My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

Chapter 136 Do you choose us or them?

Soon, the villagers squeezed Aunt Zhu out. Those who were on good terms with the Si family were comforting the two families of Zhu Laoer and Zhu Laosan, while Xiaomei was holding Xiaoxiaer and accompanying Aunt Zhu.

The second sister looked at Aunt Zhu who refused to leave, frowned, and said to Si Muyan, "The Zhu family is also unfortunate. Marrying a daughter-in-law like that has caused chaos. In fact, I think that if it weren't for Aunt Zhu, Mr. Zhu probably wouldn't have become like this."

Si Muyan glanced at her: "Is that what you think?"

"Isn't it? Second and Third Brother Zhu are very good people. Fourth Brother Zhu isn't so good now, but I remember he was pretty good in the past."

That's true. They were all young before, and the second brother was not very old either. He liked to follow Fourth Brother Zhu. Fourth Brother Zhu was good to the second brother, and he was also very good to his sisters.

But now, we have no contact for a long time.

Si Muyan smiled and said, "Many things cannot be judged by appearances alone. There is a saying that goes, 'You deserve the same lid as the pot.' If Brother Zhu were a good person, how could he tolerate Sister Zhu treating Mrs. Zhu like this?"

"That's just Mrs. Zhu being unreasonable. Mrs. Zhu believes that Mrs. Zhu killed her daughter and is irreconcilable with her. Brother Zhu is caught in the middle and it's quite difficult."

Si Muyan sneered, "What others see is the conflict between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, but what is the real reason for the conflict? It's the perfectly invisible man in the middle. Is Big Brother Zhu in trouble? Let's not compare him with Second and Third Brothers, just Fourth Brother Zhu. They are all brothers. Fourth Brother Zhu refused to support Mrs. Zhu because of Fourth Sister-in-law, but he secretly came to our house to visit Mrs. Zhu. You've seen him several times, right? You saw Big Brother Zhu come once?"

The second sister was stunned and looked at Boss Zhu thoughtfully. He was pushed out and she couldn't see his appearance. She could only vaguely see him pulling his wife, but was pushed away by her.

Si Muyan said, "Boss Zhu is no pushover. Their father died early, and as the eldest brother, he started helping with the work early on, supporting his younger brothers together with Mrs. Zhu. If he were really useless, relying solely on Mrs. Zhu, how could the Zhu family have survived until now?"

Losing a man at such an early age was a loss of a strong labor force and pillar of support in that era, and the Zhu family had no clan members. Many men in the village who had clan members to support them couldn't even find wives after their fathers died, but the four sons of the Zhu family all got married.

"Mrs. Zhu is just a woman after all." The second sister pondered and nodded, "Mrs. Zhu dared to do this, and she must have the support of Boss Zhu behind her."

Because the Si family was so lively in the village, Zhu Laosi didn't care. After the previous quarrel, he had no contact with his second and third brothers. Later, his second and third brothers went to the county town, and it was even more impossible to contact them.

Today he went to his eldest brother's house, wanting to invite his eldest brother and his family to have New Year's dinner at his house - logically speaking, he is the fourth child, so he should go to his eldest brother's house to eat.

It’s just that his eldest brother has two sons and the burden is heavy, while he has no children and his life is relatively better, so he plans to invite his eldest brother and his family over.

But he didn't find anyone, so Zhu Laosi had to come back and sit at the door in a daze, feeling depressed.

Aunt Zhu came out, touching her belly. Her belly is now six months old, and it is very obvious even if she wears more clothes in winter.

She walked out and asked, "Have you called big brother and the others?"

"They're not home."

Seeing that Zhu Lao Si was unhappy, Aunt Zhu Si walked over and said, "If you miss your mother, go see her."

"You..." Zhu Laosi was a little embarrassed.

Aunt Zhu held his hand and said, "After all, she is your mother. Every family is having a reunion dinner today. Even if you can't eat together, you should go and see her."

In the past, Zhu Laosi and Zhu Pozi lived together, and even after they separated, there was not such a big fight. On New Year's Eve, they still had a reunion dinner together.

Zhu Laosi was silent for a long time before he said, "Forget it, she won't see me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Laoqi came over aggressively, grabbed Zhu Laosi, and said, "Come on, come with me to the Si family!"

Zhu Laosi stumbled a bit after being pulled, and managed to steady himself: "Brother, what's going on? What are you doing at the Si family?"

"What are you doing? The Si family ganged up on us and bullied us. Come with me to seek justice." Boss Zhu was furious. "Mom is partial. She protects the second and third sons whenever they do her a favor. She picks on them whenever there's a good thing, but ignores us two. We're both sons. Why is she so partial to them?"

Zhu Laosi shook his head: "No, big brother..."

"Are you going or not?" Boss Zhu glared at his brother.

Zhu Laosi shuddered. He basically grew up on his eldest brother's back and had always listened to his eldest brother. Now that his eldest brother was angry, how could he dare not disobey?

Zhu Lao Da dragged the fourth child all the way to the Si family's house. He didn't care about the Si family members and rushed to the back and shouted, "Mom, where are you?"

The second sister stopped them and said, "Hey, what are you doing? This is my house. How can you barge in like this?"

"I'm looking for my mother, go away!"

Boss Zhu waved his hand and almost pushed the second sister down. Fortunately, Old Fourth Zhu behind her helped her.

Mrs. Zhu came out quickly, holding Xiaoxiaer in her arms: "Big brother, fourth brother, what are you doing here?"

Boss Zhu put his hands on his hips and said, "Mom, are you sure you only want the second and third sons as your sons and don't want us anymore?"

"Ah?" Mrs. Zhu obviously didn't understand what he meant.

Boss Zhu gritted his teeth and said, "If you still recognize us two sons, then let the second and third sons give up the porridge shop! They've earned more than two months' worth of money, it's time for us to take it!"

The second sister widened her eyes, probably not expecting Boss Zhu to be so shameless.

"Brother Zhu, are you crazy? My eldest sister has made it very clear, the porridge shop belongs to our Si family. The Si family has the final say, not your mother's!"

But Boss Zhu didn't believe it: "Shut up! I'm talking to my mother, why are you, a little girl, butting in?"

"you!"

Seeing that everyone in the front yard was heading back, Zhu Laoda stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Pozi's hand: "Mom, are you sure you don't want me and Lao Si? If so, I'll take Lao Si away now!"

His face was full of cruelty and ruthlessness, which frightened Mrs. Zhu.

They are all her flesh and blood. Although she has many children and a lot of things to do in her daily life, it is inevitable that she will be biased, but in her heart, she loves them all equally.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhu was in a daze, Mr. Zhu made a move to leave: "Since you don't want us, don't say that we abandoned you!"

"Boss..." Mrs. Zhu quickly called her, her face full of panic.

But just as he was about to say something to keep her, Xiaoxia in his arms arched her back hard, babbling and drooling.

Mrs. Zhu came to her senses, shook her head and said, "I am your mother, but I cannot take advantage of the Si family's kindness to me to embarrass the Si family."