Chapter 410: Your brother is buying a house, will you give him some?
"Pedant? You say I'm pedantic? Bai Chenguang, I'm your wife, am I fighting for myself? Look at which family gives their daughter so much dowry? Your parents are the odd ones out."
Zou Wan didn't know how much money or properties her parents-in-law had, but she knew that they gave more to her sister-in-law than to her own family. Just because of this, she felt uncomfortable.
Bai Chenguang immediately stood up from the sofa and pointed at Zou Wan, "I'm warning you, you can say whatever you want to me, and you can make trouble for me in any way you want, but you are not allowed to say bad things about my parents, otherwise I will never forgive you, you know my temper."
Zou Wan was frightened by her husband and didn't dare to say anything for a while.
At this time, the door of the room was gently pushed open, and a little girl stood behind the door. She rubbed her eyes and said in a daze: "Mom and Dad, please stop arguing. You woke me up."
Seeing this, Zou Wan ran over quickly, gently picked up her daughter, and coaxed her, "Ranran, be good. Mom and Dad didn't quarrel. We just talked a little loudly. Go to sleep!"
After saying that, she carried her daughter into the room and locked the door, which was a silent protest against her husband.
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When Bai Chenrong and Fang Zhixu got married, they also invited Zou Wan's parents. After the wedding banquet, Zou's parents stayed at their home.
Mother Zou sat on the sofa and said with a smile: "Wanwan, you are enjoying your life now. Your life is better than your brothers and sisters. From now on, your father and I will rely on you."
Zou Wan frowned subconsciously when she heard this, "Mom, what are you saying? How can I rely on my daughter for support in my old age? My brother is still here!"
"Oh, your brother is not as capable as you and can't make much money. As his sister, you have to help your brother. Otherwise, if he is bullied by Chen Guang in the future, who will support you?" Zou's mother brainwashed Zou Wan while holding her hand.
Zou Wan pulled her hand back and said unhappily: "You just hope for my goodness, A Guang will not bully me!"
"Oh, it's hard to say. You know, men become bad when they have money. What if you are old and he falls in love with young girls? So I tell you, you must hold on to your money bag, so that you can have confidence."
Zou's mother taught her daughter step by step, thinking that if her daughter took control of the family's finances, it would be much easier for them to ask for money in the future.
"Mom, A Guang is not that kind of person. Don't say that about him. Besides, we have always been financially independent. I don't care about his money and he doesn't care about my money." Zou Wan said cautiously, half-truthfully.
"Oh, you are so stupid. If you don't spend the man's money, why leave it for the woman outside?" Zou's mother was really angry at her eldest daughter for not fighting for it. She didn't even learn a single skill from her. She was so stupid.
Zou Wan shook her head and replied, "I earn enough money from work, so I don't need his money."
"You..." Zou's mother wanted to scold her, but then she remembered something and covered her mouth and said, "Oh, my tooth has been hurting for several months. The dentist said that I need treatment, otherwise it will hurt. But I don't have the money, oh..."
How could Zou Wan not understand what my mother was thinking? She glanced at me and asked, "How much money do you need? Don't you get a pension every month? Why? It's not enough for you to see a dentist?"
"Oh, your father and I have used our pensions to subsidize your brother. You said he has a child to raise and it costs a lot. How can we not help? The doctor said it will cost more than a thousand, and this is the cheapest. Otherwise, you can give me a thousand and I will pay for the rest myself." Zou's mother directly reached out and asked Zou Wan for money. Anyway, her eldest daughter was well-off and could not afford the money.
Zou Wan rolled her eyes silently, took out the cash from her bag and began to count it. Zou's mother stretched her neck to estimate the amount of money, took it out, and stuffed it directly into her pocket, smiling and saying, "This is enough. It doesn't matter if it's more or less. We are mother and daughter, so I won't care."
Zou Wan was so angry that she almost laughed. Haha, she didn't care. They treated her as a treasury. Fortunately, she didn't tell the truth to her family and kept her actual income a secret.
Mother Zou pinched her trouser pocket and asked with a smile: "Wanwan, how much salary can you get every month now? It should be higher than before, right?"
Zou Wan rolled her eyes, shook her head, and replied, "No way, when Ranran was sick and went to the hospital, I took leave to take her there. My boss has long disliked me and transferred me to a lower position a while ago, so my salary has naturally been reduced."
"Salary is less? How much is it?" Zou's mother thought that less money was a big deal, as it affected whether she could get money from her daughter every month.
"It was 4,200 before, but now it's only 3,500. Alas, there's nothing I can do. Women who have given birth always have a harder time. Taking care of the children is more important."
From the beginning, Zou Wan did not tell her parents her real income. She said 8,000 yuan was 4,200 yuan, and deliberately said it was her husband's salary. She did not manage the family's money, just to stop her parents from asking her to help her brother. She could give small amounts of money as a way of honoring her parents, but she would never give large amounts of money. Zou Wan was very clear about this.
"Oh, that's a lot less. I told you to let your mother-in-law take care of the child, or ask your mother-in-law to pay for a nanny, so that your salary won't be deducted." The eldest daughter's salary was reduced, and the money she could get every month was also less. She was really losing out.
"My mother-in-law has her own things to do, so she doesn't have time to take care of my child. Besides, she doesn't know how to take care of the child. A Guang and my sister-in-law were both raised by my grandmother."
Zou Wan envied her mother-in-law for this. When she was a girl, she had her parents to help her, and after she got married, she was loved by her father-in-law. She probably never suffered any grievances. She was really lucky.
Suddenly, Zou's mother slapped her thigh and asked in a low voice: "Wanwan, Mom wants to ask you, did your parents-in-law really give your sister-in-law so much dowry? Houses, shops, cash, and cars, all of them?"
Zou Wan nodded and replied, "Yes, I gave it to you. Is this true?"
"Oh, that relative is really confused. As a son, Chen Guang didn't get so much, right? You are the same. You don't even know how to fight for it. You are bullied for nothing."
Originally, her daughter had married well, and as her mother, she should have been able to enjoy the happiness. But who would have known that her eldest daughter was so useless. She had been married for three years and had a child, but she still couldn't control the financial power, which made her suffer as well.
Hearing her mother talking about this, Zou Wan was also depressed. "There's nothing I can do. She has a mother who loves her and parents who have money and are willing to give. Do you think I didn't make a fuss? Even if I made a fuss, it would be useless. The money is in her pocket."
Zou's mother understood what she meant. She glanced at her eldest daughter and asked, "Are you disgusted with your parents for being incompetent?"
"I didn't say that."
"Okay, it's not the first day you know that your parents are incompetent. But if we hadn't paid for your college, would you have met the time? Would you have lived the good life you have now? So your little brother is short of money to buy a house, can you give him some?"
After saying this, Zou's mother looked straight at her eldest daughter. She had originally thought of talking about it later, but when she saw the way her in-laws were marrying off their daughter tonight, she knew that the money would definitely not be small. If her daughter didn't have any, she could ask her son-in-law for it, and if her son-in-law didn't have any, she could ask his parents. She would always be able to get it.
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