Old Lady Bai showed a happy smile on her face: “Heaven is helping me. Zhao Lan has always been easy to talk to, while that dead girl, Bai Zhi is not. Let’s go directly to Zhao Lan. Hmph, I became her mother-in-law for more than 10 years, her dead husband came out from my womb. If I talk to her, she wouldn’t be able to say no, right?”
Mrs. Liu hurriedly agreed: “That’s given. Doesn’t she always listen to you in the past? I think there wouldn’t be any different now.”
When Mrs. Zhang came in from the house in the backyard, she saw the old lady and Mrs. Liu’s proud appearance. She knew the two don’t have any good plan, so she turned around and didn’t enter the room further.
However, Old Lady Bai has seen her and shouted: “Second daughter-in-law, if you are free, come with us.”
Mrs. Zhang stopped walking, she turned her head, but didn’t smile at them: “I still have something to do, you go on your own.”
Mrs. Liu opened her mouth and said: “What do you have to do at this early hour? I think you just don’t want to go with us.”
Mrs. Zhang raised an eyebrow: “Sister-in-law, you can really talk without any difficulty, don’t you? Since I woke up at dawn, I haven’t stopped working and cleaning at home. While you, you haven’t touch anything inside the house. So now, tell me, do you think you have any reason to pick a fight on me?”
Mrs. Zhang then looked at Mrs. Liu from head to toe and added: “It seems that your injury in your butt is now good. In that case, let’s make a schedule to who will do the chores today.”
Mrs. Liu’s face slightly changed in color, she wrinkled her eyebrows and said: “Sister-in-law, you are too much, you talk as if I didn’t do anything at all.”
Old Lady Bai angrily said: “Enough, don’t say anything anymore. Since you still have something to do, then don’t go with us. Let’s go now.” Old Lady Bai tugged Mrs. Liu’s sleeves and pulled her out of the house.
Mrs. Liu stared at Mrs. Zhang, as she was about to go outside the house. She doesn’t know why this woman always picks a fight with her. Sooner or later, she will clean her up.
Mrs. Zhang looked at the old lady and Mrs. Liu’s departing back. The sneer on her mouth was getting more and more intense: “I want to see what you can get out from it this time.”
*
Old Lady Bai and Mrs. Liu came to Hu Changlin’s house. Seeing Hu Changlin in the courtyard, Old Lady Bai asked with a smile on her face: “Changlin, is our family’s Zhao Lan inside?”Our Family’s Zhao Lan?
Hu Changlin got up from the chair but still continued to fan himself with the big fan on his hand. Then, he walked step by step closer to the gate and looked at Old Lady Bai and Mrs. Liu.
“If I remember correctly, your Bai Family and Zhao Lan are separated now. She is no longer a member of your Bai Family, right?”
Old Lady Bai laughed twice and said: “Don’t say that, we are still family in the end. Even if you break a bone, it can still be attached. The family had a conflict before, but now it is finished. Sooner or later, they will come back home. After all, it’s not good to stay in other people’s home.”
Hu Changlin looked at Old Lady Bai and Mrs. Liu with eyes full of admiration and said: “Ohh, I’ve seen people with a thick face before, but I’ve never seen such a two-face mother-in-law like you. To say such kind of words, aren’t you afraid to be struck by lightning?”
Old Lady Bai’s face sank and said: “This is our Bai Family’s matter. You are an outsider, what does it have to do with you?”
Hu Changlin coldly sneered: “Of course, it has something to do with me. Zhao Lan and Bai Zhi now live in my Hu Family’s house. So I, Hu Changlin, will protect them. I will not allow you Bai Family to bully them. If you have the ability, you can stop me and try to interrupt my arm again.”