Chapter 87 - Chapter 87: Chapter 87: The Involved (1/2)

Chapter 87: Chapter 87: The Involved

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“What relatives, they’re merely… Anyway, that family has never treated our family as relatives. From now on, even if you see them, you don’t have to be too honest with them, or you’ll definitely suffer a loss.” Mrs. Yang’s heart was not at ease whenever she thought of her mother-in-law in the city and the main house’s family. She wanted to complain, but she held back in front of her own daughter-in-law. She merely hinted subtly to let the daughter-in-law be wary of the old lady and the main house’s family. As to what kind of people they were, the daughter-in-law would find out sooner or later. There was no need for her, as the mother-in-law, to say it outright and appear petty.

“I will remember what Mother said. It’s just that, regarding Grandma’s birthday, do my husband and I need to prepare a separate gift? Since I’ve only been married into the Han Family for a short time, I still don’t know about some things very clearly. Could Mother please advise me?”

“No need, our family hasn’t divided yet, so there’s no need to prepare any separate gift. Moreover, when you two got married, their side didn’t give a dowry, and not even a person came. Why should we go out of our way? Otherwise, they might think we’re trying to suck up to them.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to Mother.” Su Wenyue was just trying to probe the situation. Now seeing how poor the relationship between the two families was, she naturally aligned with the Second House.

After chatting with Su Wenyue, Mrs. Yang felt things couldn’t continue like this. In just a few days, they had consumed what was supposed to last for two months. They had to be more frugal, making a little less each meal, as long as it wasn’t too little to fill their stomachs.

Mrs. Yang conveyed her intention to Mrs. Liu, who happily agreed. Her mother-in-law in the past had been too frugal with the food, and she had long hoped for more substantial meals at home. But these past few days, the meals had been so grand that she became worried, especially since the food was under her control. Seeing the food supplies quickly dwindling, she became all the more reluctant. If this continued, their food would not last very long. After all, she was a daughter-in-law of the Han Family, and the interests of the Han family were closely related to her. Not to mention that most of the food was ending up in the stomachs of outsiders.

“Mother, I understand. From now on, we will only make as much as needed for each meal. We can’t keep on like this, seeing the food vanish like running water is terrifying to me. This is long overdue, we can’t let the food our family worked so hard to grow over half the year go to waste.”

“Alright, just do as I told you, no need for so much talk.” Mrs. Yang was not particularly impressed with the eldest daughter-in-law’s behavior, and her displeasure was now even more evident.

Mrs. Liu didn’t care. She was used to being admonished by her mother-in-law and always let it go in one ear and out the other. It wasn’t going to cost her any flesh off her body. As long as her goal was achieved, things would go on as she pleased. This attitude hardly endeared her to her mother-in-law, but it was certainly more satisfying than keeping things bottled up inside.

The home’s meals were no longer what they used to be. Yang Juxiang and her daughter, who used to be able to eat their fill, could now only manage to eat half a stomach’s worth. They were naturally dissatisfied with such a change, especially when they saw Han Hu bringing back so much rice and flour from the city, and expected that their meals should have become even better; instead, the quality declined meal after meal, just barely better than that of the Jiang Family.