In the evening, as soon as it got dark, Li Yun rubbed her hands and moved towards the door.

This big family came to visit relatives, which made my brother and sister-in-law very busy.

Look at today's meal, with pork ribs and chicken, all of which are solid dishes. It's quite grand to entertain the cadres from the county.

My brother and sister-in-law took out all the best things from the bottom of their box.

Li Yun felt very sorry in her heart. Although she went back to her parents' home, she had her family with her. If she stayed any longer, she was afraid that she might even eat dinner for free. How presumptuous that would be!

"Girl, what are you doing?"

Li Jianghai quickly caught up with her and grabbed her arm. "It's still daylight, what's the rush?"

Li Yun blushed with embarrassment: "Brother, I've already troubled you enough today. I've been bothering you all day..."

"What are you talking about!" Li Jianghai glared at him without loosening his grip.

"We're family, and we're talking behind each other's backs? How many times can you come back in a year? What's wrong with staying a little longer?

Dinner is already in the pot, and you're leaving. Who will eat the pickled cabbage and pork stew your sister-in-law specially made for you?

Li Yun was pulled by him and fell forward, feeling warm and guilty at the same time.

Just as I was about to say something else, I suddenly heard a "ouch" in the yard.

They both turned their heads at the same time and saw that Nan Nan and Xiao Yuan were playing and bumped into He Xia without paying attention.

Two muddy handprints suddenly appeared on He Xia's brand new wool coat, which were particularly eye-catching under the setting sun.

Before he could react, he saw He Ju grabbing Xiao Yuan by the collar and slapping him loudly.

"You wild child! Don't you have eyes? Didn't your mother teach you what is polite?"

Five red fingerprints immediately appeared on Xiaoyuan's fair and tender face. She was so scared that she even forgot to cry.

Wu Xiaomei rushed over and held her son in her arms.

She suppressed her anger, her voice trembling: "Kid, it wasn't intentional. I'll help you clean it up right away..."

"You'll wash it for me now?" He Xia sneered and pointed at the coat label.

"Do you know how expensive this dress is? Two hundred and eighty! That's enough to buy three sets of clothes. And the tattered clothes you're wearing!

Do you still want to use your broken bucket and your hands that are as rough as sandpaper to help me wash? Even if you wash it, I don't mind the dirt, but I'm afraid you will ruin it!

She glanced at Wu Xiaomei with disgust and swung the corner of her clothes away. "As expected, she's from the countryside. She looks so poor, and the children she brought up are so unruly!"

Even as he spoke, he still felt unsatisfied and deliberately raised his voice, "If you ask me, country people are country people. No matter how many years they have been in the city, they can't get rid of that earthy smell.

Look at what you're wearing. It's New Year's Day, and you're wearing patches upon patches. If you don't know me, you might think you're a rag picker!

Li Guifang slammed the teacup down and walked over with a sullen face, "Xiangbei's nephew's wife, this is the Li family's home, not your family compound.

You are belittling my daughter-in-law in my own home. How can this be justified? Who do you think you are? Does my daughter-in-law need you to tell her what to do?

The several questions in this sentence confused everyone.

Li Guifang ignored the reactions of others and continued to curse with her hands on her hips, saying, "This is the Li family compound, not a place for you to act like a spoiled brat!"

No matter how bad my daughter-in-law is, she is still a legitimate daughter-in-law married into our Li family according to the three books and six rituals! Who do you think you are? Are you qualified to point fingers here?

He Xia was shocked by the sudden scolding, his lips trembling: "Uncle...Aunt, what you said..."

"Shut up, don't call me aunt!" Li Guifang interrupted her with a wave of her hand, "I don't deserve to be called aunt!

Look at you, dressed like a normal person, saying all sorts of nonsense, I don't know what's in your head! You look three parts human and seven parts ghost, you don't understand anything and you're confused, you're a complete idiot, and you're still yelling here!"

She became angrier and angrier as she spoke, poking her finger at the tip of He Xia's nose: "You have no serious skills, but you're really good at sowing discord!

Our Li family has done good deeds for our ancestors, so how come we have attracted a jinx like you?

She turned to Li Yun and said, "Yun girl, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but why did Xiangbei find such a troublemaker? Look at what she's done to our reunion dinner!"

She became increasingly angry as she spoke, her voice rising higher and higher, "From the moment you walked in, you've been nitpicking, complaining about this and that. How can you be called a daughter-in-law? You can't stand the dust!"

He's a bully who only picks on the weak and bullies my Xiaomei. You feel uncomfortable if you don't sow discord, right?

I thought it was New Year's Day, so I could just bear with it. Damn, he's really getting ahead of me! If I don't teach him a lesson, do you really think you're a piece of cake?

Qi Xiangbei quickly grabbed He Xia and said, "Have you had enough of this? Why are you arguing with the child? It's New Year's Day and you have to make everyone unhappy?"

He Xia was so furious that she threw her husband's hand away and said, "I'm competing with you? Qi Xiangbei, your eyes are on the back of your head, right?"

She tugged at the mud stains on her coat, her voice shrill enough to pierce the sky: "Look! I saved up three months' salary to buy this! That little bastard messed it up like this, and I can't say a word?"

She also cried to Li Yun, her voice filled with tears: "Mom! Are you just going to watch them humiliate your daughter-in-law like this?"

But Li Yun avoided her gaze and refused to respond to her.

He Xia immediately exploded: "Great! Is this how you, the Qi family, do things? So I'm an outsider, right?"

She stamped her feet in anger, kicking up dirt all over the floor with her new leather shoes. "I didn't believe people who said sons looked like their mothers, but today I finally see for myself!"

"Good job, Qi Xiangbei, you're really good!" She gritted her teeth and pointed at her husband's nose and scolded him, "You endured your mother's anger at home, and now you have to be scolded by your aunt here.

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