Chapter 498: Evil Mother-in-law 44
This was the first time Ma Xiangmei returned to her parents' home after her marriage.

Yuanchun went to the mountain early in the morning and brought back a few pheasants and rabbits. She also went to a deep mountain pond and caught two large grass carps weighing more than ten kilograms.

Qian Hongmei and Wang Cui, two sisters-in-law, cooked braised fish fillets, chopped pepper fish head, spicy chicken, stewed chicken soup, braised rabbit meat...

Ma Xiangmei looked at the table full of delicious food, her eyes glazed over, "Sister-in-law, how come there is so much meat at home?"

Qian Hongmei glanced at her mother-in-law and smiled as she told her, "Knowing that you and Jianguo would be here today, I got up early and went to the mountains to catch pheasants, rabbits, and fish."

"Mom caught it in the mountains?" Ma Xiangmei couldn't believe it. "When did mom become so powerful?"

Qian Hongmei pulled Ma Xiangmei aside and whispered, "I heard from your eldest brother that when mom was young, she often followed grandpa to perform acrobatics on the street. Grandpa learned martial arts, and mom is grandpa's biological daughter. She must have learned it when she was young, but later the investigation was strict, so mom didn't dare to reveal that she knew martial arts."

Ma Xiangmei still couldn't believe it, "How did my mother get exposed now?"

Qian Hongmei smiled, "Hasn't the supervision been relaxed in the past two years? I heard that the college entrance examination will be resumed. A few days ago, my sister-in-law and the third brother went to the scrap collection station and bought a lot of high school textbooks to read."

Ma Xiangmei found it incredible. "The purpose of going to college is to get a good job. The third brother and his wife have good jobs, so why would they want to go to college? Do they want to give up their jobs to go to college? What about the children?"

"I don't know. It seems that the third brother and his wife want to send the child back to mother to take care of. However, mother has disliked the third brother and his wife for the past year and a half, and she will definitely not let them take care of the child. Besides, the third brother and his wife have thrown away their textbooks for many years. Even if the college entrance examination is resumed, they may not be able to get into university."

"That's true." Ma Xiangmei also felt that the third child would not be able to get into university. Not only the third child would not be able to get into university.

Ma Xiangling may not pass the exam either.

The academic performance of the third and fifth children was the worst among their siblings. They were at the bottom of the class, but their mother was partial to them and spoiled them, using the allowance sent back by the eldest brother every month to support their studies.

After the family finished their meal, Yuanchun went to take a nap.

Ma Xiangmei entered the front east room and took out twenty yuan from her pocket and handed it to her mother. "Mom, I have been unfilial and have not been able to come back to see you all these years. Take this money and go to the department store to buy a new cotton-padded jacket."

"No, mother has money." Yuanchun pushed it away and didn't take it. "You may not know, but mother has returned all the money she used to support the third and fifth sons' studies, as well as the money she used to help the third son find a job and marry a wife. Mother has no shortage of money now, and the financial power of the family is in her hands."

Ma Xiangmei couldn't believe it again, "Mom, are my third brother and his wife willing to give you so much money?"

"Haha, of course they wouldn't take the initiative to give it to me. I went to get it myself. Your third brother has never handed over a penny to the family in all these years of work, and he often coaxed pocket money from me. I was also confused in those years, and I was actually fooled by the third brother with just a few words. Fortunately, mother was not confused enough to be stupid. After mother saw through the third brother's nature, she went to their house while the couple were at work and took away all the money they had saved for these years."

"Over the past year or so, the third brother and his wife have handed over all their wages to me, except for the thirty yuan they kept for their own use. It's a good thing they didn't tear their faces against me and deny me as their mother. Otherwise, I would have made it so that they couldn't stay in the city anymore."