Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 127 Who told you to spend money recklessly?
Yinyin thought for a moment and shook her head seriously, "No."

She wouldn't get angry if the food was given to her eldest sister, second sister, Brother Yishan, Brother Xiaowu, Master Chu, as well as her mother and Qiqi.

But she refused to share with her cousins, and neither did the rest of the Chen family.

Chaochao smiled with her lips pursed. Xiao Yishan and Xiao Wu didn't know what to buy, so they simply bought a gold bracelet together.

Chaochao stared at the glittering gold bracelet for a long while, "This...this is too valuable."

Seeing that she refused, Xiao Yishan quickly said, "It's not expensive, we're all family."

Chaochao then took the bracelet and said, "I will give you a big gift for your birthdays."

"I also have something for you." Chu Xiu coughed and took out an exquisite box from behind his back.

This time, Chaochao didn't refuse; instead, she opened it with great anticipation.

Many heads crowded around, and inside the exquisite sandalwood box was a fine calligraphy brush.

Chu Xiu said somewhat embarrassedly, "This is a wolf hair brush, you..."

Sigh, he, who is usually so eloquent, suddenly found himself speechless and unsure of what to say, feeling inexplicably embarrassed.

With everyone staring at him, he really wanted to disappear into a crack in the ground.

Just as I was wondering if the gift was too insignificant, I heard Li Ruru exclaim, "Wow, a wolf hair brush! This is very expensive!"

She had only heard of it but never seen it before, and today she finally got to see it for herself.

Wolf hair brushes are the finest among writing brushes, made from the tail hair of weasels, and are upright and elastic.

The characters written with strong, vigorous, and upright lines give the font more strength and charm.

The production process of wolf hair brushes is quite demanding, requiring multiple steps such as hair collection, selection, degreasing, removal of down, aligning the hairs, cutting the material, and matching the tips.

A wolf-hair brush costs about fifty taels of silver, something that ordinary people can't even dream of.

Chaochao liked the calligraphy brush very much, but when her mother told her it was very expensive, she hesitated and withdrew her hand.

Chu Xiu nudged her and said, "You've accepted everyone's gifts."

It means that naturally we cannot refuse to accept his offer.

Chaochao accepted the box and said shyly, "Thank you very much, Master Chu."

Chaochao loves reading and writing, so Chu Xiu's gift was exactly what she wanted.

After the excitement subsided, the night grew even deeper.

Li Ruru urged everyone to go to sleep: "You don't need to get up early tomorrow, you can all sleep in."

By evening, the family's oxcart and horse-drawn carriage had been delivered to my third aunt's house, and they would be fully responsible for transporting the konjac tofu tomorrow.

She also paid someone to speak to the owners of several restaurants.

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The Chen family's place was much livelier than usual today.

It's because Chen Jinbang bought two piglets today.

He instructed Wang Shuixia, "Mother, take good care of these two pigs. In about half a year, they will grow up and have piglets."

A litter can produce more than a dozen piglets, and the next litter will continue to produce more, so soon we'll have more pork than we can eat.

Piglets are sold as piglets, and adult pigs are slaughtered and sold for meat; they can make a lot of money that way.

Chen Jinbang was already imagining his backyard full of pigs.

A mature pig can be sold for 5 taels of silver, and his tuition fee for a year only requires selling two pigs.

He no longer needs to ask others for money.

Chen Jinbang was still immersed in his own little world when Wang Shuixia's words abruptly shattered this beautiful moment.

"Who told you to spend money recklessly? We haven't separated yet."

The implication is that since the family hasn't separated, the property belongs to everyone, not just the eldest branch.

From now on, she would have to give all the money from selling piglets or pork to her mother-in-law, which she was unwilling to do.

She would rather her son earn money and secretly give it to her. Chen Jinbang was about to retort when he heard Zhao's voice.

"Oh dear, why are there two piglets?" she said, then pursed her lips and added, "It would be better if they were big pigs."

The big pig can be slaughtered and eaten immediately, but the piglets have to be fed for a long time.

These days, the family can only afford to eat wild vegetable porridge every day. The three daughters-in-law are unwilling to even cook, so who can be expected to cut grass for the pigs?

Chen Jinbang said with a dark face, "Grandma, I only have enough money to buy piglets, and besides..."

He opened his mouth, ready to talk about his grand plan to have pigs all over the backyard, but when he saw Zhao's wrinkled face, he suddenly lost interest.

"Besides what?" Zhao pressed.

"Besides, two piglets are easy to raise."

Pigs eat grass and leftovers, but their family had no leftovers, so they could only feed their pigs grass.

Zhao said, "Then you can raise them."

With that, he walked away with his hands behind his back.

Wang Shuixia was so angry that she punched Chen Dagang, "What does your mother mean?"

What do you mean by "you support her"? Aren't you the same as her?

She worked so hard to raise the piglets, wouldn't the people from the second and third wives benefit from it?

Why should she have to work so hard to serve the whole family?

"Ouch, be gentle!" Chen Dagang cried out in pain, taking two steps back. "What do you mean, 'my mother'? Isn't that your mother? Feeding two piglets won't kill you!"

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Chen Jinbang felt a headache coming on and shouted, "It's settled then."

He agreed with his father; it was just cutting grass every day, how could it possibly kill his mother?!
The three returned to the courtyard, and as expected, today's meal was still wild vegetable porridge.

Chen Jinbang picked up a couple of mouthfuls of rice with his chopsticks, then looked coldly at Wang Shuixia: "Mother, have you forgotten something?"

Wang Shuixia focused on drinking her wild vegetable porridge and said casually, "I know, I know, it's just cutting grass for the pigs."

Is it really necessary for her son, father-in-law, and mother-in-law to take turns reminding her about such a trivial matter?
Chen Jintong and Chen Jingang exchanged a glance and silently shook their heads.

My brother is really crazy. Wouldn't it be better to use that money to buy pork? You can stir-fry it or stew it; it's delicious no matter how you cook it.

What's the use of piglets? They're only for looking at, not for eating, and who knows when they'll grow up.

Zhang Junniang glanced sideways and said, "You've really worked hard, sister-in-law."

Feng Yuzhu touched her belly and said gently, "Sister-in-law, you see, I can't help you like this."

Wang Shuixia snorted and didn't say anything.

She knew this would be the outcome; she couldn't rely on anyone in this family.

The piglet was bought by her son; if she doesn't take care of it, then no one will.

Seeing that everyone was arguing again and no one cared about him, Chen Jinbang's already dark face darkened even more.

He slammed down his chopsticks and said, "Today is my birthday."

The air seemed to freeze for a few seconds, after which the people from the second and third households continued eating their wild vegetable porridge.

Zhao said with a contented look, "We're out of flour and eggs."

The flour was long gone, and there were only two eggs left, which were shared among the four grandsons.

Chen Jinbang was furious that he didn't get to eat longevity noodles and poached eggs as he had in previous years.

Everyone had forgotten his birthday earlier, and even now that they know, there's nothing we can do; we can't give him any surprises.

He turned and stared intently at Zhang Junniang. If Li Ruru had been here in previous years, she would have prepared everything for him long ago.

And this new aunt didn't even say a word of blessing to him.

He asked in a deep voice, "Third Aunt, what gift have you prepared for me?"

(End of this chapter)