Liu Zhi arrived at the kitchen door and looked inside first. After making sure that her sister was inside, she quickly went in.

She walked straight to the cupboard, opened the door and started rummaging around.

"Liuzhi, what are you doing?" Liuye shouted at her.

"You...you are looking for San Gou, but San Gou is hiding, and you can't find him."

"Go, go, go, he didn't come to this room, go look for him in another room."

As Liu Ye spoke, she wiped her hands on her apron, ready to throw the willow branch away.

The willow branches dodged back and forth in the house like a nimble monkey.

There was a large vat next to the cupboard. Liu Zhi lifted the lid and found two bags filled with food inside.

One bag contained snow-white flour, and the other bag contained snow-white rice.

At this time, Liu Ye came over and slapped Liu Zhi on the butt.

"Girl, what are you rummaging around for? Can San Gou really hide in a flour jar? Get out, get out."

Willow had almost finished turning over the leaves, and ran out giggling.

She ran to the gate and saw her mother waiting for her at the base of the wall. She ran over and told her mother what she had just seen.

"I saw eggs, brown sugar, steamed buns, bowls, plates, and pickle jars in the cupboard..."

Liuzhi counted on her fingers, carefully recalling what she had just seen, when she suddenly felt her ear being pulled.

"Don't talk about useless things. Let's talk about food. Where's the rice and flour? Have you seen any?"

"Look, look, mom, mom, let me tell you, there is a bag of rice and a bag of flour in the big noodle vat, both are white as snow."

When Liuzhi said this, her tone suddenly changed, becoming coquettish.

"Mom, I want to eat white flour steamed buns. When we leave, can you ask me for some white flour so I can make white flour steamed buns for you when we get home?"

Speaking of white flour steamed buns, Liu Zhi even forgot about playing and tugged at her mother's clothes, her eyes full of desire.

"Mom, what are you and Willow doing standing here?"

When the mother and the daughter turned around, they saw Liu Ye holding a slop bucket in her hand and looking at them with a puzzled look on her face.

"No...nothing. By the way, I just went to the bathroom. I'll be back soon, I'll be back soon."

Mother Liu was a little flustered, wondering whether Liu Ye had heard what she had just said to Liu Zhi.

At this moment, Willow Branch unexpectedly spoke to Willow Leaf.

"Sister, there is so much white rice and white flour in your noodle jar. When I leave with my parents later, can you dig some out for us to take back? I want to eat white flour steamed buns."

Seeing this, Liu's mother hurriedly pushed Liu Zhi and said, "What are you talking about here, you little girl? Your sister lives with her parents-in-law. How can she be a family? Stop making things difficult for your sister."

Liu Zhi curled her lips in dissatisfaction, turned around and walked away.

Liu Ye seemed to understand why she had been rummaging around in the kitchen just now.

She picked up the bucket of water and poured it into the ditch beside the road. When she came back, Liu's mother followed her into the kitchen.

Liu Ye already had a premonition that her mother had something to say to her, but she had already made up her mind that she would never take advantage of her in-laws and feed her own family.

After talking to her for a few sentences, Liu's mother finally got back to the point.

"Liu Ye, your brother is getting married, how much gift money do you plan to give?"

Liu Ye was cleaning the stove. After a pause, she replied, "I don't know. I'm not the head of the family. This depends on my parents-in-law."

After saying that, she glanced at Liu's mother and reminded her, "Don't think too much. I just told you what's going on in our family.

Recently, Haiyang's brother got married, but because they had no money to hold a wedding banquet, the two of them only got a marriage certificate, and they don't know when they can get the money for the wedding banquet. "

"What? Haiyang's brother is also getting married, and the girl didn't ask for a dowry. You keep saying that your in-laws are poor, but didn't their second daughter-in-law spend any money to get here?"

There was some anger in Liu's mother's tone. She felt that her daughter always sided with her husband's family and didn't care about her own family at all.

"You are right. They really didn't ask for a single cent of betrothal gift."

"What? You didn't ask for a penny as a betrothal gift?"

Mother Liu's voice rose several pitches, and then she shook her head.

"Don't you believe it? Who would raise a daughter in exchange for some dowry? Are her parents stupid?"

"If Tian's parents had the same idea as you, then this would be impossible. However, this sister's parents are no longer around, so she has to do everything on her own."

"Ah? Without a father or a mother, then...then she must have brothers and sisters at home, right?"

"Yes, he has a younger brother, who is about the same age as Sangou. He is a girl from Zhenxiao. The only requirement for her to marry Haibin is that he helps her raise his younger brother."

"That's it! I really thought she didn't want anything, but it turns out she has a younger brother to raise.

Do you think it's easy to raise a child? Providing food and drink costs no less than the betrothal money. Don't think that you can't hold your head up in this family just because your parents-in-law give you a betrothal gift of 500 yuan.

I tell you, in time, your sister-in-law might spend more money than you. You can’t feel it now, but you will know it when her brother grows up.”

After Liu's mother finished speaking, she suddenly walked towards Liu Ye and shouted at her:

"Liu Ye, let me tell you, your brother is not just anyone else, you can get two more benefits from his wedding.

If you get upset at your husband's house, won't your brother come to your rescue?

From now on, when your father is gone, your mother's family will be your brother and sister-in-law's family. Be nice to them, and they will treat you better when you return to your mother's family."

Hearing this, Liu Ye said impatiently to her mother: "If that day really comes, and you and Dad are not here, why would you go back to your mother's house? Just don't go back."

"You..." Mother Liu was choked and couldn't speak for a long time.