Li Zhaodi's family was originally an outsider to Sujia Village, and their roots in the village were not very deep.
Her grandfather had only one son, her father, but her father had six daughters in a row. In this environment, it was inevitable that he would be criticized behind his back and even called a "widow of the family", which was very harsh to hear.
Fortunately, her father finally gave birth to a son. Now, her father felt that his back was straightened. When he walked in the village, he was no longer afraid that others would point fingers at him behind his back and call him a "widow".
Ever since Li Zhaodi and her sisters were young, their parents repeatedly told them to be good to their younger brother, saying that he was the pillar of the family. If they got married and suffered any grievances in their husband's family, they would have to rely on their younger brother to support them.
In this way, Li Zhaodi was indoctrinated with such ideas and came all the way here.
Yao Qingshuang's gaze fell gently on Li Zhaodi. She saw that she lowered her head slightly, her brows tightly furrowed, and a deep wrinkle formed between her eyebrows, like a ravine that could never be smoothed out, revealing a stubbornness.
Her eyes revealed her stubbornness and dissatisfaction without any concealment. There seemed to be a mixture of resistance to what Yao Qingshuang said, and persistence in her own inherent ideas. It was like two small flames, burning quietly in her eyes.
Yao Qingshuang knew very well that although Li Zhaodi agreed with her verbally at this moment, it was just a perfunctory gesture.
After all, for so many years, the idea of favoring boys over girls has been like a big tree deeply rooted in her heart, with branches and leaves already growing thickly. How could it be so easy to uproot it?
It will take time to truly change her mindset.
This is like overturning an old house that has withstood years of wind and rain and has a solid foundation. You have to remove it brick by brick and beam by beam. It takes a lot of time and energy to slowly shake and disintegrate it until the stubborn old ideas are completely eliminated.
Therefore, for Li Zhaodi's transformation, Yao Qingshuang knew that she had to be patient enough and guide her slowly.
On the other side, Widow Wang looked at the hard-earned meat in the bowl, her eyes full of love. Without hesitation, she picked up half of the meat in her bowl and gave it to her son Su Ermao. As she picked up the meat, she said gently, "Ermao, look at you. You have lost a lot of weight recently. Eat more meat to replenish your body."
Seeing this, Su Ermao quickly picked up the meat and gave it back to Widow Wang, saying stubbornly, "Mom, there's plenty of meat in my bowl, please eat it quickly. If you don't eat it, I won't eat it either!"
Widow Wang felt warm in her heart when she saw her considerate and sensible son. She could not refuse any longer, so she picked up the meat and started eating slowly.
As she ate the meat in her mouth, she felt as if her heart was filled with honey, sweet and delicious.
Although people in the village said behind her son's back that he was a useless bastard, in Widow Wang's heart, her son was her treasure and her life.
That year, her husband suddenly fell seriously ill and passed away not long after. Widow Wang was heartbroken and felt like the sky was falling. She even wanted to follow her husband.
But at that moment of despair, she found out that she was pregnant. This unexpected little life was like a ray of light in the darkness, which gave her hope and the courage to live again.
After the child was born, Widow Wang suffered a lot to raise her son.
She gradually changed from a gentle and dignified woman to the petty, aggressive and decisive person she is today.
Relying on her superb embroidery skills, she worked from dawn to dusk and raised her son with great difficulty.
She doesn't expect her son to become rich and powerful in the future, she just hopes that he can be safe and healthy. This is her greatest wish as a mother.
At Mrs. Li's house, Daya and Erya happily brought back the meat they were given, but before they could react, it was snatched away by Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li glared and cursed, "You two bitches, how can you eat meat? Give your meat to Jinbao!"
Having said that, he poured all the meat in their bowls into his grandson Jinbao's bowl without saying anything. His expression was so vicious that it made people feel scared.
Daya and Erya were already accustomed to this. They just watched their grandmother's series of actions silently, not daring to resist at all.
Jinbao hid behind his grandmother and made smug faces at the two of them. His smug look was really annoying.
The two sisters said nothing, silently took the empty bowl and went to get another bowl of bone and wild vegetable soup, then slowly walked back, went straight to the corner, sat down quietly, and began to drink the bowl of bone and wild vegetable soup silently.
As soon as she took a sip of the soup, Erya couldn't help but be surprised by the deliciousness of the bone soup. Although there was no meat in the bowl, the aroma of the meat was still very strong. Even the wild vegetables seemed to be tainted with the taste of meat, and tasted delicious, which relieved the grievance in her heart a little.
She took another sip of the hot bone soup, closed her eyes slightly, and savored it slowly in her mouth.
Suddenly, she was surprised to find that there was a small piece of meat hidden under the wild vegetables!
She subconsciously glanced towards her grandmother and Jinbao, and saw that they were busy eating and didn't notice what was happening on her side.
She was delighted and quickly picked up the piece of meat with chopsticks and swallowed it in one gulp.
Although she didn't taste the specific flavor of the meat because she ate too fast, she still felt very satisfied.
You know, this is the first time she has really eaten meat since she was seven years old!
Then she carefully searched through the remaining wild vegetables, hoping to find a piece of meat. However, after searching everywhere, she found no meat.
But she was not too disappointed. She still happily picked up the wild vegetables and ate them quickly. Then she drank up the bone soup in the bowl. Finally, she burped with satisfaction, and her little body trembled slightly.
At this time, San Ya, who was only six years old, came back jumping and skipping.
When Mrs. Li saw her, she snatched the bowl from her hand without a word. She looked inside and found nothing. She immediately flew into a rage and pointed at San Ya, shouting, "Where's your meat?"
San Ya, however, looked up nonchalantly and answered nonchalantly, "I've finished the meat. I want to drink the soup, but I only have this one bowl. I have to eat the meat first so that I can have an empty bowl for the soup."
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