Gu Dashishi didn't want to argue with his daughter-in-law, so he turned his anger directly on Gu Yuanmu. "Yuanmu, your wife is talking back to her father-in-law. You'd better teach her a lesson."
Li Cuicui turned her head and spat. "You old coot, was Mrs. Wang wrong? Is only the youngest your real son, and the ones standing right in front of you aren't your children and grandchildren?
And can you deny that the youngest is shameless? How else could he dare to plot against his own brothers like this?
Don't you forget, all the sons have already split from the main family. Before the youngest got married, we couldn't ask them for anything.
Now, he's making decisions before he's even the head of the family, giving away our water. For the rest of this journey, the three of us will just have to go thirsty together. If we don't find more water, we'll just walk as far as we can and that's that."
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