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

Chapter 670 Women's Households Can Stand Up
After having a meal at Tong Pandi's place, Hong took the flowers and went to Tong Huaqiong's place.

She told Tong Huaqiong that Tong Pandi and Su Xiucai were newly married, and that she was sleeping with the flowers.

Since Hua'er had been raised by Hong Shi since she was a child, she had long regarded Hong Shi as her grandmother, so Tong Pandi felt more at ease entrusting Hua'er to Hong Shi.

At this moment, Hua'er, nestled sweetly in Hong's arms, was very well-behaved. Upon seeing Tong Huaqiong, she sweetly called her "Grandma" and handed her a chirping cricket.

"Good boy/girl, baby is playing with it by himself."

Tong Huaqiong hugged Hua'er, squeezed Hua'er's chubby little hands, called Chen Sufen over, and took Hua'er to play with Ying'er.

She has something to discuss with Mr. Hong.

After Hua'er was taken away, Tong Huaqiong revealed that the Li family had schemed against Li Mingxiu and had set their sights on her and Manager He.

Madam Hong was shocked. She never expected that her husband's meritorious service would allow someone who was completely unrelated to him to share in the benefits.

The Li family has absolutely no connection with them.

This can't even be called shameless; it's shameless to the point of having no shame at all.

"Why didn't Sister-in-law Qin mention this from the beginning?" Hong said.

Tong Huaqiong said, "She originally wanted to mention it to you, but you left before she finished speaking. However, it's right that you're angry with her, otherwise anyone could come and criticize your life. No matter how good our relationship is with Sister-in-law Qin, if we feel that she makes us uncomfortable, we should stay away from her."

Hong nodded.

Just as Tong Huaqiong said, these are just people who have nothing to do with each other. Perhaps the He family in Pingyang County, those monsters and demons, will cause trouble soon too.

She was no longer concerned about taking a concubine and having children after her anger subsided; as long as He Chao didn't have the intention, it wouldn't happen.

If He Chao had that intention, he wouldn't need anyone else to persuade him.

Of course, anyone who's too blind to try and steal her things should just try.

Aunt Qin was flustered because she had angered Madam Hong and also displeased Tong Huaqiong. She returned home and sighed.

The daughter-in-law, Liu Qiaoyun, was at home breastfeeding her baby when she heard this and asked what was going on.

Aunt Qin then told her daughter-in-law everything her cousin had said when she came to the house, and how she had persuaded Hong to let her husband take a concubine.

Liu Qiaoyun listened, speechless, and said, "I'm not trying to criticize you, but you really overstepped your bounds. Do you always say whatever comes to mind just because you have a good relationship with the owner and Aunt Hong? What do you mean you're doing this for their own good? You don't even know what they need. You're just making things difficult for them. Aunt Hong knows what kind of person Manager He is. Doesn't she know better than you whether he needs to take a concubine or have children?"

After being lectured by her daughter-in-law, Aunt Qin felt even more guilty and slapped herself, saying, "This is my fault."

Then, with a worried look, she asked, "Won't Mother Dashu hold a grudge against you because of this?"

Liu Qiaoyun is a worker at Peach Blossom Dessert Shop. She was allowed to take maternity leave by Tong Huaqiong because she had a baby. She plans to return to Peach Blossom Dessert Shop when her child is a little older.

After all, once they've tasted the joy of making money, they won't want to stay home and take care of their children.

After she goes to work, she will leave the child with her mother-in-law and hire a maid to do the washing and cooking. With the child taking up her mother-in-law's energy, she will no longer get involved with the gossipy women in the village.

Liu Qiaoyun said, "My boss isn't someone who can't distinguish right from wrong. How could she not want me when I'm so capable? I'm still a waitress at Peach Blossom Dessert Shop. I'm on vacation, not quitting."

Aunt Qin was slightly relieved that her daughter-in-law could keep her job at Peach Blossom Desserts.

"Mom, next time don't listen to Auntie's nonsense. If she comes to our house again, kick her out with a big stick." Liu Qiaoyun felt that her mother-in-law was usually a good person, but she had been corrupted by her aunt.

Aunt Qin suddenly remembered something. Her cousin said that the family was discussing giving Li Mingxiu to Manager He as a concubine. Did her cousin's mother-in-law know about this?
I'm afraid it's something they're keeping from their mother-in-law, a scheme secretly plotted by the brothers and their wives.

No, she has to go to her cousin's place tomorrow and tell her cousin's mother-in-law about this.

In this way, she could at least salvage the impression that the Hong family and Tong Huaqiong had of her.

Early the next morning, Aunt Qin set off for the neighboring village.

"Mingxiu, has your grandma come to see you these past two days?" Tong Huaqiong asked Li Mingxiu during a break while she was giving instructions at the weaving workshop.

Li Mingxiu said, "No."

Li Mingxiu didn't like going home. Since she started working as a cotton fluffer at Tong Huaqiong's place, she spent most of her time living in the weaving workshop.

Sometimes when Tong Huaqiong got up at night, she could still hear the sound of cotton being carded in the weaving workshop.

Li Mingxiu doesn't go home, but her grandmother comes to visit her from time to time.

Li Mingxiu was good at making money. She had mentioned to Tong Huaqiong that she could buy a house in town in the future, settle her grandmother there, and hire a maid to take care of her. Meanwhile, she would continue to make money by carding cotton in Tong Huaqiong's weaving workshop.

"Did something happen to my grandma?" Li Mingxiu asked in a panic.

She was raised on rice porridge and goat's milk by her grandmother from a young age, and her uncles tried to exchange her for silver several times, but her grandmother desperately stopped them.

Therefore, she had a very deep relationship with her grandmother, who was the person she cared about most in the world.

Li Mingxiu inevitably gets nervous whenever her grandmother is involved.

Why would the perfectly good employer ask if Grandmother had come to visit her?
Tong Huaqiong speaks her mind

“Your aunt went to Aunt Qin’s house a few days ago to inquire about Manager He’s family. She wanted to give you to Manager He as a concubine.”

Li Mingxiu's face turned ashen.

Her uncles, aunts, and other relatives had schemed against her more than once or twice. Finally, she got a job at the embroidery workshop and supported herself and her grandmother with her own hands.

They've only had a short time to enjoy their good days, and they're already getting restless again.

Ever since she started earning money at the embroidery workshop, her uncles, aunts, and other relatives have visibly improved their attitude towards her, even showing signs of fawning over her.

She would give perfunctory replies to their overtures, but she never actually spent a single penny on them.

They did have the idea of ​​coming to the embroidery workshop to collect her monthly allowance, but Tong Huaqiong's embroidery workshop stipulated that the monthly allowance could only be collected by the person in charge.

Her uncles and aunts probably thought that since she couldn't use her money, they might as well sell her to a rich man as a concubine.

Li Mingxiu said, "Don't even mention Manager He's concubines, I wouldn't care even if you sent me to the palace to be an imperial concubine."

Li Mingxiu didn't know much about Manager He, except for the time when the weaving workshop first started operating. She was very familiar with the Hong family.

Hong was in charge of the weaving workshop's accounts.

My uncles found out that Manager He and Madam Hong had no children, so they sold her to be a breeding machine.

If the owner and the Hong family are truly those despicable people, I'm afraid their scheme will succeed.

One glass of wine is enough to knock her out.

Unfortunately, Tong Huaqiong and Madam Hong were not like that.

That's why Li Mingxiu was able to learn about her family's scheme in advance.

Tong Huaqiong said, "I'm afraid they're keeping this from your grandmother. I'm telling you so you can be on guard. If they scheme once, they'll do it again. Why don't you just stay here and establish your own household with women?"

Given that Li Mingxiu's parents were both deceased, her marriage was to be decided by her uncles and aunts.

If they really arrange a marriage for Li Mingxiu, she will be in a very passive position.

Li Mingxiu pursed her lips and her eyes flickered slightly.

Previously, she was too weak to establish a household with only a woman, and considering that her grandmother was unwilling to leave the Li family, now that she can earn money, she can establish one first.