Looking at the deep, unyielding sorrow in Yu Yuehui's eyes, Xie Yan suddenly felt a pang of heartache for her. Born into this era, she must have suffered a lot herself. In those corners that he couldn't see or hear, there must have been tears she shed.
Xie Yan forced a smile, took her hand, and awkwardly changed the subject, jokingly saying, "You still haven't told me why this old woman isn't well-liked by her second daughter-in-law either?"
As expected, Yu Yuehui's attention was diverted, and she started talking about what happened next, "What else could it be! She's always disliked all her daughters-in-law and only liked her own son. Before, it was just because of the comparison that she thought the second daughter-in-law was better. But once that comparison was gone, the trouble started again. She'll pick a fight at meals, and she'll pick a fight when doing things!"
"If her daughter-in-law sits on the doorstep, she'll hit her directly, saying that women shouldn't sit on the doorstep because it will suppress the family's wealth!"
Xie Yan: "Ah!!!!!"
She was truly shocked for a whole year. What kind of bizarre theory was this? She had lived two lifetimes and this was the first time she had ever heard such a thing! What kind of thing came out of some obscure corner?
"Anyway, she would argue with the daughter-in-law wherever she went. It was always like this. When one family couldn't stand it anymore, they would send her to another family."
"And that's how it's always been, one month per family! No family can stand it if it goes on for too long!"
Yu Yue sighed, "Not to mention that family, even we neighbors can't stand it. You have no idea how shameless she is. You'll see what a weirdo is in the meantime! The old woman likes to steal things from other people's homes. She steals everything! She even steals firewood left at the door! It's truly a case of leaving nothing but barren land in her wake."
Xie Yan exclaimed in surprise, "That's terrifying! What if she comes to our house? Should I close the door since you're not here?!"
Xie Yan didn't think he could handle such a scoundrel!
Yu Yue glanced in that direction with an inscrutable look, "I'll be back tonight!"
Xie Yan: "Ah! Honey, don't scare me! How can you be so sure?"
Yu Yue looked at Xie Yan with a melancholy expression. "Of course, this is based on my many years of experience! You have no idea what it was like when my family was here. Sigh! It was all blood and tears! Back then, my grandmother was still with us, and we never even saw white flour! Can you believe it?"
Xie Yan definitely wouldn't believe it! The main crop grown here is wheat, and wheat flour is just white flour, isn't it?
How do they live if they've never even seen white flour?
Seeing Xie Yan's confusion, Yu Yuehui said quietly, "You know that my grandma and grandpa are both very biased towards my second uncle!"
Xie Yan nodded. He knew about this; he had heard some rumors before.
"Then you definitely don't know how outrageous my grandma was. When she and my grandpa separated the family property, she not only gave all the money she had saved to my second uncle, but also the good things in the house went to my second uncle, and the things that my second uncle didn't get were my dad's."
“Even the old house was given to my second uncle. The house we live in now was rebuilt by my father. My grandfather only gave my father a plot of land for the house, and didn’t give him a single penny more!”
"Hiss!" Xie Yan gasped. "Your father didn't say anything? He didn't argue with your grandfather, and just obediently accepted it?"
Yu Yue smiled sarcastically, "How could that be? My father is a very filial son! How could he make a fuss?" She felt sorry for her mother when she talked about these things.
Even though her father was indeed very good to her and was a good father, he was not a good husband.
Her mother suffered countless injustices while living with her father!
So she vowed from a young age that she would never marry a man like her father, and that she would never live like her mother after marriage.
Xie Yan was truly speechless. How could there be such a person in the world? It was simply blind filial piety, so stupid it couldn't be stupider. No wonder he noticed during the last family dinner that his mother-in-law hadn't said a single word to the old lady the entire time.
Just when he thought this was bad enough, Yu Yuehui dropped another bombshell: "After my grandparents moved in with us, they became even worse. They would hide our flour, eat it once, and then secretly give all the rest to my second uncle's family!"
"And this old woman in front of us, every time we eat white flour rice, she comes with a big porcelain basin. My grandma is a very proud person, so she will scoop a big basin full for her, and then scoop a big basin of white flour rice for my grandpa and her each. There will be almost nothing left in the pot."
"My brother and I can still see one or two, but my mother and father can't see a single one!"
"And my grandma also beat my mom, really badly! She would specifically pinch the inside of her thighs and her chest, places no one could see! How about that? Pretty vicious, right?"
As she spoke, Yu Yuehui's eyes filled with tears, and in the blink of an eye, large tears began to fall.
Xie Yanxin suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart. He cupped his wife's cheeks in his hands, gently wiping away her tears with his fingertips, and softly coaxed her, "Don't cry, don't cry! These things happened a long time ago, and Mother definitely doesn't want to talk about them. You must never mention them in front of her."
Yu Yue nestled in Xie Yan's arms and nodded gently.
Xie Yan patted her back to comfort her, saying, "Honey, don't worry. I don't have a good relationship with my family. I wouldn't say we've cut ties, but it's close enough. Even if we go back, we'll live outside and won't live with them or have any contact with them."
"There won't be any conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, don't worry! I promise you!"
Yu Yue looked up at Xie Yan's determined expression and smiled through her tears, "You said it yourself! If your mother and I have a conflict in the future, I won't tolerate it. You know I'm quite strong. If I accidentally push them over, you can't blame me!"
Xie Yan smiled and nodded at her head, "Don't worry, I definitely won't blame you. I'll just think that if you hit them, you can't hit me!"
"You're the boss in our family. Haven't you heard what others say? I'm just a kept man, and of course I'm aware of that, which means I'll never interfere with the decisions you make as the head of the household!"
Yu Yuehui was finally amused. "Don't worry, I told you, I definitely won't hit you! And you're not a freeloader, you're very capable, you know so many words, you'll be a teacher in the future!"
Xie Yan nodded with a smile, "I believe my wife's words. After all, my wife is a woman of her word, a true heroine!"
Yu Yue smiled and tilted her head back, "That's right! I always keep my word!"
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