These words came out of nowhere, but everyone in the room understood them. Tang Xiaoxiao nodded helplessly, then smiled shyly and said, "Actually, I'm not as rich as you all say. My pockets were empty after the branch company was built."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Han Yunqi with a pleading expression. What should she do? She really didn't want to keep facing these scenes that seemed like she was showing off and getting slapped in the face!
This is so embarrassing...
Han Yunqi put his arm around her shoulder and smiled helplessly at her. What could he do? He was powerless to help. -_-||
Only Guo Mingli felt completely at ease at that moment, trying her best to control her expression and constantly reminding herself not to show too much smugness.
Having spent half her life openly and secretly fighting with these sisters-in-law, her son made her look good during last year's Spring Festival. This year, her daughter-in-law is even more impressive, and the effect of slapping her face is simply amazing. In previous years, her second sister-in-law openly and secretly mocked her family for being just merchants no matter how much money they made, and that they couldn't compare to those who had a government job. Apart from the fifth brother who had passed away long ago, Yu Xiuping only had a good relationship with the fourth brother's family among the remaining four brothers.
Who can blame them when the men from those two families work for different organizations? One works at a bank, and the other at the Public Security Bureau. In ancient times, they would have been government employees, so they could have stood up straighter than anyone else.
Yu Xiuping was convinced of this theory, and even the Han family elders agreed with it. Guo Mingli was furious but couldn't argue with her.
To say that Han Yunyue also owns a restaurant and is in business is a valid question. He has his reasons. Times have changed. The older generation lives off the government, while the younger generation has to adapt to the times and keep up with social trends.
Anyway, their family is always right.
In the past, Guo Mingli rarely had the upper hand when dealing with her second sister-in-law, but now? What's wrong with her daughter-in-law, a mere merchant? Even the mayor has gone out of his way to support her branch office by cutting the ribbon!
This elevates our status so much! Let's see who dares to look down on us now!
She now found Tang Xiaoxiao incredibly pleasing to the eye, and after hearing what she said, she replied, "Young people are so daring and enterprising. Unlike her father and me, we've been saving up some money for years and just keeping our little shop to ourselves, afraid that we might lose it all and have wasted half our lives."
After saying that, he looked at Tang Xiaoxiao with a loving expression, as if she were looking at her own daughter: "Our Xiaoxiao is so lucky. She became a big boss at such a young age, and she got pregnant with twins not long after getting married... Her career and family life are now perfectly balanced. Don't you think it's like God is feeding her?"
These words left the sisters-in-law with mixed feelings. From initial shock and disbelief to later envy, jealousy, and resentment, their expressions were quite varied.
The others were somewhat better off, but Yu Xiuping and Guo Mingli had the most strained relationship among the sisters-in-law. The reason the two families were always at odds had to be traced back to when the Han brothers were young. Not long after Guo Mingli married into the Han family, Han Shiping's second brother, Han Shiyong, came to their door saying his wife wanted him to buy rice, but he had forgotten his money in his haste. He happened to be passing by Han Shiping's house and wanted to borrow thirty yuan.
Guo Mingli didn't think much of it and gave him the money. As a result, when Han Shiyong arrived at the market, he was lured away by a lottery stall. The first prize was a bicycle, which was displayed brightly on a high platform and was very tempting. In those days, a bicycle was a treasure.
With such a big prize hanging around the corner, there are countless people eager to try their luck. Each draw costs two yuan, and there's even a bag of laundry detergent as a consolation prize. Han Shiyong figured he wasn't losing out anyway, and what if he won the grand prize?
He couldn't resist smoking a few.
Naturally, he didn't win anything. In a moment of passion, Han Shiyong didn't stop and ended up spending all the thirty yuan he had borrowed, plus the dozen or so yuan he already had in his pocket, only to get back twenty-odd bags of laundry detergent.
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