"Yeah, usually she acts all high and mighty, looking down her nose at people. Now that her family's hope of having a scholar is dashed, I bet she's worried even his Tongsheng status will be stripped!" Ms. Niu, Ms. Liu's neighbor, said with schadenfreude. She and Ms. Liu usually didn't get along, so why wouldn't she take this chance to kick her while she was down?
Ms. Liu, watching her eldest son and Ms. Qin scuffling while listening to the mocking words, finally couldn't bear it anymore. She roared, "All of you, shut your mouths! What happens in my family is none of your damned business!"
"Oh, so now you realize it's your family's business and none of anyone else's? But when it's someone else's family matters, suddenly it concerns you, doesn't it?" Ms. Niu retorted.
