Chapter 136 Stepmother
If Eldest Brother says that disagreeing with the marriage is harming him, then so be it, agree to the marriage. Then it’s not harming him anymore, is it? He says I don’t care for him, fine, after the marriage, the bride can learn the rules under my watch and earn her keep! He accuses me of favoring my younger siblings, alright then! I’ll treat all my sons equally and act as if I never raised such ingrates; I’ll just pour my affection onto my daughter.
After all, most of the sons were almost raised by their grandmother and have limited affection for me.
They say I treat my sons like long-term laborers, that I want them to earn money, to drain their blood to support my natal family and my daughter. Well then, I brought them into this world, having them earn money to support me in old age and repay the debt of life is only fair!
Since the mother-son relationship has come to this, I no longer care.
My condition is this: after the marriage, Lady Lin must not take charge of the household without my approval!
The Eldest Son is young and doesn’t understand the importance of the right to manage a household for the eldest son’s wife. He agreed.
I then made Eldest Brother swear an oath that, if I agreed to his marriage with Lady Lin, he must be filial and kind to me for life, and cherish his little sister without any selfish thoughts, otherwise, even if he is married, he will end up with his wife and children scattered and not meet a good end.
Though the Eldest Brother felt wronged, though he was angry, I never relented. In the end, he reluctantly swore the oath, and I duly arranged the marriage for him.
After the marriage, however I was treated by my mother-in-law in the past, I treated Lady Lin the same way. Even with Old Granny Zhang protecting her, as a mother-in-law myself, there were countless ways to deal with a daughter-in-law.
When Old Granny Zhang sought justice for Lady Lin, I simply said with indifference that I had been a daughter-in-law in the Wang Family just like that, so why couldn’t Lady Lin endure as well? At least I didn’t make her play the role of a stepmother as soon as she crossed our threshold, did I?
Old Granny Zhang was so furious that she fainted on the spot.