“Your mom said, your mom said, Zhao Tianyu, you’re twenty-four years old this year, not four. You’re a grown man, don’t you have your own thoughts? You listen to your mom in everything? Tell me, are you going to ask your mom for that six hundred yuan or not?” Liang Xiaohe interrupted Zhao Tianyu again, angrily questioning him.

Liang Xiaohe called that person at noon today.

The man promised Liang Xiaohe that he would help Liang Xiaobao find a job. However, if Liang Xiaohe didn't send the money within three days, the matter would be dropped.

Liang Xiaohe had originally thought she could get the money from her mother-in-law today, so she readily agreed.

Now, Zhao Tianyu has changed his mind.

How could Liang Xiaohe accept this?

"Liang Xiaohe, what are you doing? Besides, that money wasn't taken for nothing; it was borrowed from my mother, and we have to pay it back later." Zhao Tianyu also got angry.

Liang Xiaohe's heart skipped a beat, and her mind cleared up a bit.

Zhao Tianyu is not a person without a temper.

Liang Xiaohe knew she couldn't keep making a scene like this.

"Waaaaah... Tianyu, I'm under so much pressure! We've been married for three years, but I haven't been able to give your Zhao family a son or daughter. Do you know what people say about me behind my back? A barren hen! Lying in bed at night, whenever I think about this, my heart aches." Liang Xiaohe's tears came easily.

"Xiaohe, don't cry. Children's matters are a matter of fate. Let people say what they want. I've never blamed you." Zhao Tianyu quickly reached out to wipe Liang Xiaohe's tears, his anger long since vanished.

"I know you don't blame me, but what about your parents? They must have been wanting a grandson for a long time. It's all my fault for not being able to have a baby. Sometimes, I even wish I were dead so you could remarry and have more children for the Zhao family." Liang Xiaohe cried as she punched her stomach hard.

Zhao Tianyu quickly grabbed Liang Xiaohe's hand to stop her from "self-harming".

"Xiaohe, please don't think like that. I don't want anyone but you," Zhao Tianyu said, holding Liang Xiaohe in his arms.

"Wah~!" Liang Xiaohe hugged Zhao Tianyu's waist and cried even louder.

Zhao Tianyu frantically tried to coax Liang Xiaohe.

After crying for a while, Liang Xiaohe saw Zhou Tianyu's distressed expression and finally spoke, "Tianyu, my dad said that the traditional Chinese medicine doctor doesn't live in the neighboring county permanently. I was worried that if it dragged on, we wouldn't be able to find him. That's why I was a little anxious. You won't blame me, will you?"

After Liang Xiaohe finished speaking, she sniffed and looked pitiful.

Sure enough, Zhao Tianyu fell for it: "Isn't that traditional Chinese medicine doctor supposed to live in the neighboring county? Did your dad ask him when he's leaving?"

“My dad heard that the TCM doctor has to stay in the neighboring county for two or three days. Why don’t you go talk to Mom again? I’ll leave as soon as I get the money tomorrow morning, and I should be able to make it in time,” Liang Xiaohe suggested.

“No, my mom has already made up her mind. She definitely won’t lend us money before we get our tests done.” Zhao Tianyu frowned.

"Then... could you borrow some money from your sister first? Don't worry, we'll pay it back as soon as we have it." Liang Xiaohe looked at Zhao Tianyu expectantly and said.

“My sister doesn’t have any money. After she got married, her husband’s money was always taken by his mother. My sister couldn’t earn more than a few yuan a year working in the production team,” Zhao Tianyu said.

“Your sister has a dowry. I heard your mother had a dowry box full of valuable things, and she gave it all to your sister. How could your sister not have money?” Liang Xiaohe said, dissatisfied.

Upon hearing Liang Xiaohe mention the words "dowry box," Zhao Tianyu's mind cleared up somewhat.

"My mother's dowry for my sister was her sewing skills, not money. I've never heard of any dowry box," Zhao Tianyu said.

The matter of the dowry box was a secret of the Zhao family.

Even though he liked Liang Xiaohe a lot, Zhao Tianyu could still tell the difference between what was important and what wasn't.

“I heard your mother and sister talking about it with my own ears yesterday at noon, how could it not be true? Zhao Tianyu, you don’t mean to treat me like an outsider and that’s why you’re unwilling to tell me about the dowry box, do you?” Liang Xiaohe was very unhappy.

"I've never heard of my mother having any dowry box. If you don't believe me, ask my mother yourself tomorrow." Zhao Tianyu's face darkened.

"Your Zhao family is really strange. Other families favor sons over daughters, but your family favors daughters over sons. Your mother didn't leave her dowry box to her son as a family heirloom, but gave it to her daughter instead. Your sister is your biological daughter, and you were probably picked up from outside, weren't you?" Liang Xiaohe muttered.

Seeing that Zhao Tianyu remained silent, Liang Xiaohe continued to sow discord: "Your sister is also cunning. She took so much of her dowry from her family and still takes advantage of them all the time. When she brings the children back to her family home, they eat and drink to her to please, and she takes more money when she leaves. No matter how much wealth we have, it can't withstand her taking advantage of us all the time."

"Xiao He, you can scold me if you're unhappy, but don't talk about my sister." Zhao Tianyu's face darkened.

Liang Xiaohe scolded Zhao Tianyu a few times, but Zhao Tianyu could pretend he didn't hear it.

Liang Xiaohe berated Zhao Zhenzhu, but Zhao Tianyu couldn't stand it.

"Fine, fine, I can't afford to offend your sister. I won't say anything more, okay? I'm going back to my parents' house to borrow money from my mom." Liang Xiaohe pulled a long face, turned around, and left.

It's a matter of six hundred yuan, and I'm in a real hurry.

Since she couldn't get the money from Zhao Tianyu, Liang Xiaohe decided to go back to her parents' home to ask.

After Liang Xiaohe left, Zhao Tianyu felt depressed.

After leaving the house, Zhao Tianyu wandered around the yard in silence for a while before finally pulling out a cigarette from his pocket and putting it in his mouth.

"Xiaoyu, why are you smoking? Are you upset?" Zhao Zhenzhu asked.

"Sis, what are you doing here?" Zhao Tianyu was startled, and the cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground.

“I’ve been sitting here for over half an hour, didn’t you see me when you came out of the house?” Zhao Zhenzhu said with a smile.

Zhao Zhenzhu chased Zhao Tianyu out of Wu Meiyun's room, originally intending to talk to him about something. Unexpectedly, she overheard Liang Xiaohe and Zhao Tianyu arguing.

Zhao Zhenzhu didn't want to eavesdrop.

However, after Zhao Zhenzhu gained access to the spatial dimension, her mental strength became abnormally powerful. Even though Zhao Tianyu and Liang Xiaohe weren't speaking loudly, Zhao Zhenzhu could still hear everything clearly.

"Sister, did you... hear me talking to Xiaohe?" Zhao Tianyu asked cautiously.

Seeing Zhao Zhenzhu nod, Zhao Tianyu hurriedly said, "Sister, Xiaohe didn't mean it, don't take it to heart."

Zhao Tianyu was afraid that Zhao Zhenzhu would hear Liang Xiaohe talking badly about her behind her back and would leave her parents' home ahead of time.

“Xiaoyu, Xiaohe is actually right about something. I will give you half of my dowry in a few years…”

Before Zhao Zhenzhu could finish speaking, Zhao Tianyu exclaimed, "Sister, aren't you contradicting me? What Mom and Dad gave you is yours. I don't want it."

“Xiaoyu, listen to me. I’ve thought about this for a long time, it’s not a decision I made today. We’re both Mom’s children, and half of what Mom has should belong to you,” Zhao Zhenzhu said earnestly.