Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 982 People Fight for Their Pride
Zhou Shun didn't expect his eldest daughter to suddenly turn the topic to him. His two nephews weren't staying at Yuyuan tonight, so it wasn't a matter of whether they were used to sleeping there or not.

What place could be better than the former Duke of Liang's mansion, or the current Zhou mansion in the capital? Even if my elder brother and sister-in-law were worried about the mansion being altered in violation of regulations, how much could they possibly alter?

That's the Duke of Liang's mansion, the top-ranking duke's mansion in this dynasty, and it's right next to the Vermilion Bird Gate of the Imperial City. Living there must be incredibly comfortable.

Your two brothers feel that since they are family, it's not right for them to come back and not stay at their second uncle's house, even if it's just for one night. It's not appropriate for them not to go back to their second uncle's house on the first night.

It was getting late. Zhou Sishun nodded to the eldest daughter who had turned to him and said she would keep a close eye on his two nephews tonight, but he didn't want to say anything more.

Although the eldest daughter is much stronger than the third daughter, and this isn't her first pregnancy, she's still four or three months along, so she should go and rest early.

It's not that he dislikes his eldest daughter; if he, as her father, were to nibble at her even a little, she would immediately become very talkative and start nagging him endlessly.

There was no time for casual conversation. Judging from the guests' arrival today, the scale of Sanya's third-day celebration tomorrow would probably be even larger. He still needed to think things through.

I was originally thinking that the baby's third-day celebration gift I had prepared would be presentable, but now that all this has happened, I'm afraid those shrewd people in the city have already learned that the prince and princess have sent congratulatory gifts. When they come tomorrow, they will surely bring generous gifts, and then my own baby's third-day celebration gift will be outdone.

It's no big deal if he's inferior; everyone knows Zhou Changshun relied on his daughter to support his family. But it's no big deal that he's shameless as a father; it's just that Sanya is no good.

Sanya is now a respectable figure, so where did she lose? She only lost because she was born into the wrong family. Her father couldn't help her and even dragged her down.

Even Buddhas fight for a stick of incense, and people fight for a breath of air. Tomorrow's event is quite something; even his maternal relatives and uncles are coming to offer their congratulations. As the father, he has to make sure things go smoothly.

After settling her nephew and son-in-law in, Li returned to her room and saw Zhou Sishun looking through the gift list by candlelight, from left to right and then from right to left.

"You only know a few characters, can you even understand this?" "Didn't we say it's all done? What are you still looking at? Don't look anymore, if you look at it again, you'll be even more reluctant to part with it."

"You're making it sound like I'm so easily swayed!" Zhou Sishun rolled his eyes at his wife speechlessly, then looked down at the gift list. But this interruption made him think, "Sigh, what else should I add?"

"It can't be less, honey. Don't be stingy. You know how much you give, Sanya always secretly makes up for it."

"..." Talking nonsense! Zhou Sishun couldn't help but slap his wife, hitting her on the butt, and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"That's how it is—" Still denying it? Do you think I don't know that Sanya has secretly slipped you silver notes without telling your son-in-law? After being glared at, Li silently complained.

She could only be unaware of the reason why the child's father was so generous; it must be because he now had at least a thousand taels of silver, otherwise why would he have been constantly complaining about being poor before?

She used to have two hundred taels of silver on hand, but she always said she had no money. If it weren't for exchanging land with the Ma family to get more silver, she wouldn't have known that her child's father was not honest at all.

Now, she has seen through this wicked man. When he says he has no money, he actually has a hundred taels of silver on hand; when he says he only has a few dozen taels, he definitely has thousands.

Unlike her, who was truly honest and straightforward, she had seven or eight taels of silver on hand, and at worst she would only hide two or three taels; she would never dare to say that she had less than five taels of loose silver.

"That's exactly right. What do you know? Now that Dajiang is engaged and Sanya has a child, how can things be the same? Our daughter cares about us, so we have to think about her too."

She has her in-laws, and her husband isn't a stingy person. He even handed over the brick kiln to us without a word, so we should know what's good for us. Life is long; if Sanya is doing well, then we're doing well. This is Sanya's first child, and I'd like to add a small gift, but I don't know what would be appropriate.

Li was stunned. Had she heard correctly? The child's father said to add more gifts, not that he was worried about the fact that the baby's third-day celebration gift he brought was no less generous than the Ma family's gift before.
Strange things!

Yesterday I was saying that Brother Ma was not particular about etiquette, that his second grandson's third-day celebration was much more elaborate than his eldest grandson's, which forced him to more than double the amount!
"What else should we add?" Zhou Sishun put down the gift list, frowning as he pondered. "The longevity locks are all made, and the gifts, shoes, and hats are all ready..."

Indeed, the longevity lock is made of gold, jade, and silver, and even two sets of clothes made from the clothes of a hundred families have been made. This is more than double the amount that Brother Ma and Sister-in-law Ma gave to their second grandson for his third birthday celebration.

Only Sanya would do that. Otherwise, which family in the surrounding area would prepare gold, jade, and silver longevity locks for their grandson's third-day celebration? "Or, should we put gold ingots when we add more food to the plate?"

"You have too much money!" No matter what, you don't know anything about it. Even if there are many extra dishes, will they end up in Sanya's hands? "What's the point? Does the midwife need a gold ingot from you?"

Li pouted, knowing that Li would get angry if she said that. "You're the one who asked me, and what I say doesn't count. Stop overthinking it, there's still the 100-day celebration to come."

That's enough. If you give too much, Da Ya won't take it seriously, but you know what San Ya's personality is like, she'll start worrying that you're short on money.

Besides, our in-laws know our financial situation perfectly well. We'll just take better care of the child from now on. There's no need to compare with others. What's more valuable than Sanya?

Ever since our Sanya entered the Gu family, not to mention how much wealth she has accumulated, her son-in-law has become a minor high-ranking official. What other family is so fortunate?

"These were all brought over by our Sanya, you know? Without our Sanya, our in-laws wouldn't have the good life they have today—"

Zhou Shun quickly reached out and covered his wife's mouth. She was talking nonsense again. How could she say such things? Even though it was the truth, she couldn't say it out loud.

Outsiders can say what they want, but we can't say a word. After all, our Sanya is still someone else's daughter-in-law, and we'll have to rely on her in-laws to protect her in the future.

Sometimes, being someone's daughter-in-law isn't just about giving birth to a son. People are unpredictable; who knows when someone will rise or fall? Don't get carried away when you're successful.

"Alright, I won't say anymore." Li patted Zhou Sishun's hand that was covering her mouth. "Do you know that Aunt Gu has a mistress tonight?"

"Third son-in-law's grandmother?"

Madam Li nodded hurriedly, "It's her, she's here, she's staying over there tonight. Third son-in-law's father didn't come, right? Did you hear what your in-laws said about his father not coming?"

How rare!
Of course, people would say his father is old and needs to rest at home, or that his father twisted his ankle, and everyone would have to rush over to visit him that very night.

But before he could speak, his wife leaned close to his ear again without taking a breath and asked, "Do you think Third Son-in-law's grandfather will go over there tomorrow?"

Zhou Shun waited a while to see if his wife had any more questions, but unexpectedly he was punched and told to hurry up and say, "Is it that I don't want to speak?"

"Then tell me quickly."

"How would I know? I'm not that senile. Why would I not care about my perfectly good son and grandson? Why would I have to make such a fuss? I doubt anyone would invite me even if I wanted to."