That day when I just got home from work, my husband came over to me with a smile.

"Darling, could you give me 100 yuan to buy cigarettes?"

I found it strange and asked, "Didn't you just get paid today? Where's your money?"

"Oh, my money is all kept by my mom. She said that in the future, when we have children, we still need to buy a big house to live in. She's afraid we won't be able to save enough money, so she asked me to keep all my salary with her. When we have children in the future, we can use it to buy a house."

"Shouldn't your mom give you living expenses?"

Luo Jiaxiang shamelessly said, "Let's just use your living expenses for now. Anyway, when we buy a house in the future, it will be in both our names. We are family. No distinction between you and me."

Upon hearing this, I chuckled.

In a past life, I might have endured silently, making them think they had me under control. So, there was no handing over of my salary to my mother-in-law.

We have always kept our own salaries. When it comes time for our child to go to school and buy a house in a good school district, we will use our savings, and in the end, the house will be in both our names.

But in this life, they probably thought I was not easy to control, so they set their sights on my salary.

Luo Jiaxiang kept all his salary with his mom. Once the money is under his mom's name, even if it's a gift, it no longer belongs to our joint property as a couple.

Then he used my salary for daily expenses, as if he had it all figured out.

Coldly, I said, "Sorry, my money is also kept by my mom. But my mom will leave me some basic living expenses. Won't your mom do the same?"

Upon hearing this, my mother-in-law in the living room couldn't sit still and immediately came over to intervene.

"What? You gave all your salary to your mom? You wasteful woman! How can a woman get married and still take her salary back to her parents' home? You should bring it to your own little home!"

"My salary, I can spend it however I want, give it to whoever I want. Can't stand it? Then let's get a divorce."

If that's all it takes to end this miserable marriage, I'd be more than happy.

Seeing that I wasn't joking, Luo Jiaxiang calmed down.

"Alright, darling. Don't say such hurtful words. My mom didn't mean it that way either. She's also thinking about us as a couple. After all, your family still has a younger brother who isn't married yet. If this money is used by your mother-in-law to subsidize your brother-in-law in the future, that wouldn't be good."

Heh, I'd rather use this money to help my younger brother than benefit this shameless family.

Moreover, in a past life, after my parents passed away, whenever I encountered difficulties, my younger brother and his wife always helped me personally.

How could they ask for my money?

So, I responded to Luo Jiaxiang in a similar manner, "My mom is also thinking about us as a couple, after all, you still have a younger sister who isn't married yet. If this money is used by my mom to provide a dowry for your younger sister in the future, that wouldn't be good."

My mother-in-law retorted angrily, "How could that be!"

"Oh."

I looked meaningfully at Luo Jiamei, "Did you hear that, younger sister? In the future when you get married, mom doesn't plan to provide you with a dowry."

Luo Jiamei's face stiffened, but she didn't say anything.

In the end, everyone dispersed unhappily, but I was in quite a good mood.