Chapter 24 24. The He Family
Xiao Wanyu refused to believe that the Tian family only had two mirrors in their hands. They must want to take this opportunity to help their elder sister vent her anger.
She stretched out her hand to call the eldest maid Xiaoju, "Go ask around outside. I don't believe that the Tian family is the only one in the entire city that has the mirror. When I get the mirror, I'll see what my good stepmother and the others have to say."
Yu Xiaoju knelt down, "Second Miss, do you want to report to the concierge?"
For older girls like them, in addition to reporting to the doorman before going out, they can also give some benefits to the maid at the back door so as not to alarm the mistress of the house.
Xiao Wanyu grabbed a handful of copper coins from her money box and stuffed them directly into her palm. "No need to report it. If I get asked, I will go buy it myself then."
Maybe I can pick a better and bigger one by then, leaving the mother and daughter speechless.
Yu Xiaoju carefully put the copper coins into her purse, "I understand."
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Not to mention that there was some trouble here because of the two mirrors, the Gu Wenheng brothers were speechless.
"Don't play dead here, you old beggar woman. Don't you see that your eldest son and his wife eat like pigs, and my daughter and granddaughter are almost starving to the point of being skin and bones?
We've heard before that you've set your sights on the eldest son, and we've always thought that you were thinking of letting the eldest son take care of you in your old age, so it wouldn't matter if you suffer some losses in the meantime.
Let me show you what you, an old beggar, have done. You actually used all kinds of excuses to empty the dowry of my second daughter-in-law, and now you are instigating them to empty her family's house. You are really calculating."
Li Cuicui put her hands on her hips and pointed at the three generations of the He family who were hiding together with all her might.
"This is none of our business. She can use her dowry however she wants. We didn't take a penny from her." Gu Yuanfeng's mother-in-law, He Zhou, hid behind He Tuliang and didn't even glance at He Tuping who was beaten black and blue.
"Why do I think the hairpin on your head looks familiar?" Li Cuicui narrowed her eyes and turned her attention to He Yangshi, then slapped her thigh exaggeratedly, "Hey, isn't this the dowry I brought for my daughter? When the dowry was displayed, many people in the whole Geda Village saw it. How did it end up on your head as the eldest sister-in-law?"
He Yang quickly covered it with her hands, "This was given to me by my sister-in-law. I didn't ask her for it."
Gu Wenheng looked at Gu Yuanfeng with admiration, "Sixth sister, you are really generous. You gave me a hairpin worth several taels of silver. How come my brother didn't even get a penny for his wedding? It really proves the saying that a married woman is like spilled water. She doesn't care about her brothers anymore."
"Seventh Brother, shut up." Li Cuicui stopped him and turned to look at the He family again, "Since your family treats everyone equally, why should my daughter be treated differently?
Look at you all, you are all wearing gold and silver, but my silly daughter looks like a beggar. Now you are giving us an explanation, are you trying to bully us because we have no one in the Gu family?"
The men of the Gu family took a step forward at the same time, causing the three generations of the He family to huddle together.
He Tuliang asked for help from the surrounding villagers, but these people avoided his eyes when they met his gaze.
Just kidding, with their small arms and legs, if they really got into a fight with these strong men, would they still want to escape? They would all die here.
"What do you want?"
"Not so good? Return all the things that don't belong to you. If you think it's unsafe for my daughter to keep them, I will keep them for her. When she has a son in the future, I promise to return every penny."
"Haha, you are the only one who believes this. Why don't you ask your sons whether they agree or not?" When He Zhou heard what Li Cuicui said, she refuted it without thinking.
"Then you can divide the property between the two of them. Anyway, these things are ready-made. The two sons can be divided into two and let them live their own lives in the future."
"I will not divide the family." The first person who jumped up to refute Li Cuicui was Gu Yuanfeng, which was completely beyond everyone's expectations.
Li Cuicui slapped him directly, "I am now giving you justice, do you have the right to speak?
If you could really make a living, you wouldn't have to watch others eat and get fat while you have to go back and exploit your brothers from your mother's family in order to survive.
Please ask the elders here to judge, who am I doing this for?"
Gu Yuanfeng pointed at Gu Wenheng angrily, "You can lend money to Lao Qi, why can't you lend it to me?
Besides, it’s not like I won’t pay you back. When my life gets better in the future, I will definitely not owe you money.”
Li Cuicui looked at her disappointedly, "Don't compare everything with your brothers, they don't owe you anything, and I don't owe you anything either.
When you get married, I will prepare a dowry for you according to my son's share of the family property, no more and no less.
I don't believe we are that close. Don't you know how much silver I gave your seventh brother? Among all these brothers, the one I owe the most to is your seventh brother. Why do you always compare yourself with him?"
Gu Yuanfeng was speechless, and even the other brothers who were standing with him lowered their heads.
"You can compare with me," Gu Wenheng pulled He Tuping over, "and don't say that I, as a brother-in-law, don't know how to deal with people. At that time, my sixth sister also got a share of the family property. Since you ask for fair treatment, you should follow the etiquette of a son in the future and give gifts to your parents every New Year. As for the share of old-age care, you should also share it with us.
By the way, don’t forget the little one at home. He must take our surname Gu, so that you can sit down with us brothers to discuss fairness, and you can also make demands from the old man, how about it? "
"Then isn't this marrying into the wife's family?" Someone in the crowd exclaimed.
Gu Wenheng slapped He Tuping on the shoulder and said, "This is what my brother-in-law meant. Otherwise, how could he have the nerve to let his wife come to our house to make demands?
Fellow villagers, you all have sons and daughters in your family. Don’t you think that people like them are planning to marry into the family?”
There was a flash of embarrassment in He Tuping's eyes. This brother-in-law really hurt him with every word he said and didn't give him any face at all.
Gu Yuanfeng also felt everyone's strange looks, but in his heart he felt that his seventh brother was too aggressive. "Seventh brother, don't misinterpret your brother-in-law and me here. If our family wasn't so difficult, we wouldn't have to ask for help from my mother's family."
"Are times getting tough?" Gu Yuanhuo kicked open the cargo box next to He Tuliang. It was full of stuff, and it was obvious that it had been restocked not long ago.
"This box must be worth at least several dozen taels, right? I just don't understand, are you guys fleeing? Or are you doing big business here?
With such a small fortune, and since you haven't divided up the family property, how can you not make ends meet?"
Since you have no shame, just let them tear it apart. Otherwise, people will think that the Gu family is bullying others by taking advantage of their power?
(End of this chapter)
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