"Anzi, where's your little sister?"
With a hoarse voice, Ning's mother jogged out and anxiously asked her eldest son, who was covered in snow.
Ning An shook his head and, with his wife's help, used his frozen fingers to pull the raincoat off his body.
“I chased her all the way to the edge of the village, but I didn’t see Xiazi anywhere. I guess she must have gone back to the Zhang family in the county town.”
If he were to return to the Zhang family, it would be inappropriate for him to chase after them on New Year's Eve, which is why Ning An turned back.
In addition, Ning's mother had just fainted from crying, and he was very worried about what would happen if something happened to her.
"You let her go back to the Zhang family alone?"
Ning's mother raised her voice in disbelief and shouted at her eldest son. Her already hoarse voice was making her feel terrible, but she couldn't care less about that now.
“Mother, Xiazi should have gone back long ago.”
Even if what my brother-in-law said is true, we don't necessarily have to rely on his family to make a living.
"Live life as it comes, whether you have it or not; there's no need to force it."
Despite the discomfort of her feet being frozen and stiff from her shoes getting soaked in snow, Ning An told her mother the truth about what was on her mind.
Ning's mother's vision blurred; this eldest son was a complete simpleton.
Unexpectedly, Ning Fei nodded in agreement, saying, "Mother, my elder brother is right. Does our family really not survive without Ning Xia?"
Ning's mother suppressed the urge to vomit blood and glanced at the food that hadn't been cleared from the living room table, her heart aching as if it were being torn apart.
They've really forgotten the pain once the wound has healed. Back when they were so hungry they didn't even have the strength, if it weren't for Xiazi and her son-in-law bringing them food, would they still be alive to say such things?
Seeing that Ning Xia had been driven away but hadn't yet accomplished what she wanted to do, Zhao Xueqin couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Then he added fuel to the fire and said, "Brother, you're really something. You talk as if you wouldn't even eat the meat your brother-in-law brought."
After saying that, he even snorted.
If Zhao Xueqin hadn't spoken to Ning Xia like that earlier, Xiazi wouldn't have rushed back to her in-laws' house in a huff.
Ning's mother glanced impatiently at her second daughter-in-law, knowing perfectly well what she was thinking.
After all, she herself was once a daughter-in-law and has now become a mother-in-law.
Having been tormented like that in the past, how could he possibly let his daughter-in-law have her way now, leave his side early, and go off to enjoy herself?
If Zhao Xueqin weren't from Zhao Family Village and had many brothers on her mother's side, making it difficult for her to directly confront her daughter-in-law, she would have already spat at her.
However, even if she couldn't openly confront him, it didn't stop her from showing her displeasure.
"Alright, can you say less? If you hadn't been so talkative with Xiazi today, would Xiazi have run away like this?"
You're implying that Anzi shouldn't have eaten the meat Xiazi's family brought. Do you think you should have eaten it yourself?!
Zhao Xueqin felt embarrassed when her mother-in-law ripped off her face in front of her sister-in-law.
However, she didn't dare to directly confront him in front of her husband and brother-in-law.
Although she privately complained to Ning Fei about how unfair Ning's mother was, Ning Fei would comfort her and tell her to bear with it for now.
But if they were to confront their mother in front of the two brothers, Ning Fei would definitely slap her across the face and make her regret it.
When Ning Fei heard his mother say such things about his wife, he frowned and glanced at her, giving her a reassuring look.
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