"Did your sister-in-law really say that?" The smile finally vanished from Wang Laodi's face. With a grim expression, she looked at her son-in-law, who stood with his head bowed, and her daughter, who was pouting.
"Yeah. My sister-in-law said our family tricked her and that we have to return everything. If not... if not, she's going to my work unit next week." Li Wantun knew this was a thorny issue, so he had rushed back to stammer out the story to his mother-in-law. 'She started this whole mess,' he thought, 'so she must know how to fix it.'
Wang Laodi sat there with a stern face, not saying a word.
"Mom, look at how uncouth they are. Do we really need to stoop to coveting their pathetic little things? Since she's not getting the job, just give her stuff back. After this, she can forget about ever stepping foot in our house again." Jiang Huilan didn't see what the big deal was. 'We got caught, so we'll just return everything. What's a country bumpkin going to do about it, anyway?'
