Pei Qingsong really took what his brothers said to heart.
After returning, he conducted a self-examination with Mrs. Pei and was scolded by her.
Mrs. Pei recounted to him all the unkindness of Li Dani, completely shattering the illusion of Pei Qingsong that they were a loving family.
Logically speaking, Mrs. Pei is also a vested interest, but she has a longer-term vision.
Although she has a straightforward personality and easily offends people, she knows who has good character and who is just a passing fad.
Even if Li Dani favors the eldest wife and gives everything she has to the eldest wife, how much can an old woman like Li Dani give? Their children are grown up, how much can they help?
The three uncles are different.
They are all young and strong. To put it bluntly, if something happens to Pei Qingsong, can she still rely on Li Dani to raise three children?
Don’t you still have to bow to your three uncles?
This is what Mrs. Pei said.
"You know what kind of personality your mother has. She's so harsh on the second and third children on the surface, not to mention behind the scenes. Do you think they are all subsidized by your mother like you are? How many times have I told you this before? Which time did you turn a deaf ear to me?"
"You still think that I say bad things about mother because I don't get along with her. Am I the kind of person who would fabricate facts? I will tell you clearly today, Pei Qingsong, your mother will only treat you well. Not to mention the second and third children, she has never given even one extra egg to your son!"
"Why don't you think about it more, you blockhead? My second and third brother's wife and I are not evil people, so why are we all against your mother? If one daughter-in-law is against her, it may be the daughter-in-law's problem, but all three daughters-in-law are against her. Pei Qingsong, think about it carefully, whose problem is it?!"
After Mrs. Pei finished speaking, she was so angry that she drank three bowls of cold water.
She always speaks her mind and will criticize something she doesn't like. How could she say bad things about people behind their backs? What she says must be the truth!
After being sobered up by Mrs. Pei's scolding, Pei Qingsong began to humbly ask his wife for advice on how to mend the relationship between brothers.
That’s why there was this scene of giving money today.
The money he took out was all the money that Li Dani gave him when the family property was divided. He had no right to touch Li Dani's share.
When Pei Qingyang saw the money and bills, he felt so embarrassed that he couldn't speak. He just said those words out of anger yesterday. He didn't expect that Pei Qingsong would really have a change of heart and come to help his brother.
Pei Qingbai next to him didn't know whether he should answer the call or not. He was too embarrassed to answer it. If he was the only one who refused, would his elder brother feel uncomfortable? He looked at Pei Qingyang and decided that if Pei Qingyang answered the call, he would answer it.
Pei Yuanzheng had no intention of asking Pei Qingsong for money.
"Brother." Pei Qingyang said with difficulty: "Logically speaking, I shouldn't have asked you for this money, but I just got separated and it's really difficult. After the house is divided, there is almost nothing left."
Li Dani had no habit of hoarding food, and the amount of food she received when the family was divided was very little. The two hundred yuan she gave them for building a house seemed like a lot, but in fact it might not even be enough.
After all, what they are going to build is a brick house.
The remaining one hundred yuan has to be used to buy food. The family of four will probably have to live in poverty for a long time. At least they will have to wait until the end of this year and the food is distributed by the brigade before they can relax a little.
Pei Qingsong immediately said, "Take this money. If you don't take it, mother will ask your sister-in-law for it later, and then your brother won't be able to help you even if he wants to."
His words made his brothers understand his difficulties.
Although the old man had no worries about food and drink when he followed her, he only had no worries about food and drink. His younger brothers who were separated from him were free, but he had to live under the long-term control of his old mother.
"Okay, brother, I'll write you an IOU." Pei Qingyang said immediately.
Pei Qingbai also said: "I will write it too, brother, we will pay you back."
The three brothers looked at Pei Yuanzheng, who shook his head and said, "I won't lend it. At most, I'll just be a gigolo for a while. I believe my ability to work is no worse than my brothers."
The term "living off a gigolo" made Pei Qingsong and the others laugh.
So Pei Qingsong's money was divided equally between Pei Qingbai and Pei Qingyang, and they wrote an IOU, with Pei Yuanzheng as a witness.
Soon, the four brothers were talking and laughing harmoniously, discussing building the house together.
However, Mrs. Pei integrated into the community with her sisters-in-law much faster than Pei Qingsong.
She went into the stove and immediately took over the work from Ruan Niannian.
"How can you do these things, Fourth Sister-in-law? Let me do it. I heard that what you write can be published in the newspapers. Your hands should be used to hold a pen. Later, Guohui and the others in my family will need you to teach them well. You can't do too much of this work."
There is an old saying in the village that doing too much farm work will wear away the spirit for studying.
Didn’t you see that when the educated youth first arrived, they were all very cold and weird, but after a while they became no different from the villagers.
Ruan Niannian is their little teacher Ruan, and her spirituality cannot be worn away.
Mrs. Pei's second and third wives also agreed.
Second Sister-in-law Pei nodded, while Third Sister-in-law Pei said, "Fourth sister-in-law, eldest sister-in-law is right, you should just go out and have a rest. It's really boring, call those naughty kids back and give them a lesson. They are already in school and they are still running around every day, which is not right."
She still feels upset about Pei Hehui's decision not to go to school.
They couldn't go to school because of poor conditions at that time. Now there are teachers at home but he still doesn't go to school. That brat has never suffered.
"Okay, thank you sisters-in-law for your help. I'll go find the kids."
Ruan Niannian didn't argue with them. She was indeed not as skilled as her sisters-in-law in cooking, so it would be better for her to do something she was good at.
When she walked out of the kitchen, the four brothers were setting up a table and talking around it.
As soon as she walked out, she was noticed by Pei Yuanzheng who had been paying attention to this side. Without saying a word, he left the discussion circle of the four brothers and walked towards her.
"Wife, why are you out? Don't your sisters-in-law work for you?"
"Yeah, they all disliked my slow work and kicked me out. I'm so angry now and I want to vent my anger on those brats in their family."
When Ruan Niannian said this, there was no sign of anger on her face. She was smiling, which made the three brothers of the Pei family feel relieved.
They were afraid that Ruan Niannian would not teach their children after the separation. Now it seems that this sister-in-law is much more open-minded than them.
Pei Yuanzheng quickly mobilized his brothers to look for people: "Second brother, third brother, there is a bicycle at the corner, go and call back Jianhui and Hehui from your family, as well as Guohui, Xiaowen and Xiaoli from eldest brother's family, call them back as well."
There were only two bicycles, so Pei Qingsong didn't go.
He sent Pei Qingbai and Pei Qingyang away because he had something to ask his elder brother Pei Qingsong. He always felt that his elder brother knew something.
After Pei Qingbai and Pei Qingyang went on their bicycles to call people, he took Ruan Niannian's hand, walked to sit next to Pei Qingsong, and asked Ruan Niannian to sit down as well.
"Brother, I won't beat around the bush with you. I have something to ask you. Am I really my mother's child?"
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