Chapter 208 Quarrel
Zhao's sarcastic and rambling remarks not only confused the Deng family, but even Deng Linlang herself thought she had misheard.
Normally, my stepmother, who never gave in to my actions, was actually speaking up for me today, like she was taking a wrong medicine? Is this a lie?
The eldest wife, Mrs. Gao, spoke with a virtuous look on her face.
"What my second sister-in-law said is quite out of place and quite inappropriate. Mother-in-law has been kind and loving for many years, and we are too busy showing respect to her. How can we embarrass our elders?"
You, on the other hand, used to love bickering and joking with the eldest girl. It's true that you're young and unsteady, but you're still the eldest girl's legitimate stepmother, so we can't blame you too much.
But today you've been even more out of character. How could you push your eldest daughter into this fire pit just because you don't like her? This is truly a failure in your duty as a mother."
As expected of the eldest daughter-in-law who could even suppress the old lady, she stood for justice as soon as she spoke. But unfortunately, some people just didn't want to buy her account.
"Deng Linlang and I have a quarrel of our own, and it's our own business. What's it to you? As the eldest sister-in-law, you're trying to meddle in your brother-in-law's affairs. If it gets out, that would be even more disrespectful, right?"
"You are such a shrew..."
Gao had always been too lazy to deal with her sister-in-law because she had no upbringing whatsoever as a daughter of aristocracy. She would just say anything she wanted.
But she was from the Zhao family of Tianshui. Even if she was from a branch of the Zhao family, she was still a daughter of a proper aristocratic family, although she didn't look much like one. But the other party's family was much stronger than her own, so Gao Shi didn't dare to tear her face.
"How dare you call me a shrew? I'm from the Tianshui Zhao family, and you dare to question my upbringing? Believe it or not, I'll write a letter back to my parents' home and ask my father to go to your Gao family and ask who is the one with the poor upbringing?"
Zhao flicked her handkerchief, raised her chin sarcastically and raised her eyebrows, looking like a difficult person who was not easy to mess with.
"You're still blaming me, do you have any right to blame me?
No matter how bad I am, I have no shame in trying to steal my stepdaughter's things. Unlike some people who may talk high and mighty but are full of evil schemes in their hearts!"
Gao was so angry that she couldn't open her mouth, and Deng Bai slammed the table in anger.
"Second brother, are you going to allow this woman to be so presumptuous?"
"Madam, please talk nicely..."
Deng Tongzhi turned his head to look at his second wife, and just as he was about to open his mouth to persuade her, he was slapped back in the face by someone.
"Bah, what are you talking about? If you dare to blindly protect your nest again, I will pack up my things and take the children back to my parents' home. I am not the elder sister of the Song family. I don't have so much gentleness and virtue to pour on you!"
"Shut up!"
Furious, Old Man Deng banged his cane again, but while this intimidated Deng Linlang, it didn't intimidate her stepmother. Want to know why? It's because she's got a lot of confidence.
But whether she was panicking or not was another matter. She couldn't make it look too embarrassing on the surface and give rise to rumors, so Zhao closed her mouth unwillingly.
But the old man didn't know how to quit while he was ahead, and he kept nagging and complaining, then turned around and started to blame his wife.
"I've always said you have bad intentions. You actually married a woman of such a bad character to my son. Not only do you have the bad reputation of being a widow, but you're also so disrespectful to your elders. You're absolutely despicable!"
The crutch was pounded hard on the ground twice. Mrs. Deng, Zhang, opened her eyes and replied slowly.
"If you don't give the second son a betrothal gift to marry a second wife, I don't have much dowry left. I can only marry someone like Zhao. Otherwise, you will have to make do with it."
Zhao, who was forced to let others watch, waved her handkerchief and interjected a few words in a bad mood.
"Father, there's no need to bully my mother-in-law. For an old man like your son, it's good enough that he can find someone as beautiful as me. How can he still want to find a fairy?"
"How dare you! I, I will definitely write a letter to your Zhao clan leader to hold him accountable and ask him how he raised a daughter like you? It's simply..."
“What’s wrong with me?
My family didn't accept expensive betrothal gifts, and I married this old man who was more than ten years older than me with a considerable dowry. Yet, he still had the nerve to cheat me of my dowry!
Bah, I just want to let you know what it means that cheap goods are not good! "
The more she spoke, the angrier she became. Suddenly, Zhao stood up. She pulled her stepdaughter over and threw her behind her, her face smirking and her face drooping as she began to chirp.
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You all say nice things, but you do evil things!
You are clearly jealous of my daughter's ability. What's the point of saying all this nonsense now? As a stepmother, I'm not afraid that she will bring trouble to my daughter, so why are you afraid? "
Seeing the whole family looking as if they had seen a ghost, Zhao turned to look at Deng Linlang. She was still that annoyingly arrogant, which was really irritating. She pouted again with a look of displeasure.
"Deng Linlang, the job you're doing cost your mother a lot of her dowry. Can you do it? If you can, do it well. If you can't, give it to me and don't let others take advantage of it!"
"Why should I give it to you?"
Before Deng Linlang could express her opinion, Deng Ziting jumped out impatiently.
"If you want to call me an outsider, you are the outsider. This is my Deng family's business. What does it have to do with you, Zhao? What right do you have to fight with us?"
"Just because that old bastard Deng Heng cheated me out of my dowry!"
Zhao was justified.
Deng Tongzhi covered his face in shame.
"I'm your legitimate second aunt, and you, a junior, actually dare to yell at me? Big brother and sister-in-law, your family is really well-educated. It's obvious that they are much better than our second branch!"
Being ridiculed in the face, Deng Bai, who was very concerned about his reputation, glared at his second son angrily.
"Deng Ziting, step back."
"Dad, it's obviously her..."
"I said back off!"
"…yes."
She sat back in her chair with an unwilling look on her face, staring at the second room with hatred. Deng Linlang didn't care about these people's attitude towards her, but she had to express her attitude.
"Back then, the princess treated everyone equally and recruited talent without any restrictions. It's because you were too picky and looked down on women that you missed this opportunity.
Don't even think about snatching it from me now, or else, don't blame me for being ruthless! Having said that, Linlang will take her leave."
He bowed and turned around calmly, his straight back clearly showing a bit of rebelliousness.
"Deng Heng, you have such a good daughter!"
Old Master Deng raised his cane in anger, and Mrs. Zhao stepped forward and saluted very virtuously.
"I suddenly remembered that Linglong is about to wake up. Father-in-law, mother-in-law, and daughter-in-law, take your leave."
He quickly saluted and turned around and ran away, abandoning his old man without any sense of loyalty. After all, he was his biological father, he deserved the beating. What does it have to do with me, a guy named Zhao?
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