Undeterred, Jia Ruifang wanted to say something more, but a customer stopped her: "Hey, if you're not buying meat, just stand aside and don't interfere with our meat-buying."
Jia Ruifang glanced at the long queue and was overjoyed. If she could hold her two sons in her hands, these meat-buying customers would become hers.
A rough calculation shows that a stall selling braised meat can make at least a thousand yuan a day.
Her monthly income is only a little over forty yuan, but the money she earns in a day by setting up a stall here is more than twenty times her salary. With such a son who can earn so much money, who would want to go to work in a company?
After the children finished selling the meat, they encountered Jia Ruifang again, who kept pestering them. Duoshou gave her some laxatives and managed to send her away.
Back home, the children told Yu Rujia about it.
Upon hearing the name Jia Ruifang, the twins knew who she was.
Duolu: "Aunt, I don't want to acknowledge that woman."
He could tell that the woman didn't want to acknowledge them at all; she had her eye on their butcher stall and wanted the recipe for braised meat.
When the twins asked where their mother was, Xia Jingfan truthfully told them what Jia Ruifang had done.
The twins have never had a mother since they were old enough to understand. Yu Rujia didn't let them call her 'Mom', but she took on the role of a mother herself and gave them enough love. They don't lack maternal love.
They don't appreciate this kind of calculated maternal love at all.
If Duolu judged Jia Ruifang's character based on intuition, then Duoshou relied on his intellect.
As the former king of gossip in Shangfen Brigade, Duoshou had met many people, and Jia Ruifang gave him the same feeling as those people in Shangfen Brigade who wanted to take advantage of his family.
Duo Shou said calmly, "She used to think we would be a burden to her, so she abandoned us without a second thought; now that she thinks we can make money, she wants to acknowledge us back. There's no such thing as a free lunch."
Yu Rujia patted their arms and comforted them, "Don't be angry. It was her loss to lose such excellent sons like you."
"You're all doing just fine without her. And you should continue to do so in the future."
“You have us behind you, the whole Xia family. She wouldn’t dare do anything to you. No matter what she says, just follow your own feelings and don’t force yourself.”
Duoxi pulled Duolu aside and said, "Second brother, third brother, Aunt is right. We are family. If you don't like that person, you don't have to care. If she dares to come looking for you next time, I'll teach her a lesson for you."
Although Dorje and Dorje are young, they have been taught and raised by their older brothers since childhood, and they are not easily fooled.
Neither of them missed the look in Jia Ruifang's eyes that seemed to want to take over the stall.
Dorjee: "Second Brother, Third Brother, we will always stand by your side. We will do whatever you want to do to that person."
Du Le: "Yes, hit her."
The stall was handed over to several children, and the youngest, Duole, replaced Duoxi as the new person in charge of collecting money.
Duole had been happily collecting money for several months, but if Jia Ruifang really took over the stall, he wouldn't be able to collect any more money.
Duole said that no one could take their family's money away.
Yu Rujia gave him a tap on the back of the head: "You can't hit people for no reason."
Duole retorted indignantly, "She bullied my second and third brothers and even tried to steal our family's money. She deserved to be beaten."
Duo Yi moved her chubby little body between the twins, holding one of her brothers' hands with her plump little hands.
The little guy said in a cute but fierce way, "Second brother, third brother, once I've mastered martial arts, I'll beat all those who bullied you back."
Duo Shou chuckled and picked up the little guy: "If you want to hit someone, Third Brother can do it himself. Duo Yi just needs to finish the homework assigned by his brothers every day."
Duo Yi was not a sister but a brother, which disappointed them, but it was a fact they couldn't change. After being angry for a few days, they let it go.
Aside from increasing his workload and not being as warm towards him as before, she still treats him like a younger brother, diligently tutors him, and shares good food with him.
Duoyi grinned, stretched out her slender arms to wrap around his neck, and pleaded in a soft, sweet voice, "Third Brother, can I do less homework? Just a little bit less would be fine."
Duolu reached out from behind and ruffled his hair, cheerfully refusing his request: "No, you're a boy, you can't be as weak as a girl. A man should stand tall and upright."
With the encouragement of Yu Rujia and his brothers, the twins quickly forgot about Jia Ruifang who had appeared in front of them.
Yu Rujia hadn't forgotten that Xia Jingfan had told him about it when he came back.
Yu Rujia: "...Second Brother, if she really comes back, what are you going to do?"
Yu Rujia wasn't worried that the twins wouldn't be able to handle Jia Ruifang. Duolu had intuition, and Duoshou had brains; Jia Ruifang wouldn't get any advantage over them.
She was worried that Xia Jingfan, knowing that his two sons were in trouble, would become overly concerned and make some foolish decisions.
A flash of anger crossed Xia Jingfan's eyes. He had begged Jia Ruifang to take Duolu and Duoshou away, but she had ignored his request for her own safety.
If it weren't for Rujia bringing the two children with her, they would have been dead long ago.
She didn't care about the lives of her two sons back then, how can she have the face to come back to them now?
Xia Jingfan: "Rujia, I will handle this matter. Tell Duolu and Duoshou to ignore her. If there are any problems, have them come to me."
Yu Rujia: "Second brother, I think you should talk to Duolu and Duoshou first. You are father and son, and it might be better if you communicate with each other about your attitudes toward their biological mother."
The twins' closest person is Yu Rujia, followed by Xia Jingshu and his brothers, and then Xia Jingfan.
Even the two dogs, Huajuan and Mantou, are more important to the twins than Xia Jingfan.
Even if he ranks far below tenth in the twins' hearts, it is undeniable that he, as their father, still has influence over them.
Xia Jingfan used to act impulsively, but after the Xia family's misfortune, he matured and became more composed and reliable.
He was long-lived, wise, and almost demonic.
Dorjee was able to directly sense how others treated them.
By working together, the three of them can better identify and address any shortcomings, leaving Jia Ruifang with no loopholes to exploit.
Xia Jingfan: "Yes, I will talk to them. Thank you, Rujia, for taking care of them all these years. Without you, they wouldn't have grown up to be so outstanding."
Who else has a child like them, who can earn money to support the family at such a young age, has a lot of skills, and is well-behaved and filial?
Even if the Xia family hadn't run into trouble, he still wouldn't have been able to raise the two children to be so outstanding.
He felt incredibly proud every time he saw his two children.
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