Even if Qiao Sunshi was unhappy inside, she would still put on a smiling face and talk to others on such an important occasion. After talking with a few acquaintances, she finally believed that her eldest son had really become successful.
The snack shops in town make a lot of money every day; no wonder they've bought so much stuff for the house. I just peeked into the kitchen and saw a whole basin of pork being chopped. Then I heard from a neighbor that they'd slaughtered a whole pig.
Chicken, duck, fish, and rabbit were all served in one pot. The only vegetable dish was probably the cold appetizer. All of this cost money! It hurt my heart to see it all for a meal for the villagers.
Is such a large investment necessary? How much money will this cost?
Thinking of this, Li Meihua, who was entertaining people in the distance, was furious. She didn't go over to cause trouble for her because she had learned her lesson.
Before the old man left, he told her not to cause trouble at her eldest son's house. If she caused any more trouble, he would send her back to her parents' home.
Thinking of this, I could only suppress my anger.
Wang Qin greeted everyone around her, outwardly cheerful but inwardly unhappy. Just then, she noticed her mother-in-law's displeased expression and, as if finding a topic of conversation, quickly went over, took her hand, and said:
"Mom, my sister-in-law is so wasteful. I just looked around and today's banquet is all meat dishes. Many people brought plastic bags, intending to take some back after they finish eating."
"This would bankrupt us!" she said sourly. She had attended so many banquets, but she had never seen anything so extravagant. It would be a lie to say she wasn't jealous. Her family was clearly the best off among the three brothers, but now, compared to them, she felt incredibly poor.
These words struck a chord with Madam Qiao: "Isn't that right? She's just a spendthrift woman. It's just an engagement banquet, why make it so grand? Whose money is all this? It's all earned by my son, not by her as a woman."
“That’s what I think too. My sister-in-law stays at home all day and only cooks. She definitely didn’t earn this money.”
“I need to find some time to talk to your older brother about this. This isn’t how a woman should live her life.”
"Yes, we need to give my brother a talking-to about this. What woman doesn't have to be extremely frugal to make ends meet?"
"Yes, you're so thoughtful, much better than your sister-in-law."
"Mom, what are you saying? I'm saving money because I want to make a better life for myself, aren't I?"
Qiao Sunshi felt that her second son's daughter-in-law had suddenly become more pleasing to the eye, and all her previous faults had disappeared.
Wang Qin twirled the gold ring on her hand. She usually loved spending money; what woman doesn't love to look pretty? Every time she went back to her husband's family home, she had to dress herself shabbily. She was tired of this kind of life.
With the encouragement of her second son's wife, Qiao Sunshi felt that her thoughts were not wrong. It was just that her eldest daughter-in-law did not know how to manage money and how much of her son's hard-earned money she was squandering every day.
Looking at her third daughter-in-law being attentively cared for by Qiao Haixing in the distance, her anger flared even more, and she stared at the woman's belly. Because of this baby's arrival, she'd been doing so much housework these past few days. Just when she'd finally regained her youthful glow, her skin had become rough again, and she couldn't sleep every night because of back pain. She kept craving this and that, it was driving her crazy.
This isn't her own grandson at all! This is a debt collector from a past life, who wishes the child in her womb would be gone...
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