Chapter 193 The Wind Blows In

Grandma Li, however, said with a self-righteous expression, "I came to visit my in-laws yesterday and brought a big basket of eggs."

A whole basket of eggs, how could she even say that?

Ma Xiulian rolled her eyes speechlessly. The basket was quite big, but when she lifted the cloth covering it, she found only five pitiful eggs and two bunches of green vegetables inside, which looked shabby and shabby.

But she was too lazy to expose it, after all, today should be a lively and joyful occasion.

Li Chunshui, the second daughter of the Li family, also came to visit relatives with her two sons. She handed a basket of eggs and some green vegetables to Ma Xiulian with a embarrassed face, saying, "To bring some good fortune to my darling."

As her daughter, she knew all too well what kind of person Old Lady Li was.

When Ma Xiulian saw a bruise near her eye, she immediately guessed that the injury was probably inflicted by her in-laws.

After all, Old Lady Li was a shameless scoundrel who loved to go to her daughters' in-laws' houses to freeload. Any in-laws who were even slightly shameless would be taken advantage of by her. It was rare to see someone as brazen as her, throwing a tantrum and chasing people away with a broom.

The husband's family, having suffered a loss, would certainly feel uncomfortable and would beat up Old Lady Li's daughter to vent their anger.

Ma Xiulian took the basket, and at least gave her a smile, asking her to have some water and sit down first.

Li Chunshui was an honest and hardworking man, so when he said he was going to help in the kitchen, Old Lady Li happily followed him.

Thinking about the bear meat and fish, she figured it wouldn't be a loss to sneak in even a little bit of something, since she had given Old Chen's family a basket of eggs!

But who in the surrounding area doesn't know that Old Lady Li is greedy and always tries to take advantage of others? It's not the first or second time she's used the excuse of helping out to steal the best meat and vegetables from her host family.

So they all spontaneously and consciously acted as inspectors, keeping an eye on Old Lady Li as she worked.

He even deliberately teased her, asking, "What delicious food did you eat at your second son-in-law's house last night?"

Everyone in the commune knew that yesterday afternoon, Old Lady Li was beaten out of her home by Ma Xiulian and went to her second daughter's husband's house with a swollen, red face.

Old Mrs. Li curled her lips and said with a look of disgust, "Her in-laws didn't treat me well at all. They just stir-fried a dish with pork cracklings. There wasn't a single decent meat dish!"

These words left Li Chunshui feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Her mother always came empty-handed, and she even liked to bring her nephew to freeload. Her mother-in-law was already being very tolerant and generous by not kicking them out.

Forget meat dishes, even the stir-fried pork cracklings were something she begged her mother-in-law to cook, but to her surprise, her mother and two nephews devoured them as soon as they were served.

Her mother-in-law was so angry that she smashed her bowl and chopsticks on the spot.

As soon as she returned to her room, her husband beat her up and threatened that if her mother came to beg for money again, he would send her back to her parents' home.

At times like this, Li Chunshui would secretly envy her younger sister for having such a formidable mother-in-law, who would prevent her mother from casually going to the Chen family to freeload.

The other women, seeing that she was acting innocent after getting the benefit, didn't hold back in criticizing her.

"Come on, Granny Li, it's already a favor that they're serving you pork cracklings! Don't you even know how many mouths you've brought along to freeload? If it were my in-laws coming to beg for food, I wouldn't even give them pork cracklings!"

"Exactly! Who thinks their grain comes from the wind?!"

But Old Lady Li's skin was thicker than a city wall, and she retorted vehemently, "What do you mean by begging for alms?! I married my daughter, whom I've raised with grain for over ten years, into their family, she works in the fields for them to earn work points, and I even bore them children to carry on the family line. What's wrong with me, their mother, going to their house to eat a little meat?!"

(End of this chapter)