The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 29 The Gu family cannot produce gamblers

"Oh right, Mother, I was so happy that I forgot to tell you that my eldest sister came to visit today."

After Liu Tiechui left, Tong Huaqiong returned home, and Chen Sufen mentioned to her mother-in-law that Gu Baishuang had come to the Gu family.

Gu Baishuang's visit to the Gu family was even more unexpected for Tong Huaqiong than Liu Tiechui's delivery of silver to Liu Yue'e.

Didn't Gu Baishuang sever ties with her family?

"What is Gu Baishuang doing at our house? Didn't she cut ties with our family?" Gu Taohua said with considerable dissatisfaction when she mentioned her older sister.

Tong Huaqiong glared at her.

It's obvious that Gu Baishuang didn't come to the Gu family to mend their relationship.

"...My elder sister gave me fifty taels of silver, saying that Yaozu was her nephew after all, and she couldn't just stand by and watch him be sent away."

Chen Sufen took out a bag of silver and handed it to Tong Huaqiong.

Tong Huaqiong weighed the silver in her hand but didn't say anything.

If Gu Baishuang's act of repaying evil with kindness towards her family of origin were published in a book in later generations, she would be criticized by netizens to the point of quitting the internet.

"She told me to personally hand the silver to my mother, as if it were a loan to my second brother. She didn't say when it would be repaid; she only made one condition..."

Chen Sufen stopped there, not daring to continue.

She was afraid that if she brought up those conditions, her mother-in-law would fly into a rage, and it would be bad if she went to town to confront Gu Baishuang.

"What are your conditions? It's okay, just tell me," Tong Huaqiong said.

"My eldest sister said... she hopes that her memorial tablets, along with those of Da Han's mother and father, can be placed together so that our family can worship them." Chen Sufeng gritted her teeth and stated Gu Baishuang's condition.

After speaking, she looked nervously at her mother-in-law.

Because of this incident, such a big scene was staged in front of the father-in-law's mourning hall, and even the clan chief was angered to the point of collapse by Tong Huaqiong and Gu Dashu.

At this moment, the older sister-in-law took the opportunity to bring up the request again. Would the mother-in-law agree?
Tong Huaqiong smiled brightly after hearing this.

Gu Baishuang's request was nothing to her. Not to mention placing her mother's memorial tablet next to her dead old man's, Tong Huaqiong wouldn't object to even stacking their ashes together.

"...Gu Dashu, you have no heart. These ten taels of silver are my father's hard-earned savings. If you're going to use this silver as capital to gamble, are you even human?"

“What do you know, you woman? I’m not gambling, I’m doing this to save Yaozu. My dear wife, believe me, I’ll use this ten taels of silver as my capital and I’m sure I can win back fifty taels.”

Tong Huaqiong was about to call Gu Dashu and his wife into the house because she had something to say when she heard Liu Yue'e and Gu Dashu arguing.

Tong Huaqiong suddenly stood up and went to the door. She saw Gu Dashu carrying a money bag and heading out. Liu Yue'e tightly held onto his clothes.

The couple were snuggled together.

That bastard Gu Dashu, he's always been so cunning and unorthodox, even at this point he's pinning his hopes on gambling.

Gambling, prostitution, and drugs are the most harmful things.

In Tong Huaqiong's modern-day gossip-loving memory, even an Olympic champion can fall from the top to the bottom if they get involved in gambling. Not only that, gambling can make a champion lose all conscience and even secretly record his girlfriend's videos to pay off gambling debts.

How could she possibly tolerate gambling appearing in the Gu family at this point?

Without saying a word, Tong Huaqiong grabbed a fire poker and rushed between Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e, nearly knocking Gu Dashu unconscious with a single blow.

“Mother…” Gu Dashu covered his head and squatted down in pain.

"You shameless bastard, Gu Dashu! Who gave you the audacity to gamble? You're always up to crooked tricks. I'll teach you to gamble! I'll teach you to gamble!"

Tong Huaqiong cursed as she swung a fire poker wildly.

Despite the pain, Gu Dashu ran around the yard, his shadow trailing behind him in the moonlight.

"You're like a cucumber, you just need a slap. Peach Blossom, go to the kitchen and get me a knife, I'm going to swat his fingers off."

Gu Taohua stood there, not daring to move.

Her mother had gone a bit too far this time; she was afraid that if she took out a kitchen knife, her mother would actually chop her second brother up.

Seeing that Gu Taohua was standing still, Tong Huaqiong ran into the house and came out with a knife. Gu Dashu was so frightened that he turned pale and knelt down in front of Tong Huaqiong with a thud.

“Mother, Mother, I will never dare to do it again! I was forced, forced. There was only one day left, and if I couldn’t raise fifty taels of silver, Yaozu would be taken away. That’s why I came up with this plan.”

"I gamble not for myself, but to bring glory to my ancestors. Mother, believe me, I've always had good luck, I've never lost."

Gu Dashu clung to Tong Huaqiong's leg, pleading for mercy.

"You still want to gamble, you still want to gamble! Today I'll send you to keep your father company." Tong Huaqiong angrily pointed a knife at Gu Dashu. Gu Dashu trembled uncontrollably with fear.

"Mother, Mother, you can hit me, scold me, whip me, but you can't chop me up. Waaah..." Gu Dashu said while whipping himself.

Tong Huaqiong remained unmoved, pressed down on Gu Dashu's right hand, and chopped down with the knife.

The glint of the blade in the moonlight blinded Gu Dashu.

Gu Dashu made a gurgling sound in his throat and fainted.

Gu Taohua, Liu Yue'e, and Chen Sufen were also frightened by Tong Huaqiong's madness and dared not step forward to persuade her.

"Peach Blossom, go fetch a basin of water and splash it all over him," Tong Huaqiong said to Gu Taohua, throwing down her knife.

This time, Gu Taohua dared not disobey and poured a large basin of cold water on Gu Dashu's head.

Gu Dashu slowly woke up, raised his right hand, found it was intact, breathed a sigh of relief and burst into tears.

"Get up!" Tong Huaqiong grabbed Gu Dashu by the wet collar and pulled him into the house.

Gu Dashu wanted to faint again under Tong Huaqiong's murderous gaze.

Tong Huaqiong slapped him so hard he dared not close his eyes.

"Come in and talk, everyone."

Tong Huaqiong went to the main room and sat on a chair, while Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e knelt on the ground.

"Mom, I will never gamble again! I swear, I will never even think about it again." Gu Dashu raised his hand and swore.

"How's the fundraising going these past few days? You're getting a taste of the impending separation from your family, aren't you?" Tong Huaqiong sneered.

Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e dared not speak.

These past few days have been really tough.

Especially Gu Dashu, who usually acted arrogantly in the village, but everyone treated him politely when he went out. He thought he was very popular and well-liked in Qinghewan.

But when he went to borrow money, he discovered that he was worth less than a scallion in Qinghe Bay.

Not only did they fail to borrow any money, they also received a lot of ridicule and sarcasm.

Even after learning that his son was to be used to pay off debts, many people cursed him, saying he deserved it, and they didn't even try to hide it from him; the curses went directly to his ears.

"If Yaozu can't pay back the money by the morning after tomorrow, he'll be taken away. Then Yaozu will have two choices: either become a servant in the Zheng family, or, as Granny Wang said, lose his manhood and become a eunuch in the palace. Tsk tsk tsk, you parents are really something."

"Why are you looking at me? I don't care. Yaozu isn't my son anyway. I think you've spoiled Yaozu too. He acts like a king at home all the time. You can just abandon a son like that. You should hurry up and practice your alternate accounts."

Tong Huaqiong's words were a powerful blow.

Liu Yue'e cried.

"Why are you crying? How much silver have you raised?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

Gu Dashu's face was flushed red; he hadn't managed to raise a single copper coin.

Liu Yue'e raised the cloth bag in her hand and said, choking with sobs, "My father gave me ten taels. He clearly had seventeen taels, but he only gave me ten."

Tong Huaqiong was speechless, and really wanted to crack open Liu Yue'e's brain to see what was inside.

People are not enough to swallow elephants.

She even complained about her own father at her husband's family home.

“If I were your father, I wouldn’t care about you at all. I think the Liu family has wasted their time raising you. Do you want your father to sell everything to save Yaozu? Even his father couldn’t do it, and you want your maternal grandfather to do it? Liu Yue’e, how did your parents give birth to such a thing as you?”

Liu Yue'e looked up at Tong Huaqiong with tearful eyes.

Doesn't my mother-in-law always like to badmouth her family behind their backs? Why is she defending her now?

Her father gave her ten taels of silver, which made her a little unhappy. Even now, he was still unwilling to give her the remaining seven taels.

After Tong Huaqiong had stabbed the two men enough, she pulled a cloth bag from behind the chair, and a bag full of silver coins gleamed in the dim kerosene lamp.

"mother."

"Where did the money come from?"

Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e exclaimed in unison.

(End of this chapter)