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

Seeing that she could finally go inside, Lianhua quickly smiled and said:

"Alright, Mom and Dad, it's windy outside, why don't you come inside and talk? I'm feeling a bit tired right now, I'll go back inside and lie down for a while."

Just as Lianhua turned to leave, Aunt Luo suddenly slammed her hand on the table.

"Stop right there! You've gone too far! You've only done a little work and you're already complaining about being tired. I bet you just don't want to serve me and your brother! You've only had a few good days and you're already getting cocky! If I don't discipline you for a day, you'll start climbing on the roof and tearing the tiles off the house!"

Lianhua was about to turn around when she heard this, but she immediately froze on the spot, looking back at Aunt Luo with an embarrassed expression, not knowing what to say.

Seeing this, Wang Guihua immediately went to help Lianhua up.

"Do you think Lianhua is still treated like a servant in your family? Now that Lianhua has married into our family as our daughter-in-law, we all pamper her. How can we expect her to stand outside in this freezing weather serving you tea and water? Besides, don't you have a brain? It's so cold, can't you come inside and sit down? People will think we, as your in-laws, are mistreating you! You've come to our house, and you can't even come inside. If others talk about it, won't they say I, as your mother-in-law, am mean-spirited? I think you're doing this on purpose, wanting others to point fingers at our family! You're definitely up to no good!"

Aunt Luo was surprised that Wang Lianhua had become so talkative after only a few days, so she became a little anxious.

"Oh, mother-in-law, that's not what I meant. Please don't misunderstand me. I was just thinking that it wouldn't be good for us to come into the house before you arrived, would it?"

Wang Guihua snorted coldly, then strode into the house, supporting Lianhua.

"Since that's the case, now that we're all back, you're still going to freeze outside. We can't take care of you. Lotus, listen to your mother, go inside and rest. Look at your little hands, they're so cold. If you freeze the baby in your belly, I'll beat that bastard to death!"

Lianhua was deeply moved that Wang Guihua would protect her so much, so she nodded gratefully and, ignoring Aunt Luo's shouts behind her, turned around, went into her room, and closed the door.

Upon hearing this, Aunt Luo immediately followed him into the house. Actually, she had been freezing outside for a while; she just wanted to assert her authority in front of Lianhua.

Lotus told her to come inside after the charcoal fire was lit, but she refused to go in, deliberately going against Lotus's wishes. She wanted Lotus to know that in her presence, she would always be inferior, that she would always be her daughter and have to listen to her.

But to her surprise, Wang Guihua's return shattered all her previous plans, and she even cursed her as a heartless wretch. Aunt Luo wasn't stupid; she could read between the lines. She naturally sensed Wang Guihua's ill will towards her, so Aunt Luo sat down in the main seat of the hall and looked at Wang Guihua, saying:

"Wang Guihua, who are you calling a 'deserving of a thousand cuts'?"

Wang Guihua curled her lip in disdain.

"Let whoever wants to take the blame do it! Everyone should have some self-awareness!"

Aunt Luo was so angry at Wang Guihua's words that she couldn't speak for a moment. If she insisted on taking the blame, wouldn't she be asking for trouble? So Aunt Luo suppressed her anger and smiled.

"Mother-in-law, I just heard you say that our Lianhua is pregnant?"

Wang Guihua snorted coldly.

"You're quite the obedient one. You've been here for so long, haven't you had a proper chat with your daughter? You've only wanted to order her around? You didn't even know she's pregnant with our Su family's eldest grandson? And now you're asking me!"

Aunt Luo slammed her hand on the table.

"That brat! She didn't even bother to send word that she was pregnant. If I had known she was pregnant earlier, I, as her mother, would have moved into your house long ago and taken good care of her for a few days."

Wang Guihua sat down, glanced at Aunt Luo, and chuckled softly.

"No way, if you really come, who knows who will be taking care of whom? Besides, our Su family is never short of manpower. We can take care of a pregnant woman, so there's no need for you to come all this way to stay."

Aunt Luo chuckled dryly a few times.

"Oh dear, isn't it different, my dear in-law? After all, I am Lianhua's biological mother, so naturally I will take better care of her than others. I can only feel at ease if I come and take care of her myself. Besides, aren't we all thinking about the child in Lianhua's belly? After it is born, it will still be a child of your Su family. If I take good care of Lianhua, won't you be able to relax a bit?"

Seeing this, Su Hanzhang quickly stepped forward and refilled their teacups with water.

"There's really no need for you to trouble your mother-in-law to come and take care of her. You have plenty of work to do at home, and we have a lot of people in our family. We eat well, so we won't mistreat Lotus. You can rest assured."

Aunt Luo's eyes darted around, then she smiled and looked at Su Hanzhang.

"Oh dear, my dear in-laws, our lotus-shaped belly is quite something! She's only been married into the family for a short time, and she's already pregnant with your Su family's child. You two must be so happy to be holding your grandson soon!"

Su Hanzhang smiled and scratched his head.

"Happy, of course I'm happy."

Aunt Luo smiled.

"It's all thanks to our Lianhua's good fortune. If you had married someone else, how could you have given you a grandson so quickly? Don't you think so?"

"Lianhua is so lucky to have married into our family. She gets along very well with our family, and the baby came quickly too."

Su Hanzhang sat down as he spoke.

Aunt Luo nodded.

“Father-in-law, you are a good talker. We have some problems at home right now, and I would like to ask you for your help.”

Upon hearing this, Su Hanzhang glanced guiltily at Wang Guihua, then looked at Aunt Luo and said:

"Mother-in-law, what's the matter?"

Aunt Luo smiled and reached out to nudge Fu Bao.

“My son recently went on a blind date with a girl, and we both think she’s quite nice. We’re thinking of getting engaged, but we’re short on cash right now, so I thought I’d come here to borrow some money to tide us over.”

Before Su Hanzhang could speak, Wang Guihua stood up abruptly.

"No! We don't have any money to lend you! The end of the year is just around the corner, and everyone is struggling to make ends meet. What were you thinking? Coming all the way to our house to borrow money! Besides, Lianhua and our Su Shiyan got married not long ago, didn't we just give so much dowry money? How come you've spent it all so quickly?"

Seeing this, Aunt Luo immediately spoke up:

“Mother-in-law, you’re not right about that. Why are you in such a hurry? I’m just discussing this with you in a reasonable way. Besides, I haven’t even mentioned that your family owes us two taels of silver for the betrothal gifts. If you don’t have the money to lend me, then hurry up and make up for the two taels of silver in betrothal gifts!”