Chapter 455 - 457: Give me an idea_1
Li Qiao’s spot was near the door, so she got up to open it.
It turned out to be the elder lady from next door, who burst into tears upon seeing her.
Li Qiao asked with concern, "Elder sister, what’s wrong? Have you encountered some difficulty? Please come in and have a seat." She moved a stool over for the elder sister to sit on.
Old Mrs. Qin said, "Take your time, tell us what happened."
The elder sister covered her face and wiped away tears, "It’s all because of my daughter-in-law causing trouble. It’s so cold these days, and she wears these black tight leggings. I criticized her a bit, and she turned it back on me, accusing me of meddling. And she complains that I pressure her to have children all the time. Other people’s children in their twenties can already ’soy sauce’ [an expression indicating they are old enough to run errands], and her? Working at a restaurant, with thirty or forty hours a week and often having to work overtime without extra pay. When money is short, she asks my son for more. I advised her to get a job at your factory, but she is unwilling. Two relatives I introduced to her now earn a hundred or more a month..."
Talking about it, the elder sister started to grumble.
Old Mrs. Qin: "Young people’s business, in my opinion, it’s better not to meddle if you can avoid it."
"I can’t control it even if I wanted to. You’re lucky, your granddaughter-in-law is well-behaved, excels in her studies, and even has a high-paying job, so you don’t have to worry at all," the elder sister referred to the consultant position at the CID.
Li Qiao felt uncomfortable being praised.
She didn’t consider herself to be that well-behaved. According to the people from her hometown, she was just a bookworm who didn’t cajole children and only knew how to eat and sleep.
Old Mrs. Qin spoke, "A high-paying job is not easy to maintain. Despite the New Year’s festivities, our Qiaoqiao was called in to work on a case today and has to go again tomorrow. It’s really hard on her. Your daughter-in-law is also not bad, having her own job and not relying on the elderly for support." Perhaps she was easily satisfied, feeling content that her daughter-in-law didn’t ask the elderly for money.