The two blamed each other. Even Qiao Xingjia, who used to speak up for his sister, squatted by the well, looking at his younger sister with resentment. He also harbored resentment. The Lu family was such a good family, yet she had to go and provoke Yang Huaiyuan.

What's so great about the Yang family? They're a bunch of women. She'll suffer if she marries into that family.

Qiao Shanshan didn't think so. Her mind was filled with the image of Yang Huaiyuan in his previous life, dressed in a smart suit and surrounded by people. Yang Huaiyuan would be her husband in the future, and the Qiao family would have to rely on her to live a good life.

She wouldn't allow anyone to say anything bad about Yang Huaiyuan, and she even argued with her sister-in-law with her hands on her hips.

Not to be outdone, Qiao Ersao got angry after a back-and-forth and started hitting her. Women fighting usually involves kicking each other in the stomach, pulling hair, and slapping each other. Qiao Shanshan had already been beaten until her face was a mess. Qiao Ersao, who had been doing farm work for a long time, used both her hands and feet to pull Qiao Shanshan's hair and even tore her clothes to shreds.

"Stop it, all of you."

Qiao Sheng, who was squatting at the door, spoke up to stop him.

Qiao Shanshan and Qiao Ersao stopped fighting and glared at each other with resentment.

"Isn't it chaotic enough already? Shanshan, apologize to your second sister-in-law," Qiao Sheng said.

Sister-in-law Qiao smiled smugly at her.

"Dad." Qiao Shanshan looked at her father in disbelief. He had never been like this before. In the Qiao family, she was second only to her father. No matter what mistakes her brother and sister-in-law made, her father would never blame her.

Qiao Sheng glared at her. "Apologize. If you don't apologize, get out of here and go to the Yang family right now."

Qiao Shanshan didn't dare to say a word. She still knew that if someone married her, they could become a concubine. If she really packed up and went to the Yang family, she would never be able to hold her head up in the surrounding villages. She swallowed her anger and apologized to Qiao's second sister-in-law.

Whether Qiao Ersao did it on purpose or genuinely didn't hear it, it's unclear.

They forced Qiao Shanshan to say it several times.

Seeing that Qiao Shanshan was about to explode, her husband glared at her, and she smugly accepted her apology. Qiao Shanshan looked at her with her head down, which made her feel a sense of satisfaction.

When she first married into the family, Qiao Wanyue was very obedient to her. Only this sister-in-law was unruly and lawless because of the family's favor. She even tried to take away her face cream. It was the first time Qiao Wanyue had used the face cream and she was very reluctant to part with it. But Qiao Shanshan just looked at Qiao Xingjia with a pitiful expression, and her husband ordered her to give it up.

The whole family doted on this younger sister-in-law. Second Sister-in-law Qiao was perceptive; she married into the family to live a good life, so it was fine for her to please her younger sister-in-law. But since the younger sister-in-law was courting disaster, then she shouldn't be blamed.

After watching the commotion to her heart's content, Qiao Wanyue slowly walked out.

"Damn it, the sun's already high in the sky, don't you know how to cook? Are you trying to starve our whole family to death?" Liang Xiu was furious when she saw Qiao Wanyue come out.

Qiao Wanyue glanced at her and said, "Aren't you human? You're such a grown-up, and you can't even cook a meal properly. Is this how your mother raised you?"

It took Liang Xiu a while to react before she jumped up, "Qiao Wanyue, how dare you talk to me like that! Even if you marry a military officer, you'll still be a member of the Qiao family for life. Don't think that just because you're married you can..."

Before she could finish speaking, Qiao Wanyue interrupted her, "So what? Lu Yunzhou and I have already registered our marriage. If you continue to hit or scold me, it's considered abusing a military family member. I can report you directly to the police station and have you imprisoned."

She pushed Liang Xiu away and gave Qiao Shanshan a defiant look.

Liang Xiu was furious.

Qiao Wanyue actually stood up; she even dared to curse at her.

This is outrageous!

"I have to thank Qiao Shanshan for this. Without her kindness, how could I have married Lu Yunzhou?" After saying this, she left the Qiao family without looking back.

Liang Xiu muttered curses behind her back.

Qiao Shanshan endured Liang Xiu's beatings and scoldings, glaring resentfully at Qiao Wanyue's departing figure. "Happy now," she thought, "but on the day she gets married, she won't be smiling anymore. Lu Yunzhou won't be coming back. She'll be waiting for Qiao Wanyue to kneel and beg her."

After leaving the Qiao family home, Qiao Wanyue went directly to the oxcart in the village square. There were no buses in their village, only an old ox that made two trips a day to the county town, costing one cent each time.