They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 305 Bizarre Arguments
"."

Liang Cuier avoided eye contact, feeling both flustered and angry.

She was just saying it in a fit of anger; can words spoken in anger be taken seriously? For example, sometimes when her mother gets angry, she says she'll beat her to death, but does she really mean it? And would she really argue with her mother and try to find out the truth?

That old hag did it on purpose; I have no idea what she was thinking.

Granny Qin Qing looked at Liang Cuier and said, "Grand Aunt, you'd better make things clear."

Liang Cuier angrily shouted, "Yes, I was just saying it casually in the heat of the moment, so what? You all took it seriously? You're all so petty! You can't even take such a small joke!"

Aunt Zhu frowned: "Cui'er, you're not a child anymore. As a woman, you must know how important reputation is. How can you say such things so casually?"

Aunt Wu nodded in agreement: "Yes."

Moreover, Xu Zhichun was a young widow living alone, which made her more prone to trouble than others. On the contrary, she was so capable and talented that she had admirers and respecters, but also jealous people. Those jealous people were secretly eyeing her, hoping to find some dirt on her to crush her to death.

If Granny Qin Qing doesn't take it seriously, once Liang Cuier's words get out, she'll be unable to defend herself, and she won't be able to explain herself at all.

Liang Cuier was even angrier. "Fine, fine, it's my fault for not being worthy, I shouldn't have come. I know you look down on me and despise my family for being poor! Otherwise, you wouldn't treat me like this. I won't associate with you anymore, okay? Humph, don't be so snobbish. What's the point of being smug now? Who knows what the future holds? I refuse to believe I'll be inferior to you forever!"

Liang Cuier stormed off angrily after saying that.

Han Songlian was still a bit dazed, not understanding how things had turned out this way. He called out anxiously, "Cui'er! Cui'er!", but Liang Cui'er didn't turn around. Han Songlian smiled awkwardly at Granny Qin and the others, and hurriedly chased after her.

Pearl, her aunt, and her two companions were utterly bewildered.

"This is really true."

Granny Qin Qing said, "Thank you, Madam Zhu'er and Madam A Wu. If it weren't for you speaking up for me, I wouldn't know what to do."

Granny Qin Qing moved around the village a lot, her attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, her speech was proper and she seemed to have more insight than the other women, but she always addressed them properly, always calling them "Miss", "Madam" or "Old Madam", and always referring to herself as "Old Servant", putting everyone on a pedestal. Everyone who heard this couldn't help but feel happy and develop a good impression of her.

Aunt Wu immediately beamed with joy, waved her hand, and said with a smile, "Oh, you're welcome, you're welcome. It's nothing, it's what I should do, hehe."

Aunt Zhu'er laughed, "Yes, I don't know what's wrong with Cui'er, she's so outspoken."

Liang Cuier returned home with a sullen face. Uncle Liang couldn't help but frown and ask, "Didn't Madam Xu let you in? Or did she say something?"

Zhang's eyes lit up instantly. She vowed that if Xu Zhichun dared to mock her daughter's marriage, she would never let her off the hook and would skin her alive and make her take her surname.

Liang Cuier's eyes reddened, "It's all because of you!"

"What?"

"What do you mean? Explain yourself clearly."

Liang Cuier refused to speak further, stepped into her room, and tears streamed down her face.

It's because they looked down on Song Lian Ge that she couldn't stand it anymore and went to Xu Zhi Chun's house, only to be scolded and reprimanded by the servants.

Han Songlian felt guilty and didn't dare to face his parents-in-law alone. As soon as Liang Cuier left, he quickly followed with his head down. The Liang couple wanted to call him back and ask him something, but they didn't even have a chance to speak.

"It must be Xu Zhichun who bullied our Cui'er! This is outrageous! I can scold my own maid myself, but why should she? I'm going to confront her!"

"What does Auntie want with me? What a coincidence, I was just looking for Auntie too."

Xu Zhichun, along with Granny Qin Qing and Mu Xiang, happened to come in from outside.

Granny Qin Qing had already told her everything. Xu Zhichun was very angry, but she remained remarkably calm.

After all, Liang Cuier was capable of doing things like kneeling and begging her to marry Lian Lao Si in her place, so it's not surprising that she would say such a thing now.

Since she's said it, don't blame her for taking it seriously.

Xu Zhichun brought this matter to Liang Lizheng's attention.

Liang Cuier was furious and embarrassed. "I already said that was just something I said in anger. My sister-in-law is being too petty."

Madam Zhang chimed in, equally annoyed: "On Cui'er's third-day homecoming day, you have to make such a scene and upset everyone, don't you? What's wrong with joking with you? Besides, don't you have any faults at all? Since you swore you'd never remarry, you should stay home obediently and stop running around outside all the time. Look at the state you've become! What are people saying about you? Cui'er is family, a few jokes are fine, but who knows what outsiders will say? Why are you taking it out on our Cui'er? If you're so capable, go find someone else!"

Uncle Liang's heart stirred, and he began to speak earnestly: "Since we've brought this up today, let's say a few more words. What your aunt said makes a lot of sense. It's really not suitable for you to be constantly traveling around like this. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about Mingxuan. People's opinions are a fearsome thing. We still need to be careful when necessary, don't you think? Why don't you let us manage your businesses? We have the accounts, right? You can just check them. Do you think we'd let you suffer losses?"

Zhang was overjoyed: "Yes, yes, that's it! Why would we turn to outsiders instead of relying on our own uncles and brothers? No one is as reliable as our own family!"

Xu Zhichun: "."

Granny Qin Qing: "."

Liang Lizheng and others: "."

You know what, what they all said, one after another, actually made a lot of sense.

Xu Zhichun's original intention was to use this incident as a reason to distance himself from Liang Cuier's husband's family from now on, and also to let others see so that they wouldn't gossip or make malicious speculations behind his back.

Unexpectedly, this brought up these words from their family.

“What’s wrong with me walking around outside with an upright and honest life? Every time I go out, I’m accompanied by Xiao Yan, Aunt Zhu’er, or Granny Qin Qing and Mu Xiang. Where can’t I go? What gives you the right to make malicious assumptions about me? Does that mean I can just say whatever I want about you? Stop bringing up widows. Don’t you live under other people’s noses day and night? Otherwise, can I say that you’re having an affair or having secret relationships with other people?”

"Shut up!"

"Listen to what you're saying! You're making me so angry!"

Uncle Liang and Zhang were furious.

Xu Zhichun sneered: "You can make up stories about me out of thin air, but I can't say anything about you?"

Liang Lizheng: "Uncle, Zhang, you've gone too far. According to you, does that mean everyone in the village is dishonest? Especially at night, who knows if someone went out to do what? Who can prove they slept in their house all night? Even a couple, when they're asleep, they don't know if the person next to them went out, right? So in your eyes, there isn't a single innocent person in our village, is there?"