"Jing Si, have you forgotten your Granny now that you're married?" Granny demanded, glaring at Jie Jingchen.
The old lady was used to being domineering. Her word was law, and she wouldn't tolerate any defiance from the younger generation. The three children of her first daughter-in-law, Zhang Hongyan, hadn't dared to breathe too loudly in her presence when they were little. After Zhang Hongyan died, her eldest son married a young lady from a prominent family.
She had expected that when her son married up, the whole family would benefit. But Qiao Yanqiu was strong-willed. Right after marrying the eldest son, she persuaded him to move out with his three children. Now his family lived in a spacious courtyard home, while she and Grandpa, along with their youngest son, were left in the cramped house assigned by the machinery factory, where even using the toilet was an ordeal.
