Chapter 159 Sucking Daughter's Blood
Old Mrs. Li immediately chuckled sheepishly, "Mother-in-law, are you home?"
Her heart was cursing and slapping Li Chunhua: You brat, even the tigress at home doesn't know to say a word to remind her.
Ma Xiulian, however, said without any politeness, "Our Chen family did not invite you as a guest. Go back to where you came from."
Of her three daughters-in-law's families, she looked down on Old Li's family the most.
How could she not know what kind of person this old lady Li was?
He's just a sucker of his daughter's blood!
Her married daughters, especially those from weaker in-law families, have all been exploited by her countless times.
But if they want to take advantage of the Chen family, forget about it, they won't even find a mouse hole!
In her heart, Grandma Li cursed her as a shrew, but on the surface she smiled and said, "Isn't it tomorrow that my darling is turning four? As her grandmother, I should come and see my granddaughter. Look, I even brought a basket of eggs."
The thought of giving away a basket of eggs to the Chen family like this made her heart bleed.
Ma Xiulian had no interest in her basket of eggs and coldly exposed her lie: "Why didn't you, as the grandmother, ever come to celebrate my baby's birthday before?! You probably know the commune hunted down two bears, so you came here specifically to freeload! And you even brought two grandsons, you're really shameless!"
To deal with such shameless in-laws, you have to be blunt and relentless in your criticism.
Otherwise, if you treat her politely, she'll take advantage of you and shamelessly beg for things.
At the same time, they didn't give Li Chunhua, their daughter-in-law, any face at all, making her feel very embarrassed and humiliated.
Although her mother did come to ask for money, the mother-in-law couldn't just say it so bluntly in front of her sister-in-law.
Zhao Mei: ...
Fortunately, although her family was also poor, at least they wouldn't try to freeload off her husband's family.
However, Old Lady Li was truly shameless. She feigned surprise and confusion, saying, "What are you saying, Mother-in-law? We don't even live in the same town. How would I know that your commune hunted a bear? Besides, Chunhua sent me a message a while ago, saying that she missed her two little nephews and wanted me to bring them over to stay one night. Right, Chunhua?"
As she spoke, she looked at her daughter.
Li Chunhua licked her lips and said, "...Yes, I asked Mom to bring my two little nephews over to stay for one night."
She was more afraid of her own mother, who had beaten her since childhood, than of her mother-in-law who only verbally abused her.
Logically speaking, she should be married and not have to worry about being beaten by her mother as long as she doesn't go back to her parents' home. But what can she do when she only gave birth to one son for the Chen family?
Having only one son meant that she couldn't stand firm in the Chen family and was at risk of being sent back to her parents' home at any time.
Just like her older sister back then.
Because she only gave birth to a son in the four years she was married into her husband's family, her husband's family disliked her and sent her back. As a result, her parents also didn't want her and sent her back again.
But her in-laws wouldn't even open the door, and that very night, the eldest sister froze to death in the snow.
Every time she thought about it, she was afraid. She was afraid that she would end up like her older sister, only able to have one son, afraid of being disliked by her husband's family and abandoned by her own family, and eventually die a miserable death.
Of course, what she fears most right now is that her mother-in-law will completely disregard her and send her mother and nephew back home. In that case, her mother will definitely call her back to her parents' home and give her a severe beating.
Thinking of this, she shuddered and looked at her mother-in-law with pleading eyes, saying, "Mom, look, it's almost dark..."
(End of this chapter)
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