Chapter 95 The Best Mother-in-law's Handbook 17

Having her tracks exposed by her own mother, Zhu Zhenmei stamped her feet in anger, with an expression of grievance on her delicate and beautiful face. Her own mother refused to get close to her, and only leaned on Jiang's shoulder, retorting coquettishly, "I'm not sneaking around!"

Immediately, his eyes fell on Feng Wu's brand new clothes, and he exclaimed, "Mother, where did you get the money to make new clothes? Our family is not rich to begin with, and the money has to be saved for my dowry. How much money did it cost to buy such beautiful clothes..."

Seeing Feng Wu staring at him with a half-smile, he lowered his voice, realizing he had spoken out of turn, and only complained quietly, "You're already old, and you're still dressed so flamboyantly. My dad won't even glance at you. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by others?"

Although the words were spoken quietly, the room was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop, not to mention that Zhu Zhenmei's voice was much louder than the sound of a pin drop.

Although Jiang looked embarrassed, she felt cold in her heart. No matter what, she couldn't despise her biological mother like this. What was the difference between this and despising herself!

But as the host, Zhu Sanlang had a matter-of-fact expression on his face, so Jiang had to step in to smooth things over. "My little sister is naive, mother, please don't take it personally. I'll talk to her later. It's a rare family gathering today, and the food will be served soon. It's best if everyone eats and drinks well."

This sentence sounded pleasing to the ears. Feng Wu never showed any displeasure because of Zhu Zhenmei's words. Everyone thought that Feng Wu was hurt and sad and that was why he didn't want to speak.

Zhu Xiaozao sat next to her grandmother, feeling that her aunt's words must have hurt her grandmother's heart. She clumsily picked up the teapot on the table and poured Feng Wu a cup of boiling hot tea, saying in a comforting tone, "Grandma, have some tea."

Feng Wu lowered her eyes. The little girl looked at her anxiously and worriedly. In an instant, the negative emotions she had endured from her original memory immediately disappeared. Liu Fengniang was not too unlucky. Feng Wu smiled with her eyebrows curved, and there was no trace of the old age in her eyes. She took the hot cup and took a sip.

Although the tea tastes bitter, it has a fragrant aftertaste.

Zhu Zhenmei, who realized that she had said something out of turn, also noticed that the atmosphere at the table was not right. She pursed her lips in grievance. She was not wrong. Her mother was already old, and if she had any money, she should save it for her and her fifth brother!

All three brothers helped to get married, but why was there nothing for her and her fifth brother?

Why?

They are all children of the Zhu family, but they are treated differently. They are not children born to concubines!

She didn't dare to say this out loud, and secretly glanced at her three brothers. Everyone had a different expression. It was true that her three brothers had not cared so much about her since they got married and had children. Now they must be thinking about how to get more things into their small family when the family was divided!

snort!

Thinking of the young master Wang whom she met a few days ago when she and her third sister-in-law went to celebrate the birthday of the old lady of the Yuanwai family, Zhu Zhenmei couldn't help feeling sweet in her heart.

Prince Wang privately invited her to go to the suburbs to appreciate chrysanthemums. Although she didn't know what was so good about wild chrysanthemums, she really didn't want to refuse Prince Wang's invitation.

Although the third sister-in-law disagreed, she still made her a new dress.

In this world, only her third sister-in-law treats her the best, a hundred times better than her mother.

The dishes were served one after another. Zhu Erlang and his companions took the dishes very quickly. After a while, the two dishes were finished.

Feng Wu only tasted one bite, then picked up two more pieces of food for Zhu Xiaozao with his chopsticks. When he turned around and wanted to take another bite, he found that the food had already been eaten by the second brother's couple.

Feng Wu: "..." Even though these two were not her adopted son and daughter-in-law, Feng Wu still felt her face getting a little hot.

"Hey, second brother, can you please be more careful? You look like a starving ghost when you eat. We are outside, you should at least keep your dignity." As for the second daughter-in-law, that was not her business.

But Zhu Erlang didn't take it seriously and just focused on eating. In an instant, two legs were missing from the roast chicken that had just been served on the table.

Feng Wu called out to everyone, "...Eat!" Besides this, Feng Wu didn't know what else to say. If she told anyone, it would be her fault as a mother for not disciplining her son well! She would have to take the blame!

Zhu Sanlang couldn't stand his second brother's starving eating habits. If his mother hadn't been there, he would have put down his chopsticks and left long ago.

Everyone enjoyed the meal in their own way. Feng Wu, who was originally planning to pay the bill, was pushed aside by Jiang. Seeing that there was no reluctance on her face, Feng Wu stopped being pretentious. As a mother-in-law, it was not something she could not afford to pay for a meal given by her son and daughter-in-law.

The main thing was that Feng Wu barely ate a bite of the meal, so it was a bit painful to ask her to pay one or two taels of silver.

Jiang did not break her promise and took the group on a tour of the town alone. She also bought some delicious cakes and candied fruits for her mother-in-law Feng Wu.

The town was not big, but it took an hour or two to walk around. As the sky grew darker, Feng Wu declined Jiang's proposal to stay overnight and returned home with a group of people.

Before leaving, Feng Wu specifically called Zhu Zhenmei aside and said, "Zhenmei, you've been in town for more than ten days. It's time to go home, otherwise your third sister-in-law will dislike you!"

"My third sister-in-law is so good to me! She never looks down on me as her sister-in-law. The clothes I'm wearing were tailor-made for me by my third sister-in-law. Can you give me meat to eat when we return to the village? Can you let me wear new clothes?" Zhu Zhenmei really felt that her mother was here to bring bad luck to her. She had finally found her ideal partner, but she didn't expect her mother to come and destroy it.

Is this really my mother?

Feng Wu was silent when asked, and just said: "Your third sister-in-law is just your sister-in-law after all, your lifelong affairs still need to be decided..."

Zhu Zhenmei didn't want to listen at all and shouted loudly, "No, I won't marry if you find me a peasant. I'd rather run away to a temple and become a nun than marry. Mother, don't try to control my marriage. With my third sister-in-law around, I'm sure I can find a wealthy family and live a life without worries about food and clothing."

Feng Wu's eyes grew colder and colder, and finally, she could only sigh helplessly, "Good words cannot persuade a damned ghost, and mercy without salvation will only lead to self-destruction. Since you are determined to go your own way..." Feng Wu pinched Zhu Zhenmei's wrist and pulled her in, saying in a cold tone, "Just remember what I said today. You chose your own path. Don't come crying in front of me in the future. I won't care about you... I'll ask you one last time, will you come back with me?"

Zhu Zhenmei only cared about her hand that was pinched and hurt. When Feng Wu loosened his grip, she immediately shook her hand off. If she hadn't dodged quickly, the palm would have almost hit her face.

Zhu Zhenmei came back to her senses, somewhat afraid to look at her mother's face. She just lowered her head and said firmly, "I don't want to go back. When I get married, I will send you pension money every month."

"Oh, that's not necessary! You and I are mother and daughter, and today I wish your dream can come true." Feng Wu turned around, and there was no trace of indifference on her face. She raised her eyes to look at the slowly setting sun, and her steps were hurried. She had to go home quickly, because it would be dark soon, and the children were afraid of the dark. It would be troublesome if they cried.