Gu An'an feigned surprise and said, "Oh! Could it be that the injury on your face was caused by your daughter-in-law? I can't accept that, Mom. We need to go and talk to her daughter-in-law to clear up any misunderstandings, or we'll be in trouble."
It was rare for Gu An'an to show such a sly look, and Xiao's mother was happy to cooperate, "Alright, then I'll trouble you to come with me. It's better to talk things out."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were in sync and left without warning, leaving Old Mrs. Tian completely bewildered.
Because of what happened today, her daughter-in-law just went crazy at home. If they go over again and say something unfounded, who knows what that troublesome woman might do.
Moreover, her son also found out about what happened today. That kid is very concerned about his image, and he was afraid that what she did today would displease Xiao Yuheng, so he spoke up about it for the first time as her mother.
She felt wronged!
But no one would listen to her.
"Girl, girl, please don't go! I was wrong! I shouldn't have said those things and tried to sow discord between you and your mother-in-law. Please forgive me for my momentary lapse in judgment."
She just didn't understand. This wasn't the first time she'd done something like this. In the past, she would just stand in the crowd and watch people make a scene. Why was this time different?
"So you mean I didn't misunderstand?" Xiao's mother asked with a serious face.
"No, you didn't misunderstand. I was just talking nonsense. Look at my loose tongue."
Aunt Tian pretended to slap her face twice, "You adults are so forgiving, please forgive me, otherwise my daughter-in-law will make a scene at home again."
Gu An'an pouted. These words made it sound like she was the one who had been wronged.
"Then it depends on your performance, Aunt Tian. As long as you don't make any more mistakes, we won't bother with your family's trivial matters."
After saying that, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ignored her and walked home side by side. Aunt Tian, who was standing there, listened to the two of them discussing dinner, chatting and laughing, in a harmonious atmosphere.
"Pah~ Let's see how long you can be so smug."
In her opinion, the good relationship between Gu An'an and her mother-in-law was only because they had just married into the family. She thought that after a while, their relationship would definitely be the same as her own, and she could come and watch the show then.
Gu An'an didn't care what she thought. Once home, they both got busy. Xiao Yuheng was injured, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law wanted to give him a good restorative meal. They didn't skimp on the food at all, serving him soup and other delicious dishes.
Liu Li had intended to bring her child over for a visit, but as soon as she reached the door, she smelled the overwhelming aroma and immediately felt embarrassed to go in. What if people misunderstood and thought she had brought her child to beg for food?
Just as I was about to turn back, the door opened.
"Sister-in-law, why aren't you coming in?"
Liu Li was too embarrassed to tell the truth, so she made up an excuse: "This brat wanted to go home to use the toilet."
Dunzi was still very conscious of his image in front of Gu An'an, and he refused to accept it when his mother described him as a "shit maker".
"Mom, you're lying. I never said I needed to use the restroom."
When her son exposed her lie, Liu Li felt a little embarrassed. "Just because you don't want to go now doesn't mean you didn't want to go just now."
Dunzi: ...What do I do when I have an unreasonable mother?
"Since Dunzi doesn't want to go to the outhouse, why don't you bring the child in and sit down?"
Seeing this, Liu Li led Dunzi inside.
Where there are women, there is gossip, and Liu Li came here with gossip in mind.
"Auntie, did Aunt Tian really say something inappropriate to you today?"
Xiao's mother nodded, "That's right. I think she's just jealous of the harmonious relationship in my family. She deliberately came to me and said some nonsense, trying to make An'an and me quarrel. That old lady is very cunning."
Liu Li wholeheartedly agreed, "You wouldn't believe it, but before, a woman in our compound got pregnant and brought her mother-in-law from her hometown to take care of her. After all, the woman was carrying her grandson, and the old lady was very good to her. But after only half a month, the old lady completely changed. She started to belittle her daughter-in-law, saying she was taking advantage of her pregnancy to act like a boss at home. Once, she even hit her. At that time, her daughter-in-law was only seven months pregnant and couldn't dodge in time. Her belly hit the corner of the table, and she went into premature labor."
Gossiping is a woman's nature, and Xiao's mother immediately forgot about what she was doing.
"Really? How is the child?"
"The child was only the size of a kitten when he was born. Although he survived, I heard that he has always been in poor health."
Xiao's mother frowned, "Oh dear~ why is that old lady so reckless? Women's tempers naturally change when they are pregnant. Just bear with it and it will pass. How could she resort to violence?"
Liu Li shook her head, "That family's daughter-in-law has a very good temper, it's just that she's in her late pregnancy and can't do much work."
Xiao's mother was even more speechless. It's not like they're the kind of family who can't even afford to eat. Why must the new mother have to do all the work?
"If I knew this person, I would definitely scold her to wake her up. It's so hard being a woman. At home, she can't compete with her brothers, and after marriage, she has to suffer from her mother-in-law. If I had a daughter, I would rather keep her at home as an old maid than marry her into that kind of family."
As soon as Dunzi entered, he started sniffing, sometimes revealing a look of ecstasy, as if smelling it was the same as tasting it.
Gu An'an found it amusing and served him a bowl of pork rib soup. "Drink slowly, be careful it's hot."
Dunzi swallowed hard, then looked at Liu Li and said, "Sister-in-law, no need. You can keep this soup for Deputy Regiment Commander Xiao."
This whole thing is so convincing, anyone who didn't know better would really think she brought her child over to freeload.
Gu An'an served Liu Li another bowl, saying, "He has his, so you can drink as much as you like. It's nothing valuable."
Seeing that Liu Li was about to refuse, Gu An'an asked while serving soup to the two of them, "Sister-in-law, I don't think I've ever heard of the family you mentioned."
"Yes, I was discharged from the army the year before last. I could have continued to work hard, but I had a child like that at home. How could a father not care? But during a training session, I got injured and couldn't stay here any longer, so I transferred home."
This whole thing is just as it seems. Everyone says that when choosing a wife, it's the virtuous one, and they're absolutely right.
"That's not what I wanted to say. We didn't pay attention before, thinking that the old lady was just being unreasonable and wanted to cause trouble with her daughter-in-law. But after you exposed the true colors of the Tian family's daughter-in-law today, someone brought it up and said that the old lady changed her attitude too quickly. When she first came, she was very nice to her daughter-in-law. The change happened too fast. Someone said that before the incident, the old lady often hung out with the Tian family's daughter-in-law and they didn't know what they were talking about. So everyone suspected that Aunt Tian might have said the same things to the old lady back then as she did today."
Suddenly, even the soup didn't taste good to Xiao Ma.
"Is that old woman mentally unstable?"
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