Finally getting angry? Old Mrs. Xu couldn't help but laugh out loud. She had thought this quiet little gourd of hers would just keep her lips sealed in silent protest, not making a single peep.
"Who would dare order you around! These are your Second Grand-uncle's. Just say whether you'll wash them or not. I had to fight tooth and nail to get this chore from your Second Grand-aunt."
Xu Changqing gave her grandma a suspicious look.
"Why would I lie to you? Give it a sniff, doesn't it stink? Your Second Grand-aunt sprained her ankle these past couple of days, so how is she supposed to go wash by the river? And your Second Grand-uncle won't even lift a finger to help.
Their eldest daughter-in-law is busy taking care of her own mother back at her maternal home, and since we have a well, I just brought them back here. All right, I'm not making you wash them. I'll do it myself."
