Transmigration: From Dragon Princess To Pampered Granddaughter
Chapter 172: They are all the same

Chapter 172: Chapter 172: They are all the same

But he mulled over it again and again, yet he couldn’t think of any differences, so he responded truthfully: "I feel they’re all the same."

Hearing this, Ma Xiulian wished she could pry open his blockhead and see if it was stuffed with straw!

She secretly took a deep breath, enduring her impatience, and said, "Let’s talk about your father first. The number of times he has held Honghong since she was a child is no less than your brothers’, but the number of times he hit her is less than you five combined."

Chen Jianye didn’t think too much and answered, "Boys are naughtier than girls, so they definitely need to be spanked more often. Moreover, as your eldest sister is the only girl between you and dad, it’s normal for you both to dote on her."

For the first couple of years after his eldest daughter was born, being his first child, he also used to dote on her quite a lot.

Ma Xiulian then stared at him questioningly and asked, "Then why is Sanni often spanked despite not being naughty?"

Chen Jianye was momentarily choked up, muttering, "If they don’t make any mistakes in the future, I won’t let Chunhua hit them anymore."

He finished speaking and glanced guiltily at his eldest daughter standing at the doorway.

He really had not noticed before that his wife went so hard on their daughters. If he had known, he would have stopped her.

Seeing his guilty expression, there was not a hint of turbulence in Sanni’s heart.

Now that she had her grandmother’s backing, she no longer had to endure her mother’s arbitrary beatings and scoldings.

Li Chunhua, who was on the side, quickly intervened, "Yes, mom. Ever since you spoke up last time, I haven’t laid a finger on her!"

Inside, though, she was grinding her teeth in resentment, thinking that once the family had been divided and her door closed, she would beat this damned brat and see who she would run to complain to then!

Ma Xiulian didn’t deny it but simply raised an eyebrow and continued, "Before we divided the household, every time, your father would share his portion of meat with your sister and your brothers. And when your eldest brother and second brother had anything good, they would always think of giving a portion to their sister. But you?"

Her mother-in-law was the type who favored boys over girls. Moreover, at that time conditions were even more difficult than they are now. Unless the parents chose to eat less meat, the daughters wouldn’t even get a tiny bit of it.

She admitted that she too favored boys over girls. In the past years, she also didn’t allow her granddaughters to reach for the meat with their chopsticks. But she didn’t say not to let her son and daughter-in-law give their share to their daughters!

Hearing her words, Chen Jianye opened his mouth, wanting to say that the two daughters being able to eat and wear warm clothes already offered them much more fortune than they had as children.

But when the words reached his lips, he found himself unable to utter them. He remembered his daughter’s disappointed and hurt eyes, and his younger daughter’s unfamiliar coldness towards him.

He contemplated for a moment, then corrected himself, "Mom, our family’s conditions have improved quite a bit these years. Sanni can eat meat regularly."

As for his youngest daughter, ever since she has been able to eat meat, she has been eating it almost at every meal, which is much better than his own situation.

Hearing this, Old Lady Li’s face immediately displayed an expression of distress: "Girls are only raised for other people’s families. It’s good enough if they don’t starve, but how can they be given meat to eat?!"

And it’s even on a regular basis!

It seems that the younger daughter was right. This tigress is definitely bewitched by that little creature.

Thus she forcefully slapped her thigh, and sorrowfully said to Ma Xiulian, "Daughter-in-law, aren’t you being silly? A daughter stays with her mother when she eats, but with her in-laws when she works. No matter how well you treat them, it’s all in vain. Only sons can carry on your lineage and take care of you in your old age!"

At this moment, she even felt a bit sympathetic towards Ma Xiulian. Having to deal with such an anomalous little creature was indeed unlucky.