Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 613: Chapter 613: Laying the Cards on the Table
 

After this episode, everyone fell silent. The meal was finished in a strange atmosphere. After the dishes were cleared and replaced with fragrant tea, everyone finally relaxed.

Seeing that there were no outsiders present, the clan leader tried to smooth things over.

“Sisi! Although I, the elder man, don’t know exactly what happened between you and Bai Han that led to today’s situation. But you’re still siblings connected by flesh and blood. How about I mediate and let this go?”

These words made Liu Sisi’s repressed anger burst out! She spoke in a low voice.

“In the past, to gather betrothal gifts for my big brother, Dad sold Eldest Sister. My brother-in-law is a sickly ghost, my father-in-law is bedridden, and my mother-in-law is harsh. Ever since she married into that family, Eldest Sister hasn’t had a single day of happiness. She’s more like their family’s servant than a daughter-in-law, and she can’t stop working even during holidays. She can’t even go back to her parents’ home!”

Seeing that the situation was not good, the clan leader tried to speak: “Sisi… ”

“Lord Clan Leader, please let me finish!”

Liu Sisi stopped him and continued: “When Sister-in-law needed money after giving birth, they sold Second Sister to the one-armed Dong Chang. He is a beast in human skin, and not only does Second Sister work herself to death every day, but Dong Chang also has a gambling addiction.”

“It wasn’t a sale, it was a marriage!”

Liu Quan couldn’t stand it any longer, his eyebrows furrowed together.

Liu Sisi looked at Liu Quan, then back at Liu Zhi’er, who was wiping away tears, and sighed silently.

“Hmph! He sold Second Sister as a tenant wife to an old man who couldn’t do anything and took advantage of Zhi’er’s absence to sell his own sons, Er Mao and San Mao. When we found Da Mao, he was sleeping in a dog house, fighting for food with a litter of puppies…”

The clan leader’s face also turned bad, and he couldn’t help but advise: “Sisi, isn’t that all in the past? We have to look forward when living… ”

“When it came to me, Liu Baihan did something even more ruthless!” Liu Sisi’s face was particularly solemn.

“He took money from outsiders and conspired with them to set up his own sister. Little did he know that I would rather die than give in. Just as the plan was about to fall apart, someone offered a higher price for him to fake a marriage while actually selling his own sister to a brothel!”

Liu Sisi’s words were almost spat out between her teeth.

Everyone at the table gasped in shock, not knowing what to say.

“Thankfully, the heavens showed mercy, and I, Liu Sisi, survived against all odds to make my own way. But now he jumps out and says that I, Liu Sisi, should be grateful to him!”

Everyone in the room couldn’t help but lower their heads, feeling ashamed to look up.

“Yes, I, Liu Sisi, should really be grateful to him!”

Liu Sisi, furious, stood up and walked over to Liu Baihan’s table in two steps.

“Today, I, Liu Sisi, am going to be blunt! Yes! The Liu family adopted me, Liu Sisi, and raised me from childhood. But in the end, you sold me for ten taels of silver!”

Liu Sisi turned to the Lord Clan Leader: “Clan leader, tell me, has the Liu family repaid their favor of raising Sisi when they sold me?”

She, Liu Sisi, was always one to love and hate openly. If someone had been kind to her, she would remember it for a lifetime. On the contrary, if anyone dared to hurt her and expected benefits from her, she would make them understand just how fierce she could be!

The clan leader was shocked!

Liu Sisi was not actually the daughter of the Liu family, so that meant… all his plans were in vain?

He moved his lips, but remained silent for a while.

Liu Sisi smiled, not paying attention to his attitude.

“I, Liu Sisi, am standing here today for the sake of this pitiful married woman.”

Liu Sisi stepped forward and helped Ms. Yao to stand up from the chair: “She is Sisi’s aunt. At the same time, she’s also Sisi’s mom, and the only true family I have in this world!”

The clan leader couldn’t sit still either! He stood up abruptly from the chair and scolded in a low voice.

“What’s going on? Liu Quan, tell us, is what Sisi just said true?”

Liu Quan had been sitting in the chair from the beginning.

Upon hearing the clan leader’s question, he hurriedly stood up from the chair and stammered for quite a while before answering.

“Yes, it’s true. Sisi was brought back 17 years ago by Ms. Yao and Xu Er from outside, saying that she was the child of her lineal elder sister…”

It’s over!

The clan leader closed his eyes and sighed in secret. How did the Liu Family end up with so many useless people!

Liu Baihan was anxious on the side! He quickly stepped forward and shouted!

“Clan leader, every family is doing this now, using the betrothal gifts from marrying off daughters to bring in daughter-in-laws. What did I, Liu Baihan, do wrong? I can’t understand why I’m being accused like this! I hope the clan leader can handle this fairly. What I said is right, isn’t it?”

Liu Baihan even thought he was right!

Liu Sisi sneered.

“That’s right! In your heart, Liu Baihan, there’s only you! Mom has raised you up with great hardship, but how did you treat her?”

Ms. Jia, seeing that the situation was not good, quickly came forward to help.

“Little Sister! Your words are wrong. Although your big brother used some money to marry me, is it really the case that he, or even the fellow villagers around, are doing this – using the betrothal gifts from marrying off daughters to bring in daughter-in-laws? Sisi, you should be conscientious when dealing with people. It hasn’t been easy for Dad and Mom to raise you since you were young, and they never treated you unfairly…”

“Eldest Sister-in-law, you don’t have to say these things to me. I’ve never said they treated me badly! I just said they sold me.”

Liu Sisi looked Ms. Jia up and down: “Eldest sister-in-law, your nephew is standing here listening, aren’t you worried that when he grows up, he’ll learn from you and big brother to treat you the way they treat Mom? What happened to mom today is your future!”

“You…how good you are, Liu Sisi! How can you curse your eldest sister-in-law like this!”

Ms. Jia was furious, especially when she saw her little treasure watching her intently.

“Don’t think that just because you married a captain, you can disregard your brother and sister-in-law. Everyone’s eyes are bright and clear.”

“Well said, Eldest Sister-in-law. Everyone’s eyes are indeed bright and clear. There’s an official record of the sale at the Di Family, with big brother’s handprint on it. I wonder how big brother will explain that to others?”

Seeing that the situation around her was almost under control, Liu Sisi didn’t mind, laughing and looking back at Liu Quan and Ms. Yao.

“This sold daughter doesn’t have a family. Uncle and aunt, as an adopted daughter, I, Sisi, have already returned what I owed.”