The stepsister of a peasant family in a book is spoiled by the big brothers

There was only one ox cart in the whole village, and the driver was an old bachelor, known as Third Uncle or Third Master.

On market days, villagers who wanted to go to town would wait at the village entrance for a bus, each paying two cents for a round trip. While this wasn't a high price, it was enough for an average family to eat a pound of cornmeal. Therefore, many villagers would rather walk to town than pay the two cents.

Unless they are carrying heavy goods to the town to sell and need to catch the early market and want to sell the goods quickly, they would rather save this unnecessary expense.

Li Taohua has never been one to compromise herself. When she had money to spend, she never understood the concept of thriftiness. Now that she's broke, she should be frugal, but in her opinion, a few more cents won't make her rich, and a few less won't make her starve. So, why would she compromise her legs?

Li Taohua took Qin Huiyin and Tang Luwu onto the ox cart.

She was still dressed up beautifully, sitting there with her head held high and chest puffed out, not avoiding the strange looks that were cast at her.

Qin Huiyin and Tang Luwu are of similar age. The two little girls sit next to her, one like a bud about to bloom, and the other like a green leaf next to the bud.

The mother-daughter duo appeared on the oxcart. Aunts and sisters-in-law who hadn't originally planned to ride stopped beside it, hesitating whether to take a ride. They were very curious about what Li Taohua was doing in town. All three of them were carrying backpacks covered with weeds, and it was unclear what was inside.

Someone gritted his teeth and got on the bus.

With the first person getting on, more and more people were interested, and the originally empty oxcart was soon filled with people.

It had been a long time since Third Master Tang had such good business. With today's trip, he had secured this month's rice and flour money, and he immediately took a liking to Li Taohua.

"Mother Huiyin, what's in your basket?" Zhang asked with a smile. She reached out to lift the weeds, but was held down by Li Taohua.

Li Taohua pushed Zhang's wrist away and said with a smile, "What else can we do? We can't even afford to eat, so we have to find a way to survive, right? I've searched through everything in the house, and only a few of my clothes can be sold for a good price. So I'll take the extra clothes and sell them to exchange for some food."

Everyone felt happy when they heard her say this.

No other woman in the village puts on makeup like she does.

Whether she was married to Song Yi or Tang Dafu, she had new clothes every month and dressed up all day long, making all the men in the village itch. We were all women, so why did she have such a good life? Other women were reluctant to eat or wear, and gave all the good things to the men and sons at home.

Now seeing that she has fallen on hard times and has sold all her favorite clothes, and can only wear patched clothes from now on, I feel relieved.

Given their current situation, they might not even have enough to eat in the future. Without food, clothes, or makeup, how could she still be so vain?

Once she becomes like the other women in the village, the men will no longer be concerned about her.

Qin Huiyin hugged Li Taohua's arm and said coquettishly, "Mom, I'm so sleepy."

"Sleep a little longer." Li Taohua said gently.

The other women couldn't stand it anymore.

"Mrs. Dafu, you're spoiling your child too much. Look at Lvwu, she works hard every day from dawn to dusk and can do anything. She'll definitely find a good husband."

"Oh, so if you work well you can find a good husband? After all this time, it turns out that women get married just to find a place to work! Then Tang Luwu doesn't need to get married. We can leave the work in our house for her to do, and she can work as long as she wants." Li Taohua said sarcastically.

Tang Luwu's face turned red.

"No matter what, you married Luwu's father, so you are also Luwu's mother. Luwu works all day long, so it doesn't make sense for your daughter to be a young lady and do nothing all day long, right?"

Li Taohua looked at the nervous Tang Luwu and said, "Luwu girl, look at all the people standing up for you! Why don't you hurry up and thank these aunts?"

Tang Luwu tugged at the corner of her clothes and said, "Aunts, I did this on my own initiative. It has nothing to do with Aunt Li. I also worked like this before Aunt Li married me. Besides, Sister Yin doesn't do nothing. She sews clothes for me, sweeps the yard, and cooks."

"Did you hear that? My daughter doesn't do nothing." Li Taohua snorted coldly. "Besides, even if she did nothing, Tang Dafu and I didn't say anything. What right do you have to say anything about her? If she wants to find a man who asks her to work all day, then don't come to my house to ask for marriage. My daughter can't bear such hardship."

Tang Luwu looked at Qin Huiyin who was sleeping soundly, and then looked at Li Taohua who was like a hen protecting her chicks, her eyes full of envy.

It turns out that having someone to protect you is such a blessing.

If her mother were still alive, would she protect her like Li Taohua?

no, I can not.

Although her memory was a little fuzzy, she still vaguely remembered life when her mother was alive. Her mother, like other women in the village, favored boys over girls. She often talked to them about waiting for her to grow up and getting her a dowry, so that she could marry her brother Tang Yichen and buy him a bigger house.

Everyone in the village said that Li Taohua was not a good woman. However, her kindness to Qin Huiyin made all the girls in the village envious.

When the women heard Li Taohua protecting Qin Huiyin like this, and then saw Qin Huiyin sleeping like a lazy pig, they started to make sour comments again.

Perhaps to this woman, Li Taohua was an outlier. Because she was so different, so unsociable, everyone wanted to drag her down with them.

"We're here." Uncle Tang parked the oxcart outside the town. "As usual, meet here in two hours. Those who haven't arrived yet won't be kept here!"

The women did not gain the upper hand over Li Taohua, and were unhappy because they lost the money for the ox cart ride. They glared at Li Taohua.

"Oh, I have to buy more good things later." Li Taohua deliberately muttered loudly.

The women who had originally wanted to tell Uncle Tang San that they didn't need to wait were intrigued by her words and wanted to know what she was going to buy. Also, how much her clothes would sell for.

After the women left, Li Taohua finally woke Qin Huiyin up and said, "Get off the bus."

Qin Huiyin looked up dazedly, glanced around, yawned, and said, "So fast?"

"From the village to the town, it only takes an hour to walk, and it only takes the time of an incense stick to ride in an ox cart. How can it not be fast?"

After getting off the car, Li Taohua said to Third Uncle Tang, "Third Uncle, I helped you attract business, so why don't you give us a discount?"

Uncle Tang: "...my small business..."

"Okay, then I won't ride your ox cart next time. The ox cart in the next village is more spacious. I'll ride there." Li Taohua fanned her cheeks with her hands and said dissatisfiedly.

"The two girls are young, so they're considered one. Is that okay?" Uncle Tang San quickly compromised. "If you can attract more business for me, I'll give you a discount."