Look at the second son's wife, she looks so fierce and menacing, she's really not like a proper wife!

Li Xiuying couldn't help but glance up at the slope.

Inside the kitchen, Ye Yun was obediently helping Qin Xiang'e cook. Qin Xiang'e tended the fire, and Ye Yun was frying lard with a spatula. The two, aunt and niece, chatted and laughed like a mother and daughter.

Tsk.

The more she looked at it, the more heartbroken she felt.

I don't know when it started, but her daughter-in-law has become more and more arrogant.

She knew that it was all because she had caused the family's food to run out.

Her two daughters-in-law used to treat her with utmost respect because she was the mother-in-law and held the family's grain and money. Now, the harvest from the fields has been penalized and given to the Qin family because of her... Sigh!

"It's over there!"

At this moment, the second son's wife clearly saw her hiding behind the haystack, and dragged the good-for-nothing second son of the Guo family towards this side in a fierce manner.

Li Xiuying's heart skipped a beat upon seeing this.

She stopped dodging, dusted herself off, straightened her back, and walked home as if nothing had happened.

The second son's wife picked her up and followed her into the house, complaining all the way.

"Mom! What time is it and you're still running around outside? Don't you know it's time to cook?" The second son's wife clapped her hands, her face as ugly as could be.

She finds Li Xiuying increasingly unpleasant to look at now.

Li Xiuying squandered most of their family's wealth; it's a miracle she didn't kick them out!

"Alright, what's wrong with being hungry for a while?" Li Xiuying said impatiently, walking into the kitchen with a cold face.

She didn't want to admit defeat to her second son's wife, but she was indeed in the wrong. Besides, her second son's wife was pregnant, so she had no choice but to do it for now, no matter how unwilling she was.

Most importantly, there's no one in this family helping her anymore.

Guo's two sons are ungrateful wretches. They used to call her "Mom" all the time, but after the incident, their attitudes turned sour.

And her youngest son.

She had originally hoped to rely on her youngest son, but that boy ran away from home because of a mute person and hasn't returned home since. Nobody knows where he's gone!

Li Xiuying grew angrier the more she thought about it, and kicked away the washbasin blocking her way.

Clang—

This loud noise instantly ignited the second son's wife's temper.

"Mother, what do you mean by this? Who are you giving this attitude to? You've made me eat your leftovers every day, and now you're nowhere to be found when it's time to work! What kind of mother-in-law is so inconsiderate? I'm newly pregnant!" The second son's wife got angrier and angrier, and finally pointed at Li Xiuying and yelled, "You've been away from the Qin family for ages, saying you went to ask for grain, but did you see a sedan chair at their house and get blinded, and now you don't want to come back home!"

What did you say?!

Li Xiuying's thoughts were exposed, and she immediately blushed and retorted loudly.

The second son's wife immediately perked up, shouting, "See, see, I told you so! If you want to leave, then leave now. The Guo family won't stop you! But you'd better see if the Qin family still wants you!"

"I...I..."

Li Xiuying was so angry that she trembled.

I never expected that my daughter-in-law, who used to cling to my arm and call me "Mom" so affectionately, would dare to treat me like this.

If it weren't for the fact that she was pregnant, she would have torn that little shrew's mouth apart!

“Mother, you’re getting old, so don’t make things difficult for yourself. Your sister-in-law is pregnant, so you should just stay home and cook and take care of her,” the eldest daughter-in-law chimed in.

The eldest son's wife had long lost the respect she once had for Li Xiuying, but she was more astute than the second son's wife and didn't say anything unpleasant directly.

But the way she said those words wasn't even as sharp as the second son's wife's.

"Your mother isn't old yet! If you want to be in charge of my life, wait until I'm dead!" Li Xiuying pushed her eldest daughter-in-law aside and went into the kitchen.

She smashed the pots and pans with a clanging sound, clearly harboring a lot of resentment.

But what can we do?

Why did they neglect their own son and favor other people's sons instead? It's one thing to be biased towards the younger son, but why should the Guo family's two sons be favored?

Li Xiuying couldn't help but think that if only she hadn't put Qin Zheng last.

If she had treated Qin Zheng better and placed him before the two sons of the Guo family, wouldn't things have turned out differently...?

Dark clouds loom overhead.

The torrential rain came suddenly, and within moments the ditch in front of the slope was filled with water.

Nevertheless, the Qin family was still bustling with activity. Qin Xiang'e deftly killed fish and stir-fried meat, humming a mountain folk song happily amidst the pattering rain.

Ye Jianjun squatted at the entrance of the main room, smoking his straw cigarette with a worried expression.

He originally intended to take Ye Xia home directly, but now, seeing the heavy rain, it seemed unlikely to stop anytime soon.

Well, he hadn't figured out how to tell his sister about his father's passing.

When Ye Xia disappeared, the old man was the most important person in the family. He always felt that he had pushed her too hard, which was why Ye Xia disappeared. After that, he fell seriously ill and remained sickly until he raised little Ye Yun to adulthood. The guilt and regret he had carried for many years eventually overwhelmed him, and he finally passed away.

The old man died of guilt because of Ye Xia; he was afraid that Ye Xia would feel guilty too if she knew.

I feel guilty all the time.

Let's end it here.

Without further hesitation, Ye Jian'an turned to Ye Xia and said, "When the rain stops, I'll take you to visit our father's grave."

Ye Xia looked slightly surprised.

Ye Yun hadn't expected Ye Jian'an to suddenly bring this up, and she frowned slightly, "Uncle..."

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