When seeing the things on half the kang, Old Lady Chen and Chen Ye and his son said that it was a waste of money for them. How much would it cost to have so many precious things?
Just as they were talking happily, they heard a cry. It was Chen Aju. She was waiting for someone to send her something, but when she saw that everyone else had sent theirs and she hadn't seen anyone send hers, she stamped her feet and started crying.
Mrs. Hu was also very angry. She patted her chest and said, "No matter how much I offended people with my words, I have served my mother-in-law, husband, and uncle wholeheartedly for so many years. How can you treat me like this? No matter what, I am the daughter-in-law of my own family. How can you be so disrespectful to me? This is not a matter of whether to give me gifts or not, but you don't take me, the master, seriously..."
Hu was smart in one respect. She was not aggressive in front of Chen Ye. She did not force him to get the silk. She even pushed Chen Ye to the front. The last time she forced the silk in front of Chen Ye was because Chen Aju had upset her heart and made a stupid move.
When Chen Aju started crying, Chen Ye was angry and embarrassed. He clenched his fist and cursed, "You are so old, and you still have the nerve to cry for such a small thing. Why did I give birth to such a useless girl like you? Shut up, if you cry again, I will beat you with my big shoe sole." He also cursed Hu, "If it weren't for the immorality of your Hu family, if it weren't for you opening your big mouth and talking nonsense to offend people, would people treat you like this?"
Wang said hurriedly, "Sister-in-law, stop it. I brought it to you too." She lowered her head and searched in the box, saying, "Why isn't it among the pile of things? Did you put it somewhere else when you were packing?"
This was what Wang discussed with Chen Afu later, and she gave a portion of her silk to Hu. Hu was Chen Ye's wife, and if she didn't give her some face, Chen Ye would be embarrassed and unhappy. Then her family would give so many things to the eldest wife for nothing.
Chen Ahfu had no choice but to listen. But she asked Wang to send it like this, because she knew that the greedy Hu would make a scene and embarrass her.
When Mrs. Hu heard this, she looked at Mrs. Wang expectantly as she searched the box. Wang rummaged around for a while and found a piece of green silk. She smiled and said, "So it's here. I'll give this silk to my sister-in-law to make clothes."
Hu was very disappointed and asked, "It's not a silver hairpin like mother-in-law's."
These words not only made Chen Ye and Chen Agui blush, but even Old Lady Chen felt ashamed for having such a greedy daughter-in-law.
Chen Ye yelled, "You greedy bitch, if you don't have any shame, I will beat you up."
Mrs. Hu had just stopped talking in anger, but seeing that Chen Aju was still crying, she deliberately said, "Our family all got things, but Aju didn't get anything. Young ladies love beauty and like to dress up, so I gave her this piece of silk."
Chen Afu explained with a half-smile, "Aunt, you can't say that. These extra foods are for your family, including Aju. Apart from the elders, we only bought a piece of silk for Brother Agui this time. Alan is getting married, so we gave her this pair of silver earrings. Daya's little clothes were not bought specially. We just happened to have two pieces of cloth left over from making something for the embroidery workshop, so we only bought enough for her. Sister-in-law and Dahu don't have any either."
In fact, Chen Afu really wanted to give a piece of silk to Gao, but she didn't want Chen Ye to think that they were only targeting Chen Aju, so she didn't give a piece of silk to Gao either.
Chen Ye felt ashamed when he saw the state of Hu and his daughter, so he said to Chen Agui, "Go, take your mother, sister, and Da Hu home first. I will talk to your grandmother for a while."
Chen Agui stood up, packed up his things, and took Hu and Dahu away. Chen Aju cried and didn't want to leave, so Chen Agui dragged her away, saying, "You are so old, but you are not as good as Dahu. How can you force people to give you things like this..."
But Old Lady Chen put the silver cloves in her arms, for she was afraid that Chen Aju would snatch the earrings away before they got home. She then said to Chen Ye, "Aju needs to be taught a lesson. Hu is spoiling her, and you can't spoil her. If you continue like this, you'll harm her."
Chen Ye blushed and nodded.
When Wang and Chen Afu were cleaning up the dishes, Chen Ming told Chen Ye about Chen Afu buying a hundred acres of land for his family. He said that Chen Afu got a precious bird and sold it to Tangyuan, and the owner of Tangyuan gave him several hundred taels of silver. She also designed buttons for the Fucheng Embroidery Workshop and got some more silver, so she gave him a hundred acres of land. His health has also improved, and he wants to learn farming from Chen Ye so that he can manage his own land in the future.
When Chen Ye and his companions heard that Chen Ming's family had actually bought a hundred acres of land, they were so shocked that their eyes widened and their mouths opened wide enough to fit an egg.
"Oh my God, what kind of bird is that? How could it be worth so much silver?" Old Mrs. Chen exclaimed in surprise.
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "I found that bird by accident when I was collecting firewood in the forest. I thought it had beautiful feathers and a nice voice, so I asked Dabao to send it to Tangyuan. I didn't know that the bird was called the Ten-Colored Sparrow, and it was said to be worth some money."
"Wow, Ah Fu is so lucky." Chen Yezhi said with a smack of his lips.
Chen Ye and Old Lady Chen thought that Chen Afu had only bought these 100 acres of land and that all of it belonged to Chen Ming. They were very happy and kept praising Chen Afu as a filial child.
When Wang and Chen Afu put the dishes into the kitchen, Chen Ye whispered to Chen Ming, "Second brother, you are wrong. What do you mean by Afu gave it to you? She is the unmarried daughter of our Chen family. What she earns belongs to your family, to the second branch of the Chen family." He added, "Afu is smart and filial. Don't make your relationship alienated."
The word "estrangement" is particularly strong.
Old Mrs. Chen also said, "Your eldest brother is right, Chen Afu is a filial child..." Then, the old lady closed the door, and no one knew what the few people were talking about in the room.
Seeing the door was closed, it seemed that they were trying to avoid them. Wang was so shocked that she looked up at Chen Afu, who felt particularly upset.
She has already set up her own business. Do they want to mix her up with them because they see that she is smart and can make money? Or are they afraid that Chen Afu will take away the business if she finds out that she is not from the Chen family? Or maybe they are giving Chen Ming advice to let him return to the Chen family and keep him under control?
Chen Shi is right. Chen Ye is a good parent. He always tries to protect the interests of his family. When the interests of the big family conflict with those of the small family, he takes care of the small family. When the big family conflicts with other families, he takes care of the big family. There is nothing wrong with doing this. People are selfish. But there are some things you can think about, but some are not what you should think about or worry about. People are not fools.
After all, Chen Ye was a little petty and lacked the broad-mindedness that a man should have. Even if he was smart and hardworking, he could only dig for food in the soil.
After Wang and Chen Afu finished cleaning up, they went to the east room, where Dabao and Alu were playing with Zhuifeng on the kang.
Wang pulled Chen Ahfu and said, "Ahfu, believe your father, he won't have those thoughts."
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