Jiang Yunchen felt so happy when he saw his wife's painful expression.
"Don't worry, your husband and I know all about these gifts. I have already discussed it with Dad a long time ago. They are calculated according to each family."
"My uncle's family gave me two bottles of Maotai, two packs of cigarettes, and two bags of candy. That's not too much, right? All together it's only a dozen yuan."
"You can't favor one over the other, right? Although what you said the other day makes sense, if my uncle's family has something that they don't, then it doesn't mean they picked it up."
"There are also grandparents, parents and grandparents. It's impossible for them to be missing. How can other families have something that our family doesn't have?"
"For the rest of the uncles and aunts from the same clan, I only prepared a bag of white sugar and a bag of Little White Rabbit candy, which is not a lot. And I am also trying to save face for you and your father-in-law and mother-in-law."
"Before, our family was not well off and we were always looked down upon. Now that we have the means, we must naturally earn back the reputation for our elders!"
When Qiao Xiazhi heard this, she was still very touched by Jiang Yunchen's actions, but her face darkened when she thought of those so-called relatives at home.
So he said, "Reputation is not maintained by how many gifts we give them. Reputation is maintained by having money in our own pockets and by the prosperity of our family."
"Some people are evil. No matter how many gifts you give them, they will never be satisfied. Instead of spending money on gifts for them, we might as well eat better ourselves."
"Listen to me, uncles from the same clan should only take a bag of sugar, and don't take anything else. If they say they dislike it, then we won't have to leave in the future."
"As for my uncle and the two aunts, I'll give my uncle some money as usual, and as for the two aunts, I'll just have my eldest brother secretly send some money over and tell them. We won't have to go around there."
"If you give too many gifts, it will be a waste. If you give too few, those people might think that Auntie has kept them for nothing and will cause trouble for her."
"Instead of this, we might as well stop hanging out in public. At most, they'll just say a few words to us, but we won't be able to hear them anyway."
Besides, it wasn't that Qiao Xiazhi was stingy. She had some understanding of the character of her two aunts' mothers-in-law. She didn't visit them openly because she was thinking about their small family.
She doesn't want to be entangled by those people.
As for the uncles and aunts from her mother's family, given Qiao Xiazhi's temper, she wouldn't want to leave.
When my grandfather's father squandered the family's money, they talked behind his back and watched him make a fool of himself.
There was only one great uncle, who was also my grandfather’s cousin, who helped their family back then.
These are what she slowly heard from her grandparents during this period.
As for that cousin, just give him an extra cigarette in private.
The rest is just for grandpa’s sake. I don’t want to make things difficult for him, so it’s enough as long as the intention is conveyed.
The main reason is that people of my grandfather’s generation have different ideas. Even if others look down on your family because they are poor, you still have to observe proper manners.
If she was polite, they would come and say that she believed that Grandpa would make his own decision. It didn't matter if she didn't leave in the future, because she was a married daughter anyway.
She didn't know that Jiang Yunchen prepared a pig for her wedding day. If she had known, she would definitely not let him be so generous.
But what was given before has already been given, so forget it.
Hearing this, Jiang Yunchen said, "Then buy all these things."
Qiao Xiazhi: "Take it down and put it at home. You can take it out to visit relatives during the New Year. Our family's money didn't come from the wind. Even if we have a lot of money, we won't spend it like this."
Grandma Jiang, who was standing by, felt that what Qiao Xiazhi said made a lot of sense. She also agreed with him and helped persuade her grandson: "Xiazhi is right. Let's do as Xiazhi said."
So Jiang Yunchen obediently moved the extra gifts out of the car.
After going through all this, the couple set off back to their parents’ home with their three younger sisters.
The breeze blew across my cheeks, and the depressed mood just now disappeared instantly, replaced by the joy of returning to my mother's home.
Qiao Xiazhi has always been good at adjusting his mood and never gets angry for too long over trivial matters.
After returning to her mother's house, grandpa took Qiao Xiazhi and Jiang Yunchen to greet the family before dinner was served.
Everything was fine when we went to the first few houses. At least those people knew Jiang Yunchen's identity, and they were polite to him and invited them to have lunch.
When they arrived at the last cousin's house, they went into the house, took out the candy, exchanged a few polite words, and prepared to leave.
But just as I walked out of the door and before I left the yard, my cousin's wife in the house said something, I don't know whether it was intentional or not.
"Oh, this guy married well, but he still can't change his petty mind. I guess he spent all the money on the wedding to show off his wealth. Look at this wedding gift, I thought it would be so good?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Qiping, who was walking in front, turned back and took the candy on the table.
Then he did not show any mercy to the other party and shouted back loudly, saying:
"Whether our Xia Zhi married well or badly, that was her fate. Whether she was rich or poor, the gifts she gave, no matter how much, were all out of courtesy for the younger generation. As an elder, you didn't even offer her a cup of tea. How can you act like an elder? Since you dislike this gift, it's just right to save it for us. We can save more money in the future."
After saying that, Qiao Qiping took the candy back and left with Qiao Xiazhi and Jiang Yunchen.
Don't give the other person a chance to argue with you.
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