I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Chapter 265 What's wrong with my mother?

Wang Guihua frowned upon hearing Su Shiyan's words. After a moment's thought, she exchanged a glance with Su Hanzhang, gritted her teeth, and said:

"Since you're willing to marry Su Shiyan, your father and mother won't make things difficult for you. However, we've already asked Grandma Sun to discuss this with them. If they change their minds at the last minute, I won't be able to say anything. So let's go and propose marriage on the date set by Master Wang."

Upon hearing this, Su Shiyan immediately stood up happily and called out to Wang Guihua and Su Hanzhang, "Thank you, Father and Mother. I'll go back and get ready to try on the new clothes my older sister bought me today. In a few days, we'll propose marriage. I'll definitely marry Lianhua in a grand and glorious way."

Having said that, he turned and went inside without looking back. Wang Guihua looked at Su Shiyan's expression, shook her head helplessly, and sighed. "Alas, what can we do? He's already taken a liking to her; it's too late to say anything now."

Seeing this, Su Banxia quickly went to Wang Guihua's side, patted her on the shoulder, and called her "Dao Niang" (a term of endearment for a Taoist priestess). Everyone has their own destiny; let them decide their own affairs. However, that Lotus Girl has a good foundation and a kind heart, so that's settled.

Wang Guihua glanced back at Su Banxia and nodded. That was all we could do for now; we couldn't make decisions for your brother anyway.

Su Banxia smiled.

When asked about the auspicious date for the marriage proposal chosen by Grandpa Wang, Wang Guihua took out the paper, glanced at it, and said, "Three days from now will be an auspicious day. I'll prepare the things for you, and you can come with us to see what the Luo family is like."

Su Banxia nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll arrange things in advance. When the time comes, I'll assign the workers at the market to Gou Sheng and Zhu Zi."

Su Hanzhang didn't know how to manage household affairs, and seeing that Su Shiyan wouldn't listen to him, he had no choice but to go back to his room.

the next morning,

Old Man Su was woken up by a loud slap.

"You old geezer, where have you been gallivanting off to these past few days? I just got you new shoes, and they're covered in mud again!"

Old Man Su suddenly woke up with a start, jumped out of bed, and looked at Granny Liu, who was standing on the floor holding his shoes and questioning him, with a wronged expression.

“Old woman, I work in the fields all day long. Even if you make me ten new pairs of shoes, they’ll still get dirty. Unless I stop working and just go to the village entrance to drink tea and chat every day, then the soles of my shoes probably won’t get muddy.”

Of course, Granny Liu knew that it was common for farmers' shoes to get muddy. Although she knew this in her heart, she deliberately said it this way, wanting to find out what Old Man Su had been busy with behind her back these past few days.

After all, several times at night when she was half asleep, she would reach out and touch the cold kang (heated brick bed) and realize that there was no one next to her. She originally thought that Old Man Su had gone to the outhouse.

Several times, Granny Liu waited and waited but no one came back. After she couldn't stay awake any longer and fell asleep, the next morning she saw that Old Man Su was lying next to her, sleeping soundly. Granny Liu felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.

So he came up with this plan, thinking he could use the shoes as a pretext to trick Old Man Su and see how he would react. If he didn't behave well or acted strangely...

Never mind where he's been these past few days, I'll just beat him up to vent my anger first.

But now that Old Man Su was speaking with such reason and evidence, she didn't know what to say. So, Granny Liu threw her shoe on the ground, glared at Old Man Su, and cursed:

"You heartless wretch! I worked so hard to make these shoes for you, and you don't appreciate them at all. All you do is wade in the mud all day. Tomorrow, when you go out in the fields, wear your dirty, old shoes instead of these new ones. You'll just ruin them."

When Old Man Su heard what Granny Liu said, he quickly nodded in agreement.

"Yes, yes, I'll go find the old shoes right away. I just washed them and they're not dry yet, right? I'll wear the old shoes to work in the fields today. Don't worry, I definitely won't wear the new shoes to the fields. I'll wash them and dry them in the sun later, and they'll still be like new shoes."

Seeing that she couldn't get anything out of Old Man Su and couldn't vent her anger, Granny Liu didn't want to rashly hit him. After all, all the work for the family fell on his shoulders, and Old Man Su never asked her to come along when he went to work in the fields.

If she were to cause him trouble again now without any reason, wouldn't she become the subject of gossip? So, Granny Liu sullenly walked out.

As soon as he stepped out of the house, he saw Li Ayu sneaking into the kitchen, so he immediately grabbed the broom by the courtyard wall and rushed towards her.

"Where did this thief come from? How dare you steal things from my kitchen? I'd like to see what you're capable of."

As she spoke, Granny Liu kept slapping Li Ayu with her broom.

"Oh dear, Mother, please stop hitting me! It's me, Ayu! Please stop hitting me!"

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu struck Li Ayu several more times, angrily saying:

"Who's your mother? Stop trying to curry favor with me. Didn't I tell you? Now that you've given birth to a daughter, you're no longer part of the Su family. Take your daughter and leave. I've already been more than generous by not kicking you out right after you gave birth. Why are you still lingering in our house?"

As she spoke, Granny Liu swung her broom at Li Ayu a few more times, and continued:

“Our family doesn’t have the spare money to support you two freeloaders. Besides, your womb is useless, so I can’t keep you here. If you have a few more daughters, my son will have no face to stay in this village. Everyone will say that he can’t have a son. You’re really bringing shame to the Su family, you shameless slut.”

Seeing that Granny Liu was speaking so rudely, and even though Li Ayu had already identified herself as Li Ayu, Granny Liu continued to beat her with the broom.

Li Ayu didn't care about anything else anymore, grabbed the spatula from the kitchen, and started hitting Granny Liu with it.

Although Li Ayu was still weak after giving birth, she was burning with rage and didn't care about anything else. With all her might, she smashed a spatula across Liu Pozi's forehead.

The shovel smashed Granny Liu straight to the ground, startling Li Ayu so much that she dropped the shovel and screamed.

"Ahhh, I didn't mean to! Are you alright? I just turned around and accidentally bumped into you. You're not dead, are you?"

As she spoke, Li Ayu rushed forward again, her heart pounding, and reached her hand close to Granny Liu's nose to check her breath.

Just then, Su Ye came out of the house and, seeing the commotion outside, cursed:

"What are you all making such a racket outside so early in the morning? I can't even get a peaceful night's sleep."

When Su Ye rubbed her sleepy eyes, she opened them and saw Granny Liu lying stiffly on the ground. Startled, Su Ye panicked and rushed to help Granny Liu up.

"Li Ayu, what's wrong with my mother?"