Translated by: NekoCat

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"What dowry? What dowry do you want? What dowry does my daughter need to be a stepmother?" Hao's face became tense when she saw Gu Chunzhu's angry face, but since she wants some good things today, she softly added; "Chunzhu still blame me"

Hao tried to pull her hand but was shunned away.

Hao's hand was left empty, she almost fell on the muddy floor which had been wet by the foot basin.

She stood by the bed, her index finger trembling on Gu Chunzhu's face.

"You damn girl, Did I came all the way here to be treated like this?"

"I'm busy, mother should go back."

She took a step back and looked at Hao Shi as if she was looking at something dirty. The disdain in her eyes obvious.

In Gu Chunzhu's view, Hao Shi and Gu Chunyang, as well as the original owner, are family. Whatever the tree is, so is the fruit. She have to keep away from them.

However, Hao Shi will not easily leave. Regardless of Gu Chunzu's angry face, she took out her socks placed on Chunzhus bed and slowly put on her socks and shoes.

She went to Gu Chunzhu's side and chuckled a fake laugh.

"Chunzhu, I heard that you made a lot of money by selling river shrimps in town. The day your brother went to see you, you asked the person in charge of the street to beat him up. Now he is lying on the bed and shouting , saying that he will not let you go easily..."

"That's alright." Gu Chunzhu doesn't want to find out how much lies were there in Hao's words. That day, Boss Long had only stepped on him for a while, it'll only hurt for a while at most.

"You, you, you..." Hao was so angry she couldn't speak properly. She had planned to threaten Gu Chunzu to break off her mother's side relationship, so she can earn some benefits.

Unexpectedly, she didn't care at all.

The more Hao shi thinks about it, the more angry she got and the more she wanted to hit Gu Chunzu

Her fat body rushed over, but Gu Chunzhu flashed to the side in time so Hao shi had hit the door instead.

She simply sat at the door and yelled "ouch, ouch, my arm must be broken. You have to give me 5 silvers for my broken bone, otherwise you will have to serve me till I get old."

Gu Chunzhu wasn't paying attention to what she was talking about. Her eyes were attracted by the red string in Hao's sleeve.

"You took something!" Gu Chunzhu stepped forward and tried to pull the red thread in her arms.

Hao wanted to block her, but could only lean against the door.

Gu Chunzhu pulled the string out of her arms.

It's a string of copper plates strung with hemp ropes, about a hundred copper plates.

She earned it by selling shrimp the past few days and hid it on a mouse hole. Unexpectedly, it was found by Hao Shi.

"What are you doing with my money?"

"How can you prove that this is your money? This is my money!" Hao shi stood up, her hands on her hips.

She wanted to take the money back from Gu Chunzhu, but didn't have a chance at all.

"This is what I made from selling shrimps. I used a red string for good luck. If mother wants it, I can write a severance letter and we can cut ties then I will give this 100 coppers to you "

"Pah!, just a hundred coppers and you wanted to cut ties with your mother.

No way! Your brother only knows how to eat, drink and play around. I can only rely on you sisters. "

Hao shi waved her hand and thought of how unlucky she was. She should have taken the money and leave earlier.

Knowing she couldn't get the money back, she could only politely say, "you like to hide money in a mouse hole ever since you were young, I just wanted to keep it for you."

"That's not necessary." The original owner actually had this habit of hiding things. Gu Chunzhu puts the money in the mahogany box and blasted Hao Shi out. "Mother, if there's nothing else, go quickly. I'm going to cook !"

Hao Shi and Gu Chunzhu both went out together. She slammed the inner door room to cut off Hao's sight.

Hao shi said, "what's wrong with me coming over to my daughter's house for a meal? I'm your mother. If you insist to drive me out then you're unfilial."

In ancient times, the word "filial piety" was too big that Gu Chunzhu could not directly push Hao shi out of the wooden door. Since she wanted to rob rice, she took Hao into the kitchen.

Gu Chunzhu looked at An An's wet sleeve and guided her back to the inner room to help her change clothes.

The charcoal fire was still burning in the room. An An sat on the bed and was stripped naked by Gu Chunzhu.

Gu Chunzhu found a clean dress for her to change, which had more holes than her previous one.

"Mother...*giggles*" An'an chuckled everytime Gu Chunzhu touch the soft meat.

After Gu Chunzu changed her clothes she carried her on her arms.

An An whispered on Gu Chunzhu's ear and said, "brother said that grandma is a bad person and likes to hit people but why is mother's mother a bad person? "

Hearing the childish voice, Gu Chunzhu bit her lips. She really doesn't know how to answer this question. "Your brother is right. When you grow up, An An will know. We can't beat the bad person, we can only follow her temporarily."

"Okay." An An's little head tilt, a little confused

Gu Chunzhu held An An and went to the huts. When she saw unmoved soil, she went back to the kitchen with a peace of mind and saw Hao shi sitting on the dinner table with his feet on the bench

There was a lot of mud on the sole of her shoes unconsciously leaving many muddy footprints.

Gu Chunzhu frowned, seeing what Hao Shi was drinking, she widened her eyes in shock. In front of Hao Shi, there was a bowl of hot brown sugar water.

The oil paper bag filled with brown sugar was spread on the table. Half a jin of brown sugar was put on the sugar water, it was so thick you wouldn' t be able to see any melted brown sugar at the bottom.

Gu Chunzhu couldn't scold her. She reached out and took the oil paper wrapped with brown sugar and put it back in the cupboard. She could only hold her anger and said,

"You don't really treat youself as an outsider!"

"This is my daughter's family. Besides, you've been struggling with that lame man for more than half a year and now you're living better! Of course, you should be filial to your mother!" Hao shi pursed her lips then took a big gulp of brown sugar water.

Hearing her words about Su Wangqin,

Gu Chunzhu's fist clenched. Although Su Wangqin is disabled, he limped to carry rice on the pier to support his family.

As for Hao Shi, she could only rely on her husband/children to eat and drink!

"What's so good about that lame man? Since he has no career, it's better to look for another man and leave..."

While Hao was still chattering. Gu Chunzhu couldn't stand her anymore

Before her hand reached Hao's collar, a series of sharp curses came, "you goddamn, how dare you scold my son. Is your son very good? he's a gambler and a rotten drunkard! "

Old Mrs Su, who was wearing a pair of blue cloth shoes came in, pointed at Hao Shi and scolded her.

"You fat Hao, don't you ever think that your welcome to my son's house as if we're relatives. Leave! Your daughter is just too embarrass to chase you out.

Have you seen what you've done to this bench?."

Gu Chunzhu was surprised to digest the information in Old Mrs Su's words. They seem to be old acquaintances. Before she responds, she saw Old Mrs Su kickes Hao's foot down.

"Go die Old lady." Hao's legs no longer raised

She stood up and glared at Old Mrs Su. "This is my daughter's house, I'd stay whenever I want!"

T/N:

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