In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

Old Mrs. He sighed, "But the family doesn't have enough money. Even if I give your and Huaibi's money to your eldest brother, it's still not enough to become a county magistrate."

He Qiudi suggested: "If that's the case, then don't donate."

"But, your elder brother..."

"Mother, you are so devoted to your eldest brother, have you ever considered the other four brothers' feelings?"

Old Mrs. He said with a worried look, "But the family only has so many resources. If we give this one, we can't give that one. Instead of doing it haphazardly, why not focus our energy on one person, train him or her to be a talent, and let this person be the leader to lead the He family forward."

He Qiudi understood what Grandma He was thinking.

Resources at home are limited.

If you can only give one, cultivate one. If you disperse the cultivation, I am afraid that all will be wasted and none will be cultivated.

He Qiudi asked back, "But mother, can big brother really lead the He family forward? Now that the He family has new income, should we really put all of it on big brother? Fifth brother and sixth brother also have great potential, why can't we set aside money to cultivate them?"

"Why can't we save the money that eldest brother needs for promotion? Fifth and sixth brothers are going to take the imperial examination soon. Don't you think they have a good chance of passing? Even if fifth and sixth brothers pass the examination, they are better than eldest brother."

Faced with He Qiudi's soul-searching questioning, Old Lady He hesitated.

She knew that Huaijin and Huaibi had a good chance of passing the imperial examination.

But the twin sons are different from her eldest son after all.

He Qiudi said, "The reward silver that my sixth brother and I received is a full four hundred taels, which is enough for the He family to buy a house in the city, and for the fifth and sixth brothers to go to the provincial capital to take the exam. I will keep my Dongzhu in case the fifth and sixth brothers need it urgently. Mother, you can't let the rest of the He family down for the sake of my eldest brother."

Old Mrs. He remained silent and did not respond.

It turns out that the rest of the He family have been dissatisfied with her for a long time?

Even her beloved youngest daughter was full of complaints about her.

If he hadn't been harboring resentment from the beginning, he wouldn't have said so many accusations against her and the boss today.

He Qiudi asked again: "Didn't the eldest sister-in-law say that she still had two hundred taels saved? But didn't she and eldest brother say that the eldest brother's salary was not enough to support their family of four in the city and to cover the entertainment in the officialdom?"

"You and father also need to pay the fifth and sixth brothers' tuition fees, and give them several dozen taels of silver every year for rent and household expenses. The fruits, vegetables, grains, hens and eggs at home have never been lacking for them. Then I would like to ask, mother, where did the two hundred taels of silver of the eldest sister-in-law come from? Did she really only have these two hundred taels in her hands?"

Old Mrs. He’s face looked solemn.

This was a problem she had always been reluctant to admit.

He Huaizhang, who did not want to admit that he had high hopes for himself, ignored his parents and his younger brothers and sisters after he had his own family.

She always wanted to remind He Huaizhang to fulfill the He family's promise to cultivate him.

But He Huaizhang would cry every time and say that he had no money.

She softened her heart and believed it.

After all, this money belongs to her and the old man, so they can give it to the eldest brother if they want.

The eldest brother became a high-ranking official. Even though he did not spend money to send Huaibi and Huaijin to school, he never gave anything to his younger brothers and sisters. But as long as his status was there, his younger brothers and sisters could go further.

Otherwise, how could He Baozhu marry the county magistrate of Wei County as his daughter-in-law?

future.

When He Qingya and He Qinglu get married, they can both find a good family. This is Huaizhang's best reward to the He family.

But He Qiudi directly pointed out that He Huaizhang had forgotten his roots, and she felt very uncomfortable.

Old Lady He lied to herself and said, "These two hundred taels are her dowry."

"Mother, do you really believe that my sister-in-law still has a dowry? If the Wei family could give my sister-in-law so much dowry at that time, my uncle from the Wei family would not be the county magistrate of Wei County today, but the county magistrate of Wei County."

Old Mrs. He was asked and couldn't answer for a long time.

He Qiudi was going to tear open the truth that Old Lady He was unwilling to face and let her see how dirty Wei and He Huaizhang were beneath their seemingly decent appearance.

"Mother, I heard from my third brother that after my eldest brother got married, he lived in the old house of the He family in the county town and went to the county school. My eldest sister-in-law stayed in the city to take care of her. You should hand over the grocery store to my eldest sister-in-law. You don't have to ask about the operation of this store."

"After my eldest sister-in-law gave birth to a child, she planned to donate money to my eldest brother for his official career. But my eldest sister-in-law said that the money earned from the shop was only enough for their food and drink. She also used her dowry to buy paper, ink, brushes and inkstones for my eldest brother, so she couldn't come up with any extra money. Then, for the sake of my eldest brother's teachings, the He family sold this old house and the shop together."

Old Mrs. He sighed and said, "Yes. The old house was originally for your father and I to live in in our old age. In order to make up the three hundred taels, we had to sell it at a low price. When I was running the grocery store, it also made about thirty taels of income every year. But Wei was a daughter of an official family and didn't know how to run the business, so the income was not much. Wei had a baby, hired someone to take care of it, and bought paper, ink, brushes and inkstones for your eldest brother, which was very expensive, so we didn't have much money left."

He Qiudi asked again: "Mother, when we sold the house and the shop, did you personally go to take over?"

Old Mrs. He was stunned for a moment and said, "It was your elder brother who went there on my behalf. He sold more than two hundred taels in total..."

At this point, Mrs. He's face turned ugly. She denied it, "Nannan, your elder brother wouldn't do this to me. He definitely wouldn't."

She looked at He Qiudi as if she didn't know him.

Although the girls in the past were bold, smart, a little bit greedy and didn't know how to speak, they were definitely not as smart and had no sense of the overall situation as this one.

Old Mrs. He was panicked. The thing she had been unwilling to face was exposed by He Qiudi with just one finger. The truth she didn't want to see was so cruelly revealed in front of her.

Her mind was hot, and she said in a panic, "Nannan, your elder brother is still filial to me and your father. He cares about you and your brothers and sisters. He is just...it's difficult for him. He is just a small teacher, the lowest official in the county government. He only earns a hundred taels of silver a year at most. After deducting their family expenses, there is not much left. What more can he do for this family?"

"Nannan, you can't bear a grudge against your elder brother just because he and his wife didn't treat you like a daughter of an official family, and prepared a dowry like Yunjin for Qingshu but didn't prepare one for you, and didn't let you live in the city. When I asked you for the Dongzhu and gold hairpin that I gave you at the banquet, you slandered your elder brother like this. You can't bear to part with the Dongzhu and gold hairpin, so I don't care if you want them."

As she said this, Old Mrs. He stood up in a panic and stumbled away.

Faced with such a heart-piercing accusation, He Qiudi smiled helplessly, but his heart still felt a pang.

If the original owner was Old Lady He’s life.

Then, He Huaizhang is more important than Old Lady He’s life.

She was so cruel in urging Grandma He to face reality. It would take time for her to adapt.

He Huaizhang and Wei's insatiable greed and Old Lady He's indulgence and doting made He Qingya full of hatred towards the He family.

Old Mrs. He's preference for He Huaizhang must be slowly corrected. Otherwise, if she cannot control the development of the situation and He Qingya is reborn, what awaits the He family is He Qingya's crazy revenge.

He Qiudi couldn't help but watch the He family being ruined by He Huaizhang and Wei, an extremely selfish and domineering couple.