Xiao Nian smiled broadly, and upon hearing that her mother liked her, she happily placed her hands on her knees and looked at her mother.

Shen Qiaoyue leaned closer and said to Xiao Nian, "Can you give Mommy a kiss?"

Xiao Nian obediently stood up, tiptoed, and kissed his mother on the cheek.

Shen Qiaoyue happily kissed Xiao Nian as well.

"Oh my! Little Nian, why don't you kiss your aunt too?" Qian Luoshui came out to take the vegetables inside to wash, and saw Shen Qiaoyue and Little Nian kissing each other.

Qian Luoshui squatted down and brought her face close to Xiao Nian's.

After kissing her aunt on the eve of the Lunar New Year, she shyly leaned against her mother's chest.

"Oh dear, I don't know who she took after, this little girl is so shy, she ran away after giving me a kiss!" Qian Luoshui didn't have a daughter, but she and her husband doted on this niece.

As she was about to go inside to cook with a bowl of vegetables, Qian Luoshui saw her son fighting with Danian, and she instantly became furious.

"Yuanyuan, don't bully your little brother!" Qian Luoshui's gentle expression instantly turned fierce.

"Mom!" Yuanyuan called out to her mother, sounding aggrieved.

“Calling for Mom won’t help. You’re always provoking your little brother, who’s still so young.” Qian Luoshui realized that her son only knew how to bully others.

"Sister-in-law, it's okay for kids to play around. They're just being mischievous. As long as they don't go too far, it's fine." Shen Qiaoyue looked at the two children, who were just playfully pushing and shoving each other. They were controlling their strength very well and didn't seem to be planning a fight. "Besides, Yuanyuan didn't do anything wrong."

“I’m not trying to scold him, but you know, he’s tired from playing now, and if he doesn’t eat, he’ll fall asleep. When he wakes up, I’ll have to take care of him all day long. I don’t have anything to do for myself. He sleeps during the day, and at night he’s so noisy, it’s impossible for me to sleep!”

Qian Luoshui took the vegetables inside to wash them, and couldn't help but complain about the children as she did so.

As soon as Qian Luoshui went inside, the two children resumed playing, running around in the yard.

The courtyard is also paved with cement. I heard that some of the women paid for it themselves and helped to pave it, saying that there are many children in the family compound, and it would be easier to walk on if it was paved.

Xiao Nian leaned against his mother's back, staring blankly at his two older brothers playing.

"Xiao Nian, why don't you go play with your brothers?" Shen Qiaoyue asked Xiao Nian as she touched his little hand behind his back.

"Mommy, I love Mommy, Xiangxiang." Xiao Nian was afraid that her mother wouldn't be by her side, so she wanted to keep watching her.