Mother Zhou looked at her son with a loving face, eating the noodles with gravy that she had made herself in big mouthfuls, feeling extremely satisfied.

"Eat slowly, there's more."

"My mom's noodle soup is delicious. I can't eat it in the army. I've been craving it for a long time."

A bite of noodles and a bite of garlic.

The food tastes delicious and my mouth is full of oil.

"It's not easy to eat if you want to. Come home more often and mom will cook for you."

Zhou's mother took out a handkerchief and patiently wiped the juice-stained corners of Zhou Xingze's mouth, just like she did when they were children.

"Thank you, Mom."

"Why are you being so polite to me? I still have some left. Have another bowl."

Zhou Jingjing sat opposite the mother and son, like a ball of air, without any sense of existence at all.

He poked at the noodles in the bowl angrily.

All I have in my eyes is my son, my son, and my son.

She also loves to eat noodles with gravy. Although he has mentioned it to her so many times, he, as her mother, never takes the time to cook for her.

When my second brother came back, I made his favorite food without even asking.

How biased.

The desire to win favor took over, and he said in a sour tone, "Mom, I want another bowl too."

Mother Zhou didn't even raise her eyes and blurted out, "You little girl, you ate too much at night and you can't digest it."

Zhou Jingjing saw all of her neglect and felt a dull pain in her chest.

The circles under his eyes began to turn red with reluctance.

He suppressed his unhappiness, quickly shoved the remaining noodles into his mouth, put down his chopsticks, and walked away silently.

Go back to your room.

He dived into the soft quilt.

"What happened to Jingjing?"

"Don't mind her, she's just like that."

Zhou Xingze looked at her receding back, feeling something was not right, and couldn't help asking.

"Mom, Jingjing is a girl and needs more care and love. Sometimes she suddenly becomes unreasonable just to get more attention. You should not take it lightly, and don't deny her blindly."

"Okay, okay, Mom got it."

Zhou's mother disagreed and responded perfunctorily.

This girl is always troublesome.

He is full of petty thoughts.

"Mom, I'm back."

Zhou Xingze's sister-in-law, Zhao Fang, returned home from get off work.

"Sister-in-law."

"Second brother, I'm back. Mom, I've already eaten at work, so I won't have dinner."

Zhou's mother looked back at her eldest daughter-in-law with a neutral look, and said, "Please come and clean up the dishes after eating."

Zhao Fang has always been a person of little influence in the Zhou family. She never dared to disobey her mother-in-law's orders, let alone show her unhappiness on her face. Without any emotion, she responded indifferently, "I know, Mom. I'll clean up later."

After saying that, he went back to his room.

"Mom, let me clean up. My sister-in-law has been working all day and must be very tired."

"Why are you tired? Just sit there and do some abacus and accounting. How can you be so tired? Go and have a rest after you finish eating. Listen to me."

His mother has always been strong.

He finally got home and didn't want to argue with her.

He and Xiaotang got married and they had to move out of this troubled place as soon as possible.

He didn't want Xiaotang to be ordered by her mother to do this and that every day.

I'm busy like a top, and yet people pick on me for all sorts of reasons.

He didn't want her to suffer that kind of injustice.

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"Dangdang"

"Who is it?"

"Second brother, open the door."

Zhou Jingjing opened the door reluctantly, stood at the door with a crack in her eyes, and looked at Zhou Xingze in front of her.

"For you, peanut crisps."

Zhou Jingjing's eyes sparkled as she snatched the bag of peanut crisps and happily held it in her arms like a child.

"Thank you, second brother, you are the best to me."

She showed her white teeth happily with curved eyebrows.

"Look, girls need to smile more, that's how they look beautiful. Go to bed early, don't stay up late."

"Yes, second brother."

After Zhou Xingze coaxed his little sister, he turned and went into the kitchen.

"Sister-in-law, let me wash the dishes. Is the tendonitis in your right hand better? I remember the last time I came back, you said it was in so much pain."

"Much better, thank you. I'll wash the dishes. Mom will see it later. If you're here, she might not say anything, but when you leave, I'll be the one who gets mad."

That’s all I have to say.

Zhou Xingze could only put down the bowl in the basin and force out a faint smile out of embarrassment.

My sister-in-law is usually gentle, speaks very little, and is always polite to everyone.

Since my eldest brother left, my eldest sister-in-law has become even more taciturn.

There is always a sense of alienation where one treats oneself as an outsider.

"Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law."

There was no response.

The atmosphere became very depressing.

Zhou Xingze could only walk out of the kitchen and stop disturbing her.

After my eldest brother left, he didn't leave any children to accompany my eldest sister-in-law.

Without the protection of men.

My mother's style of doing things is rather strong and she doesn't care about the lives of others.

Her reasoning is reason.

Her rules are rules.

Dare to disobey.

My sister-in-law is so gentle and never dares to disobey.

She just accepted it all.

Unconditionally accept the mother's unreasonable demands.

He really sympathized with his sister-in-law.

After all, it has been four years since her eldest brother passed away. She can definitely find another one...

But my conservative mother would not agree.

Things never go as planned!

Every family has its own problems.

Aren't you also stuck in the swamp?

If my mother knew Xiaotang's true identity...

Zhou Xingze sighed in distress.

By then he won't be able to take care of himself.

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