Chapter 9. Blabbermouth
Mrs. Chen was originally reported by You Jin in person, was still a little frightened. At first, when she saw that old Mrs. Chen didn't blame her, she presumed that things will develop like similar incidents that happened before. In the end, the unfortunate ones were those money-wasting things. In the middle of quietly watching the excitement, she was unexpectedly slapped on the back of the head by old Mrs. Chen. Now her hair was messed up.
Still, Mrs. Chen didn't dare to excessively talk. She sobbingly defended herself: "Mother, it's not that I don't want to do it. I hurt my hand in the past two days and can't work!"
"Last time it was Eldest Aunt's turn to gather the pigweed, Eldest Aunt had said that she had injured her hand!" You Jin, who hid behind Mrs. Han, didn't give her face and pierced apart Mrs. Chen's lame lie. "Also last month, Eldest Aunt said she had hurt her foot!"
Seeing old Mrs. Chen and Yue Da Fu glaring at her with ugly expressions, Mrs. Chen cringingly stood and stammered to find a few words of excuse. But was interrupted by her own man. Yue Chang Fu heavily put down the chopsticks in his hand and gave You Jin, who didn't know her own weight, an eye-roll: "Really an unruly money-wasting thing. Is it your place to interrupt when the adult talks? Second Brother, you should teach the kids properly when you go back!" Then he turned his head around and hollered at Mrs. Chen, "Still not hurrying to take the rice back to the kitchen to cook it!"
After being scolded by her husband, there was fire in Mrs. Chen's heart. However, but seeing her husband winking at her calmly, she hurriedly got up and poured all the untouched rice back into the rice bowl. Then she took the rice bowl in one hand and dragged You Ting to the kitchen with the other.
"From what I see, Eldest Aunt's hands and feet very nimble. Doesn't look like it's injured!" How could You Jin not know that Yue Chang Fu was trying to calm things down? Well, got see if she was willing to or not.
Old Mrs. Chen always opened one eye and closed one eye when Mrs. Chen oppressed second branch's money-wasting things. However, it was brought up to the surface by this second branch's damn girl today. Naturally, the expression on her face was very ugly. For a while, everyone was silent. There were about twenty people sitting in the huge courtyard, but all of them remained silent and fell into a very awkward silence.
Yue Da Fu coughed twice: "Alright. It's just the rice isn't cooked. What is there be stirred up about? Every day the old isn't acting old, the young isn't acting like a young!" Yue Da Fu was naturally sitting on the supreme position in Yue family. He broke the deadlock like this. It went without saying everyone won't talk about it.
Looking at Eldest Son and Second Son's ugly expressions, Yue Da Fu sighed and spoke, "Don’t just focus on working and earning money. You got to manage your woman and children at home too. My Yue Family can be regarded as farming family with education. If such a matter spreads out, won’t outsiders’ big teeth fall out from laughing?"
Yue Chang Fu's expression was a little unsightly. Still, he responded: "Father is right. Son will definitely discipline the lazy woman."
Yue Chang Lu's face was worst. His face flushed and glared fiercely at Yue You Jin. He was originally the least favored son at home and happened to marry a bad wife that couldn't give him a son. Instead she gave birth to these seven money-wasting things. This made him lose face! But in front of Third Brother and the few nephews, he didn't act up. Just nodded vigorously.
His threatening gaze didn't scare You Jin. Seeing that old Mrs. Chen had winded down, You Jin sat back to her original position and ate the food that Mrs. Han had just clipped for her in small bites. Although she might suffer a little bit in a while, they didn’t need to be used as a slave in the future by first branch. Wasn’t it an improvement?
When Mrs. Chen came back with the cooked rice, old Mrs. Chen surprisingly didn't make it difficult for Mrs. Chen. With a pinched lips, she divided the steaming brown rice to everyone. Then she sat down and ate with her head down. As if the food in the bowl was her foe. She chewed down hard and ferociously. Mrs. Chen took in the sight of her grinding her teeth and her heart trembled. For fear that her mother-in-law would sort her out again, she lowered her head and painstakingly ate. She didn't dare to say anything.
On the contrary, You Jin managed to give the two Chens misfortune in front of the family. It can be said that she felt very satisfied. She quickly finished her meal and clipped a lot of vegetables for her few younger sisters. Finally, she packed a bowl full of food for Mrs. Su, who was lying in bed and nurturing her pregnancy. Mrs. Chen watched the excessively proud lowly girl, Yue You Jin walked away with her tail triumphantly waving. Her heart couldn't set the anger to rest: "Mother, aren't you going to govern that money-losing good..."
Before Mrs. Chen finished speaking, she was slapped and cursed by angry old Mrs. Chen: "With such good food, it still fill your stomach? Beside eating, your stinky mouth opens to wag your tongue!"
Mrs. Chen originally wanted to scold the second branch's damn girl to quell her mother-in-law's steam. She didn't expect that instead of flattering the horse's butt, she flattered the horse's hoof. Her mother-in-law lectured her again. Her face lost its glow. She closed her mouths quietly and stopped saying anything.
Seeing her nieces were so frightened, she hurriedly smiled and clipped some dishes for old Mrs. Chen: “This pork was bought at the farmer market by family early this morning. He said he would bring it back for Mother to try and see whether county’s pork was better than the family’s pork!"
Mrs. Han's words were pleasing. She was also very obedient. Old Mrs. Chen, who was still dissatisfied with Mrs. Han in her heart, immediately seem to be a better mood: "The meat I bought by my Third is naturally good!"
Turning her head, she beamed at Yue Chang Shou at the next table, "It's a chance rare to come back. Eat more vegetables. You can't eat these fresh vegetables when you are away from home."
Yue Chang Shou merrily responded: "Ai! Since Mother has ordered, Son will open up stomach and eat more!" Old Mrs. Chen's heart became warmed. It was completely soothing. It was still her youngest son who knew to dote other the most. The atmosphere that was initially a bit awkward became jollily with the cooperation of Yue Chang Shou couple’s singing in harmony. The gloom on old Mrs. Chen’s face disappeared a lot. Third Son came back to celebrate her fifty's birthday. How can she let herself be angry due to these damn girls on her joyous day? Thinking like this, old Mrs. Chen didn't want to care about second branch's money-losing things.
In the west wing room, Mrs. Su, who was half-lying on the bed, gave You Jin a slight blaming gaze: “You’re a little girl. Why are you going against your grandmother and your eldest aunt? Is the place where your father hit you two days ago better already?"
Mrs. Su supported herself to sitting position. You Jin smiled like a Cheshire cat, "Don't worry, Mother. Today Third Uncle's family, Eldest Cousin Brother and Second Cousin Brother have returned. Even if she is annoyed, she won't hit anyone with her hands." Although old Mrs. Chen was terrible, Yue Da Fu wasn't a good person either. Both of them had one habit, that is, to have face. You Jin had spotted this point and dared to make such a fuss during third branch's return.
"You! You are extremely audacious. Normally, you appeared steady. Unexpectedly, you're crooked. This time, you got your third aunt protecting you. Then after your third aunt is gone tomorrow, who can protect you?" Mrs. Su usually felt her eldest daughter was a little grown-up as she helped her with the housework and took care of the younger sister. However, her impulsiveness during today's matter was surprising. She couldn’t help but feel a little more worried. "Your age is getting older. Girls should always care about their reputation. Still need to seek marriage in the future, no?"
Thinking that she still had seven daughters to marry off, Mrs. Su couldn't help but sighed deeply. Mother-in-law had never liked the few children. How much dowry can she prepare for their future marriage? She didn’t have much dowry when she married into Yue Family. What to do when the children marry out? The more Mrs. Su thought about it, the more anxious she became. She didn't even have the mind to eat the food she was holding. She couldn't wait to come up with a good idea to solve this problem right away.
Seeing her so worried, You Jin coaxed a few words: "Mother, what you should worry about now is the younger brother in your stomach. As for the rest, there's me."
Seeing that her eldest daughter so sensible, Mrs. Su's heart slightly firmed up. These children have been accustomed to the hard life since they were young. Because of her own reasons, they had suffered a lot. Six daughters were all close to her and sensible under Eldest Daughter's teachings. However, they were distant with family head. Thinking of this, Mrs. Su's heart felt unsettled again.
Taking in her frowning appearance, You Jin hurriedly persuaded her: "Mother is pregnant with a younger brother. When Dr. Ma came to check your pulse last time, he had said you were overly worried during pregnancy. Mother, can you not have troubled thoughts for the younger brother in your belly's sake, right?”
In fact, You Jin didn’t care if the baby was a younger brother or younger sister. But Mrs. Su and Yue Chang Lu were all hoping for it to be a son. They became accustomed to calling the one in Mrs. Su’s belly younger brother.
"Mother know. the meal outside should be almost finished. Go and see if there is anything you can do? And save you from getting called lazy by your grandmother again."
Listening to the movement in the yard, it seemed that the meal was almost finished. Mrs. Su hurriedly ushered You Jin to go out to help clean up.
You Jin was an old god. She didn't feel rushed at all: "Don't worry, Mother. Today is the first day of the new year. It's first branch's turn to do the housework. If I go now, won't I be snatching Eldest Aunt's credit?"
Then she began to urge Mrs. Su to have her meal: "Mother, you should focus on yourself and finish the meal first before discussing anymore."
Mrs. Su's temperament had always been submissive. Because of this, she was bullied by people like Yue Family with no strength to fight back. Seeing her daughter's understatement with a tough attitude, Mrs. Su stopped saying anything. Using her chopsticks, she scooped the somewhat warm food. In a short while, she finished a coarse porcelain bowl of food.
Seeing that Mrs. Su was full, You Jin collected the empty bowl and left the West Wing. She only found You Yin and You Ting cleaning up the dishes. The other sisters were gone. So she asked You Yin: "Where's Little Fifth, Little Sixth, and others?"
Upon the sight of Third Sister's arrival, You Yin whispered: "Follow Third Aunt to the east wing."
"Then why aren't you going?" You Jin took the chopsticks in You Yin's hand and placed it on the table. Then she put Mrs. Su empty bowl on the table: "Go to the east wing and watch the younger sisters. Don't let them run wild in Third Aunt's room."
If you're submissive then so be it, don't drag your daughters to be submissive with you
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