Chapter 130 Jinhua's Plan
Jinhua lives at her mother's house, but actually doesn't want to go back.
Although she was the new daughter-in-law in the Dai family, everyone was older than her.
After fighting with Dai Sanlang and being locked up in the woodshed, even the servants, domestic workers, and farmhands looked at her with a mixture of pity and ridicule.
Back at her mother's house, although her father's temperament had become much more gloomy, he still loved her.
Not to mention mother.
Her brother Xia Dalang also treats her as the apple of his eye.
No matter what my sister-in-law Zhu thought in her heart, at least on the surface, she acted like a virtuous and good sister-in-law.
Even my little niece A Liu, who is only a few months old and can't speak yet, would smile sweetly when she sees her.
With such a good family, she never wanted to go back to the Dai family again!
However, Jinhua knew that her idea was just a thought.
When she quarreled and fought with Dai Sanlang, her parents would support her. Because the reputation of their daughter in the Dai family directly determined the reputation of the Xia family. In a deeper sense, it also involved the question of whether she could control the Dai family in the future.
But if she wanted to divorce Dai Sanlang, her parents would definitely not support her.
If the Dai family came to pick her up, she could arrogantly refuse the first time. The second time, she could use the excuse that her parents were reluctant to let her go and ask them to let her stay at her parents' home for a few more days. But the third time, she would have to go back with Dai Sanlang.
If she didn't catch Dai Sanlang and just went back like this, what would be waiting for her would definitely be a more miserable situation than the woodshed.
Maybe she won't be short of food and drink.
But there are many ways to make things difficult for someone, to trip them up, and to torture them.
If she wants to live a comfortable life, or even hold power in the future, she must accomplish her goal in one go.
And pear blossoms are precisely the key to this battle.
How could she let such a small matter as the long distance delay her big thing?
Jinhua thought about it for a long time and said to Liu:
"Mom, I'm afraid we'll have to spend some money on this."
Liu said, "Why would you want to do that? Lihua has such a bad temper, she might not even take a few coins seriously. She might even throw it back in my face!"
Golden Flower Road:
"I know Lihua's personality. Although she has a bad temper, she is also quite loyal. She has a lot of sisterly love."
Having said this, Jinhua lowered her head and sneered softly, then continued:
"If Lihua knew that I was bullied in the Dai family, even if she wouldn't stand up for me, I'm sure she wouldn't refuse me if I asked her for help at this critical moment."
Liu angrily rejected it:
"No! No! How can mother bear to let you beg her?
Besides, you suffered a loss in the Dai family. If you tell her, it means that everyone in the old house will know about it.
By then, your aunts will be laughing so hard that their mouths will be crooked!"
Jinhua smiled faintly:
"Mom, let's hold back our anger for a while so that she can take the bait!
If Dai Sanlang really takes her down, do you think my aunts will laugh at me or her?"
"this……"
Jinhua's words made sense. Upon hearing this, Liu couldn't help but feel a little hesitant.
She absolutely didn't want her sisters-in-law to laugh at her and Jinhua.
But if this could be accomplished, I believe that by then, the sisters-in-law’s attention would definitely not be focused on the fact that Jinhua was bullied.
After all, whose daughter has never been bullied by her husband's family after getting married?
"Mom, I think it's better this way.
Find an opportunity to pass the message across and tell Lihua that I was bullied in the Dai family and wanted to please my mother-in-law, so I want to embroider a set of four screens as a birthday gift for her.
But embroidering four screens is a big project, and it is also a delicate job. It is really a bit late. So I had to beg Lihua to stay at our house for a few days to help me.
To compensate her for delaying family matters, we can give her some money."
"What? She wants me to give her money?" Liu's tone suddenly rose eight degrees.
“You don’t have to actually pay the money, just promise to pay it.
By then, when our plan is complete, how can she even think about the money?"
When Liu heard this, she immediately smiled happily:
"Our Jinhua is still smart!
Humph, the old house is a bunch of short-sighted people who can't take advantage of our big house, and they never have a good word to say.
Your bunch of aunts are all blind!
You only see the good points of Lihua, but you don't know that my Jinhua is the best young lady in our Xia family!"
Jinhua smiled bitterly: "Mom, I am now a wife of the Dai family. How can I still be a young lady?"
After hearing this, Liu's eyes became misty again:
"I've always said that none of your aunts are good! They knew that the Dai family was unreliable, but they didn't tell us. As a result, mother made a mistake and my Jinhua suffered!"
Jinhua held Liu in her arms, patted her gently, and whispered comforting words in her ear. It was not until half a quarter of an hour later that Liu's emotions gradually calmed down.
Liu said to Jinhua:
“If you want to eat anything, just tell your sister-in-law and let her make it for you.
"Mrs. Liu, who works in the kitchen, has a son who has caught typhoid fever. She has been absent-minded these past few days. She either adds too much salt or too much vinegar when cooking. Mother doesn't like it and has sent her home."
Jinhua's eyes dimmed, and she said to Liu:
"Mom, you should take care of A-Liu more on weekdays, so that your sister-in-law can free up her hands to take care of the housework!
I married and took away a large dowry;
Dad went to labor camp, fell ill, and now has lost his job;
No matter how frugal my eldest brother was, he still had to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstone. When studying in the academy, he couldn't avoid socializing and drinking with his classmates, so money was needed everywhere.
If this continues, won't we run out of money sooner or later?
We don’t have any income at home, so we can’t hire servants anymore.”
Liu opened her mouth, but swallowed her words back.
Jinhua guessed what Liu was thinking, and continued to frown and said with a worried look:
"Originally my daughter thought that since the Dai family is wealthy and my family is an official, we could help each other.
I never expected that Dai Sanlang was such a scoundrel.
I guess if we want to rely on our son-in-law for help, we can't do it for a while. Maybe they will have to wait until my eldest brother passes the imperial examination before they can rely on him.
Our family has no income, and our son-in-law is unreliable, so we have to start saving money."
Liu was moved to tears by Jinhua's words.
She has been living a life of luxury in recent years. Except when she returns to the old house in the village and needs to put on a show in front of the old couple, she can be said to be very comfortable at other times.
She was not afraid to fire the servants, after all, she still had her daughter-in-law Zhu to serve her.
But if we want to be frugal, I'm afraid it's not just the servants that need to be saved.
When Liu thought about replacing fine rice, noodles, chicken, duck, fish and meat with millet flour steamed buns and pickled cabbage dumplings, she felt her throat dry and the tip of her tongue bitter.
How could she bear this?
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