NOVPUB54: Chapter 54: Confrontation
54 -54: Confrontation
“Youyou, you really are muddled, those were all left for you by your mother, and here you are squandering them.
Are you living up to your mother’s memory?”
Seeing that Meng Qiuju was also getting involved, with everyone chiming in one after another, Gu Youyou felt like she might as well find a crack to hide in to save face.
Gu Youyou was at a loss for words and said, “Grandma, what are you talking about?
I certainly haven’t given them away to strangers.”
“You…
you still dare to talk back.” Huang Xiangwen stomped her foot in anger and scolded, “Look how upset you’ve made your grandma.
Are you living up to her memory?
Up to the memory of your…
your deceased mother, huh?
Didn’t you hear what your third aunt just said?
That was what your mother left for you, but look at you—too stingy to give to your own family and yet you’ve given them to outsiders.”
Gu Youyou looked at her coldly and said indifferently, “Second aunt, which of your eyes saw me give everything away to outsiders?”
Huang Xiangwen said with a smug smile, “Old Lady Liu from the west end of the village saw it.
If you don’t believe me, I can have her come here and confront you!”
Gu Youyou said with a faint smile, “All right then, bring her over!”
“Hey, you think I wouldn’t dare?”
Gu Youyou just smiled without a word.
Seeing Gu Youyou so stubborn, Huang Xiangwen said coldly, “Fine, I’ll go get Old Lady Liu right now, and we’ll see if you have anything to say then.”
Old Lady Liu, after speaking out of turn, found herself unwillingly dragged into the Gu Family’s muddy affairs.
If she had known it would cause so much trouble, she would have kept her mouth shut.
Whichever way it went, she wasn’t going to benefit, so why bother with the hassle?
This blabbermouth, Old Lady Liu, was exactly who Gu Youyou wanted to discomfit.
“Old Lady Liu, tell us, did you or did you not see Wang Chenshi taking her bridal dowry from our Youyou’s place?” Wang Chenshi was that Auntie Wang.
Grandma Huangshi, having cried enough, grabbed hold of Old Lady Liu and wouldn’t let go.
As long as Old Lady Liu’s story matched up with Youyou’s, Grandma Huangshi intended to take her two daughters-in-law to the Wang Family to claim back those things; their Gu Family’s property couldn’t just benefit strangers.
Old Lady Liu shook off Grandma Huangshi’s hand with force, saying, “Oh, I never said such a thing.
Don’t go making things up.
Do I look like someone who spreads baseless gossip?”
“You, you didn’t see it…
”
Grandma Huangshi and the two aunts were stunned.
They had not anticipated Old Lady Liu would outright deny the statement there and then.
Gu Youyou smiled faintly and tightened the blanket around her body.
Let them sort out their confrontation first, and then she would have her say.
Old Lady Liu patted her sleeve and raised her voice, “Huangshi, don’t go spreading lies.
I clearly said I saw that daughter-in-law from the Wang Family bringing some fabric back from your Youyou’s home, but I never said it was Youyou’s dowry.”
“Taking fabric from Youyou’s home, if that’s not her dowry, what is it?
Could it be that Jin Zijin, that poor hunter, could actually buy the fabric himself?”
Old Lady Liu became irritated with Grandma Huangshi and said sharply, “Did I say that the fabric belonged to Youyou’s family?
I also saw that person carrying a fabric bundle to Youyou’s place.
Maybe that fabric was her own.
That daughter-in-law from the Wang Family is good at making clothes, and she even brought cloth to my house last year to sew garments.
Those weren’t from my family either!”
The three daughters-in-law from the Gu Family stood dumbfounded, and Gu Youyou let out a snort of laughter, saying, “Grandma, please get your facts straight before talking.” 𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝙤𝙢
“This…” Grandma Huangshi glanced at the empty chests and regained her confidence, saying, “It can’t possibly be her own fabric; how could she have so much good material herself?
Look, the three big chests of dowry we prepared for Youyou are all empty.”
