On Guo Zhimeng's birthday, Liu Qing sent back five thousand yuan and asked Sun Lifang to keep an eye on things for her. "I've already ordered the hotel cake and everything. Mengmeng doesn't like me going over, so you can buy her something."

Liu Qing's position will change again in the second half of the year, and if nothing unexpected happens, she will be promoted again.

In this way, Liu Qing would be the only official in the Liu family.

"I really don't know what her sister-in-law is thinking," Sun Lifang pondered. "Isn't Sister-in-law Liu Qing trapping herself in this mess?"

There is no concept of family.

Liu Baiyang should be considered a second-generation businessman. If he wants to move up the ladder, he needs to build connections and have connections to back him up. This will make things easier for him in all aspects of the business world.

As the eldest sister-in-law, she wants to benefit from others' connections but doesn't want to contribute anything in return.

Liu Kou is gone, and your family's business still needs Commander Jin's help, so don't worry about having too much gold. "I've never seen her come to visit."

Secondly, for Old Mrs. Liu, with her eldest daughter dead, the relationship with her eldest son-in-law became more distant, making it difficult to ask for help.

The only one who truly cares about the family business is the youngest daughter, Liu Qing, and her connections and background.

With the daughter-in-law causing such a commotion, who's the one who looks bad?

“In the original layout, the Liu family did not distinguish between men and women.” Sun Lifang admired the layout of the two elders of the Liu family. “They had a concept of family, helped each other, and worked together.”

With three children, each with connections in politics, business, and academia, they are well-rounded and capable of supporting each other, helping the family reach new heights.

But the daughter-in-law didn't understand this; all she did was make a scene.

"Mengmeng was just a trigger; what really made Lu Pingping argue with her in-laws was something else."

Those who go into politics can't be too rich. When distributing company shares and her own assets, Mrs. Liu gave her son and daughter the same share.

This would allow Liu Qing to focus on her official duties without any worries, preventing her from being blinded by bribes or the like, and giving her the confidence to practice "serving the people."

The division was made into three parts, with Liu Kou's share remaining under Jin Ziming's name, ensuring equality between sons and daughters.

And that's how it turned out. Lu Pingping got angry. "Why should she? My daughter is married and already living away from home. Why is she coming back to claim a share of the family property?"

Her mother didn't spend a single penny when she got married; she gave all the money to her younger brother.

Therefore, she felt that her in-laws should do the same and should not give money to her sister-in-law.

In this way, the two are no longer on the same level.

Liu Baiyang explained to his wife, "Without the help of my two younger sisters, our company would not have been able to expand to such a large size."

It takes three generations of effort to enter the upper class. Old Liu also started as a peddler, going from street to street. Having been immersed in society for many years, he knew that "a group of people is always more likely to win than one person."

So in those days when people couldn't get enough to eat, Old Man Liu would rather go hungry and sell his blood to pay for his family's education, in order to build a family business and move up the social ladder.

"This is why wealthy people have more children." After accumulating a certain amount of initial wealth, the next step is to focus on having more children.

“We’ve reached pretty much the heights of our lives, but our child still has endless room for imagination.” Liu Baiyang tried to explain the meaning of family to his wife. “I’m not helping my own sister, but paving the way for our DouDou.”

If you completely offend Liu Qing, do you think he'll still help you?

Two generations' hard work was ruined by your petty squabble. Liu Baiyang advised his wife to go, "Celebrate Mengmeng's birthday, and apologize to our mother afterwards."

Even after apologizing, Lu Pingping still felt wronged.

"But my parents didn't give me a single penny; they favored boys over girls."

"Why does it become a case of favoring girls over boys in your family?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Baiyang laughed, "It's wrong of you to bring up the concepts of 'light' and 'heavy' in the first place. You know you felt uncomfortable when your mother did what she did back then, so let's follow the principle of 'do not do to others what you would not have them do to you,' okay? Let's erase the concept of 'light' and 'heavy' from our generation."

Hearing this, Lu Pingping seemed to have taken it to heart, wiping away her tears and nodding. "I know I was wrong, but I couldn't help myself at the time. I lacked the demeanor and refinement of a noblewoman."

Would a wealthy woman really make a huge scene over a few snacks?

That touched on her family of origin.

Having been treated unfairly as a child, seeing my in-laws treat my husband's younger sister's child better as an adult triggered those memories, causing me to explode.

“I’m not usually like this, it’s just that—” After thinking for a moment, Lu Pingping didn’t know how to treat her illness.

The trauma of her childhood and the unfair treatment she received from her parents cannot be erased. "I am also in pain. Whenever I see DouDou looking at her grandparents with envy, I am reminded of myself when I was a child."

That's how the argument broke out. All those years of gentle and virtuous facade were suddenly ripped off, and all sorts of foul language came out, infuriating her in-laws.

Only afterwards did I begin to deeply regret what I had done.

She regretted it, but she still couldn't bring herself to apologize to her in-laws.

Only her husband patiently acted as a peacemaker, neither taking sides nor scolding her for being "unrefined."

Feeling grateful, Lu Pingping was deeply thankful to her husband for his understanding, encouragement, and ability to make her laugh.

The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law depends on the man; a man with high emotional intelligence will not let his wife and mother clash directly.

For Liu Baiyang, it's all about giving the cold shoulder—

First, separate the two of them, then coax the wife using both gentle and forceful methods.

"So when we have a daughter in the future, you won't give her a single penny?"

Suddenly, Liu Baiyang asked his wife, "Since you hate girls so much, how about we don't give her any money after we have a daughter?"

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