Ning Xue thought the same, but she didn't like it when Su Junyan said it, "What's wrong with one cent? One cent is not money?"

Su Junyan curled his lips in disdain, "Your parents just don't consider Guangyaozu as their own grandson, that's why they gave so little. Look at Ningtang's parents, they only gave more than one yuan to each of the eldest son."

That being said, he was the section chief of the logistics department, with a high salary of about 50 yuan a month. Of course he didn't care about the price difference. It was just the different treatment of the two elderly couples, so he was angry.

He felt that his two sons were smart and handsome, and were no worse than the other two sons, Da Wa and the others.

They are all non-biological grandchildren, so why can Da Wa and his friends get more than one dollar, while Guangzong and Yaozu can only get one cent? Guangzong and Yaozu even scored better than Da Wa and his three friends in the exams.

This price difference of one hundred times is unbearable for any father.

Ning Xue also thought of this truth. She opened her mouth but had nothing to say in rebuttal. She could only say, "My parents don't have money. They are not like my uncle, the village chief, who has a lot of money. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to pay for my high school tuition."

Of course it's not what Ning Xue said. Ning Weidang and Zhou Yin have saved some money over the years, so they can definitely take out one dollar.

However, Ningde was old enough and it was time for him to get married, so Ning Wei and Zhou Yin were very cautious, thinking about saving money for Ningde's wedding gift so that he could marry a well-off city girl.

Besides, Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu are their grandchildren, not their biological children, after all, so it is understandable that they gave less red envelopes during the Chinese New Year.

Anyway, Ning Wei and Zhou Yin both felt that it was good enough to give it.

Does Su Junyan know what they are thinking? Even if he knew, he would only feel more upset.

No matter what, the fact that they gave red envelopes to the twins was a done deal. Su Junyan didn't show it on his face, but in his heart he had a big prejudice against Ning Wei's party and Zhou Yin.

After New Year's Eve, every household starts visiting each other to pay New Year's greetings.

On the morning of the fifth day, Ning Tang had just gotten up when he saw Sun Aiju walking back in a hurry, saying, "Quick, put away all those delicious foods and drinks for me."

Ning Tang blinked, "What's wrong, Mom?"

Sun Aiju ignored her and walked quickly into the main room. She picked up the fruit plate full of dried fruits on the table, then glanced at the five-color fruit plate filled with melon seeds, peanuts, longans, walnuts, and cashews. She put away the walnuts, cashews, and longans, thought for a moment, and grabbed a handful of peanuts.

The two plates full of fruit were destroyed by her until only a pitiful handful was left.

Ning Tang was confused by Sun Aiju's actions, "Mom, what are you doing?"

Sun Aiju put away the things, put them in the chest of drawers, and locked it with a big key. Only then did she have time to answer Ning Tang's questions.

As she sipped her hot boiled water, she said, "Wang Guizhi and Zhao Chunhua, those two troublemakers, are coming to our house this afternoon to pay New Year's greetings."

Wang Guizhi and Zhao Chunhua?

Ning Tang only thought about it briefly and pictured the appearance of these two people in his mind.

Having been away from home for more than a year, she could no longer remember the faces of some people clearly, but she remembered the faces of these two people clearly.

Wang Guizhi had droopy eyes, and the corners of her eyes drooped when she spoke. Zhao Chunhua had a high face, and it seemed difficult to get along with her at first glance.

The most important thing is that these two people don't get along with Sun Aiju and are always looking for trouble.

Ning Tang was very impressed.

She nodded, "Mom, how did you know?"

"I met them on the road and they told me." said Sun Aiju.

The two troublemakers said they wanted to come and pay New Year's greetings, and then they hinted that Ning Weiguo was the village chief, Ning Jun was a soldier, the two cousins ​​Ning Tang and Ning Xue had married well, the Ning family was wealthy, and the Ning family had money, so since the two of them came to pay New Year's greetings this time, Sun Aiju must spend a lot of money to entertain them.

But Sun Aiju was so angry that she started packing up her things as soon as she got home.

You can't just stop them from wishing a happy new year. After all, Ning is the village chief. It won't sound good if this gets out. But you can still do it by using some tricks.

Ning Tang was so amused after listening to Sun Aiju's story that she didn't expect her mother to be so petty. She gave her some advice, "You've made it too obvious by putting away all the things. I have an idea. Take out the salted peanuts that Dad bought and put them on the fruit plate. It looks like a large portion and shows that you are treating the guests with sincerity. But in fact, that thing is too salty. After eating it, you will want to drink water, but drinking water takes up space in your stomach."

Sun Aiju believed it and said, "Just do as you say."

In the afternoon, Wang Guizhi and Zhao Chunhua came to pay New Year's greetings as expected.

Ning Weiguo is the village chief and the head of the entire village. He holds considerable power. In addition, he is fair to everyone and has a good relationship with people. During the Chinese New Year, many people come to the Ning family to pay New Year's greetings.

But no one is like Wang Guizhi and Zhao Chunhua, who came to pay New Year's greetings empty-handed.

Is this person here to pay New Year's greetings or to ask for money?

The two of them sat down on the two chairs in the main hall of the Ning family's house. Wang Guizhi looked at the fruit plate on the table and raised her eyes, "Aiju, I'm not saying anything, you're too stingy. Your Ning family is so rich, and you only use these little things to entertain guests during the New Year?"

Sun Aiju smiled with a fake smile, "How can our family be as wealthy as yours, using melon seed shells to entertain guests during the New Year."

Wang Guizhi searched hard and only bought less than two taels of melon seeds for the New Year. However, her sister-in-law's two big fat grandsons were greedy and ate up all the seeds.

The two kids were very smart. They only took a bite of the melon seeds instead of breaking them open. They ate the kernels inside and left the melon seed shells on the fruit plate as they were. You couldn't see them unless you took them with your hands.

On the day when Wang Guizhi's family entertained guests, the guests came and were having a good chat. They were planning to eat while chatting. But then he touched a melon seed and put it in his mouth. Oh my god, there was only the melon seed shell. Where were the melon seed kernels?

Not only can you not eat the melon seeds, the skins are also wet, as if they were stained with saliva, which is really annoying to the customers.

Wang Guizhi was so angry that she took off her shoes, chased the two children from one end of the village to the other, and beat them up.

Wang Guizhi's eyelids twitched when her shortcoming was exposed, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Now it was Zhao Chunhua's turn. She was afraid of not getting any advantage. She quickly peeled salted peanuts and ate them while saying, "Aiju, I really envy you. You are already over 20 years old, but you are not broke and you can get married."

Ning Weiguo didn't know where he bought the salted peanuts, but they were too salty. Sun Aiju didn't even offer tea. Zhao Chunhua ate while spitting. She had to say this sentence three times before she could finish it.

Wang Guizhi recovered from her shock and continued sarcastically, "She just married a bad man. Although she married a military officer, she became a stepmother and the child she raised was not her own. Alas, it's really pitiful."

Sun Aiju was so angry that she wanted to curse, but Ning Tang patted the back of her hand soothingly, meaning that she should do it.

"Auntie Wang, Auntie Zhao, I won't be your stepmother and your son's daughter-in-law, right?" Ning Tang nodded, "That's right, Auntie Wang, your son is over 30 years old and stutters when he speaks. Auntie Zhao, your son is also in his twenties and gets the same work points as the 13 or 14 year old kids in our village. He can't find a good daughter-in-law, so he set his sights on me."

Wang Guizhi couldn't bear to hear people say bad things about her son. She cursed without thinking, "You're talking nonsense. My son would never marry you. You sleep all day long, don't know how to do housework, and are lazy and greedy. Whoever marries you will suffer for the rest of their lives."

Zhao Chunhua continued, "That's right, our son likes you, don't be the one coveting our precious son."

Ning Tang smiled, "Yes, yes, yes. I want Aunt Wang's son. I want him to be old enough to like taking a bath. I want Aunt Zhao's son. I want him to look like a melon."

She blinked, "No? That's right, my husband is energetic, can make money, is clean and likes to do housework, why would I want your sons, what do I want from them?"

Shen Lie just walked into the room. When he heard Ning Tang's words, his eyes twitched. It turned out that he had so many advantages in Ning Tang's eyes. How come he didn't know that?

It was the first time that Wang Guizhi and Zhao Chunhua met Shen Lie. As soon as they met, they were shocked by the iron-like military aura of Shen Lie.

After taking another closer look, Ning Tang was right. Shen Lie looked quite energetic, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and strong facial features.

He often trained under the scorching sun in the army, and his skin was tanned, but it turned a little whiter in the winter, becoming a wheat color. Also, because of the training, he had a great figure and strong muscles.

In the eyes of most villagers, they like this type, because they are good at work and can earn money, which is more important than anything else. They are the pillars of the family and are good men.

If Shen Lie were placed in Shangang Village, he would be extremely popular.

Not to mention that Shen Lie can make money. His monthly salary of around 704,000 yuan easily crushes all the men in Shangang Village.

When they thought about the fact that their son was indeed no match for Shen Lie, Wang Guizhi and Zhao Chunhua became furious and started screaming and cursing.

One moment they said that Ning Tang was a stepmother, the next moment they said that Da Wa and the other three adopted children would definitely not be filial, one moment they said that Ning Tang was greedy for Shen Lie's money, and the next moment they said that Ning Tang didn't get married until she was over 20, which was a disgrace to her ancestors.

In short, Ningtang was belittled from top to bottom and from left to right.

Ning Tang was not angry but laughed instead, because these two people were just impotent and furious.

She waved her hand and asked Erniu to come over. She said to her, "If you are still not married when you are 30, Mom will not urge you. Those who say that no one will want a woman who is 30 years old if she can't get married are usually people like Grandma Zhao and Grandma Wang. They just want to suppress you."

Erniu was puzzled and scratched her braids, "Why are they suppressing me?"

Ning Tang said, "Because they want to suppress you, make you cheap, make you feel that you are not good at this or that, and then lower your own standards for choosing a spouse, so that their useless sons and grandsons will have wives to marry."

This time, Erniu understood and clenched her fist, "Erniu understands."

What her mother meant was that her own value should not be reflected in the mouths of these two grandmothers.

"Be good." Ning Tang patted the little girl's head, "Go play."

Erniu went out with light steps and skipped.

In the room, Wang Guizhi and Zhao Chunhua were also so angry that they jumped to their feet, because their deepest thoughts were touched upon and they were used as negative examples, and they could not help but utter dirty words.

Ning Tang didn't want to argue with them, but Sun Aiju didn't want to either. She couldn't stand others belittling her daughter. She took out a broom from behind the door and waved it vigorously, "Get out of here, both of you. You are not welcome in our house."

Wang Guizhi and Zhao Chunhua looked at each other and saw cold light in each other's eyes. They rolled up their sleeves and prepared to have a good fight with Sun Aiju.

Shen Lie took a step forward, grabbed one of them by the back of the collar with one hand, and threw them out the door like they were chickens.

Wang Guizhi and Zhao Chunhua were both notorious troublemakers in Shangang Village. They were thrown into the dirt and of course they were not convinced. They immediately wanted to make a comeback and have a good fight with Sun Aiju and Ning Tang.

However, Shen Lie stood in front of the door, and his tall figure blocked the door tightly.

He was two heads taller than the short Wang Guizhi and Zhao Chunhua. From their perspective, Shen Lie was like a huge mountain, and his shadow completely covered them.

Wang Guizhi and Zhao Chunhua were frightened at once, a trace of fear flashed across their faces, and they said harshly, "You, you wait." After that, they ran away without looking back, and one of their shoes was gone.

On February 11th, Ning Tang and Shen Lie will pack their luggage and prepare to return to Hailang Island.

The three of them, Da Wa, Er Niu and San Wa, were having a lot of fun in Shangang Village. Shangang Village is a rural village in the north, which has a completely different style from Hailang Island in the south.

Ningde took the eldest and third children to the mountains to dig out beehives and to the river to pick up eggs laid by wild ducks. With Ningde, the big boy, leading them, going up the mountains and down the river every day, the two little children were simply having a great time and didn't want to leave.

These days, Sun Aiju has been keeping Erniu by her side every day, braiding her hair, making tiger-head shoes for her, and making small clothes for her. She dotes on her so much. Erniu likes her grandmother and of course is reluctant to leave.

So when they heard that they were going back to Hailang Island, the three little ones immediately became unhappy. They grabbed Ning Tang and Shen Lie's pants and howled like ghosts, refusing to go back no matter what.

Shen Lie threatened them, "No? Don't go back after you go back."

The three little ones looked at each other and seemed to think this was pretty good?

Ning Tang said, "Big boy, Dahu is still waiting for you on the island. Let's see if you can bring him any gifts when you go back to your grandma's house. Erniu, your little friend Fangfang has made an appointment with you to play skipping rope together when you go back."

The eldest boy and the second girl looked at each other and saw hesitation in each other's eyes.

Grandma and grandpa are important, but little friends are also indispensable.

Sun Aiju was happy and patted the heads of the two children. "If you miss your grandma, you can come back anytime to visit us. Or if you are free, your grandma and I will go to the island to visit you. You can go."

The eldest and second daughter finally complied, holding Ning Weiguo and Sun Aiju on the left and right respectively, "It's a deal, grandma and grandpa, you must come to the island to see us."

"Okay, okay." Ning Weiguo responded in a low voice.

Sanwa followed the lead of his older brothers and sisters and took care of the two older children, so it was natural for him to do it easily.

In contrast, Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu did not have the slightest reluctance to part with the Ning Wei Party and Zhou Yin.

Su Junyan regretted coming to Shangang Village even more. Shangang Village was not like Hailang Island where it was spring all year round. Instead, it was freezing cold and made people shiver. He was not used to sleeping on the heated kang. After only a few days, the dark circles under his eyes were heavier than those of a panda.

So when they heard that they were leaving, the one big and two small ones were full of energy and looked radiant.

Ning Xue also wanted to leave, but she encountered a kidnapper on the train and lost fifty yuan, which was a bad start. When she arrived at Shangang Village, everything went wrong as expected.

To Ning Weidang and Zhou Yin, the behavior of this family is nothing short of ruthless.

They came from a long way, and our family treated them to delicious food and drinks, but they couldn't wait to leave...

I think the old saying still makes sense: if a girl marries someone else, she becomes an outsider and is betraying her.

On the morning of the 12th, the two families got up early and prepared to rush to the train station in the city.

Before leaving, the eldest, second and third children held Ning Weiguo and Sun Aiju's hands, reluctant to leave and said they would write to the old couple when they returned.

Ning Weiguo and Sun Aiju were reluctant to leave their three children, so they prepared egg steamed buns, dried sweet potatoes and some special products of Shangang Village in advance for them to take back and eat on the way.

Su Junyan led Ning Xue, Su Guangzong, and Su Yaozu to face Ning Wei's party and Zhou Yin. They looked at each other, not knowing what to say. Okay, he coughed, "Well, father-in-law and mother-in-law, we'll leave first."

Ning Wei's party hummed expressionlessly.

Zhou Yin held Ning Xue's hand and had many things to say, "When you go back to work and get your salary, don't forget to send the money back. I'll keep it for you."

Hearing Zhou Yin's words, Su Junyan's brows and heart skipped a beat.

The money Ning Xue earned was for their little family. What was the point of giving it to Zhou Yin?

He glanced at Ning Xue and saw that she looked nonchalant. He moved his mouth but said nothing. Forget it, they were about to part ways, so he didn't want to cause any trouble.

Although Zhou Yin cares more about Ning De's affairs, she does not care about Ning Xue at all. After all, Ning Xue is her only daughter.

She held Ning Xue's hand, glanced at Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu, and whispered, "You still have to give birth to your own child when you go back? After all, it's someone else's child..."

She thought she was speaking quietly, but in fact everyone around her heard it.

Su Junyan's face turned purple and he couldn't get down from the stage.

The twins had no expression on their faces and remained silent.

Ning Xue immediately retorted, "It's impossible. Guangzongyaozu is my biological son. It's impossible for me to have other children in my life except for these two."

Zhou Yin was so angry that he hit her. "Why are you so stupid? Wait until you are old and see if they will be filial to you."

Zhou Yin really thought that her daughter was extremely stupid. Not only did she become a stepmother, but she was even so naive as to think that her two children who were not her biological children would be filial to her.

Who knows? Once Su Junyan dies, the twins will kick her out of the house and leave her wandering the streets.

Thinking that the daughter was so silly, she had to be smarter. Zhou Yin said, "You should give me all the money you earn for safekeeping. I will use it to find a wife for your brother, and then give birth to a big fat grandson. When your nephew grows up, he will support you. Remember, your nephew and you are family."

Su Junyan's face turned pale and he shouted, "Mother-in-law!"

Zhou Yin was startled and covered his chest, "What did you call me for?"

Seeing Su Junyan's ugly face, she realized that she had gone too far. Even if she thought so in her heart, she couldn't just say it out loud without any hesitation. She quickly laughed twice, "Haha, Junyan, I was just talking nonsense, don't take it personally."

Su Junyan didn't respond, and it wasn't known whether he took it to heart or not. Anyway, Zhou Yin didn't dare to say anything else and could only wink at Ning Xue.

After staying in Shangang Village for so many days, it was not the first time that Ningtang had seen their jokes.

Look, Sun Aiju is still holding the three of them, Da Wa, with tears in her eyes.

She deliberately said jokingly, "Mom, why don't you ask me to give birth to a baby too?"

Sun Aiju rolled her eyes at her and said, "Isn't it enough to have a big baby, a second baby, and a third baby? You can have children if you want, or not. If you don't want to have children, forget it."

Ning Tang was happy, "Mom, you look so happy."

Sun Aiju rolled her eyes. How could she not look away when she saw that?

Ning Jun was in his thirties and still hadn't gotten married, and Ning Tang also waited until he was in his twenties to get married.

If you can't get over it and keep making things difficult for yourself, then you might as well just quit living, wash yourself clean, and find a crooked tree to hang yourself.

"Anyway, I have figured it out. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. If I don't have any, I will enjoy the blessings myself." Sun Aiju said.

Older sisters of the same age as her have raised their own children, and are also taking care of their grandchildren. They are busy all day long and have no time to rest. They don't even have time to hang out and chat.

On the other hand, she sees Ning Jun defending his country in the army, and Ning Tang living a comfortable life on Hailang Island. She doesn't have to worry about either of them.

She goes to work every day, and after work she grabs a handful of peanuts and chats around. She has plenty of time and can do whatever she wants. She is so carefree.

She felt that at this age, she could only relax in the second half of her life.

Everyone was so amused that they could not stop laughing, and the sad atmosphere of farewell was swept away.

The three elder brothers waved their little handkerchiefs and said goodbye to Ning Weiguo and Sun Aiju happily.

We didn't talk much on the way back and stayed on the train for another seven days.

When Ningtang got home, he smelled his clothes and found that they all smelled bad.

She quickly took the three kids to take a bath, and after they finished, she and Shen Lie went in to take a bath.

After taking a shower, the two adults and three children breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more relaxed all over.

It was noon, Shen Lie was cooking in the kitchen, and Ning Tang took the three children to clean the house and wipe the windows.

They went to Shangang Village for half a month this time, and many places in the house were covered with dust.

Shen Lie had already prepared the meals and had only cleaned half of the house.

During the Chinese New Year period, Shen Lie had a feast of meat and fish every day in Shangang Village, so he wanted to go home and eat something light.

There were no vegetables at home, so when he went to Mrs. Luo's house to deliver some special products from Shangang Village, he also asked for some vegetables.

The bitter melons, potatoes and tomatoes planted in Mrs. Luo's yard were ripe, so she picked a basket full of them for Shen Lie and also gave him a few eggs.

So the dishes on the table were fried eggs with tomatoes, fried eggs with bitter melon, and spicy and sour shredded potatoes.

The eldest boy only eats scrambled eggs with tomatoes and spicy and sour potato shreds, and occasionally he also picks up a little egg from the scrambled eggs with bitter melon, but he never touches bitter melon.

Shen Lie noticed this and put a piece of bitter melon into his bowl, "Don't be picky about food."

The eldest boy swallowed the bitter melon with a gloomy face. "Who on earth invented something so unpalatable as bitter melon? Tomorrow I will go to Sister Luo's yard and pull out all the bitter melons she planted."

Ning Tang said, "If you really want to do this, I can guarantee that Captain Shen can ask Mrs. Luo for a bag of bitter melon seeds and plant them in our yard. Then you will have bitter melon to eat every day."

Older children can still tell the difference between the harms of eating bitter melon once a day and eating bitter melon every day.

He forced a smile and said exaggeratedly, "Oh, I love bitter melon the most." He chewed the bitter melon while speaking, feeling the bitter and astringent juice sliding into his throat, and sobbed twice, "Wuwuwu, it's delicious."

Ning Tang was happy, "That's enough, that's enough, you're so picky about food at this age, look at Erniu and Sanwa, they're not picky about food at all."

The eldest boy was speechless and just kept talking about him. When he didn't see, Ningtang did the same thing when she ate scrambled eggs with tomatoes, only eating the eggs and not the tomatoes.