Xu Chunniang keenly sensed that something was wrong and frowned slightly.
"What happened to her, elder sister?"
"It's nothing. Daya is fine. She just hasn't come back because she's been busy recently. Don't worry about her."
Mother Xu spoke with a smile, but the smile on her face seemed a little forced.
Xu Chunniang had a feeling that something was wrong, but seeing that Xu's mother was unwilling to say more, she did not continue asking.
After dinner, the fourth child went to the study and she followed him in.
When Xu Qiushou turned around, he found that there was another person in the room and he rolled his eyes in fear.
"Third sister, now that you have become a deity, are you able to walk without making any sound?"
Xu Chunniang ignored these words and went straight to the point, "Let me ask you, has something happened to my elder sister?"
The eldest sister is like a mother. It was the eldest sister who raised her. Apart from her parents, Xu Chunniang has the closest feelings for her eldest sister.
If anything happens to her elder sister, she will definitely seek justice for her.
Speaking of his elder sister, Xu Qiushou's expression became serious.
After a long while, he finally spoke, "When I came back, my mother told me not to tell you about my elder sister, but since you asked, if I don't tell you, you will not let it go."
After a pause, Xu Qiushou continued, "Eldest sister has not had a good life these years. Very bad. We tried to persuade her to come back, but she refused to divorce and would rather stay in the Wei family and be tortured by that old woman. I am just a scholar and cannot interfere in other people's family affairs."
Half an hour later, Xu Chunniang walked out of the study with a gloomy face.
From the fourth child, she learned about her eldest sister's experiences over the years.
Since marrying into Weijia Village, Lotus, the eldest daughter of the Xu family, gave birth to three daughters in a row, and was therefore disliked by her in-laws.
At the beginning, my husband's family was a little cautious and didn't dare to go too far.
But as time went on, my husband's family became bolder.
It was Xu Lianhua who had the bad pregnancy first, so even if they were teaching her a lesson, it was what she deserved. Even if the gods came, they would be in the right.
Besides, Da Wu from their village was also favored by the gods, so he was not afraid of the third girl from the Xu family at all.
Xu Chunniang stood in the courtyard, anger boiling in her chest.
The eldest sister gave birth to three children for her husband's family. Even if she had no credit, she had worked hard. But it was her hateful husband's family who tortured her in every way.
She herself was a useless person. Even at this point, she still couldn't see the situation clearly and refused to divorce.
Early the next morning, Xu Chunniang set out alone to Weijia Village and found her eldest sister's in-laws.
Even from a long distance away, you could hear the shouting and cursing coming from the yard.
"He's just eating and not working. He has so many clothes that he hasn't washed yet, and he still needs me to urge him to do them.
My Wei family is so unlucky that we married a woman like you who is so unlucky and gave birth to three money-losing children.
I only have one son, Rong. Are you trying to cut off the roots of my Wei family?"
The woman who was scolded was terribly thin and her face was yellow, showing that she had been malnourished for a long time. She was none other than Xu Lianhua, the eldest daughter of the Xu family.
Hearing her mother-in-law's scolding, Xu Lianhua subconsciously shrank back, but did not dare to resist. She obediently picked up the dirty clothes on the ground and prepared to wash them in the river.
Xu Chunniang could no longer bear it and kicked the door open.
When Granny Wei heard the voice, she looked over and started cursing.
"Where did you come from, you little bastard, to kick my front door and break it? If you don't compensate me for this door today, don't even think about leaving!"
Xu Lianhua looked at the person in front of her, and a blurry figure flashed through her mind. The face in her memory gradually overlapped with the face of the woman in front of her.
“Bang!”
The wooden basin in her hand fell to the ground, and the dirty clothes inside were scattered on the ground.
"Oh, what a damn thing! You can't even hold a wooden basin steady. How can you be so useless that you can't even do the smallest things!"
However, Xu Lianhua did not rush to pick up the clothes on the ground as she did before, but took a step towards the woman.
"Third sister, is that you?"
"It's me."
Xu Chunniang could hardly believe that the skinny person in front of her could be her beautiful and gentle elder sister.
What kind of life has my eldest sister been living in her husband's family all these years
On the other side, when Granny Wei saw the sisters recognizing each other, her heart skipped a beat.
Is the woman in front of me the third sister of the Xu family who became a deity
Her wrinkled face was instantly filled with smiles.
"It turns out that it's my aunt from my in-laws' family. There's light coming through the wooden door. Come in and sit down."
Xu Chunniang didn't look at her, but only stared at her elder sister, "Eldest sister, this kind of life is probably not what you want."
Before Xu Lianhua could say anything, Granny Wei became anxious.
"Aunt, what do you mean by that? Lotus is my daughter-in-law, married to me through formal marriage. You can't just take her away with a single word. Even if I have to go to see the officials, I have a place to reason with you."
Hearing this, the light that had just lit up in Xu Lianhua's eyes dimmed in an instant.
She smiled bitterly, "I'm already very satisfied to be able to see my third sister again. Perhaps, this is my fate."
Hearing this, Xu Chunniang's anger grew even stronger.
I feel sorry for their misfortune and I am angry at their lack of resistance.
But the angrier she got, the calmer she became.
"Big sister, you taught me since I was a child that it's okay to be looked down upon by others, but you can't look down upon yourself. You now make me a little disappointed and a little strange."
Xu Lianhua looked dazed and lost in memories.
When did she become what she is now
"God only helps those who help themselves. If you are ready to give up, then so be it."
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath, turned and left.
If the elder sister really accepted her fate, then she wouldn't be able to help her at all.
Looking at the resolute Third Sister, Xu Lianhua felt a huge sense of panic in her heart and subconsciously called her.
"Wait, I..."
Xu Chunniang stopped.
Xu Lianhua shouted out loud, and when she saw her mother-in-law standing beside her with a face as dark as the bottom of a pot, she felt timid.
She was really scared of being beaten over the years.
But thinking about the life she was going through now, and how many more years she would have to go on, she mustered up her courage and called out to Xu Chunniang, "Third sister, I want to talk to you, is that okay?"
Granny Wei's face turned pale and she was about to get angry, but when she received a stern look from Xu Chunniang, she was shocked by the coldness in the look and suddenly became speechless.
"Of course."
Xu Chunniang nodded slightly and said to Granny Wei calmly, "Didn't you ask us to come in and sit down? Why are you still standing there?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Lianhua went to see her mother-in-law in fear, but saw that her usually strong mother-in-law was like a quail, leading the way with her neck shrunk.
She felt a little braver.
Xu Chunniang entered the room, took a look at the furnishings in the room calmly, and glanced at Granny Wei, "Go down, don't stand here and get in the way."
Granny Wei's face turned purple, and the anger in her heart finally overcame her fear of the gods.
She raised her head, put her hands on her hips, and cursed.
"Aunt, I treat you as a person, please don't be ungrateful. You are a guest in my home, how can a guest drive the host away
Don't think that I'm really afraid of you just because you are a god. Wei Dawu, the son of my cousin's uncle, also followed a god.
You came back suddenly, maybe you were abandoned by the gods!"