The Fallen Medicine Woman: The Daily Life of Chun Nuan-Chapter 359 - 209:

"What do you mean? What’s lacking in our Tang family? Our yard isn’t bigger than your Chen family’s? Our fields aren’t more abundant than your Chen family’s? Our shops don’t do better business than your Chen family’s?" The old lady was fuming, "Marrying your Chen family daughter is marrying beneath us; marrying your Chen family son is beneath you, and yet, doing you a favor, what else do you want?"

"Then our Old Chen family won’t take this favor."

Doctor Chen thought about how he indeed married up into the Tang family back in the day, which is why his old wife’s arrogance was always so outrageous, always looking down on him and bossing him around.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t stand it any longer, and his opposition became even more resolute.

"This is the Old Chen family, not the Tang family. If you like the Tang family so much, you can go back and take charge there. In my Old Chen family, I make the decisions."

"What do you mean?"

The old lady immediately sensed something was off after hearing Doctor Chen’s words.

"You..."

"I mean, this is the Chen family, and I call the shots here. You can’t act recklessly." Doctor Chen grew angrier the more he thought about it. "If you think the Chen family isn’t good enough, you can return to the Tang family."

"You want to divorce me?"

The children are grown, and there are a bunch of grandsons and granddaughters, and the old man actually wants to divorce?

"I’m not divorcing, but I’m not stupid either. If you look down on the Chen family so much, why did you marry in the first place?"

"Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog. Even if you marry a broom, you have to carry it." Doctor Chen said, "As the matriarch of the Chen family, as the lady of the house, you should prioritize the Chen family. If you’re always considering the Tang family, your role as the matriarch is not appropriate."

"You..."

The old lady was both angry and anxious, fainting on the spot.

"Father, mother, she..."

"It’s okay, she’ll wake up in a moment."

As a doctor, being able to read people is the first skill, and he could tell if his wife had truly fainted or was pretending.

She couldn’t face it, afraid he might really divorce her.

"Remember what I said, Xiao Yin’s marriage must first get my approval. Let Xiao Yin meet someone herself, and only if she likes him can it proceed. You mustn’t act rashly."

"Yes, Father." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The daughter-in-law felt a secret joy in her heart, Xiao Yin was indeed smart, she really made the old man stand up for her.

Look today, directly making the old lady faint with anger, just... why does it suddenly feel so satisfying?

Yes, she also didn’t like how her mother-in-law was.

Always using the Tang family to suppress people, saying how great the Tang family was.

No matter how good the Tang family is, you’re just a married daughter.

A married daughter can be proud of her family, but she can’t always use them to belittle her husband’s family.

You’ve been in the Old Chen family for so many years, with a large family of children and grandchildren, yet you still look up to the Tang family and see their approval, how suffocating!

Sometimes, she felt her mother-in-law was a bit foolish.

This time, she must have been quite frightened.

Seeing the old man leave the courtyard, she hurriedly called the maid to press the old lady’s philtrum.

The old lady was pinched so painfully, she could only "slowly" wake up.

"Mother, you’re awake, that’s great." The daughter-in-law didn’t forget to add some oil to the fire, "If you hadn’t woken up, I would have had to ask father-in-law to administer a few needles of silver."

"I’m awake."

The old lady suddenly felt very humiliated, being at such an age, still threatened by the old man to divorce.

"What did you say to Xiao Yin?"

The daughter-in-law’s heart sank, knowing it wasn’t good, this was going to vent the anger on Xiao Yin?

"I told her grandmother was considerate of her, and wanted her to marry into the Tang family and have a good life."

"What did she say?"

"Xiao Yin said she’s still young and not in a hurry to marry."

"Heh, you really raised a good daughter, actually making the old man oppose me."

"Mother, do you have some misunderstanding?" The daughter-in-law naturally didn’t admit it was her idea, "Perhaps the father-in-law sees a great opportunity in Xiao Yin learning medicine from the Third Young Madam, wanting to keep her home for another couple of years?"

"A grown daughter cannot stay. Leave her too long and she becomes an enemy." The old lady said, "My good intentions have been seen as donkey liver and lungs by you all. I’ve managed this household for so many years... Who am I doing it for, yet I’m not appreciated at all, truly unfilial descendants..."

Here she goes again, the old lady was humiliated in front of the old man, now she needed to make up for it in front of her.

Who made her the daughter-in-law? One side is her own daughter, for her daughter’s sake, she had no choice but to bear it.

As long as Xiao Yin doesn’t marry into the Tang family!

This contest, the old man held his ground, Xiao Yin could be considered to have won, truly great!

Despite the old lady’s crying and scolding, she didn’t say a word.