Shen Siyue’s direct gaze made Li Xiang feel as humiliated as if she had been stripped naked.
But April Shen didn’t plan to let her go just like that: “Does it mean that in their hearts, you, the second daughter-in-law, are worthless? You have no status at all when speaking in this family?”
"Or do you just think you can subdue me? So you always ask me to bow my head and admit my mistakes? So you live a cowardly life yourself, and let me live like this too?"
"If you really want to do this for my own good, then go and convince the Shen family, okay? I'm waiting, I'm waiting for you, my mother, to think about me for once, please don't let me down, okay? You are my real mother!"
Seeing Li Xiang standing there blankly, with an expression of embarrassment, hurt and struggle on her face, Shen Siyue felt relieved.
Shen Siyue walked around her leisurely, leaving her standing there struggling, and left the Shen family.
People like Li Xiang need to be given something to do, so that she doesn't have to think too much every day and think that she can save the Shen family.
Before, Li Xiang always thought that the reason why Shen Siyue and the Shen family had a rift was Shen Siyue, so she always felt that as long as Shen Siyue admitted her mistake, the matter would be over.
Now Shen Siyue shifted the conflict to Li Xiang, asking her to shift her attention away from herself.
This Shen family, Shen Siyue has been very tolerant towards Li Xiang.
It's just that she still remembers the kindness of giving birth to the original owner.
So from beginning to end, he never gave in to her except in words, and never touched her even a finger.
After leaving the Shen family, Shen Siyue rubbed her face vigorously with both hands, dispelled the depression just now, put on a smile, and went to Shitou's house happily.
When Shen Siyue arrived, Shitou was preparing paste in front of the stove.
Yesterday he took red paper to someone in the village who was good at calligraphy and had a pair of Spring Festival couplets written for him.
Of course, today's Spring Festival couplets are not as gorgeous as those in later generations. They are just bright red paper with brush calligraphy in black ink.
But because it is handwritten, it also has a more human touch.
Shen Siyue took the paste from Shitou's hand and used a corn cob to spread the paste evenly on the back of the Spring Festival couplets.
Next it was Shitou's turn, holding the Spring Festival couplets high in both hands, ready to post them on the door.
Shen Siyue looked at Shitou's back with a bright smile. Although there was no sound of firecrackers as background music, she truly felt the joy of the New Year.
Especially when Shi Tou finished pasting a picture and walked into the house with a grin on his face, it seemed as if the winter was not so cold anymore.
While Shen Siyue seemed to be enjoying a peaceful and happy life, Li Xiang from the Shen family was distracted.
After Shen Siyue left, she stood there in a daze for a long time before responding.
It was only when Wang Huilian called her that she hurried back into the house to continue working.
But because he was worried, while working, he either spilled the water or almost broke the bowl.
Originally, people wanted to pray for good luck on New Year’s Eve, hoping for a good year ahead, but Wang Huilian couldn’t stand it any more.
"Second son's wife, if you don't want to do it, just stand aside and don't get in the way."
Li Xiaoqin also looked at Li Xiang frequently. Her second sister-in-law was indeed a little abnormal today.
Li Xiang thought that her greatest strength was that she was more efficient than her other two sisters-in-law in doing housework. However, she kept making mistakes while working and was very embarrassed.
Li Xiaoqin tried to smooth things over for her: "Second sister-in-law, go help mother change her clothes and clean her up! The eldest sister-in-law and I are here."
Neither she nor her sister-in-law wanted to do this, so it was just right for Li Xiang to go.
Li Xiang had no idea of Li Xiaoqin's true thoughts. She nodded at her gratefully and went to serve Old Lady Wang.
Wang Huilian, who was kneading dough, couldn't help but sneer when she saw that Li Xiang, the big fool, was fooled and still thought that the third son's wife was a good person.
Li Xiaoqin couldn't stand her weird look, so she chatted casually while lighting the fire: "You got the upper hand too, our eldest shouldn't say bad things about the second one!"
When it comes to bickering, two Wang Huilians tied together are no match for Li Xiaoqin.
Wang Huilian, who had suffered many losses at the hands of her opponents, also learned to be patient.
She resisted the urge to respond to Li Xiaoqin's retort.
Everything today has to give way to preparing the dinner on New Year’s Eve.
People in rural areas have a common understanding that the better the New Year’s Eve dinner is, the better life will be in the coming year.
So the things that you usually don’t want to eat will be served on the table today.
Wang Huilian was busy cutting meat and sauerkraut, while Li Xiaoqin was responsible for boiling water. Soon the whole family would have to line up to wash their hair and necks.
The three sisters-in-law will be very busy today.
Hu Lili stood at the door of the west room and watched Wang Huilian and Li Xiaoqin who were busy. She just chatted with them and had no intention of going forward to help.
Wang Huilian turned her head and looked at her: "Hu Zhiqing, what do you eat during the New Year in big cities?"
Speaking of this, Hu Lili became interested: "There are many, including braised pork, fried fish, stewed chicken, and stewed duck."
"I love eating crispy pork. Every Chinese New Year, my mother will fry a big pot of crispy pork for me, which I can eat until the fifth day of the first lunar month."
Wang Huilian smiled and said, "Oh, your life is so good. We are not as poor as here. The food we save for a year is only enough for each mouth to eat one or two bites. If someone eats more, the other person will wish there is nothing to eat."
Hu Lili, who was showing off her superiority, raised her eyebrows: Oh, so you are choosing me here?
She asked why Wang Huilian suddenly asked her what the Shen family ate during the New Year. It turned out that she was hinting that if she ate one more bite tonight, the Shen family would have to eat one less bite?
If it were any other time, Hu Lili would definitely argue with her, but considering it was the New Year, she didn't bother to argue with Wang Huilian, a village woman.
"I won't eat your food for free. I'll add another dish tonight so we can have fun together."
Wang Huilian was about to grin, but then she changed her mind and thought, Hu Lili hasn’t even prepared the food yet, so how good can it be?
Thinking about the main dishes tonight and letting Hu Lili eat them for nothing, Wang Huilian's heart bled.
"You have to eat something good on New Year's Eve, which means you will have good luck in the coming year!"
Wang Huilian was cutting vegetables while muttering, her voice neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for Hu Lili to hear.
Hu Lili was very disdainful of Wang Huilian's obvious hint.
He rolled his eyes at Wang Huilian's back and said, "Don't worry, you won't suffer any loss. I really admire you country folks. You care about everything and don't mind being tired."
Wang Huilian paused while cutting vegetables. Before she could figure out how to respond, Li Xiaoqin couldn't stand it anymore.
"Hu Zhiqing is a city dweller. I guess the rice and noodles you city dwellers eat are all grown in the fields, right?"
"It's not possible here. We need people to plant the crops and take care of them all year round in order for them to grow! Without rural people like us, there would be no food to be produced."
Hu Lili has not spoken to Li Xiaoqin face to face yet. She didn't expect that the third daughter-in-law of the Shen family is so good at talking.
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