Old Man Liang and Old Woman Liang brought their son and daughter-in-law to the door, weeping and wailing.
Before they even arrived, their cries had already reached the courtyard.
With this familiar sound, Grandma Su knew without listening that it was her good-for-nothing in-laws!
Grandma Su couldn't help but frown.
If she had a choice, she wouldn't have invited these in-laws over.
But after all, they were the family of her third daughter-in-law's maiden family. If they weren't invited, people might gossip.
It would also make the third daughter-in-law's reputation suffer.
Grandma Su had initially hoped that the Liang family would be a little more considerate, given their long absence, and save face for both families.
Who knew that before they even arrived, they were already wailing like at a funeral.
They were here to stir up trouble!
Beside her, Liang Xiu felt utterly miserable.
She could clearly hear her mother's voice.
What was her mother doing here?
Was she here to offer congratulations or to mourn?
Thinking of this, Liang Xiu trembled with anger.
The Su family was celebrating a joyous occasion, and everyone was stunned to suddenly hear crying.
"Why is someone crying? Did the person sent to invite relatives deliver the wrong message?"
Someone asked curiously.
A person nearby who knew the situation quickly lowered their voice and said, "It's not the wrong message; these are the people from Little Sweetheart's maternal family. Let me tell you..."
This person truly knew the details and recounted the entire story.
They meticulously explained everything, from how Liang Xiu's maiden family had demanded three dou of grain and seventy yuan for a dowry, to how the two families later wanted Liang Xiu's job.
Those nearby all leaned in to listen.
"Are there people like this in the world? Do they have any shame?"
"Shame? That would be strange!"
"Today is the Su family's big happy day. Can the Su family tolerate them causing trouble like this?"
Although they were Liang Xiu's maternal family, ultimately, Grandma Su was still in charge of the Su family, and Liang Xiu had no say.
Moreover, today was also Su Shouwen's wedding banquet. The Liang family was asking for trouble.
In any family, on a joyous occasion, if someone caused trouble, they likely wouldn't be met with a pleasant demeanor.
If they encountered someone with a bad temper, they might even rush over and hit them!
Oh, Grandma Su was that person with a bad temper!
They hadn't seen her much in the past two years and had forgotten. Grandma Su's temper had always been quite bad, from her youth until now.
Just a few years ago, she would still get into fights with people if they disagreed!
Everyone immediately turned their gaze towards Grandma Su.
Liang Xiu stood beside Grandma Su, trembling, tears almost falling.
Meanwhile, Grandma Su's entire face was flushed with anger.
The onlookers couldn't help but get excited. It looked like a fight was about to break out?
As expected, Grandma Su then slammed the spoon in her hand onto the table and strode towards the main entrance.
At the main entrance, seven or eight people from the Liang family had just entered, with Liang Xiu's mother, Old Woman Liang, leading the way.
Old Woman Liang was wearing tattered clothes, wiping her tears with all her might and crying loudly.
Especially Old Woman Liang: "Oh dear, why is my life so bitter? My daughter is eating and drinking well in the capital, leaving her old father and mother to suffer in the countryside! Tell me, is there any reason for this in the world?"
"Oh heavens, why don't you strike this unfilial thing with lightning and kill her..."
Old Woman Liang couldn't finish her words because Grandma Su slapped her, making her swallow them.
After being slapped, Old Woman Liang was stunned, forgetting even to cry and wail.
Why did she hit her without a word? Shouldn't she have stepped forward to comfort her with kind words, so she could then seize the opportunity to make demands?
"Why are you hitting people?" Li Cuihua immediately stepped forward and yelled at Grandma Su.
Li Cuihua was the third daughter-in-law of the Liang family, and the main force causing trouble today was this branch of the family.
The Liang family had three sons. The daughters-in-law of the eldest and second sons were more sensible than Li Cuihua. This time, they resolutely refused to join their mother-in-law and father-in-law in causing trouble. While the men in their families couldn't control them, they managed to keep their children from coming.
Therefore, only the third branch of the family came today, along with Old Man Liang and Old Woman Liang, and Liang Laoda and Liang Laoer.
Grandma Su completely ignored Li Cuihua.
As an elder, she only spoke to those of her own generation.
Grandma Su put her hands on her hips and scolded, "It's been so many years, can't you come up with some new tricks? If you're tired of it, I'm tired of seeing it! I wonder what kind of blindness I had back then to find such a worthless relative like you!"
Grandma Su's fierce scolding left almost everyone in the courtyard dumbfounded.
Fierce was fierce; her spirit was just like it was back then!
"Serves you right!" Wang Xianghua stood aside, furious.
This family had completely ruined her son's great day!
She was a junior, otherwise, she would have gone forward to cause trouble too.
But even if she couldn't cause trouble, Wang Xianghua still stood behind Grandma Su.
It was a joke, but if her mother-in-law, who was getting old, had any accident, what would happen?
Qi Liangying, who had been elsewhere, also decisively ran over when the commotion started.
Liang Xiu naturally stood with her mother-in-law.
A standoff quickly formed between the two sides.
Seeing this scene, the onlookers didn't know what to say.
These people weren't here to join the celebration; they were here to seek revenge.
These two families weren't forming a marriage; they were forming an enmity.
Old Woman Liang reacted at this moment. She didn't dare to shout at Grandma Su.
So she turned and yelled at Liang Xiu, "You dead girl, you're just going to watch your mother being bullied like this?"
Old Woman Liang felt that her daughter should at least side with her.
But now, it seemed this dead girl was clearly favoring outsiders!
"Mother, on such a joyous day, you come to the door crying. Is this how people behave?"
Liang Xiu said with a cold face, showing no courtesy just because they were her maternal family.
She was truly furious.
She had seen people who didn't bring glory to their children, but she had never seen anyone embarrass their child like this!
Liang Xiu even doubted if she was truly her mother's daughter.
"You, you..." Old Woman Liang was so choked with anger that she couldn't utter a word.
"I'm not dead yet, and you come here crying as if I were! It's a kindness for me to hit you!"
Grandma Su continued to scold, "You're all grown people, haven't you lost all sense of shame?"
Old Woman Liang had originally intended to cause trouble today and get the Su family to subsidize the Liang family with some money.
She had heard that the Su family had gotten rich and was living very well in the capital.
She had also heard that the maiden families of the Su family's eldest and second daughters-in-law had received a lot of benefits.
But their family hadn't received any benefits at all.
This made Old Woman Liang feel very upset. Coupled with the instigation from her third daughter-in-law, Li Cuihua, Old Woman Liang felt increasingly unbalanced.
Today, taking advantage of the Su family's joyous occasion, they had come to make trouble.
"Liang Xiu, do you still recognize me as your mother?"
Old Woman Liang knew Grandma Su's formidable nature and dared not confront her directly, so she began to scold Liang Xiu.
She felt that her daughter had wronged her.
However, she never considered how she had treated her daughter over the years.
It could be said that in Old Woman Liang's heart, Liang Xiu was not like her own child but an enemy.
And Liang Xiu, with her inherently kind nature, and living a relatively comfortable life in the Su family, hadn't dwelled too much on it.
But a person's heart always cools down gradually through drops of disappointment until it becomes ice-cold.
Even Liang Xiu's familial affection for her parents had been worn away day by day!
A daughter is also a human being; she also has moments of heartache.
She also has times when she doesn't want to endure it anymore.