Chapter 431 Quarrel
Qian agreed with Old Zhou on this point, so she also said to Manbao, "You must be frugal when managing your household. You can't always think about buying delicious food and fun things. Only by saving money in daily life can the family have some savings."
Qian couldn't help but teach her daughter a lesson. "Look, we have a big family, with many people and a lot of money. But if we don't save, and one or two family members get sick, or if something happens, what will we do?"
Old Zhou nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's right, Manbao, you can play with the young masters of the Bai family, and you can learn their skills, but don't learn how to spend money. We must learn to save money, understand?"
Qian came to her senses and reiterated her purpose, "But when I said I wanted to give the money to the children, I didn't mean to give it to them to pay it back immediately."
When Old Zhou heard his wife bring up this topic, he immediately turned his face away in displeasure.
Qian was furious and slammed the bed, saying, "Manbao, turn your father's face towards me."
Manbao immediately reached out to scratch her father's old face.
Old Zhou turned his head back angrily and said, "If you give them the money, how can they not spend it? Since we have to save it, what's the difference between keeping it with us and keeping it with them? When they need the money in the end, will I not give it to them?"
"Of course there are," Qian said in a deep voice, "Let's not talk about the fourth son for now. Look at the eldest, the second, and the third sons. Which one of them doesn't have a family to support? If you don't manage the household, you don't know how expensive food and clothing are. They're already so old, how long will you keep giving them money? What I mean is, while the family is rich and comfortable, give them some so they can learn to manage their own household."
Old Zhou said, "I'm not dead yet, and they want to be the boss?"
Old Zhou's chest heaved with rage. He pointed at Manbao, who was sitting beside him, and said, "Not to mention that it will take several years for Lao Liu to get married, let's talk about Manbao. She'll have to wait another seven or eight years, right? What kind of family are they running?"
Qian said calmly, "I became head of the household when Dalang was five years old. His parents were still alive at the time. If I hadn't taken over the household two years earlier, our family would have been left with nothing when his parents passed away."
When Old Zhou saw her bringing up old matters, he couldn't help but grit his teeth.
Manbao raised his little head and looked at his father, then at his mother, and finally said, "Dad, Mom, please stop arguing. What if my brother and sister-in-law start arguing like you?"
Qian gently kicked Old Zhou on the head and said disdainfully, "Go out and explain to me whether I ever argued or fought with you. Also, go get some sunshine and clear your mind. I'm not distributing money to the children just for myself, am I? It's for your Zhou family!"
Old Zhou was kicked out just like that.
Zhou Dalang and his friends had already hidden themselves when their mother slammed the bed again. Of course, they took their wives and children with them, so the yard was empty at this time.
No one knew where the fifth and sixth brothers had gone.
Although he had made a lot of money today, Old Zhou was still very angry. He went to Zhou Sanqi's business with his hands behind his back and his pipe in hand.
He planned to settle the score with his unlucky nephew. He had nothing to do after eating, so he spread all kinds of nonsense.
It was a very hot day and Zhou Sanqi, who had nothing to do, was lying on the bed and sleeping soundly, when he was dragged up by his father by grabbing his ear.
Zhou Sanqi cried "Hey hey" and was dragged to Old Zhoutou by his ears.
Old Zhou was sitting in the main hall of Zhou Sanqi's house, smoking. When he saw him being pulled up by the ears, he lifted his eyelids, glanced at him, and said earnestly, "Sanqi, how old are you now? Have you checked on the rice in the fields? Didn't it rain twice recently? Have you applied fertilizer?"
Zhou Sanqi still looked confused, so Old Zhou continued, "After applying fertilizer, the water in the fields will only be stored for three or four days. It's enough to drain it when necessary. There are so many things to do, why do you have to plot against me and your aunt..."
On Wednesday, his father slapped him on the head and said, "You unlucky child, your son can run around everywhere, and you are still fooling around outside."
Zhou Sanqi finally understood why he was being held accountable. He immediately cried out in injustice, saying, "Uncle, Uncle Jin, those rumors weren't mine. I just went home for lunch and wandered around the neighborhood. Before I could tell anyone, it spread everywhere. I was saying, Uncle and Aunt never get along, so how could it get to the point where even Aunt's family came?"
Zhou Sanqi shouted, "I really didn't say that, Uncle. If you don't believe me, I swear!"
Old Zhou was half-believing and half-doubting, and his father immediately said, "Brother Jin, although this kid may be talking nonsense, he is a man who stands by his words. If he says there is no truth to his words, then there is no truth to his words."
"That's right, uncle. At that time, Dalu's mother was watching Manbao and me in her yard. She must have heard us talking. Maybe she was the one who spread it."
Who in the whole village doesn’t know that Zhou Dayuan’s wife Zhang and Qian are not getting along?
But they were from the same village and had some kind of kinship. When the Qian family came, they didn't go to anyone else's house, but went to Zhou Dayuan's house to sit and chat.
I heard that Zhou Dalu's mother was very angry privately.
Old Zhoutou: ...After all this time, he found the wrong person!
Zhou Sanqi also noticed that Old Zhou was upset, so he immediately sat down next to him to comfort him. "Uncle, women are just like that. We can't argue with them. Look at this hot weather. Were you kicked out by Auntie?"
Old Zhou: ...
Zhou Sanqi looked at his face and became excited. Without thinking, he asked, "Uncle, the person coming from Aunt's family is not really here to make a decision for you, right?"
When Old Zhoutou put away his pipe, his father on Wednesday was furious and immediately kicked his son away and sent Old Zhoutou out in a gentle tone.
When he got home, he couldn't help but beat his son, "You dare to ask anything, you dare to say anything, you learned it all from your mother, you didn't learn the good things, but you became a gossip..."
Old Zhou stood outside the wall and heard Zhou Sanqi screaming in pain after being beaten. He was finally satisfied and went home with his hands behind his back in the scorching sun.
Humph, since it was Zhang who spread the story, then it is a woman's business. He would not clarify it. It would be too embarrassing. The old woman in the family should go and clarify it.
Thinking of this, Old Zhou went home with confidence, and when he reached the door, he quietly pushed it open and went in.
Not only did I go to bed late last night and get up early, but I also didn't sleep well. Now that the work is done, everyone is sleeping in the house.
Manbao was lying next to Qian. She always had the habit of taking a nap. At this time, her little belly was breathing heavily, and her little mouth was slightly open, smelling very fragrant.
Old Zhoutou groped his way to the bed and carefully lay down at the outermost position.
In a daze, Qian moved Manbao inward to make some space for him.
When Old Zhou saw this, he felt relieved and simply squeezed in and lay down comfortably.
It’s still better to be at home. It’s not like outside. The sun in May is already so bright that it makes people dizzy.
(End of this chapter)
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