Clearly, Jiang Ruyi's actions pleased her father-in-law. Li Huimin glanced at her sister-in-law and sneered inwardly. Her father-in-law, though not a high-ranking official, had a big air about him and loved to act like a macho man.

Jiang Ruyi and Gu Changzheng both smiled: "Thank you, Dad."

Gu Wei not only named the child, but also asked his wife to go inside and get two red envelopes. One was for Jiang Ruyi, as a way of acknowledging her as his daughter-in-law, and the other was for the child, since he was the eldest grandson of the Gu family. Of course, he didn't forget to give one to his eldest daughter-in-law as well.

"Take it, Huimin. Pregnancy is hard, especially since you have twins. We don't live together, so you two need to be careful."

Li Huimin naturally wouldn't refuse her father-in-law's good intentions: "Don't worry, Dad, my mom comes to see me every day."

"That's good. Alright, it's time to eat. The Changzheng family is back today, let's all have a couple of drinks to celebrate."

From the moment Jiang Ruyi returned, the Gu family's life was destined to be extraordinary. She and Gu Changzheng were extremely similar, selfish and greedy. Her current appearance was just a show for Gu Wei, the patriarch. People are never satisfied with the status quo, especially when there is someone around who can be compared to them at all times.

Jiang Ruyu goes to work as usual every day, and when she has time, she goes to play in the surrounding areas with Zheng Yang. However, their wedding is coming soon, and Zheng Yang is also very busy. The house is being renovated, the wood that was prepared before can be used to make furniture, and there are also dowries prepared for Jiang Ruyu. The Jiang family is preparing for their wedding.

Grandma Jiang wasn't idle either. She was too old to do needlework anymore, so she asked Li Xiuying from the Sun family in the west to help make some quilt covers and sheets for her granddaughter.

Jiang Ruyu was off work that day and didn't go out. Instead, she followed her grandmother's instructions and went to the sewing machine to sew together the pieces of fabric that had been cut by someone. Once it was sewn up, it would be a complete pair of pants.

“You need to learn how to tailor clothes. After you get married and have children, you can’t buy everything. Ready-made clothes are expensive, and children’s clothes are easier to make. You should learn from your Aunt Sun.”

Grandma Jiang was a little worried. What would she do if she didn't know how to make clothes?

Jiang Ruyu touched her nose shyly: "Okay, I'll learn. Look, isn't what I did pretty well?"

Grandma Jiang gave her a laugh: "I've already cut it all out for you. If you can't even draw straight lines, you might as well give up and not waste the fabric."

As the grandmother and granddaughter chatted and laughed, a familiar voice, long unheard, rang out in the courtyard: "Mom, I'm back! Hurry up and come out to greet me!"

Jiang Ruyu frowned; it was Jiang Ruyi's voice.

Grandma Jiang understood, and she patted Ruyu: "Go do your work, it has nothing to do with us."

When Jiang Ruyu heard her grandmother say this, she pretended not to know who was outside.

The Wang family next door came out and saw Jiang Ruyi wearing a brand new shirt and skirt, with her hair cut into a shoulder-length bob, carrying expensive items like canned fruit and malted milk powder. She was pleasantly surprised and wanted to go up to her.

Jiang Jianguo pulled her along, and Wang Shuhua froze, too afraid to move. Fang Meili glanced at the things in her sister-in-law's hands, then looked at her husband and father-in-law, and wisely said nothing.

Jiang Jianguo frowned as he looked at his youngest daughter: "You're back, that's good. Now that you're back, just live your life properly. We all have hands and feet, we don't need you to send us these things. Don't come here unless it's necessary. I'm sure you don't care about us poor relatives. Go back."

Jiang Ruyi never expected that she would spend her own money to buy so many things and dress up in a new outfit before coming, so that they could immediately tell how well she was doing now.

She thought her family would be overjoyed to welcome her. She imagined her mother, older brother, and sister-in-law fawning over her and her father apologizing for treating her that way. But what she got was this unexpected scene.

"Dad, what are you saying? Changzheng and I have already returned to the city. We are now living in the military compound. I even gave birth to a big, healthy baby boy for the Gu family. Changzheng also has a formal job now. Aren't you happy for me? I've come back to take care of you. How can you still kick me out?" Jiang Ruyi asked through gritted teeth, while also showing off how capable she was now.

The onlookers outside were all talking about Jiang Ruyi living in the military compound, but Jiang Ruyi was extremely proud of herself.

Jiang Jianguo isn't stupid. At his age, he can certainly understand the meaning behind his daughter's words. He never expected that after all this time, she would only grow older but not smarter.

"If you're so capable, then go ahead and get through this on your own. We parents aren't that great, but we can still support ourselves. Go back home."

Jiang Ruyi bit her lip, not expecting her father to show her no respect in front of so many outsiders. She didn't want to leave in such a humiliating way, so she looked at her mother with a pitiful expression: "Mom, I haven't seen you in so long. Don't you miss me? I even bought you a dress."

Wang Shuhua naturally wanted to let her into the house, but Jiang Jianguo kept pulling her back, saying, "Honey, there are so many people watching, let's at least let our daughter come in and sit for a while."

Jiang Jianguo glanced at the crowd gathered at the door, not wanting to be gossiped about behind his back, so he didn't say anything more, turned around and walked out, preferring to stay out of sight.

Jiang Ruyi watched as her father slipped away, her eyes filled with anger and her face pale. Only after her husband left did Wang Shuhua dare to pull Jiang Ruyi into the house.

Jiang Kai glanced at the girl. Although she was wearing new clothes, her obviously bloated figure and sallow complexion told him that her life was probably not as good as it seemed.

"I'm going out to talk to Dad. You go back to your room," Jiang Kai said to his wife before leaving.

Fang Meili, holding her youngest daughter, glanced at the room, pursed her lips, ignored her, and went straight back to her room.

Jiang Ruyi watched as her elder brother and sister-in-law left without saying a word to her, and she was so angry that she almost couldn't keep her expression in check.

"Mom, are you all so unwelcoming to me? Look at Dad, my older brother and sister-in-law, why are they treating me like this?"

Wang Shuhua lowered her eyes and didn't say anything her daughter didn't want to hear: "Your dad is very angry about your decision to get married without your consent. Don't worry about him, he'll figure it out eventually."

Jiang Ruyi wasn't stupid. Hearing her mother say that, she knew that her father disliked her for her messy behavior, which was why he didn't want to acknowledge her.

"Hehe, Mom, do you know what life is like in the countryside? There's endless farm work every day. The only time we can rest is in winter. But in Heilongjiang Province, the snow is waist-deep in winter. We can only stay indoors for months on end, eating cabbage all winter long. I'm so sick of it. If I don't hurry up and go to Changzheng, I'll be all alone there and end up marrying a local peasant. Is it wrong for me not to want to marry a peasant?"