Chapter 36 Chen Xiaojuan is here to show off
After being scolded by Zhao Zhilan, Wang Cailan hung her head and remained silent.
Seeing her droopy look, Zhao Zhilan held out her hand in a bad mood: "Give it to me, don't hide it!"
Wang Cailian reluctantly took out a few taels of silver wrapped in a handkerchief from her waistband and said, "Mother, it's all here."
Zhao Zhilan glanced at her, took the silver, counted it again, and checked it with Wang Cailian. After making sure everything was correct, she put it away.
"In theory, this money is earned by Baoya for our family, so she should be saved for her. But our family has too many expenses, and I have recorded every single one of them. When our family's financial situation improves in the future, I will have to make up for it to Baoya."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Wang Cailian and said, "Don't always treat Baoya as a family member. Baoya's parents passed away early, and now she lives with us, so she is our child."
"If you dare to instigate Dalang to do this kind of thing again in the future, I won't give you face! This is the first time, so I won't bother with you any more."
"I understand, Mom. There won't be a next time." Wang Cailian smiled awkwardly. "Really, I've learned my lesson."
"You'd better remember the lard!" Zhao Zhilan frowned and shooed them out. "Go away, go do what you need to do. Don't stand around me."
Wang Cailian responded and turned to leave the house.
At the backyard door, Baoya and Yunhua were sitting on the threshold playing cat's tuck, but their minds were not idle.
She heard everything her grandmother said to her aunt from under the window.
Although I don’t understand why my aunt is unhappy because grandma is in charge of everyone’s money.
But she knew that with so many people in her family, this little money was nothing. It seemed a waste of manpower for the whole family to run a tofu business together.
It would be great if there were more businesses so that my eldest uncle’s family and my second uncle’s family would have something to do.
However, it is just a thought for now, because she can't think of anything else she can do to make money.
She was daydreaming seriously when she heard footsteps getting closer.
When she looked up, she saw that Chen Xiaojuan had changed into an embroidered pink jacket, with a beautiful flower headband on her head, embroidered shoes on her feet, and silver bracelets on her wrists. She was standing in front of her with her head held high.
When Yunhua saw her, she immediately became alert and stopped playing with the flower rope. She raised her hand to block Baoya and asked, "What are you doing?"
Chen Xiaojuan glanced at Yunhua and looked directly at Baoya: "I'm not doing anything, I'm just going to talk to Baoya."
"Looking for me?" Baoya tilted her head and looked at her, not understanding what Chen Xiaojuan could want to say to her.
"Hmph!" Chen Xiaojuan straightened her waist, stretched out her little arm with the silver bracelet, and waved it in front of Baoya.
Baoya:……???
"A silver bracelet, do you have one?" Chen Xiaojuan swung her slender wrist. "My coats are all embroidered with Shu brocade, and my shoes were custom-made for me! Do you have one?"
"Baoya, you are just a good-for-nothing. Good-for-nothings are good-for-nothings no matter where you go. You don't deserve to wear nice clothes or jewelry!"
Baoya frowned. She thought Chen Xiaojuan wanted to say something to her, but it turned out she was just showing off.
"What does that have to do with me?" She didn't understand what was so great about it.
"You..." Chen Xiaojuan was a little stunned. "I have such beautiful new clothes, such beautiful bracelets and jewelry. Aren't you envious?"
Baoya turned the flower rope in her hand over and over again and weaved it into a lucky knot.
The little girl blinked and looked at Chen Xiaojuan: "But grandma also bought me new clothes and delicious food. Although I don't have a silver bracelet, my brothers and sisters all like me very much. Grandma, my uncle, my aunt, my father and my mother also like me. I think it is better than a silver bracelet."
Chen Xiaojuan: ...
She looked down at the silver bracelet on her wrist and suddenly felt that it was not so beautiful.
But she twisted her little neck and said, "My parents like me too! I don't have to work at home anymore!"
"Then what are you showing off to me?" Baoya lowered her head and untied the auspicious knot she had just made, holding it up in her hand. "Third sister, let's continue playing!"
"Okay." Yunhua didn't want to waste any more words with Chen Xiaojuan, so the two continued to play with the flower rope.
Chen Xiaojuan stomped her feet in anger as she saw the two men ignoring her.
At this moment, Yunyue suddenly ran out of the main room shouting excitedly, and seemed to be holding something in her hand.
"Third sister! Baoya! Look, the big river clams are producing pearls again!"
She didn't see Chen Xiaojuan standing at the back door, so she ran over excitedly and squatted in front of Baoya and Yunhua, spreading out her palms. In her little palms lay six big, round pearls emitting a soft purple light.
Chen Xiaojuan's eyes widened and she stood on tiptoe to look over here.
Baoya glanced at her, wrapped Yunyue's hands with her own, and said softly, "Come on, Third Sister, Fourth Sister, let's go home and talk."
It was only then that Yunyue saw Chen Xiaojuan standing at the back door of her house. Her face immediately fell: "Why is she here? She scared me."
If she had known, she would never have shouted out loud.
The three little girls went back to the house together and closed the back door.
Chen Xiaojuan curled her lips and kicked the dirt on the ground with her new shoes.
Did the Yun family also raise river clams? She had just seen that huge pearl, round and shiny. What kind of giant river clams could produce one? She wanted to see it too.
Chen Chengcai ate, drank and played at home for a few days, then went back to the private school in town.
Zhou Cuihua finished cooking dinner and was about to ask Chen Xiaojuan to water the garden for her, but when she turned around, she found that she was gone. She went out with a bucket of water to look for her.
As soon as he walked out of his front yard, he saw Chen Xiaojuan standing at the back door of the Yun family, and he immediately became furious.
He really relies on the fact that he is hooked up with a rich family and doesn’t even know his own last name!
She walked over angrily and pulled Chen Xiaojuan's ear: "Why are you not going home to help me?!"
"Mom! Stop pulling my ears!" Chen Xiaojuan was wearing gold-plated jade earrings on her little ears. She cried out in pain when she was pulled by the mother.
"What are you doing? I can't order you around anymore! What will happen after the New Year? You'll be riding on my head!"
As she said this, she let go of Chen Xiaojuan and gently pushed her: "Go home, come home, help me water the garden, and then we'll have dinner."
"I know, I know." Chen Xiaojuan said impatiently.
Now, she really doesn't have to do much work in the Chen family. At most, she can help Zhou Cuihua, and then she can go around and have fun.
Zhou Cuihua's attitude towards her was much better than before, but she was not happy at all.
She couldn't be happy at all whenever she thought about the New Year.
However, there is nothing we can do about it.
She is just a child under six years old now. If she wants to leave the Chen family, this is the only way she can go.
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