Zhang fell into deep thought.
That's right, where in the world can you find such a good daughter-in-law as her, who is filial to her parents-in-law and loving to her sisters-in-law?
What if my daughter-in-law is unfilial in the future?
Daughters play a very important role.
For example, when she married into the Gu family, her sister-in-law was very formidable, and she is still afraid of her sister-in-law now.
It seems Huihui is even more capable than her third aunt!
Zhang decided that she would treat Huihui well from now on, so that someone would help her if she were bullied by her daughter-in-law in the future.
She can't rely on her husband or her son anymore. It's good enough if her husband doesn't bully her. As for her son, well, he's the kind of brat who forgets his mother after getting married!
So, that very evening, while Gu Hui was putting away the gifts everyone had given her in her room, Zhang Shi pushed open the door and came in.
Gu Hui was holding her favorite gift, a bow that Meng Meng had made for her, and was thinking about trying it out in the mountains when she had a day off, when she saw her mother arrive.
Gu Hui raised an eyebrow. It had been many years since she stopped sleeping next to her parents, and her mother had only entered her room a handful of times.
Which gust of wind blew in today? Did it blow her mother in?
"Huihui, you're still awake?" Zhang rubbed her hands together and sat down at the table.
"I'm asleep, sleepwalking!" Gu Hui said calmly.
Zhang was taken aback, and raised her hand to slap Gu Hui's head, but her hand suddenly stopped in mid-air.
Cai Xiaolian's words echoed in her mind: "My daughter is so thoughtful. When your eyesight is failing, your daughter is the most reliable."
Zhang muttered curses under her breath, but slowly lowered her hand: "You little brat, you're just like your father, you can't even speak properly."
Gu Hui was prepared to resist, so she was stunned when Zhang suddenly stopped. However, her mind was still working: "Mother, it's because you're not speaking properly. I've got the oil lamp lit and I'm sitting down, so it's obvious I'm not asleep. Why are you still asking?"
Zhang: "...Well, isn't that what I'm used to? You brat, all you do is talk back to me all the time! You heartless thing, I've been suffering like this..."
Gu Hui interrupted her: "Mother, if you're here to scold me, then forget it! I know you suffered when you gave birth to me seventeen years ago. But Father said it's not my fault, it's yours. You were the one who kept pestering Father, otherwise, there wouldn't be me, and you wouldn't have to suffer like this."
Zhang's face turned red with anger: "What did your father say?"
Gu Hui honestly replied, "Father told me to be more tolerant of you. He said that when you gave birth to me, it took you a whole day to be born, so you can't stand me and feel that I made you suffer. He said it's all your fault, that when you were young, you and he took shelter from the rain in a cave, and then..."
Zhang's face turned even redder, and she hurriedly interrupted Gu Hui: "Shut up!"
Gu Hui obediently shut up.
Zhang took out a handful of copper coins from her bosom, pulled Gu Hui's hand over, and placed them in her hand: "One coin every year, seventeen coins in total over seventeen years."
Gu Hui was taken aback: "Huh?"
Zhang pursed her lips, her face flushed red, but she couldn't hide the pain in her eyes: "Birthday gift, don't say I'm being harsh on you, don't say I favor boys over girls, don't abandon me after you get married, and don't be unfilial when I'm old. Let me tell you, your brothers don't have any, only you do! Alright, I'm leaving!"
After Zhang finished speaking, she turned around and went to find Uncle Gu. That damned man, how could he say such things to his daughter? He's such a scoundrel.
Gu Hui looked at the copper coins in her hand and counted them. There were really seventeen of them!
What happened to her mother?
Her mother actually gave her money?
That's so unrealistic!
Suddenly, Gu Hui sniffed, um...
Judging from the smell, it really was given to her by her mother. Her father was right; it has a distinct flavor!
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