So it turned out that over these years the younger aunt had given birth to three daughters, and had always been suppressed by her mother‑in‑law, who despised her for not being able to bear a son.
This year the harvest was bad over on their side, there wasn't enough grain to eat, so the younger aunt's mother‑in‑law set her eyes on the three girls, wanting to sell them to a rich family as maidservants in exchange for some Silver Tael so the whole family could have food and drink.
The younger aunt and uncle absolutely refused to sell their daughters, so they quarreled with the younger aunt's mother‑in‑law.
The result was that the younger aunt's whole family was split out on their own.
They were given one room to live in and a sack of grain, and nothing else, not even any land; it was basically being kicked out with nothing.
This had all happened right before the New Year.
After hearing this, Xiaoxiao was speechless; so there really are such creatures as vicious mothers‑in‑law.
