I transmigrated to the 1970s and became the female lead's vicious stepsister.

"I owe you, I owe you, it's been decades, is it never going to end?"

Old Master Shen stood up in anger.

"Find your conscience. Since we brought you back, in what way have we wronged you?"

"Even your younger siblings, who are younger than you, have to give way to you, their older sister, in everything. Isn't that enough?"

The elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Shen, were also angered by their eldest daughter.

Back then, things were so chaotic. Leaving her with a fellow villager was also out of a desire to protect her. They were all people who didn't know what tomorrow would bring, so how could they dare to take a child with them?

If we take her with us, her grave might be overgrown with weeds by now, and she'll still be spouting this nonsense to them.

Seeing her parents' growing intolerance, Shen Zhixin coldly said, "Not enough!"

Old Master Shen was so angry that he clutched his chest and took two steps back.

"Old man!"

"Snapped!"

When the old lady saw that her husband was so angry with his eldest daughter that his chest hurt, she went up and slapped him.

He was so angry that he was trembling all over.

Shen Zhixin covered her face and watched her parents suffer without feeling any pity.

"Mom and Dad, please calm down!"

"Lingwu!" Shen Zhiyu turned her gaze to her daughter-in-law, Su Lingwu.

She knew how capable her daughter-in-law was; if even her in-laws recognized her medical skills, they couldn't be bad.

She believed it too.

Su Lingwu naturally wouldn't refuse, and quickly took out silver needles to administer acupuncture to the two elders of the Shen family.

After a while, the two elderly people finally recovered.

"Child, you've worked hard." Grandma Shen patted Su Lingwu's hand.

The elderly couple remained silent for a moment, then looked at their eldest daughter, Shen Zhixin.

"I shouldn't have brought you back in the first place..."

"Or rather, we shouldn't have chosen to give birth to you, and then none of this would have happened."

Because Shen Zhixin was their first child, a child filled with love and anticipation, neither of them could bear to abort her, and even though the timing wasn't right, they insisted on giving birth to her.

However, with the main force urgently evacuating, they couldn't take care of the child at all. The child would also encounter various accidents due to the arduous journey, so they had no choice but to leave the child with the villagers and leave them money to take care of the child, thinking that they could bring the child back when the situation stabilized.

Who knew it would turn out like this?

It's all a tragedy!

Seeing her parents so angry with her older sister, Shen Zhiyu couldn't hold back any longer.

"Big sister, you've gone too far! Over the years, Mom and Dad have already tried their best to make it up to you, what more do you want?"

"At the time, the situation was unavoidable. Your parents didn't want to leave you with the villagers, but given their circumstances, it was the best choice they could make. They wanted to increase your chances of survival!"

Shen Zhixin's eyes were also red.

"Then I'll give you this opportunity!"

"I could have lived a good life, but I have to get up before dawn every day to do chores. I'm only four years old. I started doing housework when I was four. I wasn't even tall enough to reach the stove, and I had to learn to cook."

"As I grew older, I had more and more chores to do. I had to cut pig feed, work in the fields, clean the house, wash clothes, cook, and take care of my adoptive parents' younger siblings. If I didn't do the work well, I would be beaten. I was always hungry and cold and covered in bruises."

Shen Zhixin raised her hands; her ten fingers were as thick as sticks, with large knuckles. Even after decades of care, they still couldn't compare to her sister's.

Look at your hands, and then look at my hands.

"My hands, even in the dead of winter, I still have to go to the river to wash clothes. My hands get so cold they're like radishes, red and swollen, and then they crack. They heal and then crack open again, over and over again. They hurt and itch, and I can't sleep at night. I can only hope that spring will come soon."

"So many years have passed, and my hands still get chilblains every year. Every time they flare up, it reminds me of the past. These deep marks are etched into my heart; how could I possibly forget them!"

"We're all children of the Shen family, why did you single me out!"

"Why should I be the only one to suffer like this!"

"So you all owe me, and you can never pay it back!"

The resentment that had been hidden in Shen Zhixin's heart for many years finally erupted.

She resented everyone in her family and always felt out of place with them.

She felt like she was something unworthy of being discussed, and she couldn't join in the conversations. This feeling was unbearable; she felt excluded from the family.

So she desperately tried to prove her existence, to tell them that she was no worse than them, and that she wanted to live a better life than any of them.

She thought she had chosen a good husband and would have someone to rely on for the rest of her life, but who knew he was a good-for-nothing who just drifted through life without any ambition.

She watched helplessly as her younger brother and brother-in-law rose through the ranks while she herself fell behind. How could she accept that?

She's clearly the eldest sister, isn't she?

Grandma Shen's eyes had calmed down considerably. She had come to terms with it and decided that each child should walk their own path. In any case, they didn't have much time left to live, so there was no need to force the three children to live together. If they couldn't get along, so be it.

"Do you think your younger brother and sister haven't suffered at all? Don't you think about what kind of times those were? How could they possibly enjoy a life of comfort!"

"They've only had a few years better than you. What you see is just the surface. They were born later than you, but they've experienced just as much. They had no food to eat, were skin and bones from hunger, and narrowly escaped shrapnel time and time again. They were displaced at a young age."

"When we adults get busy, we can't take care of your younger siblings at all, and they have to take care of themselves."

Fortunately, Shen Zhiyu has an older brother, Shen Zhiyan. Shen Zhiyan has always taken care of his younger sister, so their relationship is even deeper, since he raised her from a young age.

With red eyes, Shen Zhixin protested, "But they all live among you and receive a good education, while I... I can barely read a few words!"

"You all look down on me, don't you? You think I'm a disgrace to you? Someone as uncouth and illiterate as me isn't good enough for you. That's why even my nephew and nephew's wife can point their fingers at me and curse!"

She was caught in the crossfire even when she was lying down; Su Lingwu was speechless.

"Don't you even think about the nasty things you said? And you're blaming the child? You're not acting like an aunt at all!" Shen Zhiyu naturally spoke up for her son and daughter-in-law.

"Then I'm their elder too!"

Su Lingwu put the silver needles away. "Your grandparents are still your parents, and I haven't seen you show them much respect. You can't even do that yourself, yet you expect others to respect you. Don't you even think about whether you deserve it?"

"Yes, you had a tough childhood, no one can deny that. So after you came back, the entire Shen family has been very accommodating to you. Even I, the newlywed, could see that. I don't believe you wouldn't know it yourself."

"You're just taking advantage of the Shen family's guilt towards you to benefit yourself. Those who have already benefited will never be willing to distribute their gains fairly. So by constantly bringing up the past to make them feel guilty towards you, you can continue to profit. In the end, you're just a hypocritical and selfish person."

"The suffering you endured before only shows that you were unlucky. It's all fate and you can't blame anyone else. What's the use of complaining? There are plenty of people in the world who suffer, but I've never seen them be as unreasonable as you. In the end, it's all because of the love and tolerance from your grandparents, uncles, and mother-in-law that you had the reason to be so unruly."