jdhmnovel Chapter 231 I am a son-in-law, so what?
Chapter 231 I am a son-in-law, so what?
Zhou Yulan was very unhappy with Zhou Chuanguo's attitude. She looked around the house and saw that her brothers, sisters-in-law, and nephews all had new clothes and rosy complexions, which was obviously the result of eating well.
Zhou Yulan said sourly: "I haven't been back for a few years, are you treating me like this?
You say that sons and daughters are the same, but in my opinion, you are biased towards sons and daughters. When you have good things, you only think about your sons and grandsons!"
Zhou Chuanguo glanced at Zhou Yulan and said coldly: "You are right, I prefer boys to girls, so what?
Before you got married, you disliked the hard work of working in the fields. Since you were the youngest, your mother and I agreed to let you stay at home, and we rarely let you go to the fields unless it was busy farming season.
When you got married, I let you take away all the betrothal gifts given by the Wu family. I also gave you a few quilts as a dowry and more than a dozen silver dollars. Most of the family savings were given to you.
I treat you as my own son, how have you repaid us?
You despise the poverty of the village and think we have brought shame upon you, so you haven't returned home in the past few years. Even when your mother was sick and I sent someone to bring you a message, you still didn't come back.
Your mother and I have realized that raising a daughter is useless, at least that's the case with my daughter.
Our son is really useful. Whenever we are sick or in pain, he takes care of us. When we are bullied, he helps us get justice. He also takes care of us during festivals.
May I ask what you, my daughter, gave us? ! "
Zhou Yulan was choked and stammered, "Wujia Village is too far from here. There are many things to do at home and the child is young. I can't let my parents-in-law gossip about me. Besides, my mother didn't have a serious illness. Look at her spirits now, she is better than many young people.
I'm not a doctor, and it's useless for me to come back. Instead, my parents-in-law will complain about me. You have to put yourself in my shoes and consider me.
My eldest brother and his family are all at home, and my eldest sister's in-laws' home is not far from Zhoujiawan. They can handle such a small matter. Why do I have to come all the way back?"
As someone who has experienced this, Cao Dayun can understand the difficulties of being a daughter-in-law. She has never thought that there was anything wrong with Zhou Yulan's behavior, and she often advised Zhou Chuangguo not to argue with the child.
But after seeing the filial piety of the three Zhou Rong sisters, the long journey and difficult getting along with the in-laws were all excuses.
Zhou Rong lives in the provincial capital, but he comes back on the second day of the New Year to pay New Year's greetings and brings gifts to his family. He didn't come back last year, but he still brought a lot of gifts. It all depends on whether he is thoughtful or not.
It was obvious that her little girl was heartless.
After hearing what Zhou Yulan said, Cao Dayun said unhappily, "What do you mean it's not a serious illness? What do you think is a serious illness? Do you have to wait until I die before you are willing to go home?
Your father is right, raising a daughter is useless. You are like this, and so is Yuping. She says that her family is poor, but she can't go back to her parents' home empty-handed. Her mother-in-law is not happy about it, and since this year, she has not returned home to pay New Year's greetings.
If I had known that you were ungrateful, you should have gone to work in the fields every day when you were young and made more contributions to the family.
Now that I'm married, they turn their backs on me, wasting my dowry!"
Seeing that his parents were angry, Zhou Jiafeng stepped out to persuade them, "It's New Year's Day, don't get angry with insignificant people and ruin your mood. If you don't like seeing them, I'll drive them away."
Zhou Yulan's husband Wu Cheng smiled awkwardly: "Brother, how can we take a quarrel between father and daughter seriously? If you care about Yulan, I will bring her back more often in the future. Don't let such a small matter ruin your relationship."
Zhou Chuanguo snorted coldly and walked out with his hands behind his back.
After all, it was his own flesh and blood, and Cao Dayun didn't want to be laughed at by his neighbors during the New Year. He stopped scolding Zhou Yulan and went to the kitchen to cook with his daughters-in-law.
Zhou Yulan thought about her mission, pretended to go to the kitchen to help, and asked Cao Dayun and others about the demonstration village.
Cao Dayun glanced at Zhou Yulan warily: "Why are you asking this?"
Zhou Yulan: "People outside are talking about this. The villagers in Wujia Village envy our Zhoujiawan. I am proud of being the daughter of Zhoujiawan!"
Cao Dayun kept Zhou Chuanyi's words in mind and didn't want to talk about the demonstration village. He didn't respond to Zhou Yulan's words and focused on cutting vegetables.
Zhou Yulan did not give up. She approached Cao Dayun and whispered, "Mom, tell me about the demonstration village. The head of Wujia Village also wants to set a target. If it succeeds, I will be the biggest contributor. I can be assigned the job of a scorekeeper."
If I became a scorekeeper, not only would I not have to work hard in the fields, but I would also get full work points every day. My parents-in-law would not dare to be mean to me and they would have to respect me. I would soon be able to be the head of the family.
When I get control of the Wu family's money, I will buy you and dad some clothes, and some good cigarettes and wine to honor you."
Cao Dayun slammed the kitchen knife in his hand onto the chopping board and said coldly, "You really have an abacus on your waist, always thinking about yourself!
I was wondering how you felt guilty about coming back today to pay New Year's greetings. Are you planning to get the model village quota?
Let me tell you, I know nothing. If you want to know about the demonstration village, go find the village chief or clan leader. They know the most.”
Seeing that Cao Dayun had a bad attitude and was too lazy to ask her, Zhou Yulan found various ways to ask her brothers and sisters-in-law.
Everyone gave the same answer, saying that they were not in the village and knew nothing.
Zhou Yulan asked indirectly and found out that her brother and sister-in-law had all gone to the provincial capital and had jobs. She said with envy, "I was wondering how come you all have new clothes to wear and the children have new firecrackers to play with? It turns out you have moved to the city.
I am your biological sister. If you become successful, you must help me. Otherwise, I will never be able to make a name for myself in my life."
When Wu Cheng heard that all his uncles had settled down in the provincial capital, he immediately took out a pack of "Xinhua cigarettes" from his pocket, which he was reluctant to smoke, and distributed them to everyone one by one, saying flattering words without asking for money.
He also asked Zhou Jiafeng and others if they could take him to the city. He also wanted to make some money and live a good life with his wife and children.
Zhou Jiafeng and his brothers said frankly that they were just construction workers at the construction site and were not responsible for recruiting workers. They had also not heard that the construction site was going to recruit more people, so they could not help Wu Cheng.
Even so, Wu Cheng was not angry, and tried his best to please Zhou Jiafeng and the others, thinking that as long as the relationship was good, there would always be a chance to go to the city in the future...
Zhou Yulan returned empty-handed on this trip. Not only did she not find out anything about the demonstration village, she also spent a lot of New Year's gifts and lucky money.
She thought that Zhou Jiafeng and his family were doing well in the city, and would be generous in giving their two children New Year's money.
As a result, Zhou Jiafeng told her, you should give the New Year's money to your nephews and nieces first, and we, as uncles, will give it to our nephews.
Except for Zhou Jiashun who currently has only one son, everyone else has at least three children.
Zhou Yulan suppressed the heartache and gave each of her nephews and nieces a dime as New Year's money, thinking that everyone would give at least fifty cents or a dollar in return.
But in the end, each family that received the money gave a red envelope of ten cents each to Zhou Yulan's two children.
I will give your child the same amount of money as you give my child, and neither of us will lose out.
Zhou Yulan's face turned red with anger. Thinking that she would need Zhou Jiafeng and his men to take her to the city in the future, she could only hold it in and went home angrily...