Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1625 - 1447: Epilogue

Chapter 1625: Chapter 1447: Epilogue

The two looked over and saw it was the Niu Family from the village chief’s household.

"Peach Blossom Auntie, I was just having a few words with Xiaobei," Second Aunt Zhao said.

"What more is there to say? Have you forgotten how Xiaobei was treated when he stayed at your house? Your eldest sister-in-law bullied him like a thief and wanted to drive him out, but what did you do? As his aunt, you just watched as he was chased away. If our family hadn’t taken Xiaobei in, he would have been homeless. And now you come to butter him up? Even as his own aunt, you shouldn’t be like this," Peach Blossom Auntie said, hands on her hips.

Second Aunt Zhao couldn’t help but get irritated, "Peach Blossom Auntie, what kind of talk is this? It’s true that Xiaobei stayed at your place, but back then, wasn’t it only the village chief who was kind to him? Didn’t you and Ma Auntie always mock and scoff at him? You’re here to curry favor with him now too, aren’t you, seeing that he’s about to become an important official?"

"Curry favor?" Peach Blossom Auntie couldn’t help but laugh, "I was sent by my father-in-law. We were worried about Xiaobei being out so late, afraid he might have run into trouble."

"In Peach Blossom Village, what trouble could there be?"

"How could there not be? Have you forgotten how Big Aunt Zhao used to chase him and hit him? And that Zhao Datu, whenever he sees Xiaobei, he always struts around imperiously. Don’t think we don’t know about it."

"..." Second Aunt Zhao didn’t know what to say and could only stew in silence.

Peach Blossom Auntie then came over to pull Tian Xiaobei, "Xiaobei, let’s go. The village chief has saved some dinner for you."

"Peach Blossom Auntie, I’ve already eaten," Tian Xiaobei said.

"Then come back for a bath, the water in the pot is still warm," Peach Blossom Auntie said.

Tian Xiaobei couldn’t help but remember how, when he used to live at the village chief’s house, he was always the last one to use the hot water in the pot, and sometimes when there was no water left, he could only fetch some to soak his feet.

"Alright, I’ll go now," Tian Xiaobei said and then looked at Second Aunt Zhao, "Aunt, I’ll come to see you tomorrow."

"Okay, okay..." Second Aunt Zhao felt rather uncomfortable.

...

As soon as Second Aunt Zhao got home, she heard Big Aunt Zhao questioning, "Why did you come back alone? Isn’t your nephew staying here?"

"He said he’s staying at the village chief’s place, Peach Blossom Auntie came to pick him up," Second Aunt Zhao said, somewhat despondently.

"Aren’t you his aunt? Can’t you even bring him back? Peach Blossom Auntie doesn’t have any good intentions either. When Xiaobei lived at their house, didn’t she and Ma Auntie always bully him?"

"But Xiaobei is willing to stay at their place, and there’s nothing I can do," Second Aunt Zhao said helplessly, "But Xiaobei said he’ll come over to our place to play for a while tomorrow."

"Then you should try to persuade him again tomorrow," Big Aunt Zhao said.

No sooner had Big Aunt Zhao finished speaking than Daniu interjected, "Mother, I heard people in the village say today at noon that when Xiaobei first stayed with us, you treated him so poorly that he couldn’t even eat his fill, and every day you forced him to work. Now that he has become an official, you want him to come back and stay here. If I were him, I’d be reluctant too."

"You... Daniu, are you really one of us? How can you say such things about me? You weren’t even there to see what happened back then. Which eye of yours saw me bullying him?"

Daniu responded, "Lots of eyes in the village saw it, Mom."

"Daniu, are you deliberately trying to embarrass me? It’s one thing for others to say this about me, but for you to do it too? Aren’t you my daughter-in-law?" Big Aunt Zhao was almost exasperated.

But Daniu stood up, "Mother, precisely because I am your daughter-in-law, I need to keep you in check. When you make a mistake, you have to correct it. Don’t be so snobbish and leave yourself an out. That way, it’ll be easier when we meet in the future."