Chapter 333 - 31: The Cannon Fodder Sister-in-Law in the Favorite Daughter Story

Liu Yan is from another village, but most people know her. After all, someone like her, who values sons over daughters, is rare in the village. She marries off her daughter for money and spends all the money on buying fish and meat for her son. Such a person is also a weirdo here. Daughters are still flesh and blood, even if they aren’t as useful as sons to carry on the family line, at the very least they shouldn’t be treated like dogs.

Now her daughter is married, yet she still blocks the village entrance asking her son-in-law for money. If Lv Cuiping found out, she’d surely be scolded to death.

Jiang Lai doesn’t care about being laughed at by the people around her, and in any case, it’s not her making a fool of herself now.

If Liu Yan had any decency, she wouldn’t do something like selling her daughter for money, so she doesn’t care either.

Jiang Lai had already agreed to give her the money, and she had already planned to contact someone to build a big brick house. But after waiting at home for ages and not waiting for anyone, she waited at the door for so long only to hear that Jiang Lai used the money to buy a bicycle.

Where did the money for a bicycle come from? If it was all spent, then what about the big brick house? What about Jinbao’s marriage?

Liu Yan grew angrier the more she thought about it, and without caring about anything, she was about to hit.

But Jiang Lai didn’t need to dodge; Liu Yan’s hand was caught by Xie Jian just as she raised it.

"Mom, let’s talk it out properly; if you hit, I won’t be polite," he said.

"Are you thinking of hitting me too?"

Liu Yan realized that Jiang Lai doesn’t want to acknowledge them anymore, and if that was the case, she wouldn’t care about them taking her eight dollars!

"No matter what, you bring me two hundred dollars today! Your brother is still lying in bed waiting for food and drink!"

Jiang Lai shrugged helplessly.

"Mom, it’s not that I don’t want to give you money. Xie Jian does have money, but it’s all in his mother’s hands. We didn’t get a penny when we split the family. Families are supposed to split assets when they split. I originally thought that once we got the money, I would give it to Jinbao, but now that I can’t get it, there’s nothing I can do."

"Split the family and didn’t split the money?!"

"Yes, they didn’t even give us a place to live. The Xie Family has two brick houses. The son doesn’t get to live in one; instead, the old couple lives in one, and my little sister-in-law lives in the other. The room my sister-in-law occupies is even bigger than our house. That room was originally built by Xie Jian working at the brick factory, laid brick by brick, so splitting it to Xie Jian wouldn’t be an issue, right? If I could get it, I’d definitely give it to Jinbao, but now I can’t. My sister-in-law is living in it!"

Liu Yan listened, almost about to explode with anger.

The son didn’t get a penny when the family split, and the biggest brick house was given to a girl!

Her Jinbao never lived in such a big house!

"It’s over for the Xie Family, giving to the daughter and not the son. The old Xie’s mind is spoiled!"

Jiang Lai chuckled.

"Oh, my mother-in-law has at least seven or eight hundred yuan in her hands. We could at least get two hundred when we split the family, plus the house and such. If we could get it, I’d definitely give it all to Jinbao, to the men of our family."

"Are you bullying us because we don’t have anyone on our side?! I’m going to see what that old shrew is thinking!"

Seeing Liu Yan’s furious face, Jiang Lai nodded reassuringly.

Luckily, although she’s feisty, she isn’t very smart. Compared to Lv Cuiping, there’s a difference, but now Lv Cuiping is also upset and lying in bed. This should be evenly matched.

The crowd followed Liu Yan to watch the spectacle at the Xie Family’s doorstep.

Xie Yumian had just regained her senses, calming down from her fright, but she didn’t dare tell anyone about this, worrying that Xie Jian would let slip and spread the news.

People in the village love gossiping, talking about imaginary things. Even if she wasn’t wronged, if the news got out, her reputation would surely be ruined.

Being cooped up for so long inevitably gave people something to talk about behind her back. Just then, the propaganda unit from the brigade came looking for her to see if she could play a role in the cultural evening after the fall harvest.

In previous years, people from the village had sought her out, but she despised these small village performances, which were attended by young housewives and girls from the village, with the audience exclusively consisting of villagers.

But this time was different. The brigade’s propaganda team came looking for her, along with the county’s art troupe to rehearse and perform. The audience would be brigade leaders, so the higher standard of audience demanded more from the performers. Xie Yumian hesitated but eventually agreed.

Lv Cuiping could manage to stand again, after all, there was nothing physically wrong with her. She just couldn’t accept mentally that her daughter-in-law could challenge her authority like this.

The sight of Xie Yumian finally stepping outside cheered up Lv Cuiping significantly.

"Mom, the brigade’s art troupe asked me to perform. In the evening, let second brother come pick me up."

"Is it for that brigade performance at the end of the month? What are you playing?"

"They said it’s ’The White-haired Girl’, and I’m playing Xi’er."

Lv Cuiping nodded repeatedly, feeling happy, and went straight to the kitchen to take out the boiled eggs she hid last night, stuffing them all into her daughter’s pockets.

"Take these to eat on the way. If it’s not enough, I’ll boil more tonight."

"Okay, I’m leaving then."

Xie Yumian had eaten enough of these things but still put the eggs in her pockets. After all, she could share them with the county’s art troupe members later, who were young people from the county with proper jobs, regularly performing for the military. Their treatment and status were quite good.

If the performance went well, there might be a chance to join the art troupe.

She planned in her heart, but as soon as she opened the door, a basin of cold water was poured directly over her head, mixed with a nauseating stench that hit her face, leaving Xie Yumian stunned on the spot. Looking at the yellow liquid dripping from above, her blood froze, limbs stiffened, and she almost fainted with a scream stuck in her throat.

Standing in front of her was a lean woman who looked familiar but was completely unrecognizable. Xie Yumian struggled to breathe deeply, unable to suppress a scream.

"What are you doing!!"

The commotion reached Lv Cuiping inside, who hurriedly rushed out. Seeing her daughter in such a pitiful state and Liu Yan standing at the door with a chamber pot, she was furious and stormed forward, grabbing Liu Yan by the hair.

"You damn woman, what are you trying to do?! Pouring urine at my house’s entrance, do you have a death wish?!"

Liu Yan refused to show weakness, pinching Lv Cuiping’s arm and kicking her legs as she scolded.

"You damn old woman, holding everything for yourself after the family split. Aren’t you afraid of being scolded for telling about it? Giving such a big house to your daughter, I see you’re fed up with life. When has it ever been right for daughters to live in brick houses while sons stay in straw ones!"

The two women clashed, and Xie Yumian couldn’t care less, her eyes red as she ran back, venting by smashing and cursing inside the house.