Chapter 266 You Are Confused
After hearing this, the old lady couldn't help but frown and said, "Sister Cui, that's not the case. Our family has many old people and young children. If it weren't for my eldest granddaughter's ability, our family would be worse off than yours."
"How could that be? Don't you know how many people in the village envy your family? You don't even have to do the land reclamation yourself, and you hire so many people every day. I think it won't be long before you become landlords."
"There's nothing we can do. The children are still young, and I'm old, so neither of us can do the work. My granddaughter and her two sisters alone can't do the job, so we have no choice but to hire people to come back and help. If my family were as large as yours, we wouldn't have to spend that much money at all."
When Mrs. Cui saw that the old lady didn't understand her meaning at all, she felt a little unhappy. However, since she came today, she planned to return empty-handed.
So, she looked at the old lady and said with a smile, "Sister He, I have a big family but we're also poor. That's why I came here today. First, I was afraid you'd be lonely so I came to talk to you. Second, I wanted to borrow some money from you. My family is struggling to make ends meet."
When the old lady heard that Mrs. Cui wanted to borrow money from her, she felt embarrassed for a moment because she had no money at all and could not borrow it even if she wanted to.
Besides, she wasn't stupid, and she was also worried that the money she lent wouldn't be returned. Therefore, she looked at the other person with an embarrassed expression and said, "Sister Cui, if you're here to talk to me, then I welcome you. But if you're here to borrow money from me, then I can only say sorry."
"Sister He, we're so familiar with each other, and I even came here to talk to you, but you're not willing to lend me even a little money? I'm not going to lend you much, five taels of silver, you can't say you can't take it out, right?"
"Sister Cui, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I don't have a penny on me."
"You're not lying to me, are you?" Old Mrs. Cui looked unconvinced, thinking that the old lady said that on purpose because she didn't want to lend the money. She had inquired clearly, and the old lady was the only elder in the Yue family, so she thought she should be the housekeeper.
Like their family, she is in charge of the money.
"Why would I lie to you? My family is managed by my granddaughter."
"You are so foolish! How can you let your granddaughter be the housekeeper? You should take over the management. Only then will they listen to you and dare not be unfilial to you."
"This?" The old lady felt that what Old Lady Cui said seemed to make sense. She was wondering if she had really done something wrong. Shouldn't she have let Yue Fuli be the housekeeper?
Just then, Ah Yu came back from the front yard and was a little unhappy when she heard the provocative words of Old Lady Cui. The relationship between Grandmother and Sister had finally eased, and it would be bad if it deteriorated again because of this old lady's provocation.
So, she walked into the house, greeted the old lady with a smile, and then asked, "Grandma, who is this?"
"She's from the village, you can just call her Grandma Cui."
"So it's Grandma Cui. I heard what you just said to my grandmother. But every family's situation is different, and the head of the household is also different. My grandmother is old and in poor health, so she can't take care of the family, so my sister is the head of the household. And what you just said about not being the head of the household, so the son is unfilial, I also have a different view. Whether children and grandchildren are filial or not has nothing to do with who is the head of the household, but rather with the children's character and family education."
"Your children and grandchildren are not filial. It can only be said that your parents did not teach them well."
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