Life was ordinary, yet not bland. In a tranquil manner, more than a month had passed.

Fu Jiu Jiu woke up from her nap and found that the atmosphere at home was a bit low. She blinked her big eyes and glanced around, noticing that her sister-in-law's expression had changed the most.

Fu Jiujiu is not an outsider, and conversations at home are not avoided in front of her.

"Oh..." Tian Guihua beckoned to the little dumpling, letting her sit beside her. Then she looked at Zhou Shi, her voice low and serious: "You decide this matter yourself."

Fu Jiujiu looked at Zhou shi curiously, secretly wondering what big event had happened.

Zhou shi inhaled deeply, "Mother, I have no ideas. Could you give me one?"

Tien Guihua was a bit embarrassed, and let out another sigh. "That's your own mother, how can I tell you what to do?"

Aunt Zhou? What happened to her?

Fu Jiujiu saw that Zhou Shi's face was not looking good. Could it be that she was going to die?

The fireworks at home are gone, I don't know if there are any firecrackers left. For such a happy occasion, we should set off several to celebrate.

Zhou then looked at the little dumpling, "Little aunt, can you give your elder sister-in-law some advice?"

"How old is she? How could she possibly understand this?" Tian Guihua smiled and defended her young daughter.

Fu Jiujiu didn't want to get involved either. After all, she was a biological daughter. Compared to Zhou Pozi, she was just an outsider.

Zhou shi pursed her lips. "I want to go back, perhaps it'll be the last time."

Tian Guihua nodded. "If you want to go back, then go back. After all, she gave birth to you. It's still worth seeing her one last time."

Zhou received affirmation, and the worry on her face dissipated somewhat. "Mother…"

"Alright, death extinguishes debt. If you don't go back, people will gossip about you behind your back. Now that you and Da Jin are doing such a big business, you can't afford to have rumors spread."

Tian Guihua patted her hand, "It's like this in our countryside, no one cares why you two are fighting or what it's about. They just look at the surface."

Zhou nodded, she was very grateful for her mother-in-law's understanding.

"But there are a few things I still want to tell you."

"Mother, you speak." Zhou said.

"With your big belly now, you can't get excited, and if you're unhappy, don't hold it in. Go with Big Gold, and if anyone gives you trouble, don't put up with it, just make sure you don't hurt yourself, nothing else matters."

Zhou's tears circled in her eyes before falling onto the edge of the kang. Her heart was a mix of emotions, she only regretted that she was ignorant and foolish when she was young, doing things too excessively.

"Even though her in-laws are so reasonable, she doesn't cherish them. Thankfully, now that she's come to her senses, she said, 'Mother, I understand. I just wanted to take a look.'"

After receiving the news, Fu Da Jin also wanted to go and have a look. After all, she was his mother-in-law. Although their relationship had been severed, she was still his wife's mother. She was dying soon anyway, so she couldn't possibly do anything harmful anymore.

After the couple got into the car and drove back to Zhou's house, Fu Jiujiu finally had time to ask Tian Guihua what was wrong.

Originally, when she was napping, someone from the Zhou family came to say that Old Mrs. Zhou was near death, only with her last breath left. If she went back late, she wouldn't see her again.

Fu Jiu Jiu remembered that Old Lady Zhou was in good health, very strong. It wasn't long since they last saw each other, how did she get so sick?

Her first reaction was that it couldn't be a scam, could it?

"Mother, she couldn't be lying, could she?"

Tian Guihua stroked her little daughter's head and thought to herself, "My little girl is so smart." She continued, "Mother thinks the same way. But whether it's true or not, your elder sister-in-law has a kind heart. If she wants to go, Mother can't stop her. What if it's true? If we don't let her have one last look, I'm afraid she won't be able to get over this hurdle in her heart."

Fujiu thinks so too, but hopefully this isn't a case of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."

It got dark, but Fu Dajin and Zhou shi hadn't returned yet. Tian Guihua felt uneasy in her heart; after all, Zhou shi was pregnant now.

Fu Jiujiu was also worried. Her elder brother and sister-in-law's combined cleverness wasn't as good as Song Shi's, she feared the two would be tricked.

"Mother, I'll go with Fourth Brother to pick up Eldest Brother and his wife."

Of course, Fu Sijin had no problem with that. After all, Meng Yan was still some time away from being rescued, and she had her mother watching over her at home. He felt at ease knowing that. If anything truly happened, the journey wasn't far, and he could return quickly enough.

When the two siblings arrived at Zhou's house, they found that the courtyard was brightly lit. Fu Jiujiu thought to herself, "Could it be that Old Mrs. Zhou is serious this time?"

She has already checked the storeroom, there are still dozens of them.

Fu Sijin led the little dumpling into the house, only to find that there was an argument inside, completely drowning out their footsteps.

Fu Sijin coughed twice, and the argument inside ceased. Then someone came out to check on it.

"Oh, it's the fourth brother and little sister! Come in quickly." Song said warmly.

Fu Sijin nodded at her, then went in.

The brother and sister inside the house didn't know many people. Zhou Pozi lay on the kang, looking thin and weak, obviously breathing out more than she was breathing in.

Suddenly, a pair of warm hands blocked Fu Jiujiao's eyes, and she could no longer see Zhou Pozi.

Fu Jiu knew, this was her fourth brother afraid she would be scared.

"Four Golds, little sister, how did you come here?" Zhou asked, but her eyes were filled with joy.

"Mother is worried about you, so let us greet her." Fu Si Jin said, glanced at the people on and under the kang blowing their beards and glaring, he ignored them completely. "Sister-in-law, you're pregnant, you shouldn't be working hard. If there's nothing important, let's go back. Mother is waiting at home."

"Is there nothing wrong? Can't you see that the old woman can't walk?" Zhou's eldest son-in-law, Qiu Shengrong, said angrily.

Aunt Zhou, however, wore a worried expression. "Third sister, you should go back," she said.

Jiang Fuguiz was drunk, too drunk to even raise his eyelids. "We can't leave, you see, out of all three sisters and their husbands, it's our third sister and her husband who are the richest now. The money for sending to Mother should be paid by them."

Everyone was silent, and it seemed like they all agreed.

Zhou Dajie opened her mouth, but Qiu Shengrong glared at her. She shuddered in fear. Fu Jiujiao glimpsed a purplish bruise on her neck, as if she had been strangled.

The old man sitting on the kang, Fu Jijiu didn't have much impression of him, maybe he had seen him before. When his eldest sister-in-law had a conflict with her family, but she wasn't sure if it was him.

Anyway, most older people look pretty similar.

"My nephew-in-law, that's a good point. You three, this amount of money is nothing to you, just take it."

Fu Jiujiu glanced at Zhou Shi and understood that she was embarrassed to speak, so she spoke up for her, "What's the reason?"

Everyone present knew that though the little one was small, one should not underestimate her. "Girl, being filial to your parents is only natural,"

Fu Jiujiu made a face. “But my sister-in-law isn’t her daughter anymore, is she? And I remember someone saying that a married daughter is like water spilled out; once it's gone, there's no taking it back. How can you expect to get the water back when you need money?”

"This…" The old man coughed angrily twice.

Fu Jiujiu smirked, "You can't stand it already? I haven't even finished speaking."

The first publication on the Traditional Chinese Novel Network

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