Seeing Sun stand up by herself, Liu Liqun said something unkind: "Oh, it's okay. I thought you were pushed down by Xia Juhua. If that's the case, I'll have to talk to Xia Juhua. An old man shouldn't act like an old man, and a young man shouldn't act like a young man."

Liu Liqun's words caused another round of laughter. Sun's old face turned red with embarrassment, and she turned around and walked out of the crowd. Considering her age, no one deliberately blocked her way, and they let her and Sun Guizhi walk away in disgrace.

Liu Erzhuang came to Xia Juhua somewhat embarrassedly and said, "Sister-in-law, look at what happened today..."

Naturally, Liu Erzhuang and his wife could not be blamed for this. On the contrary, Li Daya's question helped Xia Juhua out of the predicament, so Xia Juhua shook her head quickly: "This matter today was instigated by Liu Sizhuang and Sun Guizhi. I know it all. You two should go home soon. My matter is over. You can't rest peacefully if you go home."

Having lived in the same courtyard for so many years, Liu Erzhuang did not think that Xia Juhua was taking pleasure in her misfortune. Li Daya even nodded at Xia Juhua and said, "There will definitely be some trouble. If the old lady doesn't make trouble, then Liu Sizhuang will make some trouble too."

Liu Erzhuang turned his head away, pretending that he didn't hear what his wife said, but Li Daya added: "But sister-in-law, don't just worry about us, and don't be too angry. Every family has someone who is troublesome." After saying that, her eyes were already looking at Sun Hongmei who was pretending to be a quail.

Xia Juhua really couldn't help it and a smile appeared on her face - why didn't she discover Li Daya, such a talent, in her previous life?

Before everyone left, Xia Juhua pulled Wang Caifeng back to look after Liu Baoguo. However, Sun Hongmei was now standing with Xia Juhua, and Li Daya dared to speak directly in front of Sun Hongmei. Xia Juhua could not help but admire her.

Since I admire you, I have to say it out loud. Xia Juhua said with a smile: "I didn't realize that you were so accurate in your judgment before. I can't help it. My son is grown up and no longer under his control. I can only ignore it and not be bothered by it."

Liu Erzhuang always felt that his sister-in-law and daughter-in-law had something else to say, but now he was thinking more about how to face Sun when he got home. Seeing that Xia Juhua really didn't regard them as one with Sun and Liu Sizhuang, he felt relieved and took Li Daya back. When Liu Liqun saw that everyone had left, he put his arms behind his back, nodded to Xia Juhua, and left.

Xia Juhua heaved a sigh of relief, feeling exhausted from the past half day, and just wanted to go back to the kang and lie down for a while. Sun Hongmei's heart nearly jumped into her throat when she saw her mother-in-law walking home without paying any attention to her.

She was really scared.

There was no point in being afraid. She couldn't let her mother-in-law keep feeling resentful towards her. Seeing her mother-in-law was about to enter the house, Sun Hongmei timidly called out, "Mom."

Xia Juhua knew that Sun Hongmei would have to surrender to her sooner or later. She sneered in her heart when she heard her call, thinking that she was using up her skills from her previous life again.

In her previous life, when Sun Hongmei had just married into the family, she often spoke to her in this timid voice, and she used it even more often when there were outsiders around. Xia Juhua didn't think much of it at the time, but now that she is reborn and listens to it again, she realizes that this voice can remind people of many things.

If she hadn't been tortured too much, any happy new bride would have a clear voice and a cheerful tone. Yes, Sun Hongmei's voice was not good, but she didn't have to be like a little bride who was bullied and didn't dare to speak loudly - when she quarreled with Liu Zhishuang, her voice was never low.

Xia Juhua could no longer use the skills that other people would use for their entire lives. She could not pretend to be weak and resigned, nor did she bother to pretend in front of Sun Hongmei. She simply went back to the main room without saying a word and closed the door.

Sun Hongmei was left out in the yard. The weather was getting colder day by day, even though there was no wind, Sun Hongmei could feel the chill coming out of her bones.

She made too many mistakes today, and coupled with the incident of taking the things back to her parents' home to scare people last night, Sun Hongmei didn't dare to see Liu Zhishuang, for fear that he would send her directly back to her parents' home after hearing what she heard.

Heaven does not grant one's wishes.

Liu Zhiquan and Liu Zhishuang worked with the grain-carrying team and would go home every day, no matter whether it was early or late, and they had to eat dinner at home. As soon as they got home, they noticed that the atmosphere was not right and wanted to ask if something had happened. Xia Juhua asked them to eat first and talk about it after dinner.

The world is big, but eating is the most important. This is how Xia Juhua has taught her two sons over the years, and the Liu Zhiquan brothers didn’t think there was anything wrong with it.

Wang Caifeng drank her porridge louder than usual and used her chopsticks a few more times than usual to pick up the pickled vegetables. Liu Zhiquan glanced at her and found that there was a hint of pride in his wife's eyes. She didn't accept his dissatisfaction at all.

It seemed that the bad atmosphere at home had nothing to do with his wife. Liu Zhiquan drank his porridge with peace of mind.

Liu Zhishuang, however, could not be as relaxed as his brother. After finally finishing the meal, Xia Juhua still did not say a word, as if she did not have her two sons in front of her, she stared at the kerosene lamp, not knowing what she was thinking.

Sun Hongmei washed the dishes tremblingly and had to go back to the main room. She found that except for Wang Caifeng who whispered a few words to Liu Baoguo, no one else said a word.

"Mom, tell me, has Sun Hongmei... again..." Liu Zhishuang was so smart that he had already figured out that his mother was angry because of his wife. He knew that he would be in trouble if he stuck his head out, and he would be in trouble if he lowered his head, so he just asked directly.

Sun Hongmei looked at Xia Juhua even more anxiously, with pleading and regret in her expression. Xia Juhua ignored her and told her everything: how Sun Guizhi had blocked her at the door of the hotel in the commune and cursed her loudly, and how she had been blocked at the gate of the courtyard by Sun again when she returned to Ping'anzhuang, making everyone laugh at her.

Why don't you say it? In your last life, you endured everything, and the end result was that you drank a bowl of poison that you poured yourself. Are you going to endure it in this life? !

Not to mention Xia Juhua, Wang Caifeng couldn't help it either - Xia Juhua didn't tell Sun Guizhi in detail how she cursed people in the commune when she came back from the commune, including when Sun came to cause trouble. Now she was furious when she heard it:

"Sun Guizhi bullied my mother in the commune, and when she came back she had the nerve to instigate my grandmother to come to our house and make trouble. She can't stand our good life, right? Hongmei, tell me about your aunt. Why did she marry you to Zhishuang when she can't stand our family doing well?"

This time, Lian Liu Zhiquan didn't even glare at her. He just stamped his feet in anger and said, "That troublemaker woman."

Liu Zhishuang's face turned red, blue, and red again. He felt that his sister-in-law asked this question on behalf of his mother. He looked at Sun Hongmei, who looked gloomy, and asked her through gritted teeth, "Did you tell Sun Guizhi that mother went to the commune to deliver quilts?"

This was the first time that Liu Zhishuang called Sun Guizhi by her full name in front of Sun Hongmei. Even before they decided to get married, he still called her "Auntie Four".

I have never mentioned it with gritted teeth before.

Sun Hongmei lowered her head, pretending not to hear Liu Zhishuang's question. Xia Juhua waved her hands at her youngest son: "The matter is clear, today I just want to ask you what you think."

Instead of asking his elder brother, Liu Zhishuang asked him. He looked at his mother seriously and said, "No matter what others think, I will always live with my mother."

That sounds nice.

Xia Juhua despised her youngest son in her heart, and her face was indifferent: "I don't want to live with you. It's been many years since we moved out of the old Liu family. I never dared to speak loudly in front of others. If I had to speak, I would think about it again and again in my heart before speaking, so that the people in Pingan Village would not see the three of us as a joke."

"But today, everyone in the commune is laughing at me, how dare I live with you?" Xia Juhua looked at her younger son: "I know you are a person who doesn't listen to advice, but I am really tired. I want to have two days of quiet time. Can you just treat me as your poor mother?" As she spoke, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes and slowly slid down.

Before the tears could slide down her chin, Xia Juhua lowered her head. The Liu brothers and Wang Caifeng immediately saw the big tears falling onto her mother's front. Not to mention the Liu brothers, even Wang Caifeng felt very sad. For the first time, she didn't say that her mother-in-law could help her take care of the children or give subsidies to the first wife, but she said sincerely: "Mom, you still have Zhiquan and me."

Liu Zhiquan was not as quick-witted as his wife, but he still listened to her and nodded quickly. Thinking that his mother was looking down and couldn't see his movements, he said in a muffled voice, "Mom, I'm the eldest, and it's my responsibility to support you in your old age."

"I don't need anyone. I can earn work points and do other things by myself. I just want to live in peace and quiet." Xia Juhua is now like a willful child who won't listen to anyone.

It was this unprecedented willfulness that made Liu Zhiquan feel that his mother had been greatly wronged over the years. In the past, his mother never showed her grievances, but kept them in her heart. They all thought that his mother might not feel wronged, or that she did not take those things to heart.

How can a person be so careless and not take everything to heart? Now that both brothers have married, it stands to reason that the mother can be like those middle-aged ladies in the village who have married daughters-in-law, with sons earning work points outside the home and daughters-in-law doing housework at home to enjoy some happiness, but what about the mother?

His wife had been married for three years and was quite capable at housework, but his mother was also busy and was still as busy as before. Now that Zhishuang had married, there were more things to do and the family was more chaotic than before.

No wonder my mother can’t hide her grievances anymore.

Liu Zhishuang thought similarly to Liu Zhiquan, but he thought one more thing than Liu Zhiquan, that is, the chaos in the family was not caused by anyone else, but by Sun Hongmei, whom he insisted on marrying.

She went back to her mother's house last night after a quarrel. This morning, she admitted her fault, but not long after, her aunt came to the commune and scolded her mother. It was obviously Sun Guizhi who was causing trouble for her mother, but she didn't get any advantage and went back to Ping'anzhuang to instigate grandma to intervene.

If I hadn't married Sun Hongmei, would my family's life still be the same as before, with the whole family working hard in the fields to earn work points. Although we couldn't eat anything good, we were able to have enough to eat, and we didn't have any new clothes to wear, but we were not frozen.

Why did I have to marry Sun Hongmei in the first place?