Chapter 82: Only a fool wouldn’t take advantage of a good deal
After Lady Jiang married into the family, just as Old Granny Zhang had predicted, she was meek and easy to manipulate. With no one from her natal family to support her, and not favored by the men, she quickly became clay in Old Granny Zhang’s hands, to be molded as she pleased.
There was just one thing that dissatisfied Old Granny Zhang. Laosan was never home and out of tune with the family. She had thought that Lady Jiang would embroider to earn money on her own, which would give her an excuse to demand that Lady Jiang hand over the money, increasing the household’s income.
However, Lady Jiang seemed to have forgotten all about this. No matter how hard her life was, she might silently cry or beg Old Granny Zhang, but aside from mending clothes, she never touched needle and thread.
Old Granny Zhang saw that Lady Jiang was guarding against her as well as the other Wang family members. How could her heart not burn with rage? She began to treat Lady Jiang even worse, deducting from her food portion, hoping to force her into compliance.
Lady Jiang appeared fragile but was incredibly stubborn. Almost starving to death, she never once took up needle and thread in front of Old Granny Zhang.
She never taught Jinhua needlework either.
Old Granny Zhang thought Lady Jiang would stubbornly keep her embroidery skills to herself, preferring to starve than reveal them.
Unexpectedly, Lady Jiang was now willing to teach her own daughter. Wasn’t this a blessing from heaven?
Although Old Granny Zhang didn’t understand why Lady Jiang was willing to teach her daughter, not taking advantage of such an opportunity would be foolish.
Because of this, Old Granny Zhang felt that she had won the battle against Lady Jiang. No matter what, Lady Jiang had capitulated, which greatly satisfied her psychologically as a mother-in-law.
For several days, she showed Lady Jiang some smiles, no longer deducted from her food portion, and even spoke to her in a much friendlier tone.