Chapter 301: Retirement Money
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Gu Zi had warned them against Lin Laoyao’s family. It wasn’t long after she had voiced her concerns that they indeed showed up at the door, bringing along their mother.
Mother Lin had been married into the Lin family for decades. How could she not understand the intentions of this mother-in-law? She knew that the mother-in-law saw that Gu Zi had found a capable man like Su Shen, and wanted to make a fortune from it to provide for her favorite grandson, Lin Jie’s wedding.
Lin Laoyao’s wife was cunning and had her ways. Whenever they couldn’t gain an advantage, they would have the mother-in-law exert pressure. It had always been like this.
The Lin family had always favored Lin Laoyao’s household. Whatever the elderly wanted, it was always given to Lin Laoyao’s family.
Mother Lin had her reasons for tolerating and yielding to this biased mother-in-law all these years. Firstly, she had never experienced motherly love, and secondly, she valued filial piety.
Most importantly, Father Lin had always treated her well and never looked down on her for not having her own family.
However, over the years, Mother Lin had seen through this biased mother-in-law and was disappointed in her. No matter how well Mother Lin and her husband treated her, she never appreciated it, taking it for granted and always favoring Lin Laoyao’s family.
If it was only favoritism, they would not have minded. After all, it was impossible to be completely fair, especially when it came to matters of the heart.
The mother-in-law was not only biased, but she also often did some heartless things to their household, such as always helping Lin Laoyao’s wife to occupy their things. She always made Mother Lin yield to Lin Laoyao’s wife.
Now that Gu Zi was back, they couldn’t continue like this, because it would only cause their daughter to suffer.
Mother Lin swallowed hard, gathered her courage, and said, “It’s late in the afternoon now, and she’s at Su family’s house. It would be too sudden to call her back. And it’s not that we don’t want her to come and see you, it’s that you said before that we should not associate with you.”
This was the first time Mother Lin had used the mother-in-law’s own words against her, refusing her unreasonable demands.
After saying these words with a nervous heart, Mother Lin suddenly felt a great relief, as if a long-standing blockage in her chest had been cleared.
She was even more determined not to call Gu Zi back. She would not make her daughter uncomfortable, and there was no reason for her daughter to face such a troublesome elder.
The mother-in-law looked at the brand new, beautiful red brick house. She was already envious, jealous, and resentful. How could her Lin Lao’er and daughter-in-law live in such a nice house without telling her?
When she heard Mother Lin dare to refuse her, her face turned black as coal, like the prelude to a thunderstorm.
“You’ve become audacious, daring to talk back? It’s fine if you don’t call your daughter. Let me be more direct. I came here to get my retirement money. You should give it to me, and next time, have Gu Zi and Su Shen come back to serve me tea.”
As the mother-in-law loudly stated her demands and intentions, she walked into the house with Lin Laoyao’s wife and grandson Lin Jie, as if she was returning to her own home.
Mother Lin didn’t dare to hesitate and quickly followed them in, knowing clearly that they were here for the thousand yuan dowry.
But now she was alone at home, so to buy some time, she pretended not to understand and asked, “Mother, what retirement money are you talking about?”
At this point, Lin Jie, who was acting the part of a good grandson and supporting the mother-in-law, spoke up. The thought of getting another windfall made him so excited he could hardly contain himself.
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He said enthusiastically, “Auntie, you received a thousand yuan dowry from the Su family. The whole village knows about it. Shouldn’t you give eight hundred yuan to grandma as retirement money? We’ve been taking care of grandma all these years.”
When Mother Lin heard this, she was taken aback. They were as greedy as ever, asking for eight hundred right off the bat.
If it weren’t for Su Shen and Gu Zit s generosity, they wouldn’t have accepted the thousand yuan. How could these people have the nerve to ask for so much?
Before Mother Lin could respond, Lin Laoyao’s wife said, “Sister-in-law, everyone knows that your family has had it tough over the years. That’s why Mother deliberately said she didn’t want to associate with you, so you wouldn’t have to worry. We’ve been taking care of Mother all these years. Now that Gu Zi has married into a good family, you have the means, so you should show some
filial piety..”
