Rebirth in the 90s: Her Counterattack and Redemption

Chapter 1453: Chapter 851: A Warm Welcome

After sitting for a while, Father Li stood up again and peered outside: "Why hasn’t Xiaxia arrived yet?" He was talking about his eldest daughter, Li Zexia.

"You know what kind of temperament that girl has; she’s probably at home dolling herself up. Just wait, she won’t be here before six o’clock." Mother Li sighed, "Tell me, who on earth does Xiaxia take after? There’s no one in our family that lazy, gluttonous, and fond of dressing up. Who does she really take after?"

"Takes after her Aunt..." Father Li muttered, sitting back on the chair, squirming around, "You forgot? Her Aunt is just about the same as her."

"What are you talking about?" Mother Li said, bursting into laughter. It’s true, her own little sister and daughter truly shared the same temperament, being lazy, gluttonous, and always trying to take shortcuts since childhood. Somehow, luck often favored her, and being her Second Sister, she’d been taken advantage of quite a bit.

Her own daughter wasn’t as scheming as her little sister, but the laziness and gluttony were identical, and so was the fondness for dressing up.

Sigh, it’s just fortunate she married within the village, staying nearby, with a brother who turned out well. Her in-laws were pretty tolerant; otherwise, with her temperament, even if they didn’t kick her out, they’d hardly show a good face.

"Grandma, Grandpa..."

The old couple was still talking when Little Zhuangzhuang ran over, waving his little hands, followed closely by the glamorously dressed Li Zexia.

"Grandma, Grandpa, my mom got me new clothes." Zhuangzhuang showed off by lifting up his clothes, "They’re for the New Year, haven’t worn them yet."

"Xiaxia, it’s Xiao Kun’s matchmaking today, why are you dressed like this?" Father Li glanced at his daughter, whose face was painted as white as snow, with a look of dissatisfaction.

"Dad, it’s not so I give my brother a good impression? Imagine the girl’s side seeing me dressed shabbily without even a hint of powder on my face, how embarrassing would that be?" Li Zexia twirled proudly, "Mom, these are the clothes I got for the New Year, aren’t they nice?"

Mother Li, scrutinizing her daughter’s outfit, frowned a bit: "Aren’t your pants too tight? And that cotton jacket, is it a bit too tight at the waist?"

Li Zexia raised her eyebrows: "Mom, you’re really behind the times; these pants are stretchy jeans, they look good on, and this jacket isn’t tight, it’s fashionable to have a cinched waist this year, makes you look slim."

"Looks good, my foot!" Father Li furrowed his brow tight, "Being a mother, you should have some decorum. Dressed like this, can Zhuangzhuang’s dad be pleased?"

"Dad, what era is this already, and you still have such outdated views? Zhuang’s dad is happy, as soon as I got home, I wore them to show him, and he praised my clothes."

Father Li just snorted, stretched his neck to glance outside, unwilling to engage with her further.

Li Zexia picked up some seeds from the plate, cracking them, and didn’t forget to pout, "Dad’s just biased towards my brother, nothing I do seems right to him."

"You haven’t done anything right; how am I supposed to find anything right? It agitates me when I hear such things from you," Father Li was anxious, and upon hearing his daughter speak this way, he got even angrier, "Let me tell you, back in your school days, I did everything to support you. But what about you? Where did all your thoughts go?

It was all about dolling up and dating. Every time I went to your parent-teacher meetings, it was just to be criticized. Do you know what it feels like to go to your brother’s meetings?

Pride! Every time was praise for his achievements, both parents from our village and others looked at me with envy!

And you still dare to compare yourself with your brother. If it weren’t for him being successful, do you think the Zhao family could tolerate someone as irresponsible as you? Once married, you should fulfill your duty as a daughter-in-law, instead of always thinking about your laziness and gluttony!"

Li Zexia threw the seed back onto the plate with a "snap": "Mom, listen to this, every time Dad gets angry, he scolds me like this. In the future, when Zhuangzhuang grows older, with Dad embarrassing me like this, how am I supposed to have any respect in front of my son?"

"With a mother like you, you still want respect?" Father Li pointed at the pile of small seeds Li Zexia threw in the plate, "These are for guests, you picked the big ones and left a pile of small ones on top, what are people supposed to think?"

Li Zexia just stirred the seeds on the plate with her hand: "There, isn’t it okay like this? Dad sure is making a mountain out of a molehill."

Father Li was so angry his forehead veins bulged out: "Look at this, look at this, this is the good daughter you’ve brought up, thirty years old, and still like this. The Zhao family not kicking her out is truly too kind."

Mother Li murmured defensively: "Don’t take your worries about Xiao Kun out on Xiaxia, she’s always been like this, hasn’t she?"

"Weak mothers spoil children!"