Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life Chapter 1561 - 1550: Honest Fool

"Cong Hui uses this much money in a year!" Niu Xue Mei was stunned by the number.

"Yes, he alone uses this much, and Mother said she would send Cong Huang to school in two years. How could Mother say that if the family didn’t have money?" Ye Qiu said quietly.

"But they’re boys. Isn’t sending them to school what families should do if they want to improve their family’s status?" Although Niu Xue Mei was shocked by the money, she still didn’t understand.

Ye Qiu continued explaining: "Have you ever thought about how this money came about?"

Niu Xue Mei widened her eyes: "How did it come? Could it really be from Mother’s previous savings?"

"Are you stupid?" Ye Qiu sighed helplessly, "Mother was a lone girl back then, how much could she have saved? Although Mother was hardworking in her youth, Father wasn’t efficient at working, and it was tough to support the four of us siblings with those few acres of poor land, let alone save any money. Plus, when my elder brother got married, the elder sister-in-law’s family demanded so much bride price. Do you remember the time right after you married into our family when we couldn’t even afford to eat meat once a month?"

"Are you saying this money was earned by us?" Niu Xue Mei finally started to understand, "Can we really make this much?"

"Why not?" Ye Qiu retorted, "Since we got married, have we ever rested for a single day? Not only do I do the farm work, but when there are jobs in the county, I often go as well. And you, aren’t the pigs you feed, and the numerous chickens and ducks in the house? It’s Cong Ying who catches insects and herds ducks every day, and the money from selling eggs and duck eggs every day is considerable."

Niu Xue Mei and Ye Cong Ying nodded continuously, with Ye Cong Ying, a little child, sitting on the bedside, nodding seriously, looking particularly cute.

"And think about it, ever since we took over the land work, have Father and Mother done anything? As for elder brother and elder sister-in-law, they behave like city folk, not managing a single piece of land a day; we can’t even mention the younger brother, always claiming to do great things, which only results in taking money out without bringing any in. If this family isn’t sustained by us as a couple, then who?"

Niu Xue Mei never paid attention to these because she did the same chores when at her maternal home, and after marrying into the Ye Family as a wife, there was no way of being lazy, so daily chores seemed normal to her. But today, from Ye Qiu’s calculations, she suddenly realized that this family relied on them as a couple.

"On usual days, we do the most, being a family without dividing property, it’s understandable. But as a family, why make distinctions? It doesn’t matter how much money Ye Conghui and Ye Conghuang use, but when our daughters want to eat an egg there are precautions against it. Who raises these chickens anyway? Are girls then not my daughters?" Ye Qiu angrily said.

Speaking like this made Niu Xue Mei angry too. Indeed, all this family’s money was earned by them as a couple, even if Ye Conghui and Ye Conghuang were boys and would inherit the family business, how could they treat their daughters with such strictness?

"At New Year, everyone has new clothes to wear, but what about us as a family? Who has any?" Ye Qiu sneered, "Mother’s openly biased, she says giving birth to two girls isn’t worth anything, then what about Fourth Brother? Does he not do serious work, yet uses so much money? Why does he deserve it?"

"Fourth Brother truly is outrageous, but he is Mother’s youngest son." Niu Xue Mei sighed, lamenting her misfortune.

"Because he’s the youngest son, he can sit back and enjoy the fruits? We work hard yet gain nothing? Aren’t daughters people? With Mother’s bias like this, I have no trust she will give Cong Ying and Cong Zi any substantial dowry in the future, and with Ye Conghui and Ye Conghuang’s disrespectful demeanor and bad habits of bullying our daughters, how can I believe they’ll support us in old age, or back Cong Ying and Cong Zi?"

Niu Xue Mei thought about it and sighed, but what could she do? Why couldn’t she give birth to a son?

"I think the dream I had was a good one. Do you think we’ll be sleeping in the cowshed? Not driving us to the mountains to feed wolves would be considered good."

"But Mother controls the family affairs, what can we do? Cong Ying and Cong Zi are going to marry out, and when we eventually pass, we’ll have no one to bear the flag." Niu Xue Mei didn’t want her daughters to live poorly, but clinging to two nephews was beyond her control.

"I think we’re confusing priorities." Ye Qiu analyzed carefully for her, "Just to have proper burial after death, we must toil for them all our lives, and wrong our daughters; this transaction is not worthwhile. What can we know after death? Living well is what truly matters."

This was the first time Niu Xue Mei heard such rhetoric, because who doesn’t care about affairs after death? Who wouldn’t want to be worshipped by descendants? If no one lights incense, wouldn’t one become a wandering ghost without rest?

However, Ye Qiu sneered at this notion. Not to mention if ghosts exist in this world, even in worlds with ghosts, it doesn’t guarantee enjoying descendants’ worship.

"They treat us poorly in life, and you expect them to worship and honor us after death?" Ye Qiu shook his head with a bitter laugh, "Xue Mei, once a person dies they know nothing; and can’t daughters worship us? Also, isn’t Mother a lone girl? Didn’t Maternal Grandfather and Grandmother get laid to rest? Haven’t we worshiped them all these years?"

"That’s different, isn’t that because we don’t have to worship Father’s relatives?"

"Do you think with the money we’ve earned over the years, it’s enough to bring in a live-in son-in-law?" Ye Qiu said shockingly, leaving Niu Xue Mei stunned.

She hurriedly replied: "But don’t we have nephews? Bringing in a live-in son-in-law is only for households without sons."

Ye Qiu continued to press her: "Do you think our nephew will be filial to you in the future?"

Niu Xue Mei thought about Ye Conghui and Ye Conghuang’s usual disrespect towards her, and was speechless.

"And seeing elder brother and elder sister-in-law’s attitude, do you think they’d be okay with their sons being filial to others? They’re already ordering me around, when we’re old and incapable, won’t they despise us?"

Niu Xue Mei was once again speechless. She sighed, "Then what do you suggest?"

"What’s to be done? I don’t want to toil for this family without gaining a cent, not benefiting anything. Either the eldest household uses money like us, or we split the family properties." Ye Qiu’s eyes were fierce, clearly determined.

For someone like Niu Xue Mei who relied on her husband, naturally she sided with Ye Qiu, and after his analysis today, she also felt nobody in this family could be depended on. For what were they working so hard? Her daughters can’t even eat an egg, how could Mother be so unfair?

Dividing the family, this family must split, even if after death there’s no worship, she wouldn’t let others spend all her earned money while tolerating indignation.