Other families’ matters, especially with Old Madam Gu present here, everyone knows she’s not easy to speak with, and they dare not say too much.
Old Madam Huang was infuriated beyond words, she hadn’t even spoken yet when Gu Youyou made her so angry she couldn’t even get the words out.
With Gu Youyou’s mannerisms, they would be lucky to get even a winnowing basket from her!
In the afternoon, when she heard from the neighbors that Gu Youyou’s family was making winnowing baskets today, quite a few of them at that, she thought her own family was in need of winnowing baskets, so she took the opportunity to come and ask in the evening. But just as she arrived, before she even said anything, she could feel Gu Youyou was not easy to talk to; what was she to do?
Huang Xiangwen, both ashamed and enraged, her neck reddening, shouted, "You little wretched girl, have your wings grown strong? Daring to call me by my name, I am your Second Aunt!"
"Oh, so you know you’re the Second Aunt?" Gu Youyou mocked as she looked at her.
Huang Xiangwen was taken aback, and then wailed, her voice filled with sobbing accusations, "You ungrateful little wretch, you were sick for ten years, and all this decade, I took care of you, pouring my heart and soul into it. Ah, now you’re married and cured, I didn’t ask for anything from you. But look at you, as soon as you turn your back, your conscience got eaten by a dog, not even calling me Second Aunt anymore, but directly calling me Huang Xiangwen!
Are you even entitled to address me by those three words, Huang Xiangwen? Mother, look at this, the eldest granddaughter of the Gu Family, cherished and doted on by our father, does she have any respect for us elders? It’s more like our family raised an ungrateful mutt!"
Old Madam Huang felt Huang Xiangwen’s words made sense, and thinking of the many years she spent taking care of the sickly girl, only for her to act this way once she was better, was trembling with fury.
She patted Huang Xiangwen’s hand, comforted her in a low voice, then turned to roar at Gu Youyou, "Gu Youyou, are you revolting? Apologize to your Second Aunt at once."
The roar of Old Madam Huang was like that of a lion, incredibly loud, startling Shunzi so much that the green bamboo strips he was holding fell to the ground.
Gu Youyou looked indifferently at the two women opposite her, with an unexpectedly calm voice, she said, "My uncle provided the silver, you looked after me, it was a deal agreed upon by us both, nobody forced anybody. Huang Xiangwen, if you were unwilling, you could have said so earlier. As long as there is silver, plenty of people would be willing to do it, so don’t feel like I owe you anything.
It’s rather you, taking the silver yet secretly betraying me, do I need to air all the things you did to me over those years? And that medicine on the morning of my wedding day... how did it taste, I wonder?"
What concern did she have to be polite to an aunt who had once harbored murderous intent toward her, who displayed not a scrap of familial affection?
Gu Youyou struck right at where Huang Xiangwen felt guilty, causing her to halt her wails and stare blankly at Gu Youyou!
The matter of mixing in Rat Poison was only known to her and Gu’s Second Uncle, and he would never speak of it, so how could Gu Youyou have known about the Rat Poison in that medicine?
Recalling the day Gu Youyou got married, it all seemed so strange to her. She dared to spill the medicine on herself, saying such bizarre things... Did she know?
At that thought, Huang Xiangwen felt overwhelmingly guilty and hid behind Old Madam Huang, stammering, "That bit of silver was taken by father and mother, I didn’t get anything! It might even have gone into your dowry! Regardless, I took care of you for over a decade, that’s the truth. Even if you’re unsatisfied with how I looked after you, you can’t treat me !"
She saw Gu Youyou, looking clean and fair, dressed in neat, pretty clothes, and her stomach filled with fire again.