Chapter 3: Salary

She’s a hypocrite! That’s what she thinks of her eldest son!

Wu Zhiqiu didn’t say anything, she ignored all the signals her eldest son was sending her.

“Big brother, did a door hinge hit your eye?” The third son suddenly said, making the already awkward atmosphere even more awkward.

Hahaha, the third son didn’t spare his eldest brother, he laughed out loud.

Even Li Fengchun, who was reading in the corner, laughed.

The eldest son’s face turned red, and Wang Yue’s face didn’t look good either.

“Mom, it’s getting late, how much can our family afford for Xingguo to go abroad?” Wang Yue didn’t beat around the bush, she didn’t want to look at this broken house and these poor relatives for another second.

Wu Zhiqiu blinked.

“We haven’t finished talking about the previous matter yet? Let’s finish that first, then we’ll talk about this.”

The eldest son and his wife were stunned, they both said in unison, “What matter?”

“It’s about how you haven’t bought us anything, and you haven’t given the family a penny! Eldest brother, when you were in university, you knelt down in front of us and said that as long as you graduated, you would give all your salary to the family, to help your younger siblings find jobs and get married! You know that in order to pay for your studies, the third son and I gave you all our salaries for living expenses!”

At that time, the government actually provided a high allowance for university students, they didn’t need their families to give them living expenses, some could even contribute to their families.

But Li Xingguo met Wang Yue after he went to university, Wang Yue was a student at a technical school next to the university, and he spent a lot of money chasing her, all of which was the hard-earned money of his younger brothers. Wu Zhiqiu, reborn, wasn’t trying to get justice for the third son and her, she wanted to make sure that the eldest son didn’t treat them like fools!

If the eldest son had even a little bit of responsibility when she was sick, they wouldn’t have been arguing like this! Of course, the others weren’t any better, at that time, no one remembered the affection this mother had for them!

Li Xingguo’s face turned pale.

“How can that be, we need to live too!” Wang Yue immediately jumped out to object.

Wu Zhiqiu ignored her, she was like a monkey sent by the gods, she didn’t know where to speak, where to respond, where to fart, where to show her teeth!

Everyone stared at Li Xingguo, including Li Mancang, he had always had a bone to pick with the eldest son for not giving his salary to the family, if Wu Zhiqiu hadn’t stopped him, he would have asked his eldest son long ago!

Seeing the looks in their eyes, the eldest son knew that everyone had been remembering this matter, in the past, his mother wouldn’t let them ask, so everyone pretended not to know.

Today, they argued with the third son, and it touched his mother’s scales, so she brought it up.

If he didn’t give the family an explanation today, he doubted that they would even give him money to go abroad!

That wouldn’t do, he had to go abroad this time! He had to stabilize the family first.

“Mom and Dad, I’m sorry, I was careless, I thought that only my little sister was going to school, and you were both working, you didn’t need the money, so I didn’t give you my salary! Well, now I’m married, and the family needs some expenses, so I’ll give half of my salary to the family from now on!”

“Li Xingguo, are you crazy? We don’t live anymore? Do you know how much half your salary is?” Wang Yue’s face was contorted with anger, she didn’t even bother to maintain her intellectual facade, she yelled at the eldest son hysterically.

Usually, Wang Yue’s IQ was online, but when it came to money, she couldn’t handle it! Because her family was from the countryside, she had to send most of her salary back home to support her parents, now she was losing half of her salary, what would they do?

Could they still maintain their current glamorous life? Wasn’t this like taking her life?

Li Xingguo quickly pulled Wang Yue, who was going crazy.

“Wife, it’s right to be filial to our parents! Back then, when the family paid for my university, Mom and Dad, and my brothers and sisters all suffered a lot!” He said, holding Wang Yue’s hand tightly, hoping she would regain her senses quickly.

Wu Zhiqiu saw the tone of the eldest son’s speech, her eyes filled with mockery, this eldest son was selfish and self-serving, and he was still playing tricks, looking at his expression and tone, it was as if the whole family was forcing him to give money!

“Eldest brother, if you want to act, go home and act, no one here is buying tickets!”

Although Wang Yue was truly heartbroken, there was definitely an element of acting, not to mention the eldest son, he was completely cooperating with Wang Yue, letting his parents and siblings see his difficulties, pretending to be the poor old mother, as long as his mother felt sorry for him, he wouldn’t have to give the money.

Now that the old lady had exposed them, both of them were embarrassed.

The other children looked at their mother in disbelief, in the past, their mother had always defended the eldest brother, what was going on today? Had she taken some medicine? Or had the eldest brother and his wife really angered her?

But no matter what, the children felt particularly relieved, the eldest brother had been taking more than his share for years, and now he had to be treated like an ancestor, if he had been a good eldest brother, it would have been fine, but he was so selfish, he didn’t help the family at all, every time he came back, he pretended to be righteous, and when he left, he took a lot of things with him, the neighbors behind his back had a lot of gossip about him!

“Mom, I’m sorry, I wasn’t acting, I’ll give half of my salary to the family starting next month,” the eldest son said, forcing himself to meet Wu Zhiqiu’s mocking gaze.

“Don’t wait until next month, it’s only the 3rd today, your salary is paid on the 10th, start this month!” Wu Zhiqiu said calmly.

The eldest son wanted to delay it until next month, but he didn’t expect his mother to give him any chance.

“No! Absolutely not!” Wang Yue immediately objected.

Wu Zhiqiu originally wanted to reason with this jumping-around daughter-in-law, but she was really too jumpy.

“Oldest daughter-in-law, you’ve been giving your salary to your parents’ home since you graduated, haven’t you?” Wu Zhiqiu used a declarative tone, in her previous life, she had occasionally heard the third son’s wife say this after she got old, now no one in the family knew about this, the eldest son had kept it a secret.

As soon as these words came out, everyone’s eyes focused on the eldest daughter-in-law.

Li Mancang, who had been silent, also looked at his eldest son in shock.

“Eldest brother, you’ve been married for two years, and your wife is still giving her salary to her parents’ home? You don’t live anymore? Did you marry a wife or did you marry into the family?”

“Marry into what family, we gave them eight thousand yuan in dowry when they got married!” Wu Zhiqiu said impatiently.

Wang Yue’s most private secret was revealed by her mother-in-law in front of everyone, this was what she feared the most, that her in-laws would find out, she was married and still giving her salary to her parents’ home, how could she hold her head up in her in-laws’ house!

She looked at the eldest son in disbelief, “Li Xingguo, how could you tell your mom this! You promised me!”

Wang Yue yelled hysterically!

“I didn’t say it!” The eldest son quickly explained when faced with his wife’s questioning, “Mom, who did you hear this from, there’s no such thing!” The eldest son’s reaction was much faster than his wife’s, if this was confirmed, not only his wife, but he wouldn’t be able to hold his head up in this family either!

“Nonsense? Do we need to go to the post office together to check your wife’s remittance records? I’m giving you face, don’t think your parents are really fools!”

Wu Zhiqiu a fool? What a joke, she was just a little confused about her children, she wanted the family to be harmonious! She hoped everyone would get along.

Outside, Wu Zhiqiu had been strong all her life, whether it was at work, or in her relationships with neighbors, her in-laws, and her parents’ home, who dared to say that Wu Zhiqiu was a fool!