As soon as Song Mei finished speaking, Gu Changbai's face fell. He put his chopsticks on the table and said coldly, "If you don't want to live like this anymore, then divorce. If you want to live a good life, just be quiet."
Little Cherry, sitting next to Song Mei, trembled, wanting to cry but not daring to. Bai Ruozhen glanced at her, sighed, and helped her with some food. "Cherry, eat. Don't get caught up in adult matters."
Little Cherry nodded with sobs, but Song Mei exploded. "Bai Ruozhen, you don't have to be so hypocritical. If it weren't for you, would we have been fighting?"
Bai Ruozhen looked at her in confusion, "Sister-in-law, did I provoke you? Did we agree to pay for our tuition? Even if we agreed, it's not your money. We've split up the family business. I can spend my money on whoever I want. If I don't want to spend it on you, why don't you think about what you have done? What have you bought for me? Why do I have to think about you?"
Once a girl gets married, the Gu family splits up and moves out to live on their own. Song Mei's family used to live a good life, and Song Mei had no shortage of money. But for some reason, she became petty and stingy. Qiu Lanying and her husband never got anything from her in all these years of marriage. On the contrary, Bai Ruozhen bought something for Qiu Lanying and her husband every now and then. The Gu family saw this contrast, and it was strange that she could like Song Mei.
Song Mei put her second daughter on the kang, covered her face with her hands and started crying, "My whole family is bullying me together. Isn't it just because I don't have a son? Is it possible to bully someone like this?"
Gu Changbai's face was horribly dark, and the others' faces weren't looking good either. Actually, Qiu Lanying wasn't the type to favor boys over girls. She loved Cherry when she was just born. Unfortunately, Song Mei always felt that Qiu Lanying, as her mother-in-law, looked down on her, which led to a tense relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
"Brother, why don't you guys just stay home during the New Year in the future." Gu Changqing sneered, "Ever since my sister-in-law came into our family, we haven't had a peaceful New Year. My parents are still young now, but in a few years when they get older, how can they withstand your anger?"
"Old Five." Gu Changbai frowned and said, "Your sister-in-law is also wrong in this matter, but..."
"But what?" Gu Changqing said sarcastically, "But Mom shouldn't be partial?" He glanced at Gu Changsong and Gu Changlan, "Third brother and fourth sister didn't say anything."
Gu Changbai didn't say anything, but that didn't mean he had no opinions. In his opinion, his wife had a big problem, but these younger brothers and sisters were too disrespectful to their elder sister-in-law. They knew that Song Mei would easily have wild thoughts, so why didn't they make it clear?
Gu Changqing said, "I'm telling you right now. I, Gu Changqing, am rich, richer than you. I don't need Mom to pay a penny for tuition or living expenses. I'll even take care of Xiaoli's affairs. But, big brother, honestly speaking, are you being worthy of Mom by indulging your sister-in-law like this?"
Besides Gu Changqing and Gu Xiaoli, the only one in the Gu family who went to school was Gu Changbai. Gu Changsong and Gu Changlan both graduated from elementary school, but Gu Changbai also graduated from a technical secondary school. At that time, the Gu family was not very wealthy, so Gu Changsong and Gu Changlan took the initiative to drop out of school so that Gu Changbai could go to school.
"Your sister-in-law is wrong, but you all know that's just her character. Why can't you give her some leeway?" Gu Changbai frowned, feeling very tired. "The Song family is in trouble, and your sister-in-law is also feeling bad."
"What does her discomfort have to do with us? She is my mother and my ancestor. I will give in to her." Gu Changqing did not give in at all and put down his chopsticks. "Okay, now you are satisfied, don't celebrate the New Year."
There was silence at the table. Doubao, Jiaozi and the other kids didn't understand what was going on and felt a little uneasy.
Qiu Lanying quickly tried to smooth things over. "Alright, alright, let's eat quickly. The food is cold. It's no big deal. Isn't the money your parents gave you all as filial piety? Since you have objections, I won't give the money to anyone. You can keep it for yourself in the future."
Aunt Gu also smiled and said, "That's right, let's save the money and buy ourselves some delicious food."
"You are biased too, to the extreme." As soon as Aunt Gu finished speaking, Song Mei started to mutter again.
Aunt Gu froze and the smile on her face disappeared. She looked at Gu Changbai and said, "Boss, do you dislike Uncle and Aunt coming to your house?"
"No, no." Gu Changbai quickly apologized and slapped Song Mei in the face, "Get out."
Song Mei covered her face and cried, and her second daughter ran out without caring about her.
Second Aunt Gu's face was not looking good. "Since Song Mei has said that, then I should say a few words too. Your second uncle and I don't have children, but we have saved some money over the years. But this money belongs to us, old couple, and we are happy to spend it on whoever we want. I am not your parents, I have no obligation to support you, let alone spoil you. We like the fifth brother and his wife, and they are willing to take care of us in our old age, so we are happy to let them spend it. No one can say anything."
She glanced at Gu Changbai and said, "Besides, I've been with Lao Wu and his wife for more than two years, and they've never asked us for a penny."
Gu Changbai blushed and looked very unhappy because of what she said.
"Eat, eat." Gu Zhiguo wasn't good with words, but it wasn't nice to have such a commotion during Chinese New Year. "It's all your fault, old woman, for being so talkative."
Qiu Lanying was not annoyed and smiled, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault."
"Mom is worried about us too." Bai Ruozhen said with a smile.
After finally finishing the New Year's Eve dinner, Song Mei started to make noises in the house again. Bai Ruozhen and the others heard it but pretended not to hear it. They were used to it anyway.
After the night watch on New Year's Eve, everyone went to sleep in the late night. On the first day of the new year, each family paid New Year's greetings, and on the second day, they returned to their parents' home. The Gu family now has three daughters-in-law, two of whom are from the provincial capital. Bai Ruozhen had already gone back before the New Year, and Wang Jun was reluctant to go back. As for Song Mei, even though the Song family had collapsed, she had to go back to visit.
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