Dissatisfiedly pointing at her own clothing inside the washing machine, "Look at this, these clothes were expensive when we bought them, they should be treated with care when washed. Also, how could you throw my long-pile scarf into the washing machine with socks? I specifically reminded you to wash it by hand, I even placed it in a basin, yet you totally ignored it. See, itâs ruined now."
Ye Qing didnât mind, and laughed, "Mom, this is how I usually wash them at home, if youâre not satisfied, then wash them yourself."
"Letâs talk about how many clothes youâve ruined in these past months. My summer dresses ended up frayed from being tossed into the washing machine carelessly. Silk scarves, so fragile, straight-up ruined after washing. Wool coats, though not impossible to hand wash, but you threw them into the machine to be spun, what can you actually do right?"
"I came from the countryside, I know little, never did it right. Whenever I say something, you never listen, blame me when clothes are ruined, but you wouldnât be so stingy as to make me compensate for these clothes, would you? Tsk tsk, if you really did make your daughter-in-law pay up, the one whoâd lose face wouldnât be me. Wouldnât you agree, Mom?"
"I think you did this on purpose."
"So what if I did? Isnât Mom doing this on purpose too? As the young lady of the Mei Family, even with servants around, you have your daughter-in-law wash clothes in this cold winter. If word got out, the first thing people would think is youâre a demanding mother-in-law. Heh, if an evil mother-in-law like this hinders the family, who would be willing to marry into your family?"
"You... youâre just trying to make things difficult for me, deliberately looking for trouble." Xie Lingzhi was so angry at Ye Qing she was gasping for breath.
This brought it on herself, she wanted to make things hard for Ye Qing, but besides having her do some chores to trouble her, what else could she do?
Unexpectedly, Ye Qing deliberately acted up like this. Itâs also because sheâs foolish, repeatedly falling for Ye Qingâs schemes.
"Leave the clothes. Go and clean the room until not a speck of dust remains in any corner; Ye Qing, I warn you, if you dare pull any stunts, donât even think about entering this house again." Xie Lingzhi patted her chest to calm herself down.
Ye Qing looked at her and laughed mockingly, she loved seeing Xie Lingzhi flustered, her face turned livid with anger.
"Mom, these bottles and jars in the house, they should be quite valuable, right? Well then, Iâll go clean, but Iâm clumsy, if I accidentally break something, donât blame me."
"Ye Qing, if you dare break anything today, believe me, Iâll have Langchi sell your house immediately. And your several stores now in the Capital City. Donât think we donât know where they are. If you keep messing around like this, Iâll ensure you canât run any of those shops." This time Old Mrs. Mei was furious.
An unmentionable little wretch had the nerve to provoke them here, it seemed she had been too lenient these days.
Ye Qing naturally knew Old Mrs. Mei had the capability, but she didnât care because she had her own leverage.
"Grandma, if you want to mess with my shops, go ahead, I donât really care about these few stores. However..." Ye Qing sighed, "But without these shops, in the future Langchi and I wonât have any income, Grandma, Mom, then we would have to rely on the family. You know Langchi is used to extravagant spending, needs at least a thousand bucks a month. Just last Tuesday he asked me for two hundred, and not a penny left on his return."
"What did you say? Ye Qing, say it again, Langchi asked you for money?"
"Yes, Mom, every month he takes money from me."
"How is it possible? We clearly give him money, he still needs to ask you for money?"
Ye Qing sneered, "Mom, that hundred bucks you gave him isnât even enough to treat those friends to dinner."
"His friends? What kind of friends demand such expenses?" Her son had been in the army for years, hardly had friends in the Capital City.
"Who knows? He never tells me. But they must be worthless friends, otherwise why would he spend money like this?" Ye Qing truly didnât know, nor did she care to know. Let them drink and mess around, best if they squander money extravagantly.
"Oh, my head." Xie Lingzhi was now dizzy, she couldnât understand how her son had ended up like this.