Chapter 237: Chapter 236 This Year Is the Most Relaxed Chapter 237: Chapter 236 This Year Is the Most Relaxed They simply thought that since their little sister was young and hadn’t developed the ability to distinguish right from wrong, seeing Sun Lixia, an elder, taking things, she just followed suit.
So they didn’t blame Zhaodi, but rather tried to instill the correct ideology in her.
If they didn’t put a stop to it in time, it would be all too easy for her to stray onto the wrong path and make serious mistakes in the future.
Only Laidi, who was young and still didn’t understand these principles, was staring at the treats, drooling.
Zhaodi, upon hearing her sisters’ words, felt as if she had been doused with a bucket of cold water.
She had thought that upon hearing her news, her sisters would share in her happiness. She hadn’t expected to be educated instead.
With a mixture of grievance and anger, she shouted, “Big Sister, Second Sister, I did this because Third Aunt was too bullying! She deliberately made us wash so many clothes, bossed us around with chores, and always joined Grandma in scolding us as worthless goods.”
Da Ya and Er Ya were shocked by the intense hatred in her eyes, they didn’t know when Zhaodi had developed such deep hatred for Third Aunt.
After coming to their senses, Da Ya hurriedly tried to console her sister, “Third Aunt might be harsh and have a bad temperament, but she is after all an elder. Living under the same roof, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts from time to time, but those are not such a big deal, just endure and it will pass. Besides, we are girls, it is only right for us to do more household chores.”
In Da Ya’s view, it was normal for girls to eat poorly, dress poorly, and work more.
Because that’s all she knew and saw throughout the entire village.
Only San Ya was an exception, since Uncle only had that one daughter and she would eventually have a husband move in, she was practically no different from a son.
But Er Ya, having completed the first semester of first grade, had seen her sense of right and wrong, and her awareness change, “Zhaodi, knowing that Third Aunt is not good, you should not follow her example even more. Let others call us worthless goods, as long as we do not look down on ourselves.”
These were San Ya’s words to her, who also said that girls were not inferior to boys, that many women comrades have made greater contributions to the nation and society than their male counterparts.
After hearing their words, Zhaodi felt very powerless inside.
But she also knew that her sisters were still young, they hadn’t experienced the hardships of the past decades like she had in a previous life, and it was natural that they didn’t hate Sun Lixia as much as she did.
She could only reluctantly nod her head, “Big Sister, Second Sister, I got it, I won’t do such things again.”
In her heart, she secretly decided that if such a situation arose again, she would not only hide it from her parents but also keep it a secret from her two sisters as well.
Da Ya and Er Ya, unaware of her inner thoughts, were quite relieved as they touched her dry hair, “Our Zhaodi has always been a good child.”
As the New Year approached, time flew by. Every year at this time, the several daughters of the second household were the busiest and most exhausted.
They had to clean the house from inside out, washing this and that, leaving their hands as cold as ice after a whole day’s work.
But this year was much more relaxed, because Sun Lixia was punished by the old lady for stealing, and the girls could take the opportunity to rest properly.
“Big Sister, Second Sister, of all the New Year’s Eves we’ve had, this year is the most relaxed.”
Zhaodi, watching Sun Lixia who was climbing up and down to clean the windows and sweep the cobwebs, couldn’t hide the schadenfreude in her eyes.