CHAPTER 311: CHAPTER 311: TEARING OFF THE MASK

"No need! Go out and take a break!" Cuihua said sternly as she saw Minghua reaching for the mutton in front of her.

Had it been someone else, they would have known immediately from her words that she didn’t want them to linger here, and they would have left in a hurry. But not Minghua. She wasn’t clueless; she pretended not to understand and greeted with a smile.

"Sister-in-law, we’re all family here, no need to be so formal with me. It’s so busy today, what rest do I need? I should hurry up and help you get things done! I’m not tired at all!" Saying this, she still took the piece of mutton, her eyes filled with greed, "Wow... there’s still so much left? Must be over ten pounds, right? Where should I put this?"

The greed in her eyes made Cuihua feel nauseated. She was no longer polite with her, "Minghua! We’re not that close! You better leave! Yingying is more than enough here!"

This was a change in Cuihua, taught by her eldest daughter. If you don’t like it, don’t force it. Say what you’re thinking; there’s no need to be polite, so Cuihua toughened up. If you hate it, don’t tolerate it.

Minghua was initially stunned, clearly not expecting Cuihua to speak to her so directly. But after catching her breath, she got angry.

No matter what, she was still a guest today, and today was the happy day for her daughter. But Cuihua showed no respect at all and spoke to her so bluntly. How could she feel comfortable? If she was uncomfortable, she had to make sure everyone felt uncomfortable too.

"Cuihua, Yingying is your sister-in-law and I’m still your eldest sister-in-law! Why do you only think about the third brother’s family and not about your eldest brother? People who don’t know might think your eldest brother was adopted! Not only do we never get any good things, but now you’re guarding against me like I’m a thief! Do you think I’m some kind of disaster you’re defending against?" Minghua’s voice was not small. By now, most of the people from the village had left, but friends and relatives were still around. With her loud shouting, people from outside soon followed the sound to see what was happening.

The couple, Lin Cuifen and her husband, were the first to come over. They had been sent out by the old lady to serve tea and water, but they were smart and hid in the two brothers’ room, coming out as soon as they heard the commotion.

Lin Xue and the others heard it too, and Lin Yun could tell it was their eldest aunt shouting. She looked a bit worriedly at her older sister, while Lin Xue seemed indifferent. Knowing their eldest aunt’s nature, it was probably just that she didn’t get some advantage and was causing a scene.

"Let’s go have a look! Let’s see if Mom has made any progress recently!" Lin Xue casually remarked, then said to Zhang Yuan, "You two just stay here! Wait to eat! Haven’t you been hungry since you haven’t eaten all day? Xiao Shuang will bring some food for you soon!"

She and Lin Yun had breakfast, so they could hold up, but these two had been busy with something since early morning without even having breakfast.

"Will it be alright over there? Maybe I should go with you!" Zhang Yuan expressed a bit of concern.

"No problem! Just a clown!" Lin Xue waved her hand and went over with Lin Yun.

Meanwhile, Lin Xia was also heading over after hearing the noise. Seeing her two sisters, she immediately felt relieved.

The second sister was not much help, but with the eldest sister there, she felt assured.

In the kitchen, Cuihua was furious from Minghua’s yelling; her hands were trembling. She knew she wasn’t up to par yet; this shrew could knock her down in seconds with just a few words.

"Eldest sister-in-law, why are you shouting here? Don’t you know what day it is today? Second sister asked you to take a rest for your own good, worried you’d be exhausted! Why don’t you go take a break?" Niu Yingying feared the two might actually start fighting. She saw second sister’s face looked especially grim, worried that in the next moment, she might get physical if she couldn’t outtalk Minghua! She wouldn’t be able to stop it.

But this drew the battle onto herself. Minghua had long been displeased with her, and now it erupted.

"Niu Yingying! Stop pretending to be a saint here! Who doesn’t know what you’re really like? You want to push me out so you can gain some benefits, don’t you? No wonder you didn’t take any dishes when second brother offered them! You were waiting here to take the untouched ones, weren’t you? Why would you take leftovers?" Minghua said, leaving Niu Yingying dumbfounded.

When did she ever think about taking dishes back? "Eldest sister-in-law, don’t speak nonsense! When did I ever say I wanted to take dishes?"

"Minghua! Get out right now! Or don’t blame me for being rude!" Cuihua finally found her voice, but she didn’t know what to say, so she just expelled her.

"Cuihua, you already decided not to associate with your eldest brother’s family; what am I still concerned about? Didn’t you just say you were only taking the third brother’s family to Capital City and not ours? Let’s settle this today, shall we? Both are brothers; why do you look down on your eldest brother? Now that life is better, even a little bit leaking from your fingers would be enough for your eldest brother’s family to live on, yet you refuse? Even taking the old couple with you, not caring about us?"

Minghua seemed to suffer from amnesia, shouting as she did.

Lin Cuifen clicked her tongue repeatedly upon hearing this, looking even more amused.

Lin Xue knew that if things weren’t cleared up today, her mother would likely be belittled. So she pushed her way through the crowd and walked in.

"Let me say, eldest aunt! Have you got amnesia or are you just pretending not to remember? If I’m not mistaken, didn’t your family already sever ties with my mom?"

As soon as Lin Xue appeared, Minghua felt a tremor in her heart. She knew this girl was tough and wouldn’t be able to outtalk her, so she thought about beating a hasty retreat.

She had initially thought that with the girl getting married today, she surely wouldn’t make an appearance as a grown woman wouldn’t neglect these customs.

"Xiao Xue, what are you talking about, girl? Haha... haha... If your mom doesn’t need my help, I’ll just head back! I’m going back!"

She then started to move towards the crowd, trying to leave, but Lin Xia blocked her path.

"Eldest aunt, my eldest sister is about to answer your question, why are you leaving before you’ve heard it?"

Now Minghua was caught in a conundrum, unable to go nor stay, frozen in place.

"Xiao Xue, it’s your wedding day today, let’s just drop it!" Cuihua said in a low voice.

She was worried this might affect her daughter’s good day since it was her big wedding day.

"It’s okay, I just want to answer eldest aunt Ming’s question!" Saying this, she pushed her mother aside and walked towards Minghua in full view of everyone.

Minghua instinctively tried to retreat, but Lin Xia was behind her, leaving no room for retreat, she had to face Lin Xue head-on.

"Xiao Xue, eldest aunt has no questions left, really!" Minghua admitted defeat.

"Eldest aunt, didn’t you just ask my mom why she didn’t consider her elder brother? Why your family doesn’t get any benefits and guards against you? Why don’t you have questions now? Let me answer that question for you!" Lin Xue said, looking around. Lin Cuifen was the only one with a malicious glee watching this.

Besides her, there weren’t many with the same schadenfreude expression, not even Zhang Haijun was gloating.

Because those who stayed were all on good terms with the Lin Family, and all knew what kind of person Minghua was.

If there were anyone pleased, it would be the second sister-in-law, Liu Lingling. She was overjoyed now because the eldest sister-in-law had finally provoked the second sister enough, which was exactly what she wanted to see.