Secondly, Pei Ji also needs to know what kind of person his stepmother is so that he can have an idea of ​​what will happen in the future.

Well, there’s no need to go into detail about how I got it back.

Pei Ji was surprised for a moment, then frowned. He had known since childhood that his stepmother did not like him.

When she was a child, she would often show how much she loved her father in front of him, but only he knew it. Behind other people's backs, she would become very cold.

However, she had never treated him harshly. When he grew up, he began to understand. Perhaps, she just wanted to show herself in front of her father.

After all, she is not his biological mother, so he doesn't care whether she is sincere or not. As long as he knows that his father is truly good to him, that's enough.

I didn't expect that my father had been giving money to the family for so many years, but Zhang had embezzled all the money.

While feeling grateful to his father, he was also very displeased with Zhang's behavior. His father's kindness was almost wiped out by her.

"I'll tell Dad about this..."

Su Li didn't expect him to be so decisive, but knowing his attitude towards the matter, she also had an idea in her mind. She didn't have the idea of ​​forcing him to take the lead. After all, she had done what she should do, and there was no need to hold on to it.

"I think it's better to forget it. We now know what my father-in-law means. After all, my mother-in-law is going to spend her whole life with him, so let's not make things difficult for him..."

Pei Ji paused and said, "Well, if something like this happens again, tell me."

"good……"

When they were almost at their grandfather's house, Pei Zhao and his sister stopped. They were still a little afraid of their grandmother.

Looking back at his mother, he saw her looking at them with encouragement. He remembered that his mother was no longer afraid of his grandmother and aunt. His mother had also said, "Let's forget about the past. After all, I've already taken revenge for us. If your grandmother and aunt dare to bully you again in the future, just tell your father. He is your father and he has the responsibility to protect you. Do you understand?"

Knowing that their parents would protect them, the fear in the brother and sister's hearts disappeared. They held their heads high and walked into the house with confidence.

"Oh, Aji is here!" As soon as he entered the door, Zhang greeted him warmly with a smile on her face. There was no sign of the face that usually bullied the original owner.

Pei Xiuli and Pei Xiuluo also shouted as if nothing had happened: "Brother!"

"Sister-in-law!"

Pei Cong and his wife also called out, "Brother, sister-in-law."

Su Li and Pei Ji also responded one by one.

In the original owner's memory, Pei Cong and his wife had never done anything excessive to her, and they even treated her as their sister-in-law with great respect.

Zhang walked into the inner room and shouted, "Dad! Ah Ji is here, come out quickly!"

After a while, Pei Zheng came out from the inner room.

Pei Zheng is in his forties, with a sturdy build, dark skin, and a gentle face.

However, Pei Ji really didn't look like his father at all. The original owner had been curious about this. It was said that Pei Ji's mother was a great beauty, and Pei Ji looked exactly like his biological mother.

"father!"

Su Li followed Pei Ji and called for help.

"Grandpa!" The two little guys also called out obediently. Unlike their grandmother, their grandfather was very good to them. He always smiled when he saw them and sometimes gave them candies.

Pei Zheng responded with a smile.

Afterwards, Pei Ji took the two children to talk to Pei Zheng and Pei Cong in the front hall, while Su Li followed them to the kitchen to help.

In front of the stove, Zhang was cooking while staring at her from time to time, with fear and inquiry in her eyes.

Su Li pretended not to know and helped wash the vegetables seriously, but she felt amused in her heart. That Taoist Kongxu was really good at fooling people, and Zhang hadn't suspected him until now.

Even Pei Xiuli and her sister were quiet and didn't dare to do anything naughty, for fear of being contaminated by the "evil spirit" in her.

Pei Cong's wife, Li, didn't know what was going on between them and only chatted with her from time to time.

When it was time to eat, the family sat together, talking and laughing, having a great time.

Su Li was a little dazed. The original owner never told her husband about the bullying she received from her mother-in-law and sister-in-law.

It was because she loved Pei Ji and felt sorry for him. She was afraid that he, who had been without a mother since childhood, would have a quarrel with his family because of her affairs, which would make him embarrassed and sad. She was afraid that her husband would lose such a happy scene with his family.

But she never thought that the fact that Zhang treated her and her two children like this meant that she was not really kind to Pei Ji. And as Pei Ji was such a smart man, how could he not see through his stepmother's sincerity?

In fact, she didn't understand Pei Ji...

The Mid-Autumn night is very lively even in this backward village.

Children from every household also come out to play with lanterns that they either bought or made themselves.

As soon as they got home, Pei Zhao and his sister couldn't wait to go out and play with their little lanterns, and Su Li lit the lanterns for them.

"Mom, let's go play with Little Tiger!"

Pei Ji followed the two little guys out.

It’s so relaxing when someone takes care of the children!

Su Li smiled and continued to light the two big lanterns. She went into the house, took out a stool, and used the stool as a cushion to hang the big lanterns under the eaves.

She was the only one at home at this time, and the yard was quiet. She simply sat on the steps, supporting her chin, and quietly looked at the full moon in the sky.

I wonder if this moon is the same as the moon in my previous life?

People have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, and the moon waxes and wanes...

"May we live long and share the beauty of the moon together even though we are thousands of miles apart..."

After sitting for a while, she stood up, dusted off her clothes, and went into the kitchen to boil water for a bath.

Late at night, the two children chatted for a long time in bed before falling into a deep sleep. Su Li covered the brother and sister with the quilt and lay down herself.

Pei Ji was sleeping in the study next door.

This has been the case since the original owner became pregnant, gave birth, and until the two children grew up.

In the original owner's memory, her husband had a cold personality and always treated her indifferently, distantly and politely.

In addition, her mother specifically told her not to cling to him too much. Pei Ji needed to study and could not be distracted too much by those things.

She was also afraid of affecting his studies, so she loved him humbly and cautiously over the years.

And Pei Ji has indeed been "devoted to reading the books of sages" for so many years.

In fact, in the original novel, the story begins when the heroine meets Pei Ji.

The original owner, who had already died by then, only appeared in Pei Ji's memories.

In Pei Ji's memory, he had not fallen in love with the original owner at that time. It was later when he broke a leg in an accident that the original owner sought medical treatment and medicine everywhere and took care of him meticulously.

Even after his foot injury healed and was left with sequelae, making it impossible for him to serve as an official in the court, and when he was heartbroken and gave up on his chance at the exam, she patiently accompanied him. In the end, she even figured out a way to hide his leg illness from others, allowing him to successfully pass the exam and become the top scorer.

It was also from then on that Pei Ji began to like his wife, with whom he had been married for five years.

Now, Pei Ji's legs are still fine and he hasn't experienced those things yet, so naturally he doesn't like the original owner yet.

The original book does not explain in detail when, where, or why he broke his leg. We only know that it happened before he went to Beijing for the exam.

So she couldn't avoid this disaster for him.

We can only take one step at a time and see what happens.