"Yes, husband, our Yao'er is such a good girl. She's been pampered since she was little, raised like a young lady. How can you bear to see her suffer like this?"

Zhou was heartbroken, and her resentment towards Old Madam Su grew wildly like weeds.

Ever since Zhou entered the family, Old Madam Su had noticed her favoritism towards the second son of the Su family. If it weren't for Zhou giving birth to the eldest grandson of the Su family, and Xiangming being a good student, who knows how he would have been mistreated by the second son's family!

Fortunately, Heaven has eyes; Su Lao Er is destined to be childless and have no heir. From now on, this family will have to rely on the eldest branch. I really don't know what the old lady is doing all day long.

Madam Zhou sighed, "It's nothing for me to suffer a little, but how can our Yao'er suffer along with me?"

Su Qingyi felt heartbroken seeing his daughter's tearful appearance.

“Daughter, don’t worry, Dad will go and talk to your grandfather right away. How can our daughter be bullied like this? I’m getting more and more confused as I get older. I’ve spoiled my second son’s family so much that they’re practically climbing on the roof!”

The next morning, Su Li noticed that Su Yao was missing from the dinner table.

Just as I was wondering about this, I saw her yawning and sleepily coming out of the east room, holding a half-eaten pastry in her hand.

Everyone was sitting around the table eating, but Su Yao slowly stuffed the remaining half of the pastry into her mouth and mumbled indistinctly:

"Grandma, I'm going to town today to buy some needles and thread. You know, my wedding dress is only half embroidered, and it still needs some decorations to be finished quickly."

Grandma Su's eyes were fixed on the crumbs of pastry on her lips. She frowned and slammed her chopsticks heavily on the table.

"Why do you need needles and thread? Just tell me what you need and I'll get it for you! You're always quick to make excuses when I ask you to do chores, but you're always so generous when it comes to spending money. Our family isn't some wealthy landowner; can we afford to let you go to such lengths?"

Instead of eating breakfast, she eats pastries to fill her stomach. What kind of behavior is this from a wealthy family?

She's still eating meager rations here, and this little brat is already acting like a young lady. She's not even dead yet, and she's already trying to climb all over me, isn't she?

Old Mrs. Su's eyes were like hooks as she glared fiercely at Zhou.

But Zhou remained silent, holding her bowl and eating with her head down, without even blinking.

Su Yao gave a soft hum, showing none of the resentment she felt yesterday. Her father had already spoken to her grandfather, and she didn't believe her grandmother would dare to stop her.

She slightly raised her chin and said casually, "Grandma, my wedding dress can't be taken lightly; it's very exquisite. If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself."

"Ahem," Grandpa Su coughed lightly, rarely speaking up, "Alright, if the child wants to embroider her wedding dress, let her go. It's not a big deal, what's there to argue about?"

Grandma Su stared at Su Yao for a long time, her gloomy eyes seeming to burn a hole in her.

In the end, however, Grandma Su swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

Su Yao smiled smugly, glanced provocatively at Su Li and Su Zhen, then turned and swayed back into her room.

Su Li paused, her chopsticks still in her hand, already understanding everything in her heart.

Her gaze shifted between Grandpa Su and Uncle Su, before turning to Uncle Su's second uncle, who was standing right next to Grandma Su.

Well, what's there to not understand now?

One had a father who doted on them, and the other had a mother who doted on them. So, the four of them were the only ones who had neither a father nor a mother and were born from a stone.

All the dirty and hard work should be done by the fourth branch of the family, and even if they die, no one will care.

Su Li's gaze darkened slightly, and a cold smile crept onto her lips.

Before my father was injured, my eldest uncle and second uncle were both lazy and never worked in the fields.

Now that her father is bedridden, she has tried her best to get her uncles to work, but now their daughters are competing with her again.

In short, in this family, whether it's the older generation or the younger generation, the fourth branch should be trampled on at the bottom by everyone and deserve to be humiliated, right?

Su Li was truly furious.

As if hearing her own inner voice, or perhaps it was fate's doing, wanting Su Li to fully face the truth, Old Madam Su suddenly raised her head and said in a muffled voice:

"Stop thinking about slacking off! People are different, so don't have any improper thoughts!"

Ah, they're targeting Su Li.

No, it should also include Su Xiangyang, the He family, and even Su Xiangsheng.

Su Li ignored Grandma Su's words, finished her meal, picked up her basket, and went out the door.

"Grandma, my dad's medicine is almost finished. I need to go find him some more. Don't bother saving me lunch."

Without paying attention to the angry curses of Old Madam Su behind her, Su Li turned and headed in the opposite direction from the Su family's fields.

Alright, you guys go and try to win over the old man and woman's favor. She's off to make money anyway!

Besides medicinal herbs, which could be exchanged for money, there was something even more valuable in the original book. It could not only be exchanged for silver, but it also later changed the entire situation of the Great Wei Kingdom.

Su Li felt that she should not be too short-sighted, and that she should be more ruthless in dealing with the Su family members, especially Su Zhen.

However, before that, she had to go to Peach Blossom's house.

Besides the box of peach shortbread, Su Li carefully selected some things at the market yesterday to bring to Tao Hua, but she couldn't find a suitable time because as soon as she got home, she was kept busy by her grandmother.

As I approached Peach Blossom's courtyard, before I even knocked, a terrified scream came from inside:

"Don't come any closer! If you take another step, I'll call for help! Get out of my house now—"

It's the sound of peach blossoms!

Su Li's heart tightened, and she strode forward, kicking open the gate of the Peach Blossom family's courtyard without regard for anything else.

A skinny, monkey-like boy was clinging to Peach Blossom. He looked to be in his teens, but his face was full of sleazy, lewd expressions. He grinned obscenely and muttered vulgarities.

"Peach Blossom, look at you, you're quite pretty. Hmm, you have a nice figure. Tomorrow I'll have my mother talk to your father and ask him to give you to me in marriage. Wouldn't it be better if you came with me? Why bother with that sickly man? Anyway, your father doesn't love you. Why not come and have some fun with me..."

As he spoke, he leaned forward and tried to grab Peach Blossom's hand.

"You, you stay away! Please let me go, my father will be back soon!"

Peach Blossom was thin and weak, her face full of fear and grievance. She kept trying to back away, but there was a corner behind her, and she had nowhere to retreat.

"Everyone in the village is out working in the fields right now, no one will bother us, hehe..."

Su Li could no longer bear it. Her eyes widened in anger, and she rushed forward, slamming the basket down on the boy's head and kicking him to the ground.

"Li Gou'er, you're asking for death!"

"You shameless scoundrel, how could you do such a thing in broad daylight! Don't you have any sense of shame at all?"

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