The Tang family's little daughter-in-law is a spendthrift and cruelly abuses the poor.
【010】
After this busy morning and Tang Mai's performance, Tang Mi was very impressed with her younger sister who was two years younger than herself. As twins, Tang Ke and Tang Mai didn't need to say some things out loud, it was enough to just spoil her little sister.
The two of them said they were going to the fields, and so the four little children in the family took their lunch and walked hand in hand towards the fields.
As soon as I arrived nearby, I heard many uncles who were farming shouting, "Tang Lao Di, your family's kids have come to deliver lunch again."
"Dad, Mom!" The four kids shouted in the direction of Tang Yuanshan and Lian Xiulan, while also greeting the surrounding men with a chorus of "Uncle" and "Auntie", making everyone laugh.
"Mei'er, Ke'er, Mai'er, Guo'er, how did you all come? As long as there's Father and Mother here, that's enough." Lian Xiulan climbed up from the fields, washed herself clean, and then one by one, she touched each of the children.
"Mom, we're here to deliver lunch." Tang Mai said with a smile.
"What a good child of mother's." Lian Xiulan said with comfort and heartache.
Tang Mi also called out at this time, "Mother, this is for you." What she gave to Lian Shulan were the ten copper coins that Tang Mai had given her.
"Mei'er, this... where did it come from?" Lian Xiulan asked in surprise.
Tang Mai didn't expect Tang Mi to take out her hard-earned money. She had originally planned to take out 50 cents from the remaining $1, give it to Lian Xiu Lan, and keep the other 50 cents as capital for her next venture.
"Mother, this is what Mai'er brought us to the town to sell yesterday's food and earned." Tang Ke walked forward and also handed over the ten copper plates on his body to Lian Xiulan.
Lian Xiulan held the copper plate in her hand, feeling hot, Tang Mai had already walked forward and handed over the fifty copper plates on his body to Lian Xiulan. "Mother, we will have more money later."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Lian Xiu Lan's reaction, he hugged her leg and coquettishly said, "Mother, I'm hungry, let's eat."
Lian Xiulan had no choice but to put the money away and serve the children their meal. She had originally thought they were having the same pumpkin porridge as before, but when she lifted the lid of the basket, a savory aroma of meat and rice wafted out.
She stared at the stewed meat and rice in front of her, stunned for a long time without reacting, "Mai'er, where did this... come from?"
Tang Mai smiled and looked at Tang Mi and Tang Ke, "It was earned by me, my elder sister and brother."
"Mom, dinner is ready, you hear my stomach growling." Tang Mai changed the subject again, after all, she would make even more money in the future and didn't want her mom to be so shocked every time.
Tang Yuanshan also walked over at this time. He was a man after all and didn't look as shocked as Lian Xiulan, but he couldn't help feeling surprised either.
This meal was the most sumptuous one their family had ever had since its founding, with white rice, stewed fragrant meat and delicious vegetables.
Just as the six of them were happily eating, a cold hum suddenly came from behind, and Tang Mai turned his head to hear a sharp and piercing voice with sarcasm, "Hey, big brother, big sister, you still have meat to eat? No wonder you didn't come to our place! It turns out that you looked down on us. Alas, Father asked me to invite you over for dinner!"
Tang's little sister-in-law stared at the meat that was emitting a tempting aroma, and she wasn't someone who hadn't eaten meat before, but this smelled so good that it forced her to swallow her saliva secretly. However, seeing that her older brother and sister-in-law didn't seem to have any intention of serving her a bowl, the words she spoke suddenly became even more unpleasant: "Older brother, look at how well you're living! You have food and meat, but you don't know how to be filial to your parents. Your conscience has really been eaten by dogs!"
Everyone present changed their expression when they heard this, and Xiu Lan saw that the temper of Tang's family's young daughter had come up. She wasn't unwilling to pretend for Tang's family's young daughter, but all these were earned by Tang Mai, several children have never eaten meat, she as a mother...
"Wu Mei, this was bought with the money earned by Mai Er." Tang Yuan Shan glanced at his younger sister-in-law and stopped talking. If it were up to him, he would definitely send it to his parents without a second word.
"Tang Mai? She's just a five-year-old thing, how can she earn money?" Tang Jia's younger sister looked at Tang Mai with disdain. "Big brother, if you don't want to give it, then just say so, why make up excuses?"
Tang's little sister looked down on Tang Yuanshan from the bottom of her heart. In her opinion, this big brother had no talent since childhood and could only do rough work. His wife even ran away with someone else, and in the end, he married a broken shoe who was dragging along a family, becoming a cheap father, helping others raise children for free.
She doesn't even think highly of her own elder brother, let alone Xiu Lan and the few kids. Among them, she looks down on Tang Mai the most - a fatherless wild child, what can be expected from him? Even if he's now grown up to be handsome, who knows what kind of person he'll marry in the future.
"Little aunt, what my dad said is true, this money was earned by me and my siblings through hard work." Tang Mai, in front of the young aunt of the Tang family, gave a large piece of meat to each of Tang Yuanshan, Lian Xiulan, Tang Mi, Tang Ke, and Tang Guo, smiling as he said, "So, I think whoever I want to give it to, I'll give it to them."
"Dad, mom, older sister, older brother, younger brother, let's eat."
"You...!" The little girl from the Tang family was always the most spoiled at home, and her temper was also the worst. Who wasn't spoiling her? But today, this five-year-old wild child actually dared to speak to her like that?
She was about to scold loudly, but suddenly noticed the cold smile at the corner of Tang Mai's mouth and the eyes that shone with a faint light. A strong sense of fear arose from within her.
She was only a five-year-old child, but her eyes seemed to be able to kill her at any time and place. That kind of bloodthirsty chill was really terrifying.
Tang Mei's past life was full of evil deeds, with a thousand or so ways to kill people. This kind of gaze is something she brought from her past life. Not just as the young lady of the Tang family, even an adult would tremble and be frightened under her intimidating aura.
Tang Mai saw the faint fear in Tang's younger sister's eyes, raised the corner of her mouth, withdrew her gaze, and lowered her head as if nothing had happened, continuing to serve dishes to her family members.
She had sworn an oath that as long as she was around, she would never let anyone harm her family. Those who had been good to her in past lives and whom she had wronged, she would repay one by one; those who wanted to harm her, if they did not yet know to repent, she absolutely would not be soft-hearted.
"You——you——!" Tang's little daughter-in-law was bullied by Tang Mai here, but no one stood up for her. She said two "you"s in a row, stomped her foot and ran back to old man Tang, crying loudly, "Dad, big brother is eating meat over there, they don't care about our food. That little wild child even dared to scold me."
"What?!" Tang's second aunt, who had a sharp and sour face, stood up immediately after hearing this, let out a loud cry, it was unclear whether she was angry because she heard that Tang Mai was eating meat or because the young lady of the Tang family was scolded. After crying out, seeing everyone staring at her, she turned around and scolded, "Brother, you are being too excessive!"
"Isn't that so? I really didn't see it coming, big brother usually hides and saves money to buy meat to eat!" Tang's fourth aunt also chimed in.
For a moment, except for Old Master Tang who remained silent, everyone else in the house was indignant, comforting Little Aunt Tang on one hand and scolding Tang Yuanshan for being unfilial and doing something wrong.
Tang's little sister-in-law felt a bit relieved after hearing these words, but seeing Old Master Tang not speaking and sniffling unhappily, she didn't do any chores for the rest of the day. After finishing dinner, she ran back home and told her extremely biased mother about how well-off Tang Yuanshan's family was, with their fine food and meat, and how they didn't treat her sister well.
The young lady of the Tang family didn't want to see Tang Yuanshan, actually she had heard too many words from Old Lady Tang belittling Tang Yuanshan. As the darling of Old Lady Tang, she was always pampered and spoiled since childhood. Hearing that her own daughter was bullied and also hearing that Tang Yuanshan's family had meat to eat but didn't send any to this old lady, she immediately got angry and smashed two bowls, pulling the young lady of the Tang family to run towards Tang Yuanshan's home. She must find Tang Yuanshan to settle the score!

