Chapter 9: Bad Intentions
My fifth brother’s wife is so generous. My fifth brother is now a scholar, and the family has benefited from it. When he becomes successful in the future, the family will benefit even more - he is not that mean and selfish.
Be good to this couple, there will be a lot of things in the future!
When my fifth brother's wife was not here, I still did all the housework myself. There was nothing to complain about. After all, she was the daughter of the county magistrate.
Xu came to her senses and went to the river to wash clothes. Her steps became much lighter as she walked along the road.
Who would have thought that she would run into Niu by chance? Xu smiled and greeted her, "Second Aunt!"
"Oh," Niu was so jealous yesterday when she saw the eldest wife marrying a good daughter-in-law with great fanfare and seeing all the dowry. She felt like she was being scratched by a cat. She didn't sleep well last night and was very upset.
When she saw Xu, Niu's eyes lit up. How could she miss the opportunity to sow discord?
"You are going to wash clothes!" Niu looked at Xu and said with a smile, "If you ask me, as the eldest sister-in-law, you should teach the new sister-in-law a lesson. Why don't you take your fifth sister-in-law with you?"
Xu was startled, then smiled and said, "Maybe my fifth brother's wife has no clothes to wash today. I'll call her tomorrow."
Niu: "She has no clothes to wash, so why can't she help you? Oh, such a big basin of clothes, and she asked you to wash it all by yourself! It was fine in the past, but now that there is one more person, you should share the burden, don't you think? Your mother-in-law didn't say a word? That's too biased!"
"If you ask me, you are too honest! You are the eldest sister-in-law, and as the saying goes, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. No matter what her background is, Qiao is the daughter-in-law of our Shao family. She should respect her elders, right? She is clearly showing that she doesn't have you, the eldest sister-in-law, in her eyes!"
"If you don't act like a sister-in-law and subdue her at the beginning, won't she become even more aggressive and excessive in the future? Don't you feel wronged? An honest person can't do that, or you will be bullied to death! I'm just reminding you out of pity for you and for your own good—"
Niu was talking with great interest when suddenly a voice behind her shouted, "Second brother's wife, what are you talking about!"
Niu and Xu were both startled and turned around to look. Who else could it be but Fang who was walking towards them angrily?
Xu was shocked and hurried to explain: "Mother, I——"
"Go away!" Fang snorted, glanced at Xu, and said to Niu with a cold smile: "What did my second brother's wife say to my daughter-in-law? Why don't you say it again in front of me, so that I can listen to it and see what I did wrong that I need my second brother's wife to help me teach my daughter-in-law!"
Xu's face turned red and she was at a loss.
After a moment of panic, Niu calmed down and felt that her sister-in-law's voice was much louder and her steps were bigger today - it was obvious that she was nervous about marrying the county magistrate's daughter as her daughter-in-law.
She's more sour.
Feeling jealous and angry, Niu said with a half-smile, "Look at how my sister-in-law is accusing me of something. If you don't know, you would think I'm doing something wrong! My sister-in-law has become a relative of the county magistrate's family. She's so powerful that she doesn't take us sisters-in-law seriously anymore!"
"Stop talking nonsense here!" Fang spat at her and cursed, "I know you are jealous, so I said those disgusting things yesterday and I thought I didn't hear them! Yesterday was a good day, relatives and friends were all here, I was too lazy to argue with you, you are proud of it, right? I am so powerful, so what? If you have the ability, you can show off your power to me! If you don't have the ability, don't say sour words, it's ugly!"
Niu's face turned red with anger: "You, you——"
(End of this chapter)
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