"Oh, by the way, I see that Grandpa is getting weaker and weaker. We should buy him two hundred-year-old life sticks in advance. They are life-saving things, and they are not easy to find when they are needed. We should prepare them in advance."
"Bang!" Mrs. Huang slammed the table hard.
Huang Wanzhen pretended to shudder, then said with trembling lips, "Mom, why did you suddenly slam the table and scare me so much?"
Huang Dong pinched her brows irritably, "Have you said enough?"
Huang Wanzhen said seriously: "No! There is still a lot to say!"
“The Huang family is so big, and life is so long, how can it be enough?”
Mrs. Huang closed her eyes weakly. "Let's not talk about the distant things. Let's talk about this month first."
Huang Wanzhen pretended to be dumbfounded, "Didn't we agree on this month? You can pay for it first."
"You don't want to?"
"Mom! You can't be so stingy! Our Huang family will not treat you, our daughter-in-law, unfairly. When the public treasury has money, I will go to my grandfather for you and return all the money you paid this month."
"Don't worry! I won't let you down by even a cent!"
Huang Dong looked at her as if she were a fool, "Wait until the public has money?"
"You know, all the fields, shops, and houses in Gongzhong have been sold. Now the Huang family only has this house left!"
"Tell me! Where can Gongzhong get the money from?"
Huang Wanzhen said confidently: "My grandfather and my father are both capable. They will definitely be able to make money to support us."
"How could our dignified Huang family, a well-known and respected family in the capital, rely on a woman like you for support?!"
These words really hurt Huang Dongshi's nerves.
“Snap—”
In a fit of rage, Mrs. Huang lost control of herself and threw the white orchid-patterned bowl of tea on the table to the ground.
"Huang Wanzhen! You're such a good girl from the Huang family! I gave birth to you and raised you up, and you haven't even grown up yet! And you dare treat me like this?! This is outrageous!"
"Get out of here and kneel down!"
"Wow--Wu--" Huang Wanzhen really tried her best. She cried at the top of her lungs and ran out with her little feet.
Mrs. Huang's eyes nearly popped out of her head. "This, this, this is outrageous! A young lady, grabbing, grabbing her skirt and running away?"
"Xiuzhu, go quickly, stop her and bring her back to me!"
Huang Dong felt dizzy and had a feeling that it was unreal.
Although Huang Wanzhen tried her best, she still couldn't outrun Xiuzhu, who had big feet.
"Second Miss, please come back with me and apologize to the Madam."
Huang Wanzhen threw Xiuzhu down without thinking, "My mother bullied me, I want to go to my grandfather to make things right for me!"
Xiuzhu struggled under Huang Wanzhen, "No, Second Miss, the Madam is your biological mother! You can't hurt her like this."
Huang Wanzhen pointed at her directly, "Why don't you go back quickly and tell my mother so that she can rush to Rongyang Hall to stop me."
Xiuzhu exerted great force and knocked Huang Wanzhen over, and the two of them exchanged positions.
“I’ll go—”
Huang Wanzhen overestimated this small body and her plan was about to fail.
At this time, a maid came from the south. It was Xiuqing, who served the eldest daughter of the Huang family.
"Help! Help! I'm going to kill my master!"
At first, Xiuqing thought it was two shameless people having sex in illicit affairs, but when she heard the noise, she realized it was the second young lady of the mansion. She hurried over and kicked Xiuzhu down.
Huang Wanzhen got up and ran without saying a word.
Xiuzhu didn't care about Xiuqing, she stood up and tried to chase after him, but Xiuqing grabbed her.
"Xiuzhu! It's you?! Why did you murder the Second Young Lady?"
"Oh my God! Did I know some big secret of yours? Are you going to kill me too?"
"Ah, help me, Xiuzhu is trying to kill me."
After Xiuqing reacted, he let go of Xiuzhu, raised his hands, and ran in the opposite direction.
Xiuzhu felt very sick. She was stunned for a long time, then stiffly patted the dirt off her body and turned back to Jixiang Hall.
Huang Wanzhen endured the severe pain in her feet and stumbled towards Rongyangtang.
A few minutes later, she staggered into Rongyang Hall.
"Grandfather, Grandfather! Save me..."
Huang Zhong was shocked to see the Second Young Lady in such a state of distress, and quickly ordered Gui Yuan, who was guarding the gate, "Go and help the Second Young Lady!"
A quarter of an hour later, Mrs. Wang bandaged Huang Wanzhen's feet, Guiyuan helped her wash up, and supported her on both sides as they walked to the hall.
"Kneel down!" Huang Shuhuai shouted loudly.
"thump--"
Huang Wanzhen knelt down in a cowardly manner.
Huang Shuhuai: "As a young lady of the Huang family, where are your sense of propriety, righteousness, and integrity?"
Huang Wanzhen suddenly looked up, and with red eyes she looked at Huang Shuhuai, "It is precisely because I have a sense of propriety, righteousness, and integrity that I did what I did today!"
Huang Shuhuai: "Nonsense! I think I've been too indulgent with you, which is why you say such outrageous things!"
Huang Wanzhen said without stuttering, "Grandfather probably doesn't know yet, but all the money in the public treasury was taken away by my father. Now, everything you eat and use is from my daughter-in-law's dowry. My sisters and I also eat, wear and use our daily necessities with mother's dowry."
"I've heard from outsiders that if a woman's money is used to raise a child, the child should take the woman's last name."
"My mother not only uses her own money to support her children, but also her husband and father-in-law. Any family with a bit of decency and honor wouldn't accept this, right?"
Huang Shuhuai was so angry that he almost fainted. Huang Zhong saw that the situation was not good, so he hurried forward to pat him on the back to comfort him.
Huang Wanzhen didn't want to make the old man angry to death. If he died, she would die even faster.
Without saying anything else, he quickly stood up to check on Huang Shuhuai's condition.
Fortunately, Huang Shuhuai took good care of himself and he regained consciousness after a while.
"Is everything you said true?"
Huang Wanzhen hesitated, not knowing whether to nod or shake her head.
"Did you all lie to me?"
Huang Wanzhen quickly shook her head, "I didn't lie to you."
"Except for this house, all other assets of our Huang family have been taken away by my father."
Huang Shu was suddenly filled with sorrow. "I know your father is not very capable, but he must have been miserable because he didn't have a son. The savings at home are enough for him to spend his entire life, so I'll just let him go."
Huang Wanzhen: "Look at what you said, you only thought about my father, and didn't consider us three sisters!"
Huang Shuhuai wanted to get angry, but when he met Huang Wanzhen's cold eyes, he felt inexplicably guilty.
"You three sisters will get married sooner or later, and your family will prepare dowries for you when the time comes."
Huang Wanzhen smiled instead of getting angry, "Oh? Then may I ask, Grandfather, where is the dowry? I heard that the Zheng family's concubine's daughter had a dowry of 5,000 yuan."
Huang Shuhuai: "Zheng family? The Zheng family in Dongjiao Lane?"
Huang Wanzhen nodded heavily, "That's his family, does Grandfather recognize them?"
Huang Shuhuai: "Yes, of course I recognize him. Zheng Wenliang and I are..."
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