Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 84 - 80 Too Much for the Mother and Daughter (280+)

If these words came from someone within the Luo Family, it wouldn’t matter. But coming from Yu Fen’s mouth, they naturally sounded quite unpleasant.

Upon hearing this, Luo Cuilan immediately turned sullen and shot Yu Fen a disgruntled glance before heading back to her own room.

Zhou Yunmei also looked at Yu Fen with great displeasure, thinking that this daughter-in-law’s mouth was truly annoying.

Qiu Xiu and the others, being in someone else’s house, couldn’t scold the daughter-in-law too harshly, so they just lectured her a bit. But Yu Fen was sharp-tongued; the more she was admonished, the more unpleasant her words became, leaving Qiu Xiu and the others at a loss for what to say.

Because of this incident, the fine dinner Fang Pingying had prepared somehow lost its flavor, and while Luo Dashan and Luo Dalin, the two men, didn’t involve themselves in the matter, no one else was having a good time.

Luo Cuilan simply didn’t show up, and Zhou Yunmei didn’t bother to send anyone to call her.

Moreover, her expression remained sour afterward, especially whenever Yu Fen spoke. Zhou Yunmei deliberately ignored her or sarcastically mentioned that Yu Fen’s child must have been conceived before marriage too, which was nothing to be proud of.

With things like this, the meal was no longer enjoyable, and Qiu Xiu merely picked at some food before taking the opportunity to take her son and daughter-in-law home.

Once Qiu Xiu’s family had all returned, Luo Cuilan immediately came out from her room.

After finishing her meal at the table, she deliberately raised her voice and shouted, "That daughter-in-law of Second Uncle is really something. She doesn’t even know where her own baby came from, yet she has the nerve to talk about others."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yunmei also yelled towards Second Uncle’s place next door, "Exactly, what a lack of family upbringing."

Mother and daughter chanted in unison, their voices loud, as if they wanted to make sure the neighbors could hear them.

Luo Zhiyong, upon hearing this, called out to stop Zhou Yunmei, "Mom, please stop talking about it, okay? They’re our own family. What does it matter if a wrong word was said?"

"The truth is the truth, and what does it matter? You stay out of this," said Luo Zhiyong, her voice growing louder as she intentionally moved a few steps closer to the wall adjoining next door and shouted.

Luo Zhiyong sighed, knowing it was futile to persuade them further, and took Fang Pingying back inside to their room, saying they could do whatever they wanted.

He took Fang Pingying back to rest for a while, explaining that they would have to continue roofing in the afternoon. Given the state of things with the uncle next door, they could hardly ask for help now and would have to manage on their own.

There wasn’t much of a reaction from Qiu Xiu and the others next door; they must have heard it but decided not to stoop to their level.

In the end, it was Luo Zhiyong who couldn’t stand it any longer, unable to sleep well because of the commotion, and he imagined that the people in his uncle’s house couldn’t sleep either.

Irritated, he rolled out of bed, went outside, and said to Zhou Yunmei with a serious look, "Mom, if you really care about face so much and are afraid of gossip, you should have taught Cuilan well in the first place and not let such incidents happen. Since it happened, you shouldn’t fear what others say. You’ve made a fuss for half the day just because of a casual remark from Yu Fen. If that bothers you, you might as well go outside and listen. People will only say things that are much worse."

After finishing speaking, Luo Zhiyong then turned to Luo Cuilan, "And you, Cuilan, you’re even less qualified to talk about others. These kinds of mistakes aren’t made just once; you repeat them over and over. You don’t reflect on yourself, yet you criticize others. If you really end up marrying into Jianguo’s house, that will also be a problem."

It seemed that Luo Zhiyong was truly angry, so Zhou Yunmei and Luo Cuilan both stopped making a fuss. After muttering in the yard for a while, they went off to do their own things.

Luo Zhiyong sat inside the house sighing, feeling that his family was really troublesome.

He saw Fang Pingying lying on the kang bed and instructed in a low voice, "I reckon I’ll be leaving in a few days. While I’m not here these few months, don’t bother with my mother and the others. They’re just like that, lacking education and reason."

Fang Pingying looked at Luo Zhiyong and shook her head with an air of regret, "I’m actually fine, after all, we’re family. I understand their temperaments. It’s just that they might be too harsh on Uncle Two’s family. Uncle Two’s family are actually good people, his wife couldn’t hold her tongue today but it wasn’t intentional, not to spite Cuilan."

Luo Zhiyong looked helpless, "I know, but there’s nothing to be done. I only spend so many days at home each year, so I can only keep them in line occasionally. With my mom and Cuilan’s mentality of only wanting to hear good things, incidents like this are bound to happen often."

Zhou Yunmei’s temperament was already set in stone, besides, she was his mother-in-law, so Fang Pingying did not want to comment on her.

But when it came to Luo Cuilan, Fang Pingying remembered her fate in her past life and couldn’t help but speak to Luo Zhiyong, "Before you go, have a good talk with Cuilan. Let her change her temperament and not be too influenced by her mother while young, thinking she’s above everything and can’t take any criticism, or else when she goes to her in-law’s house in the future, who knows, she may face tough days too."

In her past life, because of Luo Cuilan’s bad temper, Zhang Jianguo’s stepmother Su Yan, who seemed honest but actually harbored malice, made their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship extremely poor.

Zhang Jianguo, stuck in the middle at home, faced difficulties from both sides every day.

But Su Yan and Zhang Jianguo were not biological mother and son, so naturally, she wouldn’t complain about Luo Cuilan in front of Zhang Jianguo; however, Luo Cuilan would take out the anger she couldn’t vent on Su Yan onto Zhang Jianguo daily.

Plus, having seen Zhou Yunmei treat Luo Dashan a certain way from a young age, Luo Cuilan unconsciously imitated her and treated Zhang Jianguo the same, but unfortunately, Zhang Jianguo had a different temperament from Luo Dashan.

In the beginning, because of their youth and absence of children, there was love between him and Luo Cuilan, so he always yielded.

Later on, after having children and coinciding with the start of people going south to work, Zhang Jianguo also went out to work, and as the couple lived apart, their feelings faded significantly. Over the years, as their children grew a bit older, Zhang Jianguo had already found another woman outside.

By the time Zhang Jianguo came back wanting a divorce, Luo Cuilan was completely in the dark.

Afterwards, because Zhang Jianguo’s subsequent wife’s family was wealthy and Luo Cuilan had nothing, Zhang Jianguo took their son to live with them, where everything was better. The boy, having spent more time with his grandparents since he was young and being only a child, didn’t rely on Luo Cuilan.

After being taken to the city by Zhang Jianguo and seeing his grandparents joining them, the boy hesitated to return.

In the end, Luo Cuilan was truly left with nothing and spent many years at her parents’ home.

Although the matter was indeed due to Zhang Jianguo’s lack of conscience, Luo Cuilan still had to take some of the responsibility. If she had treated Zhang Jianguo better, maybe things wouldn’t have escalated to this stage.

Or perhaps if she had managed the household well and raised the children properly, at least she would have her children with her after the man left. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)