Wealthy Beauty in the 60s-Chapter 167 - 166: Disgusted to the Core

Zheng Xianghong’s lips twitched as she nodded earnestly, "Yes, you were the one I picked up in the tree hole."

Gao Jiaxing curled his lip; he couldn’t believe such a tale—he looked so much like his father that anyone could tell they were father and son. He was no longer a child who could be so easily fooled.

However, Gao Jiaxing couldn’t help but say one more thing to provoke his mother, "Mom, could it be that I’m actually the child Dad had with another woman?"

No sooner had he said this than Zheng Xianghong immediately grabbed the broom by the door and swung it at him. Gao Jiaxing quickly dodged and dashed into his room, locking the door behind him.

He could still hear Zheng Xianghong mumbling angrily, "You little brat, why don’t you say you were born from a manure pit instead?"

Gao Jiaxing chuckled lightly; he enjoyed seeing his mom so spirited and lively.

At that moment, Lin Xuebi stepped into the Gao family’s house. Hearing that remark, she raised her shrill voice, "Oh my, sister-in-law, who are you scolding? But really, your words are so disgusting."

Lin Xuebi covered her mouth, pretending to be nauseated.

Zheng Xianghong glared darkly, thinking to herself, but she kept her thoughts to herself and said instead, "What brings you here, Auntie?"

"Can’t I come if there’s nothing going on?" Lin Xuebi walked in, glanced at the broom in Zheng Xianghong’s hand, and remarked, "Cleaning, I see." She nodded her head and looked around the Gao family’s home, commenting, "This house is pretty small."

"Just spit it out if you’ve got something to say," Zheng Xianghong was always straightforward and had no patience for Lin Xuebi’s beating around the bush.

"Sister-in-law, with both the eldest and second brothers not around, you should be the one to occupy the main house as the eldest sister-in-law," Lin Xuebi said as she entered, finding a stool to sit down.

Heh, no need," Zheng Xianghong scoffed coldly.

Lin Xuebi continued, "Why not? The yard here is too small. Now that Jiazhi and Jiaxing are grown up, they should be getting married soon, and it won’t be enough space for everyone."

"So, what’s your point?" Zheng Xianghong had no idea why Lin Xuebi had come over. With so many years as sisters-in-law, Lin Xuebi had visited the Gao family no more than a handful of times, and every visit was for some big issue—and never a good one.

"Isn’t it that my sons Jianmin and Jianhua are making us proud? They’ve gotten a house in the city, and now our whole family is going to move there to live," Lin Xuebi said with pride swelling in her chest.

Zheng Xianghong’s eyes widened. Gao Jianmin and Gao Jianhua had only been in the city for a short while, and that was with the help of Wang Xiumei. And now they had managed to get a house in the city.

Watching Zheng Xianghong’s astonished and incredulous expression, Lin Xuebi straightened her back even more, lifting her chin quite a bit, and looking sideways she said, "It’s all about luck coming our way. Telling you more would just be beyond your understanding."

"And then what? What are you trying to say by coming here?" Zheng Xianghong asked.

"Don’t rush me, sister-in-law, you’ve got to let me catch my breath. I’ve just arrived, and you’re already showing me a cold shoulder. I don’t have time to idle away here with you, I just came to tell you some good news," Lin Xuebi said.

"Lin Xuebi, just get to the point, will you? This roundabout way of talking is tiring for you and for me listening," Zheng Xianghong had indeed run out of patience with Lin Xuebi, and talking to someone like her, always guessing and second-guessing, was truly exhausting.

Lin Xuebi pursed her lips, displeased, and said, "Our family is moving to a house in the city."

"That’s great." Zheng Xianghong wished everyone from the old house would move to the city, instead of staying in the production team.

"So now, the old house needs Sister-in-law’s care," Lin Xuebi said.

Zheng Xianghong shook her head, "I’m not going to the old house."

Lin Xuebi replied, "Sister-in-law doesn’t have to go to the old house, when Jiazhi or Jiaxing get married, they can live there. In the future, when there are more grandchildren, there will be enough room."

"Is that really such a good deal?" Zheng Xianghong didn’t believe the Gao family members would be so generous. It would be good enough if they didn’t take advantage of her family, let alone give the old house to her son?

"Why not? Sister-in-law, you’re now distant from us," Lin Xuebi said with a smile, "It’s just that Mom will be a bit of a bother for you to look after. She is getting old, not very mobile, and has lived in the village all her life; moving to the city wouldn’t be convenient for her."

Heh heh, Zheng Xianghong scoffed twice to herself. She was wondering why Lin Xuebi was being so kind. So it turned out she didn’t want Old Lady Gao to move to the city with them.

Zheng Xianghong thought about all the years Old Lady Gao had looked down on her, bullied her, and yet was so close to Lin Xuebi, her daughter-in-law. She was willing to abandon even her own daughter, yet treated her youngest son’s wife as if she were her own flesh and blood. This was truly a rare occurrence.

Now, Lin Xuebi and the others seemed to find Old Lady Gao burdensome. Zheng Xianghong asked, "Does Mom know about this?"

"Mom doesn’t know yet. If Sister-in-law agrees, when the time comes, I will also give up my share of work in the canteen just for you, as long as you take care of Mom and see to her needs in her old age. The old house will be yours in the future; we won’t want it anymore. However, since the old house is so large, we would be at a disadvantage giving it to you, so Sister-in-law, you might need to contribute some money..."

Zheng Xianghong couldn’t listen anymore. She stood up abruptly and said loudly, "Lin Xuebi, that’s enough, get out. We don’t covet the old house."

Simply shameless. What did she mean by offering her the work in the canteen, or by taking care of Old Lady Gao, serving her, giving them the old house, and then asking her family to pay extra?

How despicable.

Zheng Xianghong was almost amused by anger. How could someone be so shameless? And to expect her to bear Old Lady Gao’s wrath? Impossible. Did they think she was that stupid?

"Sister-in-law, I’m thinking of your best interest. Your house is small. When Jiazhi and Jiaxing get married, it’ll be too cramped. Moreover, it won’t be suitable when there are grandchildren," Lin Xuebi said.

The Gao family’s house was indeed very small, just three rooms, a kitchen, a shower room next to the kitchen, then a small hall, and a vegetable garden in the front yard.

If in the future Gao Jiazhi and Gao Jiaxing were to get married and everyone lived at home, especially when there are more children and they grow up, it indeed would become very crowded.

Nevertheless, there was room to expand the small courtyard, but that would mean they couldn’t even grow vegetables there anymore.

Lin Xuebi made it seem like she had the Gao family’s interests at heart, but the idea of willingly giving up the old house to them was unrealistic, not to mention that Lin Xuebi’s usual character was known to be greedy, never giving without taking. How could she possibly be so kind-hearted?

As expected, there were many conditions attached, particularly Lin Xuebi’s apparent generosity, seeming to solve their family’s problems, an attitude of granting favors so naturally, that made Zheng Xianghong feel utterly disgusted.

She would rather live in a makeshift shelter than the old house, and she didn’t want her children to live there either, especially with Old Lady Gao. Who knows if one day Old Lady Gao might harm her sons or grandsons out of spite.

Zheng Xianghong couldn’t be sure about other mothers-in-law, but Old Lady Gao was different in her eyes. She had seen Old Lady Gao’s cruelty—once she beat a cat to death for stealing food from the stove. The cat’s miserable cries made Zheng Xianghong shiver with fear.

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