After Marrying Him, the Ending Has Changed-Chapter 232 - Gratefulness

Chapter 232: Chapter 232: Gratefulness

Chapter 232 -232: Gratefulness

“Third Aunt, is your toe feeling better? Does it still hurt? Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, Immortal Grandpa once told me that people with foul mouths will go to hell and have their tongues pulled out after they die. You’d better be careful,” Zhaodi retorted without showing any weakness.

She didn’t dare speak ill of her grandma, but who said she couldn’t talk about Sun Lixia?

You’re practically asking for it.

Upon hearing Zhaodi curse her again, Sun Lixia’s eyes went wide with anger, and she was about to hurl insults back immediately.

Zhang Guihua, standing to the side, forcefully intervened, “Enough, what’s all this shouting? The older one doesn’t act her age, and the younger one is no better; hurry up and get back to work, both of you.”

“Yes, Grandma,” Zhaodi, having gained the upper hand, glanced at Sun Lixia with contempt before briskly turning to her chores.

Watching the smug girl, Sun Lixia was so furious she could hardly breathe.

*

During winter, the useless firewood had to be collected, so once the chores at home were done, the girls went out together to gather wood.

They carried their baskets on their backs and headed for the back hill, where there were many trees and where the villagers often went to collect firewood.

“Da Ya, Er Ya, Zhaodi, you’re all out gathering wood too?” The village girl Xiaohua approached them enthusiastically upon seeing them.

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Then, noticing Zhaodi’s cotton-padded jacket, she said with envy on her face, “Zhaodi, is that Third Sister’s clothing you’re wearing? That jacket looks as good as new, not a single patch; it must be very warm, right?”

Unlike her own, which was a somewhat short grey-brown cotton-padded jacket covered in patches.

Zhaodi replied without much emotion, “Yes, it’s from my Third Sister, it’s very warm.”

Ever since Mr. Yu had sent San Ya so many new clothes, she had given all her old winter clothes to Zhaodi.

Zhaodi had indeed thanked her profusely in the past.

But just because of such small favors, her family and even outsiders expected her to be endlessly grateful to San Ya, praising her as if there was no one better under the heavens.

What they didn’t consider was that even if San Ya hadn’t given her those old clothes, she wouldn’t have continued to wear them anyway.

So expecting her to remain grateful to San Ya was simply out of the question!

As the New Year was approaching and the weather grew colder by the day, freezing to the point where one couldn’t even stretch out their hands, going out to gather firewood in the cold winter was truly a miserable task.

They had to pull the wood from underneath the snow, and in no time, their hands would be numb with frost.

Da Ya, always a thoughtful older sister, had gathered a bundle and then said, “Zhaodi, you take these back first; your Second Sister and I can handle the rest.”

“Big Sister, Second Sister, that’s enough, don’t pick any more; you should go home early too, it’s too cold,” Zhaodi said, nodding and rubbing her frozen hands as she headed back.

Her grandma was simply too mean, making them go out to collect firewood in the deep winter when there was plenty still at home.

She just couldn’t stand to see them idle!

If they paused for a moment, the old lady would feel restless and drive them out to work.

Now, she only hoped that her brother would be born soon so that they could split from the family and break away from this dreadful household.

Upon returning, Zhaodi placed her basket in the corner of the wall, stretched languidly, and loosened her stiff muscles.

Carrying so much wood had made her shoulders painfully sore; she needed to lie down and rest for a bit.

As she passed the main house, she heard a “rustling” sound coming from inside.

Could there be a mouse stealing something?

It wasn’t improbable, since the family in the main house had more to eat than those in the Third Branch.

Zhaodi didn’t want to bother with it initially, but then she thought that now was the time to maintain a good relationship with the main house.