Overall, Tao Xiaoxi had a good day shopping. She bought everything she needed, but she didn't find some things she wanted, mainly because she didn't have enough money and they weren't available. When she got off the bus, her second sister-in-law looked at her with a dagger-like gaze, as if she had stolen things that were rightfully hers: the clothes, the facial oils, the meat and canned food—all rightfully hers.
Tao Xiaoxi knew why she was so upset. Most of the things she bought today were indeed thanks to the one hundred yuan the Li family gave her. But she was grateful to Li Nanshan, but did not feel that she owed Yang Rongzhi anything. So she was jealous of her, but Tao Xiaoxi did not feel guilty at all.
She could understand Yang Rongzhi, but she couldn't understand the arrival of the woman at her doorstep.
When Tao Xiaoxi arrived home carrying large and small bags of things, she saw from afar a person squatting at the door with a child of seven or eight years old next to him.
Before she could remember who it was, Beibei called out, "Auntie, Doudou!"
Oh, she is her legitimate sister-in-law, the wife of the original owner’s eldest brother.
How could she come?
Seeing that her sister-in-law had finally returned, Guo Lianying stood up to greet her, changing her usual bitter face and showing no impatience from waiting for a long time.
"Xiao Xi is back. You've been out for quite a while. You must have bought a lot of things, right?"
"Well, is there something wrong?" Tao Xiaoxi didn't give her a good look.
"Isn't it the end of the year? I brought Doudou to see you. Now there are only you and your daughter at home. Your elder brother and I are worried and want to take you back to celebrate the New Year." Guo Lianying said with a smile.
"That's really rare. Aren't you afraid that we'll eat too much?"
"That doesn't matter. As long as your brother and I have something to eat, you won't starve to death."
"What are the conditions?"
"What conditions?"
"What are the conditions for Beibei and I to celebrate the New Year together?"
"What are you saying? We are all family. How can you say such inappropriate things? What conditions or no conditions? Your eldest brother will be sad to hear that."
"Okay, if there are no conditions, we'll go. Wait for me to put the things down, and we'll leave now." Tao Xiaoxi opened the door quickly.
"That's right. Doudou is going to school in the spring, and we still need the tuition. We want to borrow some from you first." Guo Lianying said as she was about to enter.
Tao Xiaoxi stopped trying to open the door, and someone blocked the entrance. She calmly replied, "I don't have any money."
"We won't lend you much. Yao Youhua already compensated you, so just lend us 50 yuan."
"Why should I lend it to you?" Tao Xiaoxi asked without arguing with her because her money was almost used up.
Guo Lianying obviously did not expect her sister-in-law to ask this. Usually, as long as she opened her mouth and talked about Doudou, she would satisfy her even without telling Sun Wangcai.
"You are Doudou's aunt. You can't just turn a blind eye to him. Besides, it's not like we don't want to return it." Guo Lianying reorganized her words in a hurry.
"You, as a mother, have the heart to do this, so why shouldn't I, a spilled piece of water, have the heart to do this?" Tao Xiaoxi said deliberately.
Guo Lianying probably also heard the hidden meaning in Tao Xiaoxi's words. She frowned, but still said shamelessly, "Actually, your brother and I have wanted to come and see you for a long time, but things have been delayed. You know your brother is an honest man, always being bullied, and there are always big and small problems at home. You should also understand us."
Tao Xiaoxi directly retorted, "Where were you when I jumped into the river? Where were you when Sun Wangcai sold me to someone else? Later, I was rejected by the Sun family. I asked someone to bring you a letter to save me. Even if you had stood by me and supported me, Sun Wangcai would not have dared to bully me like that. But I didn't wait for you to come. From that moment on, I lost my big brother in this world, and even more so, my big sister-in-law!"
"Alas, it's all a misunderstanding. We haven't received any message. Maybe he's not at home and doesn't know about this."
"Go away, I'll pretend you've never been here." Tao Xiaoxi didn't bother to explain. It was impossible to wake someone who was pretending to be asleep. She was simply curious about what sin the original owner had committed to deserve such a husband and such relatives.
She was too lazy to waste time on such a person who confused right and wrong, and it would be better if they never met again.
"Xiao Xi, even if we did something wrong, Doudou is still your nephew and a member of your Tao family. You can't just ignore him, right?" Guo Lianying played the family card again.
"No matter what." Tao Xiaoxi was firm.
"Then I'll let your eldest brother come."
"No matter who comes, it won't help. From now on, just treat me as an ex-relative."
"You, you have such a cruel heart."
"Isn't this just as you wish? I won't drag you down, I won't implicate you, and I won't embarrass you. From now on, you don't have to worry about the life and death of Beibei and me. By the way, you didn't worry about it in the first place." Tao Xiaoxi accused her in every word, and every word was disjointed.
Guo Lianying was so angry that she beat her chest and stamped her feet. In the end, she didn't dare to come and rob in broad daylight. She dragged Doudou away angrily. Before leaving, she took a reluctant look at the things Tao Xiaoxi had bought.
"Mom, brother Doudou is gone." Beibei felt reluctant.
"Well, I'm leaving. I won't come back again." Tao Xiaoxi said.
"Mom, why doesn't Brother Doudou come anymore?"
"No reason." Tao Xiaoxi went into the house and put down her things. She was exhausted. She had been fighting with her wits, courage and strength every day.
Beibei stopped asking.
Tao Xiaoxi seemed to sense something was wrong and pulled Beibei over and said, "Beibei, we'll treat those who treat us well. If someone treats us badly, then we don't need to treat them well either. Do you understand?"
Beibei couldn't possibly understand, at best she only had a vague understanding. However, she was a well-behaved child. Although she didn't really want to lose her brother Doudou, she didn't want to lose her mother even more, so she nodded firmly and said, "Beibei, I'll remember."
"Okay, go play, I'll call you when dinner is ready."
Somehow, after hearing this, Beibei looked at Tao Xiaoxi with a confused look in his eyes.
"What's wrong?" Tao Xiaoxi's heart skipped a beat.
"Beibei went out to play, mother."
"Well, go ahead." Tao Xiaoxi tried her best to show a kind expression and waved to Beibei.
What could a five-year-old understand? She must have been overthinking it.
Following Tao Xiaoxi's instructions, Zhou Lan started cutting cloth and making clothes in the evening.
Tao Xiaoxi's sister-in-law returned home and told her husband Tao Yingsheng about the humiliation she had suffered that day, exaggerating it. Tao Yingsheng frowned and said nothing.
Guo Lianying was so angry that she kicked over the foot basin on the ground, and the foot washing water spilled all over the floor.
Tao Yingsheng looked at her. Guo Lianying thought he was going to hit her and was a little afraid, but she didn't expect that he just bent down, picked up the foot basin on the ground and walked out.
This made Guo Lianying even more unscrupulous, and she simply held up her stomach and started cursing.
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