After making those harsh remarks.

Zhang Guiying left with the words, "For the sake of our in-law relationship, I'll give you five days to raise the money. If you don't get the money back in five days, I won't be so polite."

After saying that, he left with Zhao Binghe and Zhao Qiuzhi.

After the group left.

Wu Ximei cried and wailed in the hospital room, "What should I do? What should I do?"

Subconsciously, he shifted all the blame onto Zhao Chunzhi, saying, "It's all your fault. If you hadn't talked nonsense, Yaozong and I wouldn't have hit Zhao Qiuzhi, and maybe your mother wouldn't have held a grudge against our family."

Zhao Chunzhi knew she was in the wrong and dared not utter a sound while tears streamed down her face.

Wu Ximei's insults escalated, "If you could have given birth to a son, none of this mess would have happened! Zhao Chunzhi, let me tell you, I won't pay back a single penny of this money. Those two girls are your children, so you'd better figure it out yourself!"

Zhao Chunzhi mustered her courage and retorted, "Mom, it's because of how you treated me that my mom got angry and wanted to settle accounts with the family."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Although Wu Ximei thought so too, how could she back down in front of her daughter-in-law? She scolded, "Your mother had it all prepared. Otherwise, who would bring an account book with them when visiting someone in the hospital?"

Zhao Chunzhi said softly, "If my mother wanted money from our family, she would have asked for it long ago. Why would she wait until now..."

Wu Ximei glared at her, "You dare talk back!"

"..."

Zhao Chunzhi shut her mouth with tears in her eyes.

Li Yaozong was angry and rarely lost his temper with Wu Ximei. "Mom, can you please stop yelling? My mother-in-law's words may be a bit rough, but isn't there any truth to what she's saying?"

"Da Ni and Er Ni are our Li family's children. It's only right that you, as their grandmother, should help take care of them. My mother-in-law, as their maternal grandmother, is helping to raise them with both money and effort. Our family should at least feel some gratitude."

"And you? You didn't even understand the situation before you went and hit Zhao Qiuzhi. She's Chunzhi's younger sister. Do you think she can take our child for her? My mother-in-law is helping you take care of your two granddaughters, and you hit her younger daughter in front of her and even verbally abused her older daughter. Would you agree to that?"

The son is blaming her.

Wu Ximei hurriedly explained, "Yaozong, you can't blame your mother, Zhao Chunzhi is just talking nonsense..."

"Giving birth is exhausting for women, and it's possible that Chunzhi misunderstood because she was confused. Why don't you go and ask Zhao Qiuzhi for clarification? Who told you to hit someone?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Ximei slapped her thigh and wailed, "Li Yaozong, you've forgotten your mother after you married a wife! Look at how badly your mother-in-law beat me, and you're still speaking up for her!"

"All these years, I've raised you for nothing!"

Li Yaozong was annoyed.

Whenever his mother and Chunzhi had a conflict, and he said a few words in Chunzhi's favor, his mother would cry, make a scene, and threaten suicide. Out of filial piety, Li Yaozong could only compromise every time.

But today he didn't want to compromise. With red eyes, he looked at his mother and said, "Mom, you always say how much you love me and how hard you worked to raise me, but you didn't support my education. I had to work in the fields to earn work points to support myself when I was very young."

"When there's something delicious at home, you always hide it, saying you'll use it to entertain guests. But before you know it, all that good food is gone."

"Mom, showing love isn't just about words. Tell me, what have you and Dad done for me all these years?"

"..."

Wu Ximei was unable to answer for a moment.

She plopped down on the ground, crying and slapping her thigh, "Zhao Chunzhi, what kind of bewitching drug did you give my son to make him speak so sympathetically to you? Li Yaozong, how can you talk about your mother like that? You have no conscience!"

The crying woke up the newborn baby.

The child started crying.

Zhao Chunzhi quickly picked up the child. "Yaozong, the child seems hungry."

Li Yaozong ignored Wu Ximei and sat on the edge of the bed looking at the baby in the swaddling clothes. Zhao Chunzhi had not received enough nutrition during her pregnancy, and the baby looked no bigger than a kitten.

Her little face was red and wrinkled.

Li Yaozong was a little hesitant to touch such a small child. "Hurry up and feed him."

Zhao Chunzhi has not yet started producing milk.

The baby sucked a few times but couldn't get any milk, so he cried even harder.

Li Yaozong was getting anxious and turned to Wu Ximei, saying angrily, "Mom, stop crying, okay? Can't you hear the baby crying because he's hungry? Hurry up and go to the store outside to buy a bag of milk powder and make some milk powder for the baby."

"Why would a little girl drink formula...?"

Li Yaozong glared at him angrily, "That little brat is still my daughter! Are you going or not? If not, give me the money and I'll go buy it myself!"

"Go, go, I'll go right now, okay?"

Wu Ximei stormed off in a huff.

This was the first time in all their years of marriage that Li Yaozong had spoken up for her so firmly. Zhao Chunzhi was moved to tears, and she took Li Yaozong's hand and said, "Yaozong, I know my mother's temper. She was just trying to scare her, she doesn't really want money from us. Once she's discharged from the hospital, we'll take the kids back and talk to her nicely."

"it is good."

……

Zhao Qiuzhi thought the same as Zhao Chunzhi, believing that her mother was just trying to scare Wu Ximei.

On the way back, she said, "Mom, you scared my sister's mother-in-law like that, she definitely won't dare to go back to her hometown. She should be taking good care of my sister and the child at the hospital right now. That old woman deserves to be treated like this."

"Who said I was trying to scare her?"

"what?"

Zhao Qiuzhi was stunned for a moment, "You really want money?"

"Why not?" The three of them pushed their bicycles under the streetlights. Zhang Guiying said with a sneer, "I don't owe them anything. Why should I raise their children?"

"But my sister..."

"Don't mention her. The most hateful one is Zhao Chunzhi." Zhang Guiying was utterly disappointed in Zhao Chunzhi. "I had such a big argument with Wu Ximei just now, did your sister say a single word for me?"

"She probably wouldn't dare. She's quite afraid of her mother-in-law."

"So, being afraid of your mother-in-law allows her to yell at your own mother? I gave birth to her and raised her, and this is how she repays my kindness?"

Zhao Binghe sighed.

Zhao Qiuzhi also fell silent.

indeed.

She wasn't very close to her parents.

But she definitely wouldn't accept it if someone scolded her parents in front of her.

Some people didn't understand, "What is my sister afraid of her mother-in-law for? She's taller than her mother-in-law when she's standing, and longer when she's lying down. Even if they were to fight, her mother-in-law, with her old arms and legs, couldn't beat her."

Zhang Guiying seized the opportunity to say, "This is a classic example of marrying the wrong person and ending up in a fire pit. Your sister isn't afraid of her mother-in-law, but her entire husband's family. Her husband doesn't support her, and her husband's family is united against her. No matter how capable she is, she can't win against them."

Zhao Qiuzhi seemed to be deep in thought.

"It's also related to Zhao Chunzhi's own personality. Your sister has always been a bully at home, unreasonable and domineering, but a coward outside. Your father and I are really unlucky to have raised a daughter like that."

He added, "Everyone says that parents' love is the greatest and most selfless, asking for nothing in return. But that's not quite right. When we give to anyone, we expect something in return."

"Your father and I don't expect your sister to repay us with money or gifts, but if she doesn't even have the heart to repay us, even parents would feel heartbroken."

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