin about this, so she suddenly changed the subject.

“Qin Yang has been transferred to the city, and his brother and sister-in-law have also moved here to live together. The couple plans to visit our home when they have time.”

She didn’t want her second brother and sister-in-law to see that her life was a mess. Over the years, Qin Juan had become accustomed to reporting good news but not bad news.

She was worried that her mother would feel guilty if she knew that she was having a hard time.

Zhang Wenbin looked over when he heard this. “Why would Qin Yang be transferred here when he was doing well in the northwest? Was he promoted or demoted?”

“I don’t know either. I met my brother’s wife on the road today and we only said a few words.”

“Now that you’ve seen him, you don’t want to ask for clarification? It’s really useless.”

Zhang Wenbin complained with disdain, his eyes seemed to find it annoying to look at him any more.

But he couldn’t help but think, “Logically speaking, the nature of the work here is stable, much better than that in the northwest, but how come he was transferred to our city by such a coincidence? I think it’s mostly because of your brother’s wife. If this is the case, his promotion is in jeopardy, and a lateral transfer or demotion is more likely.” At this point, Zhang Wenbin thought of the figure he saw during the Spring Festival, and then looked at his thin wife, with a sigh in his tone.

“I never realized that your second brother is such a romantic man. He didn’t want to get married before, and he was devoted to his career. Now he would rather be demoted to be transferred back to be with his wife. But then again, who would be worried about leaving such a beautiful wife at home? With the look of your sister-in-law, who knows what will happen if her husband is not at home. It’s a good thing that you haven’t had a child after a year of marriage, otherwise it’s hard to say whether it is your Qin family’s child…”

Qin Juan suddenly said, “Zhang Wenbin, don’t go too far.”

Although she had only met her brother and sister-in-law a few times, Qin Juan trusted them very much.

As their brother-in-law, it was too much for Zhang Wenbin to throw dirty water on his younger siblings for no reason.

Zhang Wenbin snorted indifferently, “I was just saying it casually, why are you so anxious? I’m just thinking about your brother. Alright, alright, alright, stop being so stubborn and not letting me say anything when it comes to your family. Go cook quickly, I’m hungry.”

Qin Juan knew what kind of person this was and was too lazy to talk to him anymore, so she went to the kitchen to cook.

As soon as the meal was ready, my mother-in-law came back.

Qin Juan even suspected that her mother-in-law had planned to come back at a precise time.

His face fell when he saw the clothes in the washtub in the yard.

“It’s been half a day, and you can’t finish such a small task?”

Little Ningning knew that she had not finished the tasks assigned by her grandmother, and she was timid by nature.

When Old Mrs. Zhang opened her mouth, she quickly hid behind Qin Juan.

Qin Juan said, “Ningning is so young, how can she wash these clothes? Let me do it.”

Old Mrs. Zhang’s purpose was not to wash her own clothes, so after hearing what Qin Juan said, she agreed.

But she still complained, “She’s already 6 years old, how can she still be young? You can’t always spoil her like this. Since she’s a girl, she has to learn how to wash clothes and cook, so that it will be easier for her to find a husband in the future and she won’t be bullied by her husband’s family. I’m doing this for her own good.”

Qin Juan didn’t say anything.

After all, I do the laundry and cooking every day, and I still suffer at my husband’s house.

After dinner, Qin Juan thought about it and discussed it with Zhang Wenbin.

“Ningning is already 7 years old. My eldest brother’s son Zhuangzhuang is already in primary school this year. Ningning is half a year older than him. I thought about going back to the school to talk to him and let Ningning go to school as well.”

After going to school, I won’t be despised and bossed around by my mother-in-law.

Zhang Wenbin was full of impatience, “Why do you keep thinking about this? How long has the school been open? You still want to let her go to school? Besides, how can she compare with your eldest brother’s Zhuangzhuang? Zhuangzhuang is a boy, and he has been aggressive since he was young. Look at your daughter. She can’t even speak a few words, and she is timid behind you all day long. What have you brought her up to be? Do you think she can go to school like this?”

“If she doesn’t go to school, will she stay at home to wash clothes and cook for you? You know she’s young now. How can she wash clothes when she’s so young?”

Qin Juan couldn’t bear it any longer.

It would be fine if the mother-in-law ordered her daughter to do these things, but Zhang Wenbin is Ningning’s father, and he actually ignored her and approved of her mother’s behavior.

Are there any fathers like this?
She thought that if she had a job, her and Ningning’s situation would be better, but she didn’t expect that even if she had a job and a salary, it would still be the same.

“Your mother is only in her 50s. Can’t he, a 50-year-old adult, be compared to a 5-year-old child?”

“You mean to ask my mother to do the laundry and cooking for you? Are you worthy of that?”

Zhang Wenbin looked at her coldly, “Or do you think that your brother and his friends have someone backing you up when they came to the city? Qin Juan, you’d better behave yourself and don’t play any tricks on me. Your whole family has provided for you and raised you for so many years, and now you think you’re great just because you’ve made a few bucks? I don’t even care about the money you make.”

Zhang Wenbin turned around, got on the bed, pulled the quilt over his head and went to sleep.

“Don’t let your brother come over recently. We don’t have time to entertain them at home.”

Qin Juan: “…”

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Lin Chuxia ran around outside for a whole day and finally finalized the school matter.

As soon as I got home, Sister Feng came to visit again.

To be honest, her attitude last time was quite obvious, and I thought Mrs. Feng would realize it.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Feng seemed not to be affected at all. She led her daughter into the yard, found a place to sit as if nothing had happened, and then began to chat with Lin Chuxia about family matters.

I clearly told her last time how good it was to live in an apartment, as if living in an apartment was superior to living in a yard.

This time, he kept praising how nice the yard was.