SFS Chapter 145 Changchun Gets a Scolding!
Chapter 145 Changchun Gets a Scolding!
Mu Changchun was startled by the old lady, and upon closer inspection, he saw that his daughter's eyes were red!
"Tingting, don't be afraid! It's alright, you're right. It's just that your mother's mind is getting more and more confused." The old lady comforted her before saying, "Someone, take Miss Tingting back to rest. She won't study anything this afternoon; let her have a good time to play."
"Yes, old lady."
Once Liu Tingting left, only the old lady and Mu Changchun remained in the room. The old lady glared fiercely at her good-for-nothing daughter with her slightly cloudy eyes, as if she wanted to bore two holes through her!
"Mother, please, please don't look at me like that. I, I didn't say anything wrong." The last sentence was spoken a little weaker.
"You still say you're right! I don't think you're even as smart as Tingting! Don't you realize that your older brother only transferred him to Beijing last year? Even though he wasn't promoted, he's still in the capital, right? He'll have plenty of opportunities in the future, won't he? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Mu Changchun's eyes flickered, and his lips moved slightly, but he didn't utter a sound.
"Do you really think I don't know what Liu Haiye of your family is up to?" The old lady's eyes suddenly sharpened, and she gave a heavy snort!
"Liu Haiye is just someone who thinks he's smart! With his limited intelligence, let alone compared to your older brother, even your daughter Tingting is smarter than him!" After the old lady finished speaking, she saw the obvious resentment on Mu Changchun's face and became even angrier!
"Don't you believe me! Let me ask you, how are your two children doing in the Mu family?"
Mu Changchun thought for a moment, "They're doing quite well. My sister-in-law has never been stingy with their food, clothing, or daily necessities."
"Yes, I've never mistreated them! But what about you? Let me ask you, what have you taught Tingting and Zhuangzhuang all these years?" The old lady was truly furious now, feeling that if she didn't teach her daughter a lesson, she would probably be ruined!
"You haven't forgotten what Tingting was like before she came here, have you? Before Zhuangzhuang entered the Mu family, had he even started his formal education? How many characters did he know? I bet he couldn't even write his own name properly, right? But look at him now! You saw Zhuangzhuang being praised by his teacher that day! Have these two children suddenly become so good? So endearing?"
Mu Changchun felt his face tighten and felt a little embarrassed!
Indeed, neither Liu Haiye nor I have been qualified elders over the years. In the past, I was too soft-hearted and couldn't even protect my two children. If I hadn't returned to my parents' home later, it's doubtful that my children would have been able to grow up safely, let alone learn anything.
“Mother, I know that these are all things I learned in the Mu family over the years, and that my elder brother and sister-in-law taught me well. But it was they who suggested that they stay in the Mu family. It wasn’t us who forced them to stay.”
Mu Changchun still felt he had done nothing wrong! Those were his own children; couldn't he have raised them himself? Now that the two children were sensible, all the credit went to his elder brother and sister-in-law. It felt more like they had stolen his two good children from him.
The old lady sneered, "You really don't know where you went wrong! Didn't you give birth to a third child two years ago? No, in your Liu family, that would be the fourth! And a boy at that. Tell me, if they had both stayed with you, would you really have had the time to discipline them?"
Mu Changchun was truly humiliated by the old lady's words.
“Mother, that’s not what I meant. I admit I’m not as capable as my sister-in-law, who has my brother’s heart so well! But I can’t help it! Now that I have two legitimate sons, don’t I feel more confident? Besides, if they had stayed by my side, things might not have been any worse!”
"Fine! Since you're so capable, then take those two siblings away! I want to see how you're going to take care of four children and outmaneuver those two young and beautiful concubines! Let me make this clear: you can take the children, but don't ever send them back to me!"
After the old lady finished speaking, she ignored her and moved her body to doze off on the soft couch.
Seeing this, the old lady's maidservant quickly smiled and said, "Madam, let's talk this out. Look at you, you're mother and daughter, how can you be so distant?"
Mu Changchun thought about it and realized that if she offended her mother, who would she talk to about her husband's affairs?
Mu Changchun left the chair and sat down on the couch, then reached out and began to massage the old lady's legs.
“Mother, it’s not that I’m deliberately pressuring my elder brother. It’s just that my life in this household isn’t easy either! Now, that concubine is pregnant. Although we don’t know the gender yet, she’s still a member of the Liu family. Once she has a child, she’ll have a more secure position in the household. I’m just anxious, aren’t I?”
The old lady chuckled upon hearing this, opened her eyes and looked at her, "What does your competition for the emperor's favor with a concubine have to do with whether he can get into the Ministry of Works?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Changchun looked somewhat embarrassed. "Daughter, do you think that if my brother helps me get into the Ministry of Works and get the job I want, will he feel more sorry for me?"
"Really? My dear daughter, you're so foolish! They're using you as a ladder, and you're just letting them climb on you like that?"
Upon hearing his mother's harsh words, Mu Changchun naturally felt embarrassed and asked, "Mother, what are you saying?"
"What do you mean? That's exactly right! You've been with him for so many years, and you still think he only fell for your talent? Only fell for your so-called Tsinghua University aura? Look at yourself now! You've become nothing like the talented woman you used to be!"
After the old lady finished speaking, she coughed a few times. "Changchun, I never thought this marriage would go well, but you were determined to marry him. Later, I thought that since he was from a scholarly family, I agreed. But think about it, what kind of life did you live when you were the young lady of the Mu family? And what kind of life do you live now as the lady of the Liu family?"
The old lady grew angrier as she spoke, "Don't even mention your elder brother looking down on him, I look down on him too! He's just a lowly fifth-rank official, in the capital, is he even considered an official? And yet, with his future still uncertain, he's already in a hurry to take two concubines. What is he trying to do? Is this how he truly cares for you? How could I have given birth to such a stupid daughter?"