"Goodness gracious, Wang Jufen and her two children are something else. Old Gu must have spent at least a hundred taels of silver on them," Auntie Liu said to the villagers.
"Indeed. A hundred taels! Our family wouldn't earn that much in a lifetime. Old Gu works so hard, up early and back late every day, and that woman just squanders everything. If my wife were like that, I'd beat her to death," Uncle Lǎogēn chimed in, joining the gossip.
"Old man, what are you saying? How could I ever be like that woman Wang Jufen? A hundred taels could build several brick-and-tile houses in our village, or even buy a courtyard house a bit off the center in town. Just thinking about it makes my heart ache," Uncle Lǎogēn's wife snapped at him in dissatisfaction.
Chapter 35