Yuan Chun laughed, "Mom, the money notes for the purchases were given to me by my mother-in-law. She also instructed me to buy these things for you. You can take them without worrying about causing me any trouble."
"Did your mother-in-law really give you money notes?" Mrs. Wei was shocked. These items cost nearly one hundred yuan altogether.
She and her husband work tirelessly in the countryside for a year just to earn thirty or forty yuan.
These items amount to what they could earn in two years.
"Dad, Mom, I have one more day off tomorrow, and Sanbao and I will take you to the train station." After taking her parents to their private dormitory, Yuan Chun said carefully.
Mrs. Wei looked at her son-in-law with a smile, kindly saying, "If Sanbao can’t get up, you can take us yourself."
"Dad, Mom, I can get up." Sanbao grinned, promising, "I’ll get up early tomorrow. I’ll bring breakfast for you."
"No need, we’ll go to your eldest brother’s house to eat. Your sister-in-law said she would make breakfast."
After Zhao Dongxiu changed her attitude towards the elderly, she also does her best regarding food and drink.
This made Mr. Wei and Mrs. Wei very happy, thinking that it was because their daughter married into a well-off family that Zhao Dongxiu treated them well due to their daughter’s in-laws.
The next day, after having breakfast, Yuan Chun rented an ox cart and, together with Sanbao, took the elderly couple to the train station.
After that, Yuan Chun went to work during the day and stayed at the Chen family home at night.
Since she worked in the canteen, which provides three meals a day, she only returned to the Chen family home to sleep and did not eat meals there.
As canteen workers start earlier and finish later than regular workers, Yuan Chun was busy from dawn till dusk and couldn’t help with any household chores.
Mrs. Chen felt sorry for her working hard and wouldn’t let her do chores, often making white fungus and red date soup for her to have as a late-night snack.
Three months passed like this, and Yuan Chun got pregnant as she’d wished.
Mrs. Chen immediately asked Yuan Chun to sell her work, stay at home, and take care of her pregnancy. "Your job is hard and exhausting, and often involves lifting heavy things. Before you were pregnant, it was okay if you wanted to work, but now that you are pregnant, you can’t handle it."
"Sell your job and keep the money for yourself, save it for our grandchildren in the future. You don’t need to fear people saying you’re living idle with Sanbao. I tell you, with my and your father’s, as well as your grandparents’ salaries, we can support both of you. Even if you have several kids with Sanbao, we can afford to raise them. So, in this house, you don’t need to watch anyone’s mood while eating."
The eldest and second daughters-in-law of the Chen family seem well-mannered and virtuous on the surface, but still, as women, they have their little thoughts.
They don’t complain about the family raising a silly younger brother-in-law, since household expenses don’t come out of their money. But if they’re keeping a sister-in-law for free—even if it doesn’t cost them—it’s bothersome to them.
They’re all daughters-in-law of the Chen family. Why should Wei Yuanchun be able to sell her work and live idle at home because she’s pregnant? The parents-in-law and grandparents even give her pocket money, while they have to work with their big bellies and still come back to help with household chores. It’s unfair.
As a result, once Yuan Chun sold her work and started living comfortably at home, she frequently heard sarcastic comments from the elder and second sisters-in-law.
But the elder and second sisters-in-law would never show any disrespect in front of the Chen family. Only when the Chen family wasn’t around would they say some cold and sarcastic things.