Qian Mengping respected her father-in-law very much and basically followed his arrangements on major matters. Now she told them, "Dad, Mom, I just saw someone on my way back. She looks a lot like Gong Wantang, just like when she was young, probably around 20 years old."
Speaking of Gong Wantang, the expressions of the two elders of the Cui family changed. Mother Cui said with a sullen face: "Don't mention her to me."
The two elders of the Cui family also put part of the responsibility on Gong Wantang for the rapid downfall of the Cui family. They felt that if it were not for the Gong family's behind-the-scenes push, the Cui family would not have been in trouble so quickly and would not have fallen to the current situation.
"Is she Gong Wantang's daughter?" asked Old Man Cui.
"I don't know. I can't confirm which of the three Gong siblings' children this is. The only thing I know for sure is that she is the eldest daughter-in-law of Zhou Lanqin, the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, and the wife of Lu Jingchuan."
As soon as she said this, Old Lady Cui raised her head and asked, "The one who gave birth to triplets?"
"At that time, I wanted to ask about her relationship with Gong Wantang. Zhou Lanqin came and she called Zhou Lanqin "Mom". Zhou Lanqin called her "Linglong". I don't know her last name. I know Zhou Lanqin's youngest daughter-in-law is named Jiang Yun, so this can only be her eldest daughter-in-law."
When the two elders of the Cui family heard the news, they felt very upset.
Back then, the Gong family's status was higher than that of the Cui family. Now that they have returned to Kyoto, their status is more stable than before. However, the descendants of the Cui family no longer have the opportunity to enter politics and have completely fallen into the mud.
Thinking about the gap between the two families and how easily the Gong family brought down the Cui family, they felt like vomiting blood.
Old Mrs. Cui gnashed her teeth. "That bitch Gong Wantang remarried into the Han family as soon as she returned to the capital. The Gong family's granddaughter also married into the Lu family. The Gong family returned to the capital in glory. Their family was completely harmless back then. After all these years, they came back and killed our family just because of a house. They didn't remember the friendship we had in the past at all. The second son must have been blind to marry her back then."
When Gong Wantang remarried to Han Ji, someone passed the news to the Cui family. When they heard the accurate news, the whole family was very angry.
The Cui family didn't want their daughter-in-law, but the Han family, whose status was far superior to the Cui family, treated her like a treasure. They even held a grand banquet at the State Guesthouse for her second marriage, and the top leaders all came to visit and congratulate her in person. This was like a slap in their faces.
"Second brother is not blind. He knows who the pearl is. It is you who are blind."
Cui Lanzhi's voice suddenly came from the door, and everyone in the room was startled.
When Old Lady Cui saw her, she said with a sullen face, "You came but didn't come in, standing outside eavesdropping. Is this how you behave?"
"If I hadn't been listening outside, I wouldn't have known that you haven't repented at all."
Cui Lanzhi didn't enter the house. She was still standing outside the door, her eyes and tone cold. "When Second Brother and his family divorced, ask yourselves, was there anything you did to cause this?"
"Today, you're still talking about affection. Your son and daughter have no affection for you. So how can she, your ex-daughter-in-law who was divorced 20 years ago, have any affection for you?"
"Wang Manting didn't even talk about affection with you, so why should she talk about affection with you?"
"Do you deserve these two words?"
She was so aggressive in her scolding that Old Lady Cui grabbed the bowl nearby and threw it at her: "Cui Lanzhi, shut up!"
Cui Lanzhi moved away and glanced at the shattered bowl on the ground. Her mood remained calm and her attitude remained unchanged: "This is the dowry her family prepared for her. Even if the Gong family was wiped out in the accident, these properties should have been returned to the country. But you secretly occupied them and still have no regrets. How shameless!"
"Cui Lanzhi, do you still remember your last name?" Qian Mengping jumped up.
"Do you think I still care about the last name Cui?"
Before Cui Lanzhi got married, her relationship with her eldest sister-in-law was average. She didn't like Qian Mengping's selfishness and snobbery, so after marriage she only came back during the holidays.
After what happened later, she stopped communicating with anyone from her natal family. It was also at that time that she discovered that her parents, brothers and sisters were all snobs. In their hearts, interests were much more important than family affection.
They are the same kind of people as Qian Mengping, and they truly live up to the saying: If you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same house.
"Even if you don't want to be called Cui, your parents gave birth to you and raised you. Now that our family has fallen on hard times, not only do you not show your filial respect to them, but you even come back to make sarcastic remarks. Is there any daughter like you?"
In Qian Mengping's heart, this sister-in-law is an ungrateful person, and she often criticizes her in front of her parents-in-law.
"I've ceased to be the Cui family's daughter for nine years. They said it themselves. Now you're saying I'm the Cui family's daughter. I think you'd better not say that. Give them some face."
When Cui Lanzhi choked her, her eyes were looking at her parents, but there was no warmth in her eyes.
Old Man Cui knew that she hated her family, and he couldn't muster the energy to talk to her about the past. Seeing that they were arguing again, he interrupted: "What's the matter with you coming here?"
"Cui Wendong and Cui Paner were fighting on the street. They were covered in blood and are now in the hospital. I just came here to pass on a message."
Cui Lanzhi left after she finished speaking. She happened to meet them when she just got off work. Cui Paner called her for help, so she came over.
When Qian Mengping heard that her children were injured in a fight, her face changed drastically and she immediately chased after them: "Where are they?"
"The hospital opposite the Xinhua Bookstore."
Cui Lanzhi replied and left without looking back.
When Qian Mengping rushed to the hospital, her two children were bandaging their wounds. The brother and sister both had bruises on their faces, with bloodstains on their heads and faces. A large chunk of Cui Paner's hair had been pulled out.
The brother and sister have been looking for work outside for some time. Because of Cui Ningyuan's incident, they failed the political review and could not go to government agencies or state-owned institutions, so they had to find ways to do private work to make money.
The economy of Kyoto has been liberalized a lot during this period, and many people have tried to set up stalls outside. Cui Wendong and his sister observed for several days, and seeing that the Revolutionary Association did not send anyone to arrest these people, they also tried to sell goods. Today, they found someone to buy some things in bulk at a low price and their business was pretty good.
But when they were selling goods on the street, they met people they had never gotten along with before. As a result, the other party used rude words to mock and humiliate them. The young and hot-tempered brother and sister could not hold back their temper and started fighting with them.
Both of them suffered minor injuries, and the other party in the fight was not much better off. They were both receiving treatment in the hospital.
The other party also called their parents over. Qian Mengping was a hot-tempered person and she did not give in to the argument. She pushed and scolded them for a while and finally extorted a hundred yuan from them as medical expenses.
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