My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

"My mother-in-law is really something. She still won't stop even after we've separated. Will she be happy until all the girls in our Zhu family are gone? Haha, why is she hiding in the Si family? If the Si family knew how vicious she was, would they still take her in? The Si family has a girl of their own!"

The second sister woke up first. She walked out to the yard, opened the door, and said unhappily, "Who's yelling at my door? What are you yelling about?"

"Why? Doesn't my mother-in-law come here early every morning? Why hasn't she come today?" Aunt Zhu snorted coldly.

Because the three siblings of the Si family left in the early morning, Mrs. Zhu was afraid that she would be too busy at home, so she always came early, helped with housework in the morning, took care of the vegetable garden and chickens and ducks, and went up the mountain in the afternoon.

Everyone in the village who knew about this matter knew about it, including the Zhu brothers.

The second sister said sullenly, "Why do you care? You've already driven your mother-in-law away, why are you still caring about her?"

The second sister is not a smooth talker at all. She basically says whatever she thinks. She never shows any kindness to people she doesn't like.

For example, she really dislikes Aunt Zhu. She thinks that no matter whether the mother-in-law is excessive or not, she should not drive her out and ignore her life or death!

After all, we are a family.

Aunt Zhu always had a bad temper, and upon hearing this she sneered, "Who cares about her? An old, evil spirit, haha, but doesn't she feel guilty about what she did? Isn't she afraid that her daughters and granddaughters will come looking for her in the middle of the night to claim her life?"

These words were said in a sinister tone. Several women around heard it and quickly waved their hands.

"Hey, it's so early in the morning, don't talk nonsense."

Aunt Zhu said, "Am I wrong? My mother-in-law had nothing to do yesterday, so she went to scare Erya. Isn't it because she despises Erya for being a girl? Speaking of which, my sister-in-law is also pitiful. She gave birth to two daughters in a row and is not favored by her mother-in-law. Look, when has my mother-in-law ever taken care of the third brother's family? But even so, my black-hearted mother-in-law refused to let her go. She looked for an opportunity to take Erya's life!"

The second sister was so angry that her face turned blue: "You are talking nonsense. Mrs. Zhu doesn't even associate with you anymore. Why would she scare Erya? Yesterday..."

I originally wanted to say that Mrs. Zhu was at home yesterday, but then I thought about it, Mrs. Zhu went out to pick mushrooms yesterday afternoon, and she looked completely unwell after she came back.

Could it be true as Aunt Zhu said, that he went to scare Erya?

The surrounding villagers were also talking about it.

"That's right. Mrs. Zhu has never cared much about Zhu Laosan's family. She must be disgusted with the fact that the third son gave birth to two girls, Erya and Sanya."

"But before the other wives came into the family, I didn't see how kind Mrs. Zhu was to the third child. She loved the eldest and fourth the most."

"Yes, and Zhu Laosi hasn't given birth to a son yet..."

"That's it. Think about it, Mrs. Zhu didn't take much care of the third child before, so the second and third children are fine. It was the first and second children who got into trouble. Now they must have been driven out by their sons and have nothing to do all day. Remembering that her third son only has two granddaughters at home."

The second sister was stunned by what she heard, her face gloomy. She didn't know whether to believe such a rumor or not, so she simply closed the door and went into the house.

As soon as I entered, I saw Si Muyan coming out: "What's all the commotion outside?"

The second sister recounted the story and whispered, "Sister, did Granny Zhu really bully Erya when she went up the mountain yesterday afternoon?"

"impossible."

The second sister was a little worried about Xiaoxia'er, so she said, "Something was wrong when Mrs. Zhu came back yesterday. I didn't think much of it then, but now I think something must have happened on the mountain. Think about it, big sister. Yesterday she said she was going to pick mushrooms, but she didn't bring back a single one all afternoon. How strange."

Si Muyan glanced at her sideways: "Did you see it with your own eyes, or did you hear with your own ears that Mrs. Zhu said that she was going to harm Erya?"

"I..." the second sister said unhappily, "People outside say that..."

Si Muyan snorted coldly, "Outsiders like to follow the crowd. Do we have to be like them and have no thoughts of our own? Don't you feel how outrageous the rumors about our family's affairs have been over the years?"

The second sister was stunned, pursed her lips and said nothing.

It was only after she was out of confinement that she realized how outrageous the rumors were. They said that she did not go with Sanlang, but was sold to that unclean place, and no one knew who Xiaoxia'er's father was.

Those dirty words made her want to die.

Later, the younger sister comforted her and said that in fact, the words she said before were even more unpleasant. It was because her elder sister had a fight with someone with a hoe and scolded everyone who talked nonsense that she felt a little better.

The second sister was grateful to the eldest sister, and she also felt that those who spread rumors and talked nonsense were hateful. But Mrs. Zhu was an outsider after all...

Si Muyan knew that this second sister was just a pretty face with no brains at all, so she ignored her and went inside to call her younger brother: "Little brother, little brother, come out and find out what happened at Zhu Laosan's house."

San Ya is only two years old. She vomited everything she ate in the past two days. The doctor came and used a traditional method to feed her some stove ash to stop vomiting. The vomiting stopped, but San Ya looked much thinner.

Aunt Zhu was so distressed that she wanted to get some good food for her little daughter, but she had little money on hand and she had to take care of San Ya, so she had no time to go out and look for it.

After Erya knew about it, she followed her cousins ​​up the mountain, saying that they wanted to pick mushrooms. She indeed picked a large basket of mushrooms, which were brought back by Dachun from the second cousin's family.

But at night, Erya fell ill with a high fever and kept talking nonsense.

Aunt Zhu listened carefully for a long time before she could hear two of the sentences clearly.

One sentence is: Grandma, my mother can still give birth to a younger brother, please don’t drive her away.

Another sentence is: I am not a money-losing thing, my mother said I am a treasure.

These two words from the comatose child made Aunt Zhu San feel heartbroken. She had injured herself when giving birth to San Ya, and the midwife said she was afraid she would not be able to have another child. The eldest sister-in-law was present at the time and she specifically told the midwife not to let her mother-in-law hear this.

This was also the knot in her heart, and she had not told anyone except her husband and sister-in-law.

She can't give birth again.

Since Erya was shouting like that, someone must have said that to her. Who else could that person be except Mrs. Zhu?

Because it rained heavily all night last night, the rain only subsided in the early morning. Zhu Laosan hurried to ask a doctor to come over. He happened to meet Aunt Zhu. Aunt Zhu came to help. Knowing that this matter was related to Mrs. Zhu, she thought of the situation of Daya and Siya, and she was so angry that she immediately went out and ran directly to the door of the Si family, wanting to talk to Mrs. Zhu about her evil deeds.

He killed two—no, three—granddaughters, and the one in my second brother's wife's belly should also be counted. If that's not enough, he wants to kill a fourth?

That’s why there was a quarrel in front of the Si family’s door that morning.