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

Chapter 417 Setting Up a Feast at Hongmen
"Grandpa, you've had a long day. Let me take you home to sleep."

Gu Dashu supported Old Master Gu's arm.

In the ancestral hall, Old Master Gu wept in front of Old Master Gu, rambling on and on, subtly implying that his family was unfilial; at the dinner table, he continued to spout nonsense, giving his brothers cold looks and praising Gu Ruinian in front of the clan members.
All signs made Gu Dashu realize that his grandfather was planning to cause trouble on the anniversary of his father's death.

Therefore, the best approach before Grandpa Gu causes trouble is to send him home.

"I'm not tired." Old Master Gu shook off Gu Dashu and said, "I'm not tired because of my son."

Gu Dashu: "."

He wanted to say, "But when my father was alive, you didn't seem to care about him much either. You always favored my second uncle."

“Alright, alright, whatever you like, you can sit down,” Gu Dashu said.

Anyway, with his three brothers around, he would never let his mother suffer any injustice.

Tong Huaqiong was talking to her two daughters-in-law, Gu Taohua, and her second aunt and others in the house when they saw Old Master Gu, Gu Youtian, enter the house with the clan chief and several respected elders.

A trap set up at Hongmen Banquet?

Tong Huaqiong remained calm and composed.

Grandpa Gu plopped down, and Gu Youtian helped the clan leader to sit down as well.

"What's wrong? Why all this fuss? Is there something you want to discuss with me?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

Old Master Gu sat up straight and said, "Since everyone is here, I have some matters I would like to ask you to decide."

Gu Dashu said with a grin, "What needs to be decided? Is it about me having a second child, or about Gu Jingzhe not being married yet?"

Old Master Gu glared at Gu Dashu and shouted, "You have no right to speak here."

Gu Dashu chuckled coldly twice.

Grandpa Gu said, “My eldest son is gone. My eldest son, Dahan, is honest; my second son, Dashu, is unreliable; and my third son, Jingzhe, is too young. None of my three sons can support the family, so I can only ask my daughter-in-law to take care of it.”

Tong Huaqiong sneered. "That sounds nice, but it must have been a draft prepared by Gu Ruinian."

Before Gu Dashu could say anything, Tong Huaqiong waved her hand at him, suggesting that he let the old man finish his farts all at once.

“But in my Gu family, there has never been a tradition of women supporting the family. How can the men of our Gu family put their faces? My second son is capable of supporting the family. He was the first person in our village to go out and do business. A couple of years ago, he took me out to enjoy a better life, which showed his filial piety. Now that I'm old and want to return to my roots, he was worried and came back with me. Now that he's back, as a good son of my Gu family and a good brother of my eldest son, he should help his elder brother support this family.”

Tong Huaqiong thought to herself, "Grandpa Gu has finally revealed his purpose in letting Gu Youtian seize her family's property."

He just described domination in such a fresh and unconventional way.

After Old Master Gu uttered these words, there was a moment of silence in the air, and the expressions on the faces of each clansman varied.

Especially the people in the old house. Apart from Gu Ruinian and Gu Xiaoxue, everyone's eyes were brimming with barely suppressed excitement.

"Grandpa!" Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe exclaimed in unison.

Tong Huaqiong interrupted the two brothers and said, "Grandpa, you said you want Second Uncle to support our eldest son's family? I want to hear how you plan to do so."

Grandpa Gu smiled and said, “You’re supporting the family now by doing business, and as a widow, it’s not appropriate for you to be out in public all the time. Why not hand the business over to your second brother? Doing business requires dealing with outsiders and traveling all over the country, which is more suitable for men than for a woman like you. Of course, it doesn’t mean the shop will belong to your second brother. The shop still belongs to your eldest son’s family. He’s just managing it for you. You can just stay home and wait to collect your earnings without having to worry about anything.”

This is shameless and unreasonable.

But this is the true thought of these old Dengs in this era.

The three brothers, Gu Dashu, Gu Dahan, and Gu Jingzhe, were trembling with anger.

The shop was my mother's life's work, and my grandfather took it away to give to my second uncle without considering my mother's feelings at all.

"Second brother, what are your thoughts?" Tong Huaqiong asked, turning her head without showing any anger.

Gu Youtian was quite surprised by Tong Huaqiong's calmness.

He assumed that this woman would jump up and down, get furious and throw a tantrum. He believed that people were easiest to deal with when they were out of control, so he would just lock her up in the ancestral hall as a madwoman.

Gu Youtian said slowly, "Father is thinking of my sister-in-law and the girls in the clan. It's hard for you to be out in public with Taohua and your daughter-in-law, and it will also affect the marriage prospects of the girls in the clan. We are family after all. My elder brother is gone, and I should take on his responsibility. Even if you didn't have this shop, I planned to support Jingzhe's education. You can leave this shop to me, and I am definitely capable of making it bigger. If you are worried, let Dashu and Dahan be the owners, and I will be the manager. With uncle and nephew working together, what is there to worry about?"

"If my father knew this in the afterlife, he would curse you for being shameless. My father is dead, and you come here to bully my mother. You even supported Jingzhe's schooling, but you swindled all of my father's money back then. Jingzhe couldn't afford tuition and had to borrow from my second grandfather. Now that our family has a shop, you come here to steal our food." Gu Dashu started cursing directly. He couldn't curse his grandfather, but he could curse his uncle on behalf of his father.

“Dàshǔ, that’s your second uncle. He’s showing no respect for his elders,” the clan chief said. “The clan has already discussed this matter. Your mother’s business outside has been affecting the girls in the clan. As the clan chief, I can’t just let it go. Your second uncle isn’t stealing your shop; he’s helping you expand it.”

Gu Dashu was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but Gu Dahan stopped him.

“Every family has daughters, and we can’t let the reputation of the Gu family girls be ruined like this.”

"You are now the daughter-in-law of the Gu family, and everything you own belongs to the Gu family. We are discussing this with you because we value you. If you don't appreciate it, don't blame us for being impolite. If we open the ancestral hall and ask for the clan rules, things will not look good."

Grandpa Gu and Gu Youtian looked determined to win.

Gu Taohua said, "What reputation of the Gu family girls? Second Uncle is just a grown man who sees that Mother's business is doing well while his business is losing money and he can't save face, so he wants to take over our shop. Second Uncle, let me tell you, our shop belongs to Mother and me, and no one can take it from us. You keep talking about the reputation of the Gu family girls, but what kind of reputation will it give you if word gets out that you're bullying an orphan and a widow?"

Grandpa Gu could tolerate Gu Dashu cursing, but Gu Taohua, a granddaughter, dared to disobey the men of the clan.

Look, this is the result of showing your face in public.

Grandpa Gu said sternly, "You little brat, you'd better stay home quietly from now on. Business and all that stuff isn't for a girl like you to think about. You and Xiaoxue can stay home and do needlework, and I'll have your second uncle find you a good marriage."

Tong Huaqiong shouted angrily, "Enough!"

She wouldn't allow anyone to bully her big, fat daughter.