Chapter 119: Making Mischief (9)_1
A circle of people shook their heads, looking at the delicate and tender, pale and soft Ruan Jiaojiao not too far away, indeed finding it hard to believe.
The Li Family continued, "It was just two pheasants, and if she wanted them, so be it, but after taking them to cook and eat, she didn’t even let my daughter and son-in-law get a glimpse of the meat!"
"Later, a wild boar was finally encountered, and this time it was the four brothers who hunted it together. Shouldn’t the meat be divided equally then? Right? But do you know what her mother-in-law did? Out of more than two hundred fifty pounds of meat, her eldest son got one hundred pounds, and the rest was divided among the other sons, while she herself took the spare scraps straight to her eldest son’s house."
"All this is just food, missing a bite won’t make much difference, but her son’s leg was broken yet she could refuse to help, keeping all the money for her eldest son to build a house. That’s not all; she even had the nerve to send my daughter back to ask us for money. Can you believe having such a mother? Isn’t this heartless? Even a stepmother wouldn’t be this cruel, right?"
The Li Family’s expression was convincing, and her speech rose and fell dramatically as she spoke. Most of the onlookers believed her words, but there were still those who expressed disbelief: "These are all born of the same mother; how could she be so biased?"
No sooner had this been said than someone retorted, "It’s not impossible; I heard long ago that the Ruan Family favors the granddaughter over the grandsons. With nine boys, they finally have one granddaughter; maybe it’s a case of ’rarity makes precious’?"
"’Rarity makes precious,’ and now you’re quoting literature?" someone laughed at the person who had just spoken.
The bystanders also laughed, and even the person who had made the remark laughed, adding, "I heard this expression in the radio dramas."
The Li Family, noticing the topic drifting away, hurriedly brought their attention back: "What do you think, isn’t what her mother-in-law did cold-hearted? I came here today not looking to make trouble, just wanting the Ruan Family to give a clear statement."