Chapter 548 Money is more reliable than men
Qin Mengjie stared at Lu Xingning's back and sighed in her heart.
"Sister-in-law, you are lucky to have met my aunt." Lu Xingqing leaned close to Jian Qingyi.
The implication is that Lu Xingning is in big trouble.
"What about you?" Jian Qingyi joked with a smile.
"I'm a little better than..." Lu Xingqing pointed in the direction of the kitchen.
"What nonsense are you talking about!?" Liu Qiyu glared at her daughter. Perhaps because she was afraid that Lu Xingning in the kitchen would hear it, she lowered her voice.
"I'm not talking nonsense, it's just like that!" Lu Xingqing muttered softly.
"Zhou Zhiyuan's monthly allowance is probably at least 70 or 80 yuan. They don't even bother to make steamed buns or steamed bread in the morning, and just eat porridge. Those who know them think they're just afraid of trouble, but those who don't think they're living in the old society."
Nowadays, although people cannot yet live in comfortable homes with electricity and telephones, they still have no problem having enough food and clothing.
What's more, Lu Xingning is a new daughter-in-law, especially when the Lu family can crush their Zhou family.
Any mother-in-law with a little bit of brains will treat her daughter-in-law politely.
At least on the surface, there is nothing wrong with it.
Just like her mother-in-law.
Obviously, Zhou Zhiyuan's mother didn't have that brain.
Seeing that her daughter was becoming more and more outrageous, Liu Qiyu's eyes almost popped out.
"Let's eat strawberries!" Lu Xingning came out with a plate of red strawberries.
After a while, Sister Chen came out with a plate of cut fruit.
Lu Xingqing took a strawberry and handed it to Xiao Jiaojiao.
Faced with the bright red strawberries with tempting fruity aroma, the little guy opened his mouth and took a bite.
The red juice on the corner of the little guy's mouth is so cute.
"Xingning, does Zhiyuan's mother treat you well?" asked the old lady.
"Very good." Lu Xingning didn't know why the old lady asked that, but he nodded honestly.
"Did she ever give you pocket money?" the old lady asked again.
"I have money!" Lu Xingning said hurriedly.
"What you have is yours. I just want to ask, has your mother-in-law ever given you pocket money?" The old lady frowned.
"No!" Lu Xingning answered truthfully.
Then he retorted, "My mother has never given my sister-in-law any pocket money."
These words really hurt her mother's heart.
"Mom didn't give me any pocket money because all your brother's money and passbook are with me. Do you have Zhou Zhiyuan's passbook?" Jian Qingyi is a professional at stabbing people in the heart.
"I'm rich." Lu Xingning defended in a low voice.
"Sister-in-law, don't you have any money?" Lu Xingqing came out to finish the job.
Lu Xingning stopped talking.
"Xingning, grandma said this not to ask you to ask for that little money, but to tell you that there is nothing wrong in being filial to your mother-in-law, but there must be a bottom line. You can't always indulge her and endure her. That is foolish filial piety." The old lady held Lu Xingning's hand.
"Although your sister Qing's words are a bit extreme, they are also true. If you can't stand up for yourself, you will be bullied."
“Not all mothers-in-law are like your mother.”
"Mother-in-law is mother-in-law, mother is mother, mother-in-law can never be mother." Realizing that her granddaughter-in-law was still there, the old lady swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
"Xingning, being filial to your mother-in-law doesn't mean you have to obey her in everything." The old lady patted her hands.
"Xingning, grandma is right. You have to take a stand on your own. If you silently endure whatever she does, she will only get worse. I'm telling you, don't disbelieve it." This is what Lu Xingqing said from experience.
"Sister-in-law, if you were me, what would you do?" Lu Xingning looked at Jian Qingyi who was writing something with her head down.
Jian Qingyi, who was called, closed the pen in her hand.
"If it were me..."
Jian Qingyi organized her words.
"I will tell her where my bottom line is and will never give her the illusion that I am weak and can be bullied. I think there is a good idiom, which is 'A loving mother makes her son filial. Only when a mother is loving can her son be filial.'"
"Whether it's family, friendship, or love, it's all mutual. One-sided efforts won't last long."
"In the old days, many mothers-in-law would set rules for the new daughter-in-law, trying to maintain their authority and status by setting rules."
"For example, they force new brides to do housework, restrict their social freedom and personal time arrangements, and half-force and half-implied that they hand over their dowries and wages..."
Jian Qingyi listed a bunch of situations that a new daughter-in-law might encounter.
"In fact, they are testing your obedience and emotional response to them by doing things you don't like."
"If you keep forbearing, retreating, and compromising, they will think they can go even further and push their luck further."
"Respecting elders is a glorious tradition of our Chinese nation, but filial piety does not mean blind filial piety."
"And the most important point..."
Jian Qingyi's expression became a little serious.
"Money is the foundation of us women. We should keep our own money to ourselves. Although money has no warmth, it is more reliable than men."
"Of course, this is just my personal opinion and not directed at anyone else."
Jian Qingyi actually wanted to say...
If one path doesn't work, try another. If one man doesn't work, try another! If you have money, you can find any man you want! There's no need to compromise yourself for a man.
“Pah pah pah pah…”
There was warm applause.
"It has to be my sister-in-law! She has a high level of cultivation and awareness." Lu Xingqing applauded excitedly.
Jian Qingyi looked at Lu Xingqing with a smile, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.
Compared to Lu Xingning, who is obsessed with love, Lu Xingqing is indeed more rational.
People who take love too seriously usually don't end up well.
Now that things have come to this, it's up to her what to do.
Life is only thirty thousand days long, and we are just borrowing a body. When the time comes, those who should grow old will grow old, those who should separate will separate, and those who should disappear will disappear. We are all passers-by.
Gains and losses are up to fate, and freedom is up to your heart.
"Sister-in-law..." Lu Xingning wanted to say something.
“Mom…Mom…”
The sweet voices of two little ones came from the baby room.
Jian Qingyi patted her shoulder, got up and went to the baby room.
The old lady and Qin Mengjie also stood up immediately.
Liu Qiyu followed closely behind, holding Xiao Jiaojiao's hand.
"Little brother is awake, let's go play with him."
Xiao Jiaojiao smiled shyly and followed the old lady and Qin Mengjie happily.
In the end, only the two sisters Lu Xingning and Lu Xingqing were left in the huge living room.
"Xingning, tell me the truth, has Zhou Zhiyuan's mother ever hinted to you to take out the dowry?" Lu Xingqing glanced in the direction of the baby room, pulled Lu Xingning's arm and asked in a low voice.
"His mother never said that..." Lu Xingning's eyes flickered slightly.
"Then who said that?" Lu Xingqing immediately understood the implication of her words.
"Zhou Zhiyuan's elder sister." This was Lu Xingqing's first reaction.
Lu Xingning didn't say anything, just nodded silently.
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