My Dear Wife, Please Be Gentle!

Chapter 296: Chapter 298 Who Took the Bribe?_1

After dinner, Tan Yuancheng took a cattail fan and went to discuss the baby’s one-month celebration with Tan Zhongzhong.

They saw eye to eye on this because when Xiao Fu turned one month old, everyone would be busy planting wheat, and some might not come. If people didn’t show up, they wouldn’t bring gifts.

It would be better to do it sooner rather than later. After all, they wouldn’t be able to work the fields for a couple days even if the rain stopped.

But an issue arose concerning who would receive the gifts.

Being used to being the head of the family and having given Tan Zhongzhong Twenty Taels, Tan Yuancheng certainly wanted to pocket the money himself.

"Dad, if you do this, it’s just not right. We’ve been separated for so long, and you’re still trying to take the Third household’s gift money?"

Li Clan got angry first, also with a sharp tone.

She had just had a child, and was already made half dead with anger by Tan Zhongzhong, so she was very irritable now.

Tan Zhongzhong agreed and said, "From now on, the Third household needs to return gifts separately. We are organizing the banquet, if you take the gift money, we might as well drink the wind."

"I, as a father, am not yet dead, and each of you has grown unbearably bold!"

Tan Yuancheng was very displeased, but he was indeed wrong in this matter and could only invoke his status as a father.

Li Clan quietly thought it was a good thing she didn’t trust and had followed them; otherwise, who knows what losses their family might suffer.

"Isn’t it normal to divide the household? Third Boss didn’t stand up for himself before because he had no son, but now it’s different. If he has to rely on you for everything, wouldn’t people laugh at him to death?"

Tan Yuancheng was left speechless, unable to argue back. He could only say, "I can’t be bothered with you all; handle this matter yourselves!"

Since it had nothing to do with him, he even saved himself the trouble of showing up!

"You are my child’s grandfather, and if you manage nothing, people will certainly gossip." _{n𝚘𝚟𝚙u𝚋.co𝚖}

Tan Zhongzhong exploited the psychology that people who lack something care about it the most.

Tan Yuancheng didn’t have a great reputation in the village, being lazy, biased, afraid of his wife, and lacking backbone, so he desperately needed a good reputation.

Seeing his goal achieved, Tan Zhongzhong continued, "Not to mention anything else, as a grandfather, you should at least prepare a big red envelope, right? You sending it alone is fine, or like others who’ve divided their families, when one household has an event, the others contribute a gift. I’m not picky."

He silently added that no matter how it was handled, the gift shouldn’t be modest.

Wouldn’t it be embarrassing to only give Twenty to Thirty Wen Money like others when his legitimate grandson celebrates his full month?

"I’ll go and discuss this with them to see what they think."

Tan Yuancheng laughed it off before taking his leave.

Expecting him to pay? He might as well dream on.

Inside the house, Li Clan couldn’t wait to ask, "Do you think he will be willing to chip in for a silver bracelet or whatever?"

"If he were willing to buy that, he wouldn’t be my father. I think he’d probably use Eighty Wen Money at most."

Tan Zhongzhong said this helplessly, as this was already the best-case scenario.

Li Clan snorted lightly, "I think the longevity lock that the Village Chief’s eldest grandson wore for his full month looked very exquisite. Our Xiao Fu isn’t healthy, and he needs one of those."

"I’ll find a chance to talk to my dad. Even if it’s not a longevity lock, we should at least get a bracelet like Xiao Fu’s."

Tan Zhongzhong quickly appeased his daughter-in-law. Ever since he temporarily couldn’t perform his duties as a man, he was treated like a little boy in front of Li Clan.

Whatever she asked him to do, he didn’t dare do the opposite.

Li Clan was finally satisfied and said, "I’m going to sleep. You can change Xiao Fu’s diaper later."

Tan Zhongzhong outwardly agreed but inwardly felt extreme hatred.

It was pathetic for a man like him to live like this!

And it was all Qiao Duo’er’s fault that he ended up in this state!