Chapter 446 Angered by Madam Dong
After the wedding procession finished picking up the bride, it gradually disappeared into the distance.
The Meng family still had to entertain the guests. Madam Dong was gentle and kind, and she was more approachable than Madam Sun. When the guests looked at her and compared her to Madam Sun, they could tell who was truly gentle and kind.
Truly kind people give off a different vibe.
The Luo family, to which the eldest aunt of the Meng family married, also came. Even though Lord Luo had remarried, his second wife treated Luo Yong'an, the son of his first wife, as her own, and the mother and son got along well. Luo Yong'an's wife, Xu, also got along well with Madam Luo, so Madam Luo also came to this wedding banquet.
Meng Jinyao didn't want to flatter the other ladies, so she sat down and chatted with Madam Luo and her cousin-in-law, Madam Xu. Luo Yong'an and Madam Xu's son, Zheng Ge'er, nestled obediently in Madam Luo's arms, showing that the grandmother and grandson had a good relationship.
Meng Jinyao looked at Madam Luo, then glanced at Dong Shi not far away. Not all stepmothers are vicious; there are still many gentle and kind stepmothers. Although she hadn't had much contact with Dong Shi, she could feel Dong Shi's heartfelt kindness. It was such a pity that such a good woman like Dong Shi married her father.
Looking at Meng Jinyao's already protruding belly, Madam Xu asked, "Cousin, are you more than four months pregnant?"
Meng Jinyao subconsciously touched her belly and replied, "Counting the days, I conceived this child in late May, and now it's the second day of October, so I'm over four months along."
Ms. Xu asked with concern, "Have you experienced any discomfort during your pregnancy?"
Meng Jinyao shook her head: "No, I eat well and sleep well. I don't feel pregnant at all, only my belly is growing."
Hearing this, Madam Xu looked at her son sitting on his mother-in-law's lap and leaning against her chest with some envy, and said, "This child is not only destined to be with you two, but he has also come to repay a debt of gratitude. When I was pregnant with Zheng'er, I suffered from morning sickness throughout my entire pregnancy, and it was not until after I gave birth that I stopped vomiting."
Meng Jinyao was surprised: "It's that serious?"
Mrs. Xu revealed an expression of unbearable recollection: "Sigh, I lost a lot of weight when I was pregnant, but I gradually gained it back later."
Meanwhile, seeing her granddaughter-in-law getting along well with Madam Luo, and even her great-grandson being close to Madam Luo, Old Madam Meng felt quite jealous. She was Zheng Ge'er's great-grandmother, and blood was thicker than water, but Zheng Ge'er was not close to her and went to be close to his grandmother, who was not related to him by blood.
When her grandson was only two years old, her eldest daughter passed away from illness. Her son-in-law was still so young, and she was sure he would remarry. She worried that her stepmother, who was not related to her by blood, would not treat her grandson well. After her son-in-law remarried, his second wife treated her grandson well, but her grandson was not very close to her.
If she had known this would happen, she would have arranged for her niece to marry her son-in-law, who was talented and handsome, when she learned that her niece secretly admired him. She would have made her niece her son-in-law's second wife.
My aunt, being a stepmother, wouldn't mistreat her grandson, nor would she instigate him to be distant from the Meng family. This way, the two families would be close, and her son-in-law could even help her son out. If her son wanted a job this year, it wouldn't be snatched away by her son-in-law's stepbrother.
That was also her mistake back then.
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The banquet began, and everyone took their seats.
Meng Jinyao was a daughter of the Meng family, and she sat with the other women of the Meng family. After all, there were only two women in the Meng family now. Twice, when Old Madam Meng wanted to speak to her, she was interrupted by Meng Jinyao talking to other people. Madam Dong also helped her three times, preventing Old Madam Meng from having a chance to speak, which made Old Madam Meng very angry.
The banquet ended, and both hosts and guests were in high spirits.
Meng Jinyao knew that if she lingered any longer, her grandmother and father would definitely say something unpleasant to her, so she became one of the first to leave. After chatting with Madam Dong for a few minutes, she left with her husband.
After all the guests had left, Meng Dongyuan noticed that his eldest daughter and son-in-law had already departed. He couldn't help but scold his mother, "Mother, why didn't you keep them here? I still had something to say to them."
Madam Meng glanced at Madam Dong with displeasure and said in an unhappy tone, "Ask your good daughter-in-law what she has been doing. I wanted to talk to that girl, but she shut me down."
Meng Dongyuan thought Madam Dong was a good person; she was beautiful and never caused him any trouble. But why was she so immature when she should have been? He frowned: "Madam, why did you do this?"
Madam Dong looked completely innocent: "Husband, Mother, you've misunderstood. I just thought the eldest daughter was easy to get along with, so I couldn't help but talk to her more."
Upon hearing this, Meng Dongyuan also felt that this must be the case, and said, "Mother, this is a misunderstanding."
Old Madam Meng was annoyed that Madam Dong lacked tact and said irritably, "Who knows if she did it on purpose? She's not her own daughter, why is she trying to get close to her?"
Dong lowered her head and remained silent.
Actually, she really did it on purpose tonight. Her mother-in-law is unreasonable, her husband is mediocre, incompetent, ambitious, and selfish. She can't rely on her husband and mother-in-law.
Furthermore, she has no children, which will be a problem when she gets old. Her two children are hostile towards her, so she can't rely on them.
As long as Meng Jinyao and Meng Chengzhang treat each other with respect, and she is sincere in her treatment of them now, they will be filial to her in the future. When Meng Chengzhang marries and has children, she will be surrounded by her children and grandchildren, and she will not be lonely in her old age.
Seeing her head bowed and silent, Madam Meng became even angrier and said to her son, "You'd better educate your wife properly in the future. She's useless at crucial moments and even pushes opportunities away."
Meng Dongyuan quickly said, "Mother, please calm down. I will teach her a lesson when I get back."
Madam Meng glanced at Madam Dong and felt that Madam Dong was more cunning than Madam Sun. In the past, when she disciplined Madam Sun, her son always sided with her. Now that she was disciplining Madam Dong, her son sided with Madam Dong. She really didn't look like a vixen, but she had the methods of a vixen.
A moment later, Madam Meng asked again, "Did you mention that matter to your son-in-law today?"
Mentioning this matter, Meng Dongyuan felt depressed and shook his head dejectedly: "My son didn't even have a chance to say it."
Madam Meng was puzzled: "Why didn't you have a chance to tell him? Didn't you know to find an opportunity to talk to him?"
Meng Dongyuan was extremely frustrated: "He said he wouldn't disturb the elders' conversation and would chat with his peers. Eight or nine teenagers surrounded him, asking him questions. Even Luo Shi'an, the son of his eldest sister's husband and his second wife, joined in."
Madam Meng: "..."
This is clearly an attempt to avoid the Meng family. Otherwise, what could a thirty-year-old like Gu Jingxi possibly have to talk about with a teenager?
Meng Dongyuan sighed deeply, feeling that he was a pathetic father-in-law, being suppressed by his son-in-law. He had originally thought that today would be a good opportunity to have a good talk with his son-in-law and ask him to help him find a real position so that he could realize his ambitions and serve the court well.
Unexpectedly, the Meng family produced an unruly and disobedient daughter, and her son-in-law was also unfilial.
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