Lin Zhaoyue offered her opinion to Lin Mingyue, who listened attentively.

If things had gone according to the old rules, Lin Mingyue would never have listened to her.

Lin Mingyue's current motto is "Listen to advice and you'll have a full meal."

Moreover, it was Lin Zhaoyue who said it; she has always been farsighted and has great vision.

In the afternoon, before Lin Zhaoyue and Jiang Jingzhou had returned home, Zhang Wenzhong's mother stormed over to their door, and regardless of who was home, she launched into a tirade of abuse.

The gist of the scolding was that Lin Mingyue had completely bewitched her son and didn't even respect her as his mother!

Instead of going home for the Lunar New Year to celebrate with family, she comes to her parents' house to celebrate? Her son married a woman, not became a live-in son-in-law in the Lin family.

Zhang's mother launched into a tirade of scolding, and Niu Zaifang, who was already concerned about the grievances her daughter suffered at her husband's family home, was glad to have come at this moment.

“Mother-in-law, you’re just here criticizing the children for not going back. Why don’t you ask them why they don’t want to go back?”

Niu Zaifang retorted irritably, "Isn't it you, the mother, who has a problem? The children didn't want to go back and see your face, so they came to my place for the New Year. What? My own daughter and son-in-law are coming back, so am I, as their mother-in-law, supposed to kick them out!"

Zhang Wenzhong's face suddenly darkened. His mother had no other skills, but she was best at causing trouble.

Especially today, in front of his sister-in-law's husband, he made a fool of himself in front of the boss.

Zhang Wenzhong stepped forward, grabbed his mother's arm, and was about to go outside to talk, saying, "Don't say anything here, it'll be embarrassing."

"Let me go! Do you even respect me as your mother?"

Zhang's mother shoved Zhang Wenzhong away, furious. "You're the son I risked my life to give birth to, and now you're siding with outsiders? You're truly unfilial!"

"Yes, I am unfilial." Zhang Wenzhong clenched his fists. Didn't he feel wronged?

My mother-in-law's family is a harmonious and happy family. Everyone works together towards a common goal, with the elders helping the younger generation as much as possible. For example, last night, my mother-in-law was worried that the two of them wouldn't sleep well, so she brought the child to their room to sleep. The couple hadn't slept soundly through the night for a long time.

For example, when it's time to eat, the mother-in-law will let them eat first, and take the child aside to soothe him/her, and they will take turns eating.

Zhang Wenzhong initially thought Lin Mingyue was pretentious, after all, she had been a pampered young lady for over twenty years, but since being laid off, he realized that such a good wife was hard to find even with a lantern!

Now Zhang Wenzhong believes that his mother is wrong, that everything she does is wrong.

All they know how to do is fight with their own people.

He made a mess of his own home, and when he brought his wife and children to his mother-in-law's house for the New Year, she came to cause trouble again.

Are you trying to drive me to my death?

Zhang Wenzhong was genuinely angry at this point, having been forced into a corner with no other options.

"Wenzhong, how could I possibly force you to your death? You've been blinded by them!"

Zhang's mother opened her mouth as if to say something, but Zhang Wenzhong interrupted her again, "I know who is good to me and who is not! My husband and I don't need your help anymore, what more do you want?"

"Mingyue, you're understanding when I'm tired. But what about you? All you do all day is pick on me, constantly nagging me about what's wrong. Have you ever thought about how tired I get too? If it weren't for the children, I would have jumped into the river and died long ago!"

He actually had such thoughts.

Zhang's mother was at a loss for words; she stood there, stunned and somewhat bewildered.

Niu Zaifang was quite satisfied with what her son-in-law said, which showed that he was not the kind of person who was "unreasonable".

"You're a woman too. What were you doing when my daughter was giving birth?"

Niu Zaifang has some old grievances that she must bring up, otherwise others will think she is easy to bully.

"Luckily, my daughter is alive and well. If anything had happened to her, you would be the first person I would never forgive!"

If it were a one-on-one situation, Zhang's mother wouldn't be at a disadvantage. She was really out of her mind with anger just now, and only now did she suddenly remember that she was in someone else's house.

Their whole family is definitely of one mind, and she's the only outsider.

What if they really push her too far and beat her up?

The more Zhang's mother thought about it, the more frightened she became. She swallowed hard and said, "Well, if I don't want to go back, fine. I'll pretend I never had a son like you. You don't need to go back anymore."

Lin Mingyue raised an eyebrow and agreed, "Okay, you said it yourself. Don't come to my house to cause trouble again. It's bad luck for my family during the New Year."

Zhang Wenzhong shoved her out.

Niu Zaifang snorted. If she had known that Mingyue's mother-in-law was unreasonable, she would never have agreed to her daughter's marriage.

Lin Zhaoyue remained silent throughout.

Jiang Jingzhou just kept handing her grapes.

There are no grapes in winter; these grapes were brought from the south by Hua Xiuyun through a friend.

Just because Zhaoyue likes it.

"..." The atmosphere at home was rather oppressive. Later that evening, Lin Zhaoyue and Jiang Jingzhou took the child back home. The child was too young, and it would be easy to frighten him if they went back in the dark.

This is the first time he has been away from Hua Xiuyun for such a long time since the child was born.

As soon as the child arrived home, Hua Xiuyun quickly took the child from Lin Zhaoyue's arms.

"I was thinking you'd be staying at home today."

“It’s not as warm at home as it is at home, and the kids can’t stand it.” Especially at night when it gets really cold, the kids are used to being at home. Lin Zhaoyue said, “Mom, how about we eat something light tonight? We’ve been eating pretty greasy food for the last few meals, and I can’t really eat anymore.”

“Okay, I was originally planning to fry dumplings tonight, but how about we make some clear soup noodles? Your dad is eating out tonight and won’t be back, so it’ll just be the three of us.”

The housekeepers in the family have all gone home for the Chinese New Year and won't be back until at least the sixth day of the new year.

It just so happened that both she and Jiang Jingzhou had time off during the Chinese New Year, so the three of them could easily take care of the two children.

That evening, while her mother-in-law looked after one of the children, Lin Zhaoyue carried her daughter back to the room. After Jiang Jingzhou finished cleaning up the dishes, he quickly washed up and eagerly went back to the room to play with his daughter.

"Daughter, call me Daddy?"

Jiang Jingzhou spends almost every day at home teaching his children to speak. His daughter can occasionally utter a couple of words, but they're not very clear. His son still can't even call his mother "Mom."

In Jiang Jingzhou's words, his daughter is smart, but his son isn't so smart.

Lin Zhaoyue felt unhappy whenever she heard him say that. Did he mean that his daughter was his biological daughter but his son wasn't?

There should be no preference for sons over daughters at home, and even less preference for daughters over sons.

"Tomorrow night, we'll take turns caring for our daughter with Mom, and our son with us."