Chapter 244: Chapter 240 Digging a Pit for Grandma_2
She hadn’t expected that as soon as she spoke, her son and daughter-in-law made no other move, and her granddaughters had no other reaction; instead, her son turned the tables on her, asking her for a red envelope. Was he trying to take her life?
Mrs. Lai hadn’t expected that speaking up wouldn’t inconvenience others but instead put herself in a difficult position.
She clutched her pocket tightly, her mouth paused for a long time before she finally found a reason, “Grandma’s red envelope bag is all used up, I’ll give you a red envelope during the New Year!”
Ye Shiqi said with a smile, “Grandma, your granddaughter doesn’t mind if there’s no red envelope bag; a wallet bag will do. If you don’t have one, I can ask someone to embroider a wallet bag on the spot, so you can’t not give out red envelopes, right?”
The words that Ye Shiqi said finally made some of her elder sisters unable to hold back; they bowed their heads and laughed out loud.
Those who did not laugh out loud bowed their heads little by little, as if jerking, they could hold back their laughter, but not their body movements.
“What’s so funny?” Mrs. Lai, not knowing whether to respond or not, could only take her frustration out on another granddaughter.
“Can’t even have a peaceful breakfast, what’s wrong with the elders giving a red envelope?” Hongji’s father said this to his wife and at the same time glared at his son, then at Mrs. Li.
He felt that while his son was setting a trap for his wife, he was also undermining his own dignity.
“Am I not unprepared? I said there are no red envelope bags.”
After being scolded by her husband, Mrs. Lai said quietly, but dared not say she wouldn’t give a red envelope, feeling that money might slip from her hands, oh how it pained her heart!
Thinking this, she glared at Mrs. Li, the look carried blame for having borne so many daughters which led to today’s red envelope dilemma.
Mrs. Li inexplicably received another eye roll and helplessly bowed her head, focusing on feeding her son his food.
Ye Shiqi just laughed about it, not expecting her grandmother to generously give her a red envelope. Since her birth until she turned two, she had never received a red envelope from her grandmother, not during New Year’s nor birthdays.
If it were any other child, they might not know this at birth, but she, a soul that had traveled through time, remembered everything from birth to present.
She had never received a red envelope from her grandmother, but she had received one from her grandfather, which was once before New Year, this New Year’s Day, all five sisters received a red envelope from their grandfather.
Out of curiosity, the sisters tallied it up, and everyone received the same amount, five copper coins.
It couldn’t be said that their grandfather was very stingy, as two copper coins in other children’s red envelopes were already quite good.
After breakfast and the argument were over, Ye Shiqi didn’t dwell on the issue further. Seeing Mrs. Lai no longer nagging, even though she didn’t give red envelopes, they didn’t whip her for it.
After breakfast, Hongji drank a cup of tea and presented his daughter with a small wallet, which contained not copper coins but gold particles.
Only two years old, the little girl came from a fairly well-off family, yet unlike others who wouldn’t give gold to such a young child, this little girl from his family was different; she was sensible about spending and even had ideas to help the family get rich.
Hongji was especially fond of this daughter; Little Mianao was already two years old, and even though he now had a son, he did no less in fatherly love for this little daughter.
This was in part because he had once had the experience of being both father and mother to her, making him even more emotional and focused on this daughter than on the others.
“Thank you, daddy, hee hee,” Ye Shiqi happily received the red envelope.
Mrs. Li smiled with maternal affection, seeing her daughters and mother smiling, the baby boy in her arms laughed too.
The other four sisters showed no jealousy in their eyes; knowing their father loved the youngest the most and also knowing how much the little sister contributed, they admired her while taking care of her as her elder sisters, knowing her capabilities from many incidents.
Their father also gave them red envelopes on their birthdays, only saying it had been a bit more prosperous at home these past two years that he was able to give them red envelopes.
Seeing her son give the little granddaughter a red envelope, Mrs. Lai clutched her own pocket tightly and stared intently at the red envelope in her granddaughter’s hand.
Looking at the shape of the red envelope, it didn’t look like it held copper coins! Yet she dared not speak again, afraid that speaking up would lead to more remarks about losing money.
She bowed her head, pretending to be busy, and left the living room.
Mrs. Lai, who had left the living room, didn’t see that her husband also gave the granddaughters a red envelope, and that money was his personal savings.