Chapter 101 Whoever is poor is justified (Thanks to the babies for the votes and more updates)
While Xu Qiuniang was talking, she saw a large bamboo basket filled with gifts on the floor in the room, and felt sad. "Eldest sister has really made a fortune. This time she brought all these things with her when she returned to her parents' home. Alas, we can't compare to eldest sister."
Mrs. Xu said angrily: "What are you talking about? These are for your uncle's family."
Mrs. Xu's two brothers live in the next village. Chun Niang goes to pay New Year's greetings to her two uncles every year and give them some small gifts.
"It's not like getting rich, it's just enough to eat enough." Chun Niang pulled her daughter over and said, "Wish my aunt a happy new year."
Yingbao stepped forward and saluted: "Happy New Year, aunt."
Xiaojie and Xiaowu followed closely: "Happy New Year, aunt."
"Everything is fine." Xu Qiuniang took out two pennies from her sleeves and gave one to Xiaojie and one to Xiaowu. "Take them to buy candies. Don't be too short. Your aunt can't compare to your mother now."
Chun Niang was unhappy when she saw that her sister didn't give her daughter any new year's money, but she didn't say anything.
Mrs. Xu couldn't help but quickly took out 20 coins and gave them to Yingbao, "Hey, this is the new year's money from grandma for you." She gave Xiaojie and Xiaowu another 20 coins each.
Xu Qiuniang raised her brows and said in surprise: "Mom, why do you give so much to the child? You couldn't give all the two hundred wen I gave you to the eldest sister, right?"
Mrs. Xu ignored her second daughter and pulled Ying Bao to sit on the kang. "Good boy, it's warm on the kang."
The two younger brothers also climbed onto the kang and sat with their elder sister.
When Xu Qiuniang saw that my mother was ignoring her, she angrily left the house and shouted outside: "Jin'er! Yu'er! Come quickly and kowtow to grandma to celebrate the new year! Grandma wants to give you lucky money!"
After a while, two children ran in. The eight or nine-year-old boy was Qian Jin, and the six-year-old girl was Qian Yu.
Xu Qiuniang pushed the two children, "I want New Year's money from your aunt, and your grandmother also wants New Year's money."
Qian Jin was puzzled: "Didn't grandma give you lucky money?"
"What are you giving me? Grandma gave you ten cents in the morning, and there is still ten cents left." Xu Qiuniang said.
Mrs. Xu was so angry when she heard this, but she did something wrong, so she didn't say anything.
Chun Niang was displeased, but she didn't want to be angry with the child, so she gave Qian Qianyu 20 cents.
Qian Qianyu, on the other hand, behaved well and bowed to her aunt. "Auntie will get rich in the new year."
Then he said to grandma: "Grandma still owes us ten yuan of new year's money."
What could Mrs. Xu do? She had to take out twenty cents and give them to them.
This second daughter has been spoiled by her father since she was a child. She is unruly and extremely selfish. She has to earn everything from her eldest sister.
Xu Qiuniang was satisfied when she saw that her mother had given her children new year's money. She said to Chunniang: "Sister, your family has made a fortune by planting golden ears. Why don't you know how to help your mother's family? Forget about me as a younger sister. Our eldest brother, you don’t want to help me. Girls are really outgoing. Once you get married, you don’t care about your family’s life or death.”
Chun Niang didn't want to pay attention to this younger sister, so she didn't even talk to her.
I told my eldest brother and sister-in-law last year that I wanted them to plant some golden ears, but my eldest brother is relatively dull. He only focuses on the fields and is not interested in growing golden ears at all.
What can Chun Niang do? She can't give him money directly.
"What are you talking about!" If it weren't for the New Year, Mrs. Xu would have wanted to scold her second daughter.
"Why didn't your eldest sister help eldest brother? Last time Daniel got engaged, your eldest sister gave you five taels of silver. What did you give me?"
"Hey, look what you said, my family doesn't have any money, why don't I give it if I have money?" Xu Qiuniang curled her lips. "If I had money, I would only give him five taels, but I would have to give him fifty taels no matter what."
Ying Bao, who was sitting on the kang, couldn't stand listening.
Whoever has poor feelings will be justified. In her previous life, this aunt often ridiculed my grandma, saying that she was poor because she picked up a useless girl and raised other people's children. If she had sold her feet earlier, she would still have received more than ten taels of silver.
When Xu Qiuniang saw that her eldest sister and my mother were both speechless, she became even more excited and pointed at Yingbao: "My eldest brother doesn't help, but he raises a bastard who doesn't know his parents. Sister, you really have money and nothing to do with it..."
Before she finished speaking, Xu Qiuniang received a big slap from Chun Niang on the face.
Chun Niang's face was as cold as frost, and she said coldly: "Qiu Niang, let me tell you, if you dare to say this or that to my Bao'er again, our two families will no longer have any contact with each other!"
"You hit me?" Xu Qiuniang covered half of her face and stared at the eldest sister in disbelief, "Just because of a picked-up wild... girl, you dare to hit me?"
"Let me say one more thing, Yingbao is my daughter. If you scold her, you are scolding me. I can't beat you anymore?" Chun Niang has always tolerated her only sister, but she didn't expect that she would take her eldest sister less and less seriously. .
A few years ago, I ridiculed myself for being unable to have children, saying that I must have done some evil in my previous life, so I was destined to have no children in this life.
Now that she has no words to speak, she verbally attacks herself in various ways to show her superiority.
Chun Niang didn't understand what she had done to make her only sister treat her like this.
Xu Qiuniang, who was covering her face, looked at her mother, and when she saw her turning her head away from her, she couldn't help but burst into tears, turned around and ran out of the house.
Mrs. Xu gritted her teeth angrily, "This damn girl has a bad mouth, and she won't be able to change it in this life!"
Chun Niang was also unhappy. The two sisters, who were celebrating the Chinese New Year, had no business making others laugh at them.
Jiang Sanlang opened the curtain and came in, asking: "What's going on?"
"It's nothing." Chun Niang didn't dare to mention this in front of her husband, so she said, "You are here just in time. Divide the things in the basket and we will send them to uncle right away."
"Oh." Jiang Sanlang agreed, divided the gifts with his wife, and took Ying Bao and his two sons to their two uncles' homes to celebrate the anniversary.
The two uncles' house is not far from Xu's house, and it takes only a quarter of an hour to walk there.
After the New Year's greetings, the two uncles asked to leave some food, but Chun Niang declined, so the family of five returned to Brother Xu's house.
Xu Qiuniang didn't leave either, sitting at the big table with a cold face.
"Da Ya, set the table." When Sister-in-law Xu saw her sister-in-law and her family coming back, she asked her daughter in the kitchen to clear the table and serve food.
Da Ya responded and placed a pile of bowls and chopsticks on the table.
Xu Dala served Jiang Sanlang to the table and asked his second brother-in-law Qian Jiu to come and sit down.
Qian Jiu had a bad look on his face and glanced at Jiang Sanlang with a very unkind look.
This meal was so depressing that Jiang Sanlang drank two cups with his uncle and refused to drink any more.
But Qian Jiu kept drinking until his face turned red and foam formed at the corners of his mouth.
"You! Dare to look down on...me?"
Qian Jiu suddenly slammed the table, pointed at Jiang Sanlang and started to curse, "No... just... you have two stinky money! Do you dare... to look down on me?"
Jiang Sanlang ignored this person at all. After a few bites of food, he stood up and said to Chun Niang, "Let's go back."
Chun Niang nodded and held the little hands of her children who had finished eating long ago.
Qian Jiu also stood up and walked over, but was grabbed by Xu Da, "Second brother-in-law, what are you doing?"
"Don't... mind me!" Qian Jiu shook off his uncle and pointed at Jiang Sanlang: "If it weren't for... you! Chun Niang and I..."
"Shut up!" Jiang Sanlang couldn't bear it anymore and punched Qian Jiu in the face.