Transmigrated Farmgirl's Scheme to Get Rich - Chapter 207
Twelfth Day (2)
Liang Lan had come here representing Mo Ling’s aunt and uncle, and was a member of Mo Ling’s natal family. Even though she was young, the Zhong family should still treat her as an honoured guest.
Of all of the housewives there, only Mrs. Lin was from the Zhong family, but instead of pouring tea to greet Liang Lan, she harrumphed coldly, “What knowledge can a girl who’s only been to school for two or three days flaunt? She’s acting like she actually knows something.”
Liang Lan looked at Mrs. Lin, and Mo Yan said, “This is my brother-in-law’s second sister-in-law, Mrs. Lin.”
Liang Lan appraised Mrs. Lin up and down, and rolled her eyes, “So there are people from the Zhong family here, I knew they wouldn’t have been able to let you stay here on your own as a guest. It’s just unfortunate that the person here is so incapable, I’ve been here half the day already but no one’s poured me tea yet.”
Her words were reasonable, and the people present said, “That’s right! Why haven’t you poured her tea yet?”
Mrs. Lin couldn’t retaliate, and could only pick up the teapot to pour tea. It wasn’t clear if she was being intentional, or was truly ignorant, but she poured the tea up until the brim of the cup, and she didn’t hand it over to Liang Lan either, only saying, “Cousin-in-law, please drink the tea.”
There was still a faint smile of Liang Lan’s face as she picked up the tea cup, and with a flick of the wrist, flung the cup of tea onto the ground, splashing it onto Mrs. Lin’s body, “Wine needs to be filled to the brim, and tea should not even come close. If you don’t even know these basics of serving a guest, don’t bother showing your face in public,” After saying that, she handed the empty tea cup over to Mo Yan, “Yan’er, you should really pour tea for me instead!”
Mrs. Lin was so mad she stomped her feet, and hurriedly used her hands to brush up the tea on her body, “These are newly-made clothes, and the light colours mean the tea stains definitely won’t be able to be washed away, I demand remuneration!”
She furiously glared at Liang Lan, like she was determined to never forgive her, when Mrs. Jiang came out from deeper inside the house to ask, “Was sister-in-law’s clothes newly-made?”
Mrs. Lin solemnly swore, “Of course, it was made just a few days ago, and this was the first time I’ve ever worn them!”
“Younger sister-in-law has the money to make new clothes, but needs to borrow money from us to buy conception medicine. It seems like in your eyes that wearing new clothes is more important than giving birth to a child!”
It seemed like Mrs. Jiang has truly been enraged by Mrs. Lin. She normally wasn’t a person of many words, but her tongue was unexpectedly vicious today.
Mrs. Lin had never put Mrs. Jiang in her eyes, and how could she be willing to let her speak about her misdeeds, “Are you cursing me to never have children, you black-hearted shrew?!”
After saying that, she made to go over and attack Mrs. Jiang. However, she wouldn’t be able to gain the upper hand even if it actually came to blows, since Mrs. Jiang’s body was much healthier than hers.
Zhong Cheng’s mother lifted the curtain to come over and call, “All of you shut up, do you have no shame arguing in front of others? If you wake the child up, none of you will even be able to think about having good days to come.”
Mrs. Jiang went to the kitchen, while Mrs. Lin wanted to continue arguing, “Mother, she cursed me to never have children.”
Mrs. Zhong coldly harrumphed, “You not having children is reality, do you even need to be cursed by others?”
The people present all laughed in derision, and Liang Lan had crossed her arms and was laughing without restraint, “My sister Ling entered this family later than you, but already has a son, who knew you were infertile? If you beg me, I might be able to cure your illness?”
Mrs. Lin snorted disdainfully, “You?”
Mrs. Zhong lightly nodded towards Liang Lan, “So this is our niece-in-law? I’ve arrived late, please take a seat.”
No one cared about Mrs. Lin anymore, and everyone was interested in Liang Lan, who had both a fiery personality and was knowledgeable. The housewives all came over to ask questions.
After finishing her tea, Liang Lan got up and greeted Mrs. Zhong formally, “Aunt-in-law, could I enter to look at Sister Ling and my nephew?”
She had reined in her formerly-wanton behaviour, and the current Liang Lan acted like an upright and proper young lady.
Mrs. Zhong immediately smiled and said, “Of course you can, if you would follow me.”
Liang Lan went in to see Mo Ling and the child, and gave a red packet. Ms. Liang and Mo Yan also took the opportunity to give red packets, and Zhong Cheng and Mo Ling thanked them together.
Mrs. Jiang said from outside, “The food’s ready, please eat!”
It was just some regular home cooked food, but it filled an entire table, and Mrs. Zhong called Ms. Liang and the others over to eat. Mrs. Jiang spent trips to and fro serving food, but Mrs. Lin sat down, ready to eat.
Mother Zhong glared at her, and rebuked, “Why aren’t you helping your elder sister-in-law!” Only then did Mrs. Lin reluctantly go to the kitchen.
The people at this table were all women, and Mother Zhong invited everyone to eat. When Mrs. Jiang served the final dish, Mo Yan asked her to take a seat, but she refused, “I won’t sit, you young ladies should eat and take good care of cousin-in-law.”
Liang Lan shot a look at Mrs. Lin opposite them, “Mo Yan, you need to remember this in the future, after you get married. If someone respects you, you respect them, but if you encounter someone who doesn’t deserve to be considered human, you must not treat them as human from inside to outside.” [1]
Ms. Liang lightly rebuked, “You can’t stuff your mouth even with food, you shouldn’t speak while eating or sleeping.”
Liang Lan made a funny face at Mo Yan, and didn’t say anything.
After finishing the meal, it was Mrs. Jiang clearing the dishes on her own, while Mrs. Lin picked on her from the side, “The meal was too oily, quickly boil some water to make tea.”
Mo Yan had long been infuriated by her actions, “Second sister-in-law, who are you ordering? I recall that my sister’s family doesn’t have any servants!”
Mrs. Lin found an opportunity to counterattack, “Didn’t you spend money to hire eldest sister-in-law? Two silver taels a month, that’s the price a wealthy household uses to employ a servant!”
Liang Lan leaned on her chair and said, “Since you’re sisters-in-law with a servant, you’re also a servant, then why aren’t you helping her.”
Mrs. Lin pointed inside the house, “Then youngest sister-in-law is also sisters-in-law with us!”
Mo Yan said, “If all of you are sisters-in-law, then why do you keep trying to gain benefits from them and suppress them! I’m telling you now, don’t even think about getting a single shred of benefits from my sister!”
Ms. Liang stopped Mo Yan, preventing her from interfering in others’ business, and Mo Yan said, “Mother, do you know why sis went into labour early? It’s because this woman tripped Mo Ling and caused her to fall.”
Liang Lan was the first to slap the table, “Mo Yan, this sort of thing happened and you didn’t tell me sooner? If she dares do anything today, I’ll tear her apart!”
She rolled up her sleeves and was about to fulfil her promise, while Ms. Liang’s face was also full of rage, “In-law, I married my daughter to your family, but didn’t expect her to suffer so much humiliation at yours. It’d be better if I just took her back today!”
Mother Zhong’s face looked like she was stuck between a rock and a hard place, as she couldn’t handle Mrs. Lin either. Zhong Cheng lifted the curtain and came in, his gaze focused on Mrs. Lin, “Second sister-in-law, today is my son’s twelfth day ceremony, but it’s been ruined by your actions, I think you should go back! If there’s nothing else, don’t come to my courtyard in the future, to prevent you from angering Ling’er.”
Liang Lan clapped, “Brother-in-law’s words are wise!”
Since the host had already spoken for her to leave, Mrs. Lin no longer had the face to stay and could only leave.
Liang Lan said, “Auntie, are you going to stay here to take care of Sister Ling?”
Ms. Liang smiled embarrassedly, “No, Cheng’er and his eldest sister-in-law are taking care of her very well, and I have matters at home I can’t step away from.”
“Then let’s return sooner! We’ve disturbed them today, it’s about time we let them rest.”
They said their goodbyes with Mo Ling, and Mother Zhong and Zhong Cheng sent them out while Zhong Cheng helped place their carriage back on their horse. Without asking for Mo Yan’s permission, Liang Lan had already got on the carriage.
The carriage sent Ms. Liang home first, and she saw Xiuying exit their family as soon as she got to the alleyway. Xiuying looked their way for a split second, then immediately turned to go the other way of the alleyway.
Ms. Liang got off and saw Xiuying’s back, scolded her as a ‘bastard’ in her heart and she hurriedly walked back home.
When she went home and opened the door to Mo Feng’s room, he was lying on the bed in the covers. She went over and removed the blankets, but Mo Feng hurriedly grabbed onto them, “Mum, what are you doing? I’m already so old, but you’re still removing my blankets.”
Ms. Liang could clearly see that Mo Feng didn’t have a shred of clothing on him under the blankets. She spat out the word ‘bastard’ as she left his room, and Mo Feng immediately put some clothes on.
P.S. I’m going to refer to Mrs. Zhong and Mr. Zhong as Mother and Father Zhong occasionally from now on…don’t know why I never thought of that. Thanks for reading!
[1] Please note this is not indicative of the translator’s viewpoint, and your mileage may vary.