"I'm afraid that won't work. The sea cucumbers and dried abalone are for Mr. An Ze. I've already prepared the New Year gifts for your Wu family, so you don't have to worry about it, Xiaolin."
Qiu Shushen simply rejected Wu Xiaolin directly, and then changed the subject, "Huanhuan, we don't have any soy sauce at home. Ask your brother to go to the store and buy some."
"Mom, I'll go talk to An Ze." Wu Xiaolin was embarrassed and went out with an excuse.
After she came, An Hua asked Qiu Shushen, "Sister-in-law, you came here very differently this time than before. Did you know that you and Dad gave me two boxes of things?"
Qiu Shushen thought about it and said, "It's possible."
An Hua asked, "Mom, am I the only one who has those things? Where's my brother?"
Yau Shu-shen asked her to explain.
"Your father was a spendthrift. He spent all the money that our family had saved up for generations on antiques. I managed to secretly save up a portion of my dowry with great difficulty, and I plan to leave it to you. Even though it's new and modern now, women can go out to work, but the world is still more difficult for us women. I have to save more money for you. As for your brother, he's a man, so let him go out and fight to earn his own career."
Everyone is biased. There is no absolutely fair relationship that can be achieved. It’s just that some people are partial to the older son, some are partial to the younger son, and some are partial to the son…
Qiu Shushen is partial to the weaker daughter. In her eyes, her daughter has weaker survival ability, so she has to give her daughter more.
An Hua asked again: "Since my sister-in-law has an idea, what about my brother?"
Qiu Shushen said firmly: "Your brother is not a money-conscious person."
An Hua nodded. Indeed, An Ze did have the air of a lofty scholar.
Qiu Shushen looked at her and said:
"Part of the dowry I gave you is from your great-grandfather, and part is from me. Your great-grandfather had no daughter, and when he died, he specifically asked to leave the things to you... No, that's right. Dowry is a woman's private property, and she can do whatever she wants with it. Her husband has no right to interfere, let alone her daughter-in-law, so you don't have to worry about what your sister-in-law thinks."
For herself, An Hua would naturally not give up just because of Wu Xiaolin's imbalance, otherwise there would be consequences, and she was not a saint who could always give in to Wu Xiaolin.
But An Hua is still concerned about one thing.
She whispered, "Mom, where did Dad spend all his fortune on antiques?"
Qiu Shushen looked at her and said, "I donated a piece of jewellery."
Only one part was donated, what about the rest? Qiu Shushen stopped talking.
An Hua's eyes wandered around the house and finally settled on a door that was always locked.
After settling down and handing over the property, we bought the house we live in now. It has four bedrooms, a living room and a special study room. It is quite large and I have lived there for more than ten years.
In the past ten years or so, usually no one was allowed into An Bohuai's study, which was filled with some antiques, curios, calligraphy and paintings. In addition, there is a room that is always locked.
That room has never been opened since the original owner had any memory of this house.
At first, the brother and sister were also curious. An Ze even tried to pick the lock, but was slapped on the hand by An Bohuai. Since then, he gave up on trying to find the room.
Now that I think about it, the things placed inside must be the antiques that An Bohuai bought when he was young.
An Hua asked Qiu Shushen in confusion, "Why do you keep it at home? Aren't you afraid of it being stolen? Why don't you find a deserted place and dig a hole to bury it?"
Qiu Shushen was even more puzzled, "Where is there no one? Where can I dig a pit? How can I move so many boxes there after digging a pit?"
An Hua: “…” Maybe she has read too many novels.
Qiu Shushen added: "Those boxes are not convenient to carry. What kind of thief can carry them outside the school without being noticed? So the house is very safe."
A thief can’t take it away, but they can confiscate it during a house search.
It's fine as long as nothing happens to the An family, but if something happens, everything will be lost.
An Hua really wanted to put everything into the space, but what excuse could she come up with...
There was no Spring Festival Gala to watch in this era, but the radio at home was on and the Peking Opera "Dragon and Phoenix Appearing Together" was playing. Combined with the sound of firecrackers outside, there was a lively atmosphere of the New Year.
Wu Xiaolin acted as if nothing had happened in the kitchen. He was all smiles and said all kinds of pleasant and auspicious words, just like in previous years.
"Mom, mom, I ate the copper coins in the dumplings!" An Tiantian shouted excitedly.
Wu Xiaolin smiled and said, "Although our Tiantian is a girl, she is also a blessed person."
The atmosphere at the scene stagnated.
Having said that, if you are blessed, you are blessed. Why do you have to add a sentence before it?
Qiu Shushen said: "Tiantian is chubby and cute, with big ears and a full forehead. She is indeed a blessed child."
Wu Xiaolin sighed, "What a pity, it's a girl, and she can't carry on the An family's bloodline."
An Ze looked at Wu Xiaolin in horror, "Why...why have you been saying such nonsense again these past two days!" Is your brain broken?
An Bohuai frowned and said, "Xiao Wu, our family does not have the concept of favoring boys over girls. Tiantian is our granddaughter. Your mother and I like her very much."
An Tiantian was a little confused by her mother's words when she first saw her, but when she heard her grandfather say that he liked her, she smiled happily again, and a pair of small dimples appeared on her chubby cheeks.
Wu Xiaolin didn't care.
She had analyzed why other families favored their sons, but the An family was so special that they left all their things to their daughter? There is only one answer, that is, she did not give An Jia a grandson!
Don't be fooled by An Bohuai's words that he doesn't favor sons over daughters, because in fact he might dislike his granddaughter in his heart.
Thinking of this, Wu Xiaolin felt a little aggrieved.
Doesn't she want to have a son? It’s Anze who doesn’t want to have children anymore!
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