"Your daughter-in-law?"
"Is she the daughter of that big capitalist?"
"No way, there is such a filial daughter-in-law who respects her parents-in-law?"
"I've heard that the girls in the city are so spoiled that their eyes are on top of their heads!"
"...Qingcheng, you are not bragging, are you?"
"Yes, your Qingcheng is a filial son, we all know that. But your daughter-in-law——"
They are all middle-aged and elderly women, and they have all become mothers-in-law.
Since ancient times, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been the most delicate and most hostile.
If the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law do not have a falling out and can at least maintain some respect for each other, then their relationship is already very harmonious.
As Gu's mother boasted, her son didn't even bother to go back to his hometown, and everything was taken care of by his daughter-in-law herself. This is something that only happens in dreams!
"Tsk, you brag every day about marrying a good daughter-in-law. If your daughter-in-law is really filial, why don't you stay in the capital?"
"That's right. I'm usually busy with work and it's far away, so I can't go back to my hometown. Now it's Chinese New Year, and I don't even want to come back!"
"... Let me tell you, it's obvious that the rich and delicate young lady looks down on her humble parents-in-law."
Not everyone wants to see other people's families happy and beautiful.
The mentality of "hating others for having and laughing at others for not having" is the instinct of many people.
In the past year, the Gu family was the most prominent.
Gu Qingcheng was originally the most promising young man in Liujia Temple. In the first half of the year, he even brought his parents and younger siblings to the capital.
That's the capital city, with squares, palaces, and where nobles live.
It is a place that many people dream of.
It would have been fine if they had just gone to the capital, but when the Gu family came back, their bags and fancy clothes almost made some of the villagers jealous.
Watch, radio, new clothes, new leather shoes.
Even a loser like Gu Laoshi started smoking cigarettes.
As soon as he returned to the village, before entering the village, Gu Laoshi took out his cigarette box and smoked a lot of cigarettes under the big locust tree.
A pack of cigarettes costs 1.2 cents, and after one toast, it’s gone!
Everyone who saw this felt sorry for Gu Laoshi.
As a result, the village's famously honest man actually looked nonchalant.
"Rich! The Gu family is really rich!"
"That's impossible. Didn't Gu Qingcheng just go to college? Why is he acting like a capitalist?"
"Studying is still the best thing. I want my son to go to university and go to Beijing too!"
"...You guys don't know this, right? Qingcheng from the Gu family has married a good wife!"
"What? Gu Qingcheng got married? When did it happen?"
"Who just said capitalist? It's so accurate! Gu Qingcheng didn't become a capitalist, but he married a capitalist's daughter."
"...No wonder the Gu family suddenly became wealthy! Even a loser like Gu Laoshi wears a watch!"
"Could it be a marriage between the two families?"
"No! But it's almost the same as a live-in son-in-law. The house is the woman's dowry, and she also bought so many good things for the Gu family."
When the people in the village saw the Gu family returning home in glory, they were filled with envy and hatred.
Well-intentioned discussions, malicious slander, and countless rumors filled the entire village.
Gu's mother was the most aggressive. Upon hearing the news, she rushed into the house of a village woman who had a grudge against her and started making a big fuss.
"I'll tear your mouth off! I'll teach you how to talk nonsense!"
"Who said that my family's Qingcheng married into the family? Let me tell you, our Gu family is marrying a daughter-in-law!"
"What? No betrothal gift? The woman even gave a house as a dowry? Yes! These are all true, but that's also because of my son's ability!"
"Humph, your son wants the girl to be his lover, but she doesn't want to."
"My daughter-in-law is happy. She has money and is willing to spend it on my son. She is also filial to us!"
"I'm so envious. Even if your eyes bleed from envy, there's nothing you can do. It's because your son is incompetent."
Gu's mother was beaten from the yard to the street, and then from the street to the village entrance.
Almost everyone in the village came to watch the fun.
Mother Gu, pinching her waist, showed off confidently to the villagers who were gathered around her.
"Hey, my son is good-looking and good at studying. He is a top student at Shuimu!"
"My daughter-in-law just likes my son."
"Hey, the dowry house is not just one room, but a large courtyard with two entrances and two exits."
"By the way, the watches, leather shoes and clothes bought for us are also gifts from my daughter-in-law."
"Bah! How dare you laugh at my son? Why don't you take a piss and look at your own family? You gave birth to a jerk. Even if you build a house for him and give him a dowry, he still can't find a wife!"
Mother Gu was speaking madly.
She looked like a very good old lady from the countryside.
Some people couldn't stand it and murmured quietly: "How can you be considered 'capable' if you don't spend any money to marry a wife?"
This man appeared to be righteously indignant, but his words were still tinged with envy.
"He's really capable! Who doesn't want to marry a wife without spending any money? But besides Gu Qingcheng, whose son in our Liujia Temple can do it?"
"That girl from Qingcheng is really good! She's good-looking and a college student, which is rare for city girls."
People in the village are like this. No matter what they say, they are actually envious in their hearts.
After Gu's mother made a fuss, the turmoil over the "marrying-in-law" was settled.
More villagers pulled Gu's mother aside and asked her about everything going on in the capital.
Mother Gu sat under the locust tree with a majestic figure, and began to brag to a group of villagers:
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