Alas, my wife's tactic of keeping herself out of the fray is just too clever; I have no choice but to admit defeat.
Gu Tianming thought to himself and said sternly to his mother, "Times have changed. The era of material scarcity is long gone. After so many years of reform and opening up, what is available in S City that Haicheng lacks?
My elder brother, younger brother, and younger sister and their families all live with you, without having to bear the cost of meals. They save all the money they earn, and they have rental income as well. This time, I even covered the round-trip plane tickets and accommodations for their visit to S City—that's already saved them a lot of money. So stop pestering me about buying them clothes. Are they not even capable of affording a single piece of clothing for themselves? Do they still have to rely on me to buy it for them?