In the dead of night, begging for the pink.
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"...can’t do any work, only knows how to spend, not earn, aren’t we the ones keeping his whole family afloat? Look at us, the three people in our house, working up the mountains, the money we make, we can’t spend a single penny of it ourselves, it all goes into that bottomless pit over there! They spend our money and still look down on us. The eldest brother’s wife sohow managed to marry a Scholar’s wife, but what about her, she’s just like us, what’s she acting so high and mighty for!"
Zhao Xiue had quite a grievance against Lian Shouren’s family, especially Lady Chiang, who was also a granddaughter-in-law of the Lian Family, she looked down on her even more.
Lian Zhizhi ate her al in silence, and both Lian Manman and Lian Yeye found it awkward to step into Zhao Xiue’s line of complaint.
Perhaps feeling that she was the only one speaking and no one was echoing her thoughts, Zhao Xiue turned her attention to Lian Yeye.
"This whole family, I feel so bad for Sanlang and his wife. The two of them bring quite a bit of money ho every month, but still, they have nothing to eat or wear. Where has all the money gone? I can’t stand it just looking on, luckily Sanlang and his wife are tolerant, and Yeye is an honest person."
Speaking of the current inco of the Lian Family, Lady Zhao and Lian Shouli could bring more than three hundred wen money ho each month. Lian Shouli ate two als at ho, Lady Zhao only one, and Lian Yeye spent most of the ti eating with Lady Zhao at the breakfast stall, saving quite a lot of food expenses for the Lian Family.
As for the second branch’s father and sons, both Lian Shouyi and Sanlang got paid based on the amount of work they did. Sanlang would work earnestly, but Lian Shouyi was different, according to what people said, he often slacked off, so the money these two brought ho each month was not more than what Lady Zhao and Lian Shouli earned.
Additionally, it is necessary to ntion Erlang. He picked the heaviest work, earning the most money, which also was based on the amount of work done. After Zhao Xiue moved in, although Erlang worked hard every day, the money he brought ho beca less and less. Lian Shouli had told Lian Shouxin that Erlang kept more than half of his work money for himself; naturally, this money ended up in Zhao Xiue’s purse.
Zhao Xiue’s words struck a chord with everyone, but none of them felt good about her as a person.
"Sister-in-law Xiu E, lower your voice, don’t let the Upper Room hear you." Lian Manman said.
For Zhao Xiue, this was equivalent to encouragent.
"I’ve not said a single lie, I’m not afraid of who hears . To their face, I would dare to say the sa. Yeye, if I were you, I couldn’t bear it. I would cause a scene, let them spend my money but not comfortably."
Turns out Zhao Xiue was seeking an alliance, and she intended to incite Lian Yeye to make trouble.
"I don’t have the guts for that, Sister-in-law Xiu E, we all admire you. In this house, only you dare to speak your mind," Lian Yeye said.
"Admire for what, I’m just straightforward, without scheming," Zhao Xiue said.
After having said so much, her outburst only served as a slight release of her pent-up frustrations, without any tangible gains.
"All too soft," Zhao Xiue muttered softly to herself. She was referring to Lian Manman and the others’ personalities, too ek, no matter how much she stirred them up, these few showed no reaction, nor did they impulsively storm into the Upper Room to cause a scene.
As she spoke, Zhao Xiue took a small packet wrapped in a handkerchief from her sleeve, opened it, and inside were fried lon seeds.
"Co on, have so lon seeds," Zhao Xiue said as she grabbed so for Lian Manman and Lian Yeye.
Speaking of which, Lady He and Zhao Xiue, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, had sothing in common; both loved snacks. However, Zhao Xiue had a generous dowry and was supplented by Erlang’s earnings, whereas Lady He was far less fortunate.
The two also had their differences. Lady He would eat snacks openly, without hiding, but she would never share with anyone. Zhao Xiue was more generous and often offered snacks to the children of the Lian Family. Si Lang and Liulang, therefore, had a good impression of Zhao Xiue. Zhao Xiue never gave snacks to Lady He.
Zhao Xiue was cracking lon seeds when she suddenly clutched at her chest, gagging.
"Sister-in-law Xiu E, what’s wrong with you?" Lian Manman hurriedly asked.
But in a blink of an eye, Zhao Xiue’s originally fair face had turned sowhat yellow. She furrowed her brows, seemingly enduring great pain.
"I don’t know what’s wrong, just discomfort in my chest, wanting to vomit. It also happened this morning," Zhao Xiue said, her voice now sowhat weak.
In this era, traditional Chinese dicine dominated, and Western dicine had not been introduced yet. The "chest" they referred to is the equivalent of what Western dicine would categorize as the stomach.
"Sister-in-law Xiu E, did you eat sothing bad?" Lian Manman asked.
"No, I didn’t eat anything different today, just the sa as everyone else," Zhao Xiue said.
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