"Did Chen really treat you like this?" At this moment, Granny Lin had forgotten the purpose of her visit and only heard the words "family members" were not worthy of her.
Why are her family members unworthy? What her daughter gave her as a filial gift is none of her business as a mother-in-law. She's just meddling in other people's business.
Lin Jingyue covered her face and nodded, her voice choked with sobs. "Chen said that I was marrying up to her son, and that I should never think about helping my family. That year there was a famine, and I was thinking of sending you some food, but Chen wouldn't allow it. My poor brother, I don't know how long he suffered during that time."
Covering her face, no one saw the mocking smile playing on her lips. As for what she said, it was all true. The original owner was unreasonable and blindly filial, a result of her environment. Moving her in-laws' things to her parents' home was indeed quite disliked.
But now that things are in this situation, isn't it a good time to bring it up and, incidentally, sow discord between the two of them?
Old Mrs. Chen's face darkened. She had no idea her second daughter-in-law was so shameless, daring to say such things with such self-righteousness. "Second daughter-in-law, you need to know you're a married woman. You should be taking care of your own family. What are you trying to do, running back to your parents' house all the time? Do you think your brother will starve?"
She certainly didn't lack anything, but she didn't receive the free gifts she was supposed to receive, so Granny Lin's face darkened a bit.
"Mrs. Chen, it's my daughter's business to be filial to me. What right do you have to interfere? No wonder my daughter has rarely come back these past few years. It's all because of you! My daughter married into your family, she wasn't sold to your family. That's her freedom!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? There's so much work to do in the fields every year, doesn't she? She's always running back to her parents' house. People who don't know better would think that her in-laws are mistreating her. I've never seen you show any affection for this daughter before, who are you putting on an act for now? You think you can use my things to show your respect? You're really dreaming."
Mrs. Chen was actually relieved. If she hadn't been assertive enough, her daughters-in-law would have sent countless things back to their parents' home. They were all as stupid as pigs, did they really think that taking a few things back would make their family treat them differently?
"I think you're just jealous of my daughter's filial piety. Don't you have a daughter yourself? When your daughter brings things home, you're all smiles. Why can't you do that with my daughter? Don't you have any conscience?"
"My daughter brought those things home; that's her skill. Your daughter doesn't have that skill or ability. Let me tell you today, nobody is taking anything from my house!"
"Who took your things? Those were gifts from my daughter as a token of her filial piety. You took my daughter's things? Don't you have any shame?"
"You old hag, are you out of your mind? What do you mean 'your daughter's stuff'? That's mine!"
Who are you calling a slut?
"So what if I'm cursing you? You stinking woman, you stinking woman, you stinking woman!"
"Chen, you rotten bastard, I'll beat you to death!"
War is imminent.
Lin Jingyue subtly pulled the child away, feeling somewhat helpless as she saw Xiaomingyue's curious expression. She'd have to give her a good talking-to when they got back, otherwise the child would be led astray.
The two old women started fighting without regard for their image. The reason was naturally not because of Lin Jingyue's words, but also because of the grudges that had been building up before. It was just a fuse that was lit.
However, they won't be able to fight for long, since that wasn't their main purpose for coming.
Soon, Granny Chen realized something was wrong. The two women were fighting fiercely, but no one was coming to stop them. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the little vixen was watching the show with amusement, showing no intention of breaking up the fight at all.
Suddenly she realized she'd fallen for that little bitch's trick!
"Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me, you crazy woman! Stop hitting me!"
"How dare you call me a crazy woman! I'll beat you to death!"
"Hey, hey, calm down, you forgot about us..."
She couldn't calm down at all, because there was another person fanning the flames, saying, "Don't hit my mother, she's weak. It's all my fault, I shouldn't have said it. But a mother-in-law is a mother-in-law, and a mother is her own mother! It's all my mother-in-law's fault for stopping me, otherwise my brother wouldn't have suffered like this."
That makes a completely unequal formula suddenly equal. The daughter couldn't bring the food back, which means the son ate two less bites of food. Eating two less bites means he wasn't full, and not being full means suffering, right?
The more she thought about it, the angrier Granny Lin became, wishing she could take out all the filial gifts her daughter had refused to give her over the years.
Granny Chen had calmed down, but the other person hadn't, so she wasn't paying attention and got scratched several times.
"You little slut, what are you looking at? Stop your mother!"
"Why are you stopping my mother? So you can hit her? She's my mother, I can't treat her like that."
Hearing their conversation, Granny Lin's anger towards Granny Chen intensified. "I knew you were up to no good! You tricked me into coming here just to beat me up, didn't you? I'll tear your mouth off! Let's see if you dare to talk nonsense again next time!"
Granny Chen had a terrible headache; it hurt both inside and out. It was like she had brought along a terrible teammate.
"Can you calm down? Have you forgotten why we came here?"
Lin Jingyue chimed in, "You're just jealous that my mother is doing better than you, so you want to use me, her daughter, to control her. Mother, don't be afraid. My mother-in-law needs someone to teach her a lesson, otherwise she'll get even more outrageous!"
"Pah! You vicious woman, Chen, you even tried to sow discord between my daughter and me. I've never seen anyone more wicked than you." Granny Lin slapped Granny Chen hard across the face, turning her cheek red.
At first, Granny Chen was tolerant, thinking that once the other party calmed down, they would reveal their purpose for the day and get the job first.
But seeing that Granny Lin was getting more and more insane, she dared not tolerate it any longer, or she would really be beaten to death.
"You dare hit me! I'll let you hit me, I'll let you hit me! I've been acting like a madwoman all these years, what have I ever been afraid of? You're as stupid as a pig, I'm speechless!"
The two old women started fighting, and for a moment they were completely oblivious to what was happening in the world, and in the end they fell to the ground and thrashed about.
Lin Jingyue only said a few words and gave a little guidance, and the two of them started fighting amongst themselves, which was quite funny.
However, she succeeded in her scheme because she understood the personalities of the two men; if it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't have been able to achieve their goal.
"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, I was wrong, please stop hitting me." Granny Chen finally begged for mercy after hitting her so hard, it hurt too much.
Granny Lin smiled smugly, but the pain from the injury on her lip made her wince.
"Daughter, my...daughter? Where is she?!"
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