Chapter 873: Chapter 873: Childbearing Tool
Recalling these old matters, even someone as strong as He Shi couldn’t help but tear up.
Ye Jiu could only comfort her, but she interrupted him.
Then, He Shi continued, "This kind of life continued until I became pregnant with your eldest brother, your father’s first son, whom the family eagerly awaited. Because of this, I experienced a few months of comfort.
But once your eldest brother was born, I returned to the days of endless toil.
With a child to look forward to, the days were bearable. But when it was time to wean, that old woman said she wanted to take your eldest brother to raise him by her side.
How could I ever bear that? Naturally, I didn’t want to, but as a mother-in-law, she had countless ways to torment her daughter-in-law.
I had to do so much work every day, leaving me no time to see your eldest brother, and gradually, your brother grew apart from me.
Later, when I had your second brother, they used the same method to take him away too. What could I do in my anger? That old woman complained to the clan leader, and I was beaten with a rod ten times, bedridden for half a month.
Later on, I was truly at a loss, missing the children so much that I worked at night, hoping to find time during the day to be with them. Unfortunately, it only resulted in heavier tasks.
Until one day, I heard your brothers call Li Shi "mother," and Li Shi taught them to curse me. That was when my heart truly broke!
And then there’s Li Shi, who boasted that even if I married into the Ye Family, I was nothing more than a child-bearing tool for her."
"Ha!" He Shi suddenly laughed at this point, but the smile was cold, "How could I be content with that? Just then, the old woman was also getting on in years, and Li Shi’s focus was entirely on your elder brothers while I had your third brother.
This time, Li Shi had no mind to care for another child, and the old woman’s health was not good either, so when your third brother was a month old, I ruthlessly left him at the old woman’s place, without going to see him once.
A newborn is a handful, needing to eat several times a night, and the old woman had to stay up late and get up early to make rice soup, which eventually wore her body down.
Unfortunately for her, she deserved it, and I had no sympathy for her, only feeling sorry for your third brother."
Especially when the child cried from hunger, every time He Shi heard it, she hated herself even more, but similarly, her hatred for Ye Laotai and Li Shi only grew stronger.
During the time Ye Laotai was bedridden, unable to manage the household, she intended to entrust it to Li Shi. However, He Shi, leveraging her status as the primary wife, brought the matter to the clan leader, finally achieving justice.
With Ye Laotai bedridden, He Shi quickly took charge of the household and seized the opportunity to bring the third child back, nourishing him with good food and drink every day.
In a household where meals were scarce, whoever controlled the food was truly in charge.
Later, she had the fourth child and conspired to alienate the eldest and the second from Li Shi. In her panic, Li Shi turned to the ailing Ye Laotai for help, which led to the birth of Ye Erya.
Unfortunately, she turned out to be a bastard.
It’s uncertain if Ye Laotai, upon learning of this in the afterlife, would resurrect out of anger!
But so what, in the end, Ye Laotai couldn’t outlast her youthful vigor, and once the old witch died, Li Shi was tightly under her control.
He Shi thoroughly took control of the Ye Family, but she couldn’t find joy in it.