The Evil Mother-in-law: Torment Children, Work Hard, Be Rich!-Chapter 98: Humiliated at My Mother’s Home

"Grandma!"

Man Er buried herself in Tong Huaqiong’s embrace and refused to get up, her voice full of grievance.

Tong Huaqiong felt her heart ache.

"Grandma, I will never go to Grandma’s house again," Man Er said.

At her Grandma’s house in the Chen Family Village, her grandmother and grandfather said she was a liability, her aunt rolled her eyes at her, and even pinched her.

It was even more terrifying than trying to make a living in her grandma’s hands before.

Tong Huaqiong gently rubbed Man Er’s head and softly comforted her, "Grandma loves Man Er, if you don’t want to go in the future, I’ll make sure you don’t have to."

Man Er nodded vigorously.

Chen Sufen listened to the conversation between her daughter and mother-in-law, her heart filled with a bitter sorrow.

She felt sorry for her daughter for being wronged at her own family; even more sorry for her mother-in-law, who had bought a cart full of things to give her face, yet her family disdained her so much, even unwilling to let their family sit at the table for the noon meal.

Not only that, but her family also made many unreasonable demands on her.

She didn’t even have the face to tell her mother-in-law.

"You must be tired from traveling all night, have you eaten? If not, there’s still food in the pot," Tong Huaqiong said.

Chen Sufen felt even worse!

They not only didn’t have a good lunch, they didn’t have any dinner at all.

"We haven’t eaten," Man Er said, touching her growling stomach.

Tong Huaqiong couldn’t help but shake her head.

The Chen Family had gone too far.

"Well, Mom, I’ll first take a flatbed cart to the Qin Family, and then deliver Uncle Liu’s donkey as well," Gu Dahuan said.

"It’s already so late, there’s no rush," Tong Huaqiong said. "That donkey has traveled all day, you just want to send it away like this? Feed it well, send it tomorrow morning, it won’t be too late."

Tong Huaqiong felt Gu Dahuan was sometimes a bit stubborn, too honest.

Gu Dahuan nodded and went to feed the donkey.

"Mom..." Chen Sufen hesitated, her voice carrying timidity and grievance.

"Let’s not talk about it now, eat first."

Tong Huaqiong stopped Chen Sufen, calling Liu Yueer inside to help heat up food for the eldest son’s family.

Fortunately, the food was ready and was quickly served on the table.

Liu Yueer, seeing the dejected face of her sister-in-law, knew immediately she had faced setbacks at her own family, feeling a sliver of joy inside.

"Sister-in-law, after not going back to your family for years, they won’t even take care of your meals?" Liu Yueer said to Chen Sufen, adding fuel to the fire.

See, taking so many things to visit your family only to be humiliated, right?

Don’t even talk about reciprocating gifts, they wouldn’t even let you eat to your fill.

Mother-in-law holds grudges, she will definitely cool off to the Chen Family in the future.

Before Gu Jingzhe gets married, only her own family would be a proper in-law to the Gu Family.

Chen Sufen didn’t know how to respond to her sister-in-law’s words, silently eating with Man Er.

"What happened to Man Er’s hand?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

By the light of the oil lamp, Tong Huaqiong saw Man Er’s right wrist bruised, clearly pinched by someone.

Chen Sufen panicked, her eyes turning red.

"What on earth happened?" Tong Huaqiong’s face darkened.

"It was Aunt who pinched me," Man Er said with a face full of grievance.

"What happened exactly?" Tong Huaqiong was furious.

"Are you and Da Han dead, can’t even protect a child?"

While scolding, Tong Huaqiong went inside to get some ointment for bruises and carefully applied it on Man Er’s hand.

It’s unbelievable how Chen Sufen and her husband couldn’t even protect their daughter while visiting their family.

In this regard, they really couldn’t compare to the second son’s family or even past Tong Dajiao.

The second son’s family and Tong Dajiao, harsh as they might have been, protected their own children fiercely, never allowing others to bully them.

Man Er, raised for these days to be fair and tender, was pinched by her aunt during a visit to her grandma’s house.

What kind of person is this aunt that she wouldn’t even spare a child?

"Exactly, sister-in-law, not to criticize you, but you bumped your head against the doorframe at Gu Family to protect Man Er from going to the Zheng Family, and Da Han beat up the third brother for Man Er. How come you two act so tough at the Gu Family but get bullied like this at the Chen Family?" Liu Yueer said.

"Seeing our niece’s hand pinched like this, my heart aches for her."

Tong Huaqiong thought Liu Yueer’s words were unpleasant but made a lot of sense.

"During lunch..."

Chen Sufen put down her chopsticks, feeling sorry for her daughter and Da Han.

She had held back the bitterness all day, unable to stop herself from speaking out.

Chen Sufen dressed up, bringing Gu Dahuan and Man Er happily to her family home, thinking they hadn’t seen each other for years, and her family would be very welcoming.

Seeing her in new clothes, looking well, bringing a cartload of gifts, her family was indeed exceedingly welcoming at first.

Chen Sufen, moved to tears, chatting with her parents, shared everything about her mother-in-law’s transformation. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

The Chen Family didn’t care whether Tong Huaqiong changed or not, but hearing Chen Sufen withholding Man Er from going to the Zheng Family, suddenly changed faces, accusing her of being unreasonable, saying she shouldn’t stop Man Er from going to the Zheng Family to bring good fortune.

Her father said verbatim, "A little girl is ultimately a liability, keeping her at home is useless. If she goes to the Zheng Family to bring blessings, it could benefit your two brothers and nephews. Now that Man Er isn’t going to the Zheng Family, you’ve delayed the future of our Chen Family."

Her brother even banged the table in anger, resenting Chen Sufen for obstructing his son’s future.

Chen Sufen was stunned, she never expected such a reaction from her family.

This was even more excessive than her former mother-in-law and younger brother-in-law.

At least her mother-in-law raised Man Er for several years, the Chen Family hadn’t even done a thing for Man Er and already wanted to use her to change their fortunes.

Their faces were just too thick!

Next, her father and brothers began calculating household expenses, saying they needed money to renovate the house, replace the piglets for the pigs that died, and that the elder nephew would need a bride price in a few years... all adding up to needing a hundred taels of silver.

They bluntly asked Chen Sufen for a hundred taels of silver.

Chen Sufen never expected her family to ask for money as soon as they met, let alone having that much to give.

Her brother and sister-in-law again blamed her for not letting Man Er go to the Zheng Family, saying the Nie Family had money and she should borrow it from her sister-in-law’s family.

Chen Sufen cried in anger.

Her parents also didn’t take her side, both harping on about how girls should consider their brothers, scolded her for being selfish, saying she hadn’t given anything back to her family after marrying into the Gu Family for so many years, and must give a hundred taels to her brother and sister-in-law.

In the wake of the scolding, Chen Sufen realized that the initial enthusiasm was all fake, a means to fleece off her better living conditions, and since they couldn’t, their ugly faces were revealed.

Her sister-in-law even demanded her new clothes. She said they were gifts from her mother-in-law and she didn’t want to give them as she would get scolded at home. Her sister-in-law, with a face longer than a donkey’s, sarcastically remarked that she couldn’t produce a son, thus was a hen that couldn’t lay eggs.

Just like Tong Huaqiong had guessed, people in the village learned that Tong Huaqiong’s pastry business was thriving at the market, so the Chen Family wanted Chen Sufen to ask her in-laws for money.

They pressed Chen Sufen to agree to give a hundred taels.

The things they said were as harsh as could be.

Chen Sufen kept enduring it.

During lunchtime, the Chen Family cooked up the chicken, fish, and mutton Chen Sufen brought, setting out a table full of dishes.

The three members of Chen Sufen’s family were allowed to sit at the table, but in front of them were set the leftovers from the morning, saying that they lived well at the Gu Family, so the meat dishes were for Chen Sufen’s brother, sister-in-law, and nephew to eat.

Man Er, nurtured by Tong Huaqiong to be difficult to mess with, thought why should that be?

At the Gu Family, even Yaozu had to give way to her, why should she have to suffer from the cousin’s attitudes at the dining table?

Furthermore, all the meat on the table was brought by her parents, so she should eat it.

So she extended her chopsticks to grab a chicken leg, but her cousin pressed down on the meat to stop her, and during the struggle, the aunt accused Man Er of bullying her son and pinched Man Er’s hand.