CHAPTER 312: CHAPTER 312: ANGRY AT BEING EXCLUDED FROM THE WEDDING PROCESSION

"Auntie, do you remember when I was little and our family had no food, I got sick and couldn’t see a doctor? How did you act then? Did you lend a helping hand or did you go all out to make it worse?" Lin Xue stepped closer and closer. "No need to answer, I remember! You and Auntie joined forces to guard Grandma and Grandpa. As soon as they gave us a bite to eat, you went to snatch their rations, almost starving Third Uncle and Grandma and Grandpa to death. We never dared to go to Grandma’s house again, for seven whole years! What did you say at the time? Didn’t you say you wanted to cut ties with my mom? I remember correctly, don’t I?"

Lin Xue’s detailed narrative made everyone around her change expressions, their eyes looking at Feng Minghua like knives.

Only Liu Lingling lowered her head, looking as if she didn’t dare to lift it.

Lin Cuifen was caught off guard by these revelations, and her schadenfreude gradually faded, as she didn’t know who would win today. Xiao Xue’s words were too sharp.

"Xiao Xue... it’s all in the past, it’s over, can we... not bring it up again?" Feng Minghua weakly spoke up.

She didn’t dare meet anyone’s eyes, mumbling as if she wished to flee immediately.

"You can move on because you weren’t hurt at all, but what about others? My mom didn’t see her parents for seven years, and we also didn’t see Grandma and Grandpa for seven years! Moreover!" Lin Xue spoke calmly, but each word hit Feng Minghua sharply like arrows. "Grandma, Grandpa, and Little Uncle almost starved to death at home because of you! You all! It was all caused by you! All because of your ridiculous idea of fairness!"

Feng Minghua completely lowered her head, and among the onlookers, Third Granny and several old women extended trembling fingers pointing at Feng Minghua, calling her heartless and inhuman.

But Lin Xue was not finished, and after waiting a while, she felt the scolding was enough and spoke again, "Feng Minghua! Here you stand today, do you feel you deserve to be our Auntie? Do you still have the audacity to talk about fairness here? If you had even a shred of self-awareness, you wouldn’t even step into this kitchen! Competing with Third Aunt? Do you know that in my mom and our minds and eyes, there’s only one uncle left, and that’s Little Uncle! What right do you have to make a fuss here?"

Hearing this, Feng Minghua started to look gloomy, raising her head to glare maliciously at Lin Xue, clenching her hands into fists.

Originally, Lin Xue just wanted to let her know her place, but in the end, she couldn’t control her tongue, but fortunately, Lin Yun was beside her and pulled her back a little.

"That’s enough, just leave! Don’t be an eyesore here!" Wang Cuihua quickly spoke up, seeing her eldest daughter getting a bit too worked up, so she hurriedly wanted Feng Minghua to leave.

"Wang Cuihua, no matter what you say, Wang Junsheng is your big brother, the real uncle to the kids! How can you just deny him? Now that you’re well-off, you want to disown your big brother, is that right? The kids have three uncles, but in the end, only one uncle is at the wedding, what’s the meaning of this?" Feng Minghua didn’t dare debate the past with Lin Xue but jumped at Wang Cuihua’s interruption to change the subject to wedding arrangements.

"Big Sister, no one was stopping you from coming, it’s just such a long distance, and it would be tough on you..." Niu Yingying wanted to explain and mediate, but she knew her second sister simply didn’t want them to come, and she couldn’t find a good excuse.

"Shut up! If you can endure hardship, so can we! As uncles, how can we not attend our niece’s wedding?" Feng Minghua felt emboldened against Niu Yingying; after all, she was the eldest sister-in-law, confident she could hold her ground against a sister-in-law.

"Big Sister... that’s not how it is..." Niu Yingying quickly explained, waving her hands.

The onlookers were led astray by Feng Minghua’s words, and just as Lin Xue was about to speak, someone pulled her from behind. Turning around, she saw that the old lady had arrived, so she couldn’t act rashly.

The old lady and Bai Xianglan appeared, followed closely by Li Xiuying. The three elderly women looked at the kitchen filled with people, squeezing inside with difficulty. The old lady’s face turned ashen seeing her dear granddaughter-in-law so agitated.

"What’s happening here? On such a happy day, what’s all this fuss about?" she asked in a low voice, inevitably.

Seeing the old lady arrive, Lin Cuifen immediately hid in the crowd, not daring to let her see her gloating, glad demeanor.

"Grandma, that’s my Auntie..." Although Lin Xue didn’t want to admit it, she still had to answer the old lady.

The old lady could tell from Lin Xue’s expression, so she nodded. "Hmm! Grandma knows! Child, you’re getting married today, it’s not good to have disputes. Better go back inside, Grandma is here!"

Saying so, she patted her hand, reassuring her to return inside, and gave Lin Yun a look, signaling her to take her older sister back in.

Seeing this, Lin Yun thought, Grandma is right, and quickly pulled her older sister through the crowd.

Lin Xue couldn’t be too forceful and had to follow her younger sister away.

She trusted Bai Xianglan; she had experience with such matters and knew Feng Minghua well, she should handle it properly.

As for the old lady, forget it, with someone like Feng Minghua, who wouldn’t come off second best dealing with her.

"Oh... my bad, my bad, I disturbed everyone, I apologize! I’m leaving now! Leaving!" Feng Minghua apologized humbly as she walked out, not forgetting to add, "Dear matriarch, please don’t mind. I just got a little upset hearing my sister-in-law and third niece-in-law mentioning that Xiao Xue’s wedding will only have the third niece’s family in her entourage, so I argued a bit, it’s no big deal, as the senior aunt I just wanted to see her married off. The third niece said it’s inconvenient over there, and if so many go it’ll cost a lot, but no trouble, we won’t go! Waving her off from home is just as good!"

What Feng Minghua said seemed sincere, and she wore not a hint of her former ferocity, instead making people think she merely wanted to see her niece off, showing affection for the niece.

"Over this matter? How can such a trivial thing lead to such a long quarrel? Cuihua!" The old lady clearly believed most of it, turning to look for Wang Cuihua.

Wang Cuihua came over to support the old lady, but since Feng Minghua had said so, she couldn’t afford to lose face in front of the in-laws, so she could only agree, not exposing Feng Minghua again.

"Cuihua! Didn’t I always say? However many want to join the entourage, we welcome them! At most, we book a train car, we won’t make it difficult for you, as for expenses, no problem! Since the children’s aunt wants to attend the wedding, there’s no reason to stop her. After you’re done here, count the numbers, I’ll have your uncle arrange it! Don’t stop anyone who wants to be part of the wedding entourage!"

The old lady clearly wasn’t angered by the earlier quarrel, but was instead pleased, her granddaughter-in-law was so beloved, even upset for not attending, it was a good thing, why would she be upset?