Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 313: Stingy Second Aunt

During this time, Liu Cuilan took great care of Wang Chunhua with good food and drink. Wang Chunhua’s health improved a lot, and she was able to use a makeshift crutch to get out of bed and move around a few days ago.

Zhang Guifang saw the old lady come out and naturally thought she was there to speak on her behalf.

She immediately said, "Mom, can you help me persuade Xiaoxiao? We’re all family, and if Zhiqiang makes something of himself in the future, he definitely won’t forget to be filial to you as his grandmother."

"Relying on him for filial piety? I’d rather just find a crooked-neck tree and hang myself! As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked. I can’t rely on you and the second child at all, why should I count on him?"

Wang Chunhua recovered from her illness with much clearer thoughts.

She used to think that with the eldest son gone, naturally, she couldn’t rely on the eldest daughter-in-law’s family because they were outsiders, so she favored the second son’s family.

It turns out that the second son’s family were the real ungrateful ones.

As soon as they saw her become a burden, they couldn’t wait for her to die immediately.

Did they think she was still as senile as before?

"How did you and the second child treat the eldest son’s family before? Where do you get the face to ask Xiaoxiao for help now? Even if Xiaoxiao agreed, I, this old woman, wouldn’t agree. If you have nothing better to do, hurry up and get lost, don’t just stand here and disgrace people!"

Wang Chunhua, who had a good constitution, spoke a bit slowly now, but she was still pretty sharp when cursing people.

Zhang Guifang didn’t expect the old lady to say this and her face immediately looked sour, "Mom, what are you saying? You’re expecting us to take care of you in your old age like this, no way!"

Angrily, she picked up the basket on the table. "I’m sure the eldest brother’s family doesn’t care about my little bit of eggs, so I won’t stay."

Having said this, she picked up the basket and left. As she passed the door, she almost knocked over Wang Chunhua, who was leaning against it.

Su Xiaoxiao was truly stunned today, that she would take back even just two eggs. Her stinginess simply reached new heights.

After Zhang Guifang stepped out the threshold, Liu Cuilan said to Su Jianwu, "Old Five, hurry and close the door."

Su Jianwu responded and quickly ran out to shut the gate with a bang.

The loud noise startled Zhang Guifang, who had just gone out, and she almost dropped the basket of eggs in her hand.

This family really went too far. When her son makes something of himself in the future, they should not expect to benefit from him at all.

Holding the basket of eggs, she walked away with a darkened face.

With the troublemaker gone, Su Xiaoxiao’s family sat around the table to have dinner.

Usually, because of Wang Chunhua’s mobility issues, her portion of food would be sent separately to the west wing. But since she was here today, she was going to sit down and eat with everyone.

The Su Family’s dining table was an old, low-legged rectangular wooden table. It was a bit aged, with many chipped and peeled spots on the surface.

The table wasn’t very big, just right for six people in the family to sit down usually. Occasionally, when the eldest and second sons came home, Su Pan and Xu Zhaodi would willingly eat in the small kitchen.

With one more person suddenly today, the table was a bit cramped.

Xu Zhaodi stood up voluntarily, "Aunt Liu, I’ll eat in the kitchen. It’s warm since the fire was just lit."

Before she could move, Liu Cuilan said, "There’s no need to go. We can all fit."

Saying this, she pulled Xu Zhaodi back to her usual seat and turned to Wang Chunhua, "Mom, you wait for a bit."

Then she turned and went into the house.

Was she detested? Not welcomed to the table?

Wang Chunhua felt a little uncomfortable. In the past, she would have already started cursing, but she had come to realize many things during this time.

She had treated the eldest daughter-in-law’s family so poorly before, so it was reasonable not to let her to the table. After all, she used to be blind to people’s worth.

Sighing, she shakily was about to use her crutch to leave when she heard Liu Cuilan say from behind, "Mom, the table is too low, and it’s inconvenient for you. Come sit over here."

Saying this, she carefully helped Wang Chunhua to the study table inside without giving her a chance to decline.

Then she filled several bowls with food and brought them in for her.

Wang Chunhua was briefly stunned. Realizing that Liu Cuilan wasn’t looking down on her but worried about her inconvenience with the low table, her eyes suddenly became teary.

She had been strong her whole life and wasn’t especially kind to this daughter-in-law before, never expecting that she would still be so considerate.

Accustomed to her mother-in-law’s cold eyes, Liu Cuilan felt a bit out of sorts seeing her like this for the first time. After putting the food down, she hurriedly turned around and went out.

After the family finished dinner, Liu Cuilan recalled the large bag of dried seafood and quickly dragged it out, taking out the items one by one.

The more she looked, the more surprised she became. The leader of Haining City was surprisingly generous!

Hand-sized dried shrimp, ribbon-like wide dried hairtail, fist-sized dried abalone...

Liu Cuilan remembered the last time the village supply and marketing cooperative supplied dried seafood, she queued up for half the morning to grab half a pound of dried shrimp, which wasn’t much bigger than shrimp shells at all, and even then everyone scrambled for it.

Seeing her mom looking as if she hadn’t seen the world, Su Xiaoxiao felt a bit embarrassed.

"Mom, hurry and put these away and get some sleep. If you like these dried seafood, I’ll find some more for you next time."

These were rare items, and she’ll get more? Did she think they were as common as cabbages and carrots from the fields?

Liu Cuilan secretly criticized her third daughter’s boastfulness.

Turning her head, she saw Su Xiaoxiao looking a shade darker, with faint dark circles under her eyes, and her heart immediately filled with pity.

Seeing her yawning continuously, she hurriedly said, "Alright, there’s nothing you need to do here. Go back and rest. If push comes to shove, I’ll call your workplace tomorrow and ask for a day off for you."

Liu Cuilan never allowed herself to rest, even when traveling back and forth between the city and the village, but her daughter was different. She wouldn’t allow her only precious girl to be worn out.

Su Xiaoxiao yawned again, "Mom, I’m fine, I can go to work tomorrow."

It’s almost the end of the month, and she didn’t want to miss out on a month of perfect attendance.

Although money wasn’t so tight now, there was no reason to let the money soon to be in hand slip away.

Tomorrow, even if she had to crawl, she had to get her perfect attendance. Otherwise, most of the month’s work would have been for nothing.

Determined, she didn’t even bother washing her face. She just brushed her teeth quickly and collapsed onto the heated brick bed.

Liu Cuilan knew she was coming back today and had the heated brick bed ready for her. Lying on it was warm and cozy, much more comfortable than the cold, hard bed at the guesthouse.

She lay down and soon drifted into a sweet sleep.

While she was sleeping soundly, a series of mechanical notification sounds suddenly rang in her mind.

Su Xiaoxiao furrowed her brows, pulled the quilt over her head, and prepared to continue sleeping, only to find that the quilt was no help.

Damn! Who’s so tactless in the middle of the night? Trying to annoy someone?

Annoyed, she crawled out of bed, rubbed her eyes vigorously, and opened the game interface.

She was going to have a good look at which jackass disturbed her sweet dream!