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Chapter 2261: Chapter 2261: Probably Just Bored
Mother Lai clashed with Madam Li to this extent and didn’t want to stay any longer, packing up her things and returning to the town right then and there.
With Mother Lai gone, Madam Li went on her own.
Yu Fenglin saw his mother-in-law was really worried about his sister-in-law, so he said he would take care of Lanhua here himself. After all, his blacksmith shop was right at home, so if Lanhua needed anything, she could just call him from the backyard. Or when he had time, he’d go to the backyard; if she felt uncomfortable, he’d notice promptly.
Yu Fenglin also mentioned that if his mother-in-law was still worried, he could hire an old woman to come back and cook and do laundry for Lanhua.
He meant what he said and really hired an experienced and diligent old woman to do the chores at home.
Madam Li thought it was feasible and went to stay at Cuihua’s place.
But just like living at Lanhua’s house, she would occasionally go to check on Lanhua.
After several visits, she began to criticize the hired old woman for not being attentive enough to Lanhua. Saying she didn’t know to take out Lanhua’s quilts to sun, that her food was tasteless, the clothes she washed weren’t clean enough, and she bought only the vegetables she liked with the wages.
The old woman didn’t have much of a temper; she was earning wages, so being picky was normal, but Madam Li’s demands grew increasingly stringent.
Fearing that Yu Fenglin, in his youthful exuberance, might harm others, she arranged for him to sleep in a separate room from Lanhua at night, having the old woman set up a cot in Lanhua’s room, even needing to cover Lanhua with a quilt in the middle of the night. Pregnant women need to get up frequently at night, and every time this old woman had to help her find the chamber pot.
No matter how good-natured the old woman was, she couldn’t endure this; she hadn’t even taken care of her own daughter-in-law like this, never having been this tiresome.
So the hired old woman left.
Madam Li then had to look after both sides again. Eventually, she thought of a good idea: let the two sisters live together so she could take care of them both.
But both daughters had men at home; it wasn’t suitable to live in either house, so Madam Li simply took them back to Shangshi Village.
Originally thinking she could manage both sides this way, she didn’t expect Lanhua, who had no reaction before, to start vomiting after seeing Cuihua vomit terribly, unable to eat anything.
She was gaining some weight before, but quickly became thin in a short period.
Madam Li was utterly frazzled, with Cuihua and Lanhua suffering greatly, Lu Dasong couldn’t persuade Madam Li and could only seek out the old lady.
The old lady scolded Madam Li and then brought Cuihua and Lanhua back to the county town.
Everything went back to square one.
Madam Li did take a step back, staying at Cuihua’s house, yet she still ran to Lanhua’s house every day.
The two sisters, Cuihua and Lanhua, both told her to stop making a fuss; they could take care of themselves, and at worst, they still had men at home. They really didn’t need her to do all this.
Madam Li didn’t listen, unable to feel at ease with anyone, resulting in her ending up like this.
The old lady said to Shu Yu, “I really don’t get what she’s thinking. When Daniu’s wife was pregnant before, she also fidgeted around, even quarreling fiercely with her daughter-in-law’s second aunt. Now, it’s the same with both daughters pregnant. It’s just that Cuihua’s reaction is too severe, leaving her with no strength, otherwise with her temper, she’d certainly send her mother back.”
Shu Yu thought for a moment, “She’s just idle.”
Though she hadn’t given birth, she knew that a pregnant woman’s mood was extremely important. It’s true that pregnant women need more care, but Madam Li was clearly overdoing it.
She was running back and forth, and with Cuihua and Lanhua being filial, didn’t her behavior add pressure on them? They couldn’t persuade her, and they couldn’t speak harshly, otherwise, they’d be accused of being ungrateful, making them feel stifled and certainly affected.