Because her younger brother Li Zhijie has been like this since he was a child, always loving to steal her things. At that time, they were much poorer than they are now. They never had enough food all year round, and even gnawed on tree bark when they were hungry.

After finally getting some food, it would be snatched away by Li Zhijie before she could even put it in her mouth. Of course she was reluctant to let it go, and the two siblings often fought over food.

Every time, Zhu Hongping sided with his younger brother Li Zhijie, beating and scolding her, and even helping Li Zhijie to snatch the things she had hidden.

Over time, Li Zhijie became more and more lawless. When he was in his teens, he started hanging out with the village hooligans, doing everything from stealing fruits to stealing chickens and dogs. Now he is in jail.

He was sentenced to eight years in prison some time ago. Zhu Hongping now comes to Ling's house to cry to her every now and then.

Thinking of this, Li Li secretly decided not to indulge her son too much in the future.

Li Li put her son on the ground and coaxed him, "Jia Le, it's wrong to snatch things. Go and apologize to your sister."

Ling Jiale turned around and said, "I won't!"

"You don't want the bag anymore? If you admit your mistake, Auntie will return it to you."

Hearing this, Ling Jiale looked at Yun Mo immediately, with doubt in his eyes, as if asking if it was true.

Yun Mo told him directly, "You should apologize to your sister first because you took her jelly, and secondly, apologize to me. I bought you a schoolbag because I hope you can study hard. Look at what you have done. Such a beautiful schoolbag, others want it but you don't cherish it!"

Finally, after Li Li's coaxing, Ling Jiale reluctantly admitted his mistake to Ling Chunhua and Yun Mo.

Yun Mo kept her word and returned the schoolbag to him.

Ling Jiale is a typical student who only remembers food but not punishment. He started to show off when he got his schoolbag and asked for more jelly.

Li Li habitually grabbed two jellies from the basket and stuffed them into her son's hands, but ignored her eldest daughter.

Yun Mo called Ling Chunhua over and took two jellies from the basket for her.

Seeing Li Li looking over, Yun Mo simply made it clear, "Sister-in-law, I bought this jelly for my sister and my brother. It's your business if you favor Jiale, but you can't use the things I bought for Chunhua to favor Jiale."

After saying that, Yun Mo divided the remaining jelly in the basket into two portions and gave one to each sibling.

"Chunhua, keep these jellies well. If anyone dares to snatch them, you must be rude to him and beat him until he dares not to snatch them again."

Yun Mo's words were a warning to Ling Jiale, and at the same time, she was also reminding Li Li to stop targeting Chunhua.

Li Li pouted, "Sister-in-law, if you like daughters so much, why don't you give birth to one yourself? You can spoil her however you want, no one can control her."

Yun Mo responded in a neither soft nor hard way, "If sister-in-law thinks I'm too nice to your Jiale, then I'll just come to your house empty-handed next time."

Li Li suddenly fell silent.

Perhaps he had learned his lesson, for Ling Jiale stopped making noise during the meal.

It was already late after dinner, so Ling Jiang sent the two of them out without trying to keep them.

On the way home, Yun Mo felt Ling Chuan's silence and felt inexplicably bad.

"Lingchuan, do you think I went too far in teaching your nephew a lesson?"

Ling Chuan turned his head to look at her, his dark eyes revealing a hint of confusion and bewilderment, as if he didn't understand what she said.

But he still spoke quickly, "Momo, you are Jiale's aunt, you are qualified to discipline him."

Yun Mo snorted, turned her head away and said nothing more.

Of course Ling Chuan could see that she was unhappy, but he didn't know the reason. He thought Yun Mo was angry with her sister-in-law and nephew, so he subconsciously coaxed her: "Momo, I think you disciplined her very well today. You will definitely be a good mother in the future."

Yun Mo's face suddenly became hot, and she turned her head away angrily, "Who told you this?"

"Didn't you ask me?"

Yun Mo choked up, "I'm talking about Jiale. Are you unhappy because you think I was too harsh on Jiale?"

Yun Mo looked at him, "Then why were you silent just now? What were you thinking about?"

"I was thinking about my brother's work..."

Before he could finish his words, the tram arrived at the station. Ling Chuan had to stop talking and pull Yun Mo off the bus.

"Momo, my brother told me today that he wants to go back to the construction site to work, and I'm worried..."

The south of the city where the Siheyuan is located is much more convenient than the old street in terms of environment and transportation facilities. The street lights at the intersection extend all the way to the entrance of the Siheyuan where Yun Mo lives, so there is no need to worry about not being able to see when walking at night.

The two walked side by side, the dim street lights made their shadows stretch to one long and one short, yet inexplicably harmonious.

"Lingchuan, if you really want to help Big Brother, I have a suggestion."

After hearing what his wife said, Ling Chuan showed some joy on his face.

As they get to know each other better day by day, Ling Chuan has long been convinced of his wife's intelligence and talent. Even if his wife says that the moon in the sky is green, he will agree.

"Momo, you talk, I'm listening."

"It will be hard to support a big family just by working. When Chunhua and Jiale grow up, their annual tuition will be a big expense. If Chunhua and Jiale work hard and get admitted to college, the burden on you will be even heavier. My idea is that we lend you some money and let you do some small business."

"What kind of small business?"

Yun Mo turned her head and looked at him, "Do you know whose money is easiest to make?"

Ling Chuan shook his head.

"It's women. Women's money is the easiest to make, no doubt about it. No matter if she's young, old, or mature, as long as she's a woman, she loves beauty. Even if she doesn't like to dress up, she'll have to buy a few combs and hair ties throughout the year."

Ling Chuan thought for a moment, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be nice to open a small shop selling grains, oil, rice, noodles, sauces, vinegar and tea? These are necessities of life, and every household needs them."

Yun Mo smiled and said, "Let me ask you, how much does a pound of rice cost outside now?"

"Indica rice costs 0.2 yuan, and japonica rice costs 0.3 yuan."

"How much profit can I make from selling a pound of rice?"

“No more than 5 points.”

"Then do you know how much the pair of hairbands I bought for Chunhua cost?"

Ling Chuan shook his head.

Yun Mo smiled and raised a finger.

Ling Chuan was very surprised, "One dollar?"

Yun Mo nodded, "Then do you know how much a pair of hair ties cost?"

Ling Chuan shook his head again.

"As far as I know, no more than 1 cent."

Hearing this, even the calm and composed Ling Chuan couldn't help but show a look of shock.

They can make 0.9 cents by selling a pair of hairbands, and the profit margin is no lower than that of reselling digital watches.

Yun Mo continued, "But I bought them in a store. The rent and labor costs are high, and the price of hair ties is also high. If I were to sell them at a street stall, I would only have to sell a pair of hair ties for 50 cents."

Good night~ 　　I will update three times in the next two days because I need to save manuscripts. There will be a recommendation on the 27th, and then I will update 10,000 times in two consecutive days. The fairies who read the article don’t forget to vote for Lao Qi, muah~

(End of this chapter)