Chapter 79:
Yao Jinzhu looked at her mother-in-law crying pitifully, her heart also ached. Ever since Huang Maochun entered the Lu Family, their household had never had a peaceful day.
Lu Xing’an clenched his teeth in anger. His old mother had never suffered such a grievance in all these years. Previously, for Xingchang’s marriage, they had tolerated the excessive demands of the Huang family, even giving away their younger sister’s quilt as part of the dowry.
There was no solution, as his younger brother was hell-bent on marrying her!
The whole family united their efforts to set up the marriage, but who would have expected that the girl, who was always kind and gentle, changed her demeanor as soon as she married into the family. The house was as dirty as a dog’s kennel; the clothes and socks were all washed by Xingchang, a big man who after a full day’s work, still had to wash his lazy wife’s clothes and clean the house.
These were all matters between the couple, how they wished to live was their own business, but why constantly torment his mother, who had never been spoken ill of in Lu Family Village.
Everyone in the eight neighboring villages knew that Zhu Juying of the Lu Family Village was the most sensible, kind, and filial. Now in her old age, instead of enjoying blessings, she was suffering.
"Mom, stop crying. I’ll ask Mao Chun for some cotton tickets later. Right now, we need to quickly prepare lunch; otherwise, if Mao Chun comes back and can’t have a hot meal, she might make a fuss about going back to her mother’s home."
Lu Xingchang rubbed his hands nervously, looking at Zhu Juying, hoping his old mother would stop crying soon. Even if she couldn’t cook herself, she could have the younger sister or elder sister-in-law do it. His wife was just temperamental. He might speak to her nicely in the evening; the cotton tickets could still be retrieved.