Cao Erdan was displeased. "What do you mean 'should'? Mother, don't talk to people like that, or next time I won't even be allowed to exchange things, I'll be chased away if I get close!"
Cao Sanniang didn't take it to heart. "Isn't that right? We're distant relatives, shouldn't they give us some food?"
Cao Erdan scoffed, completely unafraid of his mother, and argued forcefully, "I'm not trying to be mean, but Mother, how many layers of kinship do we have with the Mo family? You can hardly keep track of it yourself! Stop bringing up these relationships! I still have my pride! If you keep making up these nonsense, I won't be able to get anything, and you can just wait to starve to death!"
"You little brat! How dare you talk to your mother like that!" Cao Sanniang was humiliated by her son's words. Didn't she have any dignity? She deserved a beating!
Cao Erdan knew his mother well. When he saw Cao Sanniang raise her hand, he raised his face and said, "You hit me! If my mute mother sees the marks on my face tomorrow, she's so smart, she'll definitely guess that my mother hit me, which means I lied, and I'll have to pay for the fish! I might as well just return it to her later, then you won't have to eat anything!"
Cao San Niang's raised hand froze in mid-air, unsure whether to hit her or not. In the end, she angrily packed her things and went back home.
Su Nanxi knew that arguments were inevitable, but she couldn't be bothered with them; that was something they needed to coordinate internally.
During dinner, Mo Yunmei said, "Mom, I want to go to town for a stroll. I haven't been there in many years."
Grandma Mo didn't look up, and asked calmly, "What do you want to do in town?"
Mo Yunmei thought her mother had relented and was very happy. She leaned closer and said, "Let's go shopping! I see that the girls in the village who are about to get married prepare their own things. They go to town to buy things like rouge, face powder, needles and thread, and new clothes! I'll go take a look too. Just give me one or two taels of silver!"
Upon hearing this, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Mo Yunmei. Tsk! This person has lost their mind again!
The person next to Mo Yunmei quickly moved aside and continued eating, wanting to stay away from the idiot!
Grandma Mo remained calm. "Anything is fine. Just eat your fill, wash up, and go to bed. You can have whatever you want in your dreams! You can have as much money as you want and buy whatever you want!"
Mo Yunmei choked, pouting. She wanted real money! Not the money in her dream; those were all fake, and she'd lose everything when she woke up!
"Mother! I want real money! I want to go to town and see! You can give her so much money and let her spend it however she wants, why can't you give me a little bit! She's your daughter-in-law, but I'm still your daughter! I'm closer to you than she is!"
Mo Yunmei pointed at Su Nanxi and shouted loudly, thinking that by comparing them, Old Madam Mo would feel guilty and then try to make it up to her, eventually giving her money and allowing her to buy things.
But Old Mrs. Mo felt no remorse at all. She said calmly, "The mute girl's money is her own, so of course she can spend it however she wants. If you had your own money, I wouldn't say a word to you, and I wouldn't say anything if you bought gold jewelry!"
Mo Qinghe, however, struck Mo Yunmei's outstretched hand with his chopsticks, the force of which was not light. With a crisp "smack," those nearby all moved away to avoid him.
"Ouch! That hurts so much!" Mo Yunmei cried out in pain, pulling her hand back and blowing on it. "Third Brother! Why did you hit me?"
Mo Qinghe glanced at it coldly, "Point again, and next time I'll chop it down with a knife!"
Mo Yunmei covered her hand, jumped to the side, and muttered, "It was just pointing! Why were you so fierce to me!"
After blowing on it for a while, her mind came back to her, and she remembered what she had just said. Mo Yunmei looked at Old Madam Mo with a little grievance, half-pouting and half-complaining, "Mother! Look at Third Brother, he's so heartless! He's forgotten about his sister now that he has a wife! This is unacceptable!"
Grandma Mo didn't reply, so she continued, "Mother, if I had money, why would I need to ask you? I only ask you because I don't have any! As a daughter-in-law, her money originally belonged to the Mo family. Why should she be able to freely dispose of the money? If my eldest and second sisters-in-law were like this, what kind of household manager would you be? How could the family make any money?"
Mo Yunmei believed that what she said made a lot of sense. She had even dragged Qin and Zhao into the mess. She didn't believe that her two sisters-in-law would remain indifferent.
Which daughter-in-law doesn't want to be in charge of the household? Which daughter-in-law doesn't want to be able to freely manage her own finances?
Hmph! Are you afraid of not having sides?
She's learned her lesson; she doesn't want to fight alone anymore. She'll learn from Sister Qiuxia and gather a bunch of people behind her to support her. That way, her chances of winning will be much greater!
Unfortunately, her thoughts were beautiful, but reality was cruel; no one was on her side.
Qin and Zhao didn't want to pay any attention to this idiot. Offending the mute girl would definitely upset their parents, and if their parents were unhappy, their husbands would definitely turn cold as well. In the end, they would be the ones to bear the anger!
They must be crazy to do that!
It was agreed beforehand that any extra money the mute girl earned would belong to her and she could spend it however she wanted!
This is not something that the two sisters-in-law can interfere with!
So the two of them said, "Mother, we have no such thoughts. We are not jealous that the mute mother has a secret stash of money. The mute mother has already given so much to our Mo family, and we are very grateful. We are not ungrateful people! With you managing the household, we can rest assured. We are still too young and need to learn more about how to manage a household!"
Grandma Mo was very pleased that there was no quarrel among the sisters-in-law and that everyone got along peacefully and happily, which was exactly what she hoped for!
Mo Yunmei was dumbfounded. Why couldn't these two understand? She had already started and built up the momentum for them, so why didn't they know to continue?
The others ignored her, quickly finished their work, and lay down to rest.
Mo Yunmei was still thinking about going to town tomorrow. She had already made arrangements with someone to take an oxcart there, and she had also decided what to buy. How could she fulfill her promise if she didn't get paid?
"Mom! I won't say anything more. Just give me some money so I can go to town tomorrow! I've already made the arrangements, and it's hard to change them!"
Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Mo sensed something was amiss. "What have you decided? Who are you planning to go with?"
Mo Yunmei wasn't sure if Old Lady Mo had agreed, so she whispered, "I've made plans with a few girls in the village to go buy some household items for young ladies!"
Grandma Mo pressed on, "Who went with you?"
Mo Yunmei was reluctant to say it, "Oh, Mom! Who cares who it is? They're all from the village, people I know!"
Grandma Mo sneered, "Since you know them all, why don't you dare tell me? I think you're itching for a beating again, trying to cheat and swindle. Whose idea did you take this time? I really don't believe it. You've always been brainless, how could you suddenly think of going to town and buying something!"
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