“Has Xiao San gone to Lin’s house again? A little girl who has not yet been engaged is running to a man’s house all day long. She is not afraid of ruining her reputation.”
Xu Baozhu’s eldest sister-in-law, Bai Xiaohua, was sitting in the yard washing clothes with her younger sister-in-law, Liu Zhaodi. When she saw Xu Baozhu leaving in a hurry, she couldn’t help but say harsh words.
“Sister-in-law, please keep your voice down. Baozhu doesn’t like hearing us call her Xiao San.”
Because she was not taken seriously in her natal family, Liu Zhaodi had an extremely honest temperament. Whenever her older sister-in-law gossiped about other people, she mostly listened but rarely participated.
There are three children in the Xu family. The eldest, Xu Dabao, married the Bai family and had two sons after five years of marriage. The second child, Xu Erbao, married the Liu family for three years and gave birth to only one daughter. Xu Baozhu is the youngest child in the family and the only daughter. Her parents’ love for her could be seen in her name.
Because she is the third child, everyone in the family is accustomed to calling Xu Baozhu as Xiao San1Xiao, 小: little/small/young. San, 三: three.
The term “Xiao San” is a Chinese slang term used to refer to a mistress or concubine of a married man, particularly a wealthy or powerful individual such as a Chinese bureaucrat. “Xiao San” literally translates to “little third”.
These terms reflect societal attitudes towards infidelity and extramarital relationships in Chinese culture. The use of such terms also reflects the traditional practice of concubinage in Chinese history, where wealthy or powerful men would take concubines in addition to their wives. However, it’s important to note that attitudes towards these terms and the practice of having mistresses have evolved in modern Chinese society.. But ever since Xu Baozhu woke up from a high fever, she didn’t like hearing everyone call her that. Especially now that her family has made a lot of money relying on Xu Baozhu’s ideas, she has become more and more outspoken at home.
If the two sisters-in-law accidentally called her by her former nickname, Xu Baozhu would scorn them. Over time, Bai Xiaohua and Liu Zhaodi also lost their memory and did not dare to call her that in front of her.
“She had been called like that for more than ten years, but didn’t know what’s wrong with her?”
Bai Xiaohua muttered a few words and then winked at her younger sister-in-law Liu Zhaodi: “Do you think she brought something good to the Lin family again? She is very interested in the talented scholar from the Lin family, but now that he has passed the exam to become a scholar, she still has a crush on him. Our aunt has a very high vision, and she might even want to find the eldest lady as her daughter-in-law.”
“Baozhu is just on good terms with our cousin. Sister-in-law, please don’t say these words that will cause misunderstanding. If someone hears this and ruins Baozhu’s reputation, I’m afraid our parents-in-law will be angry.”
Liu Zhaodi only gave birth to a daughter in the three years since her marriage. She had never been as confident as her older sister-in-law in this family. Therefore, even if she was slightly dissatisfied with her younger sister-in-law’s behavior, she did not dare to express it as straightforwardly as her older sister-in-law.
“Oh, the others are not blind.”
Bai Xiaohua sneered. Ever since her sister-in-law got on the line with the Lin family, she would go to the Lin family to give something good.
During the Chinese New Year, she even brought back a piece of good fabric. You must know that she had chosen it early in the morning to make clothes for her mother when she returned to her parent’s home on the second day of the new year.
If the piece of fabric was used by Xu Baozhu herself or her parents-in-law, Bai Xiaohua would not be so angry, but the piece of fabric was used by Xu Baozhu to benefit outsiders, which made Bai Xiaohua a little angry.
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