coobybook Chapter 114 The Bai Family Has an Unwelcome Guest
Chapter 114 The Bai Family Has an Unwelcome Guest
The "guests" in Bai Jingzhou's home were Bai Jingzhou's grandparents and aunt.
Bai Jingzhou's mother had broken up with her aunt long before she got married. His grandparents' preference for the younger daughter and forcing the older daughter to keep quiet also created a rift between his mother and his grandparents.
In addition, his grandparents' actions and attitudes in the Ning Qirui incident completely chilled his mother's heart, so that his mother only had a little face left for his grandparents.
This time his grandparents and aunt actually came together. Seeing the three of them being so affectionate, his mother got furious.
Ning Cuizhi stood in the yard, not letting her parents and sister in. She pointed at her good sister and said, "Who asked you to come to my house? Get out!"
When Bai Jingzhou's grandfather heard this, his face immediately fell. He said, "We two old people asked her to come. Your brother and your sister-in-law are very busy, and we two old people are both old, so don't we have to let your sister accompany you on this trip?"
Bai Jingzhou's grandmother tried to smooth things over, "Well, she is your biological sister after all. If you kick her out now, people in your village will talk about you behind your back. Just let her go for once and don't embarrass yourself in front of outsiders."
Ning Cuizhi was still very unhappy, but the other party refused to leave, and she didn't want to make a scene and be laughed at by the villagers, so she didn't insist on driving him away.
She asked her parents, "What are you doing in my house?"
Her father was very unhappy, "Why, your parents can't even come to your house?"
Ning Cuizhi sneered, "If you say so, don't make any requests to me later!"
Her father was so choked by her that he was speechless. Her mother saw this and stopped beating around the bush with Ning Cuizhi. "I heard from someone that your family has hooked up with a nobleman from the county town recently. Your father and I care about you, so we wanted to come over to see you and ask what's going on."
Ning Cuizhi understood as soon as she heard it. They came for the things that their family had obtained.
She gave Old Man Ning and Old Lady Ning some candies and two pieces of cloth. "There's not much else. I left these for you."
Old Man Ning and Old Lady Ning were dumbfounded. What the hell? Their family had received so many things, but Ning Cuizhi only gave a little to her own parents?
Old Man Ning was about to lose his temper when he heard Ning Cuizhi say, "It's not that I don't want to give more, it's that we have already sold everything else, and I left these candies and fabrics specially for you to show my filial piety."
When Old Lady Ning heard this, she immediately became anxious, "What about the silver? Since you have received such a large sum of money, you can't just not give any of it to honor us two old people, right?"
Ning Cuizhi sneered in her heart, "The money was used by the child's father to buy land. Even the few strings of money we had saved with great difficulty were used by the child's father to thank the officials in the government office."
Old Man Ning was so angry that he fell backwards, "You, you unfilial daughter!"
Ning Cuizhi looked at him coldly, "How am I an unfilial daughter? I have never failed to give you what I should give you during festivals! You and my mother came to my house in a hurry to ask a married woman for money just because my son received a thank-you gift from a nobleman. What are you saying? Aren't you and my mother the ones who are embarrassed?"
Old Man Ning and Old Lady Ning were speechless. Indeed, no matter where the words were said, they were the ones who were not right. But they were unwilling to get only such a small benefit.
The two of them subconsciously looked at Bai Jingzhou's aunt who had urged them to come over.
Bai Jingzhou's aunt took the opportunity to interrupt, "Hey, big sister, even if you are married, you are still our parents' biological daughter, right? If our parents ask you to do something and you don't listen, then you are definitely unfilial."
Old Man Ning and Old Lady Ning agreed with this, but Ning Cuizhi didn't buy it at all.
She sneered, "What do you want me to do? Why don't you tell me specifically what you want me to do? Do you want me to take the money from my husband's family back to my parents' home, or do you want me to give the new land bought by the child's father to my parents' home?"
If she could tell the truth, Old Man Ning and Old Lady Ning would definitely reply to her without hesitation, "It's all right, it's all right, bring them all!"
But even though they were selfish, they still didn't want to lose face completely, so they kept silent.
Bai Jingzhou's aunt said, "My parents don't mean that. They also hope that you can live a good life."
Ning Cuizhi sneered, "Oh."
Hopefully, she'll have a better life, so would you rush to her house to ask for the money as soon as you hear that her family got some unexpected money?
Unlike her parents-in-law, their whole family took the initiative to deliver things to their door, but the old couple were only willing to leave a few snacks to taste. It was only after they had to persuade them for a long time that the old couple finally agreed to accept the cloth and other things.
The same goes for her brother and sister-in-law, as well as her husband's family relatives except her eldest sister-in-law. Everyone is only willing to accept a small amount to share in the good fortune, and it is impossible for them to ask for more things from her family. They sincerely hope that they can live a good life.
Unlike her parents and her sister who had long lost contact with her, the abacus beads were about to fall on her face.
With Ning Cuizhi's attitude, it was difficult for Bai Jingzhou's aunt to play the family card with her. After all, it was obvious that she didn't believe that her parents had good intentions towards her.
But it doesn’t matter. Ning Cuizhi didn’t accept the challenge, but she couldn’t resist her thick-skinned attitude of talking to herself.
"I'm serious, big sister, why don't you believe me?" Bai Jingzhou's aunt smiled and tried to hold Ning Cuizhi's arm. "Well, I heard that my eldest nephew was forced to get engaged to a wild girl from the countryside, and my parents have been worried about him."
Ning Cuizhi dodged and said coldly, "Stay away from me!"
Bai Jingzhou's aunt was not angry. She continued to sing her one-man show with a smile.
"It just so happens that I recently planned to arrange a marriage for my daughter Jin Tao. When my parents heard me about this, they immediately told me to marry Jin Tao to my nephew. They also said that this niece, who they know well, is better than a wild girl from the countryside who runs away every day."
"Big sister, you see, our parents are still good to you, right?"
When she first heard that Bai Jingzhou had hooked up with a noble, she didn't want to believe it, but she couldn't control her envy and jealousy. After venting her negative emotions, she finally calmed down and had enough time to think about what her family should do to get a piece of the pie.
The couple discussed privately for a long time, and finally came up with the idea of marrying their daughter to Bai Jingzhou to strengthen the relationship with Bai Jingzhou's family.
But she was also very clear that given the deep resentment between her and Ning Cuizhi, if she said it herself, Ning Cuizhi would definitely not agree, so she decided to use her parents' power to force Ning Cuizhi to agree.
However, even if she moved their parents out, as soon as she mentioned the idea of "strengthening the relationship", Ning Cuizhi immediately frowned and directly refused.