Chapter 363 - Chapter 363 Chapter 363 Glory and Wealth
Chapter 363: Chapter 363 Glory and Wealth Chapter 363: Chapter 363 Glory and Wealth Mo Xiaoqiang coldly glanced at her and forcefully said, “Your side of the family will always be just that, the second branch. Even if we from the main house can’t have children, it’ll never be your turn.”
“Why not?” Madam Ruan voiced her discontent.
“Simply because I was born a few years before your husband, that should be enough. No matter how capable you are of having sons, they can never be legitimate heirs anyway.”
Seeing them quarreling endlessly, Old Master Mo, trying to smooth things over, said, “Alright, enough! Let’s all stop arguing and hurry up and eat, the food is getting cold. Tonight, we specifically had a fat chicken prepared to welcome Hengjian home, why spoil it with unpleasantness?”
“Eunuch, look, Auntie Sun started eating meat without your permission, and I was just teaching her a lesson,” Madam Ruan fiercely glared at Auntie Sun.
“Young sister, you’re out of line here. Even if my wife needs to be disciplined, it’s not your place to do so,” Mo Xiaoqiang retorted as he took big bites of the meat.
Madam Ruan glared with wide eyes: “You… you…”
“Okay, okay, let’s all stop arguing and just eat the meat. Everyone in the family has had some already; it won’t hurt if she has some too,” Old Master Mo said impatiently. Is it really worth quarreling over a few pieces of meat? Look at Madam Xie and her family–they eat meat every day and you don’t see them fighting, do you? Really now.
“Hmph!”
Madam Ruan harshly huffed at Mo Xiaoxia and then extended her chopsticks to take another piece of chicken, placing it in Mo Hengjian’s bowl. “Son, eat up. This is the chicken your grandmother specially prepared for you. Don’t let others take advantage of it.” After speaking, she meaningfully glanced at Mo Xiaoqiang and Auntie Sun.
“Mother, stop adding meat to my bowl, I can’t eat that much,” said Mo Hengjian, visibly impatient. He thought to himself, returning to the countryside is so irritating. His parents always looked so miserly, bickering over a few pieces of meat–how annoying, just like country bumpkins who have never seen the world.
Indeed, he never worried about spending silver while studying at the Academy, as Old Lady Mo gave him plenty each month. He ate fine fish and meat every day; how could he understand the plight of people like Madam Ruan, who could hardly eat meat all year round? He surely despised their behavior.