Chapter 69: Chapter 69: The Snobbish Old Woman
“Xuexue, this…”
Looking at her daughter’s expectant face, Madam Xie was hesitant to speak, her expression troubled.
“Mother, what’s the matter?” Seeing her foster mother’s troubled look, Xuexue knew something must have happened and quickly pressed for an answer.
“Your grandmother said that I am no longer a daughter-in-law of the Mo family; starting from today, we are not allowed to eat the Mo family’s meals.”
“That damned old hag, she’s gone too far. Why didn’t she say this when she asked you to work? After the work is done, then she speaks; it’s clearly breaking the bridge after crossing the river.”
Upon hearing this, Xuexue became furious. It seemed that last night’s incident hadn’t scared that materialistic Old Lady Mo; it all boiled down to the bullying because Madam Xie came from a poor family, and no one would stand up for her.
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“Let it be, after all, she is still your grandmother,” Madam Xie said dejectedly before heading toward the house, clearly not having recovered from the divorce incident yet.
Indeed, even if a woman hadn’t attended a private school, parents would teach their daughters about ‘the three obediences and four virtues’ from a young age.
Now, having been divorced by her husband’s family, Madam Xie felt even more disgraced and sorry for her own family, barely having the strength to walk.
Standing in the courtyard, Xuexue was seething with anger. She looked around and spotted a pile of sand at the entrance, an idea forming as a frown crossed her brow.
She turned, picked up a broken jar from the ground, went to the entrance, bent down, filled it with sand, and then, with the full jar of sand in tow, stepped into the kitchen.
Old Lady Mo was in the kitchen, happily getting ready for the meal.
Caught off guard by Xuexue’s entrance, she paused, then said, “Xuexue, your grandmother is telling you, your ration was given to you all this morning; you can’t eat here today, you know.”
In fact, Old Lady Mo still held a grudge against Xuexue. The night before, not only had Xuexue tricked her into paying more than two silver coins for Chuner’s medicine, but she had also taken away all the cured meat that she usually ate.
Xuexue chuckled, “Everything to me? That’s not right, grandmother.”
“How is it not right? You ungrateful wretch, you want silver, you get silver; you want food, you get food; even the land and house have been given to you, what else do you want? Do you want to see your grandmother dead before you’re satisfied, is that it?”
Old Lady Mo had never been at a loss and had repeatedly been outwitted by Xuexue, so she had been holding back a lot of anger. Now, upon hearing Xuexue’s words, she couldn’t restrain herself any longer and exploded in rage.
Looking at the shrill and ferocious Old Lady Mo, Xuexue laughed, “Grandmother, why are you so angry? It was right for you to pay for the medicine since you injured Chuner. And as for the food…”
Xuexue’s voice dragged on, her eyes coldly scrutinizing Old Lady Mo.
“You… you… You brat, why are you staring at me like that?” Old Lady Mo felt uneasy under Xuexue’s gaze.
The three bags of grain given to Madam Xie and her daughter that morning indeed contained some trickery, a nasty scheme Old Lady Mo had concocted without sleeping the previous night.
Outsiders might think the Mo family was very generous, even giving three large bags of grain to a divorced daughter-in-law.
But Old Lady Mo knew all too well that the three large bags were full of mixed grains, not to mention some were leftovers from last year that had gone bad; she had mixed those in as well.
“Grandmother is truly generous, giving us three big bags of sweet potatoes, half of which are rotten,” Xuexue said as she walked over to the stove and lifted the lid.
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Suddenly, a delicious aroma of rice wafted out.
“Mmm, so fragrant.”
Xuexue inhaled with her nose, her voice sounding utterly intoxicated.
“You little wench, this is the Mo family’s meal; you’re not allowed to eat it,” Old Lady Mo exclaimed in a panic as soon as Xuexue lifted the lid.