Chapter 74: Things Got Big

Because her mother-in-law knew that Liu Shumin was the daughter of a high-ranking official, she doted on her every day, and even her father-in-law dared not give her a bad look.

So she had a very good time during that period, but gradually Li Yimin discovered that the matter of asking Liu Shumin to get her father to pull strings for him to find a job had not yielded any results.

Liu Shumin always said that her father was busy and had no time to deal with these trivial matters, to wait a little longer. As a result, a year after their marriage, the matter still hadn’t been resolved.

Li Yimin stopped coaxing her and pressed her for an explanation.

Liu Shumin initially insisted that her father was busy, but after Li Yimin slapped her, she stammered that her father was an upright man and wouldn’t do things like using back channels.

From then on, her good days ended. Li Yimin beat and scolded her every day. She regretted it, regretted not listening to her father.

But she was embarrassed to go back. She had previously sworn that Li Yimin would be good to her, but what happened? It’s only been a year…

Her father was very disappointed in Liu Shumin’s rebelliousness. Because Li Yimin didn’t hit her in the face, her father didn’t notice anything unusual about Liu Shumin and thought that although her in-laws were not wealthy, they treated her fairly well.

Later, she gave birth to a daughter prematurely before her due date. The Li family said that Liu Shumin was weak and that’s why she had a premature birth.

But Liu Baoguo knew that his younger sister had always been in good health, so he asked the doctor about Liu Shumin’s condition.

Upon inquiry, he learned that Liu Shumin’s premature birth was caused by Li Yimin’s beatings, and that she would never be able to have children again.

He and his two younger brothers beat Li Yimin until he couldn’t stand up in the hospital, and the matter was brought before their father.

Their father was so angry that he wanted to personally beat Li Yimin, but unexpectedly, Liu Shumin protected him at this time. Their father felt both angry and heartbroken for his daughter.

So he declared that if the Li family made Liu Shumin’s life difficult again, he would make their whole family’s life difficult. The Li family then treated her much better.

Although their father didn’t end up getting Li Yimin a job, because he felt sorry for his daughter and granddaughter, his wife and son often gave Liu Shumin money, so he turned a blind eye.

Li Guifang’s life from childhood was not affluent, but it was much better than that of ordinary families.

Ever since Li Guifang grew up and learned about the identities of her grandpa and uncles, she couldn’t help but become arrogant and regarded herself as a member of the TZ Party.

As soon as people around her heard the names of her uncle or grandfather, they would be respectful to her.

Her current personality is entirely based on the status of her grandfather and uncles.

Wang Fen used to feel sorry for Li Guifang, after all, Liu Shumin’s willfulness shouldn’t affect the child, but now… it can only be said that Li Guifang is quite good at pretending.

Li Guifang angrily pointed at Mi Xia’s nose and said, “You just wait, I’ll make you regret this.”

Then she ran away crying. Wang Fen was furious, “Xia, don’t bother with her. Let’s not go shopping anymore; let’s go home and find your dad. I don’t believe he won’t care about this. Even if your dad doesn’t care, your mother will help you.”

“Third Aunt, you all go shopping. I’ll take Xia home first,” Wang Fen said.

Third Aunt had long disliked Liu Shumin. When she was dating Third Uncle, Liu Shumin would always sneer at her every time she saw her.

Third Aunt’s family was a worker’s family, and she and Third Uncle had a free love, so their relationship was very good. Liu Shumin looked down on her background.

She constantly said that Third Aunt was not worthy of Third Uncle, and that she had a classmate who liked Third Uncle, so she kept saying how good her classmate was.

She wanted to break up Third Uncle and Third Aunt, but she was scolded by Third Uncle and gave up the idea. From then on, the two mutually disliked each other.

With such a good show, how could she not get involved? Wang Fen knew about their past grievances and didn’t mind having an extra person go with them.

Mi Xia was very moved by Wang Fen’s attitude, so she persuaded her, “Mom, there’s no need. She just said a few words, and I even made her run away. In the end, she’s the one who lost face.”

But Wang Fen refused, “No way, is my daughter-in-law so easy to bully?”

Then she pulled Mi Xia and Liu Wanwan towards their grandfather, explaining her family background and Mi Xia’s situation along the way.

After returning to their grandfather’s place, Wang Fen asked Mi Xia and Liu Wanwan to go back to their room.

She then called Liu Baoguo into the room and sarcastically said, “You really raised a good niece. All these years you’ve been sending money to your sister, and I haven’t said anything?”

Seeing Wang Fen angry, Liu Baoguo anxiously asked, “What’s wrong? Did Guifang make you angry? Tomorrow, my younger sister will bring her here, and I’ll get revenge for you.”

“Does she dare to provoke me? She doesn’t dare to provoke me, so she pointed at your daughter-in-law’s nose and called her a country bumpkin, saying that country people are dirty and smelly. These words were said by your good sister herself to Li Guifang.” Wang Fen said angrily.

Liu Baoguo was also stunned. In his impression, Li Guifang was an obedient and well-behaved girl, and she was usually very polite, unlike the Li family.

But he knew his wife wouldn’t lie to him, so was Li Guifang also pretending? She truly takes after her father.

Just as Liu Baoguo was about to speak, he heard shouting from outside, “Which country bumpkin is scolding my daughter? Dad, my granddaughter is being bullied by my eldest brother’s country bumpkin daughter-in-law!”

Liu Shumin always said that Li Guifang was her father’s granddaughter, because granddaughters are certainly closer than granddaughters-in-law.

Relying on the years of care from her father and her older brothers, she directly came to scold them.

Li Guifang was the only child in her life, so she was spoiled since childhood. Hearing that her daughter was wronged, how could she bear it? Her pampered daughter was bullied by a country bumpkin, could she tolerate it?

“Don’t bring that set of things you learned in the Li family, those things that aren’t presentable, here. Where are your manners? Is this how your mother and I taught you?” Their father said with a dark face.

Liu Shumin had almost forgotten her previous self. Although her personality was once willful, it was completely different from her current self.

It was the Li family that forced her to become a shrew. Thinking of this, she rarely lowered her voice, “Dad, my eldest brother’s daughter-in-law made my daughter cry. Won’t you take care of it? Guifang is your granddaughter!”

“Granddaughter-in-law,” their father corrected.

“Right, granddaughter-in-law, isn’t she also the one you’ve protected for so many years?” Liu Shumin said again.

Their father said sternly, “Guifang, tell me, how did Xia bully you?”

“She…she…” Li Guifang stammered and couldn’t speak.

At this time, Third Aunt stepped forward and said, “Dad, it was Li Guifang who first said that Xia was a country bumpkin, saying that my younger sister told her that country people are dirty and smelly.”

As soon as Third Aunt finished speaking, Liu Shumin scolded, “What right do you have to speak as an outsider? Do you need to gossip here?”

“Nonsense! What do you think this place is? Is it the Li family? When did she become an outsider? She married into our Liu family, so she’s a member of our Liu family.”

“She’s your sister-in-law no matter what, do you have any manners?” Their father angrily pointed at Liu Shumin’s nose.