Gu Zhong took a few deep breaths, his voice dropping. "Sanlang's family isn't poor? He told me yesterday that his family is fifty taels of silver in debt!"
"When have you ever seen Third Sister-in-law trying to take advantage of people like you always do?"
"I make sure you have food to eat and clothes to wear. What others have is their business, so what's there for you to be jealous about?"
"Even the Emperor gets to eat meat every day. You can dream about it, but do you have that kind of fortune?"
"You should go take a piss and use the reflection to see what a wretched state you're in."
Cradling Bao'er, Xing'er huddled in her chair, not daring to even breathe too loudly.
Gu Zhong shot a glance their way, and both of them quickly lowered their heads.
