The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 333 - 337: The Altered Life (19)

Chapter 333: Chapter 337: The Altered Life (19)

Qiao Xiaohong (extra)

This was already her fifth year married into the Su Family.

In the past few years, the sisters-in-law had added several new members to the Su Family.

Yan Nizi gave birth to two sons, and Xu Xiaomiao had two daughters, nicely making up two pairs of "double happiness."

In the Su Family, both boys and girls received the same treatment.

But the most beloved was Xu Xiaomiao’s little daughter, just over a year old.

Because of her looks, she was the spitting image of Su Li, endearing her to the family’s elders to the core.

As for her, after a miscarriage, due to her own turmoil, the doctor said that she might have some difficulty with childbirth in the future.

To have a child, she had tried every means possible.

Hospital visits were countless, and she had consumed numerous folk remedies.

Bitter Chinese medicine turned her complexion sallow, and her health significantly deteriorated.

Now standing next to her, she looked several years older than Su Mo.

Compared with the other two sisters-in-law, there was even less to say.

But no matter how envious she was, she had no grounds to stand on.

The fundamental reason for her infertility lay within herself, and she didn’t dare make a fuss, for fear that the Su Family elders would pressure her into divorce.

After all, the Su Family was a benevolent household. Although she was worried and scared, they had never said anything about making Su Mo divorce and remarry.

Still, she always felt that the situation she feared would inevitably come.

"Xiaohong, let’s get divorced. I’ll give you all the money... I have wronged you."

Finally, she had heard these words. After the anger subsided, she felt a sense of resolution.

Having held on for so long, Su Mo was quite a decent man.

Taking the money Su Mo had pushed into her hands, she did not return to the Qiao Family but instead went straight to the county town and rented a room.

To be honest, Su Mo was very generous. He said he’d give her all the money, and he indeed gave it all.

A full 300 yuan.

When it came down to it, she knew she couldn’t go back to her parental home.

If she went back, she couldn’t keep that little amount of money safe.

Perhaps her parents would even sell her off for a good price, just like they had done with her younger sister.

So, as she left the Su Family, she didn’t look back, leaving without a trace, heading straight for the county town.

Life in the county town, running a small business to get by, wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t exactly comfortable either.

Getting up early and working until dark was nothing like life at the Su Family’s.

Later, she heard that Su Mo had found an older girl through the matchmaker and remarried.

After hearing the news, she secretly sneaked back on the day of their wedding to take a peek.

The girl wasn’t as pretty as herself, nor could she match her figure.

She looked ordinary, honest and unassuming...

At the time, after seeing her, Xiaohong felt somewhat smug, secretly hoping that Su Mo would regret his decision.

But... it seemed that the two of them got along quite well afterward.

Sometimes, when people from the village went to the county town, they would bring snippets of news.

Not long after the girl entered the family, she got pregnant with a daughter.

It was said that Su Mo doted on his little girl immensely, personally changing diapers and lulling her to sleep, the tasks of a devoted father.

The villager who said this even mocked her with a strange, sarcastic tone, "Xiao Hong, everyone knows Su Mo is a good man, but I never expected him to be such a good man. The girl was also trampled on at her parent’s house, never thought she’d turn her luck around and marry into a house of fortune."

"However, if you hadn’t given up your place, all this should have been yours."

The ill intentions of the other party were fully displayed. In the past, given her temperament, she would definitely have lost her temper.

But now, she just smiled and casually changed the subject, pretending not to care.

It was only after living on her own that she realized what kind of blessed nest she had originally been in, only to have thrown it away with her own hands.

Later, the Qiao Family came to her a few times.

Once with a matchmaker, trying to set her up on a blind date, another time with Xiao Wu, asking her for money.

She no longer had the unbridled support to help her parent’s family.

It was only when she faced her parent’s family’s leech-like behavior that she understood how hateful her previous boundless support had been.

Most importantly, they were not grateful at all and only thought about how to completely drain all your worth.

Annoyed with the Qiao Family’s behavior and also for the sake of her future life, three years after her divorce from Su Mo, she remarried a widower with a son and daughter.

As she could not have children, it suited that family just fine.

However, the old lady of that household was very harsh, and the man only listened to his mother.

Her life was very unsatisfactory.

One day, she met Su Mo on the street, whom she hadn’t seen for a long time, holding his wife’s hand and carrying his daughter.

The three of them looked very warm and harmonious.

Yet she was just a little slow in her movements and was loudly scolded by her mother-in-law walking in front, "Dilly-dallying for what? Hurry up and go back to cook, do you want to starve my grandson... I’ve always said no stepmother is ever good."

The consequence of having such a fierce mother-in-law was that the Qiao Family’s hopes of having their daughter subsidize their son all got chased away by the old lady’s berating.

Su Mo and his wife turned their heads at the sound of the scolding, so she quickly lowered her head and turned away to hide.

Just a few years had passed, and life had rubbed her raw; she had aged terribly.

She did not want Su Mo to see her looking like this.

As for other people, sometimes, she would think about them.

Like her younger sister Qiao Xiaoxiao...

The once deep sisterly love had also been worn down to nothing by a numbing life.

She was barely managing her own days; how could she have any mental space left to care for others?

Only, she had heard that her second sister had it even worse than her.

And then there was Su Li, whom she envied so much...

Now that she thought about it, she really wanted to slap her past self.

Because of Su Li, the rest of the Su Family had benefited greatly.

Anyway, it was said that she was doing very well on the outside.

Every year, she gave the Su Family quite a bit of money and always mailed back some rarities that even the county town didn’t have.

Yan Nizi and Xu Xiaomiao had seen her from afar just once, and indeed, she looked radiant and vibrant.

Countless times, she had thought that if she could have been a bit more restrained, then perhaps she could be living an enviable life like Yan Nizi and Xu Xiaomiao now.

But these were just the fantasies she harbored under her quilt at night, filled with regret...

When daylight came, what awaited her was the endless household chores that faced her every day, the clothes that never seemed to be fully washed, and the dishes.

Not to mention enduring the endless sharp and cutting words and criticisms of the old lady.

She hustled through each day like an old ox, working from dawn till dusk without rest.

She didn’t even know what joy there was in living, it seemed like being alive was just for the sake of it.

At nearly thirty, she felt like a decayed old woman, numb and rotten.