”Don’t let the trouble caused by me making short jackets cause discord between Xing’er and his sister-in-law.” Li Zhouzhou was still quite nervous and told his husband.

　　Gu Zhao rubbed his wife’s hands and said, “Only the headband is left. Don’t overwork yourself and do it during the day.” Then he said, “Although I haven’t had much contact with my cousin’s father-in-law and mother-in-law, but from what you said, the head of the Wang family is still impartial.”

　　Every year, the harvest was sold and the money was confiscated. The old couple of the Wang family also gave pocket money to the first and second wives, one tael of silver each year. The younger family had money in their hands, so they didn’t have to ask the mother-in-law for money to buy a thread for the children.

　　Xing’er’s mother-in-law has a tight control over the household finances.

　　”Our family provided free fertile land methods. Now the villagers are friendly with our family. In addition, Guangzong stayed in the prefecture and county, and because of the several levels of relationships, my cousin’s mother-in-law is closer to my cousin. You can see that my cousin’s sister-in-law is afraid that her mother-in-law is partial to her, and her mother-in-law must have seen it as well. She might use the opportunity of making clothes to blackmail Xu.” Gu Zhao comforted his wife.

　　Li Zhouzhou listened to his husband and felt much more at ease.

　　”Our family is still better. There are fewer people, it’s simpler, and there aren’t so many conflicts. The most important thing is that we can say whatever we want to say.” Gu Zhao said sincerely.

　　Otherwise life would become a battle of wits.

　　Sure enough, within two days, Xing Ge’er came to the Li family to play. Li Zhouzhou rarely took the initiative to ask if anything had happened. Xing Ge’er chuckled and said, “As soon as you left, my mother-in-law said, ‘Then you make me a skirt. Otherwise, I will wear the second wife’s jacket instead of the first wife’s skirt. Do you still think I am partial to the second wife?’, hehe…”

　　Xu was so embarrassed that she couldn’t say anything, and her little thoughts were seen through by her mother-in-law.

　　”And then?”

　　”I was just talking about making the jacket and I was confused and said it out loud. Actually, I still feel a little sorry for the money I spent on the cloth and cotton. Now that my sister-in-law has made it, I feel relieved.”

　　Xing’er thought that he couldn’t be the only one to contribute money and effort, so he had to ask his sister-in-law to contribute as well.

　　It’s okay. Li Zhouzhou was completely relieved.

　　At the end of the month, Tiedan came again to explain the feast at his home. In early December, Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou went to Dongping Village with gifts.

　　The gift for the new house was a piece of candy and a jar of wine, wrapped in red paper with twenty coins. This was considered a very good and respectable gift. The gift for Gu’s grandmother’s birthday was a short jacket and headband made by Li Zhouzhou himself, and thirty coins were wrapped in red paper as a gift from the grandchildren.

　　The banquet was naturally held in the newly built courtyard of Gu Si’s family, and it was lively.

　　Li Zhouzhou and his husband entered Dongping Village and followed the road to find that the house had changed a lot. Two more rooms were built on the left and right of the main hall in the middle, as well as the kitchen and granary. The yellow mud walls on this side were covered with tiles, while the main house was made of blue bricks and tiles.

　　However, because the house in the middle is old and a bit worn, and the new houses on both sides are particularly new, it doesn’t look very neat. At this time, there are seven or eight tables in the middle of the yard, and a temporary mud stove is built next to it, which is used to stew meat and stir-fry vegetables for the banquet.

　　Li Zhouzhou and his husband entered the house and handed the gift over first.

　　Li Guihua took the basket and the red envelope paper, and her eyes were still on the bundle in Gu Zhao’s hand. She didn’t know what was in it, but it was a big, bulging bundle.

　　”This is a birthday gift for grandma.” Gu Zhao said in front of the villagers.

　　Li Guihua smiled awkwardly, retracted her gaze, and said, “Yes, your grandma is still at your uncle’s house. She will come over to join us for the feast.”

　　”Then Zhou Zhou and I will go to uncle’s house.”

　　”Go ahead.” Li Guihua smiled politely. As soon as Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao left, she opened the red envelope first. She was very happy to see that there were twenty cents in it, as well as candy and wine in the basket.

　　Uncle Gu’s house is not far away.

　　The courtyard wall was only about one meter high. Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou were tall enough to see their aunt Zhu hanging clothes to dry. However, she looked unhappy and seemed angry.

　　How could Zhu not be angry? Originally, Gu Si’s family was going to hold a banquet because they were building a house, but Li Guihua insisted on dragging her family along. Gu Si said that it was his mother’s 60th birthday, so why not, brother, we brothers should hold the banquet together. My family is building a house, and your family is celebrating our mother’s birthday.

　　Gu Da agreed.

　　What made Zhu angry was that their family also paid for half of the banquet money, and now the banquet was set up in Gu Si’s yard, and all the polite words and favors were left to Gu Si. Her mother-in-law praised the good couple of Gu Si, remembered her birth, and celebrated her birthday.

　　What’s the result?