After Xu Jinhuan left, Xu Yue and Xu Xing became the lowest-ranking members of the family.

Neither of them could accept it, especially since Xu Ce was eating snacks and playing games while they were working hard.

"Why is that? We're all Mom and Dad's children, so why does my second brother get such good treatment and not have to do anything?" Xu Xing said unhappily.

"Then go ahead and tell him to do it. I don't dare to," Xu Yue said with a shrug, somewhat helplessly.

Xu Xing glanced at Xu Ce, who was chewing bubble gum, and called out, "Third Brother, my eldest sister and I are cleaning up and washing the dishes. Could you help tidy up the kitchen?"

"Get out of my way!" Xu Ce glared at her. "How many times do I have to tell you? If you call me again, I'll have Mom and Dad deal with you when we get back."

Xu Xing pouted, clearly unconvinced.

Seeing this, Xu Yue tugged at Xu Xing and advised, "Alright, let's do it, otherwise Mom and Dad will really scold us when they come back."

Xu Xing was a little skeptical. As the youngest in the family, she used to receive the same treatment as Xu Ce, never having to do any work and only having to supervise her older sister.

Thinking this, she reached out and pulled Xu Ce, insisting that he do the work.

Xu Ce was naturally unwilling and immediately attacked Xu Xing.

He was older than Xu Xing, so he pinned Xu Xing to the ground and beat him until his nose bled and he screamed in pain.

Xu Yue was extremely anxious and shouted, "Xiao Ce, stop hitting! Xiao Xing, if you really don't want to do it, your second sister will do it for you."

"Do you need to say nice things here?"

"Get out of my way! I'm going to beat this girl to death today! I already said I don't want to do it, and she still tried to pull me away!"

As he spoke, Xu Ce raised his hand and punched Xu Xing again.

Xu Xing was in so much pain that he started to cry.

But no matter how loudly she cried, none of the neighbors came to break up the fight.

The original owner had been beaten like this before. Every time the neighbors came to persuade her, Huang Xiu would curse them. Xu Yue, Xu Ce, and Xu Xing would also do bad things, such as uprooting the vegetables planted by the neighbors.

Over time, the neighbors nearby stopped caring about the Xu family's affairs and let them do whatever they wanted.

Xu Xing was in excruciating pain and cried out to Xu Yue for help: "Big sister, big sister, save me!"

Xu Yue looked at Xu Ce, who was still hitting people, and reached out to pull him away.

Xu Ce slapped her across the face: "Get out of my way! I'll deal with you after I'm done beating this brat!"

His parents had told him that his three sisters were born to serve him, so how could they dare ask him to do any work?!

When Huang Xiu and Xu Changsong returned, Xu Xing had already been beaten so badly that he was lying on the ground unable to get up.

Seeing her mother return, Xu Xing's eyes reddened, and she cried out in great distress, "Mom, my third brother hit me! Please help me!"

Huang Xiu was shocked when she saw the blood on her youngest daughter's face: "What happened? Why would your third brother hit you?"

At this moment, Xu Ce walked out of the house and said angrily, "That brat insisted on making me do chores, so I wanted to teach her a lesson and let her know who's in charge in this family!"

Looking at the blood on her youngest daughter's face, Huang Xiu sighed and said, "You shouldn't have hit her so hard."

What if I kill him?

The son will also go to jail.

Seeing that his mother had misunderstood him, Xu Ce explained, "Mom, her face was covered in blood from her nose, it wasn't from me!"

Hearing this, Huang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at her youngest daughter on the ground, saying, "Get up quickly and wipe the blood off your face, it's quite frightening."

Xu Xing looked at her mother in disbelief: "My third brother hit me, aren't you going to teach him a lesson?"

“Your third brother has a point. Why are you asking him to do any work?”

"Then why do I have to work while he doesn't?" Xu Xing questioned.

Huang Xiu explained, "He's a boy, unlike you. If you're not diligent, you won't be able to get married in the future."

“But I didn’t work before either!” Xu Xing retorted loudly.

Seeing that she still had the energy to argue, Huang Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief and rolled her eyes.

"That means I spoiled you too much before! Get up! Your dad and I have been busy outside all day, have you cooked dinner yet?"

As she spoke, Huang Xiu went to the kitchen and saw the cold stove and empty pots, which made her a little angry. She went to the yard and said to Xu Yue and Xu Xing:

"What have you all done all day at home? You haven't even cooked a single meal!"

Xu Xing felt even more aggrieved. She was beaten by Xu Ce, but her mother didn't care. Instead, she blamed her for not cooking.

Xu Yue was also a little unhappy. She had just been hit by Xu Ce, and her mother hadn't even asked her about it.

"Stop lying on the ground, get up and cook, I'm exhausted after a long day!" Huang Xiu said while rubbing her shoulders.

Xu Yue said with some grievance, "Mom, Xu Ce also hit me, and you don't even care about me."

Huang Xiu rolled her eyes: "How strong can Xiao Ce be? Get up. We've been busy all day, and you still come back to cause trouble. Can't a person have a moment's peace?"

Xu Yue burst into tears.

Xu Xing couldn't stand her mother talking about her and her sister like that, so she jumped up, pointed at her mother's nose, and said, "Mom, you favor boys over girls."

Huang Xiu was so angry she laughed: "Making you do chores means you're sexist? Then why didn't you say I was sexist when I made your eldest sister do chores before?"

"That's different."

Huang Xiu snorted coldly: "What could be different? Get back to work."

"Mom, I want to eat steamed egg custard," Xu Ce said, seizing the opportunity.

Huang Xiu then looked at Xu Yue: "Did you hear that? Steam a bowl of egg custard for your brother."

"I won't do it," Xu Yue refused deliberately.

"If you don't do it, you don't get to eat today either," Huang Xiu said angrily. "I don't believe I can't cure this lousy habit of yours."

"Mom, you've gone too far! I'm going to tell everyone that you favor boys over girls." Xu Xing glared at her mother, her eyes blazing with anger.

Huang Xiu didn't care at all about what outsiders thought.

If she cared, she wouldn't have treated her eldest daughter that way in the past.

"You get out too."

Huang Xiu kept her word and didn't cook for the two sisters when she was cooking.

When Xu Changsong came home from get off work, Xu Yue and Xu Xing complained to him, "Dad, you need to do something about Mom. She's too biased. She only cares about Xu Ce. She doesn't care when Xu Ce beats my sister and me."

Xu Changsong impatiently shook off her hand: "Your mother is right. You're both getting on in years, it's time for you to learn to do chores, otherwise you'll be left to marry out of the house."

Xu Yue looked at her father in surprise. Her father had never said such a thing to her before. He said that she was the only one in the family who resembled him the most, and that she was the one he loved the most.

“Dad…” Xu Yue looked at him with red eyes.

Xu Xing was very disappointed and reached out to grab her sister's hand.

"Sister, let's go."

"Hmph, don't come back once you leave." Xu Changsong said angrily, "They're all so disobedient. I don't know why I'm so unlucky to have given birth to three unfilial daughters."

In the end, Xu Yue and Xu Xing didn't leave because it was dark outside and they were scared.

That night, the two of them went to bed hungry.

After that, Xu Yue and Xu Xing suffered even more. They couldn't help but resent Xu Jinhuan, feeling that it was all because she ran away.

Meanwhile, Xu Jinhuan, whom they resented, was doing very well at the hair salon. She was probably a natural talent; she not only learned quickly but also gave her customers haircuts that left them very satisfied.

In just a few months, he accumulated a group of repeat customers, and the number of customers in the store increased. Xu Jinhuan was often so busy that he didn't have time to rest.

Seeing this, Zhao Yirong, the village chief's cousin, couldn't stop smiling. She took the initiative to promote Xu Jinhuan and give him a raise, and even called the village chief to thank him.

Xu Jinhuan didn't send a single penny of the money he earned home; instead, he deposited it all into his newly opened bank account.

That day, after Xu Jinhuan finished cutting the last customer's hair and saw the customer leave satisfied, she was preparing to pack up her things.

Zhao Yirong walked over, took her hand, and asked, "Huanhuan, what are you planning to do in the future?"

Xu Jinhuan understood what she meant and said with a smile, "Let's talk about the future later. I'm quite satisfied with the present and have no intention of changing anything."

Zhao Yirong felt half relieved.

The following year, Xu Jinhuan's reputation grew, and more and more people came to visit her, so she had no choice but to start making appointments.

As for the Xu family, Xu Xing's failure in the exam was intentional.

She wanted her parents to value her.

But to her surprise, her father made her drop out of school as soon as he saw how badly she did on the exam.

"I will not drop out of school!" Xu Xing shouted.

"It's not up to you. If you do so poorly on the test, you're just wasting your time at school."

"Dad, I won't drop out of school, I just won't drop out of school."

"You'll have to drop out whether you want to or not, anyway, your mother and I aren't going to pay your tuition."

Xu Yue listened with trepidation, never expecting her parents to react this way.

In the past, when she and her younger sister didn't do well on exams, their mother would have their older sister make steamed egg custard to comfort them.

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