Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse-Chapter 110 - 108 Really Angered Me to Death

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The era is just like this, so realistic.

No matter what era, men can still make mistakes, regret, and start anew. People say that ’a prodigal returning is worth more than gold’; whether it’s a second or third marriage, as long as they are willing to work, there will always be women who will come aboard.

But for women, the criticism is too harsh. Women can’t afford to make the slightest mistake, especially in this era where divorce is equivalent to a hellish stigma, having a ’divorced’ woman in the family can burden the grandchildren.

In fact, even though the situation might be a little better in later generations, the most important point is still that women need to stand up for themselves. Only when they have a solid foundation can they live more comfortably and freely.

If later generations continue to be like now, where men engage in socializing and business outside, while women are confined to taking care of the household chores and childbearing at home, can women genuinely hold up half the sky?

After all, if women want to maintain their ’dignity,’ they still need to rely on themselves.

As for Mrs. Fan and Li Xiaochun, the original sin for their disdain for Xie Jinghong was that she enticed their son to ’like’ her.

No matter how virtuous or obedient she is, even if she has contributed more to childbirth than the younger daughter-in-law, the old lady just doesn’t like her!

The only reason being, this daughter-in-law was not chosen by her.

While the younger son’s wife was chosen by her, and no matter how much worse she might be, she is still to her liking.

As the saying goes, ’true love is priceless’; as long as there is a connection, everything is perfect.

That’s just the harsh reality.

Previously, when Zhou Xiuhua lashed out in fury, shouting at Li Xiaochun that ’it’s intolerable,’ she was just scaring people. If she really let her sister and Fan Jiefang divorce, she would probably be the one who suffers the most.

Perhaps Li Xiaochun is biased or difficult, but she has some brains. She clearly also knows that Xie Jinghong is competent and has the strong backing of her natal family. Just by looking at the two large baskets of supplies that Zhang Shanni brought this time, she did not dare to clash head-on with Zhou Xiuhua.

Moreover, Xie Jinghong has birthed three grandchildren, the only three in the Fan Family. Her beloved youngest son, to date, only has one eight-year-old daughter! Ever since the younger daughter-in-law gave birth to the eldest granddaughter, seven or eight years have passed without her becoming pregnant again, which makes them incredibly envious of Xie Jinghong’s three sons!

It is this stark contrast that makes Li Xiaochun, who lives with her youngest son, lured by her youngest daughter-in-law and youngest child, find a hundred reasons to dislike Xie Jinghong. She believes that it’s because Xie Jinghong had three grandsons at once that her youngest daughter-in-law is under too much pressure, which is why she can’t get pregnant again!

Indeed, there are all kinds of people in the world, and partiality knows no bounds.

Zhang Shanni would not understand Li Xiaochun’s mindset. But Zhou Xiuhua does. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

After all, Zhou Xiuhua is a local, and due to her thorough understanding of the rural elderly women, she acts as a mediator in many conflicting families in the village. She has seen all kinds of difficult people and thus has some understanding of Li Xiaochun’s psyche.

It is this understanding that enrages her!

After all, Xie Jinghong is her own flesh and blood, and also her eldest daughter. Even if life was tough in those years and resources were limited, unable to pamper her excessively, instead, Xie Jinghong was trained in all sorts of domestic skills, understanding and capable since childhood. She essentially raised her younger siblings.

Therefore, the several younger siblings really adore Xie Jinghong, their second elder sister. Learning of the Fan Family’s attitude towards Xie Jinghong, the siblings bear genuine resentment towards Fan Jiefang.

However, Xie Jinghong never complains about her husband’s family when she returns to her natal home. Even if the Xie Family members ’overheard’ many gossip, if the person involved is unwilling to mention it, how could these family members have the heart to tear open their second elder sister’s face and make her upset?

With this delay, Xie Jinghong had already given birth to three children for the Fan Family, and even if the Xie Family had many grievances, they had to swallow their words for the sake of their nephew, gritting their teeth in silent resentment.

One reason was that no one in the Xie Family had personally witnessed how their second sister was bullied by Li Xiaochun.

To be fair, Fan Jiefang was also wronged. As long as he was at home, Li Xiaochun wouldn’t dare openly bully Xie Jinghong, and even avoided using foul language.

The one openly known issue was Li Xiaochun’s ’desperation for money’; to get money from Fan Jiefang, she would stoop to any low!

Ultimately, it’s about favoritism and taking care of the youngest brother’s family.

The Fan brothers were complicit in this matter—one willing to hit, the other willing to be hit. With Li Xiaochun fanning the flames on the side, even if Xie Jinghong had a sharp tongue, she couldn’t clarify the mess.

The more she said, the more she seemed like a troublemaker at home, the ’class enemy’ disrupting the harmony between the Fan brothers!

Now that Xie Tiesheng and his wife had personally witnessed Li Xiaochun’s attitude, it came at the ’perfect time’ just as Zhang Shanni had initially thought.

When problems arise in a family, it is best to resolve them sooner rather than later. If you keep tolerating and indulging them, whether it’s the husband’s side or the wife’s side, there will come a day when they can no longer bear it.

In the end, it is always the women and children who pay the price for this outcome.

Moreover, now that Li Xiaochun has caused Zhou Xiuhua to fall ill out of agitation, feeling guilty, Xie Jinghong, if she’s not foolish, could take advantage of this opportunity to suitably free herself from her mother-in-law’s clutches.

Of course, the extent of the outcome mainly depends on how Fan Jiefang, as a son and a husband, handles the delicate balance between his wife and his mother.

Zhang Shanni had lost hope in Xie Jinghong’s emotional intelligence, but she still acknowledged Fan Jiefang’s ability to handle matters to some extent. Perhaps Fan Jiefang wasn’t aware of how excessive his mother had been. Moreover, his wife Xie Jinghong had never sought help from him, so he naturally assumed that at worst, his mother was just verbally unpleasant.

He had not foreseen that his mother’s behavior could escalate to stealthy theft!

If this matter were to be revealed, the Fan Family would lose all face!

Does Xie Jinghong have the smarts for this? It’s hard to say... seeing that she can’t even manage a proper relationship with her mother-in-law, her cleverness is limited.

As for why Zhang Shanni knew all these details, thanks must be given to Li Xiaochun, the informant.

Li Xiaochun ran off when she saw Zhou Xiuhua falling ill.

However, she didn’t leave the scene, but loitered anxiously in the alley behind her son’s house, pacing back and forth, and murmuring cautiously:

"Ah, this is killing me! What bad luck to bump into them... If that bitch Xie Jinghong really tells our relatives that I stole my son’s money... How can I ever stand tall in front of them again?... That’s somewhat manageable since we only see each other once or twice a year, but what I’m most afraid of now is that Jiefang takes her side completely and starts ignoring me and my youngest son, what do I do then?"

Li Xiaochun could hardly hold back the urge to rush forward and explain herself to her returning son from work, not to listen entirely to what his wife says... but she also feared that her son might discover her hiding and accuse her of being unsympathetic and deserting them—a hefty accusation that she couldn’t talk her way out of!

However, that hesitation lasted only a moment, at most a minute or two. Seeing her son enter the house and then hurriedly run out to borrow a tricycle from the neighbor, she panicked.

"Disaster, disaster, is Zhou Xiuhua’s health so fragile? Just got upset after a couple of arguments, and she’s really going to be done in by me?" Li Xiaochun was as nervous as if she had lost her soul... Now seeing her son riding the tricycle, taking his in-laws away, how could she dare to stay?

Mrs. Fan, feeling completely responsible for the disaster, rushed to the bus station, only wanting to reach her youngest son as quickly as possible, begging him to find a way to save herself...