The Fan family's life was nowhere near as good as Hu Shuiqing's; it was like heaven and earth. She thought Wanxia would be willing to agree to all the demands Hu Shuiqing made in order to stay with her, but things turned out differently than she expected.
No, what can an eight or nine-year-old girl do! I originally planned to raise her for a few years and marry her off to a widower to collect a lot of dowry money, but now that she has spoken out, and with Fan Jin and Hu Shuiqing pressing her down, it won't be possible to marry her off to a widower in the future.
It's nice to have another girl to feed for free, but it's also good to have a teenage sister-in-law helping take care of the baby next year after she has her baby...
"I forgot to mention, your uncle and aunt paid over a thousand catties of black flour back then. It was black flour from a famine year, so it was very expensive. You should pay it back first. Also, pay back all the food, drink, and clothing I've consumed over the past year in silver. Then I can go back with you."
You said yourself that from now on you and I are family, my sister-in-law, and the eldest sister-in-law at that, so you can't abandon me! And we can't take advantage of your uncle and aunt, can we?
Zhang Chunhua opened her mouth, but no sound came out.
If it were any other family, the women watching the spectacle would have made a few jeers, urging Zhang Chunhua to gather money and food to take Wanxia back, or they would have ridiculed Zhang Chunhua.
But they knew of Shuiqing and Fanjin's feelings for Wanxia. These days, the food, supplies, and even the education and literacy they received were no different from those of their own children! Even biological children couldn't be treated this well.
Yan Qiuxing felt that the children also doted on their youngest sister.
This large family would certainly be reluctant and unwilling to let Wanxia go back to become Zhaodi!
Now that Wanxia herself has brought up the idea of going back, it's also to shut Zhang Chunhua up and make her give up on that idea and stop trying to take advantage of her. However, they can't push her too far, otherwise what if Zhang Chunhua agrees after a heated argument?
Wouldn't that ruin Wanxia's life?
Xinghui looked at Wanxia nervously, afraid that she had really gone back with Zhang Chunhua.
Yan Qiu looked at Zhang Chunhua, trying to deduce her thoughts from her expression and demeanor.
Those present had earned money and had savings at home during this period, which is why they thought Zhang Chunhua might grit her teeth and take out the money to bring Wanxia back. However, apart from the five taels of silver that the Zhang and Fan families received last time, they had no extra money at all!
The Fan family's money was used to marry Zhang Chunhua as a dowry, and the money that went to the Zhang family was so much that even if Zhang Chunhua were sold, her parents wouldn't be able to use the money to redeem her, let alone Wanxia.
Zhang Chunhua neither had the ability nor wanted to.
By the end of the month, she will be the mistress of the Fan family. Sun Jinhua used to steal her food and dishes at the village banquet before the New Year. Now that she is in her hands, she can refuse to give her food if she wants. If Wanxia is taken back, wouldn't that be letting Sun Jinhua have an easy time?
In the late summer, she went to serve Sun Jinhua, but all the housework still fell on her shoulders, and she didn't get any credit.
"Me, me"
She looked around and saw that everyone was staring at her. A dark red flush rose on her dark face. Then she gritted her teeth and said, "Two sets of tools it is. Just don't complain about the trouble of coming to change them frequently."
"Hey, Chunhua, even if your husband's family wanted to be more diligent, they wouldn't be able to."
"Yeah, which one of them is hardworking? Don't you have any idea?"
"Right now, Sizhu is busy serving the whole family all by himself, and he hardly gets any rest. Once you marry into the family, the two of you can take turns resting for a while, but he might not be as diligent with the handicrafts."
Regardless of whether Wanxia stayed or left, the women present turned their mouths into knives, stabbing her in the heart with sharp, cutting remarks.
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