Chapter 7: Marrying someone else
Su Ersao Qian Yuemei sat on the kang in her parents' home, cracking melon seeds leisurely.
He was knocking and complaining at the same time.
"At such an old age, she gave birth to another little cub, and she didn't feel ashamed. Instead, she mobilized a large force and had the whole family revolving around him..."
Why didn't anyone pamper her like this when she gave birth to the child?
Why didn’t anyone lend her white flour, brown sugar and eggs?
Is it because her mother-in-law is so expensive?
Qian Yuemei certainly didn't come to her parents' home to borrow brown sugar.
She wouldn't be so stupid as to borrow things from her parents' home to subsidize her husband's family.
What's more, he lent it to her but didn't give it to her to drink.
Qian Yuemei's mother, Wang, was mending clothes while raising her eyelids to glance at her daughter.
"Okay, stop talking! Your mother-in-law and her family are all so happy. If they knew what you said, you'd be in big trouble. Your mother-in-law is not a pushover."
"I'm not stupid. Of course I won't say it in front of the Su family." Qian Yuemei said indifferently.
Then, she lowered her head and touched her slightly bulging belly.
"Mom, do you think this baby will definitely be a girl?" Qian Yuemei asked with hope on her face.
If she gave birth to a girl, the whole family would have to revolve around her.
Wang stopped what she was doing and looked at her daughter's belly.
Then, after thinking for a moment, she said, "When I was pregnant with you sisters, I wanted to eat spicy food all day long, just like you. Isn't it said that sour boys and spicy girls? You should be a girl..."
Qian Yuemei opened her mouth.
In fact, she didn't want to eat spicy food at all, she wanted to eat sour food.
But, will eating sour food help you give birth to a son?
After Wang finished speaking, she suddenly sighed and continued, "How great would it be if you could switch places with your eldest sister? Your eldest sister gave birth to three daughters in a row, and she's constantly being criticized by her mother-in-law..."
"Mom, please don't talk about my eldest sister. Didn't you also fail to give birth to a boy and was scolded by my grandma for half your life? I think my eldest sister just takes after you."
Qian Yuemei immediately opened her mouth and exposed her mother's shortcomings.
Wang's expression froze, and her daughter's words touched her heart.
The fact that she didn't have a son was the biggest pain in her life.
Wang glared at her troubled daughter.
"Why don't you follow your mother? Why don't you give birth to a few daughters for her to see?"
"Isn't it because I'm afraid of being like you that I insist on marrying into the Su family?"
Qian Yuemei showed a smug expression on her face.
"If I marry someone else and give birth to a daughter, I'll be scolded by my mother-in-law. If I marry into the Su family and give birth to a daughter, the whole family will praise me."
After Qian Yuemei finished speaking, she proudly raised her chin towards her mother.
Wang's expression froze again.
In my heart, I had to agree with my daughter.
"Then stop complaining about the Su family being poor all day long!"
Wang said this in a bad mood.
Qian Yuemei's smug expression immediately diminished.
She was satisfied with every aspect of the Su family, except that they were too poor!
However, in front of her mother, she still couldn't admit that she was wrong.
So Qian Yuemei immediately raised her voice and looked righteous.
"If I hadn't married into the Su family, would our family be so comfortable in the village?"
"Look at the whole village now. Who still dares to laugh at us for not having a son?"
"Who dares to bully our family?"
"Who among my cousins dares to set their sights on our house?"
Qian Yuemei finished speaking in one breath, as if she was a great contributor to the Qian family.
It is said that the Qian family was secretly ridiculed as "extinct" because they had no sons.
Not only did he suffer bullying in the village, but he also suffered bullying in the clan.
Especially the brothers from several close relatives of the clan, who were always thinking about the Qian family’s house and the two acres of land.
Ever since Qian Yuemei married Su Erhu, Su Erhu and Su Sanhu, the two brothers, took axes and visited every household. No one planned to "eat away the whole family" anymore.
It is precisely because of this that Qian Yuemei feels that she has made great contributions to her mother's family and has a lot of say there.
After hearing what her daughter said, Wang suddenly felt a little regretful.
"It would have been great if I had found you a son-in-law."
"I originally thought that no matter how poor the Su family was, they would definitely not let their son go out and marry into someone else's family."
"I never thought that the fourth son of the Su family would..."
When Wang said this, she sighed with regret.
"Mom, what are you thinking about? How can our life compare to that of the Li family in town?" Qian Yuemei said, "They have money and a shop, and they can even invite Su Laosi to marry into their family. What do we have?"
Qian Yuemei stabbed her mother in the heart again.
Wang patted her chest and calmed herself down.
Qian Yuemei didn't care that her mother was so angry that she wanted to hit her. After she finished speaking, she grabbed another handful of melon seeds and ate them while saying, "What's more, my father-in-law still doesn't recognize the fourth son. He has said that he will never have this son in this life..."
Wang was surprised.
"Your father-in-law still hasn't relented? Didn't he even have a child? If he doesn't acknowledge his son, will he also acknowledge his grandson?"
"Mom, are you crazy?" Qian Yuemei looked at her mother as if she was looking at a fool. "Is that the grandson of the Su family? He belongs to the shopkeeper Li's family, and his last name is Li!"
Wang, “…”
How could she give birth to such a troublesome daughter?
Wang calmed herself down again and suddenly felt fortunate that her daughter had married into the Su family.
Although the Su family is a little poor, all the members are honest and upright, with a good family tradition. There are no crooked or evil people, and no troublemakers.
Of course, except her daughter has this potential.
Moreover, the Su family never tortures their daughters-in-law.
Otherwise, with my daughter's temper, how could she get any favor from her mother-in-law?
"However, his fourth uncle did come back secretly a few times." Qian Yuemei suddenly revealed a mysterious expression and lowered her voice, "I also saw his fourth uncle giving money to my mother-in-law, but my mother-in-law is also stupid and said she would not take it..."
Qian Yuemei curled her lips at the end of her speech, looking extremely dissatisfied.
However, I didn't stop cracking the melon seeds in my mouth, and the melon seed shells were still flying all over the air.
Wang felt a headache when she saw her daughter like this.
"Your mother-in-law is ambitious and won't sell her son," said Wang.
"Can ambition be eaten? You can barely make ends meet, why are you still pretending to be so powerful? If you have ambition, don't ask me to borrow brown sugar from you." Qian Yuemei argued confidently, with a look of disdain on her face.
Wang: “…”
I won’t talk about this anymore.
"Okay, now that your mother-in-law has given birth to a daughter, the Su family's life will get better..."
Wang waved her hand, wanting to send her daughter away quickly to avoid making her upset.
"Mom, do you really believe it? Just based on that little girl..."
"Second sister! Something big happened!"
Before Qian Yuemei could finish her words, Qian Sicao, the youngest daughter of the Qian family, ran in shouting.
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