The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

Accepting Mrs. Lin's kindness, Tong Huaqiong nodded to Mrs. Lin.

There were two girls sitting next to Mrs. Lin.

The two girls were dressed very similarly, and they were obviously the daughters of the Lin family.

Tong Huaqiong wasn't sure which one of them was the troublemaker in Gu Dashu's previous life.

Old Madam Su squinted her eyes and looked at Gu Taohua up and down and sneered, "Scholars, farmers, merchants, and artisans, what's so great about being able to do business? No matter how big the shop is, it can't escape the word business."

In Old Lady Su's mind, the classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans are clearly divided and cannot be easily broken.

What's wrong with having the crown prince as your backer?

The Crown Prince could not turn the Gu family from businessmen to scholars.

In short, this girl is not worthy of Su Chengmin.

Tong Huaqiong said unwillingly, "As the saying goes, shit is hard to eat but money is hard to make. I do think it's great that I can make money. Old lady, you look down on merchants, but what do we wear and eat that don't require merchants? Without merchants, how can goods from all over the world be circulated? Take today's birthday banquet for example, which item doesn't need to be purchased from merchants?"

These words made Old Mrs. Su frown.

She only said one sentence, but the widow had many more waiting for her.

Maybe it’s the second Old Lady Min.

This marriage is even more impossible.

Mrs. Lu took the opportunity to say, "Old lady, from now on, we and Suifeng Xiangjun are all one family. We don't care about businessmen or nobles. Our family is not the kind of family that waits for others to serve us. We only allow men to make achievements and not women to have abilities. Taohua has the ability to make money, so won't your eldest grandson be able to benefit from it in the future?"

Tong Huaqiong glanced at Lu.

These words seemed to be in favor of the Gu family, but in fact they were adding fuel to the fire of Old Madam Su.

What this means is that your eldest grandson might be controlled by the Yue family just like your son, relying on the powerful Yue family.

Tong Huaqiong said: "It is indeed a good thing to be able to make money. No matter how capable Taohua is, the money she makes is her own. Only incompetent men rely on women. Although we live in the countryside, we are not blind and can see that Chengmin is not that kind of person, otherwise he would not be engaged to my Taohua."

What’s going on? Is it the Su family’s ancestral tradition to rely on their wives and their in-laws?

If Su Chengmin was really such a person, there would be no way Gu Taohua would get engaged to him.

Old Madam Min nodded and echoed, "Chengmin is lucky to have grown up in the Min family, unlike Su Shihang. Chengmin's achievements were earned on the battlefield, and they were real. He couldn't rely on women."

Old Mrs. Su's throat tightened with anger.

Why did she feel that Suifeng Xiangjun and Old Lady Min were targeting her son?

Does her son rely on women?

It was obviously because her son was too outstanding that everyone from Mrs. Lu to Min Baozhen took the initiative to throw themselves at him.

Old Madam Su glared at Mrs. Lu with an uneasy look on her face. She thought her daughter-in-law was doing it on purpose. She didn't mention anything good, but she had to mention that her eldest grandson had stained himself with the money of the merchant family.

Mrs. Lu’s face froze.

Things have been going badly lately, and I always get into trouble when I say and do things.

Old Madam Su looked at Gu Taohua and said, "Is this Miss Taohua the one who is engaged to my grandson?"

Gu Taohua nodded generously and said, "That's right."

Tong Huaqiong thought, here it comes.

Wasn't it that Mrs. Su sent her the invitation in order to renegotiate the marriage?

It’s not easy to control Gu Taohua.

Old Madam Su said, "It's the parents' order and the matchmaker's words. Your father didn't even know that you and Chengmin were engaged, so this marriage doesn't count. I wonder if the rules in Ningcheng are different from those in Shengjing?"

Tong Huaqiong said: "The rules are the same everywhere."

Then he asked Mrs. Su with a puzzled look on his face: "Grandma, Chengmin has a father? I've never heard of it. I thought he was an orphan. What's going on? Grandma, you sent me an invitation to attend your birthday party. I thought you valued me and took the opportunity to make friends with me. Could it be that Chengmin is your grandson?"

Old Mrs. Su was so angry that she was speechless.

Tong Huaqiong is cursing her son.

Mrs. Lu looked at Tong Huaqiong in amazement. How could this person lie without blushing or getting nervous? Tong Huaqiong was clearly present in the palace when Su Shihang asked the emperor to grant Su Chengmin a marriage. Su Shihang was clearly knocked unconscious when he went to the Gu family to cancel the engagement a few days ago, but she completely pretended that nothing happened and kept saying that she didn't know that Su Chengmin was Su Shihang's son.

Gu Taohua said: "Chengmin told me that after marriage I would have no parents-in-law above me, so I agreed to the engagement."

Liu Yue'e continued, "What's going on? This marriage was arranged by the mighty general. No one told us that Chengmin's father was still alive? Whose son's engaged father would hide? I heard that Lord Su is a second-rank official. Can a second-rank official bully people like this? Isn't this looking down on others? Are our Gu family inferior to others because we are merchants? We earn money honestly and pay taxes honestly without stealing or robbing. But my sister-in-law is engaged, but her father is a coward. How can you do things this way?"

The development of the matter was beyond everyone's expectations.

Everyone present knew that Su Chengmin and Gu Taohua were engaged, and they also knew that Su Chengmin had not allowed any of the Su family members to attend.

Originally, the Su family wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Suifeng Xiangjun, but they were outmaneuvered by Suifeng Xiangjun and his daughter-in-law.

No matter how you look at it, this matter cannot be blamed on the Gu family. Su Chengmin intends to cut ties with the Su family, and the Gu family can't do anything about it.

Mrs. Min glared at Mrs. Su and started the performance.

"It's true that Chengmin is the son of the Su family, but Su Shihang did not fulfill his responsibilities as a father. Chengmin grew up in the Min family, so this marriage is decided by his uncle and me."

"Put aside the nonsense about parents' orders and matchmaker's words. If you really want to be serious, my Baozhen, as a mother, should also ask her opinion. She is underground now, so why not let Su Shihang go down and ask Baozhen if she agrees or not."

"Parents' orders are parents' orders. You can't just ask the father and not the mother."

"This marriage is a done deal. Su Shihang usually doesn't care about Chengmin, but now he starts to care about her. Chengmin doesn't need his care, so he won't have to come to the Su family to set rules after they get married."

Old Mrs. Min put on airs, as if she was not afraid of ruining Old Mrs. Su's birthday party if any of the Su family members dared to do anything naughty.

Anyway, it is Su Shihang who is embarrassed.

Mrs. Su couldn't swallow this breath, and pointed at Mrs. Min and said, "Since Mr. Min's surname is Su, he is a member of the Su family, and the engagement cannot be done without going through the Su family."

Old Madam Min said: "If you are not satisfied, Chengmin can change his surname to Min and be adopted by his uncle as his biological son."

This sentence had a great impact on Mrs. Min.

Every time something related to Su Chengmin was involved, Old Lady Min would use this sentence to shut Old Lady Su up.

If she hadn't been afraid of gossip from outsiders, Mrs. Min would have changed Su Chengmin's surname long ago.

This is also what Su Shihang and Old Lady Su fear the most.

In the eyes of the Su family, they could keep Su Shihang in the Min family, but they absolutely could not accept him changing his surname.