It was the first time that Su Jinniang observed the three children up close. Just like their father, they looked prettier the closer she looked.

I heard that he was very naughty and always made the children in the village cry.

It must be that Su Pangya doesn't know how to educate them. If she were their mother -

She will teach them well and very well.

"What are your names?" Su Jinniang asked softly.

The three of them didn't speak.

Su Jinniang didn't really not know their names, she just wanted to get them to talk. Isn't that how all communication between adults and children starts? Seeing that they didn't say anything, Su Jinniang didn't get discouraged, but continued to ask gently: "Who is the big tiger, who is the second tiger, and who is the little tiger?"

The three of them remained silent.

Su Jinniang thought about it, turned back into the house, secretly took a piece of maltose from home, broke it into three small pieces, walked out and handed it to them.

The Su family's conditions were considered good in the village, but something as precious as maltose was only eaten by their own family members, and it was rare for them to give it to the children in the village.

"Here." She said with a smile.

She is pretty and speaks gently, and all the children in the village like her very much.

Plus, this is maltose, and there is no child who doesn’t like to eat candy.

She held it forward again and said, "This is caramel. It's delicious."

Of course the three little ones knew about maltose, and Niu Dan used it to tempt them.

The three didn't answer.

Su Jinniang asked, "What's wrong? Don't you like it? Or does your father... not allow you to eat it?"

"Big Tiger! Second Tiger! Little Tiger!"

Su Xiaoxiao's voice came from the front.

The three little ones' eyes lit up, and they decisively spread their feet and ran out of the old Su's house and the alley next door.

Su Jinniang followed for a few steps and saw the three of them throwing themselves into Su Pangya's arms like young swallows, and their three little heads rubbed against Su Pangya's body.

"Where did you go to play? You look sweaty all over." Su Pangya said while touching Dahu's head.

Da Hu raised his hand and pointed: "Over there, hide!"

"Erhu wants one too." Erhu stretched his little head over.

"Xiaofu! Xiaofu!" It was so hard for Xiaohu to survive between his two brothers! Su Xiaoxiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and touched everyone's head.

Da Hu turned around, pointed at his back, and said in a baby voice, "And here too."

When Su was young, she often touched their backs to see if they were sweating.

Su Xiaoxiao touched this and that with amusement.

The three little kids raised their chins, looking so proud! Su Xiaoxiao said, "You are sweating all over. Go back and change clothes and eat."

The three of them nodded and followed Su Xiaoxiao away in a hop and skipping manner.

The way the three of them were having fun was completely different from how they appeared in front of Su Jinniang and the other villagers.

"Are you eating anything?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

"No." The three little ones shook their heads.

Su Jinniang looked at the backs of the people leaving and clenched the candy in her hand.

Su Pangya was obviously targeting her on purpose and not allowing her to have a good relationship with Wei Ting's three children.

Su Jinniang really misunderstood Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao had no idea that Su Jinniang gave candies to the three little ones. The reason she asked this was because a few days ago the three little ones followed the older children in the village to eat some wild fruits from the back mountain.

The three little ones had stomachaches all night.

From then on, Su Xiaoxiao no longer let them eat outside food.

"mother."

The three little ones noticed Su Xiaoxiao's fingers that were wrapped like rice dumplings.

Su Xiaoxiao said with an "oh" and said calmly, "It's just for fun."

The three little ones blinked cutely.

A quarter of an hour later, each little kid had two small dumplings wrapped in his hands.

The three of them went to the next door to find Niu Dan and show off the fingers that their mother had wrapped for them! Unfortunately, Niu Dan was not in the mood to compete with them today. There was another quarrel at home, about the separation of the family property between the uncle and the aunt. Grandpa Liu Shan was very angry, and grandma scolded him all morning and was still scolding him.

"I raised you with all my heart and soul! And this is how you repay me! I know I'm not your biological mother, after all, we are separated by a layer of belly! I don't expect you to be filial to me! But you can't curse me to death!"

"You two are such bastards! Are you trying to curse me and your father to death—"

Mrs. Wu started to cry as she spoke, "It's not easy for me to be someone's stepmother all these years - how have I let you down -"

How can I be justified in this?

Did Mrs. Wu really forget how harshly she treated Liu Ping?

He started cutting grass for pigs at the age of five, worked in the fields at the age of six, and slept in the cowshed in the middle of winter... He never sought medical advice when he was sick. If Liu Ping hadn't been lucky, he would have died many years ago!

Liu Ping went to the town to work as a laborer, working without a rest from winter to summer, and all the hard-earned money went into the hands of Mrs. Wu.

So how did Mrs. Wu get the nerve to say that she was not worthy of Liu Ping? "Did you instigate this?"

Seeing that Liu Ping refused to give in, Mrs. Wu immediately turned her attention to Mrs. Wu.

She walked over and slapped Xiao Wu in the face! Pa! The sound of a crisp slap rang out in the main hall.

The one who got beaten was not Xiao Wu, but Liu Ping who rushed over to stand in front of Xiao Wu.

Liu Ping was hit hard and his face swelled up immediately.

Looking at the slap mark on Liu Ping's face, Mrs. Wu was stunned.

Liu Shan, who was sitting on the chair, frowned fiercely.

"Master, I..." Mrs. Wu looked back at Liu Shan, then at Liu Ping who looked stubborn. She wanted to say that she didn't want to hit Liu Ping, but the atmosphere in the room suddenly became so depressing that she couldn't speak.

No matter what, Liu Ping is the eldest son in the family. As his stepmother, she can exploit him in every way she can, but she cannot hit him.

"You two, kneel down!" Liu Shan said to his son and daughter-in-law.

Liu Ping and Xiao Wu knelt down with their heads down.

Liu Shan said seriously: "I will ask you one last time, do you really want to split up?"

"Yes!" said Liu Ping.

"Brother! Sister-in-law! Don't be impulsive!"

He put down the spatula and came over from the kitchen, saying to Liu Ping and Xiao Wu, "It's New Year's Day, why are you making a fuss about dividing the family? Hurry up and apologize to your parents! Our family is harmonious, please stop making trouble! I know that Liu An was injured a while ago and couldn't go out to work, so he was a burden to you! I apologize to you here! It won't happen again in the future!"

He's words avoided the main point.

How could the first wife's grievances only occur in the past few months? But she couldn't say that the whole family had always been exploiting the first wife, right?

He did not want to divide the family. Even though Liu Ping's wages did not fall into her hands, Wu always favored the second branch and spent a lot of money on Liu An and Niu Dan.

And she can get some benefits from the help of her husband and son.

Besides, if the eldest sister-in-law leaves, who will do all the housework? She doesn't want to be exhausted! (End of this chapter)