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

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu was so angry she could hardly breathe. She glared at Wang Guihua, who was pointing a finger at her nose, and cursed:

"Fine, Wang Guihua, when you lived in the courtyard before, I thought you were a quiet and honest person. I never expected you to be the most vicious one. I, this old woman, really misjudged people. I let you two, mother and daughter, set me up. How can you give one tael of silver as a betrothal gift and then ask for one tael of silver as a dowry? The one tael of silver I gave Su Tao as a dowry was because the Zhang family gave two taels of silver as a betrothal gift. The Su Feng family is dirt poor and only gave one tael of silver as a betrothal gift. How can you ask me to give Su Mo one tael of silver as a dowry? Let me tell you, there's no way you'll accept that. Even if I die, Su Mo won't get a single penny from me!"

Wang Guihua was already angry because Granny Liu had secretly accepted the betrothal money from Su Feng. She felt that all of this was because of Granny Liu's interference, which forced her daughter to marry that scoundrel Su Feng. Now that she had gotten involved with such a scoundrel, there was no way to get out of it.

Therefore, when Su Mo asked Granny Liu for one tael of silver as dowry money to stay in the old Su family's courtyard, Wang Guihua didn't stop her. She also felt that Granny Liu should pay for the dowry, since she had accepted the betrothal gifts. As for Su Feng giving one tael and the Zhang family giving two taels, that was none of Su Mo's business. Granny Liu's decision to sell Su Mo for only one tael of silver as betrothal gifts was her own.

Su Mo insisted on asking Granny Liu for a dowry because of Su Tao's example; they were both granddaughters, and it was only natural that they shouldn't be treated unfairly in such an important matter as marriage.

Thinking this through, Wang Guihua spoke directly:

"Mother, you can't bully our family just because I'm an honest person. Didn't you bully our second branch enough before we separated? Now that we've separated, you still want to treat me like a fool? That's unreasonable. I'll say it again: if you hadn't accepted Su Mo's betrothal money, she wouldn't have asked you for the dowry money. Now that you've accepted her money, you have to give her the dowry money! I'll leave it at that. Think it over carefully. Hanzhang, let's go!"

Seeing this, Su Hanzhang looked at Granny Liu and then at Wang Guihua with some difficulty, but remained seated.

Seeing this, Wang Guihua became somewhat annoyed and turned around to say:

“Now that we’ve all separated our households, it’s already quite kind of us to bring our things and come to see your mother. I have no objection to you staying here to be someone’s slave. There’s still a ton of work waiting for me at home! If you’re not leaving, I’m leaving first!”

After saying that, Wang Guihua stormed out of the door.

Seeing this, Su Hanzhang immediately stood up and looked at Granny Liu, saying:

"Mom, take good care of yourself. I'll come to see you again when I have time in a few days. Don't worry about anything else."

Granny Liu grabbed Su Hanzhang's hand.

"You are my own son, born after ten months of pregnancy, you are flesh of my flesh. You can't just leave your mother here and ignore her! Go back and talk to your brainless, wicked wife. Tell her to tell Su Mo to hurry up and go back to your own little courtyard, instead of staying in mine. Just looking at her makes me dizzy and gives me a headache. If you want your mother to get better soon, then hurry up and get Su Mo out of here. And that one tael of silver dowry of hers, why don't you just pay it back? Do you have to kill your old mother before you're satisfied?"

Su Hanzhang hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and said:

"I can't make these decisions, Mother. You should rest well. We can talk about these things later. I'm leaving now."

Having said that, Su Hanzhang pulled away from Granny Liu's hand and ran out quickly.

"Hey, Guihua, slow down, wait for me!"

Su Hanzhang hurried along, running as fast as she could, and finally managed to catch up with Wang Guihua.

"Hey, Osmanthus, why are you running so fast?"

Wang Guihua turned around and glared at Su Hanzhang.

“I knew your mother was up to no good by being so eager for you to come see her! And I was right! She even brought up Su Mo in front of us! I was already being more than kind by not blaming her for arranging Su Mo's marriage to Su Feng. If it were any other daughter-in-law, she would have torn her to pieces by now! Who could stand seeing their daughter marry such a scoundrel? Now she's taken the betrothal gifts and doesn't want to pay for Su Mo's dowry. It's simply absurd! She has to pay for that dowry, that tael or two of silver!”

Su Hanzhang wanted to try to persuade Wang Guihua again. His family had earned quite a bit of money doing business outside, and a tael of silver wasn't much; they could manage it if they gritted their teeth. There was no need to upset Granny Liu over such a small amount.

But seeing Wang Guihua like this, Su Hanzhang didn't dare to say anything more. It was indeed Liu Pozi's doing that was dishonest. What good family would marry their daughter to a scoundrel like Su Feng? When Liu Pozi did this, she must have been thinking without thinking, only about getting that one or two taels of betrothal money.

The two remained silent on the way back to the small courtyard on Dwarf Mountain.

Upon entering the courtyard, two uninvited guests were spotted, sitting casually at the stone table while Lotus served them tea and water.

Wang Guihua had already been mistreated by Granny Liu, and seeing the two people in the courtyard only fueled her anger. She stepped forward and asked them rudely:

"Why are you two here?"

Aunt Luo put down her teacup, turned her head slightly, raised an eyebrow, looked at Wang Guihua, and said with a smile:

"Oh, my dear in-laws are back! We've been waiting for you in this courtyard for quite a while. Besides, what you're saying doesn't sound like a nice thing to me. We're in-laws now, can't I even come to see my daughter? Does that mean we can't even visit her now that she's married into your family?"

Seeing this, Su Hanzhang quickly stepped forward and smoothed things over with a smile:

"Oh dear, mother-in-law, what are you saying? We are of course happy to welcome you. Our Guihua was a little upset outside today and is in a bad mood. Please don't take offense."

As she spoke, Su Hanzhang turned to look at the lotus flower again.

“Lotus, it’s windy outside, and you’re not dressed warmly enough. You can’t stand here in the wind. Go back inside and lie down for a while. Your mother and I will take care of you here.”

This morning, after Wang Guihua and Su Hanzhang left, Aunt Luo arrived with Fubao. Lianhua was busy preparing snacks and boiling water for them all morning.

Lianhua said it was cold outside and asked them to come inside and sit down, but Aunt Luo insisted on waiting inside for her in-laws to return. People might say she lacked manners, but she insisted on sitting and waiting in the yard.

Aunt Luo and Fu Bao were both outside, and Lianhua couldn't go inside and lie down alone, so she stood outside serving them. After a while, her hands were frozen red, and she was already struggling to stand.