Chapter 176 I'm young, and this outfit suits me perfectly.
While Wu Caifeng was overjoyed, she felt even more heartache, heartbroken over the money. "You child, you... how can an old woman from the countryside like me afford such nice clothes!"
"Here's what we'll do: don't give it to me. Take it with you after the New Year and give it to your mother to wear."
This "mother" naturally refers to her biological mother in Zhizhi City.
Zhizhi smiled and said, "No need, she doesn't need this."
She only said that she didn't need this, without saying anything more.
Because she always believes in one principle: the wounds you expose today may be used by others to stab you with a knife in the future.
This is why she previously assumed that she was switched at birth by the Xie family, only saying that she was switched at birth and not saying anything more.
You can't exactly say, "I wasn't switched at birth, I was abandoned, abandoned by my own mother..."
In this place where there are many people and a lot of opinions, and where people have limited experience, who knows what others might say!
Since Zhizhi had already said that, Wu Caifeng couldn't say anything more, because it was obvious that she thought the leader's wife wouldn't care about something so valuable.
But she didn't think Zhizhi was arrogant; she just felt that her family's feng shui had improved, and she had unexpectedly become in-laws with such a person.
Zhang Fenfen, however, started to feel envious and looked around, asking, "A padded jacket for 180 yuan? Really?"
Zhizhi said to her, "Sister-in-law, if you want to see it, I'll show it to you after dinner."
Because of the 180-yuan cotton-padded coat, Zhang Fenfen ate her meal without any enjoyment, even though her bowl was piled high with meat and eggs.
After finishing their meal, everyone had just put down their chopsticks and hadn't even had time to clear the table when Zhang Fenfen immediately said, "Didn't your sister-in-law say she bought a padded jacket for Mom?"
"Take it out and let us see!"
Zhizhi smiled at her, then stood up.
Soon, a dark red sheepskin coat was pulled out of a bag.
Then Zhizhi shook her head in Zhang Fenfen's direction and said, "Did you see that? Did you see that?"
Zhang Fenfen did see it, and her eyes lit up. She immediately stood up from the stool, exclaiming, "Wow, it's so beautiful!"
She immediately changed her attitude.
Just as her hand was about to touch the sheepskin coat, Zhizhi nimbly stepped past her and walked to Wu Caifeng's side. "Mom, try it on quickly and see if it fits."
When Wu Caifeng saw that it was dark red, she felt embarrassed and said, "How can I wear such a bright color? Zhizhi, you can keep it for yourself!"
She also stretched out her chapped hand, touched it, and said with delight, "It feels warm just from touching it."
Before Zhizhi could speak, Zhang Fenfen squeezed in again, "Mom, if you don't want it, give it to me. Look at me," she tugged at her dusty, homemade cotton-padded jacket, "I don't have a single decent piece of clothing. This cotton-padded jacket is three years old, and it's not warm anymore."
As she spoke, she reached out to snatch it, saying, "I think this color isn't suitable for you, Mom. I'm young, it suits me perfectly!"
But her outstretched hand missed its mark; Zhizhi dodged it and looked at her with a smile, "Sister-in-law, even if you really want to wear it, you should at least see who bought it, right?"
“I bought it to honor my mother-in-law, who do you think you are?” Zhizhi said, emphasizing each word and showing no mercy to her.
Anyway, she felt that Zhang Fenfen was shameless.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to open my mouth.
Zhang Fenfen is really not as good as Xu Shanshan. Although Xu Shanshan is also vicious, she has some sense of shame.
Xu Shanshan is a so-called "respectable" person.
Zhang Fenfen didn't care about these things.
Zhizhi spoke bluntly, showing no mercy, but Zhang Fenfen didn't care about the price of the sheepskin coat. She pouted and said, "I didn't ask you for it, I asked my mother for it!"
Her meaning was clear: no matter how much you show filial piety, it won't stop the old woman from giving it to me!
As soon as Zhang Fenfen said this, Zhizhi immediately looked at her mother-in-law, Wu Caifeng, wanting to see if Wu Caifeng thought the same way.
If Wu Caifeng thought the same way, Zhizhi would rather cut up the fur coat with scissors than let Zhang Fenfen get away with it.
Wu Caifeng was furious when she saw her eldest daughter-in-law being unreasonable and talking nonsense.
Before she could speak, Zhou Hai grabbed Zhang Fenfen and yelled, "What the hell are you talking about?"
"You've put on this that your sister-in-law is showing filial piety to Mother?"
"Your mother can't wear the clothes you gave her as a sign of filial piety, yet you've given your younger brother and sister-in-law clothes to wear?"
"Have some shame!" Zhou Hai said angrily, grabbing her and dragging her outside.
"Who's shameless? Who's shameless..." Zhang Fenfen struggled and punched Zhou Hai while repeatedly asking.
No one stepped forward to stop Zhou Hai from dragging her away.
Wu Caifeng sighed only after she was dragged away.
Then she took the sheepskin coat from Zhizhi's hands and touched it with fondness, saying, "Since you bought it for Mom, Mom will wear it tomorrow."
The reason for doing this was to prevent Zhang Fenfen from having any lingering thoughts.
Hearing her say that, Zhizhi smiled and said, "I'm glad Mom doesn't mind."
Wu Caifeng kept shaking her head. "How could Mom complain? I've never worn such expensive clothes in my life," she said, wiping her eyes. "I'm enjoying the blessings of having a daughter-in-law."
“Everyone says that a son is not as good as a daughter-in-law, and this old saying is indeed true,” Wu Caifeng said, praising Zhizhi again and again.
Even with the praise, Zhizhi couldn't help but start making grand promises to her mother-in-law again, "Mom, your days of enjoying happiness are yet to come!"
"Once I make money, I'll buy you a big house in the city and take you there to enjoy a life of luxury."
"Okay, okay..." Wu Caifeng happily agreed repeatedly.
"When Mom gets old, we'll move to the city together to enjoy a comfortable life."
Although her daughter-in-law agreed, Wu Caifeng is a very sensible person, and she will not rely on her children for old-age support unless absolutely necessary.
In Wu Caifeng's view, now that the land belongs to everyone, it is an unprecedentedly good life. She must stay at home to take good care of the family's few acres of land and raise more chickens so that when the children come back, they will have grain, meat and eggs to eat.
Wu Caifeng accepted the sheepskin coat, and Zhizhi opened several bags, which were filled with food.
There were peach shortbread, milk candy, calcium milk biscuits, and a piece of mutton.
When Wu Caifeng saw the meat, she remembered, "The things you asked Xiaochan to bring back are still here. I'll go get them for you."
What Zhizhi asked Zhou Chan to bring back in advance was a piece of ham, a salted pig's trotter, and some sausages.
Those were specially reserved for her mother-in-law and sister-in-law.
The reason I had my sister-in-law take care of them was so that they could eat.
As it turned out, Wu Caifeng never intended to take it for herself.
At this moment, Wu Caifeng also disagreed, saying, "I've already bought several pounds of meat and marinated two fish. We have enough for the New Year. In a couple of days, I'll fry some meatballs so we'll have something to eat for the New Year."
"Take these things back with you. You're pregnant, so you need to eat well," she said, and walked towards her bedroom.
She hid all her things there, not daring to leave them lying around, for fear that Zhang Fenfen would see them and take them away again.
While she went to another room to get something, Zhizhi quickly pulled Zhou Lin away and told her sister-in-law, "Xiao Chan, tell Mom that those things were specially for you. If Mom really feels bad about it, she can save them for the New Year's Eve dinner. Your second brother and I will come over for dinner then."
After saying that, she pulled Zhou Lin away.
The city is cold, but the countryside is even colder, eerily quiet.
Especially when you go outside, a gust of wind will make the branches hunch their necks.
Zhou Lin quickly took off his clothes and draped them over her body, then took her hand and hurried home, saying, "We won't be coming back for the New Year next year."
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