Zhang Xinghua stood frozen on the spot as if struck by thunder, and the surrounding sounds disappeared in an instant.
Two taels of silver!
Two taels of silver is enough for their family to spend several months, right? A pound of pork is 100 cents, how much pork can this buy?
"Nonsense, how could my sister-in-law steal the family's money? My family can't even afford two taels of silver." She immediately realized that her family's daily income was only the income from ten acres of land, and her brother could also copy books in exchange for some money.
Money. My sister-in-law usually has to work hard to tie and embroider handkerchiefs to supplement the family income. It’s not like she has never seen a box containing money, which usually contains a few hundred pennies at most.
The others were shocked by Wang Lu's words at first. They did not expect that Su Yuewei was such a person. After hearing what Zhang Xinghua said, they felt that what she said made sense.
Two taels of silver... Except for the village chief's family and Su Yueling, who had a generous dowry, no one else in the village could come up with two taels of silver in one go.
"Ms. Wang Lu, even if you have resentment towards the Zhang family's wife, you shouldn't slander her."
"That's right, what you did was really unkind. Everyone knows your temperament. I thought you just had a bad mouth, but I didn't expect you have a bad heart."
Zhang Xinghua felt more confident when she saw so many people supporting her.
Mrs. Wang Lu gritted her teeth. She had lived in the village for decades, but her reputation was actually not as good as that of Su Yuewei, who had only been married for a few months. Oh, then Su Yuewei would be pretentious. Today she had to tear off her hypocritical face and let everyone
People know what kind of virtue she is.
She snorted coldly, "I went into the city today to buy bones for my son and prepare to make bone soup to keep him healthy. Then I saw Su Yuewei's own mother sending her son to school for training."
"Twenty taels of silver, she took it out without even blinking. If their family had this money, how could they delay going to school until now? I went up and asked, and Mr. Su Liao said, this money belongs to you
Brother gave it to me because I didn’t want Su Tianbao’s talent for reading to be buried.”
"As soon as I heard this, I knew it was a lie. Who would give so much money to the Yue family? It must have been given by Su Yuewei. Her mother also knew that this was inappropriate, so she blamed your brother."
"Her mother is so smart. She thought she could hide it from me by blaming it on Cheng Wang. If Cheng Wang has two taels of silver, he must use it to buy land."
She spoke clearly and logically, and even the villagers who didn't believe her at first nodded their heads.
This happened in front of the county school, and there must have been many people who saw it. There was no need for Wang Lu to tell such a lie.
In other words, did Su Yuewei really steal two taels of silver and go home to study for her brother?
Ouch, this is really knowing people but not knowing their hearts. She usually looks like a diligent and virtuous person, and she always behaves like the Zhang family is their top priority. I don’t know how many people are envious of the Zhang family for hiring such a daughter-in-law. In the past, she was
The man who regretted not hiring his son now patted his chest with a happy face.
It's so risky, they would rather have a lazy daughter-in-law than a daughter-in-law who steals money. If such a daughter-in-law happens, they will definitely be beaten out with a broom.
Zhang Xinghua was dumbfounded. She held onto Wang Lu's arm tightly and said, "You are lying. Come with me to see Su Yuewei's mother! I don't believe it!" She was so angry that she called Su Yuewei by her first name.
Ms. Wang Lu shook her hand away hard and said, "Don't bother me. You can just ask Su Yuewei herself. See if she dares to deny it."
Zhang Xinghua stayed for a while, glared at her viciously, stamped her feet, turned around and ran towards her home.
Wang Lu found a circle of marks on the arm that Zhang Xinghua had just grabbed. She said with an unhappy face: "How come this family teaches girls? There are no rules at all. They have such a bad temper and have no respect for their elders. I
Let’s see who dares to marry her in the future.”
Although the others did not respond to her words, they felt the same way in their hearts. Especially Zhang Xinghua, who is already thirteen years old. Her temper has been set and it is difficult to change it. Whoever marries such a person back home will probably have quarrels every day.
It's a wild ride.
Comparatively speaking, Yuan Baoshu won their hearts. She was good at housework, had a soft and easy-to-manage personality, and was good-looking. Although her brother was very sick, he was still a scholar.
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As soon as Zhang Xinghua returned home, she saw her sister-in-law getting a bandage in the living room. On the small bed next to her was her two-year-old nephew. Her sister-in-law looked at her nephew from time to time and covered him again with the quilt that had slipped off. The atmosphere was
It looked warm and beautiful. Before it happened, she would have been happy that her nephew met a stepmother who could treat him as her own.
But after knowing about Er Liang, when she looked at Su Yuewei again, she just felt that she was pretentious and disgusting.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Sister-in-law is really capable."
Hearing these words, Su Yuewei raised her head and saw her sister-in-law with an angry look. She put down her clothes with some confusion, "What happened? Xinghua is being tortured outside.
Are you aggrieved?"
Even if you are wronged, why do you get angry at her? She is not good enough to her usually? Su Yuewei feels that all the kindness she usually treats her is in vain.
Seeing her concerned expression, Zhang Xinghua still said coldly: "Sister-in-law, did you use the family's money to study for your brother?"
"Two taels of silver, you really care about your mother's family."
Su Yuewei was stunned, "Do you know about this?"
Zhang Xinghua became even more angry when she heard her admission, "Twenty taels of silver! Our family is not well-off, so you eagerly took the money to your mother's family. Since you only care about your mother's family, why did you marry in?"
"No, how dare I take the money back. This money was given by Cheng Wang. If you don't believe me, just ask Cheng Wang." Su Yuewei had finally managed to win over her sister-in-law in the past few months, so naturally she couldn't let her success fall short.
And she was also aggrieved because the money was indeed not given by her. After that, Cheng Wang's attitude towards her suddenly cooled down, which made her heartbroken.
However, after Zhang Xinghua heard this, her mood did not feel much better, and she said in an unbelievable tone: "He gave it to you, and your family just took it away?"
The Zhang family only has ten acres of land now, which is considered very good in the village. Zhang Xinghua had previously thought that her eldest brother would give her some of the land as a dowry to make her look better when she got married, but she was rejected.
The fields here in Lushan Village are not expensive, and two taels of silver are enough to buy an acre. As a result, the eldest brother would rather give the money to Su Tianbao to study than buy her a field as a dowry. She is his biological sister!
When she first entered the house, her eldest brother was lukewarm to her, and she still sympathized with her. In just a few months, Su Yuewei had won over the cold-hearted eldest brother. When she gave birth to a child,
I'm afraid there won't even be a place for her to stand in this home.
Zhang Xinghua was so angry that she was trembling with anger and gritted her teeth, "You're such a fox! I hate you, why did our family hire you, a loser!"