"Achoo!"

"Achoo!"

"Ouch—achoo—ouch, what happened to me? Did I get cold?"

Jin Fu then tore off some straw and covered himself with it.

Within seconds, he started snoring.

The Yan family at that time.

The dinner table was quiet.

Yan Hecheng, sitting in the main seat, had an icy expression.

"You treat what I say as farts, right? Sun, you insisted on marrying Xia to the Chen family back then, and I already compromised. What did you promise me then? You said you would pretend you never had this daughter. When Xia was bullied by the Chen family, you were blind and heartless. Now that she's doing better, you're sending Dachun to bother her. You have no shame! I'm practically on my deathbed and you still haven't given up on that idea?"

Yan Hecheng was a complete henpecked husband.

When he was young, Sun Yingyun made all the decisions in the family, including "selling" the original owner to the Chen family.

Although Yan Hecheng disagreed, he ultimately couldn't go against his wife's wishes.

However, a rift remained between the couple.

Major family matters were no longer under Sun Yingyun's control.

After learning that Jinbao had no talent for studying, he thought his wife had given up completely.

I never expected my son to come home today, covered in the stench of feces and urine.

Only then did they learn that she had been secretly instigating her son to go find their daughter.

Do you really think he's stupid?

I wonder what she's up to?

To save face for Sun Yingyun.

Yan Hecheng didn't even eat, and pulled her back into the house.

“I know you were forced to marry me. You felt wronged, you looked down on me, and you despised me. So I always tried to appease you and give in to you. I was even indifferent to the fact that you ruined our daughter’s life. Over the years, I have felt guilty towards her and dared not go to her. I could only watch her silently from the shadows. Xia is your own child! She is the flesh and blood of your body. Why are you so heartless?”

When the original owner was beaten by Chen Lishi, Yan Hecheng went to Chen Duoliang several times.

But he shut them all down with a single sentence.

The family that sold their daughter for five taels of silver has no right to speak to him.

What could he do? His family was so poor they couldn't afford to eat, and he had a large family to feed. Where could he find five taels of silver to repay the Chen family?

Upon learning of Yan Xia's divorce, Yan Hecheng secretly took half a bag of brown rice from the kitchen and delivered it to the dilapidated temple while everyone in the family was asleep, fearing that his daughter and grandchildren would starve to death there.

Afraid that his daughter would refuse to accept the gift if she knew it was from him, he left the rice and left.

Unfortunately, the brown rice was stolen and taken home by Aunt Big Mouth, who was secretly eavesdropping outside the dilapidated temple.

Neither the father nor the daughter knew about this.

Xu Xiangxiang cursed for days after the brown rice went missing from the kitchen, saying that there was a thief in the house.

Yan Hecheng remained silent despite being scolded.

“I gave birth to her and raised her, shouldn’t she be filial to me? Our family is so poor, but she has money, so she should give it to us. I am her biological mother!”

Sun Yingyun didn't listen to a word he said.

"Fine, since that's the case, why bother living like this? Let's get a divorce. You can go be the rich lady you've always dreamed of. I, Yan Hecheng, am not good enough for you."

Yan Hecheng was utterly heartbroken.

These words really startled Sun Yingyun.

"Fine, fine, I won't look for her anymore. I'll pretend I never gave birth to her. You're always siding with that good-for-nothing. Shouldn't she be siding with her own family? Chun'er is your son, the root of your Yan family!"

She glared fiercely at Yan Hecheng.

He slammed the door shut and went out to eat.

"Sigh... If I had known this would happen, why would I have married you? We are not a good match, it was a mistake from the start."

Yan Hecheng slumped onto the bed.

He sighed.

Over the years, his love for Sun Yingyun had long since vanished.

What sustained him was nothing more than a sense of responsibility and guilt towards his daughter.

And impoverished families.

Well, as long as she promises not to bother her daughter, I'll just make do...

Yan Hecheng hunched his back and slowly walked out, his back showing signs of old age. He still needed to weave bamboo baskets, and when he had collected twenty, he would take them to town to sell and buy some coarse rice for his family, as they didn't have much grain left.

The son is useless, and the grandson is cunning and deceitful.

I thought things would get better after I got married, but my eldest granddaughter-in-law turned out to be a complete shrew.

He's so tired.

If it weren't for his great-grandchildren, he would have liked to hang himself from an old tree.

Outside, the afterglow of the sunset gradually faded, and the moon quietly climbed over the mountain.

Night fell suddenly.

In Baihua Village, everyone in the family went to bed to rest.

"Quack quack quack—"

"Gagaga—"

"Coo coo coo—"

"Huffing and puffing—"

The village was peaceful, with nothing but the calls of various poultry, insects, and frogs.

soon,

One night passed.

As the rooster crowed, the sun slowly rose.

Yan Xia was already on her way to the town.

The early bird catches the worm, but she, the early bird, gets to eat shit.

Uh, just kidding.

Upon arriving at the shop.

Jin Fu had already gotten up. He opened the shop door and was cleaning.

"Mother, Guihua, you're here! I've already lit both stoves, so you don't need to light any more firewood."

"Okay, your sister and I will make flower cakes and peach shortbread right away. After you finish cleaning, go buy some meat buns. Your sister and I didn't eat enough this morning."

Actually, Yan Xia had eaten her fill, but if she didn't say so, her silly son definitely wouldn't eat breakfast.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Jin Fu responded.

The mother and daughter went into the backyard, washed their hands, and began their new day's work.

The newly built furnace is right next to the old one. The two furnaces are connected like twins, filling the corner perfectly.

The mother and daughter each tended a stove.

Osmanthus flowers are used to make fresh flower cakes, and Yan Xia makes peach shortbread.

"Do you still remember the Three Character Classic that your mother taught you to recite last night?"

Yan Xia asked.

"Remember."

"Then let's recite it once."

Yan Xia wanted to test her daughter to see if she had been studying hard.

She's been too busy lately to teach her children to recognize even one character a day.

I could only afford to buy a copy of the Three Character Classic to help my children with their early education.

Let them memorize it, and then teach them to recognize characters during your free time.

Now is the time to memorize.

"At birth, human nature is inherently good..."

Guihua recited it quietly until she had recited more than a hundred words before she got stuck.

"Good, it seems you've been working hard. Take your time, it's only been two days, and your osmanthus flowers are already wonderful."

Yan Xia gently rubbed Guihua's head with the back of her hand.

Then continue making peach shortbread.

Guihua blushed when she was praised.

It looks even more beautiful.

Her appearance was better than La Mei's, and even almost as beautiful as Yan Xia in her youth.

However, her personality is completely different from that of the winter plum.

The two sisters are a gentle and sweet girl and a feisty and intelligent girl.

With an extra oven, the pastries will be ready much faster.

Today's queue is only half the size of yesterday's.

After efficiency improved, business actually got much better.

They sold out completely by 2 PM.

I earned twice as much money today as I did yesterday.

Yan Xia was very happy, so she took her children out to a restaurant.