Chapter 980 - 982 - Don’t Call Me Cousin-in-Law_1
"But it’s no use for you to take a fancy, have you seen my niece? She’s much prettier than you, and she has a better figure too."
With that, Ms. Luo took a step forward and scrutinized Cao Lingling before adding, "Little girl, can you read?"
Cao Lingling shook her head.
Ms. Luo laughed, "Then, do you understand how to do business?"
Cao Lingling shook her head again.
"What can you do then?"
"I can embroider and make clothes; my needlework is the best in the village."
At this point, Cao Lingling became proud, for she could sell her embroidered handkerchiefs for two more coins than others.
Ms. Luo laughed, "Look at you, Big Girl, not as good-looking as my niece, not as well-shaped as my niece, and my niece can read and do business, and she knows how to make money. As for washing clothes and cooking, any woman can do that. And you still want to go serve my niece’s husband? With your looks, you aren’t even qualified to be a maid in their house. Did you see those two maids?"
She pointed at Mingcui and Ming Liu and laughed, "Those two came from the Capital City! Now look at you, you can’t even compare to a maid."
Ms. Luo’s words turned Cao Lingling’s face the color of a pig’s liver.
Old Lady Cao jumped out, pointing at Ms. Luo, "You’re talking nonsense; my granddaughter is not here to be a maid, she is to be betrothed to the granduncle’s grandson."
"You senile old hag, has your brain filled with water?" Ms. Luo snorted coldly, "Brother An is already married, do you see? He has two sons, and with your granddaughter looking like a stick, it’s questionable whether she can bear children. And yet you offer her to Brother An, utterly shameless."
Old Lady Cao, following Ms. Luo’s gaze, saw Lele and Yangyang each snuggling in Ms. Wang and Sister-in-law Li’s arms, yawning away. The little bundles were dressed in fine fabric, and they each wore gold bracelets on their wrists and ankles. Old Lady Cao’s eyes darkened, but then, to everyone’s surprise, she retorted, "Humph, if she can’t be the principal wife, then let her be a concubine!"
Finished, she addressed Yang Chuxia, "Everyone says that it’s the elders’ decision and cannot be refused. Your granduncle and I have decided to give my granddaughter to Brother An as a concubine, so you can’t refuse. As a wife of an official, you should be generous and accept her for Brother An."
Yang Chuxia felt incredulous. Where did this ignorant woman come from, flaunting her elder’s authority as if it were irrefutable? As if she were somebody of importance.
She had lost all patience with these delusional people and glanced at her sons who were beginning to doze off.
The words that came out were increasingly harsh.
"Listen here, old woman, if your brain has a hole, better go home and patch it up. What elders, what not? When the kinship is severed, does that still make you an elder? And look at your granddaughter, she has the audacity to come and be a concubine to Brother An? I’m afraid that if she enters the Ye Family’s doors, she won’t last three days before she dies."
"Let’s go, we should head home, Lele and Yangyang are sleepy." After speaking, she signaled her family to prepare to leave.
However, Cao Lingling blocked their way, "Cousin-in-law, please let me stay? I eat very little, and I just want to serve my cousin. Plus, I won’t compete with you."
"First, don’t call me cousin-in-law, and second, get away from my sight immediately, or else I’m afraid I won’t be able to resist slapping you to death."
Yang Chuxia narrowed her eyes. People these days really were something else. They can’t even walk straight at the sight of wealth, eagerly willing to become someone’s concubine. Compared to that, Yang Lichun from back then was much more endearing; at least she initially was attracted to Brother An as a person.
"Exactly, little girl, you truly have no shame, haven’t you? Can’t you get married, or do you have some illness, chasing to be someone’s concubine?"