The Wang family fell into complete chaos; initially, it was the four mbers of the Wang family accusing Wang Yan of being unreasonable, but it quickly turned into a free-for-all.
Various accusations ensued, with Brother Wang criticizing Mother Wang for spoiling Sister Wang. Their family finances were already strained, yet she indulged her with buying clothes, squandering the family’s money.
Sister Wang accused Brother Wang of also being no good, dating a girlfriend who cost the family a lot of money.
She went on to say that Mother Wang also took so money to support her maternal family. As she spoke, Sister Wang revealed that the nephew from Mother Wang’s family went to the countryside as an intellectual youth along with Wang Yan. However, the boy was unfortunate, ending up in the Northeast, thus Mother Wang secured so cotton to make him a quilt.
Initially, Wang Yan found it amusing to watch them engage in a dog-eat-dog fight and quietly observed from the sidelines, but she did not expect to discover such juicy gossip.
She actually knew that Mother Wang supported her maternal family but pretended not to know because she knew if she said sothing, her father wouldn’t appreciate her gesture. Instead, he would bla Wang Yan for not stopping it, and Mother Wang, once inford, would surely not take it kindly.
She never imagined that despite being Mother Wang’s biological daughter, her status was sohow lower than that of her nephew from her mother’s family.
Regarding that cousin, Wang Yan really never felt any fondness, nor did anyone in the Wang family. Since childhood, he was known to be a sneaky character with a bad temper. Even Mother Wang, who treated him well, would still scold and beat him when he was displeased.
And so, this universally disliked individual, Mother Wang, actually prepared a quilt for him. "Mom, didn’t you say the family was in poor condition and couldn’t afford to prepare anything for ? I had nothing when I set out as an intellectual youth."
"And you, you actually prepared a quilt for him." Wang Yan could not accept it. Before she left, Mother Wang embraced her, apologizing repeatedly, saying the family finances were not good and asking her to understand, promising to rember her contribution.
Now she really wanted to cry. What rembrance of her contribution? She was just a big fool; despite knowing she was being deceived, just a word about being the most considerate child made her want to perform well.
Now she truly felt like a fool, reluctant to buy anything for herself, willing to save money but refraining from buying a stove, just to save money to buy things for the family.
Hmph, if that’s the case, then when she cos ho next Spring Festival, she definitely won’t bring anything, or actually, she shouldn’t even co back.
She knew all too well if she failed to bring anything upon returning ho, anyone in the family could treat her poorly.
If that’s the case, she might as well stay at the farm; at least there are many people there, and she wouldn’t feel lonely.
Even if she felt lonely, it would be better than returning ho where she’d be required to bring stuff, spend lots of money, and then be made to sleep on the floor again. Sleeping on the cold ground was really chilling.
No, she was bringing back rice; if they made her sleep on the floor, she would definitely stir up trouble. Her parents clearly played favorites; she absolutely could not swallow this silently.
Father Wang was furious, "You traitor!" Father Wang couldn’t resist and went straight to hitting Mother Wang.
"Didn’t I tell you not to support your maternal family?"
"If you have money to give your nephew, you might as well give it to ." Thinking of such a large expenditure going to the Yue family angered Father Wang.
Father Wang wasn’t one to accept loss, quickly making a decision, "You go back and tell your parents that they should give you a new quilt, or else give cash."
Father Wang didn’t know how much a new quilt cost, but it didn’t stop him from speaking up, "Forget it, they probably can’t even buy cotton."
"Just have them give two hundred. Once you get the money, you can co back; otherwise, you shouldn’t return." Father Wang had no desire to see Mother Wang’s face, as it only infuriated him.
A quilt for which Mother Wang’s maternal family was expected to give two hundred? Everyone was stunned, looking at Father Wang in disbelief.
Mother Wang hoped soone would step up for her, plead on her behalf, but she waited and waited to no avail. She turned to Wang Yan, hoping she would stand up.
Wang Yan certainly noticed Mother Wang’s plea for help and chose to ignore it; hadn’t she stepped up for Mother Wang often enough before? Yet, each ti she ended up with nothing good.
Mother Wang waited for a long ti, and Wang Yan simply acted as if she hadn’t seen it. Reluctantly, she decided on self-rescue, "Xiao Yan, I know it’s my fault."
"You’re also heading to the countryside..."
"No problem, Dad said if you hand over two hundred, that’ll do." Wang Yan knew her maternal family absolutely wouldn’t give the money, ultimately leaving Mother Wang to solve the issue privately, but she had no money, hinting at relying on herself.
"Mom, I also lack plenty of items; I can’t help out." After saying this, Wang Yan sat down, wearing a long face, not uttering a word.
Mother Wang was irritated, reluctantly resorting to self-help again, but Father Wang remained enraged, insisting either give two hundred or don’t return.
Having no choice, Mother Wang appealed to Wang Yan again, who reluctantly dug into her pocket, "I still have money, I only have two yuan, my fare ho."
Mother Wang, out of options, hoped her eldest son and daughter could pitch in. Brother Wang chuckled, "Mom, are you out of money?"
"Since you don’t have any, either have your grandpa resolve it, or you find Sister." Brother Wang quickly pointed Mother Wang in a direction.
Sister Wang was furious, seeing her efforts to minimize her presence thwarted, fearing old Mother would pressure her to give up money, yet Wang Yan foolishly ntioned her na.
"I, I..." Sister Wang was helpless, "Mom, I truly have no money, you know all my funds went into clothes, no way to give money."
"You, you..." Mother Wang was genuinely furious; she had pampered Sister Wang in the past, attempting to help her acquire what she liked.
Back then, the young girl might have said she loved her mom the most and pledged to assist her fully in tis of trouble.
Now she rely needed two hundred yuan, and even though Sister Wang had no cash, selling so clothes could easily cover this deficit.
But the girl simply refused to part with her money, unwilling even to sell clothes, leaving it up to her to resolve.
Mother Wang was out of solutions, having picked up a temporary job with a ager salary, which Father Wang stated would go entirely to him upon payday.
Likely aning she had no cash now and wouldn’t have cash post-payday, left wondering how to gather two hundred yuan, Mother Wang panicked.
"Are you truly without money?" Mother Wang confird again with Sister Wang.
"No money," Sister Wang grumbled, "Mom, this money issue arose because you gave your nephew a quilt, how can you ask for money?"
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