Chapter 121

Chapter 121

"No, you can have the pots, bowls, and utensils, but I absolutely won't give you money!" Zhao Guifen proposed again, unwillingly. There were plenty of dishes at home; giving them some wouldn’t be a problem. Why should she give them money?

"Really?" Bai Xiuxiu looked at Zhao Guifen and smiled warmly.

"Fine, then we’ll take the pots, bowls, and utensils. Four years ago, the commune’s kitchenware factory needed some strong temporary workers. The team leader took my husband there. When he came back, because he worked the hardest, they rewarded him with this set of dishes.

There are eight bowls, eight plates, two soup bowls, and a lard jar.

You said that as the family grows, there wouldn’t be enough dishes, so you took them."

Bai Xiuxiu helped the Wang family, who only remembered the bad, recall the past.

Zhao Guifen was dumbfounded.

How could they still remember something from so long ago?

"Oh, and..."

Bai Xiuxiu prepared to continue.

"Alright, stop it, we’ll give you the money. You have fewer people, so just buy new ones when the time comes. This family needs these dishes." Wang Shoucheng didn’t want to hear any more memories. If they kept going, they might end up moving out of the old Wang house!

He knew very well how much they had used over the years.

Zhao Guifen remained silent and took out another five yuan.

Now the money left in the house was even less!

"Let’s go to the team office right now! Second son, third son, fourth son, you and your wives come with me to the team office. Old Fifth, you take your wife’s family back." Wang Shoucheng didn’t want to hear any more about dividing the household. If they kept dividing, there would be no money left.

"Dad, I’ll go too." Wang Qingqi felt left out and panicked.

"Just take them back." Wang Shoucheng didn’t want to waste words with this fool!

The Zhou family had spent so much today; he needed to make amends. Did they not want to be relatives anymore?

Besides, if the Zhou family didn’t leave, how could his wife deal with the two children in the main room?

Before Wang Shoucheng could finalize his plan, Wang Qinghe had already brought the two children out.

Wang Shoucheng wanted to yell.

What were they doing? Taking the children to the team office?

Zhao Guifen was also angry. She knew why her husband left her at home, but why did they take the children?

The whole family left the house, and the Zhou family split off once they reached the gate.

Although Wang Qingqi wanted to follow for the division, he didn’t dare disobey.

"Qingqi, do you know what happened with our Jiaojiao? She doesn’t keep secrets from you, does she?" Tian Xiaolan looked at her son-in-law, feeling aggrieved.

Could the Wang family be involved in this mess?

Wang Qingqi was confused. "Mom, I really don’t know. Jiaojiao seems fine. She has no contact with my eldest sister-in-law. Since she married me, she’s been living comfortably. My parents dislike my eldest brother and sister-in-law.

While the food at home isn’t great, they’ve always given us extra meals privately.

And my mother got me this job. She was about to join me and enjoy life.

This is all so sudden."

Wang Qingqi felt increasingly wronged. What was Jiaojiao trying to achieve?

"Didn’t your eldest sister-in-law bully her? When she first married in, who knows..." Old Zhou was puzzled. Although Jiaojiao liked to stand out, she wouldn’t go so far!

"Not really..." Wang Qingqi was stunned.

He realized something!

Though unbelievable, it was possible.

"What is it? Did your eldest sister-in-law bully her first?" Tian Xiaolan’s eyes lit up. They couldn’t let their family take the blame!

"It’s just that she always found fault with my eldest sister-in-law, thinking she had an easy life with my eldest brother doing everything for her. She felt her life wasn’t as comfortable, and her family always sent things to her sister-in-law." Wang Qingqi awkwardly explained.

"That’s impossible!"

Old Zhou dismissed this possibility outright.

His son-in-law shouldn’t think like that, and his daughter couldn’t be that kind of person.

"Qingqi, our Jiaojiao was always a good child, always thinking of the family. She’s so kind it hurts. Don’t think ill of her. This must be the third sister-in-law’s doing.

Xu Xiaojuan was always trouble.

But she was good to Jiaojiao.

She must have thought your eldest sister-in-law was too aggressive and always bullied you. So, she took matters into her own hands.

In essence, everyone was doing it for you and Jiaojiao’s sake."

Tian Xiaolan understood her husband’s intentions and started praising Zhou Jiaojiao while wiping her tears.

Wang Qingqi was moved.

The eldest and second sisters-in-law, who had followed silently, were speechless.

What kind of person is the sister-in-law? If others don't know, how could they not know?

Although their men have gone to work as laborers, they can't stay away from the village forever.

After all, they don't have jobs. If they became urban residents, they wouldn't be able to come back and share in the food distribution.

So they have to work at home and on the farm.

Over the years, dealing with the sister-in-law, her viciousness has grown just like her good fortune, getting worse day by day.

If anyone doesn't please her even a little bit, she wishes they were dead.

If someone dares to be better than her, she becomes consumed with envy and resentment.

If there's anyone in this village who is better than her in every way, that person is her enemy!

Even in her dreams, she cries over their graves.

They were originally puzzled about why there was enmity, but after hearing what this brother-in-law said, everything made sense.

Their sister-in-law is just that kind of person.

This is the easiest situation for her to develop hatred.

However, they dare not say this. In the eyes of their parents and their own husbands, she is still their good daughter and good sister—a fortunate and sensible girl who had to get married when she reached the right age.

They still hope she will continue to bring good fortune to the family.

Wang Qingqi was almost driven mad by the Zhou family.

On the other side.

Wang Shoucheng and the others went to the brigade office.

The brigade leader, because he had agreed with Bai Xiuxiu and Wang Qinghe to handle their property division, hasn't returned yet.

As it got darker, the brigade leader looked at his wife, who was there for the spectacle.

"Jinhua, why don't you go back first? At least make some dinner?"