Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 1167: Mother and Daughter Reunion

Upon hearing this, Elder Xu had no doubts. It’s obvious that even if Village Chief Gu were a fool, he wouldn’t marry off his eldest grandson to the Chen Family’s granddaughter.

Still, the matter disgusted him, and he was very angry.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen wept and made all sorts of promises: "Uncle Xu, rest assured, I will handle the Old Chen Family’s matters. I will not let them bother you or harm Brother Xing or disgust Linglong."

Elder Xu let Mrs. Chen cry for a while, allowing her to know fear, before finally saying, "Handle it? She’s your own mother. How are you going to handle it? Are you going to kill her?"

He added, "This is the Prefecture. Brother Xing just passed the scholar exam, and even a slight mishap could damage his reputation."

He had heard from Mrs. Chen and Chen Yinhua that the Chen Family was just a bunch of shameless bullies. Now that they were extremely poor, they wouldn’t let go once they saw Mrs. Chen’s wealth.

Additionally, his granddaughter was definitely going to marry Gu Dexing, and Mrs. Chen was Gu Dexing’s aunt. It was simply impossible for Gu Dexing’s family to completely avoid the Old Chen Family’s troubles.

Now, the Old Chen Family wanted to use Brother Xing’s marriage to manipulate the Xu Family. This wasn’t something Mrs. Chen’s few promises could resolve.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chen cried even harder: "Please rest assured, Old Chen Family will never entangle with Brother Xing again. Please, don’t call off the engagement."

She could wield a knife against the Chen Family, but she was powerless against the Xu Family, so she could only plead.

Gu Dagui knelt and said, "Uncle Xu, my wife and I truly didn’t expect to run into the Chen Family again. Please give us a chance, and we will definitely resolve this matter, okay?"

Seeing his second uncle and aunt kneeling, Gu Dexing hurriedly knelt down as well, saying, "Grandpa Xu, I swear as a junior, I will only marry Linglong this life!"

Brother An had mentioned that although wealthy families liked accepting concubines and keeping maids, they didn’t like their daughters or granddaughters being wronged. So, they secretly preferred young men who promised not to accept concubines.

Gu Dexing couldn’t think of any other way to appease Elder Xu for the moment, so he could only make this promise.

After hearing this, Elder Xu’s face remained expressionless, but inside, he was smiling... In this matter, both Brother Xing and the Gu Dagui couple were quite innocent, but Elder Xu was very pleased to get a promise from Brother Xing.

He said, "Get up, don’t kneel anymore."

Mrs. Chen was overjoyed and asked, "Are you not angry anymore?"

Elder Xu retorted, "If your granddaughter hasn’t married yet, and the family of her future husband’s aunt came to scheme against you, wouldn’t you be angry?"

Mrs. Chen was at a loss for words but hurriedly apologized.

Elder Xu said, "Enough, stop with the nonsense. If you trust me, go and invite your family over now. We’ll resolve this matter tonight."

"Invite the Chen Family over?!" Gu Dagui was shocked: "This won’t do, Uncle Xu. You don’t understand, my mother-in-law is different from others, she..." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Elder Xu said, "If we don’t invite them over to resolve the matter, are we going to let this trouble continue?"

This matter cannot be delayed; the longer it drags on, the worse it gets.

Mrs. Chen didn’t want to delay either, and she said, "Alright, please wait. I will take Yinhua to bring them over."

Elder Xu didn’t let her go: "You don’t need to go, let your niece bring the servants to invite them."

In the end, Elder Xu decided to let the Xu Family’s housekeeper bring the Xu Family’s Guardian, Ah Feng, Ah Ling, and Chen Yinhua to where the Chen Family was staying, to "invite" them over.

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As soon as Madam Old Ruan saw Chen Yinhua, she slapped her twice, spitting as she cursed: "You ungrateful wretch, after I trusted you so much, you dared to betray and inform Chen Shuihua!"

Chen Yinhua said she was going to smoke out a rabbit hole and would be back in an hour, but now it’s long past dark, and she’s brought back the Xu Family’s housekeeper and workers from Chen Shuihua’s shop. Anyone with a brain would know Chen Yinhua has taken Chen Shuihua’s side.

Seeing this, Chen Shengxi quickly stepped in to stop her and pleaded, "Grandma, please don’t hit my sister. Her heart is with the family."

Ms. Xiao Ruan didn’t dare speak, only hiding in the distance, afraid of being beaten by Madam Old Ruan as well.

"I spit on that. She’s already become a servant to Chen Shuihua, how could her heart be with the family?" Madam Old Ruan was furious, pointing at Chen Yinhua, "You’d better pray the family gets the money this time, or I’ll sell you to a brothel and show you what’s what!"

After threatening Chen Yinhua, Madam Old Ruan looked at the Xu Family’s housekeeper and said, "Lead the way. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen my daughter, and I’ve heard she’s become wealthy. When you’re poor, you don’t care about face, but once you’re rich, you start to care a lot and won’t let any scandal spread from your family."

The Xu Family’s housekeeper furrowed his brows upon hearing this. This Madam Old Ruan truly wasn’t simple—brutal yet clever, tricky to deal with.

The Xu Family’s housekeeper didn’t respond, merely guiding the Guardian to load the Chen Family onto the mule cart, and they headed to Gu’s Workshop.

An hour later, Madam Old Ruan and the others arrived at Gu’s Workshop. Seeing such a big workshop, she was overwhelmed with excitement.

Ms. Shan pulled Mrs. Chi and said, "Elder Sister-in-law, if only this shop were ours, wouldn’t it be wonderful."

Mrs. Chi, forgetting about the fight with Ms. Shan earlier, nodded: "Yes, if we had such a shop, I’d die content."

After a pause, she added, "The shop belongs to Third Sister, so we’re technically half owners of it."

Ms. Shan, her eyes gleaming like silver, agreed wholeheartedly: "Oh yes, Elder Sister-in-law is right, we’re half owners of the shop too."

After saying that, she glared fiercely at Chen Yinhua, who was walking behind them, and said, "Too bad some little traitor is ungrateful. Once we get the money, she’ll never taste good fortune."

Chen Yinhua, with her head bowed, paid no mind to Ms. Shan’s words and instead smiled coldly to herself: Ha, keep dreaming. That Old Master Xu isn’t someone to be trifled with. It’s best if you fend for yourselves.

Ms. Xiao Ruan followed behind, tugging on Chen Yinhua’s sleeve and whispering: "You fool. Why did you go and inform your third aunt? Your father is dead, and we rely on your grandma to live. You’ve offended her; how will we survive in this branch of the family?"

Chen Yinhua smiled and suddenly said, "You’re the fool."

"You, you little wretch, what did you say? I am your own mother!" Ms. Xiao Ruan was shocked, looking at Chen Yinhua as if she’d seen a ghost. Had her usually obedient daughter gone mad?

Chen Yinhua looked at her mother and said, "From now on, the only ones you can rely on are me and Shengxi. If you want a good life, don’t talk unnecessarily later, just stand by my side."

As the mother and daughter spoke, they had already arrived at the guest hall of the residence. Mrs. Chen stood at the entrance, glaring at Madam Old Ruan.

Madam Old Ruan, unwilling to be outdone, glared back at Mrs. Chen and cheekily said, "Seeing your mother, why don’t you kneel and bow? Even claiming to be a scholar’s aunt. With your lack of filial piety, you dare to be a scholar’s aunt?"

Mrs. Chen, already infuriated by Madam Old Ruan’s actions, exploded upon hearing this and rushed to fight Madam Old Ruan: "You old witch, it’s one thing to harm me, but you even want to harm Brother Xing. I’ll tear you apart!"

Seeing this, Gu Dagui’s mind flashed with two words, "It’s over." This time Madam Old Ruan was sure to make a scene.

Sure enough, Madam Old Ruan wasn’t easy to deal with. Seeing Mrs. Chen rushing at her, she promptly sat on the ground, wailing loudly: "Oh heavens, what have I done to deserve this? Haven’t seen my daughter in over ten years, and as soon as we meet, she wants to kill me. It’s unforgivable!"

Her voice, as high-pitched as Mrs. Chen’s, pierced the air, gratingly loud enough to make Elder Xu furrow his brows tightly... Ha, she truly is Mrs. Chen’s mother, a true shrew.