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143: The Private Money Troubles

Su Zhi stopped Sun and said, "Third sister-in-law, where are you going? Dad and Mom said they want us to cook, so hurry up and get to work! Didn't Dad say we need to prepare things for the ancestor worship? We are very busy. Dad didn't let us, as his daughter-in-law, go over there, so don't go there. Just focus on this thing!"

Sun said, "I will be back soon. You guys do it first."

Su Zhi said, "Third sister-in-law, no matter what you want to do, just cut those potatoes first. I think nothing is more important than our New Year's Eve dinner or tomorrow's ancestor worship!"

Sun looked at Su Zhi and wondered why Su Zhi was so troublesome. She wanted to push Su Zhi away, but seeing the smile on Su Zhi's face, she didn't dare to do anything. Now Su Zhi was no longer the sickly and ugly girl. She didn't want to offend Su Zhi, and she was thinking about taking advantage of Su Zhi in the future!

"Fourth brother's wife, I really have something important to tell my parents. Please let me pass for a moment. I will be back soon."

Sun said this in a gentle voice, trying to find the right opportunity to rush out from in front of Su Zhi. If she didn't go, after the story about the upper room was told, she would let Silang retort that he didn't go there to steal anything but just wanted to find the private money of the second room. But it would be too late. She was very anxious.

Wang snorted as she was cutting vegetables: "Turning around? I know you always disappear as soon as you turn around. I don't know where you go to rest! You should just work here honestly. Silang has caught a thief and stolen something today. It's useless for you to think of any good words to help him."

Sun frowned and said, "Sister-in-law, don't call him a thief. He is your nephew. You keep calling him a thief. How can you save your face? Dad just called them in because he didn't want others to hear. And you always say that if I hear bad things about my Silang being a thief somewhere else in the future, I will say it was you who spread it!"

Wang chopped the kitchen knife hard on the chopping board. She glared and said, "You're afraid of what people say after doing this? This is at home, not outside! Besides, are you afraid of me telling you? I don't need to tell people outside. People already know that your Sanlang and Silang are not clean. Last time, Mrs. Hua came to our house and said that your Silang stole the eggs laid by her chickens. Did you have a fight over this? And there's Mr. Zhang. And Mrs. Song's family, I'll remember what you don't remember, it's because they are all members of the Shen family, and he's my nephew, so I have to be embarrassed with him! You still have the nerve to accuse me of telling people? I don't need to say anything about this!"

Su Zhi stood aside and listened. It turned out that Sanlang and Silang not only stole at home, but also dared to steal outside. If the eldest sister-in-law knew about these things, then other people in the family must also know about it. It seems that Silang will be punished today. Old man Shen Youfu attaches great importance to his reputation. In order to prevent Shen Ziju from having such a nephew who is known as a thief, he has to take care of it.

Sun was a little depressed after being yelled at by Wang. She was anxious to go to the upper room. She thought that even if she couldn't let Silang get rid of the fact of stealing things, she had to let the old man realize that the second branch had already saved private money. Maybe when the family was divided, the second branch would get less. If they got less, they would get more benefits. Maybe, the money that Silang just took could be returned to the public. When there is more money in the public, even if they don't give it to them, they can use this as an excuse to stop paying money when Shen Ziju said he needed money for the exam!

When Sun thought of this, he regained his spirits.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I said something wrong. Please don't mention this matter again. I have a stomachache now. Let me go out for a while. I will definitely come back as soon as I turn around! Fourth sister-in-law, please get out of the way!"

Sun pretended to have a stomachache and held her hands over her stomach, thinking that as long as she got out of this door and went upstairs, they would not be able to stop her.

"Third sister-in-law, your stomachache came back so quickly. As soon as you were not allowed to go to the upper room, you said you had a stomachache?" Li stopped what she was doing, looked at her sullenly, and said, "You are pretending, right? You want to go to the upper room and tell our parents about the private money we saved?"

Su Zhi thought that Li had guessed Sun's thoughts. Now that the matter was exposed, she would see how she would deal with Sun and what Sun would say. This was their two families' business, and she didn't want to get involved too much.

Sun was a little embarrassed when Li told her what she was thinking, but she was thick-skinned and soon calmed down. She raised her eyebrow and was not in a hurry to go to the upper room. The main reason was that she felt that if she went there, Silang would definitely admit to stealing things. It would be okay to talk about the second room hiding private money later. She originally wanted to expose it first, but now that the second room took the initiative to bring it up, she would not have to be the bad guy. She said that the second room was guilty of being a thief and said it herself, wouldn't that be better?

"Oh, sister-in-law, I didn't mean to say that. You think too badly of me! It really makes me sad!"

Sun said this while pretending to wipe the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, but unfortunately no tears came out and it looked a little fake. She didn't care, and when she put her hand down, her face turned a little ugly.

"But sister-in-law, now that you mention it, I think this is really a big deal! The purse just now looked quite heavy, and there seemed to be a large amount of silver in it! It's only been a few days, and you have so much silver in your hands? This is not private property, what is this?!"

"Sister-in-law, do you think what I said makes sense? Second sister-in-law has been hiding something from our parents and us. How long have they saved so much money? Our parents still say that they are the most honest and filial, saying that they would never hide their private money. This is really a flattery. I think they are the best at hiding money! Sister-in-law, let's go and tell our parents about this!"

Li pointed at Sun and said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense. The money was saved by our whole family after we divided the family property. It's not like what you said!"

"How can you make so much money in such a short time? Don't treat me like a kid. My parents won't believe me if I tell them this. If you have this lie, go tell them!"

Sun snorted and tried to go outside again, but found Su Zhi still blocking her way. She immediately said, "Fourth brother's wife, please get out of the way. I'm going to tell my parents about my second brother and his wife hiding money. This is a big deal!"

Su Zhi looked at Sun's belly with a smile and said, "Third sister-in-law, your stomach doesn't hurt anymore? It really hurts so quickly, and stops hurting so quickly."

Sun thought about how she had just pretended to have a stomachache and actually forgot to continue pretending, making Su Zhi laugh at her. She was thick-skinned enough that she only cursed herself in her heart and then snorted twice without blushing at all.

"Fourth brother's wife, let's not talk about that anymore. Please let me out now."

Sun said this, and then she stopped talking nonsense and pushed out directly. When she pushed in so forcefully, Su Zhi really couldn't hold back and just let her push through.

Li watched Sun run out with an anxious look on her face and followed her out. She thought that she couldn't let Sun talk nonsense in the upper room.

Su Zhi comforted her, "Second sister-in-law, don't worry, let her talk. Your money came from a legitimate source anyway, so what she says won't affect you."

Li said, "I know that's the case, but Sun's words are so hateful. I'm worried that my parents-in-law will believe her."

Su Zhi said, "It's okay. I'll be your guarantor. I just want to ask you, is that all the money you have?"

Li shook her head and said, "Half of it is in there. There are fifty coins and more than three taels of silver. The box at home is not locked, so I didn't dare to put these in, so I hid them in the corner of the kang. I never thought that Silang could find [Wangshu Pavilion]!"

Wang said, "I think he saw someone put something there, so he went there to look for it. Fortunately, you didn't hide all the silver in one place. This is less than four taels of silver. It's easy to explain. Just say that it was given to you in advance by your fourth brother's wife because you helped her with work these days. Anyway, our hair flower business has been known to others, so let's take this as an example!"

Su Zhi nodded and said, "Let's do this. Just say you made a hair flower for me and I gave you the money. Add to that the money I made last time, and this amount of money isn't too much to arouse suspicion."

Li calmed down a little and thanked Su Zhi and Wang. Then the three of them left the kitchen and went upstairs together.

In the upper house, everyone was in the main room. Except for Old Man Shen and Shen Zhang, who were sitting, the rest of the people stood on both sides, and the children stood at the outside.

As soon as Su Zhi entered, she saw Xiao Hei running inside, Chun Yun squatting on the ground and waving at it. The scene was not in harmony with the serious atmosphere inside, but no one wanted to chase Xiao Hei out because Bai Lang was standing nearby. Su Zhi knew at a glance that Xiao Hei was going to come in, and the three of them had no choice but to follow him in. She had never seen how fierce this holy beast in her family was, but she was sure that he loved his wife and children. No matter how naughty Xiao Hei was, he would let him go as long as it was not dangerous, not to mention that he was just coming into such a room.

When Su Zhi saw Xiao Hei running over, she bent down and picked him up. He had become much heavier recently, but he felt warm in her arms, so she still liked holding him.

Chunyun looked at Su Zhi holding Xiao Hei with envy. When she saw Su Zhi walking up to her, she reached out to touch Xiao Hei's tail.

Shen Zian took Xiao Hei from Su Zhi's arms because he was afraid of tiring Su Zhi.

Su Zhi smiled, and then looked at the situation in the room. When she came in just now, she was blocked by a group of kids in front. Now she stood to the side and saw the situation inside. She saw Shen Ziping and Silang were both kneeling, and Sun was also kneeling beside them. She thought Sun was not a person who liked to kneel, and she must have been angered before she could say anything after she came in.