Yang Niannian didn't tolerate her at all and responded in a neutral tone.

"This is the kingdom that Shi Shen and I built with our own hands. It's only natural that we should live in a more comfortable place. Are we going to let others live in it?"

Ma Xiuzhu curled her lips and muttered sourly.

"I went through the gates of hell and gave birth to a good man for you after ten months of pregnancy."

Yang Niannian continued calmly, "If Shi Shen hadn't married me, your family wouldn't have been able to live such a good life now. You might never have the chance to come in and take a look at such a large courtyard in your lifetime."

Ma Xiuzhu choked and finally behaved herself.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Xiong Li quickly interrupted.

"Aunt, I think my second cousin's wife is right. My second cousin was able to get into Beijing University. This alone makes him better than many other girls."

Ma Xiuzhu knew in her heart that the second son's wife was powerful, but she was unwilling to admit it. She rolled her eyes around and pulled Xiong Li to go into Yang Niannian's room.

"Come on, let's go see which room we'll stay in tonight."

Yang Niannian stood in front of her and pointed at the guest room.

"I've arranged a guest room for you. I've prepared a room now. You can stay together tonight."

Zheng Xinyue trotted to the guest room door, opened it, and urged.

"Put your things in there so we can go out for dinner."

Xiong Li felt that it was not nice to be picky in someone else's home, so she obediently put her luggage over.

Yang Niannian took them to a restaurant at the entrance of the alley to eat noodles. When paying the bill, Ma Xiuzhu couldn't help smacking her lips when she saw the price.

"Oh my god, this meal is enough to support our family for seven or eight days. Do you two eat out like this every day? Even if we have a mountain of gold and silver at home, it's not enough to make such a meal. A bowl of vegetarian noodles in our town only costs 1.5 cents."

Yang Niannian thought her nagging was annoying. "There are ingredients in the refrigerator at home. Just make whatever you want to eat tomorrow morning. It's economical."

Ma Xiuzhu was unhappy. "Why are you so sarcastic when you talk? You have to criticize me no matter what I say."

Yang Niannian raised an eyebrow, "Isn't it okay to follow your wishes?"

Ma Xiuzhu wanted to retort, but was persuaded by Xiong Li.

"Aunt, my second cousin's wife has a kitchen at home, and she must cook there normally. Maybe she saw you coming all the way here, so she took you out to eat something good."

Ma Xiuzhu felt relieved when she heard this, and she twisted her hips and walked quickly with Xiong Li.

Zheng Xinyue deliberately slowed down her pace and gave a thumbs up.

"Niannian, I really admire you. You make your mother-in-law speechless with every word you say. Her face is almost green."

Yang Niannian looked at Ma Xiuzhu's back and chuckled, "My mother-in-law is the type who always pushes others' interests too far. The more you pamper her, the more powerful she becomes."

Seeing that Ma Xiuzhu was almost at the gate of the courtyard, she pulled Zheng Xinyue and quickened her pace.

"Let's go quickly, my mother-in-law likes to rummage through things."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Xinyue took two steps at a time and was almost running.

When the two returned to the courtyard, Ma Xiuzhu and Xiong Li were discussing something, and the door was closed tightly.

Xiong Li heard some noise outside the house and knew that Yang Niannian had returned. She became even more uneasy and sat on the edge of the bed with her head down, anxiously.

"Aunt, I think he definitely looks down on me. My second cousin's wife is so beautiful and educated, how could he possibly be interested in me? Otherwise, just forget it!"

Ma Xiuzhu glared at her. "Now that you're here, what are you afraid of? I'm not asking you to live with Shi Shen."

Looking Xiong Li up and down, she pouted and said, "If I ask you to live with Shi Shen, not only will he disagree, I won't agree either."

Although she didn't like her younger son's wife, Ma Xiuzhu knew in her heart that she might not like him even if he married someone else.

Although Yang Niannian has a bad mouth, she is good at making money!

Now I'm a student of Kyoto University. How proud I would be if I could tell others about it?

Who in the village who sees her now doesn’t praise her for being blessed?

The village chief's wife would laugh whenever she saw her.

Look at Xiong Li again. Apart from her bigger hip bones making it easier to give birth, there is really nothing that can compare to Yang Niannian.

Xiong Li blushed and said embarrassedly.

"If my second cousin's wife knew about this, she would kick us out, right?"

Ma Xiuzhu was confident. "I can't hide this from her. I'll go and discuss it with her later. She won't suffer any loss anyway, so why wouldn't she agree? She has been married to Shi Shen for so many years, but there's no sign of pregnancy. Maybe she can't have a baby."

Xiong Li felt more at ease when she heard this.

Ma Xiuzhu couldn't keep the matter secret, and after thinking about it for a while in the room, she decided to go find Yang Niannian and tell him about it.

"Stay in the room and don't go out. I'm going to talk to your second cousin's wife."

"Aunt, please talk to my second cousin's wife nicely. If she doesn't agree... then forget it." Xiong Li said a little fearfully.

"Don't worry! There is nothing I can't accomplish."

Ma Xiuzhu twisted her hips and came to the door of Yang Niannian's room. She pushed the door open without knocking and saw Yang Niannian and Zheng Xinyue watching TV. She resisted the urge to say something flirtatious and said to Zheng Xinyue.

"Go out for a moment. I want to talk to Nian Nian about something."

Zheng Xinyue didn't like Ma Xiuzhu, but she was also tactful. She couldn't just stay when the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law wanted to talk about something private, so she winked at Yang Niannian.

"Niannian, if you have any problem, just call me loudly!"

This old woman dared to bully Nian Nian. Even if it was Brother Lu’s mother, she would still deal with her.

As soon as Zheng Xinyue left, Ma Xiuzhu closed the door and even bolted it. She changed her previous picky look and smiled with wrinkles on her face.

He moved a stool and sat next to Yang Niannian, holding her hand and speaking.

"Nian Nian, let's talk about some heartfelt things between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law."

Yang Niannian pulled her hand back and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly."

Ma Xiuzhu didn't feel embarrassed and said with a smile, "We are all family, so I won't beat around the bush and just say it directly."

She stole a glance at Yang Niannian's expression and said, "I called you before and told you that something happened to Ma Hao. Do you still remember this?"

Yang Niannian nodded, and Ma Xiuzhu sighed and said regretfully.

"He didn't have money to go to a big hospital, so the disease was left untreated. You see, they are a young couple, what would they do if they didn't have a child? Without a child, there would be no home at all."

Yang Niannian thought it was no big deal. "Wouldn't it be nice to adopt a child from an orphanage? It would be a good deed."

Ma Xiuzhu subconsciously retorted, "After all, adopted children don't have blood ties with their own family, and they're not close! Your aunt and I are thinking of asking Xiong Li to borrow a seed. This way, it will be born from Xiong Li's belly, and it will be safer to raise it because of the blood relationship."

Yang Niannian had a bad feeling and frowned.

"What do you want to say?"

Seeing that she had lost her patience, Ma Xiuzhu said with a calculating look on her face.

"Look, you and Shi Shen have been married for several years, and there's still no sign of pregnancy. No matter whether you can have a baby or not, you can only have one, right?"

She continued while observing Yang Niannian's expression.

"I've been thinking about it! It's better to save money for our family than save money for others. We can just borrow a seed from Shi Shen. Xiong Li will stay here, and we'll let her go back home when she gets pregnant. As long as our family doesn't tell anyone, no one else will know about it. Shi Shen can still have another child and we don't have to raise him ourselves. It's a good deal, what do you think?"

Ma Xiuzhu's idea was very simple. Since her son was a boy, it would not be a disadvantage. Not only could he help her nephew's family, but she could also have another grandson.