The next day, Zhou Suisui and his family went to Zhou's house in Shengli Village.
Gu Jingheng had an injury on his arm, so Zhou Suisui pushed a bicycle with the things he was taking back to his mother's house hanging on the bicycle.
As soon as he arrived at the door, Zhou Suisui heard a quarrel and hurried in to see what was going on.
It was discovered that Zhou's mother was arguing with her sister-in-law Wang Shulan.
As soon as Zhou's mother saw her daughter coming back, she stopped immediately.
"Why are you here? Is my son-in-law back?" Zhou's mother said with a forced smile.
Zhou Suisui didn't feel comfortable asking anything in front of his sister-in-law.
"It's rare for Jingheng to come back, so he wanted to come and see you and my father. I haven't been back for a long time." Zhou Suisui said with a smile.
"How's my son-in-law's arm? Is it serious?" Zhou's mother said, looking at Gu Jingheng with his arm in a sling.
Gu Jingheng replied: "It's okay, Mom. It's not serious. My arm is almost healed."
"That's fine, just come over, don't take anything, just go into the house." Zhou's mother called out.
Wang Shulan saw Zhou Suisui, forced a smile, and went into the house.
Zhou Suisui asked as soon as he entered the room: "Mom, why did you quarrel with your sister-in-law?"
When Zhou's mother heard this, she immediately burst into tears.
"Tell me, is it easy for me to raise you kids?
This is not your eldest sister-in-law's family. You also know that the Wang family is poor. When your eldest sister-in-law married your eldest brother, she did not ask for such a high price.
Your eldest sister-in-law's brother found a girl a while ago and is getting married soon. The girl's family wants a betrothal gift of 50 yuan.
The Wang family was so poor, they had no money, so they borrowed from your sister-in-law. When your sister-in-law didn't have enough money, she came to me and told me."
Zhou's mother finally found someone to talk to, and now she told everything.
Zhou Suisui asked, "Then why don't you agree, mother?"
It’s obvious that the talks didn’t go well.
"Why wouldn't I agree? The Wang family has given birth to four or five daughters in a row, and now they're borrowing money from your sister-in-law. Why? It's because your sister-in-law is kind and our family is okay.
The other girls in their family have either married off to remote mountainous areas or become stepmothers. Can they repay the money they borrowed?"
"Besides, Lin Mu from the older family is about to start school next year. What will happen to Lin Mu's education if we lend all the money to her parents?"
Zhou Suisui poured her mother a glass of water. She took a sip and continued, "I said I didn't want to borrow the money, but I didn't say I couldn't let her borrow it myself. I just couldn't afford it. Then she started arguing with me."
"Why are you arguing?" Zhou Suisui didn't understand. Didn't Zhou's mother stop her sister-in-law from borrowing?
"She said that when she got married, the betrothal gift was only five yuan, and your second sister-in-law gave twenty yuan. She said that I was unfair and didn't treat everyone equally."
Mother Zhou said bitterly: "I am usually too good to them. They are getting ahead of me. How much dowry did she bring? How much dowry did your second sister-in-law bring? Why didn't she say this?"
“There are so many mothers-in-law in the village who bully their daughters-in-law. I, your mother, was once a daughter-in-law, so I don’t want to make things difficult for them.
Now, I don’t make things difficult for them, but instead they come to me for trouble.”
Zhou's mother was really angry. She seemed to be a good person. She was very capable at home and outside, and she took good care of her husband and children.
Now, for some unknown reason, he suddenly became ill. Zhou's mother felt that she was absolutely not at fault in this matter.
Zhou Suisui also thinks that his sister-in-law is quite outrageous. What is she doing in such a good life?
It is not right that the brother from the bride's family has to use the money of the married daughter to get married.
Besides, Zhou Suisui knows his mother well, and she is not unreasonable.
She never favors either of her two brothers. If she has to be partial to anyone, she is most partial to herself, the older girl.
"Mom, this is not your fault. Don't be angry. You are getting older and you should take care of your health. Don't get hurt by anger and make me, your daughter, worry." Zhou Suisui said with a smile while hugging her mother's arm.
After being comforted by her, Zhou's mother felt much better.
My daughter is right. I shouldn't get angry for no reason. It's not worth it if I get sick from anger.
Either you say that a daughter-in-law is different from your own daughter, and that the one born from your own belly is more caring and intimate.
Gu Jingheng didn't listen all the time and went out to chat with Zhou's father outside.
Da Wa and the others went out to play with the Zhou family’s children. Children are so adaptable.
As long as there are children of the same age, you can have fun playing together in no time.
Besides, Zhou's family would bring them to their grandparents' house to play every now and then, so they were no strangers to the Zhou family's children.
At this time, only Zhou's mother and Zhou Suisui were in the room.
Zhou Suisui took out twenty yuan from her pocket and said, "Mom, this is a gift from your daughter to you and my dad."
Zhou's mother pushed it away and refused to take it: "Your father and I are not short of money. You can keep it for yourself. The eldest, second and third children are getting older and there will be plenty of places to spend money in the future. Save it for my grandson."
"Mom, don't worry. We have no shortage of money. If your elder brother doesn't care about you anymore, I will. I will take care of you and my father in our old age. You still have a daughter."
Zhou Suisui was still worried after all, because she would be going to the army with Gu Jingheng after the New Year, and she would not be able to come often in the future.
Mother Zhou glared at Zhou Suisui and said, "Then it's up to you to take care of me in my old age. You still have two brothers. Even if we split up the family property, they still have to take care of me in my old age, otherwise I'll skin them alive."
"Then am I not your biological child? You raised me, so isn't it my duty to give you money and honor you?" Zhou Suisui said.
Then she forcefully stuffed the money into Zhou's mother's pocket and said, "Just spend the money I give you. Don't worry, this isn't your son-in-law's. It's earned by me, your daughter."
Zhou's mother smiled and said, "My daughter is really capable. It's not in vain that I love you so much, little girl." She tapped Zhou Suisui's little nose and said.
"That's right, I'm okay." After Zhou Sui Sui interrupted, Zhou's mother was no longer angry.
As for Wang Shulan, she can borrow money from her parents' home whenever she wants. Zhou's mother has no right to interfere and doesn't want to interfere, since the family has been separated long ago anyway.
As for wanting to borrow money from her, that's impossible.
Anyway, she has a clear conscience, and no one can say anything wrong about the way she treats her two daughters-in-law.
Perhaps Mrs. Zhou knew she was in the wrong, so she stayed in the house and didn't come out when Zhou Suisui's family came.
Wang Shulan also knew that her sister-in-law was not someone who would suffer any loss.
It’s a good thing that no one provokes her, otherwise Zhou Suisui will be merciless.
Brother Zhou and Brother Zhou were very happy to see their sister and brother-in-law when they came back from the fields.
Several older men sat together and chatted.
During the meal, Zhou's father asked, "Jingheng, when you get promoted, when will you take Suisui and her mother over?"
Gu Jingheng said modestly, "Dad, I plan to take my wife and the others away after the family housing over there is approved after the New Year."
Zhou's father was satisfied. It was not right for the couple to live apart like this forever.
Because it was our first birthday, the whole family had this meal together.
Wang Shulan kept her head down and didn't say a word the whole time. When she heard that Zhou Suisui was going to join the army, she lowered her head and seemed to be thinking about something.
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