“I only wanted to help my mother-in-law. But that old woman got angry at me and chased me out of the house.”
As Wang Shuchun spoke, her eyes could not help but turn red. She wiped her eyes and muttered, “What wrong have I committed? I only wanted to get the shop’s business back on track and nothing else.”
“However, just because I am a live-in daughter-in-law, my mother-in-law is always suspicious of me. Even if I breathe, she thinks and believes that I am planning something against her.”
“She also keeps egging my husband against me. How many times has she asked Ah Ning to suppress me? I cannot even count it on my hands anymore.”
“Is it my fault that my parents sold me? Who wants to become a live-in daughter-in-law in this time and world!? We are given no respect!”
“Even the servants in my mother-in-law’s house are better than me. At least they can leave when she insults them but what about me? I was bought by her for life. I have to lower my head and even suck up to her even if she were to throw me out of the house like some slave.”
Wang Shuchun was the fifth daughter of her parents, and as her parents had a bunch of daughters with the eldest being their favourite, she was sold off in exchange for money when their family hit rock bottom.
How could she not blame her parents? Wang Shuchun blamed her parents every day but when she compared herself to her other sisters who were tormented all the time by the mers they were sold off to, Wang Shuchun thought that she was better than them.
At least Yao Ning cared for her truly and never insulted her like his mother.
She wiped her tears and cried even harder, “Am I in the wrong? I even worked hard to create new fillings from meat and eggs so that the pastries would sell well.”
“Alright, alright stop crying,” Aunt Wang sighed as she handed a handkerchief to Wang Shuchun. She truly had no idea what her elder sister was thinking.
It was true that her elder sister’s family condition was not good but it wasn’t bad either. As long as they worked hard they could earn some decent money given that the eldest and the second daughters were able-bodied and could work in the town.
But her elder sister loved her elder and second daughters, while she treated the rest of her daughters as if they were useless weeds on the side of a road.
Since this matter was not related to her family, and she had no right to poke her nose in the business of her sister, Aunt Wang did not say anything.
The last time she did, she almost ended up being killed!
Aunt Wang still hadn’t forgotten how she was chased by her sister around the entire village while her sister held onto a large machete.
If not for the fact that the villagers stopped her elder sister, back then she would have truly died!
Wang Shuchun wiped her tears and nose with the handkerchief. She then sniffed and said to Aunt Wang, “Aunt Wang, can I stay with you just for a few days? I promise that I will not eat much and leave in three or four days. I just don’t want to go back home tonight.” Explore more at My Virtual Library Empire
It would be embarrassing if she was to go back home after fighting with her mother-in-law so boldly.
Aunt Wang’s brows furrowed and she hesitated. She knew Old Madam Yao and that woman was not only paranoid but also short-tempered.
Talking with her was similar to talking with a wall. As long as she believed in something, there was nothing and no one who could change Old Madam Yao’s mind.
Such a woman was really troublesome.
Seeing her aunt hesitate, Wang Shuchun reached out and held her hand before saying, “Aunt just for three days. Let me stay at your home for three days, I swear on my life I will leave then.”
“Stop!” Aunt Wang rubbed her forehead. “There is no need for you to swear on your life, I know you are an honest girl. Just remember to go back home, even if your mother-in-law is not a good woman, your husband and daughters still need you.”
Wang Shuchun nodded. She would have gone back right away but her mother-in-law would definitely taunt her if she went back in an hour.
At least by staying with her aunt for three days, she could straighten her back a little in front of her mother-in-law.
These days her mother-in-law kept on taunting her about how she had no family and how she was not well-liked by her own family.
At least by staying with her aunt for a few days, she could show her mother-in-law that she was not alone!
Aunt Wang did not say anything, she asked Wang Shuchun to sit on her ox cart and then drove back to the Big River Village.
Wang Shuchun, who was sitting in the back of the ox cart, still remembered the old and poor village when she came to visit her aunt when she was very young.
Thus, she was shocked beyond belief when she saw the gigantic iron gates in front of the village.
Was this still a village and not an imperial fortress?
“Surprised?” Aunt Wang said to Wang Shuchun who nodded while gaping and staring at the flourishing village. Who the hell said that this village was poor and needed the help of officials?
This village was flourishing even better than the town.
Aunt Wang brought Wang Shuchun to her home where they ran into Zi Zan.
“Ah Zan? What are you doing here?”
Zi Zan, who was holding a small bowl in her hand, rubbed her nose and replied, “Aunt Wang, I made a pastry filled with seafood today. Sister Dong calls it quiche. I came to share with the children but Uncle Fu handed me a bunch of candies.”
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