It's the perfect time for family reunions during the Lunar New Year, as all of Zhu's sons and daughters-in-law will be returning to their old house.
At this point, Zhang Dahua and Sheng Dahu personally took charge of the cooking.
Sheng Jinjin used this opportunity to slip the medicine into her food.
Because the Zhu family was large, they were divided into several tables.
Just in case, Sheng Jinjin added a little medicinal powder to the wine and even let Sheng Dahu taste it.
Sheng Dahu knew nothing about it, and foolishly took a sip, finding the taste a bit bitter.
Sheng Jinjin quickly switched to an expensive bottle of foreign liquor, reducing the proportion of the medicine powder. This time, the taste wasn't bitter; instead, it was very mellow and strong.
Seeing her acting suspiciously, Zhang Dahua asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"
What are you doing in the kitchen so early in the morning?
Sheng Jinjin didn't tell her, only saying, "The Zhu family's sisters-in-law have been causing me trouble lately. I'm afraid they'll use the bad food at the banquet as an excuse to make things worse, so I want to make it better."
Zhang Dahua had no doubts.
I'm going back to cooking.
Actually, the Zhu family's old house was originally going to hire a chef, but Sheng Jinjin took the initiative to have Zhang Dahua and Sheng Dahu wash vegetables and cook, saying that hiring outsiders was not as good as hiring their own people, mainly to curry favor with Granny Zhu.
Moreover, the couple received double the salary, which was considered a decent income.
Zhang Dahua was initially dissatisfied.
"We followed you to enjoy a life of luxury, why are you making us do the work of servants?"
Having one's in-laws work for them makes one feel inferior.
Sheng Jinjin tried to brainwash them, saying, "If we hire outsiders, won't all the money go to them?"
"Besides, if the child is cared for by a nanny, won't they become less close to you?"
"You should know that these two children are the apple of Granny Zhu's eye. If they don't like you, what good will it do you?"
"Once you've taken good care of your grandson, will you still have to worry about your retirement?"
Zhang Dahua thought about it and agreed.
If we raise our grandson well, he'll definitely be living a life of luxury in the future.
Moreover, he usually just cooks three meals a day for Granny Zhu, which isn't too hard work, and he gets paid, which is much better than before.
But today I have to cook for so many people in the Zhu family, and also serve them tea and water. I feel like a servant.
The Zhu family's sisters-in-law were also laughing at Sheng Jinjin, "Tenth sister-in-law, you earn quite a bit of money, why are you still making your parents do servant work? It sounds terrible to others."
"If I didn't know better, I would think you sold your parents out for personal gain. For your own wealth and status, you actually made your parents serve you tea and water. Just thinking about it makes people think you are unfilial."
"Exactly. We can't bear to let our parents serve tea and water, do laundry and cook for others. They're worse off than maids."
The daughters-in-law all chimed in with their own sarcastic remarks about Sheng Jinjin.
Sheng Jinjin was not provoked by them. Instead, she pitifully said to Granny Zhu, "Although the Zhu family is rich, money doesn't grow on trees."
"My original intention was to save my parents some money, after all, it's not easy for them to earn money."
"I never expected that my sisters-in-law would think the Zhu family's money was so easy to come by, like it fell from the sky and they could just hire people whenever they wanted?"
“When you’re not home, my parents just cook us some home-cooked meals and treat us like family. It’s nothing like the servants you’re talking about.”
"My parents aren't the kind of people who look down on my parents. You've portrayed them like bad landlords from the old society, it's really..."
When Granny Zhu heard this, she got angry and glared at her daughters-in-law.
"Alright, you're back all the time, stop with the nonsense!"
"You all have so much money, yet you never bring it back to give as tribute."
"Jinjin used the money she earned this month to buy me a big gold bracelet."
Sheng Jinjin is now very good at bribing Granny Zhu and Mr. Zhu.
Every time she negotiated a business deal and agreed on a commission, she would buy gifts from Mr. Zhu and Mrs. Zhu.
Make them believe that they will spend the money they earn on them, and they will be more willing to let her talk to them about more business.
As for why they don't hire anyone to help at home, it's because they're afraid of too many people gossiping.
She can't let anyone else see what's going on between her and those men.
She even kept it a secret from Zhang Dahua and her husband.
Only in this way could they be convinced that her child belonged to the Zhu family.
Moreover, having servants at home is not a good thing for her; they might be spies sent by someone else, so Zhang Dahua and Sheng Dahu will have to work hard.
Granny Zhu is very protective of Sheng Jinjin now. Holding her grandson in her arms, she said irritably to the group of daughters-in-law who had just given birth to daughters, "You know how hard they work, why don't you go and help? Are you all just waiting to be fed?"
The daughters-in-law were so embarrassed by what they said that they went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes.
They ate together once all the dishes were served.
Mr. Zhu looked at his two grandsons and then at Sheng Jinjin, who kept putting food on their plates. He was in a very good mood.
He even praised Sheng Jinjin in front of all his sons and daughters-in-law.
"Jin Jin's business is doing well now. She brought in another two million yuan worth of orders for the factory at the end of the year. We're going to have a good year."
"I hope you can learn from Jinjin and do more for the factory."
The group of sisters-in-law were so jealous when they heard that Mr. Zhu had agreed to buy a shop for Sheng Jinjin.
But they brought the factory two million in orders, which is something they couldn't do.
Even jealousy is useless.
Mr. Zhu specifically asked Sheng Jinjin, "Have you chosen a shop yet?"
Sheng Jinjin smiled and said, "I've chosen a prime shop. If business is booming, I'll use the money to support you two and buy you even better things."
These words made Mr. Zhu and Mrs. Zhu very happy, and they kept praising her for being filial.
The Zhu family's daughters-in-law were even more restless.
Feeling depressed, he started drinking.
Sheng Jinjin was relieved to see that they had all drunk the wine, and even the group of uncles and elders had drunk it.
As long as this group of people doesn't have any more children, there will be no one to compete with her son.
Then the Zhu family will belong to her.
The group of sisters-in-law went back in a huff.
They were all thinking to themselves, "Next year we must bring business to the factory, and we can't let Sheng Jinjin steal the spotlight anymore."
Their husbands thought so too.
"Next year I'll go to another province to do some business."
Having exhausted all local business, the only option left is to expand to other provinces.
I've heard that Shanghai is a nice city; I might go and check it out sometime.
Those daughters-in-law also wanted to go out and start their own businesses.
Otherwise, sooner or later Sheng Jinjin will become the only one in power.
That side.
After winning the house, Grandma He's family happily gathered together and had a meal with their relatives from the village.
This time, Old Mrs. He was generous enough to pay for a table and treat everyone to a meal.
However, she now knows how to split the bill when treating guests, asking her sons to each contribute a portion, so that she only needs to pay one portion to treat a table of guests, thus saving face and maintaining appearances.
A relative of the Sheng family asked her, "Hasn't your sixth son come back?"
Today's banquet didn't even include a mention of He Yushen being invited by He's mother.
Old Mrs. He remembered that Xiao Shunxin had taken Sheng Yueqing's surname, so she didn't invite them.
On the contrary, it was the He family brothers who went to invite him, fearing that it would be bad if He Yushen found out.
He Yushen actually found out.
He came in with a sarcastic and unfriendly tone.
"Mom, you sneaked out for dinner and didn't invite me?"
When Old Mrs. He saw that he was holding the little girl, she snorted, "Why did I invite you? You're surnamed Sheng now, what are you doing eating at my He family's house?"
He Yushen chuckled and said, "That's a good idea. I'll change my surname to Sheng when I get back, and I'll be your son-in-law from now on, haha~"
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