Lu Rong spoke of this with some sadness, "Yunzhou started sending money home five years ago. At first, it was ten yuan a month, then twenty or thirty. When he got a lot of bonuses from missions, he would send back several hundred yuan."
"At first I didn't know, but later your father-in-law became bolder and the money became less and less, so I started to get suspicious. The Yang family's life got better and better, so I marked the money."
Later I discovered he had stolen the money and given it to the Yang family. I wanted to confront him, but my father-in-law pretended to be confused and even searched everywhere I hid the money. I had no choice but to spend all the money to build a house. After the house was built, I stopped letting Yunzhou send money.
When she mentioned her second son, her face lit up with a smile.
“Yunzhou is a filial son. He doesn’t listen to me, but he sends me less each month, ten or twenty yuan, just to give me some pocket money.”
"What!" Sister-in-law Lu slammed her hand on the table.
Her sudden outburst startled Lu Rong so much that his heart stopped.
Lu Rong's temples throbbed, and she kicked her sister-in-law, saying, "You're always so easily startled. Why can't you learn to be more composed?"
Even though she was hit, Sister-in-law Lu wasn't angry. She just sat down next to her sister-in-law with a smile.
"Mom, what exactly do you see in Dad?" Sister-in-law Lu asked bluntly. She had never understood how a woman like her mother-in-law, who was "both scholarly and martial," could fall for someone like her father-in-law.
Lu Rong smiled helplessly, "What capable man would choose to marry into another family? At that time, my father was on his deathbed. If he hadn't arranged my life's important matters, he wouldn't have died in peace. At that time, the Yang family was interested in a marriage alliance."
Sister-in-law Lu stuck out her tongue.
She had no concept of carrying on the family line. Her parents had seven or eight daughters in their quest for a son. She was sold into the Lu family, and she only gave birth to children because her husband and mother-in-law liked them.
Therefore, she couldn't understand Lu Rong's insistence on having a son-in-law live with her family.
But she respected Lu Rong.
She simply patted Lu Rong on the shoulder and said, "Mom, it's okay. From now on, the eldest son and I will take care of you."
Lu Rong rolled his eyes. "You might as well kill me." He slapped his eldest daughter-in-law's hand away.
But the smile on her lips was impossible to suppress.
Sister-in-law Lu wasn't angry; she just smiled kindly.
As Qiao Wanyue watched the interaction between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, a hint of warmth flashed in her eyes. Liang Xiu had never been kind to her, nor had she ever shown her any care. In her previous life, she had never experienced maternal love after getting married. Watching the interaction between Lu's mother and her sister-in-law, she felt a sliver of maternal love.
At this moment, Xiao Hui staggered into the room, looking miserable.
Lu Rong held her grandson in her arms, pinching his nose, "Xiao Hui, what's wrong?"
Lu Hui scrunched up his little face. "Grandma, I'm sleepy."
The little one nestled in Lu Rong's arms, so sleepy that his eyelids were barely open, but his eyes were still bright as he looked at Qiao Wanyue, pointing at her clothes and saying in a soft, sweet voice, "Bride, you look beautiful."
Lu Rong held him in her arms, gently patted his back, and said softly, "Sleep."
Soon after, soft snoring could be heard.
The little guy fell asleep with snot bubbles coming out of his nose. Sister-in-law Lu took a piece of tissue paper to wipe his nose clean and was about to take him to her room when Qiao Wanyue said, "Sister-in-law, put the child here."
Sister-in-law Lu nodded.
After putting the child down, Qiao Wanyue went out with her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Yang Lin was squatting in the corner smoking his pipe when he saw the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law come out. He sighed and muttered something about how he was sorry to the Yang family, that the Yang family line was about to end, and that the Lu family was unfortunate to have married a shrew.
"Yang Lin..." Lu Rong couldn't bear to hear anyone talk about his daughter-in-law now.
Qiao Wanyue put her arm around Lu Rong.
"Mom, the house isn't cleaned up yet. Let's go help my older brother wash the dishes and return them to the neighbors."
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