Someone called out from outside the courtyard.

Mo Yunmei looked back. She didn't recognize him, but he looked like someone who had come to her house to look for someone.

Her mind went blank, and she immediately ran out, asking the people who approached, "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"

There were two people outside the courtyard, one about the same age as Old Lady Mo and the other about the same age as Mo Yunmei. They looked quite kind, but their clothes were rather shabby.

Mo Yunmei looked them over carefully, but couldn't remember who they were. She guessed they might be trying to curry favor with the Mo family, so she wasn't so polite.

"Who are you? I don't know you. What are you doing at the Mo family's house? Get out of here!"

When Wang saw Mo Yunmei, she guessed who she was and felt inexplicably happy. Just as she was about to speak, Mo Yunmei shooed her away, and the smile on her face froze instantly.

But having been through so much, she recovered quickly and said with a smile, "We've come to find your mother. Is she home?"

Mo Yunmei was about to say yes, but then she thought, these two are coming over at mealtime and they look so poor, they must not have eaten yet and are here to freeload! If she lets them in and they eat all her food, what will she eat?

No! We can't let them in!

The Mo family is starting to prosper; even poor relatives dare to come to their door!

"Not here!" Mo Yunmei replied crisply.

As he spoke, he pulled the door shut, saying, "Go back to where you came from!"

The door slammed shut.

Wang was stunned for a moment, then got angry. Who was this person? How dare they treat her like this! They had no manners at all!

The people inside had almost finished eating, and they were all startled when they heard the noise.

Mo Qinghe said to Mo Laoda, "Brother, it seems someone is coming outside. Why don't you go out and take a look? Don't let others think that our Mo family is ill-mannered."

Upon hearing this, Boss Mo agreed and opened the door to leave.

Seeing Mo Yunmei running back, he asked, "Who was here just now?"

Mo Yunmei shook her head, "No one's coming!"

Mo Laoda didn't believe it at all and walked straight past Mo Yunmei.

Mo Yunmei panicked and grabbed Mo Laoda, "Big brother, no one came, just passersby asking for directions. I've already told them! Let's go, let's go back, eating is the important thing."

Boss Mo had some doubts, but he was also somewhat convinced. After all, few people usually came to his door, and it wasn't at this time of year. So he decided to go back.

"Tiesheng! Tiesheng!"

Just as Boss Mo was about to turn around, a shout came from outside the courtyard gate, calling his name.

He couldn't leave now. Since he knew the man's name, he must know him. He couldn't ignore him, both morally and logically.

Seeing her older brother about to leave, Mo Yunmei grabbed him forcefully, saying, "Brother, don't worry about them! They're just saying hello; they'll be gone in a bit!"

Hurry back, or she'll eat all her meat!

When Mo Laoda saw that Mo Yunmei was preventing him from leaving, he found it suspicious. He pulled her hand away, slapped the arm that had been holding him, ignored her, and walked out.

"You really are Tiesheng! Wow! You've gotten so handsome, I almost didn't recognize you!"

When Wang saw Mo Laoda come out, she smiled and said to him, "It's been so long, do you still recognize your aunt?"

Mo Laoda paused in his hand as he opened the door. Auntie?

Looking up closely, it really was my aunt!

They quickly opened the door and invited them in, saying, "We were so surprised to find out that you were coming, Auntie. Please come in and have a seat."

Then he called out into the house, "Father! Mother! Auntie is here!"

Upon hearing this, the people inside rushed out.

What followed was a series of pleasantries. When they learned that the Wangs hadn't had lunch yet, they invited them inside.

The Qin and Zhao families were very perceptive and quickly cleared the table.

The rest of the Mo family had mostly finished eating, but the two elders ate a little slower because they wanted to gnaw on the meat, so they ended up having dinner with them.

Grandma Mo brought out a plate of meat and then asked Madam Qin to stir-fry some vegetables.

Qin agreed, and Zhao also went to help.

Su Nanxi had met this aunt before, but she didn't know why they had come to the Mo family.

The girl next to Wang was her youngest daughter, just fourteen years old. She wasn't very pretty, but she was quite sturdy.

Mo Yunmei was stunned. She thought the person was there to establish a connection, but it turned out that the person already had a relationship with the Mo family!

She was embarrassed, but she didn't care at all. What did it matter if they were relatives who were so poor?

Seeing that everyone else had finished eating and left the courtyard, she felt it was time to eat, as she wouldn't lose face in front of outsiders.

So, Mo Yunmei rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a bowl, and went into the main room to get her food.

As a result, there was no rice left, only soup.

Never mind, the soup is good anyway, as long as it fills me up.

A full bowl was served, with more meat than soup.

As expected, no one criticized her or stopped her.

After eating, we went to sit under the tree to cool off.

Wang also asked Zhou Yuzhu to recognize people, mainly Su Nanxi, since she had never met him before.

Zhou Yuzhu was a little shy, with her head down, her hands in front of her, occasionally twisting the hem of her clothes.

Su Nanxi suddenly felt that the title "cousin-in-law" was quite nice; it sounded like an elder.

On their first meeting, she felt she should give a small gift, especially since the woman had addressed her as "sister-in-law." She thought for a while before deciding what to give her.

She came out of the house and handed the things she was carrying to Zhou Yuzhu.

Zhou Yuzhu opened the handkerchief and saw that it was a hair accessory. She liked it very much and couldn't hide the joy in her eyes.

"Thank you, cousin-in-law!"

The little girl grinned happily.

Upon seeing this, Wang exclaimed, "This is too precious! How can this be!"

A look of reluctance and sadness flashed in Zhou Yuzhu's eyes, and her smile faded.

She has never had any hair accessories, only a hair tie or headband, and that's how she's grown up. It's not that she doesn't want them, but her family simply doesn't allow her to have them. She understands this very well and is very sensible, so she doesn't pester her parents for them.

However, it's one thing to never have something, but it's quite another to lose something that's about to belong to you!

It would be a lie to say she wasn't sad, but if her mother said she couldn't have it, then she couldn't have it.

Sigh! Su Nanxi was also helpless. Couldn't she even give a girl a gift?

It's not that expensive, okay?

Ahem! This is from her online space, uh, it's plastic!

She thought it looked really nice; it was perfect for little girls to wear, making them look pretty and cute!

These plastic things are worthless in modern times!

Su Nanxi simply took out a large handful, put them on the small table, and spread them out for them to see.

Look, there's plenty! What's so valuable about it?

It's not very valuable; take it if you like.

Everyone else was dumbfounded. How much would it cost to buy this?

The way people looked at Su Nanxi instantly changed, as if Su Nanxi had turned into shining silver, her whole body sparkling!

Zhou Yuzhu was stunned when she saw this, and quietly asked Wang Shi, "Mother, we have many cousins-in-law, one or two more won't make a difference. Can I take them?"

"What? This was a gift from someone?"