"Alright, alright, Shuwen, you're the older brother. You're so much older than them, so why can't you give in?" Yan Erni pulled the two children to her side. "You two, too. You're so arrogant at home, but today you acted so arrogantly at your cousin's house. You deserve it."
"You wanted to go and see Chunxiao's place. Now that you have seen it, let's go back. They still have work to do." Zhou urged.
Although several people were reluctant to leave, Chunxiao's attitude was so tough that they were afraid that they would not be able to smooth things over if they continued talking, so Yan Erni had no choice but to leave with her people.
Chunxiao felt as if she had just experienced a fierce battle and her whole body relaxed. Zhang also came out after the others left.
"This cousin's wife is really not an easy person to deal with."
"That's right. I think she is the best in the family."
Zhang smiled and said, "Fortunately, little sister, you are not like father, otherwise we would have suffered a loss today."
In the evening, Chunxiao didn't want to go over for dinner, and neither did Zhang. Every time they ate together, Yan Erni would bring up the issue of continuing the family line, which annoyed her to death. However, she could avoid it on the first day but not on the fifteenth. After all, she and Chunxiao were different. Shuwen and the others could naturally stay at home without any hesitation, which made Shuduo and Paner very envious. However, there was no way, as there were not enough seats, so they could only follow their mother back.
After Zhang went back, Wangzu and Dongsheng came back. When Wangzu heard that her aunt had come, she burst into laughter.
"I was wondering why my sister-in-law asked us to go up the mountain to chop firewood. It turns out that Aunt Erni has returned. Yes, she comes back every Qingming Festival. She is very clingy."
"Brother Wangzu, you seem to know a lot about our family affairs."
"I'm not asking questions blindly. My mother and the others told me. Let's go back." Before leaving, he asked again what they were going to do tomorrow.
Chunxiao asked them to go back to the fields to weed, but they probably wouldn't go there.
The next day, when Chunxiao woke up, Yan Dahe had already gone to deliver the goods. Zhou and Tian and the others came over.
"Have our aunt and the others left?" Chunxiao was sitting in the yard washing clothes.
"How can we go so fast? We should have lunch first. Your father and your eldest brother are with us."
"Did they mention borrowing money again after we got back yesterday?"
"Why didn't you mention it? Your father later discussed with me privately that if it really didn't work out, we should just lend them 10 taels. This was the amount we had discussed at the beginning. What can I say? If you want to lend it to me, go ahead and lend it to me. I don't care."
"Mom, Dashan told me yesterday that Dad also told my second brother that both families should chip in five taels each to lend to Aunt. My opinion is the same as what my younger sister said. If you borrow and pay back, it won't be difficult to borrow again. If you don't pay it back, don't expect to get anything from this place in the future."
Although Zhou couldn't say she was happy today, for some reason, she wasn't as angry as before when she talked about Yan Erni.
Chunxiao pulled her sister-in-law and asked, "Why isn't our mother angry anymore?"
Tian leaned close to her ear and said, "After dinner last night, everyone went back to their rooms. Our aunt had an argument with the family in the room."
"Why are you arguing?" Chun Xiao didn't understand. "They're upset because they didn't get the money."
"no!"
Zhou looked at the two whispering in each other's ears and said, "Alright, you guys treat me as if I'm deaf right in front of you. If you want to say something, just say it. There's no need to hide it."
Tian smiled and said, "I didn't say anything, mother. I just told my younger sister about the quarrel between my aunt and the others yesterday."
When talking about this matter, Zhou's expression became a little strange.
"Mom, there's no one around right now. Can you tell me why my aunt and the others are arguing?"
A few people pulled up stools in the yard and sat down. "I just found out yesterday that although Erni can be annoying at times, she does have some principles, just like your father said."
Chunxiao became even more curious when she heard this. What did he say to change her mother's mind?
"Yesterday we were all resting in our room when we heard a quarrel coming from the room where your aunt and her family lived. I couldn't help but eavesdrop from a corner." Tian couldn't help laughing.
"You're still laughing. You're still the same. You scared me half to death under the window."
Tian couldn't help but burst out laughing, "I'm not laughing anymore, mother, just tell your story."
"You don't know, your cousin's wife and your cousin are such bad guys. They actually planned to steal your marinade ingredients and take them back for research. Your uncle agreed, but your aunt disagreed. She said that she would lend the money even if she was asked to, and she wasn't afraid of being embarrassed. But if she stole the recipe from your brother's house, it would mean she would break up with her eldest brother, and that was definitely not acceptable. She had an argument with Zhang Youkuan about this matter. The three of them surrounded her and tried to persuade her, but they couldn't convince her. Your aunt said that if they did such a thing, she would not stay in the Zhang family and would live on her own like you. That's what made the three of them give up."
"Auntie is so tough."
"That's right. Your sister-in-law and I were both very surprised yesterday. It seems that we don't understand her as well as your father. She still values your father as a relative very much."
Chunxiao didn't expect Yan Erni to do this, and immediately developed a good impression of her.
"Also, your cousin's wife wanted to borrow 20 taels yesterday, but that wasn't something they agreed on in advance. It was something she added temporarily after she came and saw that we had bought land and dug a well. She originally wanted to borrow five taels of silver."
“That’s what you heard.”
Tian nodded. "When we got there, my aunt was scolding my cousins. She called them black-hearted, saying one thing to their faces and another behind their backs. She was ruthlessly trying to hide my uncle's face, blaming him for asking for too much and making it difficult for him to face my father. She was also scolding them for being greedy."
"So it seems our aunt isn't particularly annoying, it's just her family that's annoying."
"Hey, Erni used to have a problem with her annoying words, and now it's even worse. I think it's because she's been with your uncle. She didn't marry a good man after all."
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