Chapter Four: Have you grown too big for your britches?
Zhong Chengyi burst into tears and hugged Liu Cuie's leg, crying, "Grandma, you love me the most! You have to stand up for us! Mom suddenly said she wouldn't let Xiaoxiao get married and that she'd send that brat to some high school!"
"What the hell?" Liu Cuie's triangular eyes widened suddenly. "Not getting married? That family over there sincerely gave twenty yuan as a deposit."
If she goes back on her word, where will she put her old face? Not only will she have to return the twenty yuan, but the Wang family will also cause trouble.
"That Zhang Chunxue, she's got a death wish, she thinks she can do whatever she wants." Liu Cuie got angrier and angrier, and stood up abruptly. "One hundred yuan for the bride price, not a penny less! Does she think that just because I'm dead, she can take charge of the household?"
The three grandsons exchanged a glance, immediately stopped crying and started laughing. They quickly got up and followed behind, making a grand procession towards Zhang Chunxue's house.
At this moment, Zhong Xiaoxiao was still in shock and couldn't recover. She thought that not getting married was the best plan, but her mother still wanted to support her to continue her schooling.
"Xiaoxiao, don't worry, Mom keeps her word. I was blinded by greed before and mistreated you." Zhang Chunxue was somewhat sentimental; how could she not feel sorry for you when you were her own flesh and blood?
Everyone says that raising children is for old age security, but my three sons are really no good.
To put it bluntly, they're worse than pigs and dogs.
"Mom, is what you're saying true?" Zhong Xiaoxiao bit her lips until they turned white, her shoulders trembling, still unable to believe it.
Zhang Chunxue nodded and made the fire on the stove burn even brighter.
She knew that rebuilding trust with her daughter so quickly would be difficult, and the only way to prove it was through actions.
She waved her hand and cooked a few dishes. "Call your second sister-in-law over for dinner. As for those other dishes, take them or leave them!"
"Okay!" Zhong Xiaoxiao, who had been anxious, readily agreed, a genuine smile of happiness on her face.
Zhong Xiaoxiao had the best relationship with her second sister-in-law, Zhou Mingli.
Unlike her eldest sister-in-law Li Hongjuan, who was sharp-tongued and arrogant, the second sister-in-law would sometimes secretly slip her some food and say a few words of concern.
Mom asked her to go and call her second sister-in-law, and of course she was happy!
She walked out with light steps, her mind still churning with doubt as she went.
Mom is acting really strange today...
She was so mean to her three older brothers, treating them like they weren't her own children.
But he was so good to her... so gentle, his eyes were full of warmth.
They even want to send her to high school... It's like a dream.
Zhong Xiaoxiao couldn't help but raise her hand and, under the cover of her faded pants, secretly pinch her thigh hard.
"hiss--"
It hurts!
She took a deep breath, confirming that this was not a dream.
But before she could even step out of the kitchen doorway, she saw a large group of people blocking the entrance.
The one in the lead was Liu Cuie, followed by her three older brothers who were looking on with glee and waiting to see the show!
Zhong Xiaoxiao's heart skipped a beat, and the smile on her face instantly froze.
She instinctively shrank back, letting out a timid, mosquito-like hum: "Grandma..."
Before she could finish speaking, Liu Cuie glared at her with her triangular eyes, "Get out of here! You good-for-nothing!"
The old lady impatiently shoved her aside with such force that Zhong Xiaoxiao stumbled and almost fell.
Liu Cuie didn't even look at her, and immediately yelled into the kitchen, "Zhang Chunxue! Zhang Chunxue! Get out here right now!"
Upon hearing this sound, Zhang Chunxue, who was in the kitchen, immediately frowned.
Liu Cuie, that old hag! She sneered inwardly.
From the moment she married into the Zhong family, the old lady never gave her a kind look.
The old lady was extremely biased, only having eyes for her eldest son Zhong Guoqiang, her youngest son Zhong Guoyong, and her beloved daughter Zhong Guoying.
As for her husband, Zhong Guosheng, the middleman who was stuck in the middle, he was a complete jerk to her, and she disliked him so much that they separated early on, out of sight, out of mind!
If it weren't for Guosheng sacrificing his life to save some leader who accidentally fell into the river during an inspection tour, and the leader being grateful and giving him 500 yuan as compensation, this old hag probably wouldn't even bother to remember which way her door faces.
Zhang Chunxue knew perfectly well that the old woman's interest was never in her, a widow whose husband had died, nor in her grandsons, but rather in that sum of money.
How ridiculous are her three foolish sons, who actually think their grandmother loves them so much!
Zhang Chunxue sneered inwardly, but walked out expressionlessly.
She calmly wiped her hands clean with a rag, walked to the door, glanced at Liu Cuie indifferently, and then looked at her three sons who had their heads down and dared not look at her.
"Mother, what's wrong with you, all angry?" Her words betrayed no emotion.
Liu Cuie pointed her finger at her nose and scolded, "I'm asking you, Zhang Chunxue, you've grown some guts, haven't you? You think you're all grown up now?"
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