Chapter 81

Cao Weiguo said solemnly, "From now on, the financial power of the household will be handed over to you. However, you must not be too frugal; food, clothing, and daily necessities—if they need to be bought, buy them. You must not mistreat yourself."

"I understand, but this is too much money and too many coupons."

Song Yulan, filled with sweetness, took out the money and coupons and began to count them one by one.

"Five yuan, ten yuan, twenty yuan... four hundred and seventy yuan!... Three hundred catties of national grain coupons!"

Cao Weiguo kissed Song Yulan on her pretty face, which was full of surprise: "Wife, you can count this money and these coupons slowly tomorrow. We must hurry to complete the task assigned by Mother-in-law, so the old lady can hold a big grandson sooner."

Song Yulan's pretty face turned red instantly, as if it were steaming.

Jia Family

Jia Zhangshi was happily sucking on a candy, the sweetness reaching from her mouth all the way to her heart.

Banggeng said with a greedy look, "Grandma, are you eating candy? I want some too!"

Jia Zhangshi reluctantly took one out of her pocket: "Good grandson, after eating the candy, you must be filial to Grandma."

Banggeng happily took the candy, impatiently peeled off the wrapper, and squinted his eyes as the sweetness hit his mouth.

Little Huaihua swallowed her saliva: "Grandma, Huaihua wants to eat candy too!"

Jia Zhangshi opened her mouth and said, "What is a little money-losing goods eating? There are pebbles outside, go chew on those."

Qin Huairu said, "Mom, that's a whole handful of candy. Just give some to Huaihua, and one to Xiaodang."

Jia Zhangshi pulled a long face and said, "Children get cavities from eating candy. Not giving them candy is for their own good. Besides, what if they get greedy? The family doesn't have money to buy them treats."

Qin Huairu felt a wave of bitterness and misery.

How did she end up marrying into such a family, dragging her children down to suffer with her?

Touching the three milk candies in her pocket, Qin Huairu felt no gratitude toward Song Yulan, but was instead filled with jealousy.

Liu Family

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were happily eating orange candies, excitedly chatting about today's events.

"Brother Weiguo is really decent."

"This candy is really delicious!"

The Second Aunt said with a pained heart, "You two, eat sparingly. These two candies are worth an egg."

Liu Guangtian said proudly, "We got this candy by helping Brother Weiguo with work. We'll eat it however we want."

The Second Uncle snorted coldly, "You two mixed-up brats, if Cao Weiguo didn't look at my face, would you have gotten this benefit?"

Liu Guangfu said, "Dad, stop gilding your own face. It's because Brother Weiguo is generous. Without your face, those Yan family brats wouldn't have gotten any less candy than us."

The Second Uncle's face turned green as he grabbed a feather duster: "You two mixed-up brats are asking for a beating!"

Instantly, the Liu family was in an uproar again.

Yan Family

The Third Uncle was collecting candy from his children one by one, calling it: a referral fee!

Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, and Yan Jiedi were young, so even though they were reluctant, they obediently handed over half.

Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li were not happy. This was something they had earned through hard work; why should they hand over half?

The Third Uncle said earnestly, "You two don't have to be unhappy. If I hadn't been worrying and managing things for this family, and if I hadn't sacrificed my old face to build a good relationship with Cao Weiguo, would this good thing have come to you today? Forget about eating candy, you wouldn't even have a share of the dust."

The Third Aunt chimed in, "Eldest, don't be ignorant. Otherwise, if there are good things in the future, your dad might not bring you two along."

"Give, give, give. A family calculating things so clearly."

Yu Li put the candy on the table, full of grievances, and returned to her room in a huff. ===== CHAPTER 83 =====