Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Chapter 989 The Best Family 116
Because the eldest wife of the Sun family gave the two sons-in-law five taels of silver a month, this money was considered a lot in the countryside, and the purchasing power was very strong - a chicken in the countryside only cost about fifty wen, and even if you eat chicken every day, you only spend one and a half guan of money a month. So even if the two sons-in-law planned to save the money and buy more land, their normal meals were already good. At least they would buy meat for the old couple every few days, which was no worse than what they ate in the capital.

You have to know that when the old couple was in the capital, they saw that the second wife was living a tight life, so they didn't dare to eat delicious food, for fear that eating delicious food would make the second wife despise them. So even though the old couple were envied by the villagers and followed their son to the capital to enjoy a good life, in fact, the food in the capital was really not that good, even worse than the food given to them by their two sons-in-law.

Although the food in the second house was not as good as the food prepared by the two sons-in-law's families, it did not stop them from disliking the poor food in the two sons-in-law's families. The reason was simple: they were born in the countryside and knew the prices of goods in the countryside, so when they saw that they were not served with sumptuous food every day for five taels of silver, they felt that the two sons-in-law's families were not treating them well, and felt that they were taking advantage of them and wanted to make them spit it out.

However, the families of the two sons-in-law already knew their capabilities and were no longer afraid of their shouting. After all, the two men did not dare to go on a hunger strike, so what was there to be afraid of? Let them shout if they wanted.

They also said that they were taking advantage of the old couple and wanted them to spend all the money given to them by the eldest wife on the old couple. What a joke.

The eldest wife clearly stated that this was the money they used to take care of the old couple, but she did not say that it was their meal money.

After all, they have to spend it all. Why should they take care of the old couple? Given their personalities, if it wasn't for the five taels of silver, who would take care of them?

Besides, we eat meat every few days, which is the best food in the village. Other families in the village can only eat meat during festivals and when they go to other people's homes for banquets. They never see meat at other times.

The old couple is still dissatisfied with such good food. Aren’t they just looking for trouble? Don’t think they don’t know that the old couple in the second room don’t even eat such good food.

At first, they had also gone to the second house to ask for money, but weren't they sent away by the old couple? But at least they had stayed in the second house for a few days and knew what the food was like in the second house of the Sun family.

Even Old Master Sun and Old Madam Sun showed them the food of the second house, saying that the second house was poor and had no money to give them.

They eat such badly in the second room, and they still complain about the food I prepare for them. How can I have the nerve to do that?

Either he pretended to be poor on purpose because he was a high-ranking official and didn’t want to promote his poor relatives; or he was really poor and couldn’t eat good food, so he shouldn’t despise the food they give him now, because it’s better than what they eat in the capital. So he might choose one of the two.

——This was also the result of Old Master Sun and Old Lady Sun’s refusal to give money to their two sons-in-law. At that time, they showed the two sons-in-law the meals they ate in the second house to show that the second house was poor. Now, as soon as they complained about the poor meals prepared by the two sons-in-law, the two sons-in-law’s families mentioned the meals they had eaten in the capital at that time, and said that it was better than the meals they ate in the second house, so why did they complain about it? The old couple was speechless and could not help but regret that they showed the meals to their two sons-in-law in order to refuse to give money. If they had known that they would be taken care of by the two sons-in-law in the future, they would not have shown the situation that the second house had no money and they did not eat well. If they showed that they ate well in the second house, they would be eating well now and the two sons-in-law would earn less money.

But there is no medicine for regret in the world. Even if they regret it, it’s useless.

In fact, the two sons-in-law knew that the old couple was deliberately picking on them because they couldn't bear to see their family make some money and wanted them to spend all the money given by the eldest brother-in-law on them. No wonder they treated the first wife like that, asking them to support the second wife for thirty years, and then kicked her out when the second wife became rich. They didn't say a word, and took all the high betrothal gifts from their family. When marrying their daughter, they sent her out without giving a penny of dowry. They were partial to the second wife of the Sun family, and they were biased to no end. They were just a pair of rubbish. No wonder the first wife ignored them at all. Who wanted to pay attention to them? If it weren't for the money, they wouldn't even look at the old couple.

The more I deal with the old couple, the more I find them disgusting.

Because they were disgusted by the old couple, they naturally spoke ill of them and the second branch of the Sun family outside.

Previously, people from the clan went to the capital to congratulate the eldest branch on being promoted to Viscount. Although they knew about the dispute between the first and second branches, they also discussed the matter privately after returning. However, no one in the society knew about the shamelessness of the second branch of the Sun family and the old couple because they did not talk about this matter widely in the society.

But now, the families of the two sons-in-law, who were disgusted by the old couple, began to spare no effort to talk about the things that happened in the past between the first branch of the Sun family, the old couple and the second branch of the Sun family. Soon, not only those who went to the capital from the Sun family knew about this, but other members of the Sun family, and even those who were not members of the Sun family, that is, ordinary villagers, all knew that the old couple made the first branch of the Sun family support the second branch for thirty years, and as soon as the second branch of the Sun family became an official, they drove the first branch out. If it weren't for the girl of the first branch, Sun Linlang, who was so angry and couldn't bear to see the second branch bullying them like this, she wanted to enter the palace to fight, and finally succeeded. Otherwise, the first branch of the Sun family would have been in trouble. They supported the whole family of the second branch for thirty years, but in the end they didn't end up well.

When the villagers heard that the second branch of the Sun family was so ungrateful, and thought about the fact that they had come to the village to look for a girl and said they wanted to send her to the palace to compete with Linlang, the vicious image of the second branch of the Sun family became clearer in the minds of the villagers. Many people thought that the second branch of the Sun family was too disgusting. Not only were they ungrateful, but they were also vicious and mean. The first branch had raised them for thirty years, and it would have been fine if they didn't repay them. But when they saw that the first branch had become successful, they didn't like it and wanted to trip them up and harm them. They were really vicious. Who would dare to deal with such a family? After all, they could treat the benefactor who had raised them for thirty years like this. Families like them had no gratitude towards the second branch. If they dealt with them, they would either let them take advantage of them or be bullied to death by them.

Then some people talked about Old Master Sun and Old Madam Sun, thinking that they were not smart. It was fine that they made big promises and asked the eldest son to raise the younger son, but when the younger son became successful, they didn't raise the eldest son and didn't say a word. They just watched the younger son bully the eldest son. How could parents be so partial?