Dressed as a farmer's widow, she brought her daughter to stock up on food and reached the top

"You treacherous little girl, how dare you steal things from the house!"

"If you don't learn well at such a young age, you'll be in trouble when you grow up. You'll be a despicable kid and do shameful things."

"Mom, it's a good thing I found out, otherwise she would have stolen all the eggs in the house."

……

From the yard came the shouting and cursing of Zhao's mother and Zhao's eldest daughter-in-law, Tian Guilan, followed by the sound of whipping with a rattan stick.

The seventh child burst into tears and his body kept shaking. The sixth child shuddered and looked at Xiuying.

"Fourth sister was caught taking eggs."

In the yard, the fourth child was kneeling on the ground. Mother Zhao was holding a rattan stick and whipping his thin body again and again. The fifth child was kneeling beside him and trying to persuade him.

"Grandma, please stop hitting Fourth Sister... Grandma... we're not going to have lunch... okay?"

Zhao's mother was tired of beating him. She put her hands on her hips and looked at Lao Wu: "And you, little bitch, don't think I don't know that you also stole eggs. You are a gang that wants to move all our Zhao family away!"

When Xiuying walked out of the house, she saw Zhao's mother raising the rattan stick in her hand and hitting the fifth and fourth sisters with it. The two sisters hugged each other tightly.

"stop!"

Seeing Xiuying, Zhao's mother didn't feel guilty at all. She put her hands on her hips and pointed at the fourth and fifth children kneeling in the yard, cursing: "This is the money-losing child you gave birth to. You stole things and even stole them into your own home. If the second child were still alive, he would be pissed to death by you!"

Mother Zhao accepted the two taels of silver given by Old Man Wang alone. She was feeling a little guilty at first, as she had never expected that the fourth child would dare to steal eggs from home. Now she felt she was in the right.

Let's see how Xiuying has the nerve to let me share her money. Not only will I not give her any this time, but she won't get a penny from selling the second, third, third, seventh, etc. After sending away the younger ones, there will only be the older one left, and I will have to deal with him myself.

Zhao's mother has already found an old bachelor for Xiuying, and is just waiting to get rid of this group of money-losing people and count the money.

Xiuying looked at Zhao's mother with a creepy look in her eyes. What does "stealing" mean? Taking an egg from the house is "stealing"?

Not only did Zhao's mother withhold food from her granddaughter and exploit the original owner's mother and daughter, she also wanted to marry the original owner's seven daughters to the old bachelor. This was her own granddaughter, how could she have the heart to hate her?

Zhao's mother finally caught the fourth child and deliberately raised her voice when beating and scolding him. At this time, the Zhao family's courtyard wall was surrounded by three layers of villagers who were watching the fun. When there was nothing to do in the countryside, watching the fun was everyone's only fun. Some young people even climbed up trees, for fear of missing anything.

Xiuying walked over to the fourth and fifth daughters, stretched out her hands and helped her two daughters up. The fourth and fifth daughters looked at their mother in surprise and slowly stood up.

Mother seems a little different today.

Xiuying protected the fourth and fifth children behind her. Facing her arrogant mother-in-law without any fear, she asked loudly, "Excuse me, mother, what valuable thing did the fourth child steal from you?"

Mother Zhao snorted coldly: "She stole an egg from me!"

At this point, Zhao's mother straightened her back and said, "This is an egg!"

"Haha." Xiuying sneered, "I thought it was something else, it's just an egg!"

"you……"

Mother Zhao had never expected that her daughter-in-law, who didn't even know what an egg tasted like, would be so brazen as to look down on a precious egg. Just as she was about to say something, Xiuying pulled the fourth and fifth children towards the villagers who were watching the excitement.

"Look, aunties, my husband died not long ago! Now this house can no longer accommodate us, mother and daughter!" Xiuying slapped her thighs and cried to the sky.

"Master, open your eyes and take a look at what kind of life we mother and I have been leading. The child has never had a full meal. She was so hungry that she took an egg, and then she was beaten by her mother!

Oh, God! Open your eyes and look at us. We are an orphan and a widow. We work like slaves in the Zhao family and can’t even touch an egg! They are trying to force us to death!

The villagers who were watching the excitement outside the wall had also heard about what happened in the Zhao family, but they did not expect it to be exposed today. It was really pitiful to see Xiuying, an orphan and a widow.

"Sister-in-law Zhao, the child just ate an egg. Is it necessary to make such a fuss?"

"Yes, she is your Zhao family's granddaughter."

"Sister-in-law, you are responsible for this matter. Now the weather is good and it is not a year of famine. The child can just eat an egg."

"I think these girls from the Zhao family are too thin. They need to eat something nutritious. Children need to be plump to be cute."

"Those guys from the Zhao family's eldest branch are really strong. They must eat a lot of eggs, right?"

The fourth and fifth brothers stood behind Xiuying, tears on their faces, looking at the thin figure standing in front of them. They didn't shed a tear when they were beaten by grandma before, but now tears were welling up in their eyes.

Mother, actually protected them, protected these little girls, because it was because of these little girls that Mother had no status in the Zhao family.

But today, their mother actually stood up for them when they were being beaten. It turns out that being protected feels so good...

Mother Zhao's face turned pale and blue. She hadn't expected the villagers to side with Xiuying and her daughter. After a while, she said, "Those are eggs. How can a little girl eat them?"

Eggs can be exchanged for pork, salt and rice!

There are nine old hens at home. The family saves the eggs they lay and only eats one every two days. They also share one with their four grandchildren. The little girl took one.

Xiuying rolled her eyes. So it seems that only granddaughters can’t eat eggs, and only boys can?

Xiuying then addressed the gathered villagers, saying, "Aunts, please be fair. My daughters feed the chickens, ducks, and geese at home, wash the clothes, serve the vegetables from the fields, and cook the meals. Yet, at mealtime, all they have is porridge with wild vegetables. They've been malnourished for a long time, starving to the point of being skin and bones. Even their clothes are leftovers from the eldest wife's four sons. Now, just for eating an egg, they've been beaten by their mother-in-law."

The onlookers pointed at Zhao's mother, who was standing in the middle of the yard with a rattan stick in her hand, and started scolding her.

"Aunt Zhao, you're too partial. You're willing to give this egg to your grandson, but you're reluctant to give it to your granddaughter?"

"Your family is a wealthy one in the village, so why is your granddaughter not living as well as other families?"

"Hey, she's just taking advantage of Xiuying because she's easy to talk to. Her husband is dead, and she has no one to back her up."

"Sister-in-law, aren't you afraid that the second brother will come to you in a dream at night?"

Hearing this, Zhao's mother's hands trembled and the cane slipped from her hands.

I also wanted to be nice to the second wife, but it was her fault that she gave birth to seven girls!

If you want to blame someone, blame Xiuying and those seven girls for being unlucky.

But he didn't want to have a bad reputation, as his four precious grandsons would have to get married in the future.