Zhang Huilan felt distressed when she saw her two sons with injured faces. She asked her sister-in-law to ask for leave for her and took her daughter and son home.

Zhang Huilan pulled each of her sons in one hand, "Mingyi and Mingde, do you two feel pain?"

Mingyi looked at his sister and mother, who were both distressed, and said, "It doesn't hurt, right, Mingde?"

"Yeah, it doesn't hurt at all. If he does it again next time, we will beat him again," Mingde answered angrily.

"Listen to mother, next time you two encounter this kind of situation, run away quickly. Don't rush forward foolishly. If something happens, mother will be worried, and your sister will be worried too." After saying this, Zhang Huilan looked at her daughter expectantly.

Receiving her mother's hint, Li Mingxi quickly said, "Yes, Xiaoyi, Xiaode, please stop showing off. If you do this again, I will ignore you."

Li Mingde hurriedly shouted: "No, sister, isn't it enough for us to promise you?" After that, he looked at Li Mingyi eagerly and said, "Brother, please speak!"

"We won't do this again in the future, sister," Li Mingyi whispered.

"You two said it, and a man should keep his word."

The mother and her two daughters chatted and laughed all the way home. After arriving home, Li Mingxi helped her mother change clothes for the two younger brothers. After everything was cleaned up, Zhang Huilan began to apply medicine to the two children.

"Suck, it hurts," Li Mingyi cried as he looked at his mother. Zhang Huilan didn't even raise her head. "It's normal for it to hurt. Let's see if you dare to fight again in the future. You have to endure the pain."

Li Mingde complained, "Sister, look at mother, she is unreasonable. Why don't you help me apply the medicine later?"

Li Mingxi looked at her brother who was looking at her eagerly and said fiercely, "If I were your mother, I would be even more ruthless and teach you a lesson. Are you sure you need my help?"

Li Mingde knew his sister's methods and quickly changed his mind, "Forget it, let mother do it!"

After Niu Juxiang delivered the three eggs in the afternoon, Niu Cuihua handed them directly to her eldest daughter-in-law and instructed, "Fry these eggs. We will have a good meal today."

"Okay, mom, just wait and see. I will make sure they are fried until fragrant," Zhang Xiuzhi quickly took the eggs and walked towards the kitchen with a swagger.

Although life has gotten better in the past two years, especially since their family can eat eggs at least once a week, eggs are still a precious thing, and no one would be willing to fry a few eggs at once!

Zhang Xiuzhi was genuinely happy that she could fry all these eggs at home today. Although her mother-in-law was partial, she had never treated her daughter-in-law harshly. Unlike other families, they not only beat and scolded their daughters-in-law, but also did not allow them to eat, let alone eat well. As far as she knew, she didn't know how many daughters-in-law had starved to death during the famine years.

Old Li's family is not only not fussy, but they also let us eat eggs once a week. Life is so good! The more time passes, the more hope there is!

Liu Zhaodi looked at her happy sister-in-law, curled her lips, raised her eyes, and peeked into the yard like a thief, "Sister-in-law, why are you so happy?"

Zhang Xiuzhi glanced at Liu Zhaodi and said, "If you're unhappy, we'll have scrambled eggs today!"

Liu Zhaodi complained: "What's wrong with eating eggs? Si Ni eats them every day! Why should only the little girl eat them and not me, Wumao?"

Zhang Xiuzhi replied, "But don't Xiaoyi and Xiaode also have it? Besides, this is Mother-in-law's decision, who dares to say anything? You know that Mother favors Xiaoxi."

Liu Zhaodi rolled her eyes. "I think she's just obsessed with gain and loss. She keeps talking about that damn girl all the time."

Seeing that Liu Zhaodi was getting more and more outrageous, Zhang Xiuzhi stopped her, "Stop talking now, or you'll get scolded again if your mother-in-law hears you."

Everyone knew Niu Cuihua favored Li Mingxi, but no one dared to say anything. Filial piety was paramount, after all. Besides, Li Aiguo and his wife were particularly partial to their daughter. Li Mingxi was the pinnacle of the Li family's success, and anyone who dared to cause trouble was a complete gamble. So, although Zhang Xiuzhi was unhappy, she never told anyone.

When the scrambled eggs were served on the table in the evening, a group of children shouted excitedly. You know, today is not the day to eat eggs, so why are there scrambled eggs on the table?

Ermao asked, "Grandma, why are we eating eggs today? This isn't the day to eat eggs."

Niu Cuihua looked at her grandchildren with shining eyes and slowly explained, "I'm giving Mingyi and Mingde some supplements. As you know, they got hurt in a fight today, so you're just taking advantage of it!"

Upon hearing this, Ermao quickly replied, "Grandma, we won't eat it then. Let the two brothers eat it. I heard today that it was all Stinky Egg who was looking for trouble. In a couple of days, my brother and I will go and beat him up!"

Niu Cuihua glared at Ermao, "Don't cause trouble for me again. Let's forget about what happened today. His family has already compensated us with eggs. If you cause trouble again, your great grandfather will be angry."

Ermao also knew that this matter had to be left as it was. If he went to settle the score with Choudan again, he would not be in the right. So he looked at the two brothers reluctantly and said, "If someone bullies you again in the future, you two must tell your brother. My brother and I will support you."

Liu Zhaodi interrupted: "Yeah, if all else fails, you can find your Wumao brother!"

Niu Cuihua shouted, "Alright, stop talking and eat!"

As soon as everyone heard that it was time to eat, they hurriedly picked up their chopsticks. Niu Cuihua disagreed with Liu Zhaodi's suggestion. She didn't know the third daughter-in-law's intention. She just wanted Xiaoxi and her siblings to play with Wumao more so that she could reap the benefits. She was stupid to arrange for the three siblings to play with Wumao.

This Liu Zhaodi treats people like fools all day long. She is the only smart one. I really don’t know what the third brother was thinking when he married this spendthrift.

Thinking of this, Niu Cuihua felt annoyed and quickly looked at Xiaoxi sitting next to her to wash her eyes.

Li Mingxi saw her grandmother looking at her and was curious, but she didn't ask what was wrong. She found that her grandmother always liked to look at her for no reason. If it weren't for the loving look in her eyes, she would have suspected that Niu Cuihua had some kind of illness.

After the family finished washing up, they lay down on the kang to sleep, and Li Mingxi followed her grandmother to the east room.

The next morning, Li Mingxi clearly felt a pain in his back and waist. He could only pretend nothing happened and endure the pain to get up and eat.

Last night, she waited until her grandparents fell asleep and then started working in the space. There was no other way, if the wheat was not harvested, it would probably rot in the field, so she worked until late at night before going to bed. When she woke up in the morning, she felt uncomfortable all over.

After the whole family went to work and school, she took her two younger brothers to catch insects at the doorstep. Yes, she caught insects. After all, there was nothing fun for them to do at home all day long. In order to entertain the two twin brothers, Li Mingxi started taking them to catch insects.

At first, Li Mingxi wasn't used to catching bugs at all. But people in that era were well fed, so why would they feed their chickens grain? Not to mention feed them feed. Li Mingxi had no choice but to lead his brother in catching bugs. After all, they needed to eat eggs.