Chapter 81 Providing Financial Aid to Her Mother's Family
"Mom, how much longer until we arrive?"
Halfway there, Liu Jiangong started muttering to himself.
Liu Zhenyan couldn't help but ask curiously, "Auntie, what are you going to the Zhao family for?"
Liu Jiangong also looked at her.
Zhao Fengxiu paused, then shouted, "What are you shouting for? You'll know when you get there. Why all this nonsense?"
After getting off the bus, she kept thinking about things.
Those two are always nagging, it's driving her crazy.
She was still thinking about how to deal with Zhang Cheng, who had deceived and defrauded her family!
His name sounds honest, and he himself is cheerful, down-to-earth, and steady.
In her forties, full of vigor, she boasted that she would take her brothers from her maternal family to make a fortune.
But what was the result...?
Upon seeing the village, Zhao Fengxiu felt a great weight lifted from her shoulders.
Following her memory, she found the house where her maternal family, the Zhao family, was located.
It's a two-story earthen-tiled house, but the outside is very clean, and you can see from the courtyard wall that the inside is neat and tidy.
The whole family loves life.
As Zhao Fengxiu passed by, she was filled with mixed emotions and hesitated whether to go in.
Upon seeing this, Liu Jiangong exclaimed, "Isn't this Grandma's house? We've arrived at Grandma's house!"
He excitedly led Liu Zhenyan to knock on the door. The visitors were Zhao Fengxiu's elder brother, Zhao Pinji, and his son.
"You are..."
"Uncle! Don't you remember me?" Liu Jiangong said happily.
Zhao Pinji glanced at him and immediately said, "Oh! You're Jiancheng, right? Hahaha, you've grown so much! It's been years since I've seen you. Is that Jian Gong next to you?"
You two are quite good-looking, haha.
Liu Jiangong, Liu Zhenyan...
Zhao Fengxiu stepped forward and said, "Big brother..."
Zhao Pinji, "Fengxiu?"
...
After the three entered the house and sat down, Zhao Pinji asked his son to boil water for the guests.
Zhao Pinji sighed with emotion, "These years the competition has been fierce, it's not easy to make a living, so most of us are staying at home, and there aren't many people working."
"I was confused just now. I'm getting old, I mistook my nephew for my own, hahaha."
Liu Jiangong smiled helplessly.
Zhao Fengxiu shook her head, "That doesn't matter, as long as your family is doing well."
As she spoke, Zhao Fengxiu quietly took some money out of her bag and put it on the table.
Zhao Pinji saw this and immediately stood up angrily, saying, "What are you doing? What do you mean? How can you behave like this?"
Do you owe us anything? We don't need your charity here! We can manage!
How could it be your place, a married woman, to support your family! Honestly!
As Zhao Pinji spoke, he picked up the money, knowing that Zhao Fengxiu wouldn't take it, so he directly stuffed it into Liu Jiangong's hand!
Liu Jiangong was dumbfounded, but Liu Zhenyan was shocked.
Wow, you can get paid for coming here?
Auntie is indeed amazing!
Zhao Fengxiu had just cast a glance at him, intending to take the money back from Liu Jiangong's hand, when Liu Jiangong turned around and ran out the door!
"It's so boring in here. You guys chat first, Zhenyan and I are going out for some fresh air!"
Liu Jiangong made an excuse and ran away.
Zhao Fengxiu was speechless. What a brat!
I'll settle the score with him when I get back!
Zhao Fengxiu looked at her elder brother and sighed, "Brother, you can't do this! Just because you don't want it doesn't mean your wife and children don't want it."
Look at me, with the support of my family lately, I took over that shop, and it's doing quite well. You all deserve this."
Zhao Fengxiu took out another sum of money, one hundred yuan, and handed it to Zhao Pinji.
The two of them pushed and shoved each other, neither daring to accept it.
It wasn't until the third brother, Zhao Pinqi, his mother, wife, and children returned from the fields that a cheer erupted outside!
Liu Jiangong and his cousins were laughing and chatting happily.
Zhao Pinji brought his wife and mother in, and sure enough, they saw Zhao Fengxiu!
With tears in her eyes, Zhao's mother rushed over, exclaiming, "You're back!"
"Mom! Please try to persuade my older brother. He keeps refusing the money I give him." Zhao Fengxiu wanted to complain to her mother.
To everyone's surprise, his sister-in-law and brother-in-law all looked at him with delight, but Zhao Pinji and Zhao Pinqi glared at them and turned their gazes away.
Just as Zhao Fengxiu helped Zhao's mother up, she immediately pushed her away.
"What are you doing here? Bringing money? Then you can go back. We've seen how hard you and Shiping went back then."
Just because you're doing well doesn't mean we should treat you like this. Your father is right; once you're married, you're part of the family. Bringing a small gift is enough; there's no need for this.
Although your father's skills were not passed down, our family is able-bodied and survived the famine a few years ago.
"Where do we need to subsidize like this? It's outrageous!"
Zhao Pinqi was relieved to see his second sister. "Second sister, you see, Mom and Dad are right. Just take care of yourself. You have so many children to raise, how can you afford to spend all that money?"
"We're content as long as we have enough to eat and wear."
Seeing that they still had this attitude, Zhao Fengxiu could only keep the money for now and secretly slip it to her sister-in-law when she left.
It's not acceptable to simply hand it over to Mom and my eldest and third brothers.
The family sat down, and their children busied themselves with cooking and tending the fire, all in an orderly manner.
Seeing that her eldest brother and third brother's children had all started their own families and were doing their own things, Zhao Fengxiu watched intently, filled with envy.
Unlike my own past life, I doted on my children so much that they all turned out to be ungrateful!
Zhao Pinji asked curiously, "Fengxiu, you have so many things to do at home, and so many children. How do you have the time to come here? If you're busy, just be busy. Don't worry about us."
We're all doing quite well; we're able-bodied and won't starve.
"With so many people in our family, is it any of your business, a married woman, that you should be worrying about?"
Zhao Fengxiu felt a lump in her throat, but she held it back.
"It's nothing, I just thought of coming over for a visit. I'm not leaving tonight, I'll stay for two days. If my sister-in-law and brother-in-law feel offended, I can pay for my stay."
After these words were spoken, Zhao Pinji and Zhao Pinqi were speechless.
Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Zhao Fengxiu reluctantly handed the thirty yuan to her sister-in-law and also slipped a few yuan to her younger brother and sister-in-law.
The two of them were so happy that they quickly went to the kitchen to get busy.
Zhao's mother looked troubled. "Fengxiu, you can't do this. Can Shiping manage all this by himself? Don't you think about your husband at all?"
You have two or three women in your family who are of marriageable age and have already married. How can you just come here whenever you want? You should go back and live your own life. Don't worry about us."
While Zhao's mother's words were meant to drive Zhao away, she was actually afraid of causing trouble for Zhao Fengxiu.
Zhao Fengxiu said, "Mom, brother, you don't know, lately I..."
Zhao Fengxiu told her mother and others about her eldest daughter's unmarried status, her decision not to marry in the future, her failure to propose marriage to the Li family, and the trouble she had with the Xu and Lin families.
"So, I'm currently well-off. Outsiders don't know how much I have, but my family does. I think back to when my eldest and third brothers were in dire straits, they still thought of helping me and Shiping."
Now that I'm doing well, I definitely have to help you out, otherwise I'd feel guilty!
As for why I haven't come as often in recent years, it's because I've spoiled my children too much. They all have their own paths now, especially the third child, who is talking about marrying into the family. I think it's respectful to respect the children's wishes.
As for the others, their fate is respected...
After Zhao Fengxiu finished speaking, Zhao's mother and the others were shocked and dumbfounded.
Zhao Pinji hesitated, unsure what to say, while Zhao Pinqi was utterly astonished and speechless!
Zhao's mother was nearby, and after hearing the story, she was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped Zhao Fengxiu's arm!
She still couldn't bring herself to actually hit her.
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