However, those who need to be disciplined still need to be disciplined.
Zhou Laoda calmly told Chen Caocao about teaching her to identify herbs. Chen Caocao thought she was hallucinating. What a good thing! Her elder brother and sister-in-law were actually willing to teach her to pick herbs.
“We don’t know many kinds of herbs, just a few kinds of wound medicines, some for external application and some for internal use. When the time comes, you will come up the mountain with me and your sister-in-law. Once you can identify them yourself, you can go and collect them yourself. But let me make this clear beforehand: once you learn to identify herbs, you can’t teach the third and fourth brothers. Otherwise, our eldest branch will sever all ties with your second branch and never see each other again.” The eldest brother said with a stern face.
Chen Caocao knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Big brother and sister-in-law, don't worry, I will never do such a stupid thing. The third and fourth brothers are now the second branch's enemies. I would rather die than teach them to collect herbs."
"Get up, stop kneeling. As long as you keep your word, that's enough. You knelt down and agreed to those words, so we'll consider it a vow. If you break your vow..."
"If I break this oath, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death," Chen Caocao swore, pointing to the sky.
Although the oath she swore was a bit harsh, it showed that her words were trustworthy. Zhao Guihua was afraid that she and her second brother were too cowardly, like before, and would not dare to utter a word and hand over everything after being yelled at by the third and fourth brothers.
Zhao Guihua said in a low voice, "I'm not trying to force you, I just hope that you and your second brother can stand on your own two feet. Otherwise, we won't know where to start to help. Once you learn how to gather herbs, you can sell them for money. We won't say anything."
In short, you need to be smarter and not let your third and fourth brothers screw you over again. Be prepared for your in-laws to pressure you; they'll definitely come after you. You and your second brother need to hold on.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I've thought it through. My husband and I may not be as capable as you and my brother, but we're not dead. Our parents are too biased; they're not even giving us a way to live."
You were right when you told me before. Even if not for ourselves, we have to fight for the two children to survive. This time, I'll fight even if it kills me." Chen Caocao's eyes flashed with a determination she had never shown before, and she exuded a chilling ruthlessness.
Zhao Guihua sensed that something was wrong with her and quickly advised, "Second sister-in-law, although it's best to settle the matter of dividing the family property, you still need to calm down and not do anything foolish. If something happens to you and the second brother, what will happen to Daya and Dafeng?"
"I know, thank you, sister-in-law. I will remember your and brother's kindness. I can't afford to get hurt for the sake of the child, so don't worry. I'll go back now and come back tomorrow morning." After saying that, Chen Caocao changed her sorrowful mask and a barely perceptible smile appeared on her sallow face.
Once outside, Chen Caocao's face turned cold. It was no wonder she couldn't calm down; her in-laws considered her and her husband as living dead, and her third and fourth brothers were heartless and cruel. Without some drastic measures, the second branch of the family wouldn't be able to separate.
However, no matter how ruthless Chen Caocao was, she couldn't be as ruthless as the inhuman Zhou Laosan and Zhou Laosi, which is why she ended up ruining her own son.
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