Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse-Chapter 459 - 454 Xie Jinghong’s Troubles 09

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Li Xiaoxia had never got up early since marrying into the Fan Family!

When she first married in, she would get up after nine, but ever since she started showing her pregnancy bump, don’t even think about seeing her shadow in the living room before eleven or twelve.

After giving birth, she became even more indulged. But hey, her parental family is rich, so during her confinement, she never ran out of meat, chicken, or eggs — all she had to do was cook them a bit.

This daughter-in-law is also picky with her food; she often doesn’t finish her meals, which then become treats for her old mom and daughter.

Later, her dad really came through, securing her a position in a comfortable job, where she just had to show up for work, with lots of holidays and a steady salary — life couldn’t be more luxurious.

With such a wealthy and well-connected daughter-in-law, how could Xie Jinghong compare? It’s not really Li Xiaochun’s fault for being such a realist and only daring to press the elder daughter-in-law for issues!

After all, Xie Jinghong is just a girl from a small village! There’s nothing special about her family.

Even if she has a very promising younger brother, Da Hong, who holds a significant military position in the military forces, that’s just occasional visits — distant water won’t put out a nearby fire!

In daily life, one can only see the benefits of the younger daughter-in-law, so it’s not groundless for Li Xiaochun to be shallow.

Speaking of which, Fan Fengshou is the youngest, yet he was the first to get married. Just a young man of eighteen, he already has a one-year-old child.

Even his current job was secured for him five years ago by his father-in-law, who spent money and pulled strings to get him into a good workplace.

This made Li Xiaoxia even more proud, to the extent that Li Xiaochun dared not even mention the desire for a natural grandson in front of her.

Each time the mother-in-law brought it up, it would draw Li Xiaoxia’s scowl. If it happened during a meal, she’d dare to throw her chopsticks down and stop eating!

Just thinking about it, wouldn’t any mother-in-law be furious?

But for the sake of her son’s job and peace, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and bear it.

While cooking, Li Xiaochun reflected on having indulged in the good life too much, realizing it’s too late for regrets, especially when dealing with the Boss is out of the question.

Back in the day, getting Fan Fengshou a good job took a lot of effort and money from Li Xiaoxia’s parents, half of which came at the old lady’s expense for offending her mother-in-law!

Ever since Li Xiaoxia learned that her elder sister-in-law was pregnant again, her face had never brightened, especially after finding out it was twins; the two sister-in-laws were practically at a point of ’when one comes, the other leaves.’

Li Xiaoxia genuinely never felt aggrieved anywhere, but ever since the elder sister-in-law gave birth to Da Hong, she felt as though everywhere she went, people were looking at her differently.

They’re basically saying she’s a hen that can’t lay eggs!

Bullshit, isn’t her Baozhen a person? Even if it’s a daughter, she is more precious than their sons!

Feeling aggrieved outside, she became even angrier when she came home to see her elder sister-in-law’s super-sized belly!

After her parents understood her feelings, they generously bought her a large three-room house in town, in a garden-style community, showing their ’filial piety’ towards their daughter.

But Li Xiaoxia just felt suffocated and aggrieved in her heart, unwilling to move into the new house despite her grievances!

Why should she give way to the Boss’s family? It’s clear that she has been the daughter-in-law of the Fan Family for the longest time!

That day, after hearing some gossip from a neighbour’s daughter-in-law, she coincidentally overheard it and, feeling upset and annoyed, she pushed Xie Jinghong. Who would have thought that a slight force could make Xie Jinghong fall over?!!

She was only seven months pregnant, Xie Jinghong gave birth prematurely, and when she was brought to the hospital, she was hemorrhaging severely from her lower body. It scared Li Xiaoxia quite a bit.

Fortunately, in the end, the baby was still born successfully!

Yet, upon hearing the outcome, Li Xiaoxia grew even angrier!

For one thing, she believed Xie Jinghong had intentionally fallen to get at her! Secondly, it was because Xie Jinghong had given birth to another son, moreover, twins!

This surely deeply offended Li Xiaoxia!

At this point, the two sisters-in-law were literally like fire and water.

Even so, Li Xiaoxia still refused to show weakness and stubbornly stayed in the Fan Family without moving out.

Between the two sisters-in-law, they essentially never spoke in daily life, nor did they see each other’s faces. There was an overt discord between them, but underneath, there were no shameless quarrels.

Xie Jinghong was full of anger inside, but her husband, adhering to the principle that a harmonious family leads to prosperity in everything, wouldn’t allow her to talk much. Xie Jinghong had grievances inside her that she couldn’t express, so she could only spend her days at home taking care of the children.

Even though the Li Family took care of Xie Jinghong’s postpartum meals and managed to secure a good job for Fan Fengshou, for Xie Jinghong, these benefits were all for the benefit of Li Xiaochun and Fan Fengshou, what business was it of hers?

Her own family had sent plenty of chickens and eggs, she really didn’t appreciate the favor from the Li Family.

Unexpectedly, just after she finished her second month of postpartum recovery, Li Xiaochun dared to loudly call her a lazy wife, that after a full two months of sitting the month, she wouldn’t get up to wash clothes or cook? In the house, she was the most idle; if she didn’t work, should her mother-in-law take care of her, a daughter-in-law?!

Once these words were shouted out, Xie Jinghong’s reputation took a hit. With no other option, Xie Jinghong could only endure it, thinking of her small children, she had to do it.

But Xie Jinghong wasn’t entirely without temper. It was one thing for her to cook since she was the only one not working in the family, but why should she have to wash clothes for her younger brother-in-law’s family?

This matter, once it got out, even the younger brother and sister were considered unreasonable, so in the end, their clothes were taken over by Mrs. Li.

Seeing this, Xie Jinghong simply didn’t wash the old lady’s clothes either and only washed her own family’s.

Li Xiaochun saw the eldest daughter-in-law with a look of expectancy as if waiting for her to cause a scene and thought about it. For her younger son, she also bore down and tolerated it. But this made her even more displeased with the eldest daughter-in-law, not even further affection despite the birth of three sons.

Especially when Fan Jiefang wasn’t around, she would find various ways to torment Xie Jinghong.

Although Xie Jinghong was suppressed due to her status, she wasn’t a weakling; occasionally she managed to hit back, resulting in an even worse mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship.

Now that Li Xiaochun thought back, Xie Jinghong had been in the Fan Family for more than five years with quite a meek nature and had spoken normally with her mother-in-law before the incident.

But since Xie Jinghong’s unexpected premature birth, Li Xiaochun had reaped plenty of benefits within the Li Family, now she could only show tolerance toward Li Xiaoxia.

However, ever since she blatantly favored one side, Xie Jinghong was no longer submissive and would strike back whenever there was a chance, either openly or secretly.

As time went by, the three grandsons even grew afraid upon seeing their own grandmother, and from the behavior of the three sons, the eldest also realized how excessively his own mother treated his wife and children!

The thought of the three grandsons from the eldest’s family caused Li Xiaochun even more heartache!

Li Xiaoxia is someone without fortune; even with a supportive family of origin, she couldn’t compete with Xie Jinghong’s ability to give birth, having three children in three years!

In their neighborhood, it was Xie Jinghong who was the most fortunate, with all her offspring being sons.

Now, Li Xiaochun also saw clearly that hoping Li Xiaoxia would care for her in her old age was simply a pipe dream with no hope!