Chapter 956 - 954: Discouraged and Disheartened
"Let me tell you, Sister-in-law of the Cao Family, truly, I’ve given birth to four sons and a daughter in this lifetime. All four sons together aren’t worth even a finger of my daughter! Those four sons of mine, each was born to collect debts, after raising them painstakingly, I still had to marry them off."
"And what happens? After they get a wife, they forget about their mother! Their hearts are all biased towards their wife. All the good stuff is dragged to their own little family, do they still remember their mother? They talk about filial piety with their mouths, but in their hearts, they don’t sincerely regard you."
"In this half of my life, following my four sons, I haven’t enjoyed a single day of bliss, just worked myself to the bone, heartbroken and unrewarded. Now, being with my daughter, I finally understand what a good life is like."
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Old Madam Cao listened to Old Granny Zhang’s bragging, half was deliberate flattery, half was sincere envy, watching the Scholar’s mother-in-law. Just because she gave birth to a good daughter, a rural old granny had become a city lady, with several people serving her.
Looking at this old lady’s complexion, you could tell her life was unbelievably comfortable.
In comparison to herself, at such an old age, still lowering herself to appease others for her son’s sake, sadness welled up in her heart.
But ultimately, Old Madam Cao was quite clear-headed, becoming more aware that if she made Old Granny Zhang happy right now, Scholar Song wouldn’t hold grudges like he did with her own family.
So she suppressed the bitterness and envy in her heart, employing tactics she used to please her own mother-in-law to make Old Granny Zhang smile with delight, only feeling that Old Madam Cao was a clever person.
In the room were just two old ladies, one boasting, one flattering, and Old Granny Wu adding humor from the side, making the room fill with laughter.
Yang Zongbao listened for a while before twitching his mouth and leaving to handle affairs.
Song Chongjin couldn’t leave, so he had to sit to the side accompanying them.