Chapter 1227: Chapter 1191: Relatives [Transitional Double Chapter]
As soon as the twenty thousand yuan was ntioned, Mao Li fell silent.
She opened her mouth but hesitated for a long ti before finally asking, “Hongi, you spent over twenty thousand on appliances? I don’t believe it.”
The elder sister-in-law coldly smirked, “Why wouldn’t you believe it? My father has only one son and one daughter. His granddaughter paid to build him a house, so I can’t just give nothing, right? From kettles to air conditioners, what doesn’t need buying? Do you want
to show you the receipts?”
The appliances didn’t actually cost over 20,000, in reality, it was just over 10,000, but the grievance in the elder sister-in-law’s words was genuine. Never mind 10,000, even 1,000, even 100! She’d be pained for a long ti spending it from her pocket.
But those words, how choking they were, what does it an to have only one son and one daughter?
Mao Li’s face didn’t look too good, and she snorted, skipping over that topic, “What about that thing I just talked to you about? Just that teacher of Ziyi’s, she’s really pretty! Perfect for our Ling Qi.”
The elder sister-in-law turned her head, “No, we want soone who can be frugal and run a household…”
“Oh, then that’s perfect!”
Mao Li said excitedly, “This girl has been poor since she was a child, she’s really capable of running a household. And let
tell you, her family is from that mountain valley in Shannan, they say they’re out of touch with their ho there.”
“If she really got married, there’s no need for her parents to send gifts, the bride price for this girl would certainly be low…”
“Oh no!” The elder sister-in-law smirked and interrupted her, “What’s the point of a low bride price? The money goes to my daughter-in-law and she brings it back to build their ho with my son, I wouldn’t be losing out, would I?”
The elder sister-in-law was disdainful about it: “It’s not suitable, our Ling Qi is not in a hurry.”
With that, she hung up the phone directly.
Then she picked up the phone again to lecture her son, “Don’t listen to your Aunt’s nonsense, every bride has a bride price, and if my daughter-in-law doesn’t have one, wouldn’t she feel wronged? And if she harbors grievances, you two argue over it in the future, wouldn’t that cause conflict?”
Zhu Lingqi nodded, “I know, Mom. Don’t worry, the bride price doesn’t matter, but having proper als is the most practical — my Aunt was trying to introduce
to soone at work recently, saying that the family was thrifty, but after asking around, it didn’t seem right.”
The elder sister-in-law really started to think about her son’s marriage: “How is it not right?”
The son shook his head, looking quite unimpressed, “Their thriftiness is just the granny going to the market every day to pick spoiled leaves, eating everything only when it’s old. Every day, they eat whatever is cheap and their als are nothing but greens…”
“That’s not okay!” The elder sister-in-law rejected decisively, “Even though we save, we always have a balance of at and vegetables. Look at the pork Tantan got, don’t I still cut market ats to go with it?”
“These people are out of their minds.”
“Don’t be stingy spending a bit more on groceries, if soone falls sick and you’re delayed at the hospital, with incomplete coverage, what’s the point?”
The family discussed this matter, quickly forgetting about Mao Li.
anwhile, Mao Li was stewing with anger.
Song Dafang ca back from the store and asked her, “Did you set the plan to go ho together? I heard the tea from our hotown sells for ten thousand a pound, and those chestnuts, peaches, all go for over a few dozen a pound.”
“I said they deliberately broke ties before, afraid we’d find out the mountain stuff is making money now.”
“This matter, we need to clear it up during the New Year’s.”
“It’s the sa land; our family has so. Why does he lease from others and not from us? Can I, as his elder brother, really cheat him?”
“Besides, between real brothers, I wouldn’t even count the mountain rental fees, just consider it a joint venture in farming business… Do you see, has he ever ntioned it from start to finish?”
Song Dafang nagged, full of grievances.
Mao Li also nodded firmly, “Exactly! Real brothers work together, yet he’s just hogging it all for himself.”
Song Dafang’s mind was abuzz with calculations.
He knew well enough what kind of person Song Sancheng was.
But his sister-in-law was also a tough one, he couldn’t handle it all alone, this needed the old folks at ho to weigh in.
Once they spoke, it would be settled.
Thinking about it now, they probably feared just that, that’s why they tore the relationship apart when building the house for the old man.
Good old Song Sancheng, never knew you had 108 tricks up your sleeve!
Thinking about it just made Song Dafang uneasy: Had he ntioned starting a business partnership, he wouldn’t have been unable to even contribute a couple of thousand for that house!
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