I was a housekeeper in ancient times

After much persuasion, which also included a bit of moral blackmail, Xi Jie'er finally agreed to go back and stay for a few days.

"But my mother-in-law won't agree."

"Am I your mother or is she your mother? I want to take my daughter home. Even the king of heaven has no reason to stop me, right? Do you listen to your mother-in-law or your mother? Your mother-in-law will only hurt you, but I am your biological mother."

She asked Hong Luo to pack some clothes for Xi Jie'er. The rest of the food was not finished yet, and she didn't want to let Wang Po get away with it, so she took the plate and left.

It happened that Mrs. Wang was picking her teeth outside the door. When she saw the plate being brought out, she thought that she was going to apologize to her. After all, Xi Jie'er was the daughter-in-law of the Wang family and had to live under her nose. What good would it do for Xi Jie'er if she offended her?

Unexpectedly, Lin Weiqiao, in front of Mrs. Lin, poured out the food to a beggar passing by. She poured it out completely, even giving the beggar the plate, as a good deed.

This made Mrs. Wang so angry that she gritted her teeth. Seeing that Xi Jie'er was really going to leave, she said angrily: "Where are you going, Yue'er's wife? I haven't given you your permission yet."

Lin Weiqiao said, "I want my own daughter to go back to her parents' home, and I want you, an outsider, to agree to it?"

"I'm her mother-in-law!"

"Oh, then I am still your son's mother-in-law. I have never seen your son ask for my opinion before going out."

"You! Brother Yue's daughter-in-law, I'm telling you, if you dare to leave the Wang family today, you won't have to come back!"

"That's perfect! We are not even close to marrying into your Wang family! If we stay any longer, we will shorten our lives. I have never seen such a wicked mother-in-law who doesn't treat people as human beings. She likes to wash clothes so much. Go wash them yourself!"

Xi Jie'er was still very afraid of Wang Po's wife. When she heard Wang Po's threat, she hesitated and said, "Mother..."

Lin Weiqiao resorted to a self-torture trick, "Can mother harm you? Mother just wants you to accompany her. Alas, a daughter who is married off is like water spilled out. You only listen to your mother-in-law and not mother. If mother dies one day and your mother-in-law doesn't let you come, will you not come to see her off?"

Just like that, Mrs. Wang watched Xi Jie'er and Lin Weiqiao leave. She was so angry that her eyes turned black and she almost died without catching her breath. "Okay, okay, I want to see how long you can be tough! By then, even if you come to beg me and kneel down to kowtow to me, I won't let you in! What kind of person are you? Do you really think you can do without my brother Yue..."

Lin Weiqiao brought Xi Jie'er back to the mansion. Before Xi Jie'er got married, she worked in the mansion. It was normal for her to come back occasionally to visit.

It was not even the end of the month yet, but the people from the Second House came to ask for the public money again. It was Madam Sun and Mrs. Wu. This time they knew they had to put on a smile and said in a nice voice, "Madam Lian is pregnant, and she has to spend a lot on food and drink. Madam Lian's allowance has increased again... There are people from her parents' side too, and your First House has added a few more maids."

Lin Weiqiao sipped her tea leisurely, as if she hadn't heard what Grandma Sun said at all. She even asked Hong Luo to cut the cantaloupe into pieces, "Take it and eat it. And bring some to your sister Zhu'er as well."

The cantaloupe were brought by Mrs. Chen's relatives, filling a large sack. Mrs. Chen gave her several of them.

Seeing that she was silent, Mrs. Wu stepped forward and asked, "Mom, are you worried about something?"

She said, "Alas, it didn't exist before, but it exists now. It seems that we have never asked Gongzhong to pay for the things you mentioned. Aunt Lian's share, as well as the expenses of Zhang's mother and son, and those maids, were all paid by the first wife, and Gongzhong was not asked to pay at all. Why, you have an objection to spending the first wife's money?"

Mother Sun and Mrs. Wu were stunned and looked at each other.

Mother Sun said persistently, "That's true, but don't so many people have to eat and drink? Just the food and drink alone won't cost money, right?"

She said calmly, "I've said it before. If you find it troublesome, you can just live separately. It's not like we can't make our own fire and live alone. Why bother with this? I'll report to my wife later and ask her to separate the two rooms. We can set up our own stove."

"Mother Lin, this is your fault. I just came here to ask you to pay the public debt, nothing else, but you kept talking about separating the two. The old lady didn't mean that, but you... I really don't know what your intention is."

"What else can I do? I just don't want to give it."

Mother Sun was furious, and Sister-in-law Wu tried to persuade her, "Mother Lin, we are all family, and we should not have different opinions. How can we not want to pay the debt to the public... We are all working for the Bo's Mansion, so why should we embarrass our own family?"

In fact, she was just talking nonsense. How could Madam Lu agree to let the two rooms live separately? She just wanted to control the second room and suppress their arrogance.

She ate two halves of the cantaloupe and said, "I can, but I have two conditions."

Mrs. Wu said, "Mom, just tell me what you want to say."

"First, return the things you took away earlier. Don't ask what they are. You know what they are. Second, the accounts of the big kitchen have always been managed by your second room. Who knows if you have done anything wrong, so I have to check it out."

"This……"

Mrs. Wu was in a dilemma because her mother-in-law, Aunt Wu, was in charge of the kitchen and had made a lot of money behind the scenes. If they were really investigated, their family would be in trouble.

Mother Sun also had an awkward look on her face. Every time she came to the main room to get something, she secretly took a lot of it. How could she eat something and then vomit it out?

Seeing the two of them thinking about their own little tricks, Lin Weiqiao stood up, "Well, forget it if you can't do it. Go back and tell the Second Madam, and let her make a fuss. Anyway, I'll leave it here, at worst we can just live separately, it won't be difficult for anyone."

After saying that, he walked away, leaving the two of them anxious like ants on a hot pan.

Mother Sun spat, "Bah! What a jerk! How dare you put forward such a condition? I will go back and tell the Second Madam and let her..."

Mrs. Wu said, "Alas, you can't see that the first wife is no longer the first wife. Especially after Concubine Lian got pregnant, they became much more assertive. They are just waiting for Concubine Lian to give birth to a son and inherit the title. How can they take our second wife seriously? Even the Madam may not have an opinion on this matter."

Sure enough, when Ding learned that the first wife did not want to hand over the property to the public and even put forward two excessive conditions, she was so angry that she smashed the glass cup on the table to pieces.

"She's just pregnant and hasn't given birth yet. She's trying to control our second wife. I'm not dead yet!"

Ding, who was very angry, said she would go to Yu Muyan to ask for an explanation.

Mrs. Wu stopped her, "Madam, if we make another scene now, the eldest wife will catch us and that will be very difficult. We have to beg the eldest wife to give us money now, and if we make a scene now, they will not give us anything."

Ding said angrily: "Then I will go and ask for it myself, they will definitely give it to me!"