Tie Dan was five years old at the time. He ate a lot and was quite strong, looking about seven or eight years old. He was alone on the mountain, neither crying nor making a fuss. He squatted on the ground watching the grasshoppers fight. When Tie Dan's mother and husband returned home, they discovered that their youngest son was missing. They were so inspired that they ran up the mountain to look for him without asking any questions. They found Tie Dan quietly halfway up the mountain.
After that, Niu Dazhu separated from his three brothers. He was an honest man, but also stubborn. He would sell his blood to support his children. Since they were born, he was responsible for raising them. If the children didn't have enough to eat, it was because he was incompetent. He didn't blame the children for eating too much.
Life became even more difficult after the family split up. The whole family was starving, but they managed to survive. Niu Dazhu's proudest achievement in his life was that during the most difficult years, he didn't abandon any of his children and raised them all to adulthood healthy.
Thinking of the bitter past, Tie Dan's mother was filled with emotion. She never dreamed that she would live such a life as an emperor, and that the one who brought her and her husband such happiness was their most insignificant youngest son.
When we sent Tiedan to Buui, we only wanted him to have a way to survive; we never expected our youngest son to amount to anything.
Because Tie Dan was mentally challenged from a young age and couldn't speak until he was three, everyone called him a fool. Tie Dan's mother also thought he was a bit mentally challenged, but no matter how mentally challenged he was, he was still her own flesh and blood, so she didn't mind. Tie Dan's mother was even planning to save some money to find a wife for Tie Dan. She didn't care about his appearance, as long as he was a woman, that was fine, so that she could at least bear children for Tie Dan.
To everyone's surprise, Tie Dan has not only become very successful, but also married a beautiful woman from a big city. His family is a big business owner, and he is a college graduate. Even the mayor's college graduate son married a woman who was just an unremarkable junior college graduate. How could she compare to Tie Dan?
Although Tie Dan's mother had some reservations about Tang Yuanyuan's full belly, she was still very proud. After all, Tang Yuanyuan had brought her a lot of honor. There was no daughter-in-law as outstanding as her within a hundred miles. Who wouldn't envy her!
“That’s Tiedan’s filial piety. Auntie, how can you not spend it? Look, Tiedan brought back another cartload of filial piety gifts. You and Uncle Dazhu can spend it as much as you want.” Sister Juying coaxed Tiedan’s mother so much that she was overjoyed and couldn’t believe her eyes. She really thought that the cartload of gifts was a gift that Tiedan had brought back.
The two middle-aged women beside him had their eyes gleaming and were starting to plot. They were Tie Dan's two older sisters, the eldest, Niu Tieying, and the second, Niu Tiezhi. They were not exactly peaceful people and had been whispering in Tie Dan's mother's ear for years.
They've got their eyes on that truckload of treasures now, so they should at least get some. They were the ones who starved their little brother to survive back then, so it's only right that they ask for something now.
The other two women also had their own agendas. They were Tie Dan's two sisters-in-law, the eldest sister-in-law Li Yanqiu and the second sister-in-law Liu Chuntao. Like the two older sisters-in-law, Tang Yuanyuan and Tie Dan's mother were often estranged because of these two women.
Leading the way was Tie Dan's SUV. The two children were full of energy, but Tang Yuanyuan looked exhausted. Her back was about to break, and her bottom was sore from sitting. Tie Dan put a chair down for her to lie down, but she was still uncomfortable because the mountain road was too bumpy.
"We're almost there, go back and rest." Tie Dan felt extremely sorry for his wife and tried to drive slowly, but in his heart he was planning to repair the road at the entrance of the village so that his wife wouldn't have to suffer every time she came back.
"There's no time to rest, there's so much to pack and organize." Tang Yuanyuan rubbed her lower back, which was both sore and aching. This was one of the reasons she didn't like going back to her hometown; it was too exhausting to make the trip back.
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