Zhao Sufang and Zhao Sufen both walked away, leaving Zhao Hairen's family standing there awkwardly.

Li Wanshi's mind raced; this was a golden opportunity that she had to seize.

She squatted down in front of Qin Lingdi, who was still sitting on the ground crying, and patiently comforted her, "Auntie, don't cry. The child wasn't raised well, but we'll teach him slowly. Don't let them be so rude!"

"It's already midday, why don't you come to my place for a quick meal!"

As soon as Zhao Dezhu heard about food, he jumped up and exclaimed, "Mom! Let's eat, I'm starving!"

The Zhao family of three was taken away by Li Wanshi.

Li Jin frowned. What was his mother doing?

His family has clearly fallen out with his uncle's family, yet his mother is eager to get along with them. Where does that leave him?

“Dad, do you understand? When you are obedient, Grandma says you are good. But if you do not meet Grandma's expectations, she will not give you any face at all.”

"She doesn't love you, her eldest son; she loves you for being obedient to her and letting her leech off her."

Li Jin instinctively wanted to retort, but he opened his mouth and said nothing. Dejected, he threw the stick aside and went to the cannery to find his wife.

Li Ping leaned closer to Li Xiangdong and whispered, "Second Brother, should I go to Grandma's house and listen to what kind of schemes they have up their sleeves?"

"No need, it's nothing but those low-class tricks. After you've had lunch, go back to your studies."

"Xiaoping, women hold up half the sky. If you want something, you have to earn it yourself with your own abilities and do so honestly. Don't be like a leech, only wanting to suck other people's blood."

Li Ping solemnly agreed.

Li Qingshan's home.

Chunhua was cooking in the east wing, while Li Wanshi and Li Qingshan were inside talking with the Zhao family of three.

"Second Uncle, how's the harvest in your brigade this year?" Li Qingshan asked, puffing on his pipe.

"Why--"

Zhao Hairen sighed, "We haven't even harvested a third of the wheat!"

"Has your brigade started making maltose too?"

If you can make money by making maltose, why are you still trying to freeload off your eldest son?

Li Qingshan was not confused at all. No matter how disobedient his son and grandson were, they were still his family!

"How much money can you make? You work hard every day, from morning till night, and you can only make a few pounds. How can that compare to Xiang Dong? He can make half the profit with just one transaction."

Qin Lingdi used Li Qingshan's words to steer the conversation toward the topic he wanted to discuss.

“That’s right, you can make money heading east!” Li Wanshi changed the subject, “It’s just that your little niece is a real handful, she can squeeze every penny out of her family!”

"She takes after her mother; she's extremely independent!"

Qin Lingdi and Li Wanshi then gave Zhao Sufang and her mother another beating, which made them feel a little better.

Zhao Hairen began, "My family is really struggling, otherwise I wouldn't be here making a fool of myself. I was hoping to borrow a few dozen yuan, but what do you think, in-laws..."

Li Qingshan glanced at his wife but didn't say anything.

Li Wanshi said, "It's difficult for me to ask my eldest son for any filial piety money now!"

Li Wanshi and Qin Lingdi whispered to each other, their heads close together.

Li Qingshan grunted unhappily and walked out the door.

Don't be fooled by his allowing his wife to exploit his eldest and second sons; it's actually to subsidize his youngest son. They're all family, so he doesn't want the good stuff to go to outsiders.

Are we now going to help outsiders plunder the eldest son?

He spoiled his wife his whole life and never dared to go against her. He just thought that once the outsiders left, he would have to give his wife a good talking-to.

The east wing was stuffy and hot. In the sweltering heat, Chunhua was covered in sweat, and the salty sweat ran into her eyes, stinging painfully.

After finally managing to prepare three dishes and a soup, I was about to go inside and call my mother-in-law for dinner when I heard her say, "Here's a hundred yuan. Just say I paid three hundred for them."

Qin Lingdi said, "Yeah, I'll stick to the story and say that you gave me three hundred, so how could the little girl and her husband not return it to you? My dear in-law, you've made two hundred yuan for nothing!"

After pondering for a moment, Li Wanshi made up her mind, "That's it!"

Chunhua felt disgusted. It was despicable of them to conspire with outsiders to swindle money from her own son!

That night, Li Song went home to sleep. After they were intimate, Chunhua whispered about what had happened in Li Song's ear.

"Husband, you should persuade Mother. How can she conspire with outsiders to scheme against our eldest brother?"

Li Song was initially taken aback, but after a moment's thought, he understood that his mother had been driven to desperation by his constant complaining, which was why she resorted to this tactic.

Are you stupid?

Li Song happily kissed Chunhua, "Isn't that two hundred a little something extra for us? Our parents don't have anywhere else to spend the money!"

"But, isn't this inappropriate..."

Before Chunhua could finish her sentence, Li Song silenced her with a kiss.

The room was filled with the sounds of red waves churning and creaking, which Li Wanshi could hear even from several rooms away.

"My son does this every day; I'm afraid he'll ruin his health."

Li Wanshi was unhappy that Chunhua was constantly trying to seduce her son into doing this.

Li Qingshan reached his hand into his wife's bed, "Our son has been holding back for over twenty years. He just got married, shouldn't he make up for it?"

The next morning, Chunhua went to work at the cannery with a sore and aching back.

On the way, she ran into her sister-in-law Zhao Sufang and her brother Li Jin. She wanted to tell them what had happened yesterday, but she hesitated because she was thinking about her husband's words.

"What's wrong, Third Sister-in-law?" Zhao Sufang asked.

"Ah, it's nothing, sister-in-law." Chunhua swallowed the words that were about to come out.

With Liu Changhai, Guo Daming, and several others now traveling around to find sales channels, the cannery's daily output is now very large, and the number of workers needed by the cannery is rising steadily.

After assessment and training, many women became workers in the cannery, earning ten yuan a month and receiving a subsidy of 200 work points.

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