Transmigrated as My Aunt in the 70s-Chapter 19 - 0 Jealousy

Tian Sisi pretended not to hear, thinking that if Zhu Qingping were smart, she would stop calling her. But Zhu Qingping, proud of giving birth to the Tian Family's first great-grandson, and considering Tian Sisi just a child, felt it was her natural right as an elder sister-in-law to assign chores to her younger sister-in-law. Additionally, Tian Sisi's demeanor had not been as lofty as usual these past few days, which emboldened Zhu Qingping. That's how it is in the world; many cannot recognize their place and think too highly of themselves—Zhu Qingping was such a person.

Seeing that Tian Sisi did not respond, Zhu Qingping decisively slapped her forcefully on the arm, "Ah Nan, Niu Niu wants to eat seeds, peel them for him."

Tian Sisi, delicate and tender, was caught off guard by Zhu Qingping, who had spent years doing strenuous farm work and had considerable strength. Zhu Qingping used about sixty to seventy percent of her power in the slap, sending Tian Sisi flying off the stool and crashing hard towards the ground, head first. Tian Xinhua, who was nearby, was startled and quickly stood up to catch Tian Sisi, but it was too late. Fortunately, Tian Qinghua instinctively crouched down, and Tian Sisi ended up crashing into him.

"Ouch!" Both fell to the ground. Tian Sisi was so dizzy she saw stars, while Tian Qinghua, tough-skinned and tough-fleshed, was fine and got up without help. Tian Xinhua hurriedly helped his cousin up and asked with concern, "Ah Nan, are you alright? Where did you hurt?"

Hearing her cousin's words, Tian Sisi shook her head, but she inexplicably felt wronged, and tears began to circle her eyes. The others also got a scare. Li Yuedi saw Tian Sisi's pale face, silent, and thought she was frightened. She quickly started to rub her forehead forcefully while muttering, "Don't be scared, don't be scared, Ah Nan is not scared! Second Lady's touch will make it all better."

Li Yuedi's hands were too strong, causing Tian Sisi's forehead to ache. She struggled and cried out, "Second Lady, you're making my head hurt."

Tian Xinhua chuckled upon hearing this; if she could talk, she must be fine. He had gotten quite a scare himself just now. However, his sister-in-law was really out of line; Ah Nan was just a bit older—how could she withstand her Iron Sand Palm? Besides, if it's his son wanting to eat seeds, why make Ah Nan do it? Tian Xinhua was very protective, and although he often teased Tian Sisi, it was unacceptable for others to bully her, including Zhu Qingping.

Li Yuedi let go, and seeing Tian Sisi's forehead was red all over, she embarrassedly smiled. Tian Sisi was actually fine, it was just that under Li Yuedi's heavy hand, her eyes had reddened again from the pain. But to Li Yuedi, it seemed like Tian Sisi was feeling wronged.

She coldly snorted toward Zhu Qingping, planning to deal with this daughter-in-law later. When this daughter-in-law first joined the family, she seemed alright—honest and hardworking, not talking too much. But ever since she had Niu Niu, her true colors had shown, though she hadn't dared to go too far under her and the Old Man's suppression. Keeping in mind her grandson and great-grandson, she would occasionally reprimand but never severely punished.

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But she hadn't expected to inadvertently embolden her to strike? And to hit Ah Nan no less. It was fortunate that Qinghua reacted quickly to catch her. Ah Nan was the apple of the eye of the elder brother and sister-in-law. What would they think if something serious happened to Ah Nan in their home?

Zhu Qingping had not anticipated such severe consequences from her slap. Seeing everyone now fussing over Tian Sisi with warmth and concern, jealousy and resentment welled up inside her. Both daughters, yet why were their fates so different? She had endless chores from childhood, endless scoldings, ate the worst food, wore the shabbiest clothes, and only wore a new dress when she got married.

But Tian Sisi had never worn patched clothes, always had new clothes to wear, dressed beautifully, always had a pocket full of snacks, never had to do any chores, and everyone in the family doted on her, never speaking a harsh word.

Since marrying into the family, what Zhu Qingping felt most was the status of her husband's cousin; apparently not even a biological child of the Tian Family, a child abandoned by her own parents, how could she compare to Zhu Qingping herself? Why did Zhu Qingping have to endlessly toil from dawn to dusk?

Tian Sisi had no clue of the significant resentment Zhu Qingping harbored against her. She whispered to Li Yuedi, "Second Lady, I'm fine."

After this incident, Tian Sisi lost the mood to stay any longer. After sitting for a little while, she took her leave to go home. Li Yuedi didn't ask her to stay, instructing Tian Xinhua to escort Ah Nan and the others back home; she had to straighten out the family atmosphere later!

As they left, Da Huang, as usual, sniffed around Tian Sisi, not detecting any sweet scent, snorted through his nose, and dismissively went back to his den to sleep. Tian Xinhua saw Tian Sisi all stiff and laughed, "Look at you, such a scaredy-cat. Da Huang has been with us for two years now, what's there to be afraid of?"

Tian Sisi gave him a cold glance and did not speak to him, and halfway through the walk, Tian Sisi thought for a moment and took out three pieces of beef jerky, leftovers from her meal in Space last night. She stuffed a piece into the mouth of each person, Donghua and Qinghua chewed a couple of times, their eyes lit up, and they immediately quickened their pace, chewing the jerky and swallowing it down.

Tian Xinhua recognized the taste as beef jerky. His third brother, Tian Chaohua, who was a soldier in Xinjiang, had sent some back before. Xinjiang is known for its beef jerky. However, Ah Nan's beef jerky tasted even better, probably because the beef jerky from Ai Guo was somewhat unique in flavor. Tian Xinhua wholeheartedly believed the jerky was brought by Tian Aiguo.

They soon reached the front door of the Tian Family. Tian Manjin heard the noise and came out to greet them. Tian Xinhua called out, "Uncle Four," and Tian Manjin invited him inside to sit for a while. Tian Xinhua smiled and declined; he wasn't oblivious to the situation, as it was getting late and the great-grandpa and Great Aunt were surely about to sleep.

Tian Sisi reminded him from behind: "Brother Xin Hua, don't forget to call me tomorrow!"

Tian Xinhua smiled and agreed, then turned around and went back to the field. Tian Manjin asked his daughter, "What does Brother Xin Hua need to call you for tomorrow?"

"I'm going up the mountain to pick wild mushrooms. I had a dream last night about a White Monkey who told me to go to the mountain tomorrow to pick them," Tian Sisi said more and more smoothly.

She suddenly recalled what her mother had mentioned in her past life, that there was a legend of a white ape in Yuequan Mountain, which was said to have attained enlightenment and become immortal on Yuequan Mountain. Eventually, Yuequan Village greatly developed its tourism industry based on this legend, and a White Ape Temple was built on the mountain, which was quite popular with worshippers.

Just now at her grand-uncle's house, she casually made up a reason about dreaming, and now it seemed like a perfect excuse, blaming everything on that White Ape, surely no one would suspect. But things didn't go as she expected.

Hearing his daughter say this, Tian Manjin was so frightened that he immediately closed the courtyard door and pulled the three children into the room.

"You girl, how can you speak such nonsense? What White Monkey? You must never speak of this again."

Why is this happening? Shouldn't Tian Manjin be kneeling and thanking the gods for their help? Tian Sisi couldn't make sense of it.

"What should not be said?" Granny Zhao found her son's words strange.

Tian Manjin then recounted what Tian Sisi had said, scaring Granny Zhao into chanting a couple of Buddhist prayers, "Ah Nan, listen to your dad, you really should not say this again, otherwise our family will face serious trouble."

It dawned on Tian Sisi that it was now 1972, an era focused on dismantling the 'Four Olds' and opposing feudalism, even during Qingming Festival burning paper money was prohibited. Her mention of dreams about a White Monkey would indeed bring trouble in this era. Not to mention, just the big hat of feudal superstition alone would be crushing.

But she couldn't waste such a good excuse, even if she wasn't planning to talk about it outside. Tian Sisi pouted and whispered, "But I really did dream about the White Monkey. It told me to go to the mountain to pick rabbits tomorrow, and it said it liked me and would give me many good things in the future!"

Seeing his granddaughter speak so earnestly, Old Man Tian's expression turned serious. He knew about the legend of the White Ape; he often heard the old folks in the village talk about it when he was a child. Back then, there was a White Ape Temple on the mountain, and there used to be an old monk living in the temple. However, since the old monk's death, the temple lost its popularity, and with the current movement against feudal superstition, there weren't many young people in the village who knew about the White Ape legend anymore.