Chapter 115: The fight has to be prepared in advance

When He Jingxian heard her mother's words, she wondered if she was going to ask her for money. She did have some money, but she still rented a place herself, so she didn't have the spare cash to give to others. He Jingxian still wanted to save some money and buy her own place.

Jiang Moli has her own house, and she has bought several houses. He Jingxian thought that she couldn't have so many houses with Jiang Moli, so she had to have a house.

"Mom, I really don't have any money. People in our profession still have to dress well and not be too tacky," He Jingxian said. "I've only acted in TV dramas, but I haven't done much yet. Maybe when I make more money in the future, I'll have some. Right now, I don't have much left."

"If there's nothing left, forget it." He's mother said, "I originally wanted to see how much money you made. If you saved money by yourself, would you spend it recklessly?"

"I don't spend it recklessly," He Jingxian said. "As long as there's work, I'll do it. I really don't spend my money recklessly. I only have so little money, how could I waste it recklessly?"

"Doesn't your company still give you a basic salary?" asked He's mother.

"Yes, yes. Isn't this to give money to those three children?" He Jingxian said. "Plus, sometimes I don't have acting and other income, so I rely on this basic salary. The only reason I can still get this basic salary even though I don't participate in performances is because Qi Shixin's second aunt works in our company. If his second aunt didn't work with us, I wouldn't be able to do anything."

"This..." He's mother sighed, "He hasn't remarried yet, right?"

"No." He Jingxian said.

"You haven't considered..."

"No." He Jingxian said, "Mom, if you want to talk about me remarrying him, then there's no need to talk about it. He has no such intention, and neither do I. The three children are fine, that's all, we don't think too much about it. Mom, making money is really not easy, and raising children is even harder. I have to pay child support every month, and the money is given away all at once."

He Jingxian did not go to see her three children, but the money was still there.

"Have you gone to see the child?" asked He's mother.

"No." He Jingxian said, "They don't need me to visit them. They have their biological father here, and someone is taking care of them. There's no point in me going there. I have other things to do."

"You..." He's mother was helpless. Forget it, she decided not to talk about this matter.

He's mother stayed at He Jingxian's house for one night, and then she left. He's mother's daughter-in-law saw He Jingxian appear on TV and wondered if He Jingxian had a lot of money, so He's mother came over. He's mother came to see her daughter and ask about something.

At this time, Fan Xiaoxue's husband Shi Kaihua had been released from prison for nearly two months. Shi Kaihua had dinner with Xie Shaojun, Shi Nan and others. Xie Shaojun asked Shi Kaihua to join them, and Shi Kaihua went to work at Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan's company.

Shi Kaihua had a criminal record, so he looked for other jobs, but others might not be willing to let him work in the factory. It wasn't that Shi Kaihua didn't look for other jobs, but others didn't want him. He knew Fan Xiaoxue didn't want him to have any contact with Xie Shaojun and the others, but he couldn't find a job. He couldn't just sit there doing nothing. He had to work and make money.

"Do you really want to work in Xie Shaojun's company?" Fan Xiaoxue asked Shi Kaihua.

"Yeah." Shi Kaihua nodded. He had just helped Fan Xiaoxue move some things. When he wasn't working, he was at the grocery store. But Fan Xiaoxue was enough to run the store alone. There was no need for Shi Kaihua to stay here all the time. When Shi Kaihua was not around, Fan Xiaoxue also ran the grocery store well.

"I asked you to work in the store, but you don't want to?" Fan Xiaoxue said.

"You can handle it, and my presence in the store won't increase sales," Shi Kaihua said. "Doesn't that mean we'll make less money? I can find a job where I can still make money."

"Can't you find another job? Why do you have to go to Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan's company?" Fan Xiaoxue frowned.

"Other companies don't want me," Shi Kaihua said. "I don't have any special skills, so I don't have anywhere else to go. Don't worry, this time, they are doing serious things."

"Just because you say it's serious, does that mean it's serious?" Fan Xiaoxue was still worried that Shi Kaihua would be pushed out from behind.

"Seriously, their company doesn't just have them, there are other people working there too," Shi Kaihua said. "If something really goes wrong, I joined their company later, so it wouldn't be my turn to take the brunt of the consequences. This time isn't like before, the salary they offer isn't low, and I'm fine working there."

Shi Kaihua had been in jail for almost five years, and when he was released, he encountered difficulties in finding a job. He didn't want to keep hitting the wall, so he wanted to find a job as soon as possible. Once he found one, he could just focus on his work. Shi Kaihua knew that Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan were now very wealthy, and he had to rely on them. If he hadn't gone to jail for them, they wouldn't be able to make so much money outside.

When Shi Kaihua thought about how wealthy Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan were, he felt more and more that he should go to their company. Even if he didn't do anything, Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan should give him money. This was Shi Kaihua's true inner thoughts. His days in prison were not easy. He endured it all the time and never said anything about those things.

"I won't go to work, others will go to work and make money." Shi Kaihua said, "If something really happens this time, I won't take over."

"Really?" Fan Xiaoxue asked.

"Sure." Shi Kaihua said.

In the end, Shi Kaihua went to work at Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan's company because he couldn't find another job. Fan Xiaoxue also knew that Shi Kaihua had been facing difficulties in finding a job. After all, Shi Kaihua was a grown man, and she couldn't let him stay in the store all the time, as it would make him feel bad.

Jiang's mother heard about this matter from others when she went to collect rent. During dinner, Jiang's mother mentioned it at the dinner table, and Jiang Moli was not shocked.

"Did you know this a long time ago?" Jiang's mother asked.

"No, I only found out after you told me." Jiang Moli said, "It's just that for things like this, you can figure it out if you think about it. Shi Kaihua already has a criminal record, so if he goes to those factories to find a job, no one will necessarily want him. Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan will definitely help him out and give him a higher salary. Maybe Shi Kaihua initially wanted to find a job on his own, but he couldn't find one, so he had to go back to Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan."

Jiang Moli had already expected things to turn out like this. "They had a good relationship to begin with, and Shi Kaihua had even covered for them before. Now it's his turn to enjoy himself. Those people should give him a higher salary and let her go."

"That's right." Jiang's mother said.

Sheng Jiahao picked up some food for Jiang Moli and said, "They are in the scrap steel business."

"Yes." Jiang Moli nodded, "Tax taxes legally."

Jiang Moli was not talking about Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan, but about Sheng Jiahao paying taxes legally.

"Our company pays taxes according to the law," Sheng Jiahao said. "We only enjoy preferential policies when policies allow us to do so. We don't deliberately evade taxes."

As for Shi Nan's company, Sheng Jiahao knew that the Pan family's company was not particularly clean. Some things, if they are not exposed now, will not be known in the future. Sheng Jiahao did not have concrete evidence, and he would not say anything. Such matters were not Sheng Jiahao's business. We are all doing business, and some things are still known by many people.

"I don't know how much salary Shi Kaihua gets when he goes there," said Jiang's mother.

"The salary won't be small." Jiang Moli said. She looked at the baby who was eating with a spoon.

When Jiang Moli was at home, she would sometimes feed the baby, but the baby wanted to do it himself. Jiang Moli did not stop the baby from doing it himself. As the baby grew older, the baby really had to do it himself and could not always wait for adults to feed him.

"Mom, meat." said the baby.

"Okay, meat." Jiang Moli picked up some meat for the baby.

"Delicious." The baby took a bite of the meat and said, "The meat is delicious."

"You have to eat vegetables too." Jiang Moli said.

"Eat." The baby nodded. "If I eat too much, will I turn into vegetables?"

"No, if you don't eat, you won't grow taller. Eat now." Jiang Moli said.

"You have to eat to grow taller." The baby said, "I have grown very tall, very tall."

Jiang Moli occasionally helped the child with some food, encouraging him to eat more. The baby had a good appetite and ate quite a bit. After the baby finished eating, Jiang Moli had him rinse his mouth and later brush his teeth. Jiang Moli took the baby's oral hygiene very seriously, fearing any problems with his teeth.

It would have been fine before she had a child, but after she did, Jiang Moli was constantly worried about the baby. She wondered if the baby had eaten well, if the baby had rinsed their mouth properly, and if they had brushed their teeth. A baby's baby teeth are easily broken because they are not as hard as permanent teeth.

In her previous life, Jiang Moli didn't have children. She often saw children while watching short videos. One time, she saw a one-year-old child drinking milk at night, and his baby teeth had damaged the dentin. In this life, Jiang Moli thought of her son and worried about his teeth. Jiang Moli instructed the servants how to take care of the baby and protect his teeth.

The baby knows how to rinse his mouth after eating. This is how everyone in the family teaches him.

Fan Xiaoxue didn't come to see Jiang Moli, nor did she tell her where Shi Kaihua was working. Fan Xiaoxue didn't need to tell Jiang Moli about these things. Where Shi Kaihua went to work was Shi Kaihua's freedom, and Jiang Moli couldn't possibly care less. It didn't matter whether Shi Kaihua went to work for Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan or not. Jiang Moli wouldn't blame Fan Xiaoxue for this matter.

Jiang Moli had a bad relationship with the Shi family, and also with Shi Nan. However, Jiang Moli lived in a different area from those people, so they didn't have much contact with each other.

Fan Xiaoxue was a little hesitant to meet Jiang Moli. She had originally thought of letting Shi Kaihua work in the store, or letting him go to another factory. But the reality was too difficult. Fan Xiaoxue certainly hoped that Shi Kaihua could make more money. If Shi Kaihua stayed in the store, it would mean he would make less money. But those factories didn't want Shi Kaihua. Fan Xiaoxue couldn't go to Jiang Moli and ask Shi Kaihua to work in Sheng Jiahao's company. That wouldn't be appropriate.

It would be better to let Shi Kaihua work in Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan's company. Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan owe Shi Kaihua this.

Fan Xiaoxue also felt that what Shi Kaihua said was somewhat correct. If Shi Kaihua joined Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan's company at this time, it should not be Shi Kaihua who would be blamed if something happened in the company in the future.

A few days later, Fan Xiaoxue came to see Jiang Moli again. After all, they were still friends. Fan Xiaoxue felt that she still had to talk to Jiang Moli about this matter. She didn't think so at first, but people always have to bow to reality.

"Kaihua tried to find a job, but couldn't find one. No one wanted her," Fan Xiaoxue said. "She had no choice but to go to Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan's company. They were willing to pay more, so I thought that was fine. It's better than not making any money at all."

"It's up to you and your spouse to decide." Jiang Moli said.

Jiang Moli asked Fan Xiaoxue to sit in the yard and drink afternoon tea with her. She did not mean to blame Fan Xiaoxue, nor did she say that Fan Xiaoxue could not hold on.

"That's how work is," Jiang Moli said. "There are still many people laid off. It's not easy to get a job. He went to work with Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan, and they always took extra care of him. He's so loyal to them."

"That's all I can think of." Fan Xiaoxue originally thought Jiang Moli would be unhappy, but she didn't expect Jiang Moli to be so understanding of her.

"Even if you open a shop, you don't need so many people." Jiang Moli said, "When your child was young, you didn't always need help. Now that the child is older, you can take care of it better by yourself."

If Shi Kaihua stays in the store, it would be a waste of labor.

Jiang Moli understood that they were all ordinary people. Fan Xiaoxue had made some money from the shop, but that didn't mean Shi Kaihua couldn't stop working. If a grown man didn't go out to work, he would eventually become useless. It would be easy for him to have conflicts with Fan Xiaoxue. It would be better for him to go to Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan.

"I'm just a little worried. I wonder if they'll let him take the blame later." Fan Xiaoxue said, "Kaihua said he didn't go to the company earlier, but went later, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"I'm not sure. I don't do business and don't understand these things." Jiang Moli said.

"I don't understand either," Fan Xiaoxue said. "It all depends on them. If they have any conscience, they shouldn't even think of asking Kaihua to take the blame."

"What will your man do in there? In charge of finances?" Jiang Moli asked.

"No." Fan Xiaoxue shook her head. "It's just doing some work that ordinary people do. Xie Shaojun and the others asked Kaihua to learn how to drive, saying that he could drive in the future. Driving, does that mean being a driver?"

"Whether he's a driver or doing something else, it's okay that your man doesn't get involved in core business," Jiang Moli said. "Finance isn't easy either. You have to do accounting. Their company is not small anymore, and they have to pay taxes. Take taxes, for example. There are many things involved, such as how to prepare the accounts and how to pay the taxes. Some people can make the accounts look very good and pay much less tax. This kind of thing is illegal in itself. If you don't get caught, it's fine. But if you do, you'll go to jail."

"My husband can't do the accounting." Fan Xiaoxue said, "The company has someone else to do the accounting."

"You just need to be more careful," Jiang Moli said. "He's gone to work, so that's it. You can't tell him not to go. If he can find another job, then it's fine. If he can't, then this is the only way."

"Alas, in the final analysis, he's useless," Fan Xiaoxue said. "I wasn't resolute enough either. There were so many things to spend money on... and I just couldn't bear to part with the money. According to Kaihua, he spent all those years in prison, so he should enjoy himself. He doesn't have any company shares, but he still needs to get some salary. He can't get nothing."

"..." Jiang Moli felt that what Shi Kaihua said was not unreasonable, but Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan had committed crimes in the past, and she was afraid that Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan would do the same in the future.

Fan Xiaoxue stayed at Jiang Moli's for quite a while before returning home. When she returned, Shi Kaihua was setting up shop in the store. Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan suggested that if Shi Kaihua had nothing else to do, he could go home earlier and not stay in the company all the time. Shi Kaihua had been in prison for many years, so he should spend more time with his wife and children.

"You're back." Shi Kaihua looked at Fan Xiaoxue.

"I'm back." Fan Xiaoxue said, "Moli asked me to stay for dinner, but I didn't. I had to come back. Don't you have a job?"

"Nothing happened, so I came back." Shi Kaihua said, "I came to check on the store."

Before, it was Shi Kaihua’s mother who looked after the shop, but now that Shi Kaihua has returned, it is Shi Kaihua who looks after the shop.

"What did you say to Jasmine?" Shi Kaihua asked, "Is she unhappy?"

"If she's unhappy, would she still invite me to dinner?" Fan Xiaoxue glared at Shi Kaihua. "Your friends are good friends and good brothers, but my friends are not good?"

"No." Shi Kaihua said quickly, "That's not what I meant."

"You better not mean that," Fan Xiaoxue said. "Moli is fine. When you were in jail, Moli would sometimes come to see me. I would go to see her, and as long as she was home, she would also see me. Moli is so famous, she's singing operas and filming TV dramas, and she's still my friend. She's very good."

Fan Xiaoxue didn't think Jiang Moli was bad at all. Jiang Moli no longer lived on the same street as them. When Fan Xiaoxue went to find Jiang Moli, Jiang Moli would pay attention to her. When Jiang Moli was at home, she would not say she was not at home and would not deliberately avoid Fan Xiaoxue.

"I told her that you were going to work at Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan's company, and Jasmine wasn't unhappy," Fan Xiaoxue said. "She was quite understanding."

"It's me who goes to work, not her husband." Shi Kaihua said, "She doesn't need to be unhappy."

"Moli doesn't get along with the Shi family, and I don't get along with the Shi family either. You know that," said Fan Xiaoxue.

"Shi Nan doesn't like his mother either. It's not easy for him either." Shi Kaihua said.

"Hmph." Fan Xiaoxue snorted coldly, "Whether it's easy for him or not, he knows it himself. I only know that it's not easy for us. It's extremely difficult, very difficult."

“…” Shi Kaihua didn’t say anything else.

Shi's mother rarely visited Shi Nan's place these days; she hadn't even seen her granddaughter many times. Mrs. Pan and Pan Yun were both worried that Shi's mother wouldn't treat the child well, so they didn't want her to see the child, and Shi Nan wouldn't let her go either. Shi Nan herself was also somewhat afraid that Shi's mother wouldn't treat the child well; regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl, the child was Shi Nan's biological child.

Jiang Yuqin is very busy between her biological son and adopted son. Her biological son is spoiled and wants all kinds of delicious food, and her adopted son also wants all kinds of delicious food.

In the end, I bought the TV that my adopted son wanted.

Jiang Yuqin and her husband had previously promised their adopted son to buy a TV, but after years of delaying the purchase, they finally borrowed some money to buy it. If they didn't buy the TV, their adopted son would be even more dissatisfied.

Jiang Yuqin's biological son would criticize his adopted son and fight with him for things. Jiang Yuqin couldn't bring herself to tell Ding Hongwang that his younger brother was still young, but Ding Hongwang didn't care. He would just say, "Dad, Mom, I know I'm not your biological son."

When Jiang Yuqin and her husband heard that, they would treat Ding Hongwang better.

At this point, Jiang Yuqin and her husband still hadn't bought a house and were still living in a rental. The landlord had paid them back their rent, and they asked him not to increase it. But he insisted, saying he'd already given them a discount and that if they didn't want to live there, they could just move out.

The landlord wasn't worried about not being able to rent out the house. If Jiang Yuqin and her husband didn't rent, others would. Some people moved from the countryside to the city to develop their careers, and those people all wanted to rent. Jiang Yuqin and her husband asked for other properties, and the rent there was indeed higher, so they had no choice but to continue living here.

"Stop hitting me." Jiang Yuqin saw her own son rushing to Ding Hongwang and hitting him. Ding Hongwang pushed Jiang Yuqin's son away.

Jiang Yuqin's biological son is named Ding Honghui.

"Mom, he hit me." Ding Honghui was a chubby little boy. He looked at Jiang Yuqin and started crying. "He hit me, he hit me."

Ding Hongwang stood there, not saying a word, just looking at Jiang Yuqin.

Jiang Yuqin felt sorry for her son, but it was difficult for her to say anything more to him, so she could only say, "Your brother didn't mean it. Mommy wants him to apologize to you, okay?"

"He hit me." Ding Honghui was unhappy. "Mom, hit him, hit him."

"Brother didn't mean it." Jiang Yuqin repeated this sentence. She would never hit Ding Hongwang.

"I didn't hit him, and I won't apologize," Ding Hongwang said firmly.

"Hit him, hit him!" Ding Honghui waved his chubby hands, tears streaming down his face. He just wanted his mother to hit Ding Hongwang. "Mom, hit him, hit him! He's not your son."

Ding Honghui heard from others that Ding Hongwang was not his mother's child, and only he was his mother's son.

"I'm not your mother's son, nor your brother." Ding Hongwang turned and went back to the room.

"Mom, beat him." Ding Honghui continued to say this.

"He is your brother." Jiang Yuqin gently patted Ding Honghui's hand twice.

"Mom, you hit me!" Ding Honghui cried even louder.

Jiang Yuqin had no choice. She couldn't let others think that she didn't treat Ding Hongwang as her own son.

The neighbors were not surprised at all when they heard what Ding Honghui said. Ding Honghui didn't like Ding Hongwang, and their children were always arguing. Ding Honghui was young, and Ding Hongwang was no pushover.

Jiang Yuqin was caught in the middle. She couldn't really say anything bad about Ding Hongwang, so she could only say a few words about Ding Honghui. Jiang Yuqin's daughter didn't have her own room; she lived in the room Jiang Yuqin and her husband shared. They'd partitioned off the room a bit to create a living room. At night, they'd pack up and let the child sleep in the living room, almost like a room.

Mr. and Mrs. Ding Chao don’t have more money to rent a house, and if they want to rent a house with an extra room, they will have to pay more rent.

When it was time to eat, Ding Hongwang didn't come out of the room, so Jiang Yuqin had to coax him. Jiang Yuqin found this very tiring, but she still had to do it. If Ding Hongwang didn't eat, others would say that they didn't let him eat for the sake of their own son.

"Hongwang, it's time to eat." Jiang Yuqin said, "Hongwang."

Ding Hongwang didn't say anything, so Jiang Yuqin could only continue, "It's your brother's fault. Your brother is still young and doesn't understand those things. I've already told your brother, come out for dinner."

Jiang Yuqin talked for a long time before Ding Hongwang came out of the room.

"Hongwang, your brother doesn't understand. I will teach him more in the future. You are his biological brother, and we all treat you as our own son." Jiang Yuqin said, "It was the same before, it is the same now, and it will be the same in the future. Hongwang, don't pay attention to what your brother says. He is young and his words are innocent."

"He is young." Ding Hongwang said.

"Let's go eat." Jiang Yuqin patted Ding Hongwang's arm gently. "Your clothes are a bit short. I'll buy you a new one someday."

Jiang Yuqin didn't want Ding Hongwang to worry about those things, and thought that buying Ding Hongwang a new piece of clothing would probably make things better.

"Buy something longer." Ding Hongwang said, "Then you can buy me fewer pieces of clothing."

“…” Jiang Yuqin didn’t expect Ding Hongwang to say that.

Ding Hongwang already knew why Jiang Yuqin asked him to look at more clothes. It was because Jiang Yuqin disliked expensive clothes. These people didn't want to buy him more expensive new clothes, so they only wanted to buy him cheap new clothes.

"Buy some nice clothes." Jiang Yuqin said, "You're not a kid anymore, you're already in junior high school."

Ding Hongwang glanced at Jiang Yuqin. He didn't believe her words. Jiang Yuqin cared more about her biological son, and Ding Hongwang could feel it. But Jiang Yuqin still cared about Ding Hongwang on the surface, making others think that Jiang Yuqin treated Ding Hongwang as her own son.

Jiang Yuqin felt aggrieved, but she had no other options. She thought about what she had done to Jiang's mother, and how those things had happened to her. Jiang Yuqin and Ding Hongwang had manipulated Jiang's mother in the same way, forcing her to talk to Jiang Moli and Zhao Guodong.

When Jiang Yuqin mentioned her biological son, she felt sad. She didn't want to say biological son at all. That was her biological son, not a child she picked up from outside.

In the evening, when Jiang Yuqin talked about Ding Hongwang with Ding Chao, she was still not happy.

"Hongwang is already thirteen or fourteen years old and in junior high school. With his grades, I'm afraid he won't be able to go to high school," Jiang Yuqin said. "If he goes to a vocational school, he might be able to go. What do you think?"

No matter what school it is, tuition fees are required, and the tuition fees are more expensive.

Jiang Yuqin wanted Ding Hongwang to just come back and not go to school. With such poor grades, what was the point of studying? But Ding Hongwang wasn't their biological son, and some people around them still forced children with poor grades to attend vocational schools. If Jiang Yuqin and her husband didn't let Ding Hongwang go to school and instead made him work, they were afraid they would be criticized.

"Let's think about it when he's in the third year of junior high." Ding Chao said, "Isn't it the third year of junior high school yet?"

"Today, Honghui just made him unhappy, and Hongwang even pushed Honghui, so he..."

"Honghui has been spoiled by you," Ding Chao said. "Hongwang wouldn't just push Honghui around. Don't say certain things in front of Honghui. Honghui is so young, and he's already saying Hongwang isn't his real brother and asking you to hit him. That's not okay."

"How do you know? Did Hongwang tell you?" Jiang Yuqin asked.

"It wasn't Hongwang who said that," Ding Chao said. "The neighbors all heard it. Why did Hongwang have to tell me? Someone else told me."

"..." Jiang Yuqin felt that those people were really talkative.

"Honghui is still young and doesn't understand things. We adults have to be sensible." Ding Chao said, "Don't say those things to Honghui."

"I didn't tell him. I guess he heard it from someone outside." Jiang Yuqin said, "You know, those people just like to talk nonsense. They talk about the slightest thing over there. Sometimes when I'm not with Honghui, they talk about it."

"You have to tell Honghui that Hongwang is his biological brother," Ding Chao said. "Before you married me, I told you that Hongwang is my biological son, and yours as well."

"Yes, you said so." Jiang Yuqin said, "Don't worry, I will treat Hongwang as my own son."

Niu Cuihua and Jiang's mother knew about the affair between Jiang Yuqin and Ding Hongwang.

Jiang's mother knew about Jiang Yuqin's bad deeds, and she just felt that Jiang Yuqin deserved it. Jiang's mother was in a good mood, and she even said in front of Jiang's father that Jiang Yuqin was now a good stepmother, an especially good stepmother.

When Jiang Moli heard what Jiang's mother said in front of Jiang's father, she reached out and poked Sheng Jiahao, and they took the baby for a walk in the yard.

"Jiang Yuqin is amazing," Jiang's mother said. "The adopted son has his own room, but the biological daughter doesn't. Even when the biological son and the adopted son get into a fight, she blames the biological son. She's really good, a very good stepmother."

"..." When Father Jiang heard this, he wanted to pretend that he didn't hear it.

"She now knows how to coax her adopted son more and even mention her own biological child," Jiang's mother said. "I don't know if she's happy to talk about her biological child. Anyway, I didn't want to mention Jasmine in the beginning. Jasmine did nothing wrong. Just because her biological mother was around, Jasmine had to give in to her."

"It's her fault," Jiang's father said. "I'm also at fault. I didn't take good care of Jasmine, and I didn't take good care of you."

"Of course it's your fault. You don't even know if the child is yours, and you've raised so many children for other people for nothing." Jiang's mother said, "You wasted so much time on other people's children, and you spoiled them, leaving your own child to suffer. Now, Jiang Yuqin has to let her own child suffer too. This is retribution!"

Cause and effect, reincarnation, it’s all retribution!

Jiang's mother thought that Jiang Yuqin was only talking about her biological son now, and it was still early. She would wait and see what Jiang Yuqin's two children would think. Would Jiang Yuqin's biological children have such good tempers? Would they not care about so many things?

Back then, when Jiang's mother criticized Jiang Moli, she was worried that Jiang Moli would be unhappy, and she would teach Jiang Moli in private so that Jiang Moli would not suffer any loss. Jiang's mother told Jiang Moli that her mother was just saying a few words to her, and that Jiang Moli should not be criticized in vain, and must retaliate on the spot. In this way, when Jiang's mother criticized Jiang Moli again, Jiang Moli would not suffer too much loss.

"You didn't let Jiang Yuqin marry her man, but she did it anyway," Jiang's mother said. "We didn't try to trick her. She tricked herself and ended up like this."

In the yard, Jiang Moli took the baby for a walk. She slowed down her pace and didn't walk very fast. The baby was very happy and wanted to pick the flowers.

"Don't touch anything with thorns." Jiang Moli reminded the baby.

"I touched the ones without thorns." The baby said. He picked a flower and handed it to Jiang Moli, "Mommy, flower."

"Okay, Huahua." Jiang Moli chuckled.

Sheng Jiahao looked at the flowers in Jiang Moli's hand. The baby's flowers weren't very good, and some petals had fallen off. The baby had no skills in picking flowers, just relying on brute force. Sheng Jiahao also picked a flower for Jiang Moli, and his flower was even better. The baby saw his father pick a flower, so he picked another.

Jiang Moli watched as the baby and Sheng Jiahao were both picking flowers, as if they were competing. Jiang Moli did not stop them. Their flowers were not from other people's homes, so if the baby wanted to pick flowers, then he could pick them.

When Jiang's mother saw Jiang Moli bringing so many flowers into the living room, she immediately thought that the baby had picked them.

"The baby is so amazing, he picked so many flowers." Jiang's mother praised the baby.

"Yes, I picked it." The baby said, "The ones I picked look good, but the ones Daddy picked don't look good."

"..." Sheng Jiahao laughed when he heard what the baby said. Okay, he would not refute the baby, because the baby was small after all.

Jiang's mother went to get a vase, and the baby put the flowers into the vase one by one.

"Mom, does it look good?" the baby asked Jiang Moli.

"Beautiful, beautiful." Jiang Moli said, "These are the flowers picked by our baby. They are very beautiful, especially beautiful."

"Yeah, it looks good." The baby nodded vigorously.

At night, the baby fell asleep, and Jiang Moli and Sheng Jiahao returned to the room.

"Mom is very happy today." Jiang Moli said, "It's not easy for Jiang Yuqin to be someone's stepmother."

"It's not easy to be a stepmother." Sheng Jiahao said, "You suffered a lot of injustice back then."

"I've been wronged." Jiang Moli said, "Mom just wanted to talk about it in front of Dad. Back then, in order to make Dad happy and not make him unhappy, Mom could only say a few more words to me and brother. Mom and Dad are a couple who got along later in life, so Mom can only say this. Mom knows that she can't let Dad handle it. If he did, he wouldn't be so gentle."

Jiang's mother would rather talk to her child more herself, at least she can control the degree of talk. Jiang's mother can't wait for Jiang's father to talk. Jiang's father, a grown man, doesn't know how to speak in moderation, and his words may be a little harsh.

"It's no big deal if Mom says a few words to Dad now," Jiang Moli said, "Mom just said a few words."

"Yeah." Sheng Jiahao nodded.

In order to be a good stepmother, Jiang Yuqin had to sacrifice her son and daughter.

"Why don't you just let Hongwang live on campus?" a neighbor told Jiang Yuqin. "He can live on campus in junior high school, and it can also help him develop his self-care skills."

"No, let him live at home and wait until he graduates from junior high school." Jiang Yuqin had thought about letting Ding Hongwang live in school, but Ding Chao disagreed, and Ding Hongwang himself was unwilling to do so.

Ding Hongwang had his own room at home, so why would he want to share a room with so many other students? Ding Hongwang didn't want to live on campus, and no one could persuade him. The key was that Jiang Yuqin didn't dare to tell Ding Hongwang. Jiang Yuqin wanted Ding Chao to tell him, but Ding Chao refused. Jiang Yuqin hinted at Ding Hongwang's reluctance, and since Ding Hongwang didn't want to, there was nothing she could do.

"You're really good to him," the neighbor said. "You have three children in your family, but only two rooms, and one of the rooms is occupied by you and your wife. Time flies, and in a few years, your son will grow up. Will you let your son and Hongwang live in the same room then? Will they be willing to share a room? They don't share a room now, and despite the huge age gap, they still argue and fight all the time."

The neighbors meant that Ding Hongwang moving to the school would be good for Jiang Yuqin's family.

"It's normal for children to fight and quarrel with each other," Jiang Yuqin said. "After a few years, when they are older, they will stop fighting and quarreling."

"In a few years...in a few years, your son Hongwang will have to go to work," the neighbor said. "These days, factories don't allow replacement workers. Parents work in factories, but children don't necessarily get to take their parents' jobs. They have to pass the exam themselves to get in."

"That's all for the future." Jiang Yuqin had no idea what would happen in the future. All she could do was take care of the present. "It's still early."

"It's getting late, you should really think about it," the neighbor said. "By the way, is your son Hongwang going to a vocational school? The tuition is not cheap. You should save money for him so that he can go. If you don't have enough money, you should tell him if you don't want him to go."

"You'll know when you graduate from junior high school." Jiang Yuqin still said this. She really didn't want to talk about what happened later. She was afraid that something else would happen by then.

The neighbor reminded Jiang Yuqin about the money issue. Jiang Yuqin had already thought about it and told Ding Chao about it, but Ding Chao just said to wait and see. What else could Jiang Yuqin do? Jiang Yuqin had been married to Ding Chao for all these years and she had been waiting for him to get a promotion, but Ding Chao never got one. At most, he got a salary increase based on his seniority.

Jiang Yuqin couldn't say that Jiang Moli and her people were behind this. They didn't work in the same company as Ding Chao. If they really wanted to do something, they could just make Ding Chao lose his job. Jiang Yuqin had thought about asking Ding Chao to change his job, but other factories weren't that easy to get into.

Without money at home, many things are difficult to handle. Jiang Yuqin also has a job, and the salary is not very high, but it would be better to have a salary, so that the family can have less burden. Jiang Yuqin does not want a raise, but she always has to come to the house from time to time to take care of things. The company did not fire Jiang Yuqin, but it was already out of respect for Jiang Yuqin's brother-in-law's family.

"You can't do this. You have to prepare in advance," the neighbor said. "Although Hongwang is not your biological son, you can't wait until the problem arises before making preparations. If you wait until then, it will be too late."