Chapter 45, Make a scene
Since it was the first time her daughter spent the New Year with her, Mrs. Li naturally wanted to do her best to make her daughter happy.
Linyi County is geographically remote, and the quality of the things sold in the county town is not very good.
When her daughter came over before, she couldn't find any good materials, so she could only make a few clothes for her daughter using ordinary fabrics.
Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, she naturally hopes that her daughter can dress better.
Among the girls studying in the private school, her dress, Daohua, had the worst material. She could guess that those girls must have gossiped about Daohua in private.
Only her daughter is sensible and never lets these things bother her.
She felt very sad when she thought that her daughter had never worn any silk clothes until she was 9 years old.
At home, no matter whether it was Yihuan, Yile, or Yishuang, any gifts sent to County Magistrate Yan that contained light-colored fabrics were divided among the three girls.
This time, it was not that she was stingy. Those pieces of brocade were specially selected for Daohua by her eldest brother and had been reserved early on. After receiving the letter from home, she had already thought about what style of dress to make for her daughter.
Now Yan Zhigao distributed the brocade to other people without asking any questions. Madam Li, who had always been gentle and docile, got angry with him for the first time.
"Master, you distributed the New Year gifts without asking me, which is fine, but when you divided up those pieces of brocade, didn't you think of leaving one for our Daohua?"
Yan Zhigao looked a little embarrassed. At that time, he just thought those pieces of cloth were pretty and thought that the women in his family would look good wearing clothes made from them, so he happily distributed the cloth among them.
As for the eldest daughter, isn't there still plenty of material left? She won't be wronged anyway.
"It's not a big deal. Look how anxious you are. It's just a few pieces of fabric. They've already been divided up. What else do you want?"
Hearing this, Madam Li could no longer suppress her anger. "Master, those pieces of fabric were specially given to Daohua by her uncle. Daohua hasn't been with us these years, and we haven't taken good care of her. Are you going to give her things to someone else now?"
Yan Zhigao had been feeling somewhat apologetic, but upon hearing this, his expression darkened. "What do you mean by 'others'? Yishuang and the others are Daohua's sisters. As the eldest sister, what's wrong with her giving them a few bolts of fabric?"
Madam Li was so angry that she blurted out, "If Master wants to give Yishuang and the others fabric, he should buy it himself. The fabric my brother sent was specifically for Daohua, so he must return it."
As soon as these words were spoken, Yan Zhigao stood up immediately in anger and looked at Madam Li with an extremely ugly expression.
Yan Zhigao has always been very clear in his mind that the Yan family is not well-off, and a large part of the expenses of the family, including dealings in official circles, are maintained by his wife's dowry.
Yan Zhigao felt remorseful and guilty about this, but also embarrassed.
A man who has to rely on his wife's dowry to live, especially the head of a county, makes the arrogant Yan Zhigao very disgusted with his wife using money to blackmail him.
Yan Zhigao looked at Madam Li coldly and thought to himself.
His wife had quarreled with him for a few pieces of fabric, disregarding her decency, and now she wanted to take back the things he had given away. This was a slap in his face.
The businessman is really not up to the standard. He only cares about money and has no rules or manners.
Here, as soon as the words came out, Mrs. Li also realized that something was wrong.
But she was angry at the moment and did not protect Yan Zhigao's self-esteem as carefully as usual.
The couple faced each other in a tense situation, neither of them intending to give in.
"What are you doing? Are you trying to turn the tables? Do you still respect an old woman like me?"
With the support of Aunt Sun, Old Lady Yan quickly walked into the main room and looked angrily at the two people who were confronting each other in the room.
The quarrel between the eldest wife and her husband soon spread to the ears of other courtyards.
Three bedrooms.
Today, Daohua went to the street with Mrs. Li and saw someone selling pottery basins. Thinking that her maternal grandparents, whom she had never met, had given her a lot of good things this time, she felt that she should give some gifts in return, so she bought more than ten pottery basins.
She didn't have anything special to show for it, but she could grow some potted plants and send them over.
The red plum blossoms I bought last time are blooming well now, so I can graft some of them over and continue planting them.
Also, when she was in Yanjia Village, she ran all over the mountains and collected many varieties of flowers and plants. Now they are growing well in the space. After being transplanted, they are definitely no worse than the potted plants sold by others.
Among the grandchildren of the Yan family, the one who is most interested in growing things is the third brother Yan Wentao.
So, as soon as she got home, she took the pottery basin to the third room.
When the news of the incident in the main courtyard came, she was filling soil into a ceramic basin with Yan Wentao.
Hearing that Madam Li and Yan Zhigao were arguing, Daohua threw down the pottery basin and ran towards the main courtyard without even having time to wash her hands.
After learning the whole story, Mrs. Wu immediately took out the brocade that had been sent to her earlier, took it, and hurried towards the main courtyard.
Second room.
Seeing that Sun was going to give back the brocade that Yan Zhigao had divided, Yan Yile looked unhappy: "Mom, this is what uncle gave us, why should we give it back?"
Mrs. Sun tapped Yan Yile's forehead and said, "There's already a commotion going on in the main house. If we don't send it back, are we going to wait until someone else comes to claim it?"
Yan Yile said gloomily, "I want to take back the things I gave away. How could my aunt do this?"
Yan Yihan: "My aunt is not a stingy person. I heard that the material this time was specially given to my eldest sister by her uncle. It was my uncle who made a mistake."
Yan Yile: "Even if we made a mistake, it's just a few pieces of material. We can't just let it go."
Neither Yan Yihan nor Sun responded to this.
These were not ordinary pieces of material. Sun, who was born in a landlord's family, considered herself knowledgeable. As soon as she touched the brocade, she knew that the quality of this material was much better than what they had received before.
Seeing that Sun Shi didn't say anything, Yan Yile shook her arm and said, "Mother, my daughter likes this material. Can we not send it back? My eldest sister is alone, and my aunt has made so many clothes for her before. Even if she doesn't make clothes for the New Year, she still has new clothes to wear."
Sun rolled her eyes. "That's different. The clothes your elder sister is wearing now are not even made of the best material you are wearing. Your aunt will definitely not let her daughter suffer. Come on, go and return the material with mother."
Yan Yile pouted and said, "Ever since big sister came, big aunt doesn't love us anymore."
Sun didn't say anything, but Yan Yihan, who was following behind her mother and sister, thought to herself that a niece could naturally not compare to her own daughter.
Shuangxinyuan.
When Aunt Lin received the news, her eyes lit up instantly.
Then, he looked at the brocade that had not been put away with some reluctance, ignored the reluctance in his daughter's eyes, told the maid to pick up the brocade and walked quickly towards the main courtyard.
Main courtyard.
Daohua ran into the yard as fast as she could, and because she ran so fast, sweat broke out on her forehead.
Although she only heard a general idea, when she thought of her mother's gentle and docile character and her reluctance to argue with others, she instinctively felt that it was her stepfather who bullied her mother.
Her mother is so weak, she has to go and help her, otherwise she will be bullied to no end.
However, as soon as he stepped into the yard, he was pulled aside by Yan Wenxiu and Yan Wenkai.
"Big brother, fourth brother, please let me go. I need to go in and see mom!" Daohua struggled, trying to shake off the arms that were holding her.
Yan Wenxiu: "Big sister, grandma is in there."
"Then I have to go in too!"
Seeing that her eldest brother was hesitant to speak, and seeing that her fourth brother, who usually said whatever he wanted, looked embarrassed, Daohua had to ask, "Big brother, fourth brother, what exactly do you want to say by pulling me?"
Yan Wenxiu looked at Daohua and said thoughtfully, "Sister, the reason why our parents quarreled was because the fabric that our uncle gave you was given away by our father to the other families. I thought if you took the initiative to refuse it, the matter might be settled."
(End of this chapter)
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