I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Su Banxia had originally wanted to go and see what was going on, and after hearing Wang Guihua's suggestion, she quickly nodded in agreement.

"Okay, Mom, I'll go take a look right now. You all keep busy making candied hawthorns. When I come back, we'll go sell them on the street."

After saying that, Su Banxia ran out without looking back, and soon she arrived at the courtyard of the old Su family.

She bumped right into Su Mo, who was dressed neatly. Su Banxia glanced at her and couldn't help but sneer:

"Hey, dressed so neatly, where are you going? Aren't you busy making candied hawthorns at home?"

Su Mo naturally knew that Su Banxia's words were meant to mock her, so she glared at her in return.

"Su Banxia, ​​what do you mean by that? You're allowed to dress nicely, but others aren't? What does it matter to you whether I make candied hawthorns or not? Besides, do I have to report to you where I go?"

Seeing the hostile tone in Su Mo's words, Su Banxia decided to ignore her completely.

"Don't take your morning grumpiness out on me. Besides, you learned the candied hawthorn business by stealing the recipe, which is never a sustainable business. Now you've found a great pair of partners who have ruined your business, and you're taking it out on me. What right do I have to put up with your grievances? Go wherever you want, it has nothing to do with me. I just asked casually, and look how upset you are!"

After saying that, Su Banxia ignored Su Mo, who was standing there stomping her feet in anger, and went straight into Qin Shi's room.

At this moment, Su Tao was sitting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), her face bruised and swollen, crying incessantly. Qin Shi and Daya sat on either side of her, one wiping away her tears and the other feeding her water.

Granny Liu sat on the stool, cursing angrily:

"Who does she think she is? She's just your sister-in-law. How dare she lay a hand on you? You're such a coward, just standing there and letting her hit you!"

As Su Banxia leaned against the door, she overheard what Granny Liu was saying. It seemed that Su Tao's sister-in-law had beaten Su Tao into this state, and Su Tao, unable to bear it any longer, had returned to her parents' home to complain.

Then Su Tao started crying and sobbing again, shouting:

“Mother, Grandmother, you don’t know what kind of person Liu is. She bullies me every day, making me do more work. If I’m not careful, she’ll go to my mother-in-law to complain. My aunt is a strange person too. Liu clearly treats her badly, but she still speaks up for Liu. With her character, when she gets old, I won’t take care of her!”

Upon hearing this, Madam Qin frowned, gripped the handkerchief in her hand tightly, and cursed:

"Go to hell with her! You two are both wives, why should you listen to her? Who does she think she is? She's only been married to you for a few years longer, and now her belly is useless too, she doesn't even have a child yet. What right does she have to step on your head and act like a tyrant!"

As she spoke, Madam Qin picked up the handkerchief in her hand and forcefully blew Su Tao's nose.

"If you ask me, you're a good-for-nothing. What are you afraid of her for? You married Zhang Guang, not Liu Shi. Why are you afraid of her?"

Hearing Qin's words, Su Tao felt even more aggrieved.

“Mother, you’ve met Liu Shi before. She’s always been competitive and always wants to be the best. I’ve only been married into the Zhang family for a few months, how dare I challenge her? My elder brother is usually quiet, but when it comes to his wife, he’s always the first to stand up for her.”

Su Tao sighed deeply as she spoke.

“My husband Zhang Guang is never home. He works in the city every day. I don’t see him for ten days or half a month. I want to find someone to stand up for me, but there’s no one. I don’t even have the confidence to speak up for others. How can I dare to argue with her?”

Qin felt a headache coming on after hearing her daughter's words.

Seeing that Su Tao was so unhappy after her marriage, Daya, who was standing to the side, spoke up:

"Su Tao, you were so happy to marry him back then, telling me how wonderful Zhang Guang was. Now you regret it, don't you? If you ask me, you should marry someone you know well, someone whose family is nearby. That way, if something happens, it'll be easy for you to go back to your parents' home, right?"

Upon hearing this, Su Tao turned around and glared at Daya.

"What's the use of saying all this now? Nobody went ahead to check. Besides, you're already so old. Why aren't you getting anxious about getting married? When are you going to do it? Where are there any decent men out there right now?"

Da Ya blushed and smiled shyly upon hearing Su Tao's words.

"Su Tao, what are you saying? Aren't there plenty of good people around us? Putting aside everything else, isn't your cousin Su Shiyan a really good and honest man?"

Su Tao stared wide-eyed at Daya and asked incredulously:

"Didn't you always look down on my cousin before? You always spoke ill of him to me. How come you're saying he's a good person now? How can you be so fickle?"

When Da Ya saw that Su Tao was showing her no respect at all and had told her all about her past, she looked up and saw Su Banxia leaning against the door frame, staring at her with a half-smile.

So he hurriedly began to defend himself:

"Su Tao, what nonsense are you talking about? How could I say anything bad about my Shi Yan? Right now, I think my Shi Yan is better than anyone else. If I can marry him in the future, I'll be incredibly lucky."

Su Tao's mouth dropped open in surprise.

"What? You still want to marry Su Shiyan? Have you lost your mind? It's only been a short time since I last saw you, how come you've changed so much?"

Seeing that Su Tao wasn't going along with her story and was just going on and on about revealing her own secrets, Da Ya couldn't sit still any longer and got up impatiently to say:

"Su Tao, what are you saying? What's so surprising about this? Shi Yan is a very good man. Haven't I made myself clear enough? I have some things to take care of at home right now, so I'll be leaving now. Don't be too sad."

After saying that, Da Ya walked straight outside. He had come to see Su Tao today, partly to see what had happened at home that made her run back to her parents' house crying.

Furthermore, she wanted to say a few more words about herself and Su Shiyan to Su Tao, hoping that Su Tao could help her mediate. After all, Su Tao was a relative of Su Shiyan's family. If Su Tao could help with matchmaking, wouldn't her marriage with Su Shiyan be much easier?

Who would have thought that Su Tao was so stubborn? Even after explaining things so clearly, Su Tao still didn't understand and even revealed her secrets in front of Su Banxia. This really made Da Ya feel embarrassed. At this moment, Da Ya didn't feel sorry for Su Tao at all. She just felt that Su Tao deserved to marry someone like Zhang Guang.