Su Dazhi and Su Jin returned home with dark faces, only to find Guan Yumei leaning against the kitchen door frame with her arms crossed, directing Su Manao to knead dough.

Su Manao had to stand on a stool to reach the stove.

She sobbed as she worked, tears and snot dripping into the basin.

In the past few days, Guan Yumei has come to realize that Su Ruyi's wings have hardened.

She spent almost the entire day washing clothes, and the mountain of clothes was less than halfway gone.

Guan Yumei hasn't experienced back pain from washing clothes for seven or eight years.

She panicked.

Su Zhenzhu was clearly not behaving properly, and Su Ruyi couldn't control her anymore, so only Su Manao could step in.

These past few days, when Guan Yumei looked at Su Manao, she felt for some reason that Su Manao wasn't as likable as before.

Her inexplicable protectiveness towards her own seemed to have vanished.

She decided to start training Sumanau immediately; she couldn't wait even a day longer.

Su Ruyi was only six or seven years old when she started washing clothes and cooking, while Su Manao was already ten years old.

She got to play for three more years; as her mother, I've already done more than enough.

Besides, now that the girl has lost her agate, she won't be able to find any more money. It's not of any use to her except for doing some housework.

Besides, she'll eventually get married.

If she can't do housework, it will be difficult to negotiate the bride price in the future.

Thinking this way, Guan Yumei became very stern.

Su Manao had never cooked before. She was flustered and overwhelmed.

Guan Yumei was furious and spanked her.

Su Manao panicked even more, and accidentally knocked over most of the bag of cornmeal on the ground.

Guan Yumei was almost driven mad with anger by her, and raised her hand to hit her again: "You worthless thing, are you doing this on purpose?!"

Su Manao dodged, but fell off the stool, and the spatula in her hand knocked over the basin...

When Su Dazhi entered the room, he was met with this chaotic scene. His face darkened further: "Honey, come inside with me. I have something to ask you."

After saying that, he walked straight towards the main house.

Guan Yumei followed behind with small, hesitant steps, her heart pounding with anxiety.

After Su Dazhi and Guan Yumei entered the house and closed the door, he raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face.

Guan Yumei felt her back molars were loose. She covered her face: "Honey, who made you angry?"

Su Dazhi glared at her: "Where's the family's household registration booklet?"

Guan Yumei said guiltily, "My household registration book... seems to be... lost. But I already got a replacement this afternoon and had my eldest daughter take it to handle some procedures that don't require me to go to the countryside."

Su Dazhi narrowed his eyes: "Lost it? Didn't you tell Su Zhenzhu that I took the household registration book?"

Guan Yumei's heart pounded: "I thought you took it. These days, we've been saying that the second son's official promotion requires the household registration book, right? I thought you took it to do that, so I just casually mentioned it to the eldest daughter."

“Just saying it! What a casual remark!” Su Dazhi said, and then unbuckled his belt.

Guan Yumei was all too familiar with his preparatory actions before hitting the child.

Is Su Dazhi going to slap her?