In Lianshan Village, in the three small bungalows of Chen Shumin and Wu Bo.

The two sisters-in-law sat on a small stool next to a small square table, holding melon seeds and peanuts in their hands, chatting and eating melon seeds.

Wu Bo was lying in his room and taking a nap.

Only Chen Shumin was busy in the kitchen preparing dishes for dinner.

Today, my two sisters-in-law who married into the next village came back to visit relatives together.

The elderly people in the family have passed away for several years, and Wu Bo and his elder brother Wu Hai have been living in Lianshan Village.

My brother-in-law Wu Tao found a wife in town ten years ago. The conditions there are better than in the village. In recent years, my brother-in-law basically doesn't even come back for the Chinese New Year.

The two sisters-in-law had lunch at their eldest brother Wu Hai's house, and in the evening it was their second brother Wu Bo's turn to have dinner at his house.

They each brought their children here, and every Chinese New Year they would stay at their parents' home for four or five days.

In fact, Chen Shumin was not against her sister-in-law coming to live at home, but every time they came, they would bring up the fact that her second brother had no son, and asked Chen Shumin to find a few more Chinese medicine practitioners and bring more medicine to regulate her body.

They said that someone in their village was fifty years old and gave birth to a big fat boy.

Chen Shumin felt very uncomfortable after hearing this.

She had already given birth to six daughters for the Wu family. Didn't that mean daughters were no longer human beings? And her second brother's family was going to be extinct. Who would feel comfortable hearing this?

Chen Shumin clanged the spatula back and forth as if she was venting her anger on the meat in the pot.

"Ah! Shumin, what are you doing? You're about to break the pot with your shovel!"

As soon as the eldest sister-in-law of the Wu family walked into the small kitchen of Chen Shumin's house, she saw Chen Shumin holding a spatula as if she was practicing martial arts, making a ping-pong sound in the pot, so she quickly shouted.

"Ah? Oh oh!"

Chen Shumin finally reacted and immediately took a look at the stir-fried pork belly with garlic sprouts in the pot.

Oh my God!

The garlic sprouts and pork belly in the pot were scraped into pieces as small as fingernails by the sharp spatula.

"Shumin, don't take Xiaoyan and Xiaoping's words to heart. Just treat them as bullshit!"

"You've lived such a hard life over the years, yet you've still given Wu Bo six children. You've already done a great service to the Wu family. As for whether you have sons or daughters, that's not up to you."

Sister-in-law Chi Huifang is the only person in the Wu family who is truly kind to Chen Shumin. She knows that it is not easy for Chen Shumin to marry and live so far away, so she helps as much as she can.

"Yes, I understand, sister-in-law!"

Chen Shumin added some chicken essence to the dish in the pot and put it on a plate.

A local chicken was stewing in another pot, and it was already bubbling.

Chi Huifang walked over, opened the lid of the pot, and rubbed the chicken with a pair of chopsticks. The chicken was almost tender, so she turned down the fire under the stove.

"Shumin, why did you kill the chicken? You could just make a few dishes for the two of them."

"During Chinese New Year, Xiaoyan brought a carton of pure milk, and Xiaoping brought a bucket of peanut oil. Then each of them brought two half-grown children to eat for a week. The better you prepare the food, the less they want to leave."

"You said your family depends on you for money, but Wu Bo only knows how to drink. I'll let your eldest brother talk to him later!"

Chi Huifang was chattering at her two sisters-in-law while her hands were already peeling potatoes.

"It's no use what my eldest brother said. He started drinking again after a few days! I'm too lazy to care about him. If I do, he'll start talking about Xiaozhu's schooling again. He'll say that so-and-so's daughter in the village is already married at this age, and so-and-so's daughter is engaged and received a 10,000 yuan betrothal gift."

Chen Shumin sighed helplessly.

She was extremely disappointed with Wu Bo, and now Chen Shumin placed all her hopes on the remaining children.

As long as the children can go to school, she will support them no matter how hard or tiring it is. Only when the children have a promising future can she live a good life.

Just like my second sister who lives far away in J City, she spent the first half of her life in the mud because she married a scumbag. Later, because her youngest daughter was sensible and good at studying, she now lives in a big villa.

This villa of my second sister’s is so beautiful!

Chen Shumin felt that this was the best house she had ever seen. Even the houses she saw on TV were not as beautiful as her second sister's house.

"Shuyue, this is the norm in the village. Don't take Wu Bo's words seriously."

"As long as Xiaozhu is a good student and willing to study, I support you in letting her go to college. My little one is not very motivated and his brain is not as good as Xiaozhu's, so I don't expect him to make a living from studying."

Chi Huifang was talking about her youngest son when her two sisters-in-law who were eating melon seeds in the front room came over.

"Second sister-in-law, make some braised pork trotters tonight. My son Zhuzi loves it!"

"Second sister-in-law, please steam more bacon. I had it at my eldest sister-in-law's house at noon and it was delicious."

Well, Chen Shumin originally thought that the two sisters-in-law had changed their personalities and knew to come to the kitchen to help, but it turned out that they came to add more dishes.

"You two are ordering food like you're in a restaurant! When you're a guest at someone else's house, you should act like a guest. Just eat whatever your second sister-in-law has. Why are you talking so much? If you have nothing to do, come over and help light the fire."

"Hey, sister-in-law, when did you come? We...we have something to do. Xiaozhen, Xiaoqiang and the others are still watching TV at your house! I asked them to come and have dinner with brother."

The two sisters-in-law are still quite afraid of their eldest sister-in-law Chi Huifang. One reason is that Chi Huifang's parents' home is in Lianshan Village, and her family is well-off.

Secondly, the eldest brother's family is well off, so they can come and borrow money when they need something urgently.

As for the second sister-in-law Chen Shumin, she is just an outsider. I heard that her family lives in a small mountain village more than a thousand kilometers away, and it is probably even poorer than theirs.

Otherwise, why wouldn’t Chen Shumin go back to her parents’ home for so many years?

Moreover, no one from her mother's family ever came to visit her. As a foreigner without the support of her mother's family, she could be bullied by others. It was her fault that she had not given birth to a son for her second brother in all these years.

The second brother started drinking because he had no son and was looked down upon by the villagers. This was all Chen Shumin's fault.

"Look, these two do everything in their husband's family, but when they return to their parents' home, it's like they've lost their hands and feet. No wonder they like to go back to their parents' home all year round!"

"Shumin, you're only good-tempered. If they acted like bosses in my house, I would have kicked them out with a broom long ago!"

Chi Huifang brought several prepared dishes to the large table in front, still constantly complaining about her two sisters-in-law.

"Forget it. It's only during the Lunar New Year every year. If I start arguing with them, Wu Bo will say I can't tolerate his sister! I'll just bear with it!"

Chen Shumin washed the pot and started to prepare the last dish of the evening, braised fish.

"Alas... you... just have such a good temper that you always suffer in the Wu family!"

Chi Huifang brought the eight dishes and one soup that Chen Shumin had worked hard to cook all afternoon to the table in front. Suddenly, she looked up and saw a brand new car slowly driving towards her second brother's house.

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