Chapter 38

“Bang! Bang!” Liu Guimei chopped the pig trotters with all her might.

She was venting her frustration.

“Daughters are treasures, daughter-in-laws are weeds…” she muttered under her breath.

Jiang Xinghua walked over from the backyard room, where she had just helped Old Mrs Fu to wash up. Seeing that the pig trotter was about to be ruined from the reckless chopping, she hurriedly stopped her. “Guimei, stop. You’re about to turn this pig trotter into a mush.”

Pork trotters tasted the best when they were bitten as chunks. There was no need to chop them up so thinly.

Liu Guimei was shocked when she shifted her focus back to the trotters. However, she relaxed after remembering something.

She said sarcastically, “So what if it’s a mush? We can have it anytime we want to in the future anyway. ”

If she could hold a one-month-old banquet for her daughter, wouldn’t a mere request for pig trotters be fulfilled easily?

Jiang Xinghua was occupied with her work.

Guimei seemed to be in a pretty bad mood today.

Seeing that Jiang Xinghua did not respond, Liu Guimei felt the urge to rant about her unhappiness.

“Xinghua, are you aware that our family’s harvest this season is around ten thousand catties?”

Jiang Xinghua was as busy as a bee the entire morning. She was really not aware of that.

“Guimei, you must be joking.”

She took it as a joke.

She had been married into the Fu family for so many years. In her experience, a harvest of just a hundred catties was already considered a miracle.

“I’m not joking! It’s true.” Liu Guimei walked to Jiang Xinghua’s side and lowered her voice. “Father and Mother were talking about this just now. They planned to keep half of the harvests as food for our family, and sell the other half for money to hold a one-month-old banquet for Fubao.”

Jiang Xinghua was shocked.

Impossible!

She had been to that field before. It was obvious that there was absolutely no hope for a decent harvest this year.

Could it be…

If it was in the past, Jiang Xinghua would not even dare to think about it. However, things were different now.

This was because they had Fu Xing’er now, who was a blessing for the family.

The impossible could become possible.

Fu Xing’er was simply their family’s lucky star, even having the power to revive the family’s dead crops!

Jiang Xinghua liked Fu Xing’er from the bottom of her heart.

Seeing that Jiang Xinghua didn’t say anything, Liu Guimei thought that she was unhappy too.

She ranted on, “We hardly ever have such a bountiful harvest. Who knows what the crops will be like next year? We should just stock up on food now. Why bother with a stupid one-month-old celebration for a baby?!

Who else holds a one-month-old banquet for a daughter in the village?!

I think that Father and Mother are biased.

I have one son and you have two sons. Why can’t they spare a thought for our sons too? How can they spend everything on their daughter?

Xinghua, don’t you think this is unfair?

Who knows, they might even want to give a share of this house to Fu Xing’er in the future.

They should save up the money and construct homes on the empty land next to ours, so our sons’ families have a place to live in the future.”

She did not believe that Xinghua would remain indifferent after hearing this.

Liu Guimei wanted to sway Jiang Xinghua to join her cause, so there would be two voices of disagreement. Together, they could create trouble and prevent the one-month-old banquet from happening.

However, instead of feeling aggrieved or finding it unfair like Liu Guimei, Jiang Xinghua agreed whole-heartedly with her in-laws’ decisions and said, “I think it’s a good idea to hold a one-month-old banquet for Fubao. Fubao is the only girl in our family, so of course we have to celebrate.

Mother risked her life to give birth to Fubao. It’s no surprise that she dotes on Fubao. As for our sons, of course we have to be the ones to work hard for their future.”

Jiang Xinghua had always been hard working and never had the habit of asking for things from others.

Instead of financially relying on others, she believed that parents have the responsibility of working hard to build the financial foundation for their own children

Not to mention that Fu Xing’er birth had brought upon great blessings to their whole family.

Of course they had to treat her twice as well.

As long as Fu Xing’er was well, the family would be well too.

After spending a long time talking to Jiang Xinghua, Liu Guimei finally realized that she was on a different page.

Liu Guimei blurted out furiously, “Xinghua, do you have any sense?! Isn’t it natural for grandparents to pass on their assets to their grandsons in the future? Daughters will marry into another family; they are not supposed to get anything!

To spend so lavishly on Fu Xing’er when she was just a few days old, it was unimaginable what would happen when she was older!”

Jiang Xinghua remained unswayed.

“Even if you don’t think for yourself, you should think for your sons.

You should get off your moral high horse!

Otherwise, you won’t be able to get anything.”

Jiang Xinghua couldn’t help but feel her anger rise as Liu Guimei’s words became increasingly unpleasant. She replied, “Guimei, you don’t have to worry about that. Daxing and I are able-bodied. We can work and afford to raise our sons by ourselves. As for Mother’s assets, it’s up to her to give them to whoever she wants. I have no say in this.”

Jiang Xinghua, who had always been good-natured, decided to stop the work in her hands at the moment. She said, “Guimei, don’t think about slacking off all day. You should make lunch.”

With that, she walked out of the kitchen.

Liu Guimei was so angry that her heart hurt. “Jiang Xinghua, aren’t you usually honest and good-natured? You’ve finally revealed your true colors!”

She cursed non-stop, stopping only when her mouth turned sore. Suddenly, she heard Second Fu’s wail from the central room.

“Mother! Mother! Mother! Please be alright! Our life has just improved. We haven’t got the chance to be filial to you yet. You can’t leave us like this!”Second Fu wailed.

“Mother!”

“Grandma! Grandma, please be alright!”

“Grandma! Wake up quickly!”

The wails of Mdm Fu, Daxing and Erxing followed immediately.

What’s going on?!

Could it be that the old antique is dead?!

Great! Now, there is one less mouth to feed in the family.

Actually, she should have died long ago.

She had been a great burden to care for in the family.

It was actually a good time for her to die.

She wasn’t starved the past two days; that meant she wouldn’t become a hungry ghost.

Liu Guimei quickly put down the knife in her hand and ran to the central room.

Not for any other reason, but because she knew that Old Mrs Fu would definitely have some assets that she would pass on to her grandsons and great-grandsons.

What actually happened was, when Old Mrs Fu heard that the family’s harvest this year was tens of thousands of catties, she was so excited that she “died”.

Everyone in the room knelt on the ground and cried uncontrollably.

“Mother, Mother! Didn’t you want to see Fubao grow up and get married? How can you die now?!” Second Fu cried.

He knew that his mother did not have much time left, but he did not expect the day to come so quickly.

He couldn’t accept it.

“Mother! Didn’t you say that you would help me with bringing up Fubao? How could you die even before you had seen Fubao for a second time? How could you bear to leave us?!” Mdm Fu was extremely sad.

Though she knew that this day would come, she had hoped that her mother-in-law could live a few more years.

“Grandma, we haven’t had the chance to be filial to you.” Fu Daxing and Fu Erxing cried, their eyes wet with tears.

Jiang Xinghua did not expect it to be so sudden as well. She had just helped Old Mrs Fu to wash up a few minutes ago.

How could a person be gone so quickly, just like that?!

All of them were devastated.

Liu Guimei burst into the room and went straight for Old Mrs. Fu’s body. “Grandma!” she wailed, beating her chest and the floor with her fists. “How could you leave us like this? You haven’t even gotten to see your great-grandsons grow up and make their mark in the world! Why did you have to go without saying goodbye?

Grandma, don’t die! Our family can’t live without you. How can we live without you?!”

Liu Guimei burst into tears.

Her cry was so loud that it seemed to shake the earth.

Mdm Fu, who was already extremely sad, felt her head throbbing from the noise.

Since when did she become so filial?

Even Fu Xing’er was woken up by her crying.

What is this?! Did someone die?

It’s so noisy!

My ears are hurting!

Fu Xing’er burst into tears.

At this moment, Old Mrs Fu, who was lying on the ground, seemed to have received a signal that stimulated each and every nerve in her body.

She opened her eyes slowly.