Here, when Cheng Jiawen returned home, the Cheng family was already having dinner. Cheng's mother saw Cheng Jiawen come in, frowned and scolded him, "You don't work all day, where have you been?"
Cheng Jiawen looked at the family sitting neatly at the table to eat, without even raising his eyes, and said lightly: "Nowhere."
After saying that, he walked straight to the kitchen and opened the pot. It was empty. He laughed at himself. What was he expecting? Wasn't he used to it? When had they ever left any food for him?
He stretched and walked back to the room indifferently without staying in the yard. He was not interested in listening to Cheng's mother's nagging there.
Seeing him like this, Cheng's mother was furious and whispered: "You bastard, you have no conscience."
Father Cheng, elder brother Cheng, elder sister-in-law Cheng, second brother Cheng, and second sister-in-law Cheng at the table looked at each other without saying much. The younger ones at the table were used to their grandmother always talking about fourth uncle like this, so they didn't even raise their eyes and just ate their own food.
There are four brothers and sisters in the Cheng family, the eldest brother Cheng Jiayao, the second brother Cheng Jiayuan, the third brother Cheng Fangfang, and the fourth brother Cheng Jiawen. The most favored one among them is Cheng Jiayao. His child Goudan is also the eldest son and grandson, and is also doted on. The rest are the two girls from the second brother's family, Zhaodi and Laidi, who are basically not welcomed at home.
Cheng Jiawen returned to the room, locked the door, put his ear to the door, paused, and after confirming that no one was eavesdropping, he took off his clothes, sat down on the edge of the bed, quietly lifted the bed board, and pulled out a brick on the side. There was a small box inside.
He took out the small box, opened it with the key, and found a few dollars inside. After pouring the money on the bed, he quickly pressed a few times with his fingers, and the secret compartment of the box opened. There were several volumes of Great Unity inside, and there were probably a few hundred dollars.
After checking the secret compartment, he closed the box. There were still a few dollars on the surface, and there was also an IOU today. Yes, it was Xu Qianjiao's IOU, which was carefully locked in the box by Cheng Jiawen.
After he put the box back in its place, he checked it carefully to make sure nothing was missing before lying down on the bed to sleep.
This was something he had to do every day. He had to check every day to see if there was any money missing from the box. There was no other way. He had discovered before that someone always rummaged through his room while he was away.
After he found out, he didn't say anything, but hid the money more tightly. He didn't dare to slack off in his daily life and never dared to show off his wealth. They came to his room and searched it several times, but found nothing. They confirmed that he really didn't make money secretly, but was just hanging out.
Cheng Jiawen was happy with this result. It was better to believe that one day they would not be able to bear to separate from him, and then he would be liberated.
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Here, after the Xu family finished their meal, Xu's mother went to wash the dishes. The rule in their family was that one family would cook and wash the dishes every day, and the two families would take turns.
Xu Qianjiao walked over to her grandmother and sat down next to her. "Grandma, are you tired? Let me give you a back massage."
After that, she stood up and gently massaged Grandma Xu's shoulders. Grandma Xu looked very happy. After a while, she took Xu Qianjiao's hand and said, "Good girl, that's enough. Grandma is not tired anymore."
"Grandma, I'm almost well now. I can go out to work. If I stay at home any longer, I'm afraid others will have objections..." Xu Qianjiao spoke in a lower and lower voice.
When Grandma Xu heard this, she cursed, "I'll see who dares to say anything to you." She swept her eyes over the family from the first house. When the family from the first house heard this, they all lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Grandma Xu.
Grandma Xu sighed inwardly, feeling a little helpless. She actually knew in her heart that although outsiders said that the second wife was taking advantage of the first wife, in reality, the work done by the second wife and her husband was enough to cover the expenses of their family of three, and there would definitely be some left over by the end of the year.
On the contrary, it is the big house with more people and more food. Yes, the eldest son and his wife eat ten centimeters every day, but there are so many people eating in their family. They have three children to raise. Although Kang Ge'er has gone to the army, there are still two children, and Kang Ge'er also needs subsidies from time to time. So, who is the one who suffers in the end?
Because she knew all these things clearly, she allowed the second wife and her husband to be lazy and tried her best to be nice to Xu Qianjiao. Only in this way would the second wife not have too many complaints against the first wife.
But she didn't expect that the one who complained was not the second wife, but the first wife who had taken advantage of her.
She sighed and slowly said to Uncle Xu, "Boss, why don't you give Jiaojiao an easier job? Feeding cows would be a good option, what do you think?"
Uncle Xu nodded. He didn't dare to go against his mother's wishes. When his aunt heard this, her face twisted. Her daughter was going to work in the fields, so why shouldn't the second wife's daughter be used? But she didn't dare to argue with Grandma Xu, so she could only return to her room angrily.
Xu Qianjiao got the job she wanted, and she smiled sweetly at Grandma Xu, "Thank you, Grandma. I knew you were the best to me."
"Be good." Grandma Xu touched Xu Qianjiao's head, then slowly stood up and walked back to her room to rest.
Xu Qianrou watched this scene, her face twisted with jealousy. She walked over to Xu Qianjiao and said, "Hmph, don't think that just because grandma loves you, you can turn the tables. In this family, we, the eldest wife, have always been the masters. You will never be able to surpass me."
Xu Qianjiao rolled her eyes at her and said, "Tsk, who wants to compete with you?"
After saying that, he pushed her away and went back to his room to rest happily.
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After Xu Qianjiao returned to the room, she searched the entire room and found two dollars. One dollar was the money her mother had given to Xu Qianjiao to go to the city to play, but Xu Qianjiao had a fight with Qin Guizhi that day and couldn't go, so she saved the money.
When Xu Qianjiao saw that her total assets were only two dollars, she felt like crying but had no tears.
Oh my God, when would I, Miss Xu, ever worry about money? In modern times, I spend money freely and have never encountered a time when I was short of money.
She held the two dollars in her hand, looking helpless. She said, "I borrowed one dollar from someone else today, so I only have one dollar left. Oh, is there any way to make money? It's really painful to have no money."
She rolled over on the bed, and with a "hiss" sound, she seemed to feel her buttocks a little cold. She slowly stood up and looked at her buttocks with a little horror.
"Ahhh~" Suddenly there was a scream, what should I do, ┭┮﹏┭┮
"Xu Qianjiao, what are you screaming about in there? Go to sleep quickly and don't disturb others." Xu's mother heard the strange noise coming from Xu Qianjiao's room, walked to her door, knocked, and stood at the door to warn her.
Xu Qianjiao immediately covered her mouth and said, "Okay, Mom, it's okay. I just saw a cockroach. It's okay now."
"Okay, go to bed early."
After saying that, Xu's mother left. Xu Qianjiao immediately loosened her hands that were covering her buttocks. Woohoo, she didn't want anyone else to know about such an embarrassing thing, not even her mother.
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