Gao Huilan was pretending to be sick before, but today she really felt unwell. She had been busy at work all day and had just returned home, so she was lying in bed to rest.
Hearing Zheng Xinyue's question, he immediately became furious.
"I'm sick and can't cook today. You do it."
Zheng Xinyue was dissatisfied. How could she cook? When she was at home, Gu Meiqin cooked, and she occasionally cooked a few meals, but her cooking skills were not very good.
"Pretending to be sick every day is really fun..."
Zheng Xinyue thought she was using the same old trick again and couldn't help but complain in a low voice.
Gao Huilan overheard what she said. She forced herself to endure the discomfort, left the yard, and cursed with a dark face, "Who's pretending to be sick? I just came back from a day's work, took some medicine, and lay down for a while, and you're back. Look at this compound, which daughter-in-law doesn't cook? I don't ask you to cook every day, just a few meals occasionally, and you still complain so much. Why did my son marry someone like you? Compared to your sister, you're far behind!"
This is what Gao Huilan really thinks. Ever since Zheng Xinyue married Zhou Yunyan, she has been suffering from insomnia at night, thinking about this matter over and over again.
Was it the right decision to force Zheng Wangshu away?
She used to think that her son could find someone better if he didn't live with Zheng Wangshu, but now she has completely given up hope.
Zheng Xinyue cannot compare with Zheng Wangshu in any aspect.
Zheng Wangshu has a good personality and is filial to his elders. Most importantly, he is easy to control and usually accepts everything that happens to him.
Since she got married, the whole family has looked much better.
Now, after Zheng Wangshu remarried, his whole family became pale and thin again.
If she hadn't been afraid that Zheng Xinyue would go back to her parents' home, she would have wanted to say this a long time ago. But today she really couldn't bear it anymore and accidentally said the truth.
What does Zheng Xinyue hate to hear the most? It's when others say she's not as good as Zheng Wangshu. She has always liked to compete with Zheng Wangshu since she was a child, and she always thinks she is worse than him.
Even if Zheng Wangshu is better than her now, she will never admit it.
Now that her mother-in-law is praising Zheng Wangshu in front of her, how can she bear it?
"I'm not as good as my sister, so why are you forcing her away? If she were better, would it be my turn to enter your house? Who says a daughter-in-law has to cook? Is it a national requirement? I've said before that my cooking skills are not that good, and you all know that. Who is looking for trouble by bringing this up now?"
As soon as Zhou Yunyan and Zhou Aiguo entered the yard, they heard the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arguing fiercely.
If it were Zheng Wangshu, she would probably just sit aside and keep silent, listening to what her mother-in-law said.
Zheng Xinyue is different. For every word Gao Huilan says, she has ten words waiting for her response. She will not give in just because the other party is her elder.
Zhou Yunyan was already annoyed. In the past, he would just want to go home after get off work, but now he couldn't wait to wander around outside for two hours.
Because not long after returning home, Zheng Xinyue would pester him to do that kind of thing, which made him very annoyed.
Moreover, since he married this woman, the family has not been harmonious at all. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quarrel every day, and even the usually well-behaved sister has become disobedient following Zheng Xinyue.
"Alright, everyone, shut up! Don't you think our family is embarrassing enough? The neighbors are all listening intently. It's just cooking, why is it so troublesome? Zheng Wangshu used to have four dishes and a soup for every meal and never complained."
Although he had divorced Zheng Wangshu, the family seemed to live in Zheng Wangshu's shadow, and both mother and son kept mentioning Zheng Wangshu.
This is enough to prove that they both feel very regretful.
Zheng Xinyue felt very aggrieved when she saw that Zhou Yunyan did not stand on her side.
"Yun Yan, what do you mean by that? She was the one who started it and said I wasn't as good as Zheng Wangshu. Otherwise, do you think I would want to argue with her?"
Zheng Xinyue kept calling her "she" and didn't even want to call her mother.
Zhou Yunyan thought, isn't this the truth? I used to think Zheng Wangshu was good for nothing except cooking, but now I know that she is not only a good cook, but also a talented woman.
She is indeed a hundred times stronger than Zheng Xinyue.
"Don't call her her her. Don't you even know how to call me mom? Respecting elders is the most basic education."
Zhou Yunyan frowned and couldn't help but scold.
When Zheng Xinyue saw them standing together to attack her, she felt as if she had suffered a great injustice.
When I was in the Zheng family, I was the treasure in my parents' hands. I didn't expect that I would be bullied by my in-laws not long after getting married.
Zheng Xinyue is not the original Zheng Wangshu, so she naturally won't tolerate it.
"Okay, you are a family, you gang up on me and bully me. You are powerful, but I am an outsider and cannot afford to offend you."
Zheng Xinyue kept nodding as she spoke. "You only see my shortcomings, and don't see the strengths of others? I just ran into Zheng Wangshu on the road. She said Zhou Jingchuan handed over all his family assets to her for safekeeping, and that he planned to buy her a car so she could drive to work. What about me? What do I have after marrying into your family? You've fooled me with fake things, making me lose face. Now you're even rude to me over a meal. I'm telling you, if you want to bully me, you've got no chance!"
Zhou Yunyan was also shocked when he heard her words. They actually wanted to buy a car? A car would cost tens of thousands, right? Is this a joke?
Could it be that Zhou Jingchuan really made that much money? He was just a pig farmer, how could he afford a car?
Zhou Yunyan's face became darker and darker. He didn't want to admit Zhou Jingchuan's excellence, and he didn't want to admit that his work was worse than his.
As a person who cares so much about face, Zhou Yunyan couldn't help but feel angry and embarrassed when being ridiculed by Zheng Xinyue.
"Comparing me to Zhou Jingchuan? Why don't you compare me to your sister? She has four dishes and a soup for every meal, cooked just like in a state-owned restaurant, is filial to her parents-in-law, and has a respectable job. What about you? What do you have? Your family only gave you a little dowry, and you kept it all for yourself. Now you still complain that others look down on you? Ask yourself, have you lived up to your expectations?"
Unable to swallow this humiliation, the two began to attack each other. Zheng Xinyue said that Zhou Yunyan was not as good as Zhou Jingchuan, and Zhou Yunyan said that she was not as good as Zheng Wangshu.
After arguing for a while, both of them were flushed.
In the end, Zheng Xinyue was so angry that she threw her schoolbag and ran away.
The Zhou family was making so much noise that the neighbors naturally heard it, and everyone was listening intently.
Now seeing Zheng Xinyue running out angrily, he couldn't help but gloat over her misfortune.
"If you ask me, the Zhou family is really getting their comeuppance. How good was their daughter-in-law before? She treated them wholeheartedly, but they just didn't take her seriously. Now they've married someone like this, they're in big trouble."
"Who says it's not? This is called karma. I used to feel so bad for Xiao Zheng, but now his life is getting better and better, while their family is in chaos every day."
Several women gathered together, discussing with each other.
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