Dongmei pulled Mengtao to the opposite room, took out a wad of money wrapped in a handkerchief, and said, "Sister Taohua, our family is rich now. Last year, the production team distributed dividends, and you also had a share. Brother Jinniu said that this money is for you. You spend a lot in the city, so buy what you need and don't save. We need to keep up with the times."

Meng Tao was amused by her words: "Spending money means keeping up with the times?"

"Isn't it? We can't let anyone look down on us."

Meng Tao pushed the money back: "I don't lack money to spend, I have plenty of money. The production team gave me dividends to keep at home, you should keep them well, you are going to have a baby, and you need to pay for socializing with relatives and friends, and various household expenses."

"I saved the money for the birth of the child. We have other incomes, and we will divide the money at the end of the year. My dad and Brother Jinniu said that as long as we work hard, we will have endless money in the future."

"Spend what you need to spend, and save the rest first. It's never a big deal to have too much money."

After a few years, riding on the spring breeze of reform and opening up, Taurus can develop and expand various businesses, and a lot of money will be needed at that time.

Dongmei wanted to give it, but Mengtao didn't want it. The two pushed it back and forth. Finally, Dongmei had no choice but to accept it. She took out a five-yuan note from her pocket and said, "I'll give this to my grandfather later and ask him to take it back to my old lady."

"Give the old woman five dollars a month. Anything else?"

"Five dollars is enough, what else do you want? During the New Year, I'll buy two pounds of meat, weigh a pound of snacks, and buy a piece of cloth to make her some clothes. The old woman can only get a little benefit from Brother Jinniu. For the rest, who among so many descendants will be filial to her?"

"They haven't come to cause trouble in the past two years, right?"

"She came once last year and said she wanted to live with us and asked us to take care of her and take care of her in her old age. I dragged her out of the village and she didn't dare to come again after that."

Meng Tao gave Dongmei a thumbs up and said, "You are the only one who can handle that old witch. If you change Jinniu, he will only suffer."

"Jinniu is honest and kind, so they just bully him. I'm not that easy to talk to. If someone respects me, I'll respect them. Ever since I found out about what they did to Jinniu, I've disliked the Meng family, especially Jinniu's bastard father. He didn't come, but if he dared to come, I'd beat him with a stick and avenge Jinniu!"

"That's unnecessary. It's been so long, and if we go back and settle the score, we'll be the one that's wrong. It won't be worth it if he finds a handle and uses it against us."

"I know. I won't do it violently. I'm just so angry. If he gets a chance to fall into my hands, I will definitely not let him go."

Dongmei then asked Meng Tao: "What did the old man say to you just now? I saw him coming out of the main hall and he looked very unhappy."

"He asked me to find Shen Yu and make Meng Jinlin's substitute teacher job a permanent one. He also asked me to bring a few girls over there to the city to find jobs. Don't you think that's ridiculous? I don't even know those girls.

Our grandfather took me with him and was driven out of the old house by his wife, so we had to settle in the remote Linshui Village. He didn't say a word. Now that he is gone, he comes here to get close to us. It is only because he is willing to cooperate in giving the golden bull to grandfather as his grandson that we tolerate him and respect him as an elder. Otherwise, we would not bother to pay attention to him. "

"How could he be cooperative? He clearly saw that Jinniu was almost beaten to death and thought he would become disabled and useless, so he was thrown to Linshui Village to be our grandfather's grandson. Otherwise, would he be willing? Brother Ma Liu and Wang Gouzi come here often. I've heard that all the Meng family in Liuzhuang are immoral. They treated Jinniu like an animal since he was a child. That's not all. The old woman also wants to push the mess of her mother's family onto Jinniu. This is leaving no way for Jinniu to survive..."

Dongmei was angry and heartbroken, her eyes were red, and she held Meng Tao's hand, "Don't worry about it, sister. Let me handle it. Those girls, Meng Jinlin, and the guy named Meng Jingang who works in a factory in the county, have all been here! None of them are good people, I know how to deal with them!"

Don't be angry, take care of yourself. Don't be too strong at ordinary times, just do some light work at home, don't do any heavy work, learn to read with the educated youth when you have free time, and read the newspapers and magazines bought by Jinniu. You should follow Jinniu brother and learn what he learns. In this way, you will understand what he thinks and what he wants to do. You can have more topics to talk about with your husband and wife. "

"Yes! I understand, sister. When I have some free time, I will also learn some culture!"

"Yes, knowledge and culture are useful at any time."

After talking to Bao Dongmei, Meng Tao prepared to go out to see where Xu Zhen and Xiao Yunhai went to play. Just as she reached the door, she saw Zhou Cuiling coming over with an umbrella and her son on her back.

Meng Tao smiled and said, "I was just planning to stop by your house and ask you guys to come over to eat mugwort rice cakes."

Then he went forward to check on the baby behind her and said, "You are sleeping soundly. Are you having a sweet dream?"

Zhou Cuiling: "Don't mention it, this little guy is a night wanderer. He sleeps soundly during the day and is very energetic at night. I wanted to sleep with him for a while and come over for dinner, but the crying and scolding in the back room was too noisy. I couldn't sleep, so I had to bring him over."

"Zhou Cuimei's home?"

"There are three families living in the back room of my house. The one that was quarreling today is Zhou Cuilian's family - Zhou Cuilian is back."

"Zhou Cuilian who eloped with Liang Tiezhu?"

"It's her. Could there be another Zhou Cuilian? She didn't dare to return to the village before. Now that the Tian family has moved away and Tian Xianglan has been locked up in a mental hospital, she came back secretly."

"What are you arguing about back here?"

"She brought a child back and didn't want to live with Liang Tiezhu anymore. She wanted to live back home. She was beaten by her father and brother, and scolded by her mother. She cried and said that Liang Tiezhu used to make enough money from odd jobs and repairing bicycles to support the three of them, but now he has to support four daughters. The four daughters are just like their mother. They eat everything like hungry wolves, and they are lazy and vicious. They team up to bully her every day and want to harm her son.

But Liang Tiezhu is not as good as before. He always doesn't believe her and says that his four daughters are pitiful. The two quarrel every day. Liang Tiezhu beats and scolds her, doesn't give her money, and asks her to wash clothes, cook and serve the four daughters. He says that since she is the stepmother of his daughters, she must serve them... Ha, don't you think this is retribution?"

"This is retribution in this life. Tian Xianglan is a vicious woman, and Zhou Cuilian is really not a good person. This is the evil consequence they deserve."

Meng Tao helped Zhou Cuiling put away her umbrella: "Let's not talk about them, it will affect our mood. You go in first, I'll go over there to look for my mother-in-law and Xiao Yunhai, we'll talk when I come back."

"OK."

(End of this chapter)