Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

As Old Lady He walked inside, she asked the He family's servants, "Why is your old lady crying again?"

The servant replied, "It's the old lady who has returned."

Old Mrs. He was startled and stopped in her tracks. Was her niece grounded by the police at Hanshan University? Why did she sneak back?

She walked quickly and when she reached her sister-in-law's door, she heard He crying.

Mrs. He pushed the door open and walked in. She saw Mrs. He kneeling on the ground, and her sister-in-law sat with a dark face. Seeing her come in, she said, "It's just right that you're here. Go tell Wen Yan and Mrs. Mo that the Gao family wants to marry their sister. As a brother and sister-in-law, he can't just ignore it."

Old Madam He sat down and said, "Where's Wen Liang? He's a capable brother and can stand up for himself. Wen Yan's health is so bad, don't let him run around. Mo is still recuperating, and she can't stand being bullied. You know that, right?"

"Wen Yan is the eldest brother, and the eldest brother is like a father. If he doesn't step forward, who will? He and his sister crawled out of my intestines. How can he be worthy of his dead father if he doesn't care?

Old Mrs. He thought to herself, your son has been torn apart by his wife and children, and your daughter is shameless. Are you worthy of your dead husband?

She ignored her sister-in-law's question and asked He directly, "Why do you want to divorce your wife for no reason? It's not like you haven't given birth to a son for the Gao family."

He sobbed and said, "My mother-in-law despises me and says that my family doesn't care about me. I've also been confined by His Highness the Great, and I'm only given one meal a day. I sneaked out through the window in the middle of the night to look for my son. My son went to plead with his grandmother, but my mother-in-law scolded me, saying, 'Why don't you just die?' I've made the Gao family a laughing stock."

"I said, all the things and money I brought back from my mother's family over the years, have they all been thrown away? My mother-in-law said I was disobedient and unfilial, insulting my in-laws, and wanted to divorce me. I ran back secretly and begged my mother to make the decision for me. Even if the Gao family wanted to kick me out, it would be a divorce by peace, not divorce!"

Mrs. Jiang said, "That won't do. You gave birth to three children for the Gao family. Why should we divorce?"

He said stubbornly, "If we don't get a divorce, will I starve to death in the Gao family? I don't want any of the three children. They are all Gao's children anyway. I will come back to serve mother and accompany her for the rest of her life."

Old Mrs. He looked at He. This was her purpose. No one in the Gao family treated her as a human being. She was locked up and couldn't even get enough to eat. She thought about getting a divorce and returning to her parents' home. Her elder brother and sister-in-law were not at home. In the future, there would only be her and her mother in this family. It would not be as comfortable as living in the Gao family, so she didn't even want the child.

This time, Old Mrs. Jiang no longer felt sorry for the girl. She just insisted that her son should make the decision for her daughter and not let the Gao family divorce her.

He burst into tears, "Mother said she loved me the most. Is that really how much she loves me? Is she going to watch the Gao family abuse me? Is she really going to let the Gao family drive me to death by refusing to take me in?"

Old Madam Jiang also started crying, "How could I not feel sorry for you? I can't let the Gao family divorce you because I feel sorry for you! Even if we divorce, how can you hold your head up high in the future? Your granddaughter and grandson have a divorced mother, how can they say they look down on them? If their son-in-law marries them a stepmother, won't they suffer? Shanluo's daughter-in-law Cao had a grandmother who took care of her when she was growing up. Your mother-in-law is so eager to sell her grandson, how can she protect them?"

He said, "I can't even survive myself, so why should I care about them? After all, it's the Gao family's lamp, they can do whatever they want!"

Old Mrs. He shook her head as she listened. Her niece was so selfish. Most women who became mothers thought about their children, but she only thought about herself.

No matter how much He cried and begged, Mrs. Jiang refused to agree to a divorce and just asked her son to go to the Gao family to help her daughter.

He stood up and said, "My husband's family wants to kill me, and my own family wants to kill me too? Fine, then I'll hang myself in front of my mother!"

Old Madam Jiang slapped the armrest of her chair and said, "Don't scare me. If you want to hang yourself, go back to the Gao family and hang yourself! You are a member of the Gao family in life and a ghost of the Gao family in death!"

Old Mrs. He was puzzled. Why didn't her sister-in-law care about her daughter anymore?

What her sister-in-law said next made her laugh out of anger.

"If you divorce, how can I face your sister-in-law? If your sister-in-law also asks for a divorce, what can I say?"

Old Mrs. He thought to herself, they are truly mother and daughter, they only care about themselves.

He said, "Sister-in-law wants a divorce? Isn't mother unhappy? Mother has always looked down on sister-in-law, isn't that exactly what she wants?"

Old Madam Jiang slammed the armrest again. "I look down on your sister-in-law, but that's because you always say bad things about her in front of me. If you hadn't been the one to stir up trouble, would I have disliked her? You also told me that daughters-in-law are unreliable and that only your own daughters would feel sorry for me as a mother. Is this how you feel sorry for me as a mother? Your in-laws divorced you and you came back to burden me. If you were as capable as your sister-in-law, you could make your in-laws rely on you and let me benefit from it. That would also be because you feel sorry for me.

"How are you now? You've been causing trouble, been grounded by His Highness the Great, and divorced by your in-laws. And you're even bringing trouble to your family. You didn't even mention giving me ten taels of silver, and you even want to divorce me and let me support you. How old are you? Aren't you ashamed?"

He was furious and said, "I was confined to my house, but what about my mother? Who confined her to her house? The Empress Dowager, the first one in the capital! My mother-in-law pointed at my nose and scolded me, saying that I was not upright and the rest of the family was crooked. Everyone outside knew that my mother was crazy, so my sister-in-law and niece didn't come back because they were afraid that she would go crazy and kill people. Mother thought you had a good reputation outside, and my mother-in-law even asked me to take all three children away to prevent them from inheriting my crazy mother!"

Mrs. Jiang was stunned. She couldn't go out and no one came to visit her. No one told her that people outside said she was crazy.

She looked at Old Lady He and asked, "Is what she said true?"

Before Old Lady He could say anything, Mrs. He continued, "Ask my eldest brother if it's true! It was my eldest brother who said that Mother had lost her mind. This is a good son that Mother raised!"

Old Mrs. Jiang trembled all over. "Bullshit! You're talking nonsense! Your eldest brother wouldn't do this to me!"

"Then why didn't my eldest brother come back to live? Why did he move to the farm and never come back to see mother? Why did he take my concubine away? He just left mother here all alone. Didn't she even think about it? Who would want to live with a crazy person? It's because I love mother and I am willing to come back to serve her, but she treats me like this!"

Mrs. Jiang would only say, "You're talking nonsense!"

He sneered, "Didn't mother say that big brother would listen to everything you said? If he dares not to listen, mother will disown him as her son! Why is mother so quiet at home, not daring to say a word? Big brother doesn't care about mother, and big sister-in-law is enjoying a good life outside, so who cares about mother? Only I miss mother and want to come back to accompany her! Mother doesn't know how kind people are, and she wants me to die in the Gao family! Aren't you afraid that no one will take care of you in your old age and see you to the end?"

Mrs. Jiang pointed at her daughter and trembled, "You cursed me!"

"I didn't curse Mother! Isn't this retribution for what she's doing now?"