Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 304 - 2: The Cannon Fodder Sister-in-Law in the Group Pampering Novel (2)

In the Xie Family, the biggest taboo is going against the little sister-in-law.

Initially, the wives of the eldest and second sons were also reluctant to see the whole Xie Family doting on a mere girl, but after suffering losses, they settled down obediently.

On the first day Jiang Lai married into the family, Lv Cuiping began brainwashing her at the dinner table, telling her how her blessed daughter survived the famine years thanks to her blessing, catching fish from the river and chickens from the mountain every day, and even sent the fourth son to join the army with her blessing, leading to the good days everyone was enjoying now.

As the new daughter-in-law, Jiang Lai certainly didn’t believe this; it was natural to be filial to her parents-in-law, but she had never heard of being filial to a sister-in-law.

Moreover, the idea of preferring boys over girls was deeply ingrained in the Jiang Family, and Jiang Lai had suffered daily as a girl in the Jiang Family. After finally getting married, she hoped to live comfortably with her husband for a few years and have a big, fat son, so her in-laws would treat her better. However, she did not expect that the Xie Family favored girls over boys and did not like the taciturn Xie Jian. The anticipated good days did not come to pass, although she didn’t have to suffer as much as before. Yet, the original host still had a knot in her heart and disliked the little sister-in-law.

Later, the original host accidentally discovered a piece of gold in the field and immediately told the Xie Family. The Xie Family quickly linked this to the fact that it was Xie Yumian’s birthday, attributing Jiang Lai’s ability to find gold in the field to Xie Yumian’s blessing.

In those times, such items could not be kept secretly; they had to be handed over to the authorities immediately. The original host, who was terrified of poverty, was naturally unwilling to hand it over. The Xie Family initially wondered if they could secretly find a way to sell it for money, but this plan was spread by the loud-mouthed wife of the eldest son, and soon the whole village knew.

The Xie Family was punished for attempting to hoard the gold. Punishment in those days was direct and rough, which meant being dragged around the entire village on an ox cart.

Lv Cuiping, who had always emphasized that it was due to Xie Yumian’s blessing that they found the gold, was afraid her daughter would be punished or her reputation affected, so she directly pushed Jiang Lai out. Xie Jian, being a man, did not want his wife to suffer and thought of taking her place on the ox cart.

But the female lead Xie Yumian did not want her third brother to suffer, and since she disliked Jiang Lai because of previous grievances, she spread through the loud-mouthed wife of the eldest son that Jiang Lai wanted to keep the gold for herself and now wanted her husband to take the blame.

In the end, Jiang Lai was still strapped to the heavy ox cart. Her small frame struggled to pull the cart forward little by little around the village outskirts.

For a while, she endured cold stares and ridicule. In this era where reputation was everything, after suffering all this, Jiang Lai grew to deeply detest the Xie Family, Xie Yumian, and Lv Cuiping.

Xie Yumian knew that as long as Jiang Lai was around, the Xie Family would never have peace. She also felt her third brother was handsome and capable, certainly not a match for Jiang Lai. So she secretly kept provoking Jiang Lai and even made Jiang Lai’s brother get into big trouble needing a thousand yuan to settle. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The original host, foolish and pitying her brother, was pressured by her maternal family who cried and despaired, thus planning to rely on Jiang Lai for a solution.

Every day from then on, the maternal family urged Jiang Lai to divorce, assuring her that as long as she divorced, she could return home at any time to live and would no longer have to endure the Xie Family.

On the other side, under Xie Yumian’s arrangement, everyone in the Xie Family ostracized and hated Jiang Lai.

Under pressure from both sides, Jiang Lai chose to divorce Xie Jian on her own and returned to her maternal home.

Thus, Xie Jian restored his freedom, and Xie Yumian immediately arranged for her newly acquainted friend to interact with Xie Jian.

On the other hand, after returning home, Jiang Lai, having no place to go, discovered her family’s scheme. It turned out that they wanted her divorced just to remarry her for the bride price to settle her brother’s trouble.

Jiang Lai, who had always passively accepted things in her maternal home, was forced to marry an old carpenter in the neighboring village after being beaten several times. The old carpenter’s previous wife was beaten to death by him, and since then, no one dared to marry him. This time, the Jiang Family took five hundred yuan bride price to sell Jiang Lai off.

Thus, the original host fell into a life of complete despair. The violent old carpenter physically and verbally abused her, and each escape attempt was thwarted by her family, who tied her up and sent her back. Eventually, in the following winter, the original host could no longer endure this dark world and drowned herself.

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As the memory of the plot ended, Jiang Lai took a deep breath.

"Is this some rural version of Les Misérables?"

"The central theme is that opposing the female lead leads to no good end. Besides, unless the cannon fodder sister-in-law is removed, how can Xie Jian meet the male lead’s sister? How can the female lead use the relationship to meet and fall in love with the male lead?"

Little Buding chuckled.

"You’re now disliked by everyone. On the wedding night, you upset Xie Yumian and Lv Cuiping, so Xie Jian is still unwilling to touch you. The whole village is spreading rumors that you’re a hen that can’t lay eggs."

Jiang Lai glanced at the surrounding serene village scenery and asked nonchalantly.

"Enough with the nonsense, what’s the task?"

"The original host’s task is straightforward. She likes Xie Jian but feels disappointed in him, so the first task is to make him fall for you wholeheartedly. The second task is revenge against the people in the Xie and Jiang families who wronged her; you can decide who deserves it. The last task is that, having been poor all her life, the original host wants to live well and be her own master. That task should be simple for you."

After finishing, Little Buding excitedly continued.

"Good news, I’ve secured a chance for you to draw a prize."

"Why wasn’t there one in the last world?"

"Raffles require points exchanged from experience, alright? Last time, I just exchanged for equipment and had no points left. This time, I used all remaining points to get you a raffle chance, with a high probability of a big prize. Go ahead and try."

Jiang Lai casually picked one, and a prompt appeared in her mind.

"Congratulations, you’ve acquired the skill: Delicate and Soft Little Fairy! Please check it!"

Upon hearing the skill’s name, Jiang Lai looked disgusted.

"What the hell is this? Can I have something practical? Who wants to be delicate and soft? Compared to that, I’d rather have the Unmatched Lady Goliath skill.

With that skill, I could literally beat the entire Xie and Jiang family with brute force.

"Come on, getting prettier is a great skill! Used well, you won’t even have to try; you can rely just on men."

"Relying on men is like drinking northwest wind coming from a toilet hole, forget it."