She herself was a concubine-born daughter, with an elder sister and a half-sister in the family, neither of whom were easy to deal with. When Shao Taotao said that, Qiao Xuan roughly understood.
However, these second sister and fourth sister should be from the second and third households, right? Their mother-in-law was not easy to bully, and their sister-in-law was not timid either. How could these second sister and fourth sister be so arrogant?
“Why are they so unreasonable? This is too much!” Shao Taotao felt even more aggrieved and annoyed. She pursed her lips and said, “It’s all because father always protects them. Father always says that even though we have our own households, we are still one family and should get along well. He says that as the eldest branch, we should take care of the second and third branches more, and not be too calculative. After all, we are not benefiting anyone else…”
Qiao Xuan was speechless.
It sounded like this kind of thing had probably happened many times before, so the second sister and fourth sister had the audacity to blatantly bully Taotao.
Even if the mother-in-law was not easy to bully, the father-in-law was the real head of the family. No matter how much the mother-in-law got angry, argued, or fought with him, if the father-in-law remained resolute, she would have no choice.
After complaining and venting, Shao Taotao felt a little better in her heart. She looked up at Wu Sao and said, “It’s all my fault for not hiding the pair of embroidered flowers well. As a result, they took it away. I’m sorry, Wu Sao…”
Qiao Xuan quickly shook her head. “How can this be your fault? It’s their fault for being so despicable.”
She raised an eyebrow. “But my things are not so easy to snatch. You bring them to our courtyard, and I will help you get the embroidered flowers back.”
Her gift to her little sister-in-law was taken away by someone, and coincidentally, her little sister-in-law was crying in distress when she met her. If she just pretended not to hear and brushed it off, she couldn’t swallow this anger.
Shao Taotao hesitated and said, “This…this isn’t a good idea…father will find out, father will find out…”
Qiao Xuan comforted her, “Father is reasonable too. As the sister-in-law who gave a gift to her little sister-in-law, how can others take it away so easily? It’s unreasonable, isn’t it?”
The father-in-law was obviously a kind-hearted person who had a strong sense of responsibility as the eldest brother. She was also a member of the eldest branch now, so if the second and third branches had the habit of snatching things, how could they let her go in the future?
In order to seek justice for her little sister-in-law and for her own peace in the future, she had decided on this matter today!
Shao Taotao thought for a moment after hearing her words and hesitantly nodded. “What Wu Sao says makes sense…but, but, they won’t willingly give it back…”
Qiao Xuan smiled. “Let’s reason with them. I believe they will give it back. No matter what, we have to try, right?”
Although Shao Taotao still didn’t fully believe it, she couldn’t bear to part with that pair of embroidered flowers and was also angry. She nodded and said, “Yes, what Wu Sao said is right! I’ll go and coax them!”
In a little while, Shao Taotao brought Shao Meiling and Shao Xiaozhi, the sisters, over.
Qiao Xuan smiled at them in the courtyard.
The two of them were stunned for a while before they realized that she must be the daughter-in-law that Wu Sao married yesterday.
