Gu Zhang smiled and nodded: “Just wear it. You haven’t enjoyed much in these years with me. Now that you have a good thing, don’t waste it.”

Mrs. Chen still refused: “I don’t need it. I don’t go out. Don’t waste such a good thing.”

She wanted to wear it in her heart.

But if she wore it, what would the old lady do?

The daughter-in-law couldn’t wear silk, while her mother-in-law wore coarse clothes, right?

That would make people point fingers at her.

Should she make one for the old lady too?

Forget it. Even if she makes one for the old lady, she won’t appreciate it. She might even criticize her for being extravagant. Besides, she can’t bear to part with it.

This brocade was all money. It’s better to exchange it for silver and hold it in her hands.

Chen waved her hand, “Okay, okay, let’s go, do what we need to do, Xiao Fei stay.”

Everyone reluctantly left the main room. Mrs. Chen looked at the things on the table: “Put all these in your place first. I always feel that it’s not as safe to hide things anywhere else as it is to put them in your place.”

Gu Fei smiled: “Okay, then I’ll put them away.”

*

In the village, every household received the New Year’s goods sent by Mrs. Chen’s children today, and everyone was in a good mood.

Mrs. Qian looked at the Eldest Aunt hanging the cured chicken and cured fish under the eaves, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Gu Qing brought a suckling pig and a cured fish over, saying that the suckling pig was for the old lady to eat.

Then wouldn’t it be a fish for her family?

Her eldest sister-in-law was a married woman, but she got so much. Why their family didn’t receive something good as a married woman?

Mrs. Qian can’t eat this loss.

She gritted her teeth, went into the house to find Gu Zhong, and said: “Your Second Brother is looking down on you, the eldest brother.”

“He sent a chicken and a fish to the eldest sister’s family, and also to your third brother’s family. While our family only has one fish. You are all brothers and sisters, so why does our family receive less than them?”

Gu Zhong didn’t even raise his head: “Didn’t he also send a suckling pig? A suckling pig is much more valuable than that chicken.”

Mrs. Qian was anxious: “That doesn’t count. Dalang said that it was for the mother to eat, so doesn’t it mean that the fish is ours? Why? ”

Gu Zhong raised his head and frowned at Mrs. Qian: “Then tell me, what did you give to my second brother’s family?”

Mrs. Qian didn’t understand what Gu Zhong meant for a moment: “What would I give them? There is nothing at home, and even if there is, I won’t give it to him!”

Gu Zhong suddenly stood up and slapped Mrs. Qian in the face: “Then you still have the nerve to say that!”

“You also know that it was given to you by others!”

“People kindly gave you something, but you didn’t even give a return gift. And here you are, still dare to complain that they didn’t give you enough?”

“Did Gu Laoer owe you anything?”

Mrs. Qian covered her face in confusion, Gu Zhong yelled: “Didn’t I tell you not to think about other people’s things?”

“If my eldest sister didn’t stop you today, you would have instigated my mother to go to Laoer to make trouble. I’ve told you so many times to stop being like this, but you didn’t listen. You don’t want to live here, do you?”

Mrs. Qian secretly hated her eldest sister-in-law for complaining, covered her face, and cried: “What can I do? Our family has nothing. We have no house, no land. If I don’t make plans, how can we live?”

Gu Zhong became more and more angry, and kicked the chair heavily: “I only have this much ability, and I can’t raise a promising daughter. I can’t afford to eat white flour or meat! I can’t even afford to buy a house and land!”

“If you don’t want to live with me in poverty, then get out! You only know how to embarrass yourself every day!”

Mrs. Qian collapsed on the ground and cried: “When did I blame you, when did I——”