Yuan Chun this time traveled into the body of an old woman.

The original host was named Wang Yuanchun, 48 years old this year, married into the Ma family, and the villagers all called her Ma Dama, or Mrs. Wang.

The original host had three sons and two daughters: the eldest son Ma Xiangdong, the second son Ma Xiangnan, the third son Ma Xiangxi, the eldest daughter Ma Xiangmei, and the youngest daughter Ma Xiangling.

Except for the youngest daughter Ma Xiangling, the other children were all married.

The original host was a biased mother, favoring the youngest son and youngest daughter, and greatly disliking the eldest son, even to the point of hating him.

When she was 32, just pregnant with the youngest daughter, the original host’s husband, while saving the drowning eldest son, was swept away by the flood, and by the time they found him, his body was bloated.

For this reason, the original host hated the eldest son, believing he caused her husband’s death, leaving her widowed at a young age, and having to raise five children alone.

Therefore, after her husband’s death, the original host consistently exploited Ma Xiangdong’s labor force, making him shoulder the burden of the entire family from a young age.

When Ma Xiangdong was eighteen, he wanted to join the army, but the original host strongly opposed it. Later, after Ma Xiangdong asked several elders from the clan to persuade, the original host agreed, but with the condition that Ma Xiangdong must marry first, to bring back a wife to help with the family work.

Thus, Ma Xiangdong married Qian Hongmei.

Three days after the wedding, Ma Xiangdong left with the main force.

For the following years, Qian Hongmei became a slave to the Ma family, doing all the work inside and outside the house, even when heavily pregnant, she had to go to the fields to earn work points. Her eldest daughter Daya was born at the edge of the field.

While Ma Xiangdong, after enlisting, sent back allowances every month, starting at twenty yuan, gradually increasing, and now more than fifty yuan a month.

But not a cent of this money was spent on Qian Hongmei and her two daughters.

The original host doted on her youngest son and daughter, supporting the youngest son through high school graduation, and the youngest daughter through middle school graduation, bought the youngest son a job, and even got him a wife from the city.

After Ma Xiangxi went to the city to work, he didn’t contribute any salary to the family and frequently returned home to take grain, vegetables, and eggs to the city for himself.

Ma Laoer and his wife felt aggrieved, but with the original host protecting and indulging them, they dared to be angry but not speak out.

After Ma Xiangling graduated from middle school, she stayed home, spending her time eating and sleeping, while refusing to do any work. Even her undergarments were washed by her niece Ma Daya.

The original host raised the youngest son and daughter to be a young master and young miss, yet treated Ma Xiangdong’s two daughters like maids, making them earn work points by cutting pigweed from a young age, and still help Qian Hongmei with cooking and laundry after returning home.

At ten years old, Ma Daya had never even walked through the gates of a school and couldn’t recognize a single character.

Qian Hongmei, having had no sons, dared not make a sound despite her grievances in this family, having become accustomed to being oppressed by her mother-in-law.

This year, Ma Xiangdong returned from the military with an injury, missing a leg, and was pushed back in a wheelchair.

The original host felt no sympathy for her son, instead seeing him as a cripple, wasting food by returning.

Thus, the original host forced Ma Xiangdong to hand over his discharge pay and compensation, then separated Ma Xiangdong’s family.

One could say they were almost completely thrown out, as Ma Xiangdong’s family was driven away.

As for Ma Xiangdong’s discharge pay and compensation, the original host took out five hundred yuan to buy Ma Xiangling a job and, when Ma Xiangling got married, gave her three hundred yuan as dowry.

She also spent eight hundred yuan to purchase a house in the county for Ma Xiangxi’s family to live in.