Chapter 537: Wife, Who Provoked You Today?

Fu's mother observed the hidden agendas of each household and thought: Fortunately, Chuxue didn't agree to come over tonight for the Mid-Autumn Festival; otherwise, people would surely have laughed at us.

Just as she was preparing to clear the bowls and chopsticks, she heard the eldest, Fu Yanming, say: "Mom, I applied for housing at the factory. Yesterday, the logistics department gave me a reply, saying that in a while, some skilled workers will be transferred to support the tertiary industry, and as soon as a house becomes vacant, they will reserve one for me."

"I also checked with the factory leadership and the personnel department. They said that once the document is issued, the personnel must move. The list of personnel supporting the tertiary industry has already been submitted; I estimate that by early November at the latest, a house will definitely become vacant. I'm telling you this in advance."

Fu's mother nodded: "This is good news, but according to your rank, you probably won't get an apartment building unit."

Fu Yanming hummed: "Yes, I've communicated with the logistics department; we should be allocated two rooms. At that time, I'll partition the house and prepare a small room for Jinyue and Jincheng directly. After all, they are getting older; it's no longer appropriate for them to share a room."

At this moment, Fu Qiusheng spoke up: "Later, I'll call Vice Factory Director Li, who is in charge of logistics, and ask him to give a word of warning to the people handling matters below."

Fu Yanming had been waiting for exactly this: "Thank you, Dad."

After clearing the dishes and everyone returned to their rooms: "Wife, who provoked you today?"

"How did you know someone provoked me?"

"If no one had provoked you, on such a major festival, you certainly wouldn't have said those things."

Fu's mother coughed lightly: "Actually, it's not a big deal; I just felt a bit annoyed."

So she didn't hide anything and recounted what she had heard after getting off work: "You say the third son's wife is bad, but she isn't that bad; at most, she has too many petty calculations in her heart. But her mouth is truly loose; she dares to blurt out anything. This makes me very displeased."

She sighed heavily: "I know they all have grievances about sending money to the second son over these years, but this matter was agreed upon by them. So what do they mean, bringing this up every time they get the chance?"

"Although it is true that we indeed found a job for the second son back then and he insisted on going to the countryside, if the second son hadn't been foolish, wouldn't the family have been so peaceful these past few years? Just for this favor, they should remember it. Yet the third son's wife brings this up every other meal; it's truly doing nothing but eating too much."

Fu's father finally understood what kind of anger his wife was feeling: "Don't be angry. The fourth son will definitely get married before May Day next year at the latest. If the third son provokes you again, then we'll separate them first."

Fu's mother glared at him: "Don't you know that family scandals shouldn't be aired publicly? Setting others aside, the eldest daughter-in-law will have a reason to laugh at me then."

While the two of them were discussing this, Fu Yanhong of the third household, seeing his wife finish washing the dishes and enter the room, naturally asked about today's events: "What did you do today to make Mom say such things, disregarding the fact that it is the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month festival?"

Zhang Yurong felt somewhat guilty: "I didn't do anything. I just chatted a bit with the second daughter-in-law of the Ding family next door. I couldn't hold my tongue and said a few words about Mom being biased, and Mom happened to hear them."

Fu Yanhong looked at her with the expression of someone who is disappointed in a piece of iron that won't become steel: "I never thought you were stupid in daily life. What are you doing now, picking a fight with four people?"

Zhang Yurong didn't understand: "What do you mean?"

Fu Yanhong poured himself a cup of tea: "With those words you said, if the second daughter-in-law of the Ding family spreads them, you will have definitely offended the eldest daughter-in-law, the second daughter-in-law, the fourth brother's fiancée who isn't married yet, and Mom and Dad all together."

"I just said it like that. Besides, what I said was the truth. Can you deny that we have suffered the most these years?"