"Eight hundred coins, not bad!"
Xia Jinheng said proudly: "Mom, this is just the beginning. Just wait and see, there will be more in the days ahead!"
Xia Jinheng deliberately glanced at Zhang. Both the brother and sister were smart people. They thought of the same thing and inadvertently helped move things forward a step.
"Fourth brother..."
"Who is your fourth brother!" Xia Jinheng shouted angrily, "My mother took you in because she was kind-hearted. I am not like that. Stop trying to get close to her. You have nothing to do with our Xia family anymore."
After Xia Jinheng finished speaking, he went straight to the old lady's room. After entering, he saw the grandparents and grandchildren laughing like two foxes, and he also became confused.
After a moment, he knew the reason and asked worriedly, "Mom, did I ruin anything by saying that just now?"
"No, well said."
During dinner, Zhang offered to help, but Xia Jinxiu looked down on her. However, there was no way Xia Jinxiu would let her eat for free.
Before the food was even put into the pot, Zhang was already drooling with greed.
When she was here, the Xia family could not eat meat all year round. Now things have changed a lot. It seems that they can eat meat every meal.
That’s right, you’ve made so much money, what’s wrong with eating some meat?
Zhang wanted to eat meat, but Xia Jinxiu was so powerful that she wouldn't let her sit at the table at all. "Can you see a beggar eating at the same table with the master?"
Zhang pursed her lips and said, "I... I'm not a beggar, I'm..."
"Who are you? Do you have the nerve to say it? In my opinion, you are no different from a beggar."
After Xia Jinxiu finished speaking, she served everyone a bowl of white rice. She did this on purpose today, and she wanted to bring all the delicious food at home to the table.
Zhang didn't dare to snatch it by force, otherwise she would have no place to sleep tonight.
Although it was just leftovers and a little vegetable soup, at least she didn't have to starve and no one beat her. Zhang sat in the woodshed with her arms folded.
The cold wind blew and she shivered.
At this time, the door of the woodshed opened, and she saw Xia Chen coming in with an oil lamp in one hand and a tattered quilt in the other.
Zhang changed her usual cold expression and was now indescribably enthusiastic. "Second sister-in-law, I knew you were the best person in our family. We have a good relationship on weekdays, just like real sisters."
Xia Chenshi is just honest, not stupid. How could she not know how her sister-in-law treats her on a daily basis?
If this wasn't acting, she wouldn't want to bother with it.
"Sister-in-law, we are all women, and I feel sorry for you too."
Zhang held Xia Chen's hand and squeezed out tears, "Second sister-in-law, wuwu... I have a miserable life. It was all my fault before, but mother... what should I do if mother won't forgive me?"
Xia Chen sighed, "Mother treated you the best and loved you, but you did something that disappointed her."
Zhang nodded. Otherwise, she would have had good food and clothes. "I really regret it. I was wrong. Even if I went to the Hu family, I still felt that I was a member of the Xia family. But mother... I'm afraid she doesn't want me to come back."
Xia Chen was no longer willing to argue with her, and when they finally got to the point, she became more excited.
"Sister-in-law, you are now a favorite of mother, and she loves you. Please persuade her to let me come back. From now on, you can do the embroidery and I will serve you. I can even serve you like an old maid. Please."
"Sister-in-law, please stop talking like that!" Xia Chen suppressed her nausea and whispered, "I am a woman and don't know much, but I just heard mother telling Jin Jun that you are really pitiful, but it's not that she doesn't want you to come back."
"What is that? I came back as soon as she nodded!" Zhang said anxiously.
Xia Chen took a breath and shuddered, "Jinjun said that the Hu family might not let you go."
"Just give the money. As long as Hu Erping gets back the five taels of silver, he will definitely agree to let me come back." After Zhang said this, Xia Chen did not respond.
She was stunned for a moment. "I... I know that five taels of silver is a lot, but as long as I can come back, I will work like a cow or a horse to serve mother and you, second brother and sister-in-law, you can't just stand by and watch me die. If I go back, I won't be able to survive."
"The money is with your mother. Given her personality, she will never give it to you."
"Then what should we do? Second brother's wife, haven't you made some money?" Zhang's eyes were shining as she turned to look at Xia Chen.
Xia Chen wanted to say that this person really had his eyes on her, fortunately her youngest daughter had already thought of it.
"Sister-in-law, don't you know who is the head of our family? All the money we earn is with mom! I can't steal it, can I?"
"Stealing... is not impossible!" Zhang was anxious to escape from the Hu family and could think of all kinds of bad ideas.
Xia Chen sneered in her heart. Is she seriously ill? Why is she helping Zhang to steal money?
"Sister-in-law, I... don't dare."
Zhang could only persuade others, but she herself didn't dare to go. After all, it had been so many years and she didn't know where the old lady's money was.
"Besides, our family can't afford that much money. How about you just be patient?"
"No, no, no, I don't want to endure it for another day. I will die." Zhang was really afraid of Hu Erping. He was simply not a human being.
"Then we can only start with the Hu family. Why don't you discuss it with him?"
Zhang really wanted to roll her eyes. She thought there was something different about Xia Chen, but she's still just an idiot.
If it could be negotiated, would she come here and be so humble?
"No way?" Xia Chenshi looked helpless. "Then... how about you just wait a little longer until Hu Erping dies? He's such a reckless person, maybe he'll die young. Then you can come back and I'll plead for you."
Zhang wants to curse, but how long will it take?
It's not unfair to say that she is a fool.
"Second brother's wife, it's easy for you to say that. If he died so easily..." Zhang paused slightly. If you want someone to die...it's actually not that difficult.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
"Nothing...nothing. He's a bad guy who cheats and deceives people. He's just a beast. Maybe God will open his eyes."
Xia Chen remembered that her youngest daughter had said that she must pay attention to Zhang's reaction. She couldn't see it, but she remembered her reaction clearly, without missing a single blink.
"Sister-in-law, there is one more thing."
"Just tell me quickly, hiss..." Zhang was so cold that she wrapped herself in a quilt, but she still felt cold. The cold wind blew into the bones.
"Even now I can still say something to mother, but when my third brother's wife comes in a few days, it will be different. I see that mother likes her very much. I am afraid... when the time comes, my persuasion to mother will not be of any use."
Zhang understood, "Look at what you said. Then I can still say that Hu Erping should die, and he will die."
"That's not what I meant. I meant... I want to help you, sister-in-law..."
"Alright, alright, I got it. If you're really nice to me, just bring me another quilt." Zhang urged, and she was about to reveal her true colors.
Xia Chen nodded and said she would come soon, but Zhang waited for half the night and no one showed up.
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