The other side
Mrs. Gu was upset at her second brother's house and felt very aggrieved. After the two children fell asleep, she kicked her husband.
"Do you know what I saw at the second brother's house today?"
"What are you looking at?" Gu Tingchuan replied perfunctorily without opening his eyes.
"Big and Little Two both have brand new clothes. Even Little Two's diaper has been changed to a new, white, soft cotton one. I heard from Mom that Little Two's family gave her two pieces of cloth to make clothes. Where did she get so much cloth?
And there must be a lot of good things locked in her cupboard. I pushed it hard but it was full.
My second baby is actually drinking formula from that little glass jar. It doesn’t look cheap.”
If there weren't so many people at home, she might have been able to find out more information. It was just that being so crowded made it inconvenient and affected her performance.
"Isn't this great? The lives Dabao and Erbao had before were so heartbreaking. Now, finally, Li Zhaodi is willing to treat them well."
Gu Tingchuan underestimated the evil of human nature and never understood his daughter-in-law.
When her two children were having a hard time in the past, she compared them in her mind and felt that her own children were doing better, and she even felt a little pity for them.
On the contrary, now they live better than her own children. When she compares them, she feels unbalanced. Why should you live better than me?
This is human nature. People prefer people to be poor rather than rich.
"Our eldest and second oldest have never drunk this stuff before. At that time, I didn't have milk to feed them, so why didn't your brother offer to help get some milk powder for them?
Li Zhaodi clearly has so much cloth, but she didn't even bother to share some with our two children," said Mrs. Gu uncomfortably.
"Then let Da Ni and Er Ni become their uncle's daughters, and then they can drink foreign stuff. In the end, it's because I don't have the ability to buy these foreign stuff for your daughters.
You'd better swallow these dirty thoughts of yours. When you were living a good life, did you take care of your eldest and second children? Would you be willing to give them your own things?
Even every time Mom brings Dabao home for a meal, you look like you're not a nose, not an eye. You can't tell from others! I just don't want to bother with you."
Although Gu Tingchuan does not have great abilities and is not as successful in making money as his younger brother, he is also a very pragmatic person and is considered an upright young man with ambition and potential in the village.
These words left Mrs. Gu speechless.
"I did not mean that…"
"Go to bed early and don't think about those trivial things. The second wife is making fabrics for the children's clothes. You should do your best and don't think about taking advantage of them.
If I ever discover you have any thoughts that you shouldn't have, you'll have to stop living with me. My temple is too small to accommodate a big Buddha."
Gu Tingchuan was worried that she would take advantage of others again, so he spoke half-threateningly and half-warningly.
Mrs. Gu finally calmed down. She didn't dare to do that. Her mother-in-law and her husband had both reminded her that if she dared to do anything, this man would really do it.
But it doesn't matter, there will still be a lot of fabrics left after making these. Thinking of this, her envy and jealousy subsided.
The couple slept back to back.
The old couple of the Gu family were also talking about what happened today.
"I used to think that apart from not giving birth to a boy, the eldest son's wife was fine. She took good care of the man and the child, and could even work and earn work points.
Now I feel more and more that I am petty and have high expectations but low abilities.
"The second eldest's family may be a bit wasteful, but they're getting better in other aspects, and are more comfortable to get along with than the eldest eldest's family," sighed Gu's mother.
"Since we are following the old family now, we should not show favoritism to avoid quarrels among brothers.
"Treat the children of both families equally in all aspects. Don't be prejudiced and favor sons over daughters. This will chill the eldest son, who is already unhappy about having only two daughters," Gu's father warned.
Gu's father used to be a servant to a landlord's son and was quite knowledgeable. After liberation, he returned home and later served as a soldier for several years.
After he came back, he married and had children in the village. Later, because of his firm and upright character, everyone trusted him and elected him as the village chief. Even the team leader of the production team respected him very much.
"I know, you are the good person, everyone else is bad!" Mother Gu turned around angrily.
"That's not what I meant. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Today, seeing that the second eldest's family has arranged the house in an orderly manner and taken good care of the two children and the second eldest, I feel relieved.
Even though we paid for the chicken and fish today privately, we can’t do this again in the future, lest we make the boss feel uncomfortable.”
"That's right, the two children look much better than before, and the house is clean and bright.
I see. We're all eating chicken and fish together today, so the eldest won't say anything." Mother Gu felt sweet at the thought of her two cute little grandchildren.
The eldest son and grandson are the lifeblood of the old lady. Even though the couple talks about fairness, they are inevitably biased in their hearts.
Li Qingyun woke up from her dream. When she opened her eyes, she found that Gu Tingzhou was nowhere to be seen except for the two children.
She quickly got up and looked around, and found that she was in the kitchen.
"Are you up so early? You don't need to do these things now. You are a wounded soldier, and your current task is to recover well." Li Qingyun walked over and snatched the firewood from his hand.
"Go back and lie down quickly. You don't want your wound to open and take longer to recover, do you?"
Gu Tingzhou curled his lips helplessly, took out the cupboard key and handed it to Li Qingyun: "Since you were not awake, I took it from your clothes pocket."
Li Qingyun's face flushed instantly. How could this person be like this? He even took the key from someone else.
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