Grandma Sun

This old lady is not someone to be trifled with. In her past life, she was estranged from her second aunt's family, and this old lady was largely responsible for that.

Upon seeing Liu Xiangmei and Wang Yao, the old lady lifted the curtain and walked over, fanning herself with a large palm-leaf fan while looking the mother and daughter up and down, her disdain and pickiness evident in her eyes.

Finally, my gaze fell on the large backpack placed beside the mother and daughter's feet.

Liu Xiangmei noticed this and nudged Wang Yao while chuckling, "Auntie, how have you been lately? Yao Yao, quickly greet her, this is your Grandma Sun."

Wang Yao greeted everyone very obediently, "Hello, Grandma Sun."

Grandma Sun finally looked away from her backpack, and with a slight upturn of her lips, she replied in a not-so-warm manner, "It's Xiang Mei. What a rare guest. I haven't seen you in so long."

It's been a long time since we last met; the last time was half a year ago.

As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to Wang Yao's face. Seeing Wang Yao's obedient girl appearance, he nodded reluctantly, showing no intention of getting close to her.

She didn't even bother to give that brat a second glance, and Old Lady Sun was secretly displeased.

Everyone present could see Grandma Sun's attitude, and Liu Xiangmei naturally saw it very clearly as well. She sighed inwardly. She knew before that this old lady favored boys over girls, but she didn't expect it to be this serious. She didn't even like other people's girls. Her second sister was really unlucky to have such a mother-in-law.

Wang Yao didn't take Wang Laotai's displeasure to heart at all. After all, in her previous life, Sun Laotai called her a jinx. Even though Liu Lan's evil deeds were later investigated and exposed, Sun Laotai still believed that she had caused her parents' deaths and did not allow her to visit.

If they don't allow it, fine, who cares? She doesn't even want to see that old face!

Seeing her mother-in-law's attitude, Liu Xiangqiu didn't dare to say anything bad about her. Afraid of upsetting Wang Yao, she quickly chimed in, "Yao Yao is such a good girl. It's so hot, why did you suddenly bring Yao Yao out of the county?"

Liu Xiangmei glanced at the domineering Old Lady Sun, then at her timid second sister, and her original idea of ​​taking Wang Yao to stay with her second sister temporarily changed.

She smiled and said, "I just wanted to come and see you. I don't have anything good at home, so I brought you a bag of eggs."

As she spoke, she opened her backpack and took out a large bag of eggs, at least fifty of them.

Wang Yao then realized why her mother had been so cautious the whole way. She had thought her mother was afraid of having her money stolen, but it turned out she had brought so many eggs.

Grandma Sun's expression softened slightly when she saw the large bag of eggs. She called out, "Sun Min, come out and get your things."

Wang Yao remembers that Sun Min was her second aunt's only daughter.

As soon as Grandma Sun finished speaking, a girl wearing an apron lifted the curtain behind her and came out.

Although the girl seemed to be about the same age as Wang Yao, she gave off a completely different vibe.

Her forehead was completely covered by thick bangs, and she wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses on her nose. Perhaps due to puberty, she was also a little hunched over. In short, she looked like a frightened bird, constantly shrinking back.

When Grandma Sun saw Sun Min's appearance, her good mood after receiving the eggs was dampened. She frowned and said unhappily, "Who are you trying to impress with that act? Look at any other child who acts like you, like a debt collector."

Sun Min was already a bit hunchbacked, and when she heard what Grandma Sun said, she lowered her head even further.

Liu Xiangmei never expected that Grandma Sun would scold her granddaughter like that.

She looked at Sun Min, who was silent and constantly picking at her fingers, sighed, and handed her the egg. "What a good child! So pretty and poised. She's much better than my Yao Yao. Auntie shouldn't have such high expectations for children!"

Wang Yao wanted to roll her eyes. Many parents nowadays are like this, always belittling their own children and praising other people's children in front of outsiders to show their humility, without caring whether what they say is credible.

Sun Min acted as if she hadn't heard anything, took the eggs, turned around and walked towards the backyard without saying a word.

Grandma Sun hated Sun Min's stubborn and unyielding nature. She snorted and cursed at Liu Xiangqiu, "Look at the thing you gave birth to! She always has such a gloomy face. Does anyone in the family owe her anything? I get angry just looking at her."

Liu Xiangqiu was scolded, but he didn't talk back. He just smiled awkwardly at Liu Xiangmei.

Seeing her second sister being scolded, Liu Xiangmei couldn't stand it at all. She frowned and said unhappily, "Auntie, my second sister married into your family as a wife, not as a slave. Minmin also has the surname Sun and is the only child in your Sun family. How can you talk about her like that? You are so old, you should watch your words."

Grandma Sun jumped up, raised her hand and pointed at Liu Xiangmei with her large palm-leaf fan, and began to curse: "What nonsense are you spouting? Our Sun family has more than just one money-losing girl! Do you think everyone is like you sisters, a barren hen? Who do you think you are, having the right to interfere in my family's affairs?"

Liu Xiangmei was so angry that her face turned black. She wanted to reason with the old woman, but when she saw the old woman's spittle flying everywhere, she subconsciously stepped back.

Wang Yao also frowned and raised her hand to cover her mouth and nose.

Grandma Sun was even angrier when she saw the undisguised disdain on the faces of the mother and daughter. How dare two country bumpkins look down on her?

Liu Xiangqiu quickly bent down, picked up the backpack at Liu Xiangmei's feet, and pulled Liu Xiangmei's arm to walk outside. While gesturing to Wang Yao to follow, he said to Grandma Sun, "Mom, don't be angry. I'll take my sister away now."

Grandma Sun continued relentlessly, shouting, "Get out of here! My family doesn't welcome those poor relatives from your mother's side who come to freeload..."

Liu Xiangmei and Wang Yao followed behind Liu Xiangqiu, and even after walking quite a distance, they could still hear Old Lady Sun's roar.

Wang Yao unconsciously picked at her ear. This old lady is in such good health. No wonder she was over ninety years old in her previous life and still living well without any illness or disaster!

The three of them didn't go far before finding a bench in a small park near the train station to sit down.

For a moment, none of the three spoke.

Liu Xiangqiu lowered his head, intently picking at the calluses on his palms. At first glance, he looked exactly like Sun Min.

Liu Xiangmei sighed. She used to think that among her sisters, she had the worst life, unlike her second sister who was able to marry into the county town and not have to live a life of toiling in the fields.

She married into a family in the mountains behind the county and rarely left the town. She lived far away from her two older sisters. Since their parents passed away more than ten years ago, the sisters would call each other when needed, and at most visit each other during holidays. I never expected...

Thinking of her second sister in her memory, and looking at the cowardly person in front of her, Liu Xiangmei couldn't help but feel angry.

"Slap! Slap!"

Liu Xiangmei slapped Liu Xiangqiu's shoulder twice hard, glaring at him angrily and saying, "How come you've become so useless? That old woman insulted you, didn't you know how to talk back? When you were little, didn't you always fight with anyone you didn't like? Why are you so useless now?"

Liu Xiangqiu was stunned by the two sudden slaps. After a while, she realized what was happening and glanced at Wang Yao out of the corner of her eye. She saw Wang Yao staring at her with wide eyes and muttered under her breath, "How can you be so disrespectful? Yao Yao is still here!"

Wang Yao raised her little hand, "Second Aunt, just pretend I don't exist, hehe!"

Liu Xiangmei glared at Wang Yao. What kind of time is this to be grinning like that? Then she sneered, "Now you know how shameful you are? When people pointed fingers at you and scolded you at home, why didn't you feel ashamed?"

Liu Xiangqiu pursed his lips, then lowered his head again and began to fidget with his hands.

Seeing her like this, Liu Xiangmei became even angrier.

"Smack!"

She slapped Liu Xiangqiu's hand again, "Stop picking at it! How did you become so spineless? You seemed perfectly normal when I saw you during last year's Spring Festival!"

Liu Xiangqiu recalled the scene of last year's Spring Festival. Her younger sister and brother-in-law brought Yao Yao a big pig's trotter, two chickens, and a basket of eggs, a huge pile of things. She didn't have time to properly entertain them before they left in a hurry.

After they left, the mother-in-law complained about the live chickens defecating in the shop, but at the same time, she was thinking about giving the chickens and pig trotters to her brother-in-law's family.

The return gift she prepared for her sister was a box of instant noodles, a box of milk, a box of pastries, and a bottle of wine.

But in the end, the mother-in-law hid the wine and milk, stopping them from giving them any.

They said the things their sister brought were all from their own pets and didn't cost them any money, while the things they returned were all bought with money.

At that time, she retorted, and her husband stood by her side. However, her mother-in-law seized on the fact that she had not given birth to a son, saying that everything in the house should be given to the son and that outsiders should not take it.

The lack of a son had always been a sore point for her husband, and he fell silent after hearing his mother-in-law's words.

As the one responsible for the family's lack of a son, she had no way to argue with her mother-in-law with a clear conscience.

The chickens and pork raised on farms were so good, and the eggs were big and yellow. There were so many of them, but later almost all of them were given to my uncle's family because my uncle had the only grandson in the Sun family.

Seeing that her second aunt remained silent, Wang Yao couldn't help but chime in: "During the Spring Festival, you just took turns visiting your eldest and second aunts, dropped off your things, and rushed home by bus. What can you possibly learn from that?"

Every year during the Spring Festival, there are only buses from the county town to their town in the morning. Since their aunts' house is not spacious, they always leave in a hurry when delivering New Year's gifts.

Liu Xiangmei glared at Wang Yao and warned, "Shut your mouth and don't interrupt!"

He then asked Liu Xiangqiu, "Is it because you didn't give birth to a son?"

Liu Xiangqiu sighed and said in a low voice, "Which family doesn't want a son? Having a son makes you feel more confident."

Liu Xiangmei scoffed, "What, are you trying to get calcium supplements for having a son?"

Wang Yao burst out laughing. She had initially thought the atmosphere was quite serious and wanted to hold back, but the more she tried to hold back, the more she couldn't help herself, and finally gave up, hahaha.

Liu Xiangmei and Liu Xiangqiu felt relieved when they saw Wang Yao, who seemed carefree, and smiled slightly.

Liu Xiangqiu comforted Liu Xiangmei: "Alright, don't worry about my affairs. You went out of the county today just to deliver eggs to me?"

She didn't want her sister to worry about her anymore. Her sister's life had already been hard enough; her husband had died so young, and she didn't know what would happen to her sister for the rest of her life.

Compared to that, her problems are nothing. Her mother-in-law is just in a bad mood right now. As long as she withstands the pressure and doesn't give in, that's fine.