Filial Piety

Liu Xiaolan looked at the Liu family and was cursing her luck inside her mind.

How is it that she can't even have a week off without this stupid family? Did she step into cow dung during her childhood, so that now bad luck follow her?

But thinking about it, even if she did, from what she remembers some people in the modern times said that stepping in cow dung could bring you luck…

She sighed and patted Mu Yuchen's back. "Little fool, let me down…"

Although Mu Yucheng wasn't happy, he still followed her command. But when he turned his attention towards the Liu family, his eyes lost the gentleness that they previously had, when he looked at Liu Xiaolan, and turned sharp.

How dare these people interrupt his time with the lady?

Liu Xiaolan looked at Grandma Liu and said, "Old lady, what are you shouting about again? Can't you just stay quiet and let people go home in peace?"

Usually, Liu Xiaolan would think more about her image in the eyes of other villagers and would try to be at least polite. But recently, she started thinking that perhaps her way of thinking was wrong.

After all, these aren't modern times. Aren't these people thinking that she is a soft specimen that can be bullied because she doesn't fight back against them?

Grandma Liu was already fuming with anger.

She looked around and shouted once again. "You dead girl, where's your filial piety? You and your wild man go around and don't feel shame, yet when I kind heartedly try to teach you some manners that's how you speak to me?"

Liu Xiaolan looked at Yan Rusheng and felt a little bored inside. It seems like Grandma Liu has something wrong with her head, always screaming for filial piety.

What is she, some kind of empress dowager that everyone needs to serve?

Let's not say about the fact that Liu Xiaolan was kicked out of their family, but even if she wasn't, with the way the Liu family behaved towards the original owner of this body, they didn't deserve anything anyway…

However, Liu Xiaolan couldn't just say her thoughts right now.

Although she didn't care less about the filial piety laws, most people in ancient times still made a great deal out of them. After all, these are some laws that were heavily pushed by the founding emperor of the Datang Empire.

Grandma Liu's previous screams were loud enough to attract quite a few nearby villagers. Unlike the place where Liu Xiaolan's current home was, Liu family's fields were still in the center of the village with plenty of neighbors.

Liu Xiaolan looked at the folk that came to watch the show and sighed. Wouldn't they try to chase her away if she made fun of their filial piety?

However, that doesn't mean that she can just let the Liu family go. "Old lady, what filial piety are you talking about? Our families separated, didn't you want to do so? Or do you want to accept me back to the Liu family?"

Liu Xiaolan said while Mu Yuchen took her hand and was holding it.

Somehow feeling him nearby would make her feel safe, and now with Grandma Liu's shameless behaviour she was getting angry. If not for her little fools hand holding her in place, she would probably already rushed towards the Liu family and fought with them.

Grandma Liu had a little trouble with breathing from her anger. She pointed at Liu Xiaolan and just kept repeating herself, "You.. you… you stupid girl, how can you…"

Liu Weixin was still feeling that it was a great shame for him to be beaten up.

In his twisted mind, he couldn't help but feel that all of this was Liu Xiaolan's fault. If not for her, how would they even think of taking mushrooms for sale? If not for the fact that she tempted them into doing it, how could he end up in this situation?

Thinking of his hurt body, Liu Weixin's face was twisted. "Stupid girl, how dare you talk this way to your own grandmother? So what if you've been kicked out of our Liu family, you still have our blood flowing through your veins. As long as you live, you can't change this fact even if you wanted…"

While it sounded like a load of crap for Liu Xiaolan, it seems that the villagers around them agreed with Liu Weixin's point of look. After all, during these times people respected their elders and were scared to be called unfilial.

Hell, if someone was found to be lacking with filial piety, he could even be taken to the court inside Yamen and be sentenced to death! What crazy times…

Liu Xiaolan knew that the longer they would stand here and continue this pointless conversation, the worse it would get for her.

"Don't talk useless crap, Mister Liu. So what if her blood flows inside my veins? Aren't I married now? What filial piety are you asking for?" Liu Xiaolan said with a sneer. "Or do you think that married women should continue to entangle with their blood families and continue to shower them with filial piety?"

Although it's true that people were big on filial piety in ancient times, there were still some exceptions from this rule.

Married women were one of them. After all, it's said that once a woman marries into her husband family, she will leave her own family behind. Very often people would need to leave generous dowries in order to get a good woman to marry their sons or grandsons.

Now, if after paying so much bride price the woman still thought about keeping filial piety to her own parents and ignored her husband's family, wouldn't they be making a losing deal? Who dares to take such a woman to their house?

Wouldn't she spend all of their hard earned money on her parents? What about keeping filial piety for her husband's family?