Chapter 5: Mom Will Buy You a House

Cai Guixiang’s subtle belittling of Xia Nanxi while elevating Xia Zilin made Xu Xiufen immediately unhappy.

“Don’t worry, sister-in-law, as long as Changyuan and I are alive, our Xixi’s life won’t be bad. Her elder brother’s unit provided him with a house and a car, and her second brother, who is in business, has also bought a house and a car.

As for her third brother, if all else fails, he can marry into another family, but we will still ensure that when Xixi gets married, we will give her a dowry of a house, a car, and 500,000 yuan in cash!

Speaking of which, I want to advise you, sister-in-law, when Linlin gets married, you should give her a lot of dowry. A married daughter is like water that has been poured out. We should keep all this money for our son, after all, he is the one who will carry on the family line.”

Cai Guixiang scoffed, her voice dripping with disdain.

“Xiufen, you’re so naive. A married daughter is like water that has been poured out. We should keep all this money for our son, after all, he is the one who will carry on the family line.”

She had already planned to use the 500,000 yuan dowry from her daughter’s future husband, plus another few hundred thousand yuan, as a down payment for her beloved son to buy a house.

“Carry on whose line? Who will inherit? Anyway, my grandchildren, whether they are from my daughter or my son, won’t bear my surname. All I know is that my daughter was born into this family and calls me Mom, so I have to be her strongest support.”

Cai Guixiang snorted, “I think you’re just being wishful thinking, Xixi…”

“Shut up!”

Before Cai Guixiang could finish, Xia Changyuan walked out of the kitchen and loudly reprimanded her.

“How can we be wishful thinking? No matter how old Xixi is, no matter who she marries, she will always be our beloved daughter, our little cotton jacket. Will she not be filial to us, her parents?”

Cai Guixiang glanced at Xia Nanxi, realizing she had almost said the wrong thing. If she had revealed that Xia Nanxi was not her biological daughter, Xia Changyuan and his wife would have fought with her.

“I… I mean, Xixi has a strong personality, she won’t let you, her parents, buy her a house or a car. I have already given her these things, so I’ll be leaving now.”

With that, she smoothed her newly permed “landlady” curls and left with her head held high.

Xu Xiufen was furious, “I don’t know what Cai Guixiang is so proud of. If it wasn’t for my daughter suffering for her daughter, would her daughter be where she is today?”

She took a basket of steamed buns and gave them to Xia Nanxi, “Daughter, eat quickly. After you finish, Mom will take you to buy a house. If we can’t afford a big one, we’ll buy a small two-bedroom apartment of 80 to 90 square meters.

Once you have a house, call Xiao Zhan and ask him to come to Huadu to work. No matter what, since you’re married, you two need to be together and live a good life. As long as you both work together, life will get better day by day.”

Xia Nanxi held a steamed bun in one hand and put her arm around Xu Xiufen’s shoulder, “Mom, keep your money for you and Dad’s retirement. I’m currently doing my master’s, and I don’t have many classes, so I found a company to work at. I only work two days a week, and I earn 8,500 yuan a month. Plus, I also do some freelance work for companies, building websites, firewalls, etc., and I can easily make 30,000 to 50,000 yuan a month. I can buy a house myself in a couple of years, don’t worry.”

Pausing, she added, “Also… I saw Zhan Chengyan today. He’s already come to Huadu.”

Xu Xiufen was both angry and excited, “You saw him? He’s already in Huadu, why didn’t he come to our house? Even if he doesn’t care about us, his in-laws, he should at least greet you, his wife!”

She had been unhappy with him for not showing up for half a year after their marriage. Poverty wasn’t the issue, but his lack of basic manners was unacceptable.