There was no way she was going to give the fried meatballs to Xia Lina. After sending away Xia's mother who was taking advantage of her, Shuying hurried to the kitchen to fry some tofu puffs.

Mother Xia didn't get any advantage and went back to Fang's house cursing.

In front of Fang's mother and Fang Boran, Xia's mother still had a gentle smile and a reasonable look on her face, and turned around to talk to her daughter in the room.

Xia's mother started to curse again, scolding the daughter-in-law next door for being too stingy and calculative, and said it was no wonder that her daughter couldn't get along with the other party. She also told Xia Lina to be on guard against the daughter-in-law from the Chen family next door. The truth is that the daughter-in-law next door looks like a vixen, and who knows if she will seduce her man?

"Mom, Yang Shuying is a petty and calculative woman. Why are you going to her house? She and I don't have a good relationship. How could she send food to our family?" After meeting Yang Shuying last time, Xia Lina was very jealous of Yang Shuying's good looks. Why didn't Yang Shuying become uglier but more beautiful and fairer?

Xia Lina secretly asked Mrs. Gao how Yang Shuying became so white, but Mrs. Gao said that Yang Shuying inherited her grandmother's white skin, which made Xia Lina jealous.

Xia Lina could only curse in her heart that Yang Shuying would become uglier and uglier after giving birth.

Mother Xia thought that it was because the food next door smelled too good. She just saw the children from that family bringing a bowl of fried meatballs to the next door. The fried meatballs were fried in oil and smelled very good.

People with rich financial resources would not afford to fry meatballs in oil all year round, but the young wife next door is very good at sewing.

In the morning, Xia's mother asked her son-in-law about the family next door and learned that the man next door has a higher military rank than her son-in-law and earns more than her son-in-law. He is older but a little bit less than her son-in-law. She heard that he made a great contribution during this mission and has a bright future.

Otherwise, how could the neighbor’s daughter-in-law’s sewing hands be so big?

Mother Xia was somewhat resentful that Xia Lina didn't introduce such a good partner to her younger sister earlier.

Xia Lina has had an average relationship with the younger sister of the Xia family since she was a child, so how could she be introduced to someone?

The younger sister of the Xia family had already obtained a marriage certificate, so Xia's mother didn't say much, but just sighed that this girl was not as lucky and capable as her sister, who could not find a man who was a soldier with a high salary.

Mother Xia is quite fond of her son-in-law who is a soldier. He is good-looking, has a high salary, and doesn't beat women. He is much better than a young lady's man, and he is very good to her daughter Lina.

Xia's mother could see it very clearly. If the couple really wanted to divorce, it would be easy for her son-in-law to find a good partner after the divorce, but it would be difficult for her daughter-in-law.

Now, Xia's mother earnestly advised her daughter not to quarrel with her son-in-law, and to get along well with Fang's mother. If she quarreled with Fang's mother, what would happen to her reputation?

Xia's mother scolded Xia Lina for being brainless again.

These days, Xia Lina often says bad things about Yang Shuying when she returns to the Xia family. Xia's mother feels unfair for her. The more she thinks about it, the more she feels that the daughter-in-law of the Chen family next door is very scheming.

Otherwise, how come her daughter's good reputation and job were all gone when she first arrived? And her relationship with her son-in-law became worse and worse?

Xia's mother said, "When your son-in-law asked you to send money to the old lady, you should have sent some for the sake of face. Even if you sent money, the old lady couldn't bring the children to your house. You didn't send a penny, which made you unreasonable. How could your son-in-law miss you? Now, your son-in-law has to give half of his salary to the old lady every month, and you still have to support a few people who eat for free. You say, child, why are you so stupid?"

Xia Lina feels a little regretful now. Two days ago, her husband went to her parents' house to pick her up, but she made a fuss and refused to pay Fang's mother's salary. Her husband used to coax her, but in the following days, he didn't even go to pick her up when the Chinese New Year was approaching. Today, her parents insisted that she go back to celebrate the New Year, and her mother finally accompanied her back.

There were a few people in the family who were eating for free, and Xia Lina was unhappy. Xia's mother rolled her eyes and suddenly asked, "Did you ask your son-in-law what happened to his elder brother?"

"It was just an accident while digging for coal at the construction site!"

"No compensation for the accident?"

"Mom, what do you mean?"

Xia's mother said that there is usually compensation for such accidents, and the money is probably not a small amount, so it might not be a loss for her to support two freeloaders.

Besides, her son-in-law's uncle's job can make money. Xia's mother said, "My son-in-law's mother must have a lot of money! I estimate it's thousands of yuan!"

As soon as Xia's mother finished speaking, Xia Lina's eyes lit up and she was very excited: "Mom, are you serious? My mother-in-law has thousands of yuan in her hands?"

Xia Lina's voice trembled as she spoke, "Thousands of dollars, how much money does that cost!"

"Is that true?" Xia's mother continued, "I see that the two children of my son-in-law's uncle are not too young, and the older one can help you with things. It will only take a few years to raise the two children, and you may even receive a dowry in the future. As for my son-in-law's nephew, you have done enough to raise him, and you don't need to find a wife for him, and my son-in-law can't say anything. And as for the old lady, if you treat the two children well, when she can't hold on any longer in a few years, she will give you all her private money."

Mother Xia became angrier and angrier as she spoke. She was angry that her daughter had no brains, and she used the example of the daughter-in-law next door, saying how good she was at being a human being.

However, Xia's mother certainly didn't believe that the young wife next door was willing to support a freeloader for no reason, either for fame or for other reasons.

The more Xia Lina listened, the more she felt that what her mother said was right. It was worth it to provide food for two children and earn thousands of dollars. She could also gain a good reputation. Why didn't she think of it at the beginning?

Just think of Yang Shuying raising a nephew. I don't know if she is really good to the child or just pretending to be good to him. Everyone in the military district praises her like a flower. If she really doesn't want to raise those two children, other people in the military district may say that she is not as good as Yang Shuying in every way!

"Mom, what should I do now? And what about my husband's salary?"

Xia's mother asked her to get along well with Fang's mother first, and let Fang's mother and son-in-law see how well she treats the two children. Once the son-in-law and the old lady know that she is willing to raise the children and treats them well, will the old lady still have the nerve to accept money from the son-in-law?

Not only will she be able to earn a lot of money from raising a child in the future, but she will also gain fame. How could Xia Lina not agree?

Shuying had no idea what the Xia family's mother and daughter were planning. Now the three of them were sitting at the table in the main hall eating their New Year's Eve dinner.

The New Year’s Eve dinner Shuying prepared was quite sumptuous. Nowadays, it is considered quite good for a large family to have two or three meat dishes for the New Year’s Eve dinner.

She has a small family, so she also cooked three meat dishes, including fried meatballs, stewed pig's trotters with soybeans, spicy rabbit meat, boiled tofu and several other vegetables.

Chen Yi was dazzled by the sight of so many delicious dishes. His favorite was fried meatballs. Shuying placed fried meatballs and spicy rabbit meat in front of him.

Chen Yi's cheeks were bulging with food, and he ate a lot of spicy rabbit meat. He curiously asked how they could have spicy rabbit meat if they didn't pick any rabbits?

Shuying said to Chen Yi, "This is what your grandma sent to us."

Chen Xi knew about this and told the child to be filial to his grandmother in the future. Chen Yi immediately replied: "I will definitely be filial to my grandmother. All the money I earn in the future will be given to my aunt!"

Shuying wanted to laugh and was moved by the innocent words of the children. She served a small bowl of pig's trotters to each of the two and let them taste it. Chen Xi looked at his wife tenderly and said in a deep voice: "You can support your wife with the money you earn yourself!" His wife would support herself.

"I don't want my wife to pay money! My father spent a lot of money to marry my stepmother!" Chen Yi looked disgusted.

Shuying almost choked when she heard this, but Chen Xi showed no expression and was serving her a bowl of soybean pork trotters. She didn't really want to eat pork trotters at the moment and wanted to eat other dishes more. Chen Xi picked up almost all meat dishes for her and asked her to eat more.

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It was her first time to make soybean pig's trotters. Chen Xi and the children both ate them with relish. The soft and chewy pig's trotters had no hairy smell at all. It was the first time that Chen Xi and his nephew knew that pig's trotters could be so delicious.

There was a table full of delicious food, but Shuying was worried that she had cooked too much and they couldn't finish it. In the end, they ate it all. Especially since her husband had a big appetite, he cleaned up the rest of the food so that nothing was wasted.

After washing the dishes, Chen Xi went out. It was still quite early after the New Year's Eve dinner, so Chen Yi wanted to go next door to play with the three Gao brothers. Shu Ying agreed and gave him a red envelope and put it in his pocket. As for his uncle's red envelope, he could ask him for it later!

Chen Yi was extremely happy to receive the red envelope, his little face was flushed with excitement, especially since his auntie let him spend the money in the red envelope however he wanted, Chen Yi was extremely excited.

Chen Yi received a red envelope, and the three brothers of the Gao family next door also received red envelopes after the New Year's Eve dinner. Gao Tuan and Gao Dasao each gave one, and Gao Dasao picked it up and gave each child one cent. Gao Tuan was more generous this year and gave each child five cents, which was enough to make the three brothers of the Gao family very happy.

Even Gao Zhi, the oldest brother, was extremely happy this time. After all, in previous years his father only gave one cent more than his mother, but this year his father actually gave five cents to each of the three brothers.

Just now, when Chen Yi went to Gao's house to play, Gao Yuan was showing off his two red envelopes to Chen Yi, and asked him if he had any red envelopes and how much money was in them. After all, Gao Zhigao was also a child, and he was very curious about how much money Aunt Yang and Uncle Chen gave to Chen Yi's younger brother.

Chen Yi said: "My aunt gave me a red envelope, but my uncle didn't!"

Gao Zhigao and the Gao Yuan brothers thought that Chen Yi only had one red envelope, and the three brothers looked at him with sympathy.

After Chen Yi opened the red envelope, the three Gao brothers saw that Aunt Yang actually gave Chen Yi's younger brother (the eldest) a dollar. The three brothers were completely stunned with their eyes wide open.

The three brothers screamed and cried loudly. Mrs. Gao and Gao Tuan, who were still having the New Year's Eve dinner in the main room, thought something had happened.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Mrs. Gao yelled!

The excited second son Gao Xiangxian ran into the main room and shouted to Gao Tuan and Gao Dasao: "Dad, Mom, Aunt Yang actually gave brother Chen Yi a piece of money!"