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

Su Congxian scratched his head sheepishly and said through gritted teeth:

"Sister-in-law, don't take it to heart. I gave her plenty of face in front of everyone today. I'll definitely teach her a lesson later. Look at your bruises, you should put a hot egg on them so you don't look like you can't show your face later."

As he spoke, Su Congxian naturally reached out to touch Qin's face.

Seeing this, Su Banxia, ​​who was standing to the side, couldn't help but feel that the two were acting a little too intimately, but she didn't think much of it, assuming that Su Congxian was concerned about Qin Shi's injury. So she went to the cabinet, took out a hot egg, and handed it to Qin Shi.

"Auntie, why don't you put some egg on your face?"

Qin was surprised that Su Banxia was so thoughtful as to give her an egg to use as a face mask, so she gratefully accepted the egg and gave Su Banxia an embarrassed smile.

"Banxia, ​​I'm really sorry to have made you laugh. Don't worry, I'll take a break and then get back to work. I won't hold you back."

Seeing this, Su Congxian quickly spoke up:

"Yes, Banxia, ​​assign all of your third aunt's chores to me. I'll do them for her. It's not appropriate for her to stay in the kitchen right now. I'm afraid she'll start arguing with your eldest aunt again. Then none of us will need to eat; we'll just be watching the two of them argue."

Su Banxia nodded and didn't stand on ceremony with Su Congxian. She directly assigned him some tasks. Even if Su Congxian was unwilling, he had to work hard. After all, he, as the husband, had to clean up the mess his wife had made.

Su Qingsong helped Lin Shi towards the front yard, his heart filled with joy, and he kept praising Lin Shi.

"Mom, you're so clever. With your fuss, neither of us has to do any work. We can just wait for dinner. Come on, let's go to the main room and have something nice to eat first."

Originally furious, Lin felt that her son's words made sense. After such a commotion, no one would dare to ask her to do any work, which meant she could have a more relaxed Spring Festival.

The two had just sat down in the main room when they heard Granny Liu cursing in a shrill voice:

"I was just saying there's a lazy woman in this house, and now look, another one has appeared in our yard. Everyone else is busy in the backyard kitchen, but she's just sitting here with her big face, cracking sunflower seeds."

Lin knew that Granny Liu was indirectly insulting her, so she spat the melon seed shells out of her mouth onto the ground and snorted coldly:

"I don't know that lazy people have good fortune. Even if I don't do any work, I'm still much better off than some people who are paralyzed on the bed. At least I'm nimble and can walk and jump."

Granny Liu was furious that Lin dared to speak to her like that.

"Who are you calling bedridden! I haven't even gotten into any trouble yet, and you're already complaining about me. How can I expect you to take care of me when I'm old? You're my daughter-in-law. Even if you complain about me, you'll still be the one doing all the housework, cleaning up after me. Besides, isn't my current condition all because of you? How dare you say that? I haven't even come to you yet, and you're already complaining about me!"

Upon hearing this, Lin immediately pulled her chair back a little.

"Hey, hey, don't blame me! You're just getting old, it's only natural that you'd become paralyzed. Besides, if you hadn't done those shady and malicious things, would you be in this state now? In the end, it's all your own doing. You didn't do good things when you were young, so naturally, problems will come knocking when you're old. It's all cause and effect, you can't blame anyone else!"

Granny Liu was so angry that she slammed her cane on the ground.

"Who are you calling mean? How can you, as a daughter-in-law, talk to your own mother-in-law like that? I don't know whether to call you stupid or cunning! I think you're brainless! What good does it do you to insult me ​​like this? No matter what, you are still my daughter-in-law, and you used to be my son. Qingsong is also my grandson. You can never escape your old woman like me!"

While cracking sunflower seeds, Lin glanced disdainfully at Granny Liu.

"Hmph, who says I can't escape? If you die, wouldn't I be free? Wouldn't I be free from you?"

Granny Liu was furious that Lin Shi would dare to utter such outrageous words. Her heart pounded with rage. She clutched her chest with one hand and pointed at Lin Shi with the other, cursing:

"You jinxed jinx! What have I done to you that you're cursing me to die during the New Year? I'm still your mother-in-law, are you really hoping for my death? You want to inherit the family business after I die? Dream on! Even if I turn to ashes and take it with me, I won't leave you a single penny! Stop daydreaming!"

Upon hearing Liu Pozi's words, Lin threw the melon seeds in her hand onto the ground.

"Well, well, Granny Liu! I knew you were up to no good. Now I've tricked you into revealing your true colors. From the moment I entered this house, you've treated me coldly. Now that I've given your Su family a grandson to carry on the family line, you still don't treat me with any respect. Instead, you're always hanging around Qin Shi from the eldest son's side. What's so capable of her? She's just a bit talkative, a bit quick on her feet, and does a lot of work. Is it really necessary for you to fawn over her like that? She's barren, and in the end, she only gave birth to one daughter, Su Tao, who eventually got married and became a nobody." "The water that went there has nothing to do with your Su family. Now that she's pregnant, she still comes back to eat and use the Su family's food! I've never seen her in-laws send her a single penny! Aren't you usually quite stingy? Why do you turn a blind eye to the affairs of the eldest son's family? So your stinginess is all for the benefit of the rest of us! Let me tell you, even Granny Liu isn't as biased as you. You're biased to the extreme! You deserve to have no one to take care of you when you're old!"

Su Tao, who was standing nearby, had seen the two arguing and wanted to step in to mediate, but she never expected that Lin Shi would start cursing and then turn her insults towards her and Qin Shi. She immediately became displeased.

"Third Aunt, what are you saying? How can you talk like that? How do you know my in-laws didn't come to give money? Besides, isn't the New Year coming soon? Would Zhang Guang not come to the Su family to see his father-in-law and mother-in-law during the first month of the lunar year? Would he come empty-handed? Why are you only focusing on our family's affairs? If you're talking about favoritism, my grandma didn't favor our family at all! My grandma's biggest favoritism is probably towards my fourth uncle. Putting aside everything else, just take my fourth uncle's education. Over the years, everyone knows how much money the family has spent!"