Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Mother, what’s wrong?”
When she saw the look on her mother-in-law’s face, Wang immediately understood what was happening.
She was not dumb and was, in fact, pretty quick-witted. It was just that she wasn’t using it on the right track. Instead, she used it to trick and cheat others.
“What’s wrong? Don’t you know?” Mrs. Xu asked coldly. “You have been living quite comfortably these days, haven’t you?”
“Mother, I…..” Wang started thinking to herself. Her mother-in-law was extremely happy when she heard about the news. How long had it been since then? Plus, what did she do wrong? The only thing that she did was give her sisters-in-law a little bit more house chores. None of them were unhappy about it. Then why was her mother-in-law making a fuss about it?
She was definitely wrong to think that her in-laws loved her husband the most!
Wang stammered and not a single word came out; however, her mind was full of thoughts.
“My third daughter-in-law, it’s true that by marrying into the Xu family, you married low. For the past three years, my son has not been doing his best, so you feel humiliated. I don’t blame you for being angry at him. However, you must remember something. The moment you married into this family, you became a daughter-in-law of the Xu family. There are no young mistresses in the Xu family. The wives of both my eldest sons are your senior sisters-in-law. Don’t you feel any sense of guilt for treating them like servants?!”
“Mother, I…. I’m pregnant. My body…. I’ve been feeling quite tired lately,” Wang quickly defended herself.
“Nonsense!” Mrs. Xu slammed the table and said, “I’m pregnant as well; why don’t I feel just as uncomfortable as you? I am their mother-in-law, yet I don’t even have the face to trouble them. But you, as the junior sister-in-law among them, who gave you the right to order them around? If you don’t feel comfortable staying in the Xu family, you can go back to your own home!”
When she heard Mrs. Xu asking her to return home, Wang immediately apologized. “Mother, I was wrong. I’ll change, I promise to change!”
This wasn’t the first time that Mrs. Xu was dealing with this daughter-in-law of hers. She sneered and said, “Whether or not you change depends on your actions, not your words. Wife of the youngest, from tomorrow onwards, you’ll take care of your own things personally. As for the house chores, if it becomes really difficult for you, then you can ask for help from your sisters-in-law.
“Since you have been spoiled and are used to being served if you want, you could hire someone to serve you. That would be entirely up to you. I wouldn’t envy you nor say a word about it. If you’re really worried about what the others might say about this, then you can move out. We’ll part ways, and how you live from then onwards would be your choice.”
“Mother, I really was wrong. I promised that there will be no next time!” Wang sincerely apologized.
Although she really wanted to hire someone to serve her, it would cost a fortune. At the same time, if she chose either option—hiring a servant or moving out of the Xu family—she would be judged.
Further, there wasn’t much of a problem in the family to begin with. If Youngest Xu found out that they had to move out because of her, he would definitely divorce her.
And well, of course, the most important thing was that Mrs. Xu was considered a good mother-in-law.
Even though Wang always complained about the Xu family, she never said one bad thing about her mother-in-law. She had to admit that she had landed an extremely kind mother-in-law.
It must be known that most of her friends who married into good families all ended up being bullied.