Haotian looked at Dawang and his companions in surprise. He didn't expect that they would argue with the old lady over Lin Lan.

Although they didn't say anything directly, everyone could see at a glance that these children were supporting their mother.

Thinking about myself, I am already 16 years old after the Chinese New Year. Every time I see an old lady scolding my mother, although I feel very upset and have something to say, I don’t know why, I am too embarrassed and can’t say it.

I always feel like there's a lock on my throat, locking all those rebuttals tightly inside and preventing them from coming out.

After all, his grandparents were pretty nice to him on a daily basis, so he really couldn't say anything to contradict them.

But on New Year's Day, grandma was so disrespectful to his mother that he felt very uncomfortable.

Now seeing Da Wang and the others supporting Lin Lan, I feel even worse.

"It's time to eat." Old Mrs. Han felt like she would get mad to death if she continued talking, so she waved her hand and went into the east room, asking Mrs. Han to serve the dishes.

Mrs. Han brought the rice and served the dishes, and Lin Lan also lent a hand to help.

Han Dasao said, "Third Madam, please go sit on the north kang. I will do it."

This kind of small house would seem cramped for a few tall people like Han Qingsong, let alone so many adults and children.

Fortunately, the beams and purlins were connected, so although the house is small, it is deep and the south and north kangs are separated.

So there was a table on the south kang, with the old couple, Han Jinyu and their three sons, and another table on the north kang, with the women and children.

But there are too many children. Lin Lan's family has five. The eldest daughter of the first wife got married two years ago. There are still the eldest son Haotian and the youngest daughter Gumi in the family. The second wife now has three children, the eldest son Dafu, the daughter Gaoliang, and the youngest son Xiaofu. Add in the three sisters-in-law, and there is no room for them on one kang.

The northern kang is small to begin with, and it is impossible to squeeze ten children and three adults into such a small space.

When Han Ersao saw Lin Lan coming, she immediately climbed onto the kang and pounded her legs, "Oh, I'm so tired, cooking and making dumplings, I can't move at all. You from the third family can enjoy the good life, you come and eat, you just have to run errands down there."

When Gao Liang heard this, he immediately climbed onto the kang and sat inside, "Mom, let me massage your legs."

Xiaofu had been lying on the kang for a long time, with the two of them occupying most of the kang.

Han's second wife also winked at Dafu, asking him to hurry to the other side.

Dafu looked at Haotian, Dawang and Erwang. They were all standing on the ground.

Han Ersao winked at him vigorously, and he climbed up. "Then I'll sit for a while."

The old Korean said, "Haotian, come over here and eat."

Hao Tian said: "No need, Grandpa, my brother and sister and I can just eat a few bites here."

Sister Han said to Lin Lan, "Mother Da Wang, come here. Let's eat in the main room. Don't go to the table."

Seeing Lin Lan standing there with nowhere to sit, Gu Mi whispered, "Third Madam, please sit here on the edge of the kang." Because of what happened last time, she felt a little uneasy.

She is a few months older than Dawang. She is usually quiet and honest. She works all the time. She is not as cunning as Gaoliang, nor as sweet-mouthed as Maisui.

In the past, she and Mai Sui were ordered by the old lady to serve Han Jinyu and do laundry. Mai Sui could earn some food, but Gu Mi could not.

And because old lady Han always complained about her granddaughter not being able to work and just eat, and kept nagging her every day, she became particularly sensitive and even quieter.

Although she wanted to say something to Lin Lan to show her goodwill at this moment, she couldn't find the words and felt a little restless.

Naturally, Lin Lan didn't bother with the child. Seeing that Gu Mi was a little timid, she smiled and let her and Mai Sui sit down.

"I'll help your mother serve the dishes and pour some water. You guys can eat."

Gu Mi just hummed.

Mai Sui asked, "Sister, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Gumi shook his head, "No, there are fried peanuts. Can I get them for you?"

Mai Sui refused. "I don't like it now. My mother said it's too oily and I can't eat too much."

Gao Liang curled his lips when he heard this, "Eating a few makes you greasy? If you don't like it, give it to me. I love it."

Mai Sui smiled and said, "At home, my third aunt gave me a lot, but I don't like to eat any of them."

Gao Liang rolled his eyes.

Mai Sui ignored her and only talked to Gu Mi.

Mrs. Han served all the dishes on the south kang, and Lin Lan also brought all the dishes on the north kang.

Han Ersao's family immediately picked up their chopsticks and started eating the food quickly. Xiaofu was still running a big nose, and Mai Sui felt sick immediately.

Lin Lan had raised her to be gentle and sophisticated, and she felt uncomfortable seeing other people slacking their chopsticks and smacking their lips, not to mention that Han's second sister-in-law's family had all the problems at the dinner table.

There was a pot of food, and Han's second wife was turning it over and over with chopsticks, trying to find a piece of meat.

Gaoliang was sucking on his chopsticks, Xiaofu was sniffing his nose and smacking his lips, and Dafu was not much better, with a stinky smell of putty from not having a shower all winter that stung his nose.

Wheat Ear felt disgusted and didn't eat a single bite.

Xiaowang wasn't hungry to begin with, as he had eaten a bowl of dumpling filling before coming.

Sanwang couldn't bear to see this and frowned, wondering if his parents would spank him if he spit into the basin because they were so rude.

Thinking about the five lashes I remembered, I finally held back.

Finally, the wheat ears and rice were taken off the kang. Xiaowang and Sanwang were not interested in eating them, so they let Han Ersao and her family turn over the pot of cabbage.

Mai Sui wanted to invite Gu Mi to her house for dinner, since her mother had left some meat dishes for her.

At this time, Han's sister-in-law called Lin Lan and the others, "There's not enough room on the kang, so you can come to the main room to eat. There are small stools to sit on."

Seeing that they had all gone downstairs, Han's second sister-in-law became even more enthusiastic and urged the children to eat quickly.

Lin Lan led a few boys downstairs to eat, thinking that the dishes were all the same and there was nothing interesting to eat.

When she arrived at the main room, she realized that her sister-in-law had become quite powerful. Most of the dishes were brought by her, and they were more abundant than those on the south kang.

Mrs. Han distributed chopsticks to Dawang and the others and said, "Eat quickly and eat until you are full."

Da Wang, however, had no appetite. He didn't know why, even though it was all his favorite meat, the meat tasted different compared to when he had it at home.

He was too lazy to even pick up his chopsticks.

Sanwang didn't care. He would eat his fill wherever he went.

He felt good about not having to eat Xiaofu's big snot.

At this time, Mrs. Han shouted happily, "The third child is back, and our family will have the New Year's Eve dinner together again. Hey, it's just that the fourth child is not at home. If the fourth child is at home, our family will be complete."

From her tone, it seemed that only the people at their table were a family, and the daughter-in-law, grandchildren and great-granddaughters on the north kang were not a family.

Lin Lan pretended not to hear and didn't bother to pay attention.

Mrs. Han sneered and said to Lin Lan, "Look, we invited you to dinner even though we were like this. There was only so much meat, and we picked and served it to them on the kang. We felt so sorry for her when we and the children had a bite of meat soup. In fact, the dishes you served were much better than mine, and they had more meat."

She asked the children to eat quickly.

Before the family was divided, Sister-in-law Han worked hard and rarely said a word. But now she feels like she can't hold it in any longer, especially in front of Lin Lan, the sister-in-law who was separated and living a good life. She doesn't want to hide it at all.

Lin Lan also understood her.

Now that Han Qingsong's salary has not been paid and there is no military salary subsidy, life at home is naturally not that good.

But it can't be worse than before. After all, she had herself and five children before. Now Han Qinghua doesn't even bother the family, and Han Jinyu earns some work points. Even if she doesn't earn any, at least she doesn't have to save money and food for her schooling. Logically, the family should be more well-off.

However, Lin Lan could tell at a glance that Old Madam Han was even more partial now and wanted to save money from the women and children of the first and second wives.

If we eat the meat slowly during the Chinese New Year, no one will mind.

But if I insist on making it for the man and Han Jinyu alone, it won't be balanced for anyone else.

So the dishes that Lin Lan brought were divided by Mrs. Han. Most of them were placed downstairs, a small portion was brought to the south kang, and there was nothing on the north kang.

Han's second sister-in-law was still picking up the rice with chopsticks, trying to pick out a piece of meat, but it was just cabbage. How could there be meat?

She shouted, "Sister-in-law, didn't the third brother bring a lot of meat dishes? Why didn't I see any of them? I saw roasted potatoes, chicken jelly, and pork jelly, why haven't they been brought over?"

Mrs. Han said unhappily, "What about the kang?"

Han's second sister-in-law curled her lips.

Han Jinyuman looked at the table on the south kang and saw different dishes in two bowls. He knew at a glance that they were not from his home and knew that they were brought by Lin Lan.

But it’s not a lot at all!

She immediately bypassed Old Lady Han and Second Brother Han, jumped down, and rushed to the main room. She saw Mrs. Han, Lin Lan, and others eating downstairs. She screamed, "You are too much! You are actually eating secretly downstairs!"

Han's eldest sister-in-law: "What do you mean by stealing? Your third sister-in-law brought it to you, and she and her child ate it. What's wrong with that?"

Han's second sister-in-law heard this and rushed over, "Hey, sister-in-law, why are you eating alone?"

When Mrs. Han heard this, she was also angry: "What's going on? Why didn't you serve me the delicious fish and meat that the third son brought?"

Seeing this, Brother Han hurried to the main room to get it, but Han Qingsong held his arm.

Han Qingsong: "Brother, please sit down."

Han Jinyu couldn't stand it when she saw the way her third brother was protecting Lin Lan and her eldest sister-in-law. "Brother, my eldest sister-in-law is really interesting. Is she complaining that mom doesn't give her food or what? She's actually eating secretly behind mom and dad's backs. I never knew she's such a sneaky person."

Brother Han is the kind of person who cares about his reputation and the overall situation. When talking with a group of people in a room, if anyone is a little rude or says something unpleasant, he will feel uncomfortable for a long time, not to mention that his own sister is blaming him so obviously.

His face flushed red, and he didn't know what to say.

Han Qingsong frowned slightly and glanced at Han Jinyu, "You are the one who has too many things to do."

Han Qingsong rarely judges someone's shortcomings subjectively, and rarely accuses others of embarrassing others, whether in front of others or behind their backs. Therefore, everyone thinks he is strict but kind, and although they are afraid of him, they also respect him.

This is the first time that Han Jinyu has been mentioned like this.

Han Jinyu felt as if she had been slapped in the face. Her face turned redder than Brother Han's and she was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Han Erge immediately tried to smooth things over, saying with a smile, "Then divide it up. Bring it over and give half to each of you, and give the other half to the child."

He wanted to go over to get it, but was stopped by Han Qingsong, who said, "Second brother, please sit down."

Han Jinyu was used to being spoiled by her parents, so how could she tolerate the most authoritative man in the house treating her badly?

She rushed over to grab the bowl of jelly on the table, which was her favorite.

In the past, if there were any at home, they would be placed in front of her.

Seeing this, Han's second sister-in-law also wanted to grab some, but she didn't dare to take Han Jinyu's, so she grabbed the other bowl of roasted potatoes with meat.

Lin Lan immediately protected Xiao Wang and stood up to make way for the battlefield. Da Wang moved even faster and picked up San Wang to the side to prevent him from being affected by the soup.

Mai Sui and Er Wang had already moved out of the way when Han Jin Yu rushed over, so Gu Mi and Hao Tian didn't have time to get away and were splashed with the money by Han's second wife.

Han's second wife waved to her daughter and son, asking them to come over quickly.

Dafu rushed over with big strides, but someone tripped under his feet. He rushed towards Han Ersao and pushed her onto the rice cabinet.

Han's eldest sister-in-law moved quickly and snatched the bowl from Han's second sister-in-law, and then snatched the bowl from Han Jinyu's hand.

Han Jinyu immediately screamed, "Why are you stealing my things?"

Old Mrs. Han didn't know what was going on. She knocked on the table with her cane and said, "What are you doing? Bring it all to me! Old lady, are you rebelling?"

Lin Lan has asked Mai Sui and Er Wang to protect San Wang and Xiao Wang and stay outside to avoid being affected.

Sanwang didn't want to leave, his eyes widened, he clenched his fists, and shouted silently: Beat, beat, beat!

When the second brother Han heard this, he quickly called for the second sister-in-law Han to bring it up, "Really, a room full of women is just not good, they are always noisy. What are you doing, making the third brother laugh? You said the third brother finally came back to have a meal."

Brother Han also called out to Sister Han to quickly serve the dishes to the old lady. He saw that Lin Lansheng had such a big bowl, and he thought he would be happy to taste it even if he shared half of it.

Han's eldest sister-in-law sneered, pushed Han Jinyu and Han's second sister-in-law away with her shoulder, and walked in with the bowl.

Han Jinyu was very proud, because he knew that his sister-in-law would not dare to rebel.

Han Qingsong made way for Lin Lan when he saw his sister-in-law coming over, and walked into the main room and said to Lin Lan, "You and the children should go home to eat. I'll be back soon."

Lin Lan also wanted to go back. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Old Lady Han and Han Jinyu in the room scolding Han's sister-in-law one by one.

Old Mrs. Han: "My dear old man, you have become a troublemaker now. If this happened a few years ago, you would have been taken to the brigade for criticism!"

Han Jinyu echoed: "That's right, eating alone without telling your parents is a very unfilial act!"

Gu Mi in the main room turned pale with fright, but Hao Tian felt as if he had been punched. He turned around and wanted to rush in but couldn't move.

Mrs. Han suddenly knocked the bowl onto the table with a loud bang. "Han Jinyu, you are so heartless to say that!"

She seemed to have opened the gate of counterattack all of a sudden. The words that had been accumulated in her head for many years poured out continuously, and her mouth continued uncontrollably: "I eat alone? This year, our family divided five pounds of meat. We kept two pounds, and the rest was used to make dumplings and a pot of stewed meat with vermicelli skin. We served them all on this kang! I stewed a big pot of cabbage with the meat, thinking that the whole family would have a taste during the New Year. But the old lady picked all of them and put them in a bowl and served them all! The second empress dug through the big pot of cabbage all night and couldn't find a piece of meat residue!"

Han Erge smiled awkwardly: "Why are you still like this? Isn't it you who cooks, sister-in-law? Don't be partial to me."

He didn't understand the situation and said it as a joke.

Han's sister-in-law snorted, her laughter was short and sarcastic, "I am biased? I have been married for so many years, I have either worked or cooked, and I have no rest except for a short time at night. Our mother is old, and she gave birth to two babies, Jin Yu and Jin Bao. I took care of her during the confinement period! I took care of her poop and piss in the middle of the night! You say I have no conscience, but who the hell has no conscience knows!"

"Zang Meifeng, you bastard!" Old Lady Han got furious when she heard that she dared to scold her and her daughter, and she cursed, "What did your mother teach you to be so ill-mannered! It's New Year's Day? Are you going to let others celebrate?"

Han Jinyu also felt ashamed and refused to admit that her sister-in-law had ever taken care of her. "Why are you saying this? How old are you? Are you making fun of me? You only took care of me twice, and that was because my mother was tired and sick. How dare you take credit for it!"

As for the old Korean leader, he did not move. Ever since the fourth brother was arrested, he had been a little deaf and blind. As soon as it got dark, he began to feel sleepy. He drank a cup of wine, sat there with his head down and snored.

Brother Han also asked his sister-in-law not to talk about these things, saying that they were just trivial matters and she was not afraid of being embarrassed by talking about them.

Han's sister-in-law turned her head and glared at him, her eyes red, "What's the matter? I work like a slave for you Han family, and you don't let me say a word? Do you want to suffocate me? I cooked the New Year's Eve dinner and made the dumplings. Do you know what your mother said? 'Ah, sister-in-law, pick out the meat and put it on the south kang. The old men have been tired for a year, and this is the only good meal they can have. Let them eat more. We women, we do less work, so it doesn't matter if we eat less. Aren't women for men and children?'"

She wiped away her tears and shook them off. "I am doing this for men and children, and for my own men and children. How come I am a woman and she is not a woman?"

She pointed at Han Jinyu, "Why doesn't she work, doesn't earn any work points, and always lets others serve her like a rich lady? I serve her meals, and my daughter washes her clothes, so what does she do? Men eat meat at the New Year's Eve dinner, but why does she get to eat it? I work so hard all year, but my child doesn't even get a bite to eat!"

Han Jinyu jumped up and was about to hit Han Dasao: "Are you crazy? I am your daughter."

Han's sister-in-law slapped her in the face without any hesitation, "Get out of here, you conscienceless dog! You are my daughters and sons, and my daughters-in-law and grandchildren are outsiders. You are worse than pigs and dogs!"

When Mrs. Han heard her scolding, she immediately shouted, "Boss, you are a dead man, why don't you beat her up for me!"

She actually let the man beat her again. Sister-in-law Han finally broke down. She yelled, "Fuck it, I'm done! Don't eat anyone!"

She grabbed the bowl of food and threw it towards the south window sill. The bowl hit the windowsill, and the soup and food splashed all over Mrs. Han and Old Han, waking up Old Han who was snoring.

"Hmm? What's going on? What's going on?"

"Eldest brother, second brother, third brother, hurry up and grab the ropes and tie up this bitch for me!" Old Mrs. Han's eyes turned red, and she grabbed the walking stick and started beating Sister-in-law Han.

Han's sister-in-law's eyes were red, her hair was messy and she looked crazy. She grabbed the edge of the dining table with both hands and pulled it hard, "Get out of here!"

The dining table along with the bowls and plates on it all fell to the ground with a clang!