Zhang Yiren looked at Bai Yunxi's troubled expression and patted her hand, "Since Brother Yu said so, you can go ahead."
"Aunt Bai, just don't worry, no one dares to make trouble on grandma's birthday. Besides, I have already boasted in front of grandma. If you don't go, how shameless will it be for me?"
Xie Yu said this and bowed to the ground by Baiyun River, full of sincerity.
"As for the aunt and nephew, Aunt Bai doesn't need to take it to heart. You are the honored guest I invited and it has nothing to do with them."
He is the eldest son of the family and the future head of the family. If the stepmother is kind, she can be raised in the family. If the stepmother is unkind, she will be raised in the same family, but the quality will be different.
Since he became an adult, Ma has also known this, and has been doing everything he can to pull things for himself every day to fight for the interests of his half-brother.
It's a pity that she can only move the few things from the palace, and there is not much left except for the expenses of the mansion. Most of the remaining things are in the hands of her grandmother and father, and the expenses of the mansion are also allocated by her father every month.
Save, not much.
As long as she could meet the expenses of the government, neither her father nor her grandmother would pay attention to her little tricks, so she would stare at the public accounts of the government every month and dig through them carefully to live her life.
Of course, people are greedy, and their appetites will grow bigger and bigger. From time to time, she wants to take advantage of his private property. Knowing her greed, unfortunately, she didn't get any benefits once or twice, so she didn't dare to
Moved easily.
This time it was her grandmother's birthday, and she was trying her best to make a big deal, to show off her merits in front of her grandmother and father. She wanted people to trust her for running the household well, and she just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get some benefits.
As long as she was smarter, she wouldn't dare to make any small moves on her grandmother's birthday, unless she wanted to be disliked by her grandmother and take back the power to run the family.
Listening to Xie Yu's thoughts, Bai Yunxi couldn't help but tremble at the corner of her mouth. Ma had been trying hard to establish the image of a good wife and mother, but it had long since collapsed in people's minds. I wonder if she knew this personally?
People didn't care at all about the things she had worked so hard to get. When she was so complacent and thought she had gained something, they were the things they allowed her to touch... I don't know if she would find it ridiculous after she realized it.
At this moment, Baiyunxi felt more and more the importance of education and knowledge.
After Bai Yunxi sighed, he raised his hand and pulled off the red sandalwood hairpin on his head, and couldn't help but chuckle,
"If I had known earlier that you were inviting me to the birthday banquet, just to save trouble, I would have given up the hairpin."
Anyway, this thing is not necessary for her.
She simply couldn't stand Ma's green tea look and didn't want to spoil her.
"You can't say that. Everything is fate, which proves that this hairpin belongs to you."
Zhang Yiren saw Bai Yunxi pretending to be annoyed, smiled, took the hairpin in her hand, and tied it in her bun.
"Brother Yu, what do you think?"
"My aunt said it naturally and politely. My stepmother may not know that my grandmother has a set of old red sandalwood hairpins and bracelets, which are rare and unique. My grandmother said that they were the bottom of the box that my grandmother gave to my mother. My mother felt that the red sandalwood was suitable for my grandmother.
I forwarded it to her."
"Every time grandma takes it out and wipes it, she can't help but talk about it."
Xie Yu glanced at the red sandalwood hairpin on Baiyunxi's head. The color alone was lacking, and all it lacked was the moisture of time.
Now that the conversation had come to this point, it was inappropriate for Bai Yunxi to refuse any more. He looked into Xie Yu's eyes and cleared his throat.
"Ahem~, let's make an agreement first. I can go, and I can also guarantee that I will only have a low-key meal and not cause trouble. But if someone comes to me, I may not be able to help it. If I disturb your grandmother's birthday party, you guys
Just don’t blame me.”
"Don't worry, Aunt Bai, no one dares to be so indifferent." Xie Yu thanked her with her hands, said a few more words, and then stood up and left.
Bai Yunxi sent the person to the door. Zhang Yiren put down the tea cup and sighed softly,
"This is the advantage of the eldest son. Even though the stepmother is also a stepmother, she still has to be polite in front of the eldest son. When Ma entered the Xie family, she chose the wrong path from the beginning. After that, she could only rely on
I’m afraid my son, Brother Yu, has no hope here.”
Although the eldest son can call his stepmother mother, it is only a matter of seniority respect, and more of a respect for his father. If the quarrel with his stepmother does not look good, the father's face will not look good either.
But as the eldest son, he can inherit most of the family's property, and then other children. The quality of the stepmother's life in her later years depends on the kindness of the eldest son.
Of course, if you are rich, it doesn't matter whether your legitimate son is filial or not. But if you don't show respect for yourself, you will have to live dependent on others in your later years.
Listening to Zhang Yiren's emotion, Bai Yunxi thought for a moment and agreed. If you can't even rely on your own son, it would be a joke to rely on an outsider.
"She has a son of her own, so why does she still want to rely on other people's sons to support her in her old age?"
"Then you have to rely on your son. As the eldest son, Brother Yu can inherit 70% of the family property in the future, which will be used to maintain the family's growth, and the rest belongs to other brothers. If the family property is rich, 10% or 20% is also good.
If you have many brothers and a poor family, as an old man, you will naturally be willing to live with your eldest son in order to ensure your life in your old age."
Zhang Yiren looked into Bai Yunxi's eyes and sighed softly.
"Let's not talk about the Xie family's family background. The private property left to Brother Yu by his biological mother alone is enough to make others envious. Coupled with the Xie family's ancestral property, no one can shake their status. This is also the cause of the farce.
"
It's a pity that Mr. Ma has only a small plan. Even with the support of County Magistrate Xie, he can't control so much wealth.
Listening to Zhang Yiren's meaningful words, without asking in detail, Baiyunxi could imagine a drama about a property fight.
Anyway, it ended with Ma's defeat.
After seeing off Zhang Yiren, Bai Yunxi sat in the yard, poured himself a glass of water, and thought about the birthday gift he would give the day after tomorrow.
The birthday of the old lady of the Xie family does not need to be carefully prepared, as long as it has a good meaning and is auspicious.
Seeing that it was getting late, Bai Yunxi got up and stir-fried the remaining half of the chicken from yesterday, stewed it with mushrooms.
Baiyunxi was still worried until Du Shi and Wenyou came back.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" You were fine when you went out, so why are you so worried?
Bai Yunxi told Xie Yu about inviting her to the banquet, "Although I haven't met him before, it's her birthday anyway, so I still need to prepare gifts."
Listening to her mother-in-law's tone, Mrs. Du was stunned. Isn't Xie Yu's grandmother the mother of the county magistrate?
If they had not met Mr. Xie Dalang, they would never have seen the family members of the official family in this life.
"It would be nice if we knew it in advance. We can embroider a birthday picture in advance. It has a good meaning and is easy to do. But it certainly can't be done in one day."