"Do I not have a reason to target her?" "My son is out there, working hard to earn money and support the family, but what about her? Every day, all she does is laze around at home, not even lifting a finger to help with chores, and she’s always going to town to shop and buy clothes!" "Just look at the families in our village, which young wife spends money like her, waking up every day just knowing how to spend?" "Jiang Xin’s wardrobe is stuffed with clothes, one after another, all newly bought, some even with the tags still on. Even so, she still goes to town to buy more clothes, who can stand this?" "All of you have seen it too, that bag in her hand is from the only department store in our town, and everyone knows how expensive things are in there, don’t they?" "Jiang Xin even took out those clothes she bought to show all of you, I roughly estimated, none of us here are fools, we all can guess that the price of those few clothes is almost two hundred bucks, right? Which family could tolerate this?" Check latest chapters at 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩•𝗳𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝕟𝕖𝕥 "Just thinking about my poor son, marrying such a wife, it pains my heart." "Oh, my poor son with his miserable fate!" When Mrs. Fu said these words, she was speaking with some sincerity because, in her heart, she truly believed Jiang Xin was extravagant. Spending money without batting an eye, just asking, who would dare to spend like Jiang Xin on clothes? Over two hundred bucks! If all that money was given to her, it could cover more than half a year of their family’s expenses. And that’s with spending as if they were eating meat every day! This morning, after Jiang Xin went out, Mrs. Fu saw she wasn’t home and had a sneaky thought. Taking advantage of Jiang Xin’s absence, she went into Jiang Xin’s room and searched through it, and when she opened the wardrobe, she was stunned. The wardrobe was full of new clothes, no matter the style, craftsmanship, or fabric, all top-notch, it was clear they cost a lot. As for Jiang Xin’s family background, Mrs. Fu wasn’t very clear, she only knew Jiang Xin was a distant cousin of Jiang Wan, related in some way, but not sure how close. After all, from the beginning, Fu Yu married Jiang Xin to quell the village gossip. They didn’t have that much time to learn about Jiang Xin’s family. Besides, since it’s among relatives, they guessed the family economic situation should be similar, by referencing Jiang Wan’s family conditions, they should have a rough idea of Jiang Xin’s family conditions. Probably not much wealthier! Might even be less well-off than their family! Otherwise, they wouldn’t have sent their daughter all the way from the provincial city to the countryside; maybe it’s just to escape some huge debts back home! Thinking this, Mrs. Fu suddenly found Jiang Xin’s wardrobe full of clothes extremely annoying. Not only did she find it displeasing, but Mrs. Fu also had some other sneaky thoughts, she figured, since Jiang Xin had so many clothes, if she secretly took a few pieces when Jiang Xin wasn’t paying attention, she probably wouldn’t even notice. Such good clothes worn only by Jiang Xin alone feels like a bit of a waste. On her own family’s side, several of her nieces from her brothers’ and sisters’ houses were also about the same age as Jiang Xin. In terms of age, they were about the same, and their body sizes didn’t differ much, so Jiang Xin’s clothes should fit her nieces too. But before she could act, Jiang Xin was back. Jiang Xin had originally been there, unfazed, with a look of "let them argue, I just want to be left alone." But then, she heard Mrs. Fu criticizing her for spending too much money on clothes. Jiang Xin was really amazed, she never thought this could become something Mrs. Fu would use to pick on her. It was utterly speechless, Jiang Xin didn’t indulge Mrs. Fu and retorted without mercy after she finished speaking: "What’s wrong with me buying clothes? It’s my hobby!" "The money I spend is my own money, not a penny from your Fu Family, you’re not my parents, what right do you have to control me?" "If you keep on babbling, believe it or not, I’ll tear your mouth apart, I won’t care if you’re my elder, if you upset me, I’ll settle the score with you." Jiang Xin got so angry that her temper flared up, and she directly shot back. Mrs. Fu saw this and saw that even at this moment, Jiang Xin dared to counter her words. Mrs. Fu immediately pulled out her own twisted reasoning: "I’m your mother-in-law, why can’t I control you?" "Since you married my son, I don’t care how much money you had before, now half of the money in your pocket belongs to my son, you’re spending your own money, but it’s also my son’s, why can’t I control it?" Jiang Xin was directly shocked, she couldn’t believe Mrs. Fu could say something so shameless. Unable to tolerate it, Jiang Xin exploded: "I ignore you, and you really think you’re someone important, don’t you?" "Saying shameless things , why would my money be your son’s?" "When I married into your family, not only did I not ask for any bride price, the money in my pocket was all given by my parents, what right do you have to say my money is yours?" "I can buy whatever clothes I want, you have no right to interfere!" Mrs. Fu saw this and was about to retort back. Upon hearing Mrs. Fu criticize Jiang Xin for her lavish spending, the villagers too started chiming in, their discussions mostly about how they thought Jiang Xin was too extravagant in spending on clothes. Seeing the scene getting increasingly chaotic and almost out of control. At this moment, without knowing when, the village chief who had come into the Fu family courtyard finally spoke up: "Alright, alright, since there’s nothing happening, everyone should disperse now." "In this hot weather, gathering together, aren’t you afraid of the heat? Every household, isn’t there any work to be done? Disperse, disperse, quickly disperse!" "If anyone else stays here to watch the fun, there are still plenty of tasks at the work team, whoever wants to be caught by me and get conscripted can stay." In those times, the village chief still had some authority in the village. Moreover, those villagers had quite a bit of farm work at home yet to be completed. At this time, hearing the village chief say anyone still watching would be taken for labor, they all panicked and rushed to leave, afraid if they stayed a moment longer, they’d be caught for labor.