"Oh dear, oh dear, I'm so angry my head hurts," said the old lady of the Su family, her hand on her forehead, clearly furious. Now, there was no need to eat; they quickly helped the old lady into the house to rest.
"Third brother, it's not that I'm criticizing you as the eldest brother, but look at the mess you've made! You've let your daughter upset our mother so much." The eldest brother, Su, looked at him with a disappointed expression.
"Brother, it's all my fault. I didn't raise our daughter well. I'll have a good talk with her later. You go in and comfort Mother. Don't get angry. Get some rest." Su Laosan apologized to Su Laoda.
"Dad, don't be angry. I was wrong. I shouldn't have made Grandma so angry. I was just a little resentful. Everyone in the family can eat eggs, but my two sisters and I never get to eat them."
Although Jiang Xiaoyue spoke softly, she still showed resentment on her face and strongly disagreed with the old lady of the Su family's actions.
"No matter what your grandma does, just listen to her. Why are you making such a fuss? Look at all the trouble you've caused lately, always making a ruckus. Just listen to your grandma, do whatever she says."
Su Laosan, looking honest and simple, earnestly tried to persuade him.
“If you treat our third branch of the family as fairly as the other branches, without showing favoritism, I will definitely listen to you in everything and never go against you.”
“Look how Grandma treats our third branch of the family. We do the most work but eat the least. We can’t even get an egg. I’m just feeling sorry for you and my mother.”
Jiang Xiaoyue was also full of grievances. They were all the grandmother's sons, so why did the other wives live better than the third wife? She was furious. If everyone was treated fairly, who would want to be so bored and make a fuss every day?
“Su Laidi, how am I biased? I can honestly say that although I do favor my eldest grandson a little, I have always treated my other grandsons and granddaughters equally.”
“It’s not my fault that you three sisters don’t have eggs. Go find your mother. I’ve already given her the eggs. If she doesn’t give you any, what does it have to do with me?”
"Besides, don't say that. You three sisters work all day at home, but it's not like I made you do it. Those chores were assigned to your mother."
"Your mother doesn't care about her own daughters at all, making you do chores for her. Why should I care? Isn't it your mother who speaks ill of me in front of you three sisters, making you do chores, not giving you food or clothes, and ruining my reputation in front of others all day long?"
"I must have had the worst luck in my life to marry such a daughter-in-law. Don't say I've treated you three sisters badly; go back and ask around—I haven't shortchanged you on anything that's due."
“Your mother has taken them all back to her parents’ home. Don’t say I made you three do more work. Isn’t it right to do more work? Your mother has been secretly moving so many things back to her parents’ home. It’s only in the last two years that I noticed and she stopped doing so.”
"She cries whenever I mention her, as if I'm abusing her. It makes me angry just thinking about it. The third brother is also stupid. He believes everything his wife cries. He doesn't think straight."
"Don't say I'm bullying the third branch of the family or favoring the other branches. Ask your mother how much dowry she asked for when she married into the family. A whole hundred yuan! Wasn't she afraid of overeating it?"
"Back then, even now, a hundred yuan is a lot of money. The third brother insisted on marrying her. He knelt outside for five days and five nights. I don't know what he was so obsessed with. He wouldn't eat or drink!"
“If it weren’t for my own son, I really wouldn’t have wanted to pay this bride price. Because of this bride price, my family went through several years of famine.”
The old lady of the Su family looked as if she wanted to tear her heart out to prove her innocence and clear her name of any grievances.
"I don't believe it, I don't believe Mother would treat the three of us sisters like this." The female protagonist stared intently at Bai Shi, looking deeply shocked.
Bai kept her head down, not daring to meet the female lead's gaze, and muttered softly, "Your uncle's family is poor and has many people. They're almost starving. At least you can still eat."
"Are you even our mother? How can you treat your own daughter like this?" the female protagonist accused Bai Shi.
"You're all my children, so you should all listen to me. You won't starve, so what's wrong with letting your uncle have some?" Madam Bai also shed her previous timid demeanor and raised her head to shout at the female lead.
The female protagonist was incredulous at Bai Shi's sudden change of attitude. She had initially thought that everyone else in the family was bullying the third branch of the family, but she never expected that her own mother was the worst one!
He even stood up for her, thinking about how to prevent others from bullying his family, but he never expected the truth to be like this.
"Don't look at me like that. In the future, when you get married, you'll all need your uncle's son to support you. Be observant and help your uncles during the busy farming season," Bai said matter-of-factly.
"Bullshit! Why should my Su family's children go to your Bai family to help? Keep dreaming! You eat my Su family's food and drink my Su family's water, and if you're going to do any work, you'll be doing my Su family's work!" The old lady of the Su family launched a tirade against Bai Shi.
"Mother, I understand. Don't let them go." Madam Bai lowered her head and cried softly, but she still winked at her three daughters.
The female protagonist looked at her mother, who seemed familiar, and remembered that it had been the same before. She would say she wouldn't do it, but she would always cry by her and her sister's bedside, saying that her uncle's family was in trouble and they couldn't get enough to eat, repeating how good her uncle had been to the three of them since they were little.
I thought it was real when I first transmigrated. I went to my uncle's house to do chores, and my uncle and aunt were so hospitable. Turns out we were just suckers! I was so angry I almost fainted...
"Third son, hurry up and pinch his philtrum. If he wakes up, carry him back to the house," said the old lady of the Su family, looking at Bai Shi who only knew how to cry and the third son who also looked helpless.
"Yes, yes, Mother."
Seeing what was happening, Mo Qian exchanged a glance with Su Er, quickly finished her rice, wiped her mouth, and ran away. She knew that the old lady of the Su family might indiscriminately hurl insults at her later.
"Su Er, that little rascal runs incredibly fast!"
"Daughter-in-law, it seems the three sisters won't be fooled by Bai Shi anymore. They were completely fooled before, thinking their mother suffered so much, hehe."
"Of course, no matter what they do, we're happy to just watch the show," Mo Qian thought. Now that the female lead knows the true nature of the Bai family, she probably won't be so focused on the other branches of the family anymore.
Ah, she originally took over Lai Di's body to protect the third branch of the family from being bullied by the other branches, but she never expected the worst one to be right beside her. Jiang Xiaoyue's head throbbed more and more...
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