Chapter 1146: Chapter 1144: A Sensible Person
Old Lady Zhou watched Madam Zhou cry with a cold eye, shaking her head silently. With such a disposition, how could she have such a life? Itâs only because she had a good daughter to protect her.
But daughters must eventually marry, and when she marries into the Wu Family, itâs impossible to take her mother along. Without that girlâs protection, with a disposition like hers, wonât she be at the mercy of others?
Itâs better to remain unmarried now, recruit a husband, and become an Old Lady of her own â what a glorious life it would be.
Itâs a pity that this womanâs train of thought is so unusual. What on earth did Wu Lihong feed her? Is it a disease that she canât live without a man?
Old Lady Zhou shook her head in disappointment.
Madam Zhou, exhausted from crying, took a handkerchief to wipe the tears from the corner of her eyes, looked at Old Lady Zhou, and asked: "Mother, Iâm about to leave, and I want to ask you, why do you despise me so? Just because I wasnât born a son?"
Old Lady Zhouâs body stiffened.
"With Big Brother and Xueli to continue the family line, I am the only daughter in the family, why do you still despise me like this?" Madam Zhou said. "Even if not, I am always your daughter, a piece of flesh that fell from you."
"Are you blaming me for being heartless?" Old Lady Zhou looked at her with cold eyes. "Do you listen to what I say? It was like this with Wufu back then, and itâs like this with whatâs in your belly now. Have you forgotten the hardship of those ten-plus years? Do you want to go through it again? Zhou Meiniang, arenât you just being foolish?"
Madam Zhouâs face turned pale, and she said mournfully: "I canât be as heartless as you, itâs my child."
"Is that unformed child your flesh and blood, but Wufu isnât? Donât you think about her? In fact, youâre just thinking about yourself, wanting to nest with that man. To put it bluntly, youâre just selfish!" Old Lady Zhouâs words stabbed her like ice.
"Itâs not like you say, itâs not!" Madam Zhou couldnât help but stand up, sharply refuting.
Old Lady Zhou watched her indifferently.
Madam Zhou saw this gaze and felt like a basin of ice water had poured over her, chilling her to the bone from head to toe.
She didnât look at Old Lady Zhou again, turned around, and walked out.
Old Lady Zhou sat cross-legged on the kang, expressionless, muttering softly: "Foolish, sheâs foolish, theyâre all foolish!"
Their conversation had been so loud inside the room, those outside could not help but hear, and it worried them greatly.
Seeing Madam Zhou come out wiping her tears, Qiu Xiang was startled and quickly stepped forward to support her, calling out worriedly: "Madam?"
Purple Jade, being a martial artist, had better hearing than most people. She had been guarding the door, so she naturally heard Old Lady Zhouâs reproaches to Madam Zhou clearly.
To ordinary farming families, even seeing a Low-ranking Official of the eighth rank was remarkable. Not to mention being a Legal Wife, even becoming a mistress was something many would aspire to.
This Old Madam Zhou didnât have that idea and instead laid out the disadvantages clearly, expressing her strong disapproval of Madam Zhou taking Wufu back to the Wu Family.
It should be known that the other party was a fifth-rank official. If Madam Zhou went to that household and truly gained favor, she could aid and support her natal family. It wouldnât be an exaggeration to say that if one person gains the Tao, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
She wasnât downright senile, she was a sensible person.
Purple Jade, however, didnât know that Old Lady Zhou had seen too much of what had happened in the family over the past year, had grown fearful, and had no greater aspirations of wealth and glory, only wishing for her family to live peacefully and well.
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Especially now, with her eldest son Zhou Xuennian relying on Madam Zhou to become such an official, but with his temperament, itâs not a path to prosperity, itâs a path to destruction.
It can only be said, the human heart is hard to fathom, and everyone has their own considerations.