The family sat around a large round table eating glutinous rice balls and dumplings. After they finished eating, Grandma Su gave each of her grandchildren 30 copper coins.

Normally, villagers would give each person a red envelope containing only one or two copper coins, but Grandma Su thought that since she had money in hand, she couldn't let her grandchildren suffer.

Su Muyao and her brothers kowtowed to their grandparents to wish them a Happy New Year. After returning to the house, she and her brothers kowtowed to their own parents to wish them a Happy New Year and received another New Year's money.

But before he could even warm the money in his hands, his mother grabbed him, saying, "Take out your New Year's money. I'll keep it for you. If you lose it outside, you'll have nowhere to cry."

Su Mingxuan immediately refused: "It won't fall, I can keep it myself."

Su Muyao nodded in agreement, "It won't fall, I'll hide it."

"What if you drop them? How about Mom fills your pockets with candy and snacks? You kids don't spend money anyway."

Wang Taoxiu was still coaxing the two little ones in front of her, but what she really wanted to do was to take the money from Su Mingxuan's hands.

But it can't be so obvious that they only accept sons and not daughters.

In fact, she knew that the little one in front of her, who was just over a year old, had a special place where things could be stored, and she was sure that they wouldn't be lost.

"No, no!" Su Mingxuan said as he struggled to escape his mother's clutches.

Seeing this, Su Sanlang chuckled and said, "Let them go, it's just a few copper coins."

Seeing that her husband had already said so, Wang Taoxiu didn't press the matter any further and just turned to glare at Su Sanlang.

We had another big, delicious meal that evening, and the children ran around the village like crazy.

Looking at all this, Su Muyao felt a deep sense of warmth.

The next day, Wang Taoxiu and Su Sanlang took the two little ones back to her parents' home to pay New Year's respects.

Wangjia Village is not far from Taoliu Village, but it is also not close; it is about ten miles away.

Su Sanlang specially chartered the oxcart of Da Niu's family at the entrance of the village and delivered it to Wangjia Village.

Since bringing my daughter home, I haven't taken her home to show my parents. This time, I'm determined to let them have a good look at her.

"My dear child, we're here to visit your maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, and your three uncles."

Su Muyao's eyes widened in surprise; she actually had three uncles.

When Wang Taohua was at home, she was pampered by her parents. She had three older brothers and was the only girl.

The Wang family elders knew their daughter and son-in-law would definitely be back today, so they stood at the door eagerly awaiting their arrival.

It wasn't until a bullock cart slowly approached that they could see that their son-in-law and daughter were sitting on it.

Grandma Wang hurried over to greet her.

"Oh, my little grandson."

Grandma Wang scooped her little grandson up from the oxcart and held him in her arms.

Just as her peripheral vision inadvertently drifted to her son-in-law's arms, where he was holding a baby, she widened her eyes in surprise.

"Girl, what is this?"

"Mom, this is your granddaughter, she just turned one year old this year."

Grandma Wang suddenly felt that her chubby grandson in her arms wasn't so appealing anymore.

She shoved Su Mingxuan, who was in her arms, back into Wang Taoxiu's arms.

"Oh, my darling, come here, Grandma will hold you."

Su Muyao sweetly called out "Grandmother" to the kind old lady in front of her.

"Oh my, look at this sweet-talking little darling, she's truly Grandma's precious treasure."

Su Muyao was captivated by the kind old lady who kept calling her "Bao'er".

He hugged Old Mrs. Wang's neck and laughed heartily.

"Old woman, quickly take your little granddaughter back inside, it's freezing cold outside."

"Yes, yes."

The old lady with bound feet carried the little baby into the house with a clattering sound.

Su Sanlang and Wang Taoxiu followed behind, carrying large baskets and small bags, distributing gifts to their brother, sister-in-law, and several nephews and nieces.

"Sister-in-law, let's make a floral dress for my little niece with this yellow fabric."

"Brother, you can ask your sister-in-law to make you two new outfits later."

In addition, Wang Taoxiu gave each of her sisters-in-law new shoes she had embroidered and clothes for her nephews.

This was the most generous return gift she had ever received since getting married.

The brothers and sisters-in-law were also satisfied, at least knowing that their little sister was doing quite well with her family, otherwise she wouldn't have brought back so many things.

The sisters-in-law felt much more at ease. In the past, they were always the ones who made up for the gifts from their sister-in-law, but they never expected that their sister-in-law would bring back so many things.

Looking at the things his daughter brought back, Old Wang felt a surge of anger. "You brought so many in-laws with you. What will your in-laws think? How have I taught you? Once you're married, you have to consider your husband's family in everything you do. You can't always think about your own family."

Su Sanlang, who was standing nearby, quickly stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "This is what my mother prepared. Recently, we've made some money from finding medicinal herbs, and we've saved up some silver. We plan to send a few children to the academy in the spring."

Upon hearing this, Old Wang slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Great! Sending the child to school is a good thing. Your parents are very open-minded!"

Grandma Wang patted her daughter's hand as she looked at the new clothes her daughter had brought her. "Taoxiu, why did you buy all this fabric? I'm an old woman with my neck almost buried in the ground, what use do I have for such fine new clothes and fabric?"

"Pah, pah, pah, Mother, please don't say that. You're destined to live to be a hundred, why can't you wear these new clothes and new materials?"

Su Laosan, who was standing nearby, chimed in.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Taoxiu took out two taels of silver from her satchel. "Mother, this is a gift from your son-in-law to you."

When Old Mrs. Wang saw that it was actually two taels of silver, her eyes widened, and she quickly waved her hand.

"Oh dear, why are you giving me so much money? I'm not going anywhere, I don't need to spend any money. Keep this money to buy some food for the two little ones."

"Quickly put it away, this is your son-in-law, he's very filial to you. There's no reason not to accept it. The two little rascals don't lack food; their mother-in-law often buys them snacks, and they've become quite picky eaters."

Grandma Wang couldn't dissuade her daughter, and in the end, she accepted it.

However, the thought that my daughter's life seems to be getting better makes me genuinely happy for her.

To be honest, my husband and I didn't approve of the Su family's mistress before.

It's not for any other reason than that their family's financial situation is just average, although theirs isn't much different from theirs.

But she's still my daughter, whom I've spoiled. I figured she's pretty, so I should at least marry her off to someone with better conditions.

I don't know how they fell in love, but she insisted on marrying Su Sanlang, so I had no choice but to let her be.

Fortunately, Su Sanlang treated his daughter fairly well after marriage, which made the elderly couple feel gratified.

Grandma Wang went into the room, took out a red envelope she had prepared beforehand, and then prepared another one before taking both red envelopes out and handing them to the two little ones.

Thank you, Grandma.