Chapter Ninety-Three: You Taught Me This Lesson
Geng Yulan felt a little embarrassed by everyone's stares.
She smiled and shook her head: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I won't misunderstand."
Seeing her reaction, the sisters-in-law exchanged glances before cautiously asking:
"So... you don't care about what she said at the dinner table?"
"What did you say?" Geng Yulan was momentarily taken aback.
After seeing the worried looks in everyone's eyes, she finally understood what they meant.
She couldn't help but laugh: "Sister-in-law, third sister-in-law, sister-in-law, don't worry, I won't care about these words anymore!"
Yuan Qionghua and the others were even more confused.
Back then, whether my fourth brother's wife lived in the village or in the city...
When have I not been secretly saddened by these words?
Even in recent years, she has rarely been seen returning to the village.
It was after the news of the demolition came out.
They dragged her along a few times, but I never saw her interact with anyone else in the village.
Now they suddenly say they don't care about these things.
How could they possibly trust that so easily?
Geng Yulan seemed to know that it would be hard for people to believe her words.
But that's really what she thought.
Looking at the worries of her three sisters-in-law, her daughter, and other younger relatives.
Geng Yulan suddenly felt that the things she had cared about all these years were really like a joke.
But for some reason, her eyes felt a little sore.
There's a feeling I can't quite describe deep down.
It was as if something had truly been freed.
Seeing tears welling up in Geng Yulan's eyes again, the three sisters-in-law were at a loss.
Regardless of their personality.
But he is indeed a strong person at heart.
Like the fourth sister-in-law, a woman as gentle as water.
Even though they are both women, they really don't know how to get along.
Geng Yulan merely sniffed and smiled at the three of them.
She stroked her daughter, who had snuggled up and hugged her arm, and whispered, "Actually, what difference does it make whether you have a son or a daughter?"
Geng Yulan's sudden remark surprised the three sisters-in-law even more.
I wanted her to believe that statement back then.
Their whole family, from the parents-in-law to their sisters-in-law.
Even An Jianguo and his brothers practiced what they preached.
But Geng Yulan never believed it.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have almost succumbed to the gossip from the villagers.
But judging from her current demeanor, it seemed as if she was saying those words from the bottom of her heart.
The three sisters-in-law didn't quite understand where she had learned that information from.
An Songyu and the others were genuinely happy for their two cousins.
In fact, this is something that hasn't changed in the past twenty years or so that she has experienced.
Looking at the others, Geng Yulan's smile deepened.
The tears in my eyes seemed to have evaporated.
She smiled and sighed as she looked at the group, "Didn't you all teach me this lesson?"
The three sisters-in-law were even more confused.
Geng Yulan reminded everyone: "The homesteads, mulberry-fishpond contracts, orchard contracts, and demolition compensation in Jiangcun."
"There are also houses in Xingfu Jiayuan, and homesteads in Liangdi."
"Haven't you always treated each other like children?"
"Third Sister-in-law's family always makes four copies of everything, whether it's a son or a daughter."
"Whether you're married or not."
"My sister-in-law's son is with her, and her daughter is in Nanshi, but we still made sure to give her everything she needs."
"Sister-in-law, didn't you still choose four plots of land for your house today?"
"Did you choose all of these for your own family?"
“You all used to tell me that having a son or a daughter is the same.”
"I can't believe it, and I don't want to believe it."
"I always feel that you only say such things because you have a son."
"But who has ever allocated a residential plot in the village to a daughter before?"
"Unless that child is going to stay at home and have a son-in-law move in."
“But my third sister-in-law and her brother’s wife’s family would rather contract an extra hundred acres of orchards than not be allocated a homestead.”
"Unmarried children, let alone girls, even boys."
"Who would dare to let them invest hundreds of thousands of yuan in property like this?"
"But Third Sister-in-law's family was completely impartial, and my younger brother's wife's family followed suit without hesitation as soon as they heard it."
“Even though I only have two daughters, I have never been able to treat them fairly.”
"You're the ones who need to teach me this kind of principle."
"No matter how you teach me, you can't get it into my blockhead."
"Until today, after listening to what she said just now, I suddenly realized..."
“The people I should have trusted and listened to have always been by my side.”
"I wasted my energy on those unimportant and incorrect gossips."
"It even made my two children feel inferior to others because of me."
Geng Yulan stroked her daughter's head with even more tenderness.
An Songting was already clinging to her mother's arm, crying her eyes out.
What she had always hoped for was that her mother would treat her like a boy.
Instead, they hoped that their mother wouldn't feel inferior to others because she gave birth to them and her sisters.
Yuan Qionghua and the other two listened to Geng Yulan's heartfelt words.
But they felt even more helpless than when she shed tears.
To put it simply, they have a deep affection for the children.
In reality, it wasn't as fair and just as my fourth sister-in-law claimed.
But the fourth sister-in-law felt that she learned the right way to treat children from them.
This made them feel quite ashamed.
However, it was the younger generation like An Songyu.
Seeing the mother and daughter half-huddled together, both of them felt a lump in their throats.
The next morning, the An family began packing and moving.
Everyone in the village who had free time came to help.
Then it was discovered that Geng Yulan, who had always kept her head down and didn't talk much, had indeed undergone a noticeable change.
Although she still doesn't like to talk much.
But she no longer often keeps her head down.
She occasionally glances at her daughter, who is always busy beside her, and smiles with extra tenderness.
The villagers all smiled and praised her, saying that wealth had given her a healthy complexion.
She didn't deny it.
Money gives people courage.
Indeed, they had a huge fortune from the demolition compensation.
She spoke with a much stronger confidence when talking to others.
An Songyu's family didn't have much luggage to move.
The furniture that was specially purchased for the new home in Jiangcun doesn't show many signs of use yet!
However, after the couple saw the furniture belonging to the two elderly people and the furniture belonging to the eldest brother, they decided against it.
Let them move most of the furniture.
As for the elderly person's furniture, we'll deal with it all at once this time.
Anjia was a poor farmer for generations, and even though the furniture they used to make was made of more solid materials.
After these decades, they've all become broken and old.
In the past, there was no need for it, and the two elderly people were reluctant to part with it.
But now we have to move.
Even if you're reluctant to part with it, it's really unreasonable to keep using old furniture when you have perfectly good furniture.
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