After the female supporting character in the quick transmigration series realized her mistakes

As for Ruolan, she wasn't going to be foolish enough to just stand there and let her mother-in-law beat her.

She couldn't bear to see her husband get beaten, so she dragged him back to the room and slammed the door shut.

Old Lady Xie watched helplessly as the wooden door slammed shut inside. Before she could even vent her anger, she had to swallow it back down. All she could do was plop down on the stone bench by the door and start yelling at the top of her lungs.

Hearing this, the neighbors all ran out and peered over the wall to watch the commotion. After all, every year during the New Year, the old women in the village would have to keep quiet for a couple of days.

Seeing that Grandma Jie broke down today is nothing new!

Old Mrs. Wu said with a smile, "Old Huang, it's the New Year, why are you so angry? Try not to get angry, or it will hurt your health."

Although she was trying to persuade him verbally, she could hardly hide the smile in her eyes.

Granny Wu had finally seen her neighbor make a fool of herself, so how could she not egg her on?

"Old Huang, which of your daughters-in-law has offended you? We mothers-in-law should be more magnanimous and not hold grudges against these younger generations."

The more affectionate the words, the brighter the smile on their lips.

Old Lady Xie wasn't about to suffer this loss. She glanced at the broom in her hand, raised it, and threw it across the street. It hit Granny Wu squarely on the head.

Granny Wu instinctively dodged and fell off the wall. Luckily, the wall was made of mud, not stones, otherwise she would never have been able to get up.

When Granny Wu came to her senses, she plopped down at the entrance of her own yard and started a "cursing match" with Granny Xie, spewing out all sorts of swear words.

She was clearly furious, and used every nasty word she could think of.

If it weren't for the fact that Granny Wu couldn't get up for half a day after falling down, Old Lady Jie would probably have climbed over the wall and cursed her all night.

However, there are some advantages. At least, Aunt Jie has completely forgotten about the things that her second son and his wife did to upset her.

At this moment, Ruolan, who was inside the house, felt utterly helpless listening to the noise outside.

She muttered softly to her husband, "These two are arguing so fiercely, it'll be even harder for them to get along when they meet in the village."

The man patted her head, looking as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.

"Don't worry, they're used to arguing."

Meanwhile, outside, Old Lady Xie and Granny Wu were arguing fiercely. As they argued, they reached the door, and it seemed they wanted to go and fight Granny Wu again.

When Hemin saw that his grandmother and brother had gone out, he quickly closed the door, afraid that they would fight inside.

Seeing this, the other neighbors hurriedly ran to call the village chief to come and mediate.

The village chief rushed over in a panic, shouting at the top of his lungs, "What kind of behavior is this during the New Year! Aren't you ashamed? Don't you care about your own reputation?!"

After being scolded by the village chief, the two gradually calmed down.

The village chief was a member of the Xie family, and Xie Shuisheng had to call him his second uncle.

Old Lady Xie looked at the village chief and gave him a soft snort. Although she wasn't afraid of the village chief, she still had to give him face.

Old Lady Jie didn't want people to laugh at her family during the New Year, so she turned around and went home angrily, only to find the door locked.

She pounded on the door and shouted, "Second brother, open the door!"

Ruolan looked at Shuisheng inside the house, hesitated for a moment, and then opened the door.

When Aunt Jie entered the house, she glared at the two of them, but didn't say anything more harsh.

"Who closed the door? They saw me being bullied and no one helped. They even locked me out. They have no conscience."

After all that commotion with Granny Wu, my anger has mostly subsided.

Ruolan finally felt relieved and secretly prayed that things would be peaceful at home from now on.

Shuisheng warmly invited the village chief's second uncle to come to his home for a visit. "Second Uncle, come to my home for a visit?"

"No, I still need to go to Xiao Tao's house to see that child."

Whenever Xiao Tao is mentioned, the village chief can't help but sigh. Less than half a year has passed since his stepmother married into the family. She started by cursing and swearing, then started by pinching his arm, and now she's just beating him.

He used to be such a spirited child, but after his stepmother entered the family only two or three years ago, he became thin and weak, and always had injuries on his body.

But Xiao Tao's biological father, the only man in the family who could make decisions, completely ignored the situation.

When relatives and friends said it too much, he argued back, saying that Xiao Tao was naughty and mischievous, and as an elder, it was only right to educate him.

This ability to lie through one's teeth is infuriating, but since we're not related, no one bothers to interfere.

When Xiao Tao's neighbors heard this, they practically spat on Xiao Tao's father behind his back.

They say the child is disobedient, but it's obvious that he was pleased with the stepmother Tao in bed, which is why he's so biased towards the woman he married later.

Xiao Tao's father is really clueless. Is this woman more important than his own son? And she's even infertile.

Xiao Tao is his only son, and he will have to rely on him to take care of him in his old age. If he doesn't treat him well now, how can he expect him to treat him well in the future?

Men can be truly heartless; they just stand by and watch their only son be bullied by a woman.

This family of three lives a more lively life than other families with more than ten members.

When Ruolan heard that the village chief was going to Xiao Tao's house, she remembered that the village chief's trip to Xiao Tao's house was to divide the family property.

Xiao Tao had been bullied by his stepmother for two or three years. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and decided to separate from his father, move out of the family, and spend the New Year alone.

He even said that when his father gets old, he will give him retirement money, but he will absolutely not take care of him.

As for his stepmother, he couldn't care less!

Xiao Tao's father felt he was still young and would definitely be able to have more children in the future, so he readily agreed.

But he never expected that he would only have one son, Xiao Tao, in his entire life. It turned out that Xiao Tao's biological mother had drugged his body long ago, and he would never be able to have any other children in this lifetime.

He was with this woman for over ten years, but she never conceived. Later, he divorced her and found someone else, but the result was the same.

As for what happened to him in the end, Ruolan couldn't care less; her own life was a mess.

The reason she remembers this matter so clearly is that after Ruolan could no longer work, her children discussed Ruolan's retirement when they separated from the family, and Jie Heping even used this incident as a comparison.

With this precedent, he felt that since his stepmother was not his biological mother and he was an adopted son, he had no obligation to support her.

As for Ruolan's biological children, they felt that Ruolan favored her eldest and second eldest sons because Ruolan bought a job for her eldest son in the city.

Since those she favored didn't take care of her in her old age, why should they? So it was Ruolan who suffered.

Ruolan always thought she was quite fair, but with so many children, it's really difficult to be absolutely fair. It's inevitable that there will be areas where she can't take care of everyone, and it's normal for some to get a little more and others a little less.

When she was still able to work, no one said she was being unfair. But when she could no longer work and needed her children to support her in her old age, everyone jumped out and said she was being unfair.

Watching the village chief's retreating figure, Ruolan thought to herself, since fairness is the goal, she would treat everyone the same from now on.

Her goal now is simple: to wait for these kids to grow up and earn money, then give the money to her, save it up, and use it as retirement money for herself and her husband, so that they can pay back the retirement money they owed her in their past lives.

It's better to rely on yourself than on others. It's always more reliable to rely on yourself. You'd be better off spending your money on yourself than on others!