Chapter 82 Don't Let the Milk Hear
But as Helian Jiao grew older, Ma Xiulian's favoritism and affection for her became increasingly obvious.
She can eat steamed egg custard every day, eat refined grains at every meal, never lack snacks in her pocket, and wear beautiful new clothes every season.
Da Ni and the others could only eat coarse grains until they were 80% full at each meal. They didn't dare to take too much meat or vegetables, let alone snacks.
Moreover, she never wore new clothes. Da Ni wore old clothes that had been altered to fit her size, and Er Ni would wear her clothes. When Er Ni couldn't fit into them anymore, she would give them to San Ni.
If Helian Jiao were a grandson, Erni wouldn't have complained at all. But they were both worthless girls, yet they received vastly different treatment.
Therefore, all of this made Erni envious, jealous, and resentful.
"Grandma is so biased! Why does she get to hoard so many good things?!"
As she spoke, Erni's tears streamed down her face, and her voice unconsciously grew louder.
Zhao Mei was surprised that her second daughter harbored such deep resentment, and looked at her somewhat helplessly.
Da Ni covered her mouth nervously, saying, "Shh, keep your voice down, don't let Grandma hear."
Seeing her younger sister with tears streaming down her face, she comforted her with heartache, "I also envy my little darling, but Grandma treats us granddaughters just as well. We are already living much better than the other girls."
Honest and straightforward people are often easily satisfied.
But Erni, blinded by jealousy, couldn't hear a word, only filled with resentment and discontent.
Zhao Mei also felt sorry for her daughter and blamed herself, saying, "It's all my fault for not giving you a younger brother. As a result, I didn't have the confidence to ask your grandmother to treat you better."
Chen Jianguo shared the same thought: without a son, he couldn't stand up straight, and he would be letting down his ancestors.
So even though his mother favored his youngest niece and treated her three daughters differently, he never complained.
While using the restroom, Zhou Zhaodi overheard something: ...The eldest son's whole family is stupid!
She didn't give birth to two sons; her mother-in-law's favorite was still her son, Guaibao.
Moreover, the money that the mother-in-law spent on buying things for the baby wasn't earned by them; otherwise, Zhou Zhaodi would have been the first to object.
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The next day, when Jiang Manyun brought her son to visit, Ma Xiulian asked her, "Comrade Jiang, did you and Director Gu know that Tingyun sent Guaibao some beef jerky and canned beef?"
She asked the question in front of her two children, thinking she could take the opportunity to teach them a lesson.
Without parental consent, one should not give away valuable items from home, nor should one accept valuable items without permission.
Gu Tingyun's fair face remained calm, showing no sign of guilt at being "caught red-handed".
"Auntie, you can just call me Manyun." Jiang Manyun smiled gently. "His father and I both know about this."
Ma Xiulian didn't expect that she actually knew. She just didn't know if she genuinely didn't care or was too embarrassed to ask them for it back.
But at least Tingyun won't get beaten up when he goes back.
Then she took out twenty yuan that she had prepared in advance and said, "My eldest daughter said that those things are very expensive. We can't take such a big advantage of you. I don't know if this twenty yuan is enough to buy them all."
Upon hearing this, the daughters-in-law of Old Chen all had the same thought: their mother-in-law must have gone mad!
It's such a small thing, and they want to pay twenty yuan for it!
(End of this chapter)
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