Chapter 212 Everyone Wants to Take Advantage
Chapter 212 Everyone Wants to Take Advantage
"Can you give your sister what you gave your daughter?" Old Mrs. Zheng said immediately.
Li Sanlang was stunned, not knowing how to respond to this question.
What does it mean that what is given to his daughter can also be given to Li Mei'e? This is not the same thing.
His own daughter is his own daughter, Li Mei'e is his sister, he can be good to her, but he can't be good to her from the perspective of a "father"!
"Mom, I don't understand what you mean." No matter how stupid Li Sanlang was, he could tell something was wrong.
But Mrs. Zheng didn't think her request was excessive. She was even a little annoyed by Li Sanlang's stupidity, who insisted on having her explain things clearly before she would understand.
"I won't argue with you about what your daughter is wearing now. If you buy something for your daughter in the future, you have to buy one for your sister as well. Can you promise me?" Old Mrs. Zheng sat up straight and looked at Li Sanlang condescendingly.
Mr. Li glanced quickly at Mrs. Zheng, a hint of disapproval flashed in his eyes, but he did not scold her immediately.
"Mom! Those things were bought by Mingxia with her own money! I, as her father, gave her nothing, but I still have to eat and drink my daughter's food! Even the meat I bought today to honor my parents, was all bought with Sister Xia's money!" Li Sanlang looked at Old Lady Zheng and said hesitantly.
For some reason, although such words made him uncomfortable, he was not surprised at all, as if he had expected that Old Lady Zheng would say such words. Perhaps it was because they had been laying the groundwork for too long and it was too obvious, which made Li Sanlang mentally prepared.
However, Li Sanlang could not agree to such a request, because it was not something Li Sanlang could do.
Everything in the house, every blade of grass and every tree, the food, the quilts, the clothes, were all earned by Li Mingxia, and Li Sanlang knew it well.
"So what? Aren't you her father? Isn't the money she earns yours? Third brother, don't you just want to take care of your older sister? Don't make excuses. I can see that now that you are capable and rich, you don't care about anyone anymore, right?"
This is Mrs. Zheng’s usual tactic: moral blackmail and insulting scolding.
"Third brother, I only have this one old daughter left and I have no one to rely on. People like you, please help me. I don't want anything from you in the future. Just give everything to you, my old sister, okay? Third brother, I raised you with great difficulty, you can't be so heartless!" Old lady Zheng has become more prudent now. She no longer beats and scolds him, nor does she bully him all the time. She has learned to use both soft and hard tactics. The effect of this is to make Li Sanlang suffer even more and live a life worse than death.
It has to be said that Mrs. Zheng has an innate talent in controlling her son and daughter-in-law.
"Mom, you and my dad have saved a lot for Mei'e over the years, right? We didn't dare to think about these things before we separated, right?" Li Sanlang almost squeezed these words out of his throat.
"How can they be the same? How dare your thing compare to our Mei'e..."
"Mom, what happened? Where is my third brother's wife?"
Old Mrs. Zheng was on the verge of exploding with rage. She was about to launch a fierce attack on Li Sanlang, as her buttocks had already left the kang. At this time, Mrs. Hua and Mrs. Jin suddenly pushed the door open and walked in.
After seeing the confrontation between Li Sanlang and Old Lady Zheng, both of them seemed a little surprised, but neither of them left. Instead, they walked forward and sat on the bench.
"Mom, my third brother is an honest man, not very good at coaxing people. But he is a well-known filial son. Mom, please don't be angry because he is so good to you and my father." Jin said carelessly.
After saying this, she glanced at Li Sanlang with a very calm expression, like a sensible sister-in-law trying to mediate a fight.
Hua looked at Mrs. Zheng, whose face was getting darker and darker, and then looked at Li Sanlang, who looked expressionless. "Our mother has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. What she said was all for our own good. How could she possibly make things difficult for my third brother? My second brother's wife, you just think too much."
When Jin heard this, she secretly gritted her teeth. It has been like this for so many years. Her sister-in-law is really good at talking!
Sure enough, after hearing this, Mrs. Zheng's dark face looked much better. She snorted coldly, moved her butt, and stopped scolding Li Sanlang.
"Mom, where is my third brother's wife? I saw her come a long time ago. Didn't she go home again? Why didn't Mingxia come today? I haven't seen her for a while. As her aunt, I'm worried about her." Hua pretended to be surprised, glanced at Li Sanlang, and said softly.
I don’t know whether he really didn’t know that Zhang was cooking or he was pretending not to know.
Hua and Jin no longer fanned the flames like they did before and said things that would make Old Madam Zheng even angrier, but Li Sanlang was now paranoid. No matter how well they behaved or how close they were to him, he just couldn't believe it.
"I'm working in the kitchen. I want to eat the sauerkraut made by your third sister-in-law. Second brother's wife, please go and give her a hand. Your third sister-in-law can't cook for the whole family by herself." Old Master Li said to Jin.
But why would Jin be willing to leave at this time?
They heard the quarrel between Li Sanlang and Old Madam Zheng, and thought that such a good thing could not be allowed to be taken advantage of by Li Mei'e alone, so they came in under the pretext of doing so.
She knows Huashi the best. She can even get money out of Old Madam Zheng and Old Master Li, not to mention Li Sanlang. How can he be her opponent? No matter how much benefit Li Mei'e and Huashi get today, she can't be left out!
“Dad, my cooking is not good, so let my sister-in-law go.” Jin said with a smile, and it seemed that she didn’t want to go.
Old Master Li stared at Jin. He knew very well what these people were thinking.
"I asked you to go now. Where's the second son? Let him come in." Mr. Li said to Jin, suppressing his anger.
Normally, they all acted very nice and behaved like human beings. But when there was something good going on, they were like flies that could not be driven away. They were all members of the Li family, so how could he let them suffer? Why couldn't they come one by one? How could they not know how to be humble? No matter who was good, wasn't that all the glory of the Li family?
I don't know how to make people feel! Whenever Mr. Li thought of these things, he felt very sad and wanted to instill all the great principles in his head into his sons and daughters-in-law.
"The second son is outside tidying up the firewood. Dad, what can I do for you?"
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