Chapter: 1780

Thinking this through, she let out a cold snort, then spoke up: "Alright, since General Wu lets us put aside our biases, I won't argue with you either. However, I still advise you to take a good look at your own situation within this household, for here, you are a sinner and should always have a sense of redemption!"

Qian Hongyan's heart was indeed annoyed, but she didn't continue arguing with Old Madame Xiao; instead, she said expressionlessly: "Dinner is already prepared, let's eat!"

However, on the surface, she seemed to say nothing at all, but inwardly she hated Old Madame Xiao with a passion.

She had finally fully understood Old Madame Xiao's attitude - it would only get worse from now on, not better.

If the Xiao family group continued to rise, Old Madame Xiao's stance was bound to become even more prominent.

Inwardly, she couldn't help but think: "This old madam, if I could just give her a good thrashing!"

However, she had a grudge against Old Madame Xiao, and followed the Xiao family into the dining hall.

Old Madame Xiao directly sat down at the main seat of the table, looked at the dishes that Qian Hongyan had prepared, frowned with discontent, and said, "How can it all be ordinary home cooking? There's not even a single dish. Don't you know I'm getting older and need to replenish my body?"

Qian Hongyan spoke with a hint of resentment, saying, "Mom, you can't blame me for this. The money at home is all yours, and I only have a few hundred yuan, how can I buy big fish or meat?"

Old Madame Xiao snickered coldly, "Of course, you're just looking for excuses. You should be able to buy a chicken stew with your few hundred yuan. Even a chicken costs around a hundred yuan, can't you afford it?"

Qian Hongyan's heart was burning with anger, saying, "Mom, there are five people at home who need to eat, and you don't give me a living allowance. I'm a clever wife without rice to cook, today's dishes at least have pork, but tomorrow's meal may not even have meat."

Old Madame Xiao glared at her, saying, "There's no problem with the living allowance, but you must really report your expenses. From now on, when you buy groceries, go to a regular supermarket and use vouchers to claim reimbursement from me."

Old Madame Xiao smiled with a hint of scorn: "I don't mind trouble, I'm still full of energy."

Qian Hongyan listened attentively and then picked up her bowl, taking two mouthfuls.

Next to her, Xio Xi Xi was flipping through her phone while eating quietly, and then turned to Old Madame Xiao and said, "Grandma, can I apply for some image expenses?"

Old Madame Xiao furrowed her brow and asked, "What kind of image expenses?"

Xio Xi Xi behaved herself and said, "Grandma, you see, I'm now the commercial director of our Xio family group. As the director, I need to maintain a certain image when I'm out there representing the company. So, my dressing, makeup, and skincare products all need to match our company's positioning."

Old Madame Xiao gave her a cold stare and said, "Don't waste your breath talking nonsense here. Just say what you want."

Xio Xi Xi said, "Grandma, I want to apply for 100,000 yuan to buy a bag, some new clothes, and some beauty and skincare products."

"100,000?!?" Old Madame Xiao snickered coldly: "Really think our family's money is like windfalls?!"

Xio Xi Xi looked dejected and said, "Grandma, isn't it true that Wu General gave us several million yuan? And the company's accounts are quite flush. 100,000 yuan doesn't mean much to us."

Old Madame Xiao was furious and said: "Not mean much? I'm telling you, because people always think 100,000 yuan is nothing, 200,000 yuan is nothing, even 1 million yuan is nothing! So that's why our Xio family group got ruined in the end. Therefore, from now on, we must grasp this chance to reborn like a phoenix and never make the same mistakes as before!"

Xio Xi Xi had a somewhat unhappy expression, muttering with a few notes of sentiment: "After going through such a long period of hardship, I don't even have decent makeup products now. In the future, I'll be leaving the house looking like that and going out to do business or negotiate deals, which won't do justice to our Xio family group's reputation. Moreover, I sold off all my belongings at a loss just to survive, and now I don't even have a good package left. When I leave the house, wouldn't I be ridiculed by others?"

Old Madame Xiao waved her hand impatiently: "Alright, stop trying to pull wool over my eyes. The problem of the package can be solved - buy a fake one, buy a fake Hermès, and carry it out with confidence?"

"What's there to lose face about......" Xio Xi Xi panicked and said, "I'm also the commercial director of our Xio family group. If I get recognized as a fake Hermès bag when I go out, how embarrassing!" JrNovels.com