At the entrance of Kaoshan Village, a man came back hurriedly carrying a basket on his back. It was Gudong, who had just returned from the market.

Thinking that my wife was on vacation and preparing for the New Year, I thought about going to the street to buy some New Year's goods. I bought a new pair of shoes for my two kids and my wife, and also bought some candy.

His wife gave all the wages she earned to his mother. He asked his mother for some money, saying that he wanted to buy some New Year's goods, but his mother only gave him less than a hundred coins.

Fearing that it would not be enough, after thinking about it, Gu Dong also took out his own private savings. He had earned several hundred coins helping Dachun's mother work some time ago, and her mother left him 20 coins.

Come to think of it, we were really tight on money. A grown man didn't even have any money. There was nothing we could do. All the money earned at home was handed over to my mother, and the money was in her hands.

As they were almost home, Gu Dong looked at the yard full of people and had a bad feeling in his heart: "Could something have happened at home?" Gu Dong immediately quickened his pace.

Before he even walked into the house, Gu Dong heard his mother's pig-slaughtering voice, as if she was scolding his wife and children.

After hearing what Widow Wu said, Gu Dong's face suddenly turned ugly. He quickly shouted to the crowd, "What happened? Everyone, make way."

At this time, the villagers found out that it was Gudong, and they immediately looked at him with sympathy and made way for him.

A woman with a good voice started to make a fuss, "Gudong, you're back just in time. Your wife hid the wages and your mother found out! You must know about this, right?"

"What!" Gu Dong felt dizzy as if he was hit on the head.

When he walked in, he found his wife standing silently by the side, while the widow Wu looked at him with a sneer on her face. His old mother sat on the ground, slapping her thighs and crying.

Liao saw Gu Dong coming back, her wrinkled face was covered with snot and tears, and she cried even harder: "Son, your wife is so bold that she even hid the wages. Do you think she has an affair with someone else? Do you know about this?"

"Mom, get up quickly."

Gu Dong hurried forward and helped Liao up: "Mom, get up quickly, don't make a fool of yourself!" As he said this, he glanced at Gao indifferently.

"Dad~ you're back!"

Gu Wen and Erniu shouted happily.

Gao looked at Gu Dong who had returned, her face looking a little guilty, not daring to look at him.

"Son! Your wife actually dared to hide the wages like this. What do you think we should do about this?" Liao said relentlessly.

"Mom, let's go inside and talk!" Gu Dong said in a low voice. The mother was old, and she didn't feel embarrassed in front of so many people.

Liao suddenly got furious and shouted, "You feel ashamed too, right? This is your good daughter-in-law. If she doesn't hand over the money today, I will never forgive her!" Then she told the whole story in detail.

Gu Dong's forehead was covered with black lines, his face darkened, and he looked at Gao expressionlessly: "Wife, is what mother said true?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Gao mustered up her courage and looked her husband in the eye, but the movements of her hands revealed her inner thoughts. Gao's hands were tightly grasping the corners of her clothes, trembling slightly.

Gu Dong's eyes were cold: "You did the wrong thing. It's your duty to respect your parents. How could you do this? Besides, I don't know anything about this! Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

He understood that his wife wanted to keep some private money, but what made him feel heartbroken was that his wife never told him about this.

Looking at Gu Dong's face, Gao knew that he was angry. She immediately lost her temper and said in a low voice: "My mother fell down some time ago. I thought about going back to ask a doctor to see her. Besides, I have to buy some things when I go back for the New Year!"

Liao became even angrier and said to Gu Dong, "Great! This is your good daughter-in-law, who will use her money to support her parents' family."

At this time, there were different opinions in the crowd. Some thought Gao was right, and her mother from her natal family was her own mother. Others thought she shouldn't support her natal family, after all, she had married out and had her own family.

Widow Wu then yelled, "Everyone, let's go. Everyone has problems. We should stay out of other people's family affairs. What do you think? Let's go and do what we need to do!" Then she picked up her hoe and left.

Everyone thought what she said made sense. Every family has its own problems. Every family has its own ash at the bottom of the pot. Don't laugh at others. You might be laughed at one day.

"Hey, let's go!" Someone in the crowd said, "Today is the Little New Year, and the Kitchen God has to go to heaven tonight to report the year-end summary.

Let's just take care of our own business and find a way to shut him up so that the Kitchen God won't tell the Jade Emperor about us. May we have a good life next year."

"Yes, yes~"

Everyone then remembered that today was the Little New Year, and they were so busy watching the fun that they almost forgot about their business. Soon, the man had almost left.

Liao shouted anxiously: "Hey~ Don't leave!"

Gu Dong's face was dark: "Mom, stop it! Don't you think it's embarrassing enough?"

Gu Wen and Er Niu looked at the basket on Gu Dong's back and said excitedly, "Dad, do you have any good food in this basket?"

"Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat." Liao glared at Gu Wen and Er Niu: "Ask your mother for money. Your mother has so much money left."

Liao glared at Gao and said, "I'm telling you, you have to take out the money! Otherwise I'll never let you go." After saying that, she went back into the house.

After returning to the house, Gudong put down the backpack and began to blame Gao, saying that he should not have kept the wages for himself and should not have kept it from him.

"Wife, please take out the money and give it to mother." Gu Dong said impatiently. He didn't dare to keep much of the money he earned, but he didn't expect his wife to leave 800 coins at once.

And she didn't even tell him. If his mother hadn't told him now, he would have been kept in the dark.

He had had enough. His daughter-in-law always made his mother angry, causing unrest in the whole family all day long and putting him in a dilemma.

Hearing that her husband did not speak up for her and did not show any sympathy for her the entire time, Gao felt extremely aggrieved and secretly wiped away her tears.

"Dad, why are you bullying mom like grandma!" Erniu also said bravely. As she spoke, she helped Gao wipe away her tears: "Mom, don't cry!"

"Yes! Mom, Erniu and I will protect you." Gu Wen straightened his chest like a little man.

"Mom is fine!" Gao said, wiping away tears again. But she smiled in relief, fortunately there were these two kids who cared about her.

Gu Dong frowned and said, "Don't cry anymore. It's like I'm bullying you. Okay, give the money to mom quickly and this matter will be over. We're preparing for the New Year, don't make mom angry."

"My God! You only have your mother in your eyes. Every time you say a few words to me, you ask me to endure it. But I won't endure it this time!"

I have been married for so many years and have never done anything to let them down. I didn't expect that Gu Dong would know that his mother had fallen and he would not care at all. His mother is his mother, but my mother is not my mother.

Gao couldn't bear it any longer this time. She threw herself at Gu Dong with her back straight and eyes wide open. She said stubbornly, "I don't care. This time, I won't take out the money no matter what. Just give up on this idea."

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