The Evil Mother-in-law: Torment Children, Work Hard, Be Rich!-Chapter 87: Accepted the County Magistrate’s Son as a Godgrandson
The County Magistrate’s son, Liu Yanhong, finally calmed down and wiped his tears before thanking Tong Huaqiong.
The image of the spoiled child vanished completely.
Mrs. Han claimed that their eldest grandson was saved by Tong Huaqiong, who was akin to a rebirth parent for him, and she wanted her grandson to recognize Tong Huaqiong as a godmother. However, since Tong Huaqiong was already a grandmother, being a rebirth godmother to the grandson would mess up the generations.
So, Mrs. Han insisted that Liu Yanhong recognize Tong Huaqiong as a god-grandmother.
Tong Huaqiong twitched at the corners of her mouth, shaking her hand to refuse repeatedly.
But Mrs. Han was persistent, saying, "Don’t worry about my son disagreeing, if he does, then he doesn’t have to call me mother," with Old Mrs. Huang chiming in, Liu Yanhong loudly called Tong Huaqiong "god-grandmother."
Frightening Tong Huaqiong to flee.
Well, by attending a banquet, she ended up with a god-grandson, who was the County Magistrate’s young son no less.
In equivalent exchange, does that mean the County Magistrate should call her godmother?
This fortunate turn seemed a bit excessive.
At this time, County Magistrate Liu, who was hearing a case, suddenly sneezed several times.
Liu Yanhong called out "god-grandmother" more eagerly than he would call his own grandmother, thinking to himself that he wasn’t losing out, since his god-grandmother had excellent skills in making pastries, he could freely ask her for pastries in the future.
People say that milk makes a mother; for Liu Yanhong, pastries make a god-grandmother.
Gu Taohua looked at her mother with admiration, wow! The County Magistrate’s son became her mother’s god-grandson, which means she could go to the county government and connect with her godbrother in the future.
Standing next to Gu Taohua, Gu Baishuang was shocked by this entire series of events. Her stepmother, just like that, established a connection with the County Magistrate?
To know that her old master had tried hard just to step into the county government, and she thought of connecting with the County Magistrate’s mother at Old Mrs. Huang’s birthday feast, but she couldn’t break into that core circle.
Yet her black-hearted stepmother did it with ease.
When her stepmother talked about remarrying at the banquet, it wasn’t just a joke. By leveraging this connection to the County Magistrate, someone might genuinely want to marry her stepmother.
Gu Baishuang felt like there’s shame upon her deceased father’s head.
After acknowledging the god-grandson, Tong Huaqiong politely bid farewell to Old Mrs. Huang and Mr. Huang to return home.
Old Mrs. Huang and Mr. Huang naturally tried their best to keep her, but Tong Huaqiong smiled and politely declined, accepting a red envelope given by them with satisfaction.
Yu Qin whispered a few words into Old Mrs. Huang’s ear, after which Old Mrs. Huang generously sent a set of exquisite pastry molds from the small kitchen to Tong Huaqiong, as well as a satin suit each for Gu Taohua and Man Er.
Mr. Huang instructed the servants to prepare a box of meat and various herbs for Tong Huaqiong.
Knowing that for ordinary farming families, meat and herbs are treasures, Mr. Huang specially sent things that the Gu family needed.
Tong Huaqiong showed satisfaction and accepted with a smile.
Mr. Huang ordered someone to hire a cart for the three members of the Tong family to take them to Qinghe Bay, but Tong Huaqiong politely declined, mentioning that her second son and daughter-in-law were likely already waiting outside the Huang family’s mansion.
Therefore, Mr. Huang no longer insisted and ordered the maidservant to carry the belongings to the main gate.
Mrs. Han personally held Tong Huaqiong’s hand to send her off, deeply resonating with her upon learning that Tong Huaqiong was also a widow.
She assured Tong Huaqiong to freely do the dessert business in Yan Guan Town, and if anyone tried to make trouble, her son would be a strong backing for Tong Huaqiong.
Mrs. Han’s precious grandson, Liu Yanhong, quietly said to Man Er while holding her hand, "Sister Man Er, you see my hand is scratched, but I forgive you for pushing me, let’s be friends."
Liu Yanhong, following Man Er, called her sister here and there, and showed her his scratched hand.
"I won’t forgive you for stealing my pastries."
Man Er pulled her hand away from Liu Yanhong’s with a displeased face, thinking that this chubby boy was as irritating as Gu Yaozu before.
He stole her things and then turned the blame on her.
It was clearly he who stole her pastries first, that’s why she pushed him.
And now this annoying fat boy has become her grandmother’s grandson too, which makes Man Er very unhappy that an outsider is taking her grandmother away.
"Sister Man Er, I shouldn’t have taken your cake, can you forgive me?" Liu Yanhong said, smiling, with eyes squinted.
"No." Man Er said crisply.
"Later, I’ll come to your house to play, okay? I’ll bring lots of fun stuff from Pingchuan County." Liu Yanhong said, trying to ingratiate himself.
Man Er ignored Liu Yanhong, snorted, and quickly went to hold her grandmother Tong Huaqiong’s hand.
She wanted to stay far away from this little chubby boy.
"God-grandmother, I’ll come to Qinghe Bay to your home to play later."
Seeing that Man Er wasn’t paying him any mind, young master Liu Yanhong wasn’t angry, and shouted to Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong let go of Mrs. Han’s hand, twitched her mouth, nodded hastily, and said, "Sure, as long as the young master doesn’t mind, feel free to come to my house."
She couldn’t very well say no, since he’s now a god-grandson, she should not maintain a high-minded image.
Having the County Magistrate’s thigh to hang on to, she wouldn’t dream of going after the Emperor’s thigh, would she? She simply didn’t have that kind of connection.
Outside Huang’s mansion, Gu Dashi and Liu Yueer were waiting with a flatbed cart.
Seeing Gu Dashi and his wife chatting cheerfully with the gatekeeper of the Huang family, Tong Huaqiong couldn’t help but think that this family did indeed have some social prowess, making them perfect for helping expand the market.
"Mom, Sister, you’re out!"
Gu Dashi came over to greet Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua when he saw them.
"Mom, it seems that the Huang family was very satisfied today. I saw a lady dressed in elaborate attire sending you out; that must be Old Mrs. Huang, right?" 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Liu Yueer went forward affectionately, holding Tong Huaqiong’s hand, taking the box from her, and peeking rudely at the Huang’s mansion. The gatekeeper mentioned how her mother-in-law shined at the birthday feast, being invited to sit at the main table by the hosts.
The banquet at the Huang’s was one of the best.
She was so envious.
"Second Sister-in-law, that wasn’t Old Mrs. Huang, that was the County Magistrate’s mother." Gu Taohua proudly smiled.
"What?"
"The County Magistrate’s mother?"
Gu Dashi and Liu Yueer were stunned beyond words; the biggest official they had ever known was the village chief, so the County Magistrate was truly beyond their realm of comprehension.
The County Magistrate was no stranger to Qinghe Bay, coming to the village every spring to inspect the farming conditions, and it would be so crowded that even the village head would wander on the periphery, let alone these villagers.
"Mom, is this true?" Gu Dashi asked in a trembling voice.
"What’s so strange about it? Is the County Magistrate’s mother not human, with two eyes and one nose?" Tong Huaqiong replied with great composure.
Mom sounds like she has gotten ahead of herself, Gu Dashi thought!
But that was the mother of the County Magistrate. Sure, she had two eyes and one nose, but how could she be the same as the village women?
"Oh my, Mom, how did you catch the County Magistrate’s mother’s eye?"
Liu Yueer looked at Tong Huaqiong with admiration.
When she came to Yan Guan Town looking for a shop, everyone praised how well Tong Huaqiong made pastries, her candid nature, and honesty in business, making Liu Yueer think, were they praising her mother-in-law?
Now she felt she had underestimated her mother-in-law.
Now, she could even connect with the County Magistrate’s mother.
"Mom saved the County Magistrate’s son..."
Gu Taohua recounted, with pride, how Tong Huaqiong saved the County Magistrate’s son at the banquet.
Hearing that the County Magistrate’s son recognized Tong Huaqiong as a god-grandmother, Gu Dashi smiled so wide his mouth stretched to his ears.
"The County Magistrate’s son calls Mom god-grandmother, meaning he calls me god-uncle, so that means the County Magistrate and I are also sworn brothers."
The more Gu Dashi thought about it, the more delighted he was. He hadn’t even met the County Magistrate and was already sworn brothers in absentia.
Mom did well!
