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Qi Hong, Liu Guangtian's wife, has never really looked down on the Liu family.

Every time he came to the Liu family, he put on an arrogant attitude.

Liu Guangtian's wife, Zhang Tong, and Liu Guangfu's wife, Wu Na, naturally disliked this sister-in-law.

Knowing they were going to have dinner at the courtyard house today, the two of them dressed up without prior arrangement.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the courtyard house, the two exchanged a smile.

"Sister-in-law, I knew you would wear this outfit today."

Wu Na smiled and said, "Second sister-in-law, I'm not a presentable person. This is the only piece of clothing I have that I can wear in public."

I won't wear this; I'll wear that one.

Zhang Tong nodded: "I'm the same as you. Our husbands don't know how to be considerate at all."

Over the years, he has never bought me a decent piece of clothing.

If Uncle Xu hadn't given them these, I would have had to go out wearing clothes with patches on them.

Liu Guangtian frowned: "Alright. You're getting more and more absurd. I've mistreated you these past few years."

Now that the Liu family is wealthy, Liu Guangtian's status within the family has naturally risen.

Zhang Tong didn't dare to lose her temper with him, but she still muttered something.

"You weren't that good to me either."

Liu Guangtian opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

The clothes were indeed a gift from Xu Damao. Zhang Yan bought them in Hong Kong and brought them back as gifts.

Xu Xiaoling naturally received a considerable share.

When Xu Damao went to Xu Xiaoling's house, he heard her say that she wanted to give away a few items.

Zhang Tong smiled smugly when she saw Liu Guangtian get the short end of the stick.

Wu Na helped Liu Guangtian out of the predicament: "Second sister-in-law, don't blame your second brother."

"It's all because Mom and Dad are so biased; they always save the good stuff for my older brother and sister-in-law."

If Zhang Tong had to say what her biggest resentment was, it would be the favoritism shown by Liu Haizhong and his wife.

Upon hearing Wu Na's words, they joined in the吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for complaining or criticizing) with her.

Liu Guangtian said to Liu Guangfu, "Aren't you going to do anything about your wife?"

Liu Guangfu said, "How can I control that? Second brother, I don't believe you're happy about it."

Liu Guangtian was naturally unhappy.

The purpose of this family gathering was to use connections to help Liu Guangqi.

Their two families were merely foils to Liu Guangqi.

No wonder they're happy.

Zhang Tong whispered to Wu Na for a while before stopping.

"Let's go. Don't keep them waiting."

The two families then moved into the courtyard house together.

Because Yan Bugui was angry, he didn't come out, which allowed them to enter the Intermediate People's Court smoothly.

Things went smoothly at the Intermediate Court as well.

Every year around this time, Yi Zhonghai is too embarrassed to go out and prefers to stay at home.

As for Qin Huairu, she didn't come looking for them either.

Upon entering the backyard, Zhang Tong and Wu Na immediately straightened their backs when they saw Qi Hong.

Qi Hong also saw them and got a clearer look at the clothes they were wearing.

Their clothes looked very high-end.

"Sister-in-law, where did you buy your clothes? I've never seen them sold in Beijing."

Zhang Tong said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, the clothes we are wearing were all bought from Hong Kong."

BJ, of course, doesn't sell them.

"Bought in Hong Kong?" Qi Hong looked at them with a puzzled expression. "You went to Hong Kong?"

Wu Na said, "I've been planning to go, but I haven't yet."

"What about your clothes?"

Wu Na deliberately took a few steps closer to Qi Hong so that she could see clearly.

"You mean this? Sister-in-law Zhang Yan bought it for us specially from Hong Kong."

Qi Hong believed it to be true, and felt a pang of jealousy.

"how much is this shirt?"

"I heard it's eight thousand, Second Sister-in-law, is that the price?"

"I don't know, the price on the tag wasn't this much."

By the way, the price was in Hong Kong dollars, but I don't know how much it is in RMB.

Even if it's not eight thousand, it's close enough.

Listening to her two sisters-in-law's discussion, Qi Hong felt a tightness in her chest. She didn't even dare to dream of clothes costing eight thousand.

The clothes and shoes he was wearing cost less than 800 yuan in total.

The second aunt didn't see the infighting among her three daughters-in-law.

When she saw Zhang Tong and Wu Na arrive, she greeted them directly.

"You've come at the right time. Help me clean up this meat."

Qi Hong didn't know whether her second aunt did it on purpose or unintentionally, but she felt much better anyway.

She's been here for a while, but Auntie Er hasn't been willing to let her do anything.

The two younger siblings immediately started working as soon as they arrived.

So what if she's dressed well? Her status is still lower than hers.

Zhang Tong and Wu Na were quite unhappy about it.

Just as the two had gained the upper hand against Qi Hong, they were dealt a heavy blow by the second aunt.

Neither of them believed that Aunt Er was acting unintentionally; they both insisted that Aunt Er had deliberately helped Qi Hong.

This infuriated the two of them, and they held a deep grudge against their second aunt.

Despite their resentment, the two still had to work.
He went back inside, took off his clothes, changed into a cheap cotton coat, and then went out to work.

Qi Hong deliberately said, "Let me do it."

The second aunt was reluctant to let her eldest daughter-in-law do it, so she stopped her: "Let your two younger siblings handle it. They're used to doing it at home."

"You work in an office, don't get your clothes dirty."

Zhang Tong and Wu Na, each holding a knife, slashed at the meat in front of them.

It was as if the meat in front of them had fallen from Aunt Er's body.

The men's side wasn't as exciting, but the atmosphere was just so-so.

As soon as Liu Guangtian and his companion entered the room, Liu Haizhong assigned them a task.

“You two are close to Xu Damao, go talk to him later and ask him to help your brother.”

Your brother is the most successful person in our family.

Liu Guangfu asked curiously, "Brother Da Mao didn't go out, did he? Why didn't you go look for him, Big Brother?"

Liu Guangqi said, "I went to look for him just now. He's drunk too much and I couldn't wake him up."

Liu Haizhong asked, "What did you guys do yesterday? Why did he drink so much?"

Liu Guangfu said, "It's nothing, just drinking with the leaders of the Construction Bureau."

Brother Zhu is here too.

Liu Guangqi's heart skipped a beat: "Have you been seeing Sha Zhu a lot lately?"

Liu Guangtian corrected him, "Brother, if you don't want to get beaten up, don't call him Brother Zhuzi by his nickname."

Liu Haizhong recalled the time he was beaten for calling Sha Zhu, and suddenly became angry.

"What's wrong with calling someone by a nickname?"

Liu Guangqi didn't share Liu Haizhong's thoughts.

He quickly said, "Dad, I misspoke. I really shouldn't have called you by your nickname."

You should also change how you address someone from now on.

Since Liu Guangqi had spoken up, Liu Haizhong had no choice but to give him face and agree.

As for changing their tune, the Liu brothers didn't expect Liu Haizhong to change it.

Liu Haizhong hangs out with Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui every day, and he learns from them, so he can't change his way of speaking.

Liu Guangqi turned to Liu Guangtian and said, "If you ever drink with He Yuzhu again, just let me know, and I'll come over too."

Liu Guangtian said, "That's hard to say. Brother Zhu is extremely busy right now."

I only sat there for a short while yesterday, and then I left.

He had no intention of helping Liu Guangqi.

Liu Guangqi is only a minor section chief now, and he's already putting on airs in front of me. If he gets promoted, wouldn't he be so arrogant?

Liu Guangfu checked the time and felt that Xu Damao should be awake by now, so he went to Xu Damao's house.

Xu Damao had just woken up and was a little angry when he saw him: "Is your dad sick? Why did he wake me up so early in the morning?"

"Isn't this my older brother? You know what he's thinking," Liu Guangfu explained.

Xu Damao chuckled: "He's just not destined to be an official. Why did you come to me?"

"My dad would like to invite you to my house for dinner."

Xu Damao refused outright: "No need. I need to visit my parents later."

After Xu Damao got up, Liu Guangqi also came over to try and get closer to him.

The two went to school together when they were young and had a pretty good relationship.

However, one was a good student and the other was a poor student, so they eventually drifted apart.

Xu Damao exchanged a few words with Liu Guangqi and then left the courtyard. (End of Chapter)