Xun Liangfen stared wide-eyed at Hua Baoguo in disbelief. "So you gave all your money to your mother? Why didn't you discuss it with me?"
Hua Baoguo: "What's there to discuss? This money should have been spent on the family anyway. For so many years, our parents have been helping us raise our children. Shouldn't we, as parents, also contribute?"
"Look how much money you have left. Zhi'an is going back to the city soon, he's getting married and having children, and there are a lot of expenses to come."
"But didn't you say you'd give me some every month..."
Hua Baoguo waved his hand dismissively and said, "Anyway, we're all at home, we didn't run away."
"You still haven't told me how much you've saved. Even if your salary is only half of mine, you should have at least a few thousand yuan by now, right?"
"Where would there be so many?" Xun Liangfen twisted her fingers, her voice somewhat dry.
"How can there be none left? I usually pay for everything when we buy things, and you just give me some receipts at most..." Hua Baoguo took a deep breath, "Just tell me, how much is left?"
"Just...just...just...just a few hundred yuan." Xun Liangfen closed her eyes after saying that.
Hua Baoguo had already guessed this, and today, he took this opportunity to lay it all out on the table, and said with a mocking smile, "So, this is how your parents taught you to be a wife and a mother?"
"Since I'm going to look for my family tomorrow, I'll also ask my father-in-law where you've spent all your money over the years."
"I gave it to my mother, but we're doing well, what's wrong with helping my family out?"
Hua Baoguo slammed his hand on the table. "What's wrong? Nothing. It's only right to be filial to your parents. Then why did you get married?"
Your mother curses you every day, calling you a money-loser, but it turns out it's your husband's family that's losing money.
What have you done for those children? What have you bought for them? How dare you stand here criticizing them?
Hua Baoguo was somewhat self-centered, but he wasn't stupid. He had no objection to helping his wife's family, but he never expected Xun Liangfen to go so far as to attach herself to everything.
Xun Liangfen's previous arrogance vanished instantly. She covered her face, sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), and burst into tears. "My family lives in the countryside. We can't even earn a few dozen yuan a year. I just wanted to help out. Besides, our family isn't struggling to make ends meet..."
Hua Baoguo paced back and forth in the room. “From the time you started working until now, more than 20 years, all your salary and benefits have added up to nearly 10,000 yuan, but you haven’t given a single penny to your family. How difficult must your parents be to use such a large sum of money?”
So you provided that brick house for your family?
Xun Liangfen remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Hua Baoguo clutched his chest in anger, "If I hadn't asked today, would you have been keeping this from me all along?"
"With all the money you've given, my daughter still has to squeeze into a storage room with your nieces every time she visits?"
“It’s not that there’s not enough room at home. I can’t ask my parents to give up their room for her. She’s so delicate.”
Hua Baoguo could no longer hold back and slapped him across the face. "What did you say to me before? What did you say to the child?"
Didn't you say your family is having a hard time? Just for a day or two, please let us bear with it.
So, after paying so much money, we still have to put up with this?
Xun Liangfen covered her face, "Am I wrong? These kids have never experienced hardship, and they come back with so many complaints."
In our area, many children don't even have enough to eat..."
"Then why do you eat?" Hua Baoguo sneered. "If you sympathize with them and pity them, you can skip meals. I haven't seen you skip a single meal."
So you're using our Hua family's resources to play the role of a great philanthropist.
Xun Liangfen wanted to say something more, but Hua Baoguo was no longer willing to listen. He turned to leave, but then turned back and went back into the room.
When she came out again, she was carrying several large packages, which she put all of them into Tian Guihua's room.
"What are you doing? I finally managed to organize this."
Hua Baoguo: "When you go back to your parents' home in the future, you'll have to prepare your own things."
"I have business to attend to tomorrow, so you should go back and say goodbye to the New Year yourself."
Xun Liangfen gritted her teeth and rushed into her room, slamming the door shut.
Hua Baoguo opened the courtyard gate, sees his father squatting at the door.
“Dad, you heard everything.” Hua Baoguo squatted down beside him.
"Will she blame her father?" He was the one who arranged this marriage, but he never expected his daughter-in-law to be so outrageous. She seemed alright before.
Hua Baoguo said, "Liangfen is actually a good person. This is also my fault. If I had paid more attention to my family, we wouldn't have only discovered this today."
She's good in every way, except she listens to her mother too much.
Hua Guangzong held a snowball in his hand. "Sigh, back then I was only concerned about my comradeship with Xingshun and ignored the character of his wife."
If all else fails, like your mother said, let Zhi'an take over her job. That way, when you go out, Zhi'an will be by your side, and the two of you can help each other out.
I used to think that Tian Guihua wanted to teach her daughter-in-law a lesson, but now I think it was a good idea.
They are getting old, and it would be difficult for them to take care of their great-grandchildren. At this time, it would be the best thing for Xun Liangfen to return to the family.
Hua Baoguo: "I'll talk to her about it later."
"Don't you think we've spoiled Xiangyun?" Hua Guangzong asked tentatively.
“Actually, Liangfen is right about one thing. As children grow up, they have to learn gradually,” Hua Baoguo said. “She can help with things like kitchen tasks. In our family, we can spoil her without any problem.”
"But if she goes to her husband's family home later, others will have expectations."
Hua Guangzong was somewhat disappointed, but he was still easily swayed. "You've only been back for a few days, and you already think we're spoiling the child."
Xiao Guai is already very good. She started washing her own clothes when she was seven years old, and we have never had to worry about her going to school.
As for housework, what is she incapable of doing? Have you even looked into it?
They rarely let Xiao Guai do anything, but Xiao Guai could do everything, unlike what Hua Baoguo and the others thought.
Hua Baoguo said, "Then she shouldn't have talked back to her mother like she did today. What's wrong with helping her second brother wash his clothes?"
“I think you’re getting more and more confused,” Hua Guangzong stood up, his legs feeling a little numb, and quickly leaned against the wall for support. “Zhi’an is a grown man now. He changed out of all his clothes yesterday. You should have your grown-up daughter wash his underwear.”
"..." Hua Baoguo, "I didn't expect this at first..."
"So what are you two using your brains for?"
Besides, what's wrong with Xun Liangfen, a mother, washing her child's clothes? Does she really have to make a young girl do it?
Hua Baoguo felt a little dizzy. There were so many things to do at home. It was much more comfortable to go to work.
Xun Liangfen felt weak as soon as she closed the door and leaned against the wall.
She was panicking. If she exposed everything today, she would never have a good time in this family again.
The thought of Tian Guihua made her shiver and hug her arms, praying that Hua Baoguo would not tell anyone.
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