"Ouch! Ouch! Murder! This daughter-in-law is trying to kill her own mother-in-law and her unborn nephew!"
Zhong Shuzhen screamed like a madwoman, viciously sticking out her finger and poking it right in front of Su Xiumei's nose, her eyes seeming to spit fire.
"Su Xiumei, if you dare to leave with these two good-for-nothing goodies who only know how to eat for free, don't even think about stepping into my Zhou family again!"
I absolutely have to make Zhou Xianye divorce you and marry him a woman who can give birth to a big, healthy son.
This house is not fit for you three, a mother and her children, who are always causing trouble!
"If I'd known you'd given birth to these two good-for-nothings who only know how to eat and never do any work, I should have drowned them in the chamber pot when they were born, so as to save the Zhou family from wasting so many years' worth of food!"
Zhong Shuzhen knew very well that Su Xiumei had always been weak-willed and easy to manipulate.
She figured that if she threatened her a few more times and gave her a way out, Su Xiumei would definitely soften and turn back.
So she pretended to be insincere and said, "If you come back now and admit your mistake, and have your mother pay you 500 yuan as compensation for my grandson's matter, I will forgive and forget about it and give you and your son a meal, just like before."
In Zhong Shuzhen's opinion, Su Xiumei should be grateful and come back after hearing these words. She shouldn't think that just because she has her family backing her up, she can act like a spoiled child.
With just a word from her, Su Xiumei would have no choice but to obey.
After all, in her heart, Su Xiumei couldn't leave this family, and even less could she leave Zhou Xianye.
Su Xiumei looked at Zhong Shuzhen with deep disappointment, her eyes filled with pain.
Over the years, she has worked tirelessly for this family, sacrificing so much effort, only to be met with her mother-in-law's constant calls of her being a "worthless burden," and even threats to drown the child in a chamber pot. Now, she's even trying to find Zhou Xianye a new wife.
Su Xiumei gritted her teeth and said, "Mother-in-law, my two daughters are not well-fed or clothed in the Zhou family. Since you look down on them so much, I will go back to my parents' home."
If Zhou Xianye thinks the same way you do, then you should find him someone who can give birth to a son.
My daughter is capable of supporting herself; she doesn't need the charity food offered by the Zhou family!
As she spoke, Su Xiumei took her youngest daughter's hand, turned to Meng Shuyun, and gave her a bitter and unpleasant smile: "Mother, let's go back. I will work hard from now on and I will definitely be able to support Xiaoli and Xiaojuan. I will also take good care of you."
She secretly vowed in her heart that as long as she worked hard enough, she would not believe that she could not support the two sisters.
Upon hearing Su Xiumei's words, the two sisters' innocent faces were filled with determination, and they replied in their childish voices, "Mommy, we can do a lot of chores too, we're really good!"
Meng Shuyun reached out and patted the two sensible little ones on the head with satisfaction, smiled, then rummaged in her pocket for a while, took out two milk candies, and handed one to each of the sisters.
“Good children, let’s go home. Have some candy to fill your stomachs first. Grandma will take you to buy new clothes. We don’t need these tattered clothes anymore. We’ll replace them all with new ones.”
Upon hearing that they were going to buy new clothes, the two sisters' eyes lit up like stars, and they nodded eagerly, looking at Su Xiumei with expectant faces.
Su Xiumei smiled slightly as she looked at Meng Shuyun, her eyes filled with emotion.
...
After a devastating fire, only half of the Meng family's courtyard remained.
Su Xiulan looked at the sewing machine that had been rescued with lingering fear. Although it was a bit blackened by the fire, it was thankfully not broken.
This is the most valuable item in the house. If anything were to happen to it, I wouldn't know how to explain it to my mother when she came back.
When Su Xiuju and Meng Kangshun returned together, they were stunned to see the courtyard in ruins.
However, after going to work, he came back to find his house gone! Meng Kangshun was the first to come to his senses and hurriedly discussed the damage to the house with the village chief, taking stock of the remaining items.
"Second sister, what happened?! How did the house suddenly catch fire?! Luckily, you and your two nephews weren't inside, or it would have been terrible!" Su Xiuju said, looking at her two nephews with wide eyes, still shaken.
"I don't know the specifics of what happened; it just suddenly caught fire. Fortunately, no one was hurt."
Su Xiulan sighed helplessly.
As the two sisters were talking, a gloating voice suddenly came from beside them.
Jiang Xue, holding the baby, watched the Meng family make a fool of themselves, and said sarcastically, "Oh dear! The Meng family is finally getting their comeuppance!"
My second aunt, my sister-in-law, and my mother-in-law have done all sorts of bad things. They even kicked their sons out. Even God couldn't stand it anymore.
This retribution is inevitable; it's just that the time hasn't come yet.
Look at what's happened by this fire. Now it's just an empty shell. I'm afraid we won't even have a place to stay tonight.
Tell me, if the house had been given to me and Xiangbei back then, there would have been no one to watch over it, and there would have been such a big fire. Isn't this karma?
She doesn't love her own son, but instead dotes on outsiders. Now look what's happened! The family is in complete chaos, and she can't even take care of herself!
Su Xiuju was furious. She rolled up her sleeves and was about to slap Jiang Xue's foul mouth. The words she said were too vicious.
Su Xiulan quickly stopped her, her sharp gaze falling on the tiny, dry baby in Jiang Xue's arms. She said coldly, "You're still in your postpartum period, what are you doing here? Did your family kick you out?"
These words were like a knife, piercing Jiang Xue's sore spot.
She immediately jumped up and pointed at Su Xiulan's nose, yelling, "What are you talking about! How could I be kicked out? My son misses his father, we're going back to our own home, it's none of your business! Mind your own business!"
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