As soon as he heard that Mrs. Zhang had repeated his old trick in less than three days and took Miao's ground flour directly from the mill, Wei Meili quickly lowered her head to cover up her overly arrogant smile.
Seeing the ever-changing expression on her mother's face, Mei Bei felt relieved.
Mayberry knew that it was her mother's turn to do her best next.
"Yes, the family has just been separated and our financial resources are already as thin as paper. If my mother-in-law had come to our house secretly to carry things back, we wouldn't be angry enough to come to our house and quarrel with her."
Aunt Wang nodded. Mrs. Zhang had done this before, and that time she almost hit her with a shit basin.
"Now, my mother-in-law is pressuring others with filial piety, talking about being filial to her. What else can we say? Saying too much or doing anything is unfilial~ Aunt Wang, what can I do about this? "
After her mother finished speaking, she sighed several times in succession. The sighs were like squatting on Aunt Wang's chest and sighing. Aunt Wang couldn't help but curse Old Mrs. Zhang in a low voice.
It's not that Aunt Wang has a strong sense of justice, it's just that Aunt Wang herself has a daughter.
Her daughter married somewhere else two years ago. It is not close to Jinshui Village, but far away. It can be reached by walking in half a day.
Her daughter's mother-in-law is not someone easy to get along with either.
Although it's not as weird as Zhang's, Aunt Wang can bring it in.
If my daughter were an old woman with such virtue, wouldn't she be so angry?
"How can there be such a bastard mother-in-law? If the people in the village who have separated families imitate her behavior, what will happen? It's not easy to get started."
"Yes, but if you don't give it...it won't work. She took it all away first, and she has a legitimate reason, and it's not like she took it without saying anything before..."
Wei Meili glanced at Aunt Wang who was extremely angry, lowered her head and slightly curled her mouth.
"Then we can't let her succeed every time? If everyone learns...someone benefits, then someone has to suffer! These days, honest people suffer."
Aunt Wang, don't look at her tough words. Didn't she say it before?
She was also worried that Wei Meili was too impulsive and would directly quarrel and take back the advantage taken advantage of by Zhang, which would damage her face.
However, if this kind of thing were to happen to another person, he would be angry.
"Actually...if my mother-in-law really wants to be filial, she didn't agree to give her a gift during the New Year when we separated. Since she can't wait, we should give it to her in advance."
Aunt Wang should have nodded her head after hearing Wei's beautiful words.
As soon as she raised her head and met the sly eyes of the person opposite her, Aunt Wang's eyes immediately lit up the next second.
"From the Erniu family, what do you mean..."
"My family will no longer give you anything during the Dragon Boat Festival this year~"
Mei Bei's mother said this in the afternoon, and it reached Mrs. Zhang's ears in the evening.
"What?! She dares!!"
In the evening, Mrs. Zhang was picking beans at the door, listening to other people chatting at the door. When she talked about this, she got so angry that she immediately slammed the bamboo basket in her hand to the ground, and the beans in it instantly rolled everywhere. yes.
"When we separated, we agreed to pay filial piety during the New Year, but she paid for it as soon as she said it was done?!"
Mrs. Zhang stared at the women who brought the news with wide eyes. Those women and aunts were all the same. They looked down on Mrs. Zhang and couldn't help but said:
"How much property did the two houses of your family get when they were divided? You opened your mouth to be filial. You took it first and then talked about it. Why don't you ask others to come up with a compromise for you?"
"What?! You're willing to buy an old hen back, but you're going to lose a hundred dollars to me as a filial piety?!"
Mrs. Zhang didn't admit that there were missing things in the second and third bedrooms when the family was divided. She only acknowledged what she saw and heard.
"I buy those things every day, and I can see that they have money. It's really unfilial for me to care about my filial piety for such a small amount!"
As long as Jiang and Mei Lian were not deaf, they could clearly hear the curses they were standing at the door!
"This second son's house..."
When Jiang heard this, she couldn't hold back at first. The dinner was not cooked yet. She walked out of the kitchen and wanted to go to the door to ask what was going on. However, she was stopped by Mei Lian who was sitting under the eaves doing needlework.
"Mom, have you forgotten what grandma said when you went to grandma's house yesterday?"
As soon as she mentioned her own mother, Jiang's arrogance that had just risen suddenly dropped again, and she couldn't help but mutter: "But, but the second wife and the others are like this..."
"Mom, you might as well put yourself in my shoes and think about it. What would you do if you ended up in the same situation as your second aunt and third aunt? What if..."
Mei Lian said, looking at Old Mrs. Zhang who was still cursing at the door and not stopping at all, and continued: "What if my stepmother lives with my fourth uncle and comes to our house to pick up something as a sign of filial piety..."
"how come……"
Sure enough, after saying this, Mrs. Jiang looked at her daughter's ebony eyes and finally closed her mouth with a guilty conscience.
"Didn't your grandmother say that the family will be separated only when the fourth child is admitted as a scholar? By then your brother-in-law will be prosperous, will your grandma take a fancy to this thing in our family?"
Jiang remembered that her family went to Yinshui Village yesterday and had a meal at her parents' house. At that time, her biological father and mother confirmed with their family the future direction of their old Mei family.
No matter what her parents-in-law think, once the fourth child is selected as a scholar, her mother-in-law will quickly find a good wife for the fourth child and then split up the family.
Don't listen to what others say about the benefits of continuing to be together.
"Your parents are high-spirited, but extremely short-sighted, and would almost go bankrupt just to be a scholar.
Once the fourth child passes the scholar examination, do you think they will try to take the examination again? The expenses for taking the exam are beyond what your family can afford.
If you want to ask around about those farming and studying families with small fortunes, how many generations did their ancestors accumulate before they could have land, houses and money? Just like this, how many of them are able to raise people? "
"A few acres of Susukinois is enough to support a scholar, but your mother's greed goes beyond that..."
So yesterday, her parents advised the men in their family that once the fourth child becomes a scholar, he should quickly ask his mother to find a daughter-in-law with better conditions and then separate the family.
If he fails to win, not only will the family not be separated, but Mei Laosi will be asked to do the work and the money will come out to allow Mei An to study for a few years.
Now being reminded by his daughter has reawakened the memory of yesterday in Yinshui Village.
What if her mother is really right and she and the fourth child will separate from each other in the future, and the fourth child will continue to study, and there will be more places to spend money.
Her mother-in-law really wasn't sure when the time came to get money from them, so she just talked about filial piety and then supplemented the money for the fourth child!
Now, Mrs. Jiang no longer had any desire to go out and join in the fun and curse with her mother-in-law.
Then, Mei Lian gave her mother the final fatal blow: "I heard from my grandma that the half bag of flour yesterday will be taken to the county to deliver to my fourth uncle when I finish it." .”
"What?! Send them all?" Jiang turned around and glared at Mei Lian. He was so angry that he even lowered his voice and said, "Then you will do it for him?"
"What can I do? I didn't listen to my mother and I got beaten. Can you stop me?"
Jiang: "..."
After it was put on the shelves, I heard from the editor that the operation team was constantly making recommendations and also had to keep an eye on the data.
_(：3 ∠)_Pain,
Although I understand that there have been a lot of people after it was put on the shelves, I still beg for the precious tickets in my hands~ Thank you to every little baby who watched, buh buh buh
