Near noon, Su Ziyu finished his phone call and went home with Su Changjiang.
There was not much work to do in the fields, so Zhou Xiuqiao looked up at the sky, put the hoe on her shoulder, and prepared to pack up and go home.
When Fu Guihua saw that Zhou Xiuqiao had finished cleaning up, she threw the hoe over her shoulder and chased after her.
Zhou Xiuqiao has never liked Fu Guihua, and can even be said to hate her bad mouth.
Talk about Li Si in front of Zhang San, and talk about Zhang San in front of Li Si.
There are hundreds of people in the village, and no one can escape her foul mouth.
The boys in the village usually have matchmakers come to propose marriage when they are eighteen or nineteen years old, and the girls are promised their husbands when they are sixteen or seventeen years old.
As for her two children, the second son Wu Taian is already 22 years old, and the youngest daughter Wu Zhenzhen is already 17 years old, but no matchmaker has ever come to their door.
Knowing Fu Guihua's temper, Zhou Xiuqiao didn't bother to talk to her. She just lowered her head and strode home.
"Zijun's wife, when will your second son and his wife leave?" Fu Guihua glanced around, made sure that the people who were leaving work were far away, and moved a step closer to Zhou Xiuqiao.
"They didn't say." Zhou Xiuqiao shook her head.
I thought to myself, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law didn’t eat your food or drink your water, is it your turn to worry about this? !
"Zijun, my wife! I'm not saying anything bad about you, you're just too honest. I'm not saying anything about your mother-in-law taking care of your little Qiping, but what about your brother-in-law? He's so tall and strong, but when he came back, he didn't even bother to help you, his sister-in-law, with the work. He just follows me around all day long."
Speaking of this, Fu Guihua pouted and clicked her tongue twice.
A very shameful look.
"As the old saying goes, an elder sister-in-law is like a mother. Seeing you, their sister-in-law, working hard every day to earn work points, they really care about you."
"And that disease... Zi Yu's wife, the wedding banquet has been arranged, but she didn't even come to help you. She just stayed at home all day, eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating..."
"My sister-in-law is not feeling well." There was a hint of impatience in Zhou Xiuqiao's eyes, and her pace quickened a lot.
"I saw your brother-in-law driving her to town this morning. They were talking and laughing. She didn't look like she was not feeling well. I think she is just lazy." Fu Guihua snorted coldly.
Zhou Xiuqiao pursed her lips, said nothing, and walked faster.
There is really nothing to say to such a foul-mouthed person.
"Daughter-in-law Zijun, I heard that your parents-in-law gave daughter-in-law Ziyu a betrothal gift of 2,000 yuan. Is that true?" Fu Guihua was a little unconvinced.
Two thousand yuan...
bride price?
It wouldn't cost that much to marry a daughter-in-law eight or ten times!
Su Changjiang and Zhang Fengxia don't look that stupid! "It's true." Zhou Xiuqiao frowned.
She really regretted choosing this main road. If she had known that she would be entangled by this plague, she would have taken the smaller road and gone back.
Fu Guihua was obviously stunned for a moment.
Obviously, no one expected that Zhang Fengxia and Su Changjiang could really give Shen Zhihuan such a large amount of money as a betrothal gift.
After a long while, she finally found her voice. "Oh my! Your parents-in-law are really biased. You two work hard every day for this family, but you are not as good as the spit of people who can say nice things..."
Zhou Xiuqiao stopped, turned around and looked at Fu Guihua, a smile appearing on her face.
"Aunt, have you seen the down jacket I wear in winter?"
She was saying that her parents-in-law were partial to her and she was pulling her down jacket off her…
"Aunt, have you seen the cashmere sweater I wore a few days ago?"
Fu Guihua had naturally seen it before.
Panshi Village is so small that even buying two taels of meat cannot be hidden from everyone's eyes, let alone something as big as wearing new clothes.
What's more, Zhou Xiuqiao's down jacket and cashmere sweater don't look cheap at first glance.
"I have met her." Fu Guihua didn't want to argue with her about clothes, nor did she want to hear her show off, but she had to deal with it.
"A down jacket costs 120 yuan, and a cashmere sweater costs 41 yuan. They were all bought for me by my brother and sister-in-law." There was a hint of boasting in Zhou Xiuqiao's voice.
Fu Guihua felt sad when she heard this.
That woman from her brother-in-law's family was lucky enough not to take advantage of her, let alone buy her clothes.
"Auntie, you must have seen the down jacket and cashmere sweater my husband wears in winter. The two together cost more than two hundred yuan. Oh! Oh, right! And my son's small coat and small leather shoes. The miscellaneous items add up to several hundred yuan. They were all bought by my brother and sister-in-law."
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At this point, Zhou Xiuqiao pointed to the pearl hairpin on her head and said, "This is also bought for me by my sister-in-law. It's thirty yuan each. Doesn't it look good?"
Fu Guihua is angry.
"A coat is one hundred and twenty, a sweater is forty..." A gasp came from not far away.
One hundred and twenty yuan is enough to marry a wife, but to buy a coat?!
"That's a down jacket, made of goose down and duck down, not the jacket stuffed with cotton that you wear. Also, it's a cashmere sweater, not the kind of sweater you wear that's knitted with wool that costs two or three yuan per pound. They're not the same thing." An educated youth spoke up.
"Can't I wear a sweater knitted with wool that costs two or three yuan per pound? Isn't a cotton jacket warm?" Fu Guihua was not convinced.
Instead of wearing a good cotton-padded jacket, you insist on wearing a jacket made of goose down or duck down. You are really wasting your money.
And that sweater, if it is made of wool that costs two or three yuan per pound, isn't it still a sweater? You have to buy one that costs forty yuan, which is really a waste of money.
With such extravagance and waste, mountains of gold and silver would not be enough to cover her waste.
"The third girl from the Shen family is really generous!"
"What the third daughter of the Shen family? You should call her Ziyu's wife now."
"Zijun's wife, Ziyu's wife also buys clothes for your family?" someone asked curiously.
"My sister-in-law is very generous. Every time she comes home, she brings a lot of shopping. My son's room has so many picture books, clothes, and shoes that he has no place to put them. They were all bought by my sister-in-law."
"Don't be afraid of being laughed at by everyone. So far, the most expensive clothes I have ever worn were bought by my brother and sister-in-law. The most expensive hairpins I have ever used were bought by my brother and sister-in-law. Even the most delicious food I have ever eaten was bought by my brother and sister-in-law."
At this point, Zhou Xiuqiao turned her head and looked at Fu Guihua, "Aunt said that my brother-in-law and his sister-in-law do nothing at home. My brother-in-law can only take a few days off a year. It seems that when he comes back to see his parents and his brother and sister-in-law, he has to work in the fields. Otherwise, he will just be eating for free."
"And everyone in this village knows that my sister-in-law has had poor health since she was young, and now it's you who's lazy."
"Although I don't know why Aunt Fu said that, I know that if my brother-in-law didn't send money home every month, I would have a hard time raising myself, let alone raising a child, with the little money I earn from working in the fields."
"I haven't read much, and I don't understand much. I just believe in one thing: if someone treats me well, I will treat her well. If someone wants to use me as a tool, I will humiliate her first."
After Zhou Xiuqiao finished speaking to Fu Guihua, she turned around and left, carrying her hoe.
(End of this chapter)