Cai ina is growing increasingly frustrated with her family’s greed, yet she’s even more worried that her husband might relent.
Lately, they’ve been making quite a bit of money; what if her husband decided to be generous?
Luckily, her husband isn’t that dense, "Don’t worry, I won’t give them anything. I’ll just pretend I never received these letters."
Cai ina decided to act as though she hadn’t seen these letters. After all, they are considered problematic elents, and correspondence is subject to review, so lost mail isn’t unusual.
"Mom, should we keep these letters?" Gong Ruini thought they should keep these letters as evidence of how shaless their grandparents and parents were.
The important thing is, it seems like these letters were written by the head of the family. If they later claim that Gong Tao is unfilial, these things can strip them of their dignity.
No matter how much they want a son to be filial to his parents, is there such a shaless request?
Keep them? Cai ina’s initial thought was to treat them as if they hadn’t been received, so naturally, they shouldn’t keep them. But why did her daughter suggest keeping them?
Zhan Jing snapped out of the Gong and Cai families’ shalessness and wholeheartedly supported Gong Ruini’s suggestion, "It’s leverage. If anyone accuses you of being unfilial, you can counter—it’s not that you’re unfilial, but that you can’t be."
"Co next year before the New Year, send them so money and tell them you’ve finally earned so work points after being in the Northeast for over a year, saved from what little you could."
"Rember to send a telegram," Zhan Jing remarked that, compared to writing a letter, sending a telegraph was better, although it cost more, the effect was undoubtedly better.
Oh, sending money and a telegram? Cai ina was truly reluctant to spend such money, which was much more costly than writing a letter.
Her own parents were indeed simple and honest people; to deal with such shaless people as the Gong and Cai families, unconventional asures must be taken.
Whether being filial to parents can’t be dictated just by the elders. You could find witnesses, like the telegraph delivery people, or the surrounding postal workers. No matter how both families try to cover up, it can’t be completely concealed.
If anyone ever tries to tarnish Gong Tao and his wife again, what would those around them believe?
The more the Gong and Cai families talk, the more the neighbors might actually beco suspicious.
Since the idea has been proposed, let’s unravel it and analyze it with Cai ina bit by bit.
It’s not that Cai ina is stupid, she’s just not accustod to considering these matters, or perhaps she doesn’t want to sche against her family. But after hearing the analysis, she finally understood.
No matter how much she gave before, the neighbors still thought they weren’t giving enough, simply because they weren’t good at such superficial gestures.
Even though Cai ina still felt it was sowhat fake, Zhan Jing’s words were true, they had already given, why shouldn’t they receive the recognition they deserve?
"Thank you, Sister Zhan." Cai ina truly didn’t know how to thank Zhan Jing; since arriving here, they’ve indeed been looking after them a lot.
These issues could have been brought up by her parents, but they never did, and instead it was friends who reminded her, leaving Cai ina at a loss for how to feel.
"It’s just acting, I can do that too," Cai ina declared confidently as she needs to hold strong.
If they really give sothing to the in-laws this ti, there’s no telling how often they’ll be demanding things in the future. The most infuriating thing is how in the letter, her family states that the in-laws asked for so many things to give gifts for her brother-in-law’s connections.
This is what angered Cai ina the most; her family essentially stabbed her brother-in-law in the back, sending them to the Northeast. The grudge hasn’t been settled yet; how could she help him get promoted?
Perhaps the parents-in-law knew if they revealed this fact, Gong Tao and his wife would be unwilling, but they entirely forget there’s still the Cai family.
Cai ina understood the advice from her family wasn’t because she was a daughter of the Cai family, but because they worried about good things being given to the Gong family, yet she still accepted this sentint.
As for reciprocating, Cai ina doesn’t consider it; she’s done enough for the Cai family, without knowing when they’d repay this sentint.
"So, will we keep our things?" Gong Ruwen only cared that their things are kept safe; to him, this was exceptionally good news.
"We never intended to give them," Gong Ruini asserted, "If mom and dad want to give, we’ll sell them for money."
Humph, see how they give; food isn’t ant for traitors. If Gong Tao and ina didn’t appreciate the food, Gong Ruini suggested converting it to cash.
At least it could bolster their personal stashes; Gong Ruini recalled that once they returned to the city, house prices were like cabbage prices; no matter how, she intends to buy, buy, buy.
Definitely need to buy more houses, beco a landlady. Otherwise, why would Gong Ruini be so eager to make money?
"Yes, if the grandparents really want to give them sothing, we’ll just sell it all," Gong Ruwen said with vigor.
The siblings’ words infuriated Gong Tao deeply; did they really think he was that foolish?
Just as Gong Tao was going to explain that he wouldn’t do such a thing, Gong Ruwen chid in, "Uncle Zhao said you’d soften upon seeing these letters."
Zhao Gang was dumbfounded; how could even Gong Ruwen, such a young child, shirk responsibility like this? How co he’s so clever, "That’s what I thought because you conceded too much before."
His son dragged Zhao Gang into it, forcing Gong Tao to hold his irritation, though he later stated he’d properly lecture his son that evening.
Zhao Gang patted his bulging belly, "Let’s go check the cave and see if we can plant the yellow chives."
Given they’ve already devised a plan, and these annoying matters have a preliminary decision, it’s ti to focus on the important tasks.
What, planting chives today? Gong Ruini expressed enthusiasm, yet she liked it, "I can help."
"I can too." Zhao Guangran followed them, raising his hand, "I can help chop wood."
"I can help water," Zhao Guangran hadn’t done much farm work, but when it ca to watering the garden, he often helped at ho.
"Sure, there’ll be tasks for everyone." Zhao Gang pulled his friend along, planning to have a chat later; so foolish things just shouldn’t be done.
Gong Tao, exhausted from a day’s toil, just wanted to lie down and rest, but Zhao Gang wouldn’t allow it, leaving him no choice but to pick up tools and start clearing the land.
Sigh, having such a diligent friend creates a lot of pressure, particularly one who’s always thinking about striving for money, the pressure is even greater.
After dragging Gong Tao along, Zhan Jing signaled to Cai ina to relax, "Gangzi will talk to Taozi, you, too honest, keep your money safe."
If the brother-in-law gets promoted, the in-laws might act even more shalessly once they know Gong Tao and his wife are doing well here.
Honestly, Zhan Jing felt reasonable requests from in-laws could be t, but unreasonable ones should be denied. Yet, this couple is so naive or filial.
Zhan Jing wasn’t trying to be a pushover; she was worried that constantly eting those demands would impact them.
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