"What are you saying? Wencai is still young. How can you, as his sister-in-law, hold a grudge against him?"
He Caiping doesn't allow anyone to talk about her son. Since her eldest daughter-in-law dared to criticize her son, she dared to criticize her eldest daughter-in-law in return.
After He Caiping shared some of the cake with Shen Yunfei, she shared some of the remaining cake with her eldest son and grandson, and gave the rest to Shen Wencai.
“This cake was given to Wencai by Wenxiu, so you don’t have to eat it.” He Caiping’s words immediately deprived her daughter-in-law of the right to eat the cake.
Sister-in-law Shen was very dissatisfied, but she glanced at her husband, who seemed not to have heard or seen her arguing with his mother, and then at her son, who had forgotten about her as soon as he got the cake, and silently shut her mouth.
She knew that if she argued with her mother-in-law, she would definitely be the one who suffered, so to avoid unnecessary trouble, she decided to keep quiet.
If she talks back to her mother-in-law, no one in the family will stand by her side; they will all accuse her of talking back to her mother-in-law.
Sister-in-law Shen could only swallow her anger and stop talking.
Even though she really wanted the strawberry cake, she didn't dare say anything more.
As for coaxing the children to give her some, or having her husband Shen Wenguang give her some, that's impossible.
While she was talking to her mother-in-law, the children had already eaten more than half of their cake, and her husband was even less likely to give her any.
Sister-in-law Shen was hoping that she could have some bread. If she couldn't have cake, she would be really angry if she couldn't have bread either.
Shen Wencai ignored his sister-in-law and, while eating his cake, reached out to his mother, "Mom, give me some money."
"What do you need the money for?" He Caiping asked her son. Although she asked the question, she still obediently took out a ten-yuan note and placed it in her son's hand.
"Only ten yuan?" Shen Wencai was somewhat dissatisfied. "Give me the other ten yuan too, I have something to do."
"Ten yuan is good enough, why do we need so much money?" Before He Caiping could speak, Shen Yunfei spoke first.
Twenty yuan is almost a month's living expenses for their family. What does this youngest son want to do with it?
Shen Yunfei dotes on his youngest son, but this is because he hopes his son can inherit his mantle. It is also because He Caiping has been influencing him over the years, which is why he favors him a little more.
But in reality, he valued his eldest son, Shen Wenguang, the most. After all, he was his eldest son and the son who would take care of him in his old age. He would only give his eldest son more favoritism and benefits.
Besides, his youngest son is now lame and has lost his job, so he has practically given up on him.
Given that, he couldn't possibly let He Caiping empty her wallet to subsidize him.
It's not like her whole family is giving up their lives; how could they possibly make themselves suffer so that Shen Wencai could be the happiest?
"Ten yuan is enough for you." Shen Yunfei finished his cake and said to He Caiping, "Don't spoil him. If we give him all the money, will we stop living together?"
Shen Wencai was somewhat dissatisfied with his father's words, but the head of the family had a strong presence, so he dared not say anything to his father.
Shen Wenguang didn't say anything. He knew that no matter how much his mother favored his brother, his father would always make up for it.
As the eldest brother, he would never suffer a loss.
...
Chen Suwen didn't interfere with her daughter-in-law's efforts to subsidize her family, but Shen Wenxiu was still uneasy for a while.
After all, Chen Suwen's mother-in-law was too intimidating. She was really afraid that her mother-in-law would scold or even hit her if she found out that she had given her mother twenty yuan and a lot of cakes.
She knows perfectly well how some mothers-in-law treat their daughters-in-law after their husbands find out they've helped their own families.
There really are mothers-in-law who physically beat their daughters-in-law, and even some women's husbands who beat them, simply because they were subsidizing their own families.
When Zhou Cunzong returned home and learned what his wife had done, he didn't blame her. "It's alright. After all, your parents gave you life, so it's normal for you to repay them a little."
Although his parents-in-law were sometimes quite unreasonable towards his wife, it wouldn't be accurate to say that they didn't love her at all.
So when his wife gives his parents some money or gifts, he doesn't say anything.
After all, both he and his wife are earning money now, and ten or twenty yuan won't empty their savings, which is why he's so generous.
If his family can't even afford to eat, and his wife still gives 20 yuan to her family to help them out, he'll definitely have a problem with that.
"Do you think Mom will be unhappy if she finds out?" Shen Wenxiu was still very uneasy.
She didn't think too much when she gave her mother the money; she was just heartbroken that her mother had so many gray hairs.
She was well aware of her mother's hardships, and she also knew that her brother had become irritable after he became lame, so she was very understanding of her mother.
After feeling sorry for her mother, she realized that her mother-in-law was not someone to be trifled with. She was worried that if her mother-in-law found out that she was subsidizing her own family, she would be in trouble.
“Don’t worry, since Mom didn’t say anything, she won’t blame you,” Zhou Cunzong comforted his wife.
"Mom will understand you, after all, you're a married daughter." Zhou Cunzong comforted his wife while holding his daughter.
Although Zhou Cunzong had comforted her, Shen Wenxiu was still very uneasy. Her mother-in-law had left a deep psychological scar on her, and she was genuinely afraid of her.
"……mom."
Chen Suwen was watering the lychee and mango saplings in the backyard when Shen Wenxiu came to her side, looking very uneasy.
"What are you doing? What have you done wrong?" Chen Suwen found her appearance unbearable to look at and quickly looked away.
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