CHAPTER 721: CHAPTER 717: A CRITICAL ISSUE (SECOND UPDATE)

"If you ask me to leave, I just leave, wouldn’t that make me look shameless?" Old Mrs. Mu rolled her eyes dramatically and retorted arrogantly.

"Do you want any dignity? This is Old Cao’s house. If I won’t let you stay, you can’t stay."

Old Mrs. Cao had never met such a shameless relative in her life.

Just like Mu Xianxian, with a daughter who sticks to her mother’s family, giving all the good things at home to her mother’s family, and the mother persistently freeloading at her house.

"Old Cao’s house also belongs half to my daughter. What I eat and use all come from my daughter, and have nothing to do with you, an old hag with one foot in the grave." Old Mrs. Mu said.

She wasn’t afraid of Old Mrs. Cao at all. Her son was a scholar, and if he became a high official in the future, the people in Old Cao’s house might even have to pay her respects.

"You... you..." Old Mrs. Cao was so angry that her mouth twisted, and she couldn’t speak properly.

Unable to handle it, Old Mrs. Cao decided to let Mu Xianxian see how ugly her own mother was.

She shouted into the courtyard, "Mu Xianxian, get out here quickly, Mu Xianxian..."

Mu Xianxian was adjusting the style of her shoes in her room. Hearing Old Mrs. Cao’s howling as if pigs were being slaughtered, she impatiently put down her work and went to Old Mrs. Cao’s room with a face full of disdain.

Old Mrs. Mu was still arguing with Old Mrs. Cao, and the quarrel was getting more heated. Old Mrs. Cao accused Old Mrs. Mu’s family of being opportunistic, while Old Mrs. Mu accused Old Mrs. Cao’s son of being less capable than her own son.

The two women pulled out all stops, all to let the other know their own superiority.

Mr. Mu followed Mu Xianxian into Old Mrs. Cao’s small courtyard. Normally, he shouldn’t have entered a woman’s courtyard.

He was also afraid that Old Mrs. Mu would lose control and cause an unmanageable scene. After all, Old Mrs. Cao was Mu Xianxian’s mother-in-law, not an outsider.

If one offended an outsider, they were just offended, but someone like Old Mrs. Cao, it would be embarrassing if their child came to stay in the future.

"Mom, mother-in-law, what’s going on? Can’t we talk things over nicely?" Mu Xianxian stepped forward, pulling the two apart.

Mr. Mu took the opportunity to step forward and stop Old Mrs. Mu.

"Xiangxiang’s mom, Xianxian makes sense. Why don’t we sit down and have a good talk?"

Old Mrs. Mu snorted coldly and said, "What’s there to talk about? The old hag said we’re both beggars here just to get a meal."

Hearing this, Mu Xianxian and Mr. Mu’s hearts both skipped a beat.

Especially Mu Xianxian, whose face turned even more unsightly. Others could say things about her family and she would just keep silent.

But when Old Mrs. Cao said it, it equated to looking down on herself. Everyone knows that although a married daughter is like water thrown out, her mother’s family still matters to her.

Old Mrs. Cao didn’t even realize she had said something wrong and deliberately continued Old Mrs. Mu’s words.

"I said it, so what? Aren’t the people from the Old Mu Family beggars? Coming to my house just for a bite to eat, our house isn’t run by some great philanthropist. For a bowl of porridge, just come to our house.

If everyone did like you did, nobody would live their own lives. Everyone would just work for your Old Mu Family."

"Listen to what this old hag said, am I lying? Old Mrs. Cao, no matter what you say, I’m not leaving today. Not only am I not leaving, but I’m also staying here to feast and see what you can do to me."

This is how Old Mrs. Mu was in an argument, always more aggressive, more shameless than anyone else.

Old Mrs. Cao had never suffered such grievances. She picked up a chair from the ground and was ready to fight Old Mrs. Mu to the death. "Old hag, I’m going to teach you a lesson today and tear your foul mouth apart!"

Seeing this, Old Mrs. Mu casually picked up something to block with.

By sheer coincidence, she picked up a white vase that was placed in the corner of Old Mrs. Cao’s house.

The chair and the white porcelain vase collided, as if an egg hit a rock.

"Crash," and the white porcelain vase shattered all over the ground, leaving Old Mrs. Cao completely dumbfounded.

The craftsmanship of that vase was exceptionally good, with a very fine workmanship and the natural orchid patterns on it...

"Oh dear... my heirloom vase..."

Looking at the shards all over the ground, Old Mrs. Cao wailed and cried, even Mu Xianxian was dumbfounded.

That vase was bought for two hundred taels of silver, and Old Mrs. Cao intended to keep it as the Old Cao’s family heirloom.

It had always been locked in a box by Old Mrs. Cao, but yesterday a distant relative of the Cao Family came over to see the vase, so Old Mrs. Cao showed it and forgot to lock it back in the box.

She never imagined Old Mrs. Mu would enter her room, let alone break her vase during an argument.

Old Mrs. Cao sat down on the ground, slapping and shouting.

Anyone who didn’t know better would think something big had happened at Old Cao’s house.

"It’s just a vase for flowers, what’s so special about it? Look at your mother-in-law with her stingy appearance." Old Mrs. Mu said indifferently.

"Mom, don’t talk anymore, that vase is worth two hundred taels." Mu Xianxian reminded Old Mrs. Mu.

Without mentioning the price it was fine, but when mentioned, Old Mrs. Cao became even more furious.

She pointed at Mu Xianxian’s nose and said, "Mu Xianxian, if you don’t get your mother out of here today, I’m going to report you to the government, sue your whole family for deliberately breaking my antique vase, and make you compensate."

"I spit on that broken vase. It isn’t worth two hundred taels. You think it’s a golden vase? I’m telling you, I’m not scared out of my wits, forget about making me pay!"

"Mu Xianxian..." Old Mrs. Cao called once more.

Mu Xianxian had no choice, if she didn’t do as her mother-in-law said, things wouldn’t end.

A vase worth two hundred taels could keep her mom in jail for half a lifetime.

"Mom, you and dad should go back first. That vase really is worth two hundred taels, your daughter won’t lie to you."

Old Mrs. Mu still wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Mr. Mu.

"Old lady, let’s go see Xiangxiang. It’s so late, and she hasn’t eaten yet. What if she starves?" Mr. Mu said.

Old Mrs. Mu still didn’t want to leave.

"I’m not leaving. If I leave, this old woman might say I was scared of her or something. These words, I can’t stand." Old Mrs. Mu said unhappily.

"Mom, do you really want to drive me to death? The vase got broken by you, my mother-in-law isn’t holding you accountable already, just asking you to leave, what’s so hard about that?" Mu Xianxian questioned.

"How was I supposed to know that vase was so expensive? If I’d known, I wouldn’t have used it to block your mother-in-law. Besides, she was the one who moved first, hitting me with a chair. Even if it goes to the government, I’m not afraid."

Old Mrs. Mu shamelessly took it to the extreme.

No matter how much you said or persuaded, she just wouldn’t leave.

She just stayed.

Old Mrs. Cao, holding the antique shards, cried until her eyes were swollen, and had to look at the shameless Old Mrs. Mu.

She delivered an ultimatum.

"Mu Xianxian, if your mother doesn’t leave today, then you leave with her. I’ll have my son divorce you, you better get out!"