From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 1106 - 1102: The Showdown Between Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law (Part 1)
Old Mrs. Mu paced back and forth in the main hall of the Old Mu Family house.
As she walked, she kept muttering under her breath.
"Oh, what are we going to do! Still no news from the eldest, and we can’t leave... The water in the tank, the fourth daughter-in-law said, can at most last until tomorrow!
If this keeps up, with Gao Tiezhu’s people not leaving, our Old Mu Family will be trapped to death first!"
"Old man, come up with an idea, don’t just hug that deadly pipe and smoke all day, a little less won’t hurt!!!"
"Old man..."
Old Mrs. Mu called several times, but Mr. Mu didn’t respond to her.
Her voice suddenly rose, looking at Mr. Mu with displeasure.
Mr. Mu, snapping back to reality, sighed, put down his tobacco pipe, and said in despair, "What can we do? Either pay back the money or have Fifth marry the Gao family’s daughter!"
"Pay back, where do we get the money to repay? Don’t forget, when Xiangxiang got married, I gave her everything we had in the household, and now there’s not a penny left!"
"And you still say it, if you hadn’t foolishly given all that money to accompany that Xiangxiang girl, would we be unable to produce even a bit of silver now?" Mr. Mu was very angry.
Ever since their son, Mu Dade, passed the imperial exam, when has he ever suffered such hardships?
With not a coin on hand, his words had no deterrence whatsoever.
Everything he said was like farting, no one listened.
"Old man, that’s not how you put it, Xiangxiang is our own daughter. And back then, when I gave the dowry, you didn’t have any objections either!"
Mr. Mu knew about the dowry of over ten taels.
He also knew that Old Mrs. Mu had always pampered Mu Xiangxiang, keeping a share of anything good for her.
And he had not expressly opposed what Old Mrs. Mu did back then.
So when Mr. Mu brought up old matters now and blamed her, Old Mrs. Mu couldn’t stand it.
Mr. Mu didn’t bother to argue with Old Mrs. Mu and simply ignored her.
After a long while, Old Mrs. Mu suddenly started speaking hesitantly again.
"Old man, I’ve thought about it all day today... actually, letting Fifth marry that Gao Cuihua isn’t bad.
We don’t have to pay those fifty taels and can still get a daughter-in-law for free.
Fifth is not that young anymore and hasn’t been betrothed all this while.
No matter how bad Gao Cuihua is, she is at least a clean girl, better than that Chen Hong, who is a remarried widow!"
In Old Mrs. Mu’s heart, even a beggar off the street was more suitable to be her daughter-in-law than Chen Hong.
If Chen Hong were to marry in, she’d rather find an ugly wife.
Seeing Mr. Mu say nothing, Old Mrs. Mu continued to fan the flames: "Actually, in this matter, we won’t even lose out. Men can have three wives and four concubines, but women can only marry one man.
If we let Fifth marry her, then find a more presentable concubine for Fifth. In the future, when going out, just not let that Gao Cuihua join, that way, won’t everyone just not know that Fifth married an ugly wife?
If it’s really not feasible, we’ll just dismiss that woman. After all, there are so many criteria for dismissal, any one of them can be used to kick that woman out!"
Old Mrs. Mu believed she had countless ways to deal with Gao Cuihua.
So she was not as opposed to Gao Cuihua marrying in as she had been before.
After hearing these words, Mr. Mu thought they made a bit of sense.
So he said, "Well, let’s call Fifth over and ask his opinion. If he agrees, we’ll send someone to the Gao family tomorrow, what do you think?"
Old Mrs. Mu certainly had no objections.
The two of them went together to call Mu Danian.
