"Ha, that's what I should ask you. Did you tell our parents when you were helping the kids with chores?"
Ye Xiaoxiao looked at the children, but only the seventh child had a smile on his face; the sixth, fifth, and Yanni all had stiff expressions.
The sixth brother explained it to the fifth brother and immediately understood. He realized that even if he finished his work, he wouldn't be able to sleep and would have to continue writing at night, so he might as well hurry up and finish writing.
"I'm their third sister-in-law, so of course I'll take care of them. You're just being nosy. What family's child doesn't help with chores after school?"
Sun Xiuju felt envious when she saw Ye Xiaoxiao. They were both daughters-in-law of the Li family, but Ye Xiaoxiao lived such a smug life, while she herself was just as miserable as other daughters-in-law.
Every day I have to cook for the whole family. I also have to do laundry and other chores.
She didn't want to do it either, but all the men in the family went to work in the fields, and even her mother-in-law was mostly in the fields. She didn't want to do the work in the fields, so she ended up doing all the housework.
"Don't be ridiculous. The family doesn't let you go out into the fields. Even cutting grass for the sheep requires grass now. I think you're just making trouble for yourself."
Ye Xiaoxiao ignored her and told the younger children to hurry up and do their homework. It's just a little chores around the house. And she's acting all high and mighty.
As soon as the eldest sister-in-law spoke, the younger children threw their tools on the ground, grabbed their schoolbags, and ran off. Even the seventh child, who wasn't particularly keen on doing his homework, had no choice but to follow his older siblings after they left.
Seeing that the younger children didn't take her words seriously, Sun Xiuju went straight to Ye Xiaoxiao:
"Ye Xiaoxiao, are you sick? I told them to get to work, and you just have to come looking for trouble?"
Ye Xiaoxiao put the child in the stroller and asked Lao Wu to push the child away first.
She really needed to have a serious talk with this third son's wife. The child's schooling was a big deal; it was more important for her to be bossed around and do things her way.
The argument between the two immediately attracted the attention of the villagers who were on their way to work in the fields.
"What's wrong with you two sisters-in-law again?" Granny Wang stood by the roadside, hoe in hand, ready to watch the show.
Unable to win the argument, Sun Xiuju tried to hit Ye Xiaoxiao. However, Ye Xiaoxiao grabbed her arm and pushed her backward.
[Task: Teach Sun Xiuju a lesson so she'll never dare stop the children from doing their homework again.]
【Oh dear, the task of dealing with Sun Xiuju has arrived. Well, I'd better teach her a lesson.】 Ye Xiaoxiao's push was no small matter.
Sun Xiuju was pushed so hard that she stumbled back several steps and fell to the ground.
In the original storyline, their first fight wasn't about this.
Instead, Ye Xiaoxiao hadn't done anything, but her cousin Li Yamei from next door came over and argued with her, insisting that Ye Xiaoxiao had been badmouthing her to others, saying she was ugly. Ye Xiaoxiao was straightforward; when had she ever said such a thing?
Sun Yamei shouted that Sun Xiuju had told her this. Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaoxiao rushed home and started fighting with Sun Xiuju.
Ye Xiaoxiao's family lived far away, and because she had started the fight, Sun Xiuju was beaten and went back to her parents' home crying. The next day, she brought all of Sun's family members over, wanting to settle scores with Ye Xiaoxiao.
It caused quite a stir, and eventually, her father-in-law also felt that Ye Xiaoxiao was in the wrong. He told her to apologize to Sun Xiuju, but instead of apologizing, she beat up Sun Xiuju. From then on, she had a falling out with the Sun family.
But she didn't care about that now; Sun Xiuju was doing it on purpose.
"Oh my god, look! She hit someone! All of you were watching! She hit someone! Is there no justice in this world? She hit someone!"
Sun Xiuju plopped down on the ground and wouldn't move, crying and screaming as if she wanted to call the whole village to come and watch the spectacle.
The sixth and seventh brothers were terrified and ran away with their schoolbags on their backs. The fifth brother and the youngest sister looked at their third sister-in-law in surprise. She was the one who started the fight first.
Ye Xiaoxiao didn't want to bother with her and turned around to tell them to hurry back to do their homework. But Sun Xiuju got up from the ground, rushed up and grabbed Ye Xiaoxiao's hair.
"You bitch, you dare hit me? I'm telling you, you just wait!"
What skills could Sun Xiuju possibly have? Grabbing Ye Xiaoxiao's hair like this, she simply wanted to kick her a couple of times. In the original book, that kick gave the original owner quite a beating.
Ye Xiaoxiao, knowing exactly who she was, waited for the opponent to make a move and grabbed Sun Xiuju's hand, punching her so hard that Sun Xiuju's nose started bleeding.
"Ah..." Sun Xiuju, who had been pretending to call for help, was now screaming in pain as she was being beaten.
"Ye Xiaoxiao, you dare hit me? You just wait, if Third Brother finds out, he'll skin you alive..."
Sun Xiuju saw stars after being punched by Ye Xiaoxiao, but she kept cursing.
"You think I'm afraid you'll tell on me? Just because you did something wrong doesn't mean I can't hit you?" Ye Xiaoxiao said with a sneer, and then slapped her again.
"You..." Sun Xiuju couldn't catch her breath and almost fainted. She never imagined that Ye Xiaoxiao was so powerful.
Just then, Li Jianguo returned from the fields, with Li Chenhui following behind.
"What's going on here?" Li Jianguo asked as soon as he entered the courtyard.
"Dad, look at Ye Xiaoxiao, she hit me." Sun Xiuju quickly pretended to be pitiful when she saw her savior had arrived.
"What exactly happened?" Li Jianguo asked.
Ye Xiaoxiao remained calm: "Dad, ask her why she doesn't let the sixth and seventh children do their homework, and why she makes them do chores."
Li Jianguo frowned. Although he didn't understand the matter of studying, he still hoped that the children could study hard.
This was mentioned before; as long as Ye Xiaoxiao was willing to take charge, the children would be allowed to study well.
"Xiuju, what happened?" Li Jianguo asked Sun Xiuju.
Sun Xiuju stammered and couldn't speak.
At this moment, Lao Wu and Yan Ni also ran back and recounted what had happened.
Li Jianguo understood immediately. Although he felt that Ye Xiaoxiao was wrong to hit someone, Sun Xiuju was also wrong to deliberately obstruct the children's studies.
"Alright, stop making such a fuss. Xiuju, you too, stop meddling in these things. The children's studies are the most important thing," Li Jianguo said.
"But Father..." Sun Xiuju wanted to say something more.
"There's nothing to say, hurry up and get on with your work. Mowing the lawn? Where are you going to mow the lawn?" Li Jianguo interrupted her.
Sun Xiuju gritted her teeth, feeling that she had been beaten by Ye Xiaoxiao for nothing today. She then looked at Li Chenhui.
To everyone's surprise, Li Chenhui immediately turned around and joked, "Even my older brother can't beat my sister-in-law, so how could I?"
Ye Xiaoxiao didn't say anything more and turned to take Lao Wu and Lao Ba home. Granny Wang was a little disappointed that the fight hadn't broken out. But that didn't stop her from going out and bragging.
Although the matter was over, Sun Xiuju felt even more disgusted with Ye Xiaoxiao.
"You just wait, I'll make you pay sooner or later," she thought bitterly.
But she only dared to say these words to herself. Because she could also see that her sister-in-law Ye Xiaoxiao was not someone to be trifled with, and that her parents-in-law were now biased towards Ye Xiaoxiao.
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