Sun Xiaowen pouted, "Auntie is lying! I heard that your husband's family got forty catties of wild boar meat, and they also hunted pheasants and rabbits and collected wild eggs from the mountain."
"What?! Forty catties of wild boar meat!" Sun's mother's breathing became heavy.
Sun Hongying's brothers, sisters-in-law, and other relatives all looked at her with reproach.
The Huo family received so much meat, and when Sun Hongying returned to her parents' home, she only brought six fruit candies with her!
Bah!
Who do they think they're looking down on?!
Sister-in-law Sun scoffed, "Girls are indeed more outgoing. They say a married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl, and it's absolutely true. You live a life of luxury at your husband's house, while we can't even get a scrap of oil."
Sun Ersao sneered: "Some people are all talk and no action. Every time they come back, they say how much they love their nephew, but what do they do? They'd rather let the meat at home rot and spoil than bring any back for their nephew to enjoy."
Sun Xiaowen looked at Sun Hongying with disappointment, "Auntie, it's one thing if you don't bring us meat to eat, but Grandma is your own mother, and you don't even know to bring some meat back to show your respect to her. It's a shame that Grandma talks about you all the time."
Grandma Sun hugged her eldest grandson tightly, saying, "My dear grandson, you're the most sensible and filial of all." Then she glared at Sun Hongying, "Hongying, you've disappointed me so much. All these years of raising you have been a waste; you're not even as sensible as a child!"
Sun Hongying's shoulders slumped completely; she felt like a sinner in her family.
Sun Hongying finished the meal with a sense of guilt and remorse.
After finishing her meal and washing the dishes, Sun Hongying slunk into the storage room at home and lay down on the thatched wooden plank. This was her room at her parents' house.
The dilapidated door was pushed open, and Sun's mother took a piece of clothing and walked to the bedside to drape it over Sun Hongying.
"mother……"
Moved, Sun Hongying hugged her clothes and sat up, tears glistening in her eyes.
Sun's mother sighed: "Hongying, are you still holding a grudge against your mother for what happened back then?"
Sun Hongying quickly shook her head, "Mother, I didn't! Those things are all in the past."
Sun's mother held her daughter's hand and said, "Hongying, I knew back then that Liu Guilan was not someone who could be reasoned with or easily manipulated. I was afraid you would suffer if you married into that family, but you just wouldn't listen. And what happened? The Huo family never treated our Sun family as proper relatives!"
Sun Hongying was furious when she thought about how Liu Guilan's heart was completely biased towards the third wife, and how Ye Weiwei was already being praised to the skies even before she entered the family!
Even though her third son sends his monthly allowance back home, and she has so much money in her hands, last year when her family needed to build a house and asked her to lend them 100 yuan, she was so stingy that she wouldn't give them a single penny!
When she got married, she only received a few dozen yuan as a bride price. What about Ye Weiwei?
Three turns and one sound!
On what grounds?
Thinking about these things made Sun Hongying's eyes turn red with jealousy.
Under her mother's prompting, Sun Hongying spilled out everything that had happened in her family recently.
Upon hearing this, Sun's mother was furious and cursed, "That damned Liu Guilan, is she taking advantage of the fact that our Sun family has no one to rely on?"
Bah! You talk a good game! You say you don't discriminate against girls, but you just complain that your womb is useless, giving birth to three girls and not a single boy!
Hongying, now you see your mother-in-law's true colors, don't you?
Sun Hongying nodded.
When Sun's mother thought about how many good things the Huo family had, and how much savings they had, and that they were going to buy their third son a three-wheeled car and a radio for his wedding, she was so jealous that she wished she could snatch all the good things from the Huo family and bring them into her own home.
Therefore, she became increasingly angry with Sun Hongying.
This good-for-nothing! Her husband's family has so many good things, but over the years she hasn't brought back any of them to help her own family. This daughter has been raised in vain!
"No way! I can't swallow this! I'm going to Daqingshan Village tomorrow to find Liu Guilan. I want to ask her face to face. We're all daughters-in-law, why is she so biased!"
When Sun Hongying heard that her mother was going to cause trouble at her husband's house, she was so frightened that she quickly grabbed her mother and said, "Mom, please don't go! All my brothers combined are no match for my brother-in-law's punches."
Sun's mother calmed down immediately.
She then remembered that the third son of the Huo family had gone up the mountain alone and killed two wild boars. No matter how powerful her precious son was, he couldn't be as powerful as a wild boar.
But the thought of the Huo family keeping all their good possessions and not giving any away made her feel terrible.
After thinking for a while, Sun's mother said, "Since Liu Guilan has sent you back to your parents' home, you should stay there for the next few days. When Huo Jiang comes to beg you to come back, just tell them you want to separate from the family!"
If the family doesn't separate, all the money and notes in Liu Guilan's hands will eventually end up benefiting Huo's third son, and her daughter's branch of the family won't get a single penny!
Only if the Huo family divides the family property before the third son gets married can they get a larger share.
Liu Guilan has accumulated so much money over the years. If the money is divided equally among the four families, her daughter's family will receive enough to build a house for their family.
Her eldest grandson is already twelve years old, and he's at the age where he should be getting married. With so many people crammed into just a few rooms, it's really not enough room for everyone in the family.
In an instant, Sun's mother had already figured out how to spend the money her daughter had received from the family division.
Sun Hongying nodded, "Okay, Mother, I'll listen to you. If the Huo family doesn't come begging to me this time, don't apologize, and don't agree to separate the family, I absolutely won't go!"
Sun's mother patted her daughter's hand with satisfaction, "You're right to think that way! Listening to your mother is always the right thing to do, I would never harm you!"
Sun Hongying: "Yes, I'll listen to my mother."
So, during this period, Sun Hongying stayed at her parents' home. Every day she got up before dawn to work, feeding the pigs and chickens. She took care of all the housework by herself, and even washed the clothes of her brother and sister-in-law and her younger brother and sister-in-law. After making breakfast and eating, she went to work in the fields. After returning from work, she had to fetch water, collect firewood, and cook. In just a few days, she became very thin and dark-skinned.
She waited day after day for Huo Jiang to come to her parents' home to pick her up, but she never saw a trace of him. It was as if the Huo family had forgotten about her.
Sun Hongying went from being defiant and full of pride to being panicked.
Huo Jiang, is he really not going to come and pick her up? Does he not want her as his wife anymore?
Seeing that her daughter had become increasingly silent these days, Sun's mother initially tried to comfort her, saying, "The Huo family is just angry with you! Just stay home and wait, and see who can outlast whom!"
Later, even Sun's mother became uncertain and angrily cursed Liu Guilan, her wicked mother-in-law, saying, "I'd rather tear down ten temples than break up one marriage. How could Liu Guilan be so vicious!"
Sister-in-law Sun rolled her eyes and spat out a mouthful of sunflower seed shells. "Mother, I think the Huo family just dislikes that my eldest sister-in-law's womb isn't producing a son. They want to divorce her and remarry!"
"What?!" Sun Hongying was stunned by her sister-in-law's words and muttered in protest, "Impossible!"
Sister-in-law Sun scoffed, "Why not! You've already given birth to three daughters, and you're getting old. Do you really expect to have another son? But don't worry, the Huo family doesn't want you because they're blind. You don't need to be with the Huo family! Three-legged toads are hard to find in this world, but there are plenty of two-legged men!"
Sun Ersao's eyes lit up, and she immediately chimed in, "Eldest sister-in-law is right. You'll be living a much better life without the Huo family and without your stingy mother-in-law!"
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