Lifelong peace: "Moon cakes? When will they be available? I have to ask my eldest grandson to help me get them."

"Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. Boss, you have no vegetables to sell, so you temporarily switch to mooncake business?"

"No, there's not even a trace of mooncakes in the Fuwang Farm online store. What the hell, is this a lie? Is it another pirated counterfeit?"

"It's not pirated. This is the mooncake that the boss made himself. He gave some to relatives. My husband also saw the circle of friends that person posted."

"So after all this time, these mooncakes are not for sale?"

"Ahhh~ I don't care! The children are already crying out for food! If there's no vegetables to sell, it's good to have some mooncakes!"

"Mooncakes are greasy, I don't like them. If they are served, I will watch you guys fight for them."

"I feel like the Mid-Autumn Festival now has no festive flavor. Apart from sending red envelopes to my parents, there is nothing interesting about it. There are only a few kinds of mooncakes, and I don't really like them."

"It is said that the boss's mooncakes have four flavors: lotus paste with egg yolk, lava custard, rose filling, and five-nut filling."

"I don't care, I love to eat it! I only eat mooncakes once a year, and as long as the boss sells them, I will buy them!"

"Just let the child die of greed~"

The group was in an uproar over mooncakes, and everyone tagged the boss and the assistant.

But what’s strange is that today not only did the boss not reply to the message, but even the assistant didn’t reply to the message.

The boss herself was not aware of the news in the group and she was shopping leisurely.

She selected two summer clothes for grandpa. The styles, colors and materials she picked were also very good.

Usually, Xu Fuqiang's clothes are bought by Wang Yanmei. She is more experienced in clothing sizes and can tell the size of a person by looking at his height. She will decide the size for him.

I bought a short-sleeved shirt, some thin elastic casual pants, and also bought my grandpa his favorite thin old-fashioned cloth shoes.

She had more money recently, so when passing by a gold shop, Xu Qingzhi took her mother and bought her a gold bracelet with a beautiful design and pattern.

That is to say, her mother kept saying no, but when she put the gold bracelet on her hand, she couldn't stop smiling.

There is no mother who doesn’t like gold!

If she hadn't had to go to mediate the alimony issue at two o'clock later, Wang Yanmei would have thought that the main purpose of coming to the county town today was actually shopping.

There were three minutes left until two o'clock.

Zhang Qi led the way and the group arrived at the mediation room provided by the court.

As soon as Wang Yanmei entered the house, she saw her parents, Wang Jinlan, Zhou Hongwei, and Linlin with her children.

As soon as Wang Yanmei entered the room, Wang Linlin called her affectionately, "Auntie."

Then she taught the child in her arms to call for help.

Wang Yanmei was more soft-hearted towards the child and responded with a "Hey."

Then, a group of people sat down on the opposite side.

Xu Qingzhi knew his parents' character well. They had been honest people all their lives. He was afraid that they would be bullied, so he followed them along.

Zhang Qi is a lawyer and he also came.

Then Huo Fengyan and Jiang Zhan were worried and wanted to come along.

There were also many people coming from the other side. In addition to my grandpa, grandma, Zhou Hongwei, Wang Jinlan, and Wang Linlin, even my fifth aunt and fourth aunt came.

The mediator didn't expect so many people from both sides to come.

The mediator said, "Let's make it clear first. We'll go through mediation first. If mediation fails, you can go to court, but you can't fight here. Now, let the old man and the old woman talk about their ideas first."

The mediation scene is actually more inclined towards family matters, and the mediator plays the role of a middleman.

If mediation fails, the court will make the decision accordingly.

Wang Kaifu opened his mouth but seemed unable to speak, so he closed it and pushed the old woman beside him, "You speak first, I'll listen to you."

Chen Xiaoqing wanted to push it back, but her eldest daughter Wang Jinlan frowned.

Chen Xiaoqing sighed and said slowly: "Yanmei, you also know your father's health condition. He has been hospitalized for many years. His pension has indeed been spent over the years. We are old and can't go out to earn money, so we want to ask you for some alimony."

In fact, Wang Yanmei gave money every year, small gifts during festivals, visits during Mid-Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, clothes for birthdays, and big red envelopes during Chinese New Year. However, it was not in the name of "alimony".

Wang Yanmei also knew very well that her parents did not really need this so-called "alimony".

She couldn't breathe smoothly when she thought about these biased things.

Fortunately, before coming, the Xu family had discussed it clearly with Zhang Qi and let him take the lead.

Zhang Qi said seriously: "Supporting the elderly is the obligation of children. We are willing to pay for support, but the amount is subject to negotiation."

Chen Xiaoqing still looked at Wang Yanmei, "Yanmei, I know you opened a farm. Your third aunt told us that the farm makes a lot of money. Twenty thousand is not a problem for you."

The fourth aunt who was listening in curled her lips and muttered quietly: "Twenty thousand a year? That's really not much."

Fifth Aunt: "What do you mean by a year? It's a month."

Fourth Auntie gasped, her eyes widened in shock: "Hiss~ 20,000 a month?"

How dare you speak like that?

Compared with big cities, Meicheng has lower consumption and lower wages. It is common for a young person working in the county town to earn two to three thousand yuan a month.

She was not as clear about these things as the fifth sister. She was confused when Jinlan called her a few days ago and asked her to come and listen. She said Yanmei was unfilial and had not paid alimony for so many years. She came to seek justice for her eldest sister (Chen Xiaoqing).

But when I heard it this way, it felt a little off.

Fair? Twenty thousand a month for support is fair? The fourth aunt curled her lips. Yanmei and Fuqiang had a hard life before, and her elder sister and brother-in-law never helped them. Now that they are old, they ask for twenty thousand a month for support. How shameless! It's just blackmail!

So she simply stopped talking and just listened.

The fifth aunt also followed her eldest sister's words and said, "Yes, Yanmei, you make so much money, it's only right that you honor your parents. Your eldest sister has worked hard all her life, and now she is planting a few acres of peanuts in the field. She said she wants to make peanuts to save money on oil. It's not easy to give birth to you and raise you. As a child, can you bear it?"

Wang Jinlan: "Sister, do you remember when you were little and wanted 20 cents to buy soybean snacks when you went to school? Your parents never treated you unfairly. They bought you snacks whenever you wanted. Yes, Hongwei and I are useless and didn't make much money, so we let our parents enjoy life. But now you have money, 20,000 is nothing to you. As your sister, please let your parents spend their old age well."

You talk one after another, and the moral shackles are added layer by layer.

Zhang Qi held the fire: "After understanding, one of the two elders has a pension of 5,000 to 6,000 yuan, and has a single-family house with no mortgage, and a stable living condition. Considering the consumption level in the county town and my husband and I's income, we are willing to pay 2,000 yuan a month in support."

The mediator spoke at the right time: "Even if we go to court, the alimony will be about this much, think it over carefully."

Zhou Hongwei was not happy. "It's impossible. Their family makes so much money, how can they be sentenced to 2,000 yuan? If it's less than 20,000 yuan, we will sue."

"Sister, please speak up. What do you think?" Wang Jinlan frowned and urged Wang Yanmei to speak. "Do you really want to see our family go to court and become a laughing stock in the eyes of others?"

Wang Yanmei's face was tense, and the words seemed to jump out from between her lips: "Two thousand, that's two thousand!"

"Yanmei, you really disappoint me." Chen Xiaoqing sighed helplessly, "Jinlan, let's go to court."

Wang Yanmei gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and felt as if her whole body was trembling.

It was hard to imagine that her biological parents wanted to suck her blood, and now it was laid bare before her eyes.

This is more heartbreaking than recalling countless times that my parents favored my older sister and that my older sister was the one they loved more.

But it is clear that her parents were always nice to her before.

In the middle of summer, the weather was hot and there were many mosquitoes, and the old fan broke down and couldn't turn.

She was half asleep and half awake, nestling in her mother's arms, with a faint smell of wind oil. Her mother would fan her with a palm-leaf fan to cool her down, drive away mosquitoes, and hum a nursery rhyme to lull her to sleep.

"Good boy, go to sleep~"

Wang Yanmei opened her eyes in an instant, and the face she saw opposite her seemed a completely unfamiliar one.

Why, why is it like this? She is also their biological child.

Her entire chest felt bloated and uncomfortable, as if she was choking.

At this moment, she seemed to really have no parents.

Xu Fuqiang tilted his head and saw his wife's sad face. He thought that his usually soft-hearted wife could not bear it anymore, so he whispered, "Yanmei, why don't we just... give it to them? We can afford 20,000 yuan. At worst, I can work harder and open up all the remaining land in the back mountain. Later, I..."

Wang Yanmei grabbed her man's hand and applied a little force to stop him from saying anything else.

Then, she raised her head and looked across: "You guys can sue me in court, and I will pay you whatever the court decides."

She glanced at everyone on the opposite side from left to right, "Extra, I don't have a cent!"

It was never about the money, never.

(End of this chapter)