Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 133

Chapter 133: Chapter 130: Attracting a Rotten Peach Blossom

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Thus, Wang Xiaocui came to utterly despise her third sister-in-law, who was nowhere to be seen day after day.

She never minded that, whenever there was meat to eat, she would clamor to eat enough for two on her own, consuming the most and the heartiest!

Another point, Zhang Shanni noticed that the eldest sister-in-law was trying to cozy up to her occasionally, scheming against her two portions of the dowry.

Just when she was ready to stir up trouble with the fifth family, her mother-in-law had already seen through it and bluntly stated that the dowry was Zhang Shanni’s own. Whoever dared to eye those belongings should just get out of the Old Xie Family.

Wang Xiaocui, always in town, had absolutely no idea what the mother-in-law was talking about, and Xu Xiaofen had no time to fill her in.

What’s more, as soon as she returned home and saw the mother-in-law looking as if she was ready to bite her head off because of the children, she could only foolishly express that she had no objections at all.

After barely getting over this incident, Zhou Xiuhua had her working nonstop for three days, not allowing her to step out of the Xie Family Courtyard, and under the piercing gaze of her in-laws, Xu Xiaofen dared not say another word.

She had already lost the favor of the mother-in-law. Even though she coveted Zhang Shanni’s bicycle and sewing machine, she didn’t dare to speak up anymore.

She had made a mistake when her mother passed away, and according to the Xu family elders, she could have been divorced by her husband’s family for it.

If her in-laws truly couldn’t withstand the village gossip and decided to divorce her, she would have no choice but to grit her teeth and accept it. Fear was the reason she dragged her husband to not return home until after her mother’s seventh day memorial.

The more afraid she was, the less she dared to return. On another note, she had a bit of confidence in herself, thinking her husband would still listen to her. After all, she bore three children for the Xie family; surely, the in-laws wouldn’t actually go through with divorcing her!

Moreover, she wasn’t deaf to the ugly talk in the village; she had heard it all. Luckily, her husband was still feeling guilty and they avoided the idle chatter of the villagers, so he wasn’t fully aware of the situation yet, and the couple remained untroubled.

Because of this, when she saw her sons becoming distant towards them, she simply resigned to the coldness. She thought that with time, wouldn’t the children stop holding grudges against their own birth mother?

It was just that seeing how Xiao Si treated the fifth family, Xu Xiaofen grew anxious again: the child still needed to be properly coddled, otherwise if she ended up like Wang Xiaocui’s situation, what was the point of her even living!

As a result, she took her mother-in-law’s threat to heart, not daring to bring up the younger brother and sister-in-law’s dowry again, lest her in-laws got tough and sent her back to her own family.

After all, her father-in-law’s words still lingered in her ears!

"Lazy woman, what are you daydreaming about? Aren’t you going to cook?" Zhou Xiuhua heard the third daughter-in-law return and happened to see the fifth family glaring at Zhang Shanni, and immediately shouted loudly.

"...I’ll cook right away." Wang Xiaocui, entering the Xie Family for the first time and being thus troubled by her mother-in-law, replied loudly with a pounding heart.

"Make more food for lunch; everyone from the Fourth Family will be back later. San’er, go help your fifth sister-in-law," Zhou Xiuhua said, pointing to her youngest daughter who had followed her out.

"Got it, mom." Xie Jingzi responded briskly, after all, her main job was ’supervision’, if she was really asked to do the work, she wouldn’t be able to manage it.

Wang Xiaocui, hearing her mother-in-law’s words, entered the kitchen with a pained expression and remained silent. Aggrieved, she even forgot to ask whether her husband would be coming back today.

"Is Tie Dan from the Boss’s family not working today?" Zhou Xiuhua didn’t see her son and gruffly asked the eldest daughter-in-law.

Xu Xiaofen nervously glanced at her mother-in-law’s stern face and murmured softly, "Mom, today is the last day, his team is also stopping work today. He’ll definitely be able to come back tomorrow and help with the work."