Chapter 113: Not as good as the best, but better than the worst

“Who said that?” Amelia Su had a cold face.

"Your daughter said that," Aunt Zhao said. "Who else could have said that? Besides, you did send your daughter to live with your mother. All the neighbors know about it."

"That's because she was disobedient and made a mistake." Amelia Su said, "As a sister..."

"Because she is not good to your son Wei Yaozu." Aunt Zhao said.

"..." Amelia Su took a deep breath, "When a sister bullies her brother, I just teach her a lesson."

Aunt Zhao looked at Amelia Su, she didn’t quite believe what Amelia Su said.

Over the years, Amelia Su has taken advantage of the Su family. She always asked Wei Shanshan to go to the Su family. Why did Su Xueqing help Wei Shanshan? Wasn't it because Su Xueqing didn't want to embarrass Su's father and mother? Brother Su San had been married for a long time, and it was not a big deal for Wei Shanshan to live in the Su family.

"It's really good to have a good sister." Aunt Zhao said, "A sister with money can do a lot of things. Your daughter is also a grateful person. She also knows to pay rent to her aunt's house. She should pay the rent. No one's money comes from the wind. Her aunt let her live there for so long for free and even found something for her to do. She can just sell the flowers she used to sell in the flower shop."

"Did Wei Shanshan tell you this again?" Amelia Su asked.

"No." Aunt Zhao said, "The couple of the second son of the Xu family said that. Didn't they set up a stall to sell things? Shanshan even sold flowers to them before, and they made a profit from the difference. They all say that your sister treats your daughter well, and she treats her well. She gave her a house to live in and gave her money for free."

Amelia Su never said those words outside. In her opinion, she helped Wei Shanshan, and there was no need to let so many people know. Amelia Su did not think about showing off her wealth, nor did she ask others to be grateful. She did not have to ask Amelia Su and her husband to thank her.

Wei Shanshan had been holding back her anger for a long time. Her mother had never been very good to her. Wei Shanshan didn't want to always flatter Amelia Su, and she couldn't give her own money to Amelia Su. When others asked, she would of course say that her aunt was good. Wei Shanshan didn't need to say much about Amelia Su's faults. Just a few words would be enough.

Those people are very gossipy, they will make up their own minds and look for evidence that Amelia Su is not good to Wei Shanshan. Many neighbors know what Amelia Su's attitude towards Wei Shanshan is. If they think about it for a while, they will know why Wei Shanshan is not good to Amelia Su and her husband.

Amelia Su only knew how to pamper Wei Yaozu and never thought about her biological daughter.

"Your sister has contributed a lot to your daughter's growth," said Aunt Zhao, "and part of the credit goes to her grandparents, uncle and aunt."

“Don’t I have any credit?” Amelia Su was unhappy.

“You have made a contribution, you have made a contribution.” Seeing Amelia Su was so fierce, Aunt Zhao quickly bought the buns and left.

Amelia Su was angry. She failed to take Wei Shanshan's salary, and people outside still said that about her. Amelia Su was so angry that she thought she had been good enough to Wei Shanshan. You know, many people gave birth to girls and just threw them away, and didn't raise them. And she worked so hard to raise Wei Shanshan. Wei Shanshan was much better off than those country girls, and Wei Shanshan had the nerve to treat her like this.

Amelia Su wanted to rush to find Wei Shanshan, but was stopped by Wei Dashan.

“Do you think they are right?” Amelia Su glared at Wei Dashan.

"No, it's not." Wei Dashan said.

Wei Dashan just felt ashamed. Su Yamei went to the hospital to ask for Wei Shanshan's salary. Someone else said it in front of Wei Dashan. Others asked Wei Dashan if he was short of money and wanted to grab his daughter's salary. Yes, it was snatching, not taking.

When Su's mother saw Wei Dashan, she also told him to stop Su Yamei. After all, Su Yamei was Wei Dashan's wife, not someone else, so Wei Dashan had to take care of her. Su's mother meant that Wei Dashan couldn't expect the Su family to take care of Su Yamei. Husbands and wives should help each other and give each other a hand. Su's mother also said that Wei Shanshan was Wei Dashan's biological daughter, so Wei Dashan had to know how to protect his daughter and not act recklessly with his wife.

"Mom...Mom told us not to look for Shanshan." Wei Dashan said.

“Mom? Your mom said that?” Amelia Su asked.

“No, you are your mother, my mother…my mother-in-law.” Wei Dashan’s tongue was a little knotted, and he stuttered. He spoke carefully, fearing that Amelia Su would be unhappy.

"My mother..." When Amelia Su heard that it was her mother, she understood that it was indeed what her mother would say. Amelia Su was discouraged, "These people are all on Wei Shanshan's side."

"You'd better not make mom unhappy." Wei Dashan said, "You...you can't take advantage of Shanshan even if you go to her."

The current Wei Shanshan is not the same Wei Shanshan as before, and they cannot control Wei Shanshan.

"Haha, isn't it just that she can't take advantage? She's grown wings!" Amelia Su gritted her teeth, "They say she knows how to be grateful and knows to pay the rent to her aunt. We are all relatives, but she still pays the rent... I think she just doesn't want to give us the money, for fear that we will spend her money. If she doesn't want to give it to us, then don't give it to us. I want to see how much money she can save. She is a little girl, and she buys cosmetics and clothes without control. All the money will be spent in a flash!"

Amelia Su counted on her fingers, “Don’t go to others to borrow money, and then come to us to help her pay it back if she can’t pay it back. If she really dares to do that, I will never help her pay it back.”

Obviously Wei Shanshan didn't borrow money outside, Amelia Su said this first.

"You too, don't even think about helping Wei Shanshan." Amelia Su said, "She doesn't know anything, so she should suffer. If she really dares to do that to Yu Xiuxiu, I will treat her as if I don't have this daughter!"

"Shanshan... Shanshan won't do that." Wei Dashan felt that Wei Shanshan was a good person and didn't seem like someone who would make a big mistake.

The path that Wei Shanshan took was planned by the Su family. Wei Shanshan had always been very sensible and had not thought about taking another path. She went to work in the hospital as planned, with a regular job and salary, so she could live a slightly more comfortable life.

"What can't you say?" Amelia Su said, "They all say that their own children will be fine. Their own children are good, are they good? Are they good? As soon as Wei Shanshan started working, she showed her ugly face. She didn't treat me as her mother at all. When I went to her unit, she gave me a cold look and didn't let me take a penny."

"That's Shanshan's salary..." said Wei Dashan.

"Of course I know that's her salary. I didn't say it wasn't her salary." Amelia Su said, "Others know to give their salaries to their parents without their parents telling them, but what about her? I told her, but she still didn't give it to me, and she even threatened me!"

"She..." Wei Dashan opened his mouth but no words came out.

"Is she still our daughter?" Amelia Su said, "Is there such a thing as a daughter? You still think it's my fault. What did I do wrong? I've been good enough to her, not as good as the best but better than the worst. She's still like this, she doesn't know how to appreciate her blessings. If it weren't for her being my daughter, would her aunt be good to her? Haha, she only knows that her grandma and her aunt are good to her, so I shouldn't have given birth to her."

Amelia Su has a lot of opinions about Wei Shanshan. She couldn't completely control Wei Shanshan before, let alone now. It's impossible for Wei Shanshan to let Amelia Su control her now. Wei Shanshan must avoid Amelia Su and resist when she should. Wei Shanshan can work and has certain abilities. If it doesn't work out, she will leave Nancheng and go to another city.

Wei Shanshan was not afraid that Su's mother would be gone one day and could not control Amelia Su. Su's mother herself was not very able to control Amelia Su now. When Wei Shanshan got married in the future, she would be even less afraid. She was not afraid that her in-laws would think Amelia Su was not good, or that her in-laws would treat her badly. As long as she was capable, she had nothing to fear.

“Don’t block me, I won’t go to her.” Amelia Su rolled her eyes, “Since you all said so, how can I go to her? Am I going to her to suffer?”

It's not that Amelia Su doesn't want to find Wei Shanshan, but Wei Shanshan will resist, which makes Amelia Su very unhappy. If she goes over, Wei Shanshan will only continue to resist. It's impossible for her to listen to Amelia Su after resisting for a while. Amelia Su saw her former shadow in Wei Shanshan. When Amelia Su just returned to the city, she didn't care whether others were happy or not. She wanted to live in her parents' home and let her family do this and that. Wei Shanshan also had that kind of stubbornness and obstinacy.

It’s just that Wei Shanshan didn’t intend to torment the Su family, nor did she want to torment Amelia Su. She just wanted to live her own life and didn’t want to be embarrassed by others.

Wei Dashan was relieved to see Amelia Su not looking for Wei Shanshan.

Su Xueqing didn't pay attention to what people outside said, but Su Yanan said it. Su Xueqing lived a little closer to Su Yanan, and sometimes when she was taking a walk, Su Xueqing would go to see Su Yanan.

It happened that there were not many people in the store, and when Su Yanan talked about Amelia Su, she wanted to shake her head.

"My eldest sister said outside that Shanshan has grown powerful, saying that Shanshan doesn't hand in a penny of her salary, and that she used to give Shanshan living expenses, no matter how much, she gave it, and also paid for Shanshan's tuition." Su Yanan said, "What she meant was that she paid the money, and Shanshan's current ability to make money depends on her."

"She wants Shanshan's salary." Su Xueqing said.

"Yes." Su Yanan nodded. "Shanshan just started working and her salary is not much. She may not even have enough to spend, but my elder sister is still like this. My elder sister is really something. They can make a lot of money running a breakfast shop, so why do they still keep an eye on Shanshan's salary. She gave Shanshan living expenses and tuition, but wasn't it mom who kept an eye on her? If mom didn't keep an eye on her, my elder sister would still not give her money. When Shanshan was in technical school, my elder sister was very slow to give her living expenses. Mom was afraid that my elder sister would not pay Shanshan's tuition, so she asked my elder sister to pay it in advance."

"This... I don't really know." Su Xueqing said, "Mom didn't tell me."

"Of course I didn't tell you." Su Yanan said, "Did I tell you to lend money to Shanshan? Did I ask you to give Shanshan money first? Shanshan is my eldest sister's daughter after all. I want to ease the relationship between my eldest sister and Shanshan. Later, if Yaozu treats my eldest sister badly, there is still Shanshan. But my eldest sister doesn't understand this at all and always wants to make things difficult for Shanshan. Shanshan is her biological daughter, not her enemy. How can she torment her own biological daughter like that?

"That's right." Su Xueqing nodded, "Shanshan paid me the rent."

"She gave it to you, so you should take it. It's what she should have given you." Su Yanan said, "You must not have charged the rent according to the market price, right?"

"If we charge the market price for the rent, Shanshan will have even less money." Su Xueqing said, "It's a one-bedroom apartment with a living room, and the location is good. Shanshan gave me a little more rent, but I didn't charge that much."

Wei Shanshan reduced the price slightly according to the market price, knowing her current financial ability. When she saw her aunt charging less money, she was quite touched. Her aunt always considered her, while her mother did not know how to consider her.

Su Xueqing has already thought it through. She will put aside the rent money and give it to Wei Shanshan when she gets married.

"You are still good to Shanshan." Su Yanan said, "If it weren't for you, Shanshan would have a hard time."

"Without me, there are still my parents. They would never let Shanshan live on the streets." Su Xueqing said.

"My eldest sister always says that my parents are not good enough to her. My parents treat her the best." Su Yanan said, "My parents think of her in everything and arrange everything for her. She went to the countryside because of the policy. There are loopholes in this policy. If she doesn't exploit it, who can she blame? After returning to the city, my parents said that she was ignorant, but they helped her the most. They lent her money and helped her take care of the children."

Su Yanan didn't get so much attention from her parents, nor did Su Xueqing. Su Yamei got the most, but she still felt that she got less, that she deserved it, and that Su's father and mother should treat her better.

"Mom and Dad have to worry about every little thing for her." Su Yanan said, "Mom's hair has turned white because of the relationship between Shanshan and her elder sister. Over the years, Mom has done so many things, but her elder sister doesn't feel anything at all."

"Who cares?" Su Xueqing said, "That's my eldest sister's business."

"I hope Shanshan won't be like her elder sister." Su Yanan said.

"Didn't Caixia go to learn baking? How is it going?" Su Xueqing asked.

"It's OK, the food is edible." Su Yanan said, "It can be sold, but the materials are expensive and they are not easy to preserve. The food has to be sold as soon as possible. We also need a store. Those small cakes are not suitable to be pushed out to sell. She hasn't graduated from school yet. When she graduates from school, we'll see whether she will work in someone else's store or do it herself. If she does it herself, there will be a lot of pressure and risks. She can learn by working in someone else's store first."

"Look at herself." Su Xueqing said.

In her previous life, Su Xueqing had seen some girls selling cakes part-time. They sold cakes very early in the morning during work hours, and sold cakes again after work. Su Xueqing also bought cakes from people in the community. She would make an appointment with others before leaving for work in the morning, and they would wait for her at the intersection and hand her the cakes.

Some people lost their jobs, so they made small cookies and cakes at home and sold them outside. At that time, express delivery and the Internet were well developed, and customers could be developed online, but they were basically acquaintances, small handmade workshops, and individuals made them. Customers paid and the sellers mailed them.

"If we open a store, we need to have costs," Su Xueqing said, "We also need to have many styles. Can she make so many styles by herself?"

"If we really want to do it, we'll probably have to hire someone." Su Yanan said, "I'm afraid if we don't do it well, we'll lose money."

“…” Su Xueqing was embarrassed to just do it. After all, if she really lost money, it wouldn’t be her loss.

Some of the things Tian Caixia learned in school were very basic, and no one could tell her the secret recipe. If Tian Caixia wanted to make something better, she had to do some research on her own, and only then could customers pay for it.

"Didn't you also learn baking?" Su Yanan said, "During your summer vacation in college."

"Well, I did learn it, but I didn't learn it very well." Su Xueqing said, "Now I rarely do it. I don't do it well, so I don't do it much. Our servants can do it, and I do it occasionally."

The baked pastries made by Su Xueqing are really not as delicious as those made by those chefs. They are specialized in making these things. If they can't do it well, how can they get paid?

"Caixia can do some work, but she's not very good at it." Su Yanan said, "Let her work in someone else's shop first. If she does well, she can work alone. Renting a shop requires rent, and all the equipment costs money. She's not the only student in her class, and those people are only learning the basics, not very good skills. She's still a long way from opening a shop."

"Think about it yourself." Su Xueqing said, "Second sister, you are right. Schools only teach some basic things, and more depends on personal study. When selling food, the taste is very important. Only when it tastes good will people like it."

"That's right." Su Yanan said, "Caixia said she didn't want to work for others. I said if she doesn't work for others, will she lose money at home? She is so old now. She will graduate from school next year and will have to go out to work. She can't stay at home forever. Is she going to stay at home and wait to get married?"

Although Su Yanan used to be a housewife, she still doesn't want her daughter to stay at home as a housewife. Being a housewife is not an easy thing. You have to do a lot of things. You have to worry about all kinds of things at home, and you have to ask the man for money.

It's fine if a woman can control a man, but if she can't, when the woman asks the man for money, the man may not give it to her. The man may even beat and scold the woman, asking why she spent all the money at once.

Tian Guohua is the one who listens to Su Yanan more. Su Yanan sometimes still feels unhappy because she has no money, so she has to flatter her mother-in-law and ask her to pay more. If she had money, even a little more, the situation would be much better, and she wouldn't have to bow to her mother-in-law.

"I can't say much." Su Yanan said, "The children are grown up now, they still have to think clearly and understand it themselves."

"Yeah." Su Xueqing nodded, "Let them think about it themselves, second sister, you don't have to worry too much."

"Would you like to eat popsicles?" Su Yanan asked, "No, you don't like ice cream. How about beans?"

Su Yanan made some long beans, sour and spicy, specially for sale. For these things, Su Yanan also went to the relevant departments to apply for certificates, otherwise, if Su Yanan sold these things, it would be easy to be reported and fined. With the relevant certificates, Su Yanan can also sell some homemade food.

"I don't want to eat it anymore." Su Xueqing said. She used to eat it when she was a child.

There were no snacks at home. When it was the season when long beans were plentiful, Su's mother would buy more long beans and make them into pickled pepper long beans, which were sour and spicy and could be eaten as snacks. Su Xueqing didn't like to eat them when she was a child, and she ate them even less when she grew up.

In addition to pickled pepper long beans and spicy and sour radishes, these things can be eaten as snacks.

"Boss, I want spicy radish." A little kid ran over to the grocery store, "And long beans."

"Okay." Su Yanan said with a smile.

Su Yanan sells these things by making a little at a time and keeping some in the refrigerator to prevent them from being left outside in the heat and going bad. Su Yanan's own children eat these things, so of course she has to be more careful.

When others saw that Su Yanan's own children were eating these, they also let their own children buy them. Some people said that such food was unhygienic and would not let their children buy it. A considerable number of people did not let their children buy these foods because they were short of money.

Su Xueqing went back first and was not in Su Yanan's grocery store. Su Yanan's grocery store business was pretty good, with good daily turnover.

A few days later, Su Xueqing and others received Yu Xiuxiu's wedding invitation. Yu Xiuxiu was not yet old enough to get a marriage certificate, but she had found a partner, so she held a wedding banquet first. Yu Xiuxiu did not tell her partner that she had given birth to a child. The man did not live near Yu's house, and he did not ask more about Yu Xiuxiu. Even if he asked, some neighbors did not say much about Yu Xiuxiu's child.

It is better to destroy ten temples than to ruin a marriage.

If the Yu family knew that they were talking about others behind their backs, the Yu family would also be able to talk about them behind their backs in the future. Everyone has children who are going to get married, so it's better not to make things difficult for each other.

This time, Yu Xiuxiu found a man with decent conditions. Although he was not a second-generation rich man, his family was relatively wealthy. It didn't matter if Yu Xiuxiu didn't have a job, because his family had some money and she could live a relatively comfortable life.

After Su Xueqing saw the invitation, she was impressed by how quickly Yu Xiuxiu found a partner.

Yu Xiuxiu's wedding banquet was held in a hotel instead of hiring someone to prepare the banquet near her home. Although the bride's family basically invited her relatives and there were no groom's relatives, it would be OK to hold it at home, but Yu Guochao and his wife were still afraid of making mistakes. In addition, they were not popular and others did not like to help them. Yu Guochao and his wife rarely helped others, so others were certainly unwilling to help them more.

In this case, holding the banquet in a hotel is the best choice, which can avoid a lot of trouble.

"Don't want to go?" Ning Yanjing saw Su Xueqing sitting on the sofa and looking at the invitation for a while.

"I really don't want to go there." Su Xueqing said, "I asked my second sister to bring the red envelope over...it's just this close...forget it, let's not go there."

"Then I won't go." Ning Yanjing said.

"You and Xiao Wenjun don't have to go there either." Su Xueqing said, "My parents will go there, it doesn't matter whether I go or not."

"I'll do whatever you say." Ning Yanjing had no objection. Yu Xiuxiu was a relative of the Su family, so he did what Su Xueqing said. As for whether the Su family would think Ning Yanjing did a bad job, it probably wouldn't. At most, the Yu family would have some opinions, but that was nothing.

Not to mention that Su Xueqing didn't like Yu Guochao's family, Ning Yanjing didn't like those people either. Yu Guochao and his wife only wanted to take advantage and didn't think about giving at all.

"Then it's decided." Su Xueqing said, "I originally thought that Yu Xiuxiu would find a partner and get married in a year or two, but I didn't expect her to find a partner and get married so soon."

Yu Xiuxiu is so fast, it’s like she can’t do it without a man.

Su Xueqing didn't know whether Yu Xiuxiu's partner was good or not, she just didn't like Yu Guochao's family. Yu Guochao's family was selfish in everything they said and did, and they didn't care about relatives or not.

Since raising the child, Ning Jiaxuan felt that her health had improved a lot. She ran all day long, so how could her health not be good?

"Lou Li, Lou Ergou!" Ning Jiaxuan gritted her teeth. Her newly bought cosmetics were actually scribbled on by her son.

Lou Li is the name of Ning Jiaxuan's son, but she thinks her son sounds too dog-like, so she sometimes calls him Lou Ergou. Why Ergou? The big dog is Ergou's father Lou Mian.

"Do you think my lipstick is a watercolor pen?" Ning Jiaxuan had finally bought a lipstick of her favorite color, but before she had used it for long, her son started to mess with her lipstick and even drew on the wall.

The maid was not paying attention for a while, and Lou Li took advantage of Ning Jiaxuan's cosmetics. The maid apologized to Ning Jiaxuan, fearing that she would lose her job. Ning Jiaxuan did not blame the maid too much, because her child was too naughty, but Ning Jiaxuan still said a few words to the maid. It was okay if the child was at home. If the child ran away and the maid was not paying attention, and the child was in trouble, what should she do?

Lou Mian faced the wall and scratched it with his fingers.

"Stop scratching your face." Ning Jiaxuan said, "Lou Ergou, why don't you scratch your face."

"It will disfigure your face." Lou Li lowered his head.

"You still know how to disfigure yourself." Ning Jiaxuan was almost mad at her son. She wanted to hit him, but she felt it was unnecessary. If she didn't hit him, she was afraid that he would do the same thing again in the future. "Go with your dad to do math problems. Do more. If you don't finish them and don't get them right, you are not allowed to eat chocolate!"

Lou Mian had just come back when he heard what his wife said. Lou Mian could only take his son to do math problems. His son didn't dare to say anything. The child's mother was angry, so they could only do what Ning Jiaxuan said.

"Lou Mian, teach your son well. You'd better pray that your son will be smarter in the future." Ning Jiaxuan said, "If his academic performance is a mess, you're doomed!"

"..." Lou Mian looked at his son and told him to work harder, as he didn't want to fail.

"I'm going to be out for a while, so don't even think about cheating." Ning Jiaxuan said, "If you cheat, you will pay the price sooner or later."

"No cheating." Lou Mian said quickly.

"Those who cheat and those who help cheat are all bastards," said Ning Jiaxuan.

"No." Lou Li said, "Mom, I won't. Even if Dad asks me to cheat, I won't cheat."

"..." Lou Mian was speechless. She had not said that she would let her son cheat.

Ning Jiaxuan left the house and went to the next door. When Su Xueqing saw Ning Jiaxuan's angry face, she knew that Ning Jiaxuan must have been irritated by the child again.

"Have a drink of water." Su Xueqing said.

"Raising a son is really... Why didn't I give birth to a daughter?" Ning Jiaxuan said, "You know what? He mistook the lipstick I just bought for a watercolor pen. He even complained that there was no green one because he couldn't paint green leaves."

"Uh..." How should Su Xueqing answer this? Xiao Wenjun was better. Su Xueqing didn't let Xiao Wenjun play those things.

Su Xueqing sometimes used some skin care creams on Xiao Wenjun, and never used those cosmetics. Su Xueqing told Xiao Wenjun that those things couldn't be used, and that Xiao Wenjun was still young, so she should not use them until she grew up. If Xiao Wenjun was curious, Su Xueqing also put makeup on Xiao Wenjun, but the number of times was very small.

Children are always curious. Su Xueqing couldn't stop her daughter's curiosity, so she simply let her daughter give it a try.

Boys are different from girls. Su Xueqing has raised a daughter but never a boy, so she doesn't know how to teach a boy.

"You think my lipstick is not easy to use and will break." Ning Jiaxuan said, "It's not as hard as crayons and not colorful enough. Look at what he can do. His father is back, so I asked him to do his homework with his father, math homework."

Little Lou Li is only five years old at most, and children of this age can indeed do homework.

"You don't know, Lou Ergou is too active." Ning Jiaxuan said, "At first, I thought Lou Mian was not that active, and was a little bit better. Now, I suspect that Lou Mian must have been very active when he was a child. He was curious about everything and wanted to touch everything. Even if we told them not to touch something, they would touch it anyway, no matter how many times we told them it was useless."

"It's okay, I bought it." Su Xueqing said, "The child is not injured, this is the most important thing."

"The child is not injured, I am just angry." Ning Jiaxuan said, "Look at little Junjun, how well-behaved he is."

"She... you just saw her when she was well-behaved." Su Xueqing said, "What kind of child is not naughty? They all have naughty times. When Junjun gets naughty, she sits on the ground and hugs your thighs and cries, refusing to get up no matter what. She got into trouble, but she still pretends, saying she has a stomachache or a headache. I told her to take her to the hospital, but she was afraid of injections, so she jumped up and got up again, still alive and well."

What could Su Xueqing say? She could only spoil her own daughter herself.

"I also let Xiao Junjun use lipstick, and told her that it is only for lips and not for eating." Su Xueqing said, "If I am not on a business trip to meet people, I don't use these things myself. When I am at work, I don't wear makeup if I can. If I really have to wear makeup, just wear light makeup."

Using too much cosmetics is not good for your skin.

Su Xueqing thinks that using some skin care products is enough. She doesn't like to put layers of powder on her face, as it makes the skin unable to breathe, and she doesn't like to paint her nails. Su Xueqing likes to keep things simple. Fortunately, she is beautiful. When she doesn't wear makeup, some people still ask her if she wears makeup.

Ning Yanjing is a grown man, he doesn't care much about whether his wife wears makeup or not, he thinks his wife is very beautiful no matter how he looks at her. When they attended the banquet together, Su Xueqing put on makeup, Ning Yanjing thought his wife was stunning, it was better for his wife not to wear makeup.

"Er Gouzi, you're really a dog." Ning Jiaxuan said.

"Is that how you say your son?" Su Xueqing said.

"He is a dog, why don't people say anything?" Ning Jiaxuan said, "If I don't say anything, others will. He is very dog-like at such a young age. You don't face him every day. He is very well behaved in front of you. Do you have magic power? Children are very well behaved in front of you."

"No." Su Xueqing smiled and said, "Your children are well behaved in front of me because I am not their biological mother. That's why they are polite. In front of relatives, you have to behave better. No matter how naughty you are, you have to pretend."

"You are good at pretending." Ning Jiaxuan said, "You don't even know how to pretend in front of me."

"There's no need to pretend in front of your parents. Just be natural and happy. This is more important than anything else." Su Xueqing said, "Children are not adults. Children should be innocent and live a happy and comfortable life. Childhood is all about happiness."

"Happy, he is happy." Ning Jiaxuan said, "I am not happy, not happy at all."

"When you think about these things in the future, you may feel happy again." Su Xueqing said, "It's not certain. Raising a child is a mixture of pain and happiness."

Su Xueqing also had her share of headaches raising Xiao Wenjun, but overall she felt pretty good.

"I think your Ergouzi, Lou Li, is okay." Su Xueqing said. She always heard Ning Jiaxuan call Ergouzi Ergouzi Lou Li, so she followed suit.

"Just call him that. He is Ergouzi, and his father is Dagouzi." Ning Jiaxuan said, "Don't you think people from the country give their children cheap names so that they are easier to raise? Ergouzi, just call him that. You can call him that too. No need to change it." The more she called him that, the more intimate it seemed.

Whenever Lou Li heard someone call him Ergouzi, he knew they were calling him.

Ning's mother asked Ning Jiaxuan not to call Lou Li like that, but Ning Jiaxuan still did so and asked others to follow suit.

"Little Lou Li." Su Xueqing said, "You two can just call each other that."

"You can call me whatever you want." Ning Jiaxuan said, "If those strangers call me, that won't be good. You are so close, call me whatever you want. You don't have to be polite to Er Gouzi. If you are too polite to him, he will take advantage of you to climb up. You don't know how much trouble he can make."

"It's not bad." Su Xueqing said, "Look at Yan Mingde from the Yan family, he's the one who can really make trouble."

Yan Mingde was famous in the circle, and those children didn't want to play with Yan Mingde. Anyone with a little bit of brains knew that Yan Mingde was useless. Xu Ruyun and Yan Yichen had another son, and the couple must have carefully nurtured the younger son instead of the older son. Only Yan's mother still thought that Yan Mingde would inherit the Yan family in the future. She thought she could control the Yan family. In fact, Xu Ruyun and Yan Yichen were just perfunctory to Yan's mother.

Xu Ruyun found an opportunity and said something in front of Yan Yichen, so that Yan Yichen could feel more at ease to give up Yan Mingde. Xu Ruyun was very attentive to the two children. She even asked a teacher to teach them. The two children also knew that they had to study hard, which was much better than Yan Mingde.

Yan's mother hired a tutor for Yan Mingde. Yan Mingde made fun of the teacher and said that the teacher was not good. Yan's mother also felt that it must be the teacher's problem. If the teacher was good, Yan Mingde would definitely study hard.

"How many people dare to be Yan Mingde's tutor now?" Su Xueqing said, "In the past, teachers were kicked out after just a few days, and Yan Yichen's mother even wanted to deduct other people's money. It was only because the old lady of the Yan family was around and she paid all the money that she didn't dare to let Yan Yichen's mother really deduct other people's money."

It was clearly Yan Mingde's fault, but Yan's mother blamed the teacher and said that the teacher was wrong. Yan's mother also wanted to find a very good teacher for her grandson. Good teachers were in short supply, and everyone looked for good tutors for their children. Many rich people did so, and even slightly richer families did so.

"There's nothing strange about their family." Ning Jiaxuan said, "All the faults are attributed to others. What could be their fault?"

"Several tutors have been driven away, and even the teachers in the school have been reported." Su Xueqing said, "It's unfair to say that it was the teacher. The teacher was not good to their precious grandson."

Su Xueqing really couldn't understand what Yan's mother was thinking. A teacher has to teach many students. That's school, not home. Teachers are not parents. It's impossible for teachers to always focus on one student. If the teacher only takes care of Yan Mingde, what about the others?

"When Yan Mingde feels uncomfortable, it's the teacher's fault and the rest of the class's fault." Su Xueqing said, "The child was excluded, and Yan Yichen's mother is largely to blame."

Su Xueqing did not say that to the teacher. It didn't matter whether the teacher was partial to others or not. When the child returned home, Su Xueqing and her husband would find another teacher for the child so that the child could learn more knowledge.

"Xu Ruyun and her husband don't care." Su Xueqing said, "The child is useless."

"If it's useless, it's useless. There's more than one child in their family." Ning Jiaxuan said.

"I don't know when Yan Yichen's mother will figure it out." Su Xueqing said, "There will be more trouble in the future."

"It is said that evil will last for a thousand years. I hope Yan Yichen's mother lives a hundred years, and lives longer." Ning Jiaxuan said, "If she doesn't live longer, how can we continue the play?"

The longer Mother Yan lives, the more lively the Yan family will be. There are only a few people in the Yan family, and they are in such a mess. In the future, Yan Mingde will definitely not let his younger brothers and sisters inherit so much of the family property. Yan Mingde will definitely not fight for it, and Xu Ruyun will not let her eldest son inherit so much property. What Xu Ruyun wants is for her children to inherit the family property.

"Yan Yichen's mother is still counting on her precious grandson to defeat you and trample our little Junjun into the mud." Ning Jiaxuan said, "They want to prove that their Yan family is stronger than our Ning family!"

Ning Jiaxuan heard the rumors outside. If Yan's mother didn't say those things, how could those people say them? Yan's mother couldn't control her mouth and said things that she hadn't done yet, saying that Xiao Wenjun was a girl and girls were destined to be inferior to boys. This also led to Ning's mother turning cold when she saw Yan's mother. The relationship between the Ning family and the Yan family was basically exhausted by Yan's mother.

About two months after Wei Shanshan started working, someone asked her if she had a partner and whether she wanted to find one.

"It doesn't matter if you haven't reached the legal age for marriage yet, just date first." Wei Shanshan's colleague said, "If it's possible, we can get the marriage certificate when the time comes. If not, we can just break up."