Chapter 101 - Chapter 101: Chapter 101: The Poor are in the Right (Thank you for the additional votes, babies)_l (1/2)

Chapter 101: Chapter 101: The Poor are in the Right (Thank you for the additional votes, babies)_l

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Xu Qiuniang was speaking when her gaze fell upon a large bamboo basket full of gifts on the floor. Her heart sank, “My elder sister really has become wealthy, she brought so many things home this time. Sigh, we really can’t compare to my elder sister.”

Old Lady Xu reprimanded, “What are you talking about? These are for your uncles.”

Old Lady Xu’s two brothers lived in the neighboring village. Every year, Chunniang would visit her two uncles to wish them a happy new year and present them with some modest gifts as a token of her regard.

“What fortune? We’re just managing to feed ourselves.” Chunniang pulled her children closer, “Wish your aunt a Happy New Year.” Yingbao stepped forward to pay her respects, “Aunt, Happy New Year.”

Xiaojie and Xiaowu followed, “Aunt, Happy New Year.”

“All good, all good.” Xu Qiuniang pulled out two coins from her sleeve, giving one to Xiaojie and the other to Xiaowu, “Go buy some sweets. Don’t think it’s too little, your aunt is not as well off as your mother now.”

Chunniang felt unhappy seeing her sister not giving any New Year’s money to her daughter, but she didn’t say anything.

Old Lady Xu couldn’t keep a straight face, hurriedly took out twenty coins and gave them to Yingbao, “Good girl, this is the New Year’s money from your grandma.” She also gave twenty coins each to Xiaojie and Xiaowu.

Xu Qiuniang raised an eyebrow in surprise, “Mother, why are you giving so much to the children? I gave you two hundred coins, surely you’re not spending all of it on my elder sister’s children.”

Old Lady Xu ignored her second daughter and pulled Yingbao up to sit on the kang, “Good girl, it’s warm up here.”

The two brothers also climbed onto the kang and sat with their sister.

Seeing that her mother wasn’t paying attention to her, Xu Qiuniang stomped out of the room, calling from outside, “Jinjin! Yuyu! Hurry over and wish your grandma a happy New Year! Grandma is giving out New Year’s money!”

In a little while, two children ran in. The eight or nine-year-old boy was Qian Jin, and the six-year-old girl was Qian Yu.

Xu Qiuniang pushed the two children forward, “Go and ask your great aunt for New Year’s money. And your grandmother will also give you New Year’s money.”

Qian Jin was puzzled, “Hasn’t grandma already given us New Year’s money?”

“What does she give! Grandma gave you ten coins this morning, you still need ten more,” Xu Qiuniang said.

At these words, Old Lady Xu was so angry she nearly fell over, but since she was the one who had made the mistake, she didn’t say anything.

Chunniang was unhappy, but she didn’t want to argue with a child, so she took out twenty coins and divided them between Qian Jin and Qian Yu.

Qian Jin and Qian Yu were clever children. They paid their respects to their great aunt, “Great aunt, may you get rich in the New Year.”

Then they turned to their grandmother, “Grandma, you still owe us ten coins of

New Year’s money.”

What could Old Lady Xu do? She had to take out twenty coins and divide them between the two.

This second daughter was spoiled by her father from a young age. Not only was she wilful, but also extremely selfish, always wanting to compete with her elder sister over everything.

Only when Xu Qiuniang saw that her mother had given her children additional New Year’s money, she finally became satisfied, “Elder sister, since your family has planted the golden ear and become rich, why don’t you help out your parents’ home a bit? As for me, your little sister, that’s one thing, but you don’t even bother to help out our elder brother. It’s really true a woman’s heart leans outward. Once married, she doesn’t care about her own family.”

Chunniang didn’t want to bother arguing with her, so she didn’t respond.

Last year she had already suggested to her elder brother and his wife that they also plant the golden ear, but her elder brother was a bit slow. He was only consumed by thoughts of farming and had no interest in planting the golden ear.

What could Chunniang do? She couldn’t exactly just give them money directly.

“What are you saying!” If it wasn’t New Year, Old Lady Xu would have already reprimanded her second daughter.

“How come your elder sister doesn’t help your elder brother? Your elder sister already gave five taels of silver for Daniu’s engagement last time, what did you give?”

“Oh, listen to you! Isn’t it because we don’t have money? If we had, wouldn’t we give?” Xu Qiuniang curled her lips, “If I had money, why would I give only five taels? I’d give at least fifty taels.”

Yingbao, sitting on the kang, was beginning to feel uncomfortable with the conversation.