"I have never seen anyone spend all their money on their nephew. He has no father or mother."
"I don't even look at what kind of life my own son is living. In the cold weather, the cotton-padded jacket has taken off the wadding and I can't buy a new one. I don't feel sorry for my son, but I raise my nephew as my own son."
"A scholar? A scholar is great? I have never seen such a poor scholar. When I married into your Lao Bai family, I didn't get any credit for being a scholar. Don't think I'm sorry for Xia Qinghe. She, Xia Qinghe, can't live as well as me now. bitter."
"Whose daughter is not a treasure? The daughter in my belly is not from the Lao Bai family? Now my daughter wants to drink a cup of goat milk, but no one will buy a goat for her."
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Eugene Gui's sharp voice came from the side room and reached the upper room.
Originally, Mrs. Bai and Mr. and Mrs. Bai Erzhuang pretended not to hear, thinking that Bai Erzhuang and his wife would not mix up their minor conflicts and let them resolve it themselves.
But what Eugene Gui said, armed with a gun and a stick, brought everyone in the Lao Bai family in.
Bai Dazhuang, Bai Sanlang, Zhen Shi, Xiao Fuyuan... were all mapped out, and Xia Qinghe, who had nothing to do with them, was also dragged in.
"Second sister-in-law, is this still the case?" Bai Sanzhuang muttered dissatisfiedly.
He suddenly felt that he was right to refuse the marriage of the head of the Xu family. A girl who was pampered like Xu Jiaojiao might not be good to the Bai family.
He sympathized a little with his second brother. When he was young, everyone said he had a lot of potential. When he was admitted as a scholar, he was a sensation all over the country. After marrying Eugene Gui, his aura of scholarly talent disappeared and he became the object of everyone's sympathy.
The Lao Bai family is poor, a little poor, but their parents are kind and their brothers are united. Their life has always been harmonious and beautiful. The only troublemaker is the second sister-in-law.
Hearing her daughter-in-law scolding her more and more vigorously, Mrs. Bai's face became increasingly ugly, and Mrs. Zhen couldn't sit still.
As a mother-in-law, how can she let the mother-in-law stand up if she doesn't take care of her daughter-in-law?
A father-in-law in a white wooden board cannot take care of his son's house affairs.
Only she is suitable to manage Eugene Gui.
"...My second son, what are you scolding? You are pregnant now. If you have any grievances, just speak up. There are elders in the family who can make decisions for you." Madam Zhen said through the window.
Mrs. Bai sighed inwardly.
Mrs. Zhen is so well-educated. She was raised from a young age and has not changed despite all the hardships.
She doesn't even know how to curse, and she doesn't look like a mother-in-law at all. If she, an old woman, were not in charge, sooner or later the daughter-in-law would take advantage of her.
When it comes to managing the family's affairs, it's up to her to provide the necessary support.
"Second daughter-in-law, did you smear shit on your mouth or something? What are you talking about? What are you talking about? What grievances do you have? Just because you plotted against my second wife when you were a girl, you deserve to be punished, and my third matchmaker You don't say you are grateful to Liupin for marrying you, but you are grateful for her."
"Er Zhuang's love for his nephew is not in vain. Didn't Er Zhuang become a scholar because of Da Zhuang's work? Isn't everything you eat and drink now grown by Da Zhuang in the ground? What you wear is not Sewn by Chuntao? If my second wife hadn't married you, your family would have given you to the old man as a second wife or shaved your head to become a sister-in-law."
"Do you have me and your parents-in-law in your eyes? You are so careless in front of the elders. I will go to your mother's house as soon as possible to ask how your mother raised a good daughter. It's not enough for you to scold the elders. You even asked your mother-in-law and sister-in-law All things considered, how many days have your sister-in-law been born? You are just pretending to be jealous. If you really give birth to a daughter, I will provide for you. It depends on whether you are lucky enough."
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Little Fuyuan had been woken up by Eugene Gui's scolding a long time ago, but she didn't cry and just stared at her big round eyes while eating melon.
When Mrs. Bai took action, Xiao Fuyuan couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She was indeed a professor-grandma. She had a first-class poisonous tongue and could suppress people from all walks of life with just one utterance.
Sure enough, Eugene Gui was suppressed by the old lady Bai and gradually died down until there was no sound.
"...It's not easy for my second brother either." Bai Sanzhuang further made up his mind to marry a virtuous wife in the future.
"Isn't it easy for him? He was manipulated by others, and he trusted others and fell into other people's traps. This is what he deserves." When the old lady Bai thought of the You family plotting against the scholar grandson, her teeth itched with hatred.
However, Mrs. Zhen disagreed with her mother-in-law's statement. A kind person cannot escape even if he is plotted against.
Ever since the You family plotted against Bai Erzhuang, he had lost all interest in studying. He had high hopes since childhood and failed to pass the exam twice in a row, so he gave up all thoughts on the imperial examination and went to a private school in the town. teach.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhen felt extremely sad.
When Zhen lowered her head, she saw Xiao Fuyuan looking at her with her big dark eyes. Xiao Fuyuan saw that Mrs. Zhen's eyebrows were gloomy, and wanted to make Mrs. Zhen happy, so she gave her a babbling smile.
Ouch, my dear, you are comforting me. Mrs. Zhen sighed in her heart, complaining that everyone said her daughter was her mother's little cotton-padded jacket. But no, such a small little person knows how to smile at himself.
Zhen's heart was soothed.
It was hard for Bai Ban to express his opinions on the matter of his second son and his wife. He sat there for a while and suddenly remembered something.
My little girl is almost one month old.
The Lao Bai family has been waiting day and night for a daughter. Although she is not her biological child, she is no different from her biological daughter. The little girl is one month old, so they are not allowed to hold a full moon party?
It had never been done before when our sons were born, nor had it been done for our grandchildren. It would be unreasonable if we didn't do it again for our daughter.
"...Will we have a full moon banquet for our little Fu Yuan?" Bai Banban carefully discussed with Zhen and my mother about Xiao Fu Yuan's full moon banquet.
Mrs. Zhen and Mrs. Bai have also been thinking about the full moon banquet these past two days.
But where does the money come from?
Although I made some money from selling the fish, I used it to buy rice, flour, grain and oil for my family. Bai Erzhuang gave some money. Although it was said to be for Xiao Fuyuan, there were many things in the family that needed money.
You can't just host one table and entertain yourself at home. It's too shabby and not enough for the villagers to laugh at.
"Otherwise, let's not do it. When we have money in the future, we can celebrate Xiao Fuyuan's birthday and make up for it." Zhen said.
Although it is a pity not to hold a full moon banquet, I am also aware of the difficult situation of my family.
You can't borrow money to do it.
Besides, no one in the village is rich, so who will lend him money?
Old Mrs. Bai didn't plan to do it at first, but when she saw Xiao Fuyuan's big round eyes still smiling at her, she felt so weak that she couldn't bear it.
This little girl was born without a mother. She was picked up by her old Bai family and raised as a daughter. As soon as she got home, she brought so many big fish to her family.
More importantly, it makes the monk temple at home feel warm.
Not worth hosting a full moon party?
"Do it, why not do it? The whole village knows that our family has a daughter. Why not do it for such a happy event?" Old Mrs. Bai stroked Xiao Fuyuan's little quilt and made up her mind.
"Mom and dad, you're right. Having a sister is a big happy event for our family, so we should have a full-moon party. Don't worry about the money. I'll lend you some money for other jobs..."
Old Mrs. Bai interrupted Bai Sanzhuang: "I don't need you, the elder brother, to contribute the money."
Then he took off the silver bracelet and handed it to the white wooden board: "You can pawn this in the town as soon as possible."
"Mom, this is the bracelet that grandma left for you. It's just one, so it can't be used as it. I still have a hairpin that I can use as mine." Zhen said.
"You can keep the hairpin as a thought. We, the Bai family, don't want to exchange our daughter-in-law's dowry for money." Mrs. Bai insisted on handing the bracelet to Bai Banban. She also forgot that she was also referring to the Bai family's wife.
The white wooden board took the bracelet from my mother, full of guilt.
My mother originally had a pair of bracelets. She had already pawned one of them for Bai Erzhuang to take the scholar examination, and now she had to pawned one for Xiao Fuyuan's full moon wine.
Thinking about it, he felt that he was unfilial as a son and not qualified as a father.
"I'm going for a walk." Bai Ban put the bracelet on the bed, put on his shoes, and walked out to get some air.
