Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 628 - 629 Sister Like Mother 46_1

Chapter 628: Chapter 629 Sister Like Mother 46_1

It wasn’t until much later that someone finally snapped back to reality, "Zhao Mei, your daughter..."

"She really was raised in vain," someone said viciously.

"Exactly, raised in vain, Zhao Mei, let me tell you, you have to discipline her properly now, or you’ll regret it later."

Zhao Mei herself hadn’t quite caught her breath, and upon hearing everyone’s comments, she wore a face of helplessness, "I would if I could, but ever since her father passed away, this child..."

With a sigh of resignation, Zhao Mei said, "She just doesn’t listen to advice at all."

"When I try to talk to her, she just ignores me outright."

"That’s right." Remembering what Huang Man said earlier, this girl didn’t even need Zhao Mei’s money.

"Right, make her hand over her earnings, keep the money with you, and then she’ll have no choice but to listen."

Someone suggested to Zhao Mei, "Yes, that’s a good idea, she’ll definitely obey once she’s out of money." Everyone started echoing this sentiment.

Zhao Mei actually found the suggestion very enticing, although she didn’t know how much Huang Man earned from tutoring.

She knew that any income was better than none, but remembering Huang Man’s rude behavior at lunch, her agitated heart sank.

"Forget it, after all, it’s thanks to my son. As long as Little Xin does well, that’s good enough." Zhao Mei, always concerned about her image, would obviously not divulge such embarrassing details.

Zhao Mei might be worried about saving face and kept the incident to herself, but her expression was off, and the awkwardness from earlier did not escape notice.

Everyone immediately realized something had happened that they were unaware of, and it must have been an incident where Zhao Mei taught Huang Man a lesson.

Recalling the moment Huang Man flexed her muscles, Zhao Mei had a strange expression on her face.

"Zhao Mei, you didn’t hit Huang Man, did you?" someone suddenly asked.

"No, no," Zhao Mei quickly denied.

Looking at her expression, everyone glanced at each other, confident that Zhao Mei definitely had taught Huang Man a lesson.

"It’s getting late; I should go cook," said Zhao Mei as she made a hasty exit. She had always been the envy of everyone and didn’t want to see pity in their eyes.

Watching her hurry away, "I’m sure of it; she definitely taught Huang Man a lesson."

"Indeed."

The group laughed, for they were envious of Huang Man as well.

"I originally thought Huang Man was a sensible girl, but it turns out she’s not," said a middle-aged woman who had wanted Huang Man to be her daughter-in-law.

No one responded to her remark, knowing that she was only interested in Huang Man because she was hardworking and obedient to elders.

Even if Huang Man had been agreeable in the past, Zhao Mei would never have consented to such a marriage, since the woman’s family was seriously poor and could never offer a dowry that would satisfy Zhao Mei.

Huang Man had a big bowl of pork chop noodles at the diner and on her way back, she picked up a watermelon.

She had decided to give half the watermelon to Zhao Mei’s family and keep the other half for herself.

Carrying the watermelon home, she pondered over how to tutor Zhao Lei.

Zhao Lei’s middle school exam results were good, he had exceeded expectations, almost setting off a powerful firework. Having surpassed Father Zhao’s expectations, they transferred money to her as a thank you for her tutoring.

They had also booked future tutoring sessions, as they hoped Zhao Lei could get into a prestigious university.

With money in the family and a child excelling in school, if he could enter a top university on his own merits, even Father Zhao could garner many envious looks from his business associates and friends.

As she walked home, Huang Man passed by two or three middle-aged women. Glancing at them, she recognized them as people from Zhao Mei’s circle of friends, but she didn’t pay it much mind.

Just as she was about to pass by, she heard someone say, "Little Man, you should be good to your mother."

"One must be filial."

Hearing this, Huang Man knew it was a lecture, "So ever since middle school, I’ve been covering my own tuition and living expenses."

"I’m still a child, this is already the greatest filial piety I can offer, auntie, I don’t know how your kids show their filial piety."

"My daughters are all working outside, they give me several thousand each year," the other party said with pride.

"Oh, that is quite filial, but why do you still need to work in the fields, auntie? You just said your daughters are so filial."

"My mom doesn’t work in the fields or in the factories, she lives a life of filial piety," Huang Man retorted.

"It seems that your kids..." Huang Man shook her finger continuously at her, "Auntie, I really haven’t seen how your kids are that filial."

"If they were really filial, you should be like my mom and not have to work at all."

"Auntie, when it comes to filial piety, you should sort out your own family’s matters before worrying about others’."

Humph, calling her unfilial, "And the word ’filial piety’ should be discussed with Huang Xin."

Huang Man suggested that the word ’filial piety’ is something Huang Xin should hear more often, "After all, he’s the one who will take care of my mom in her old age, while daughters tend to marry off early."

"Auntie, when your mom at your maternal home is sick or feeling unwell, do you go back to take care of her?"

"Do you pay for her medicine?" Humph, trying to educate her, then start by explaining how she is filial to her own mother.

The other party was originally thinking that no matter what, Huang Man would at least not talk back, or at least pretend to agree.

But it turned out to be quite unexpected, with Huang Man being straightforward and not giving any face.

About this question, she really didn’t know how to answer.

"What’s the matter, auntie? You were talking about filial piety, tell me, how do you show filial piety to your parents?"

"Or auntie, perhaps you can tell me how you show filial piety to your in-laws."

Huang Man, through the original host’s memory, knew that the woman in front of her wasn’t kind to her parents or her in-laws.

This kind-hearted person truly had no answer, saying she was good to her parents when her maternal family had long stated she never visited.

As for being kind to her in-laws, even though Huang Man didn’t often return to the village, a little inquiry would reveal what the in-laws said about her outside

"Auntie, even if you don’t say it, I know, you go back to your maternal home only when there’s something you need help with, otherwise you don’t consider your maternal family as family."

"As for the in-laws, everyone in the village knows about it."

"Auntie, before you talk about my being unfilial, could you please be kind to your own parents and in-laws first?"

"Otherwise, you really don’t have any convincing power." Huang Man finished speaking and turned to leave.

"It’s really shameless, not being filial to the elderly themselves yet educating others to be filial."

"What a thick face." Huang Man said loud enough for the surrounding people to hear.

The other party’s face was embarrassingly uncomfortable; she thought that Huang Man’s previous words had already made her lose face, but she hadn’t imagined that even more face-losing words were to follow.

"Huang Man, is this how you talk to your elders?" the middle-aged aunt said unhappily.

"These days it’s really not easy, you can’t even tell the harsh truth."

"I just think you should set an example first before you can educate others, how can you lecture others about something you haven’t achieved yourself?"

"Right, auntie?" Huang Man initially didn’t want to say anything more harsh, "You’re not filial to your parents or your in-laws, have you thought about your kid seeing all this..."

"Man does the deed, Heaven sees it through." Huang Man said and continued walking away.

The other party was stunned by Huang Man’s words; had she never worried before?

Now, Huang Man had bluntly spoken out in front of everyone—did she not care about losing face?

Wanting to rush up to Huang Man and beat her, remembering that Huang Man was not even polite to Zhao Mei, would she be polite to her?

Thinking of this, she lost her nerve, "Really, such an impolite child."