Chen Jinfeng gave birth to two daughters before finally having a son. Ding Xiaocui gave birth to a son, and the title of eldest grandson fell to Zhou Jiaxiang.

Every time she clashed with Ding Ermei, Ding Ermei would always use the excuse that Chen Jinfeng's womb was not fertile and that the eldest son's wife could not give birth to the eldest grandson to pressure Chen Jinfeng.

Chen Jinfeng was furious, but there was nothing she could do.

Every time Chen Jinfeng saw Ding Ermei secretly giving money or things to the second wife, she didn't dare to say it to her face, but would whisper it to Zhou Bingqiang after returning to her room.

Zhou Bingqiang was annoyed by what he heard.

The money Ding Ermei had, frankly speaking, all came from her third brother's remittances. Her third brother's family even had to pay ten yuan a month for lodging!

The first and second wives don't have to pay this money, so they've actually gotten a good deal.

Besides, there are only two able-bodied members in their family of five, while the second wife has four members and only two able-bodied members. The eldest wife's family has more members and eats more, but they earn about the same as the second wife's family. So the eldest wife's family hasn't actually suffered any losses!

However, Zhou Bingqiang knew Chen Jinfeng's personality.

If you don't chime in, Chen Jinfeng could go on and on tonight.

"Alright, alright, I know. I'll talk to Mom when she gets back. It's a bit much if my second brother and his family really have that much money," Zhou Bingqiang said dismissively.

Chen Jinfeng was finally satisfied.

As time passed, Zhou Bingxing and his wife still hadn't arrived home.

Unable to sleep, Chen Jinfeng nudged Zhou Bingqiang, who was snoring loudly, and asked, "Bingqiang, do your second brother and sister-in-law not know that Jiaxiang has come home? Should we go and ask Jiaxiang?"

"Why ask? Even if we don't know, don't our second brother and the others know to go home if they can't find anyone? Go to sleep, I have things to do tomorrow!" Zhou Bingqiang didn't want to move.

Chen Jinfeng had no choice but to shut her mouth.

However, Chen Jinfeng still couldn't fall asleep. She was very curious about where Zhou Jiaxiang's chicken leg came from.

A few hours later, Zhou Bingxing and his wife returned home and found Zhou Jiaxiang lying sprawled on the bed, fast asleep. They looked at each other in dismay.

The two of them went to push Zhou Jiaxiang, who was fast asleep on the bed, without prior arrangement.

After being woken up, Zhou Jiaxiang looked extremely grim.

He was just dreaming about eating chicken drumsticks! A dozen or so chicken drumsticks he could eat as much as he wanted.

Upon waking up, the chicken leg had flown away.

"Jiaxiang, what's wrong with you?" Ding Xiaocui called out twice when she saw Zhou Jiaxiang looking dazed.

"Mom, where did you go?" Zhou Jiaxiang rubbed his eyes and yawned after he came to his senses.

"Where have we been? You brat, where have you been running around all day? Your mother and I have been looking for you everywhere, our legs are about to give out." Zhou Bingxing slapped his son's head, his anger rising.

He searched for most of the day on an empty stomach, while his son slept soundly at home. How could Zhou Bingxing not be angry?

"I...I'm in town!" Zhou Jiaxiang was jolted awake by Zhou Bingxing's slap.

"What are you doing in town? The market's over long ago, don't you know to go home?" Zhou Bingxing was still very angry.

"I...I can't find my way." Zhou Jiaxiang lowered his head, his eyes darting around.

Zhou Jiaxiang knew that if his parents found out he was learning to steal, he would definitely get a beating.

Therefore, he couldn't talk about Cao Laoliu's matter.

"Zhou Bingxing, can't you talk to Jiaxiang properly? You just started hitting him right away. Aren't you afraid of making Jiaxiang stupid?" Ding Xiaocui hurriedly stepped in to protect him.

"Look at the good son you raised! He doesn't even come home after the gathering. He's wandering around outside all by himself. What will you do if he gets kidnapped by human traffickers?" Zhou Bingxing's anger was directed at Ding Xiaocui.

If Ding Xiaocui hadn't dragged him to look for the child, he would have stayed home and wouldn't have been so tired today.

After searching for several hours, my throat was practically burning from asking so many questions, and my feet were aching terribly, probably blistered.

"Jiaxiang is fine! Why are you getting so angry?" Ding Xiaocui said angrily, "If Mom hadn't been arrested, would Jiaxiang have been left behind? Jiaxiang is just a little kid; it's good enough that he managed to find his way home. You're scolding and hitting him; do you wish he wouldn't come back?"

Ding Xiaocui's voice grew louder.

The feeling of having lost him and then found him again makes Ding Xiaocui see her son as perfect in every way.

Ding Xiaocui saw Zhou Bingqiang's scolding of his son as unreasonable.

Zhou Jiaxiang was shocked.

Grandma was arrested by the police?

Luckily he ran fast, otherwise the police might have arrested him as well.

“Xiaocui, let Jiaxiang speak for himself. Jiaxiang, tell me what happened? Why didn’t you come home?” Zhou Bingxing was very dissatisfied.

It's always the same; the moment he starts scolding his son, Ding Xiaocui immediately steps in to protect him.

“Dad, I got lost. I wandered around the town for most of the day before I finally found my way home,” Zhou Jiaxiang said.

Ding Xiaocui had already prepared a reason for Zhou Jiaxiang, and Zhou Jiaxiang wasn't stupid; he would definitely go along with what Ding Xiaocui said.

“My poor child, you’ve been walking all day, you must be hungry, right? Come on, let’s go to the kitchen, I’ll make you some steamed egg custard.” Ding Xiaocui hurriedly pulled Zhou Jiaxiang’s hand and led him to the kitchen.

Wow! You can eat steamed egg custard after lying?

Zhou Jiaxiang was delighted.

Zhou Jiaxiang only ate a big chicken leg for dinner and slept for a few hours. Now he seems hungry again.

"Yes, Mom will make you steamed eggs. Zhao Zhenzhu is such a stingy person, I won't even let her have a bite of my steamed eggs. Mom will make you three eggs today, so you can eat your fill." Ding Xiaocui said confidently.

Today, she can finally hold her head high and let her child eat eggs from her maternal grandmother's house.

Ding Xiaocui went back to her parents' home today and specifically cried to her family about how Zhou Jiaxiang wanted to eat steamed egg custard but was slapped by Zhao Zhenzhu and scolded by Ding Ermei for two days.

Ding Xiaocui's family gave her half a basket of eggs as a return gift.

Halfway there, Ding Xiaocui realized that she had left her eggs on the way and hadn't taken them home.

"Bingxing, Zhou Bingxing!" Ding Xiaocui called out several times.

"What is it?" Zhou Bingxing came out of the house with a sour face.

"Could you go to the village and ask if anyone found my basket and eggs? I remember putting them under the big camphor tree at the village entrance," Ding Xiaocui said, making the arrangements immediately.

Under the large camphor tree at the entrance of Zhoujia Village is the gathering place for the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) of Zhoujia Village.

When Ding Xiaocui returned to the village this afternoon, she overheard some gossip about her own family under the camphor tree. She even forgot to take her egg basket and rushed home.

The people of Zhoujia Village are generally well-behaved. With so many people around, whoever finds Ding Xiaocui's eggs will certainly not swallow them.

"I'm not going, I'm starving, you need to cook for me right away," Zhou Bingxing refused.

Zhou Bingxing thought Ding Xiaocui was really inexplicable, acting on a whim.

Everyone else is asleep at this time, so who should he ask?

"Mom, actually I wasn't that hungry. I drank a lot of water before I went to sleep," Zhou Jiaxiang said hastily, afraid that Zhou Bingxing would be angry with him later.