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Chapter 7 is not the biological mother

Sun watched helplessly as Shen Zhu turned around and left lightly, her hands stretched forward and her mouth opened and closed again, but nothing came out. She looked as if she was struggling to death, which was extremely ridiculous.

"Fourth brother! Where can I and your third brother get the money to buy those useless things for her? You are too cruel!"

Sun scolded Shen Zian, but she didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear of being heard. Although she felt bad about spending money on Shen Zhu, she didn't dare to offend Shen Zhu. The little girl had a lot of thoughts, and her parents were partial to her. She could only swallow the bitter fruit. But when she saw Shen Zian, she couldn't help but scold him. She knew that Shen Zian would not hit her, let alone scold her, so even though she was a little afraid of his eyes, she still scolded him.

Shen Zian said, "Sister-in-law, please shut up. If you had been more careful just now, you wouldn't have gotten into so much trouble."

Sun choked. It was indeed she who had plotted against Shen Zian first, but was then plotted against by Shen Zian.

"Then you don't need to mention getting a new wash bucket, do you? You did it on purpose!"

"Well, if I take this job, do you think I won't get a new bathtub?"

Sun was speechless again, because with Shen Zhu's personality, she would definitely want it. She had thought of this a long time ago, but she didn't expect that it would fall on her family in the end. If only this Shen Lao Si hadn't been so calculative before, he really started to take care of his own life after getting married. It seems that it will be impossible to take advantage of him in the future.

"Third sister-in-law, are you standing here to cool off?"

Wang came back only after she saw Shen Zhu go back. Seeing that Sun had not yet filled the empty bowl with porridge, her brows furrowed. She disdained Sun the most, so she made a sarcastic remark to her.

"Why rush? It won't hurt to eat a little later."

Sun said unhappily that she had just suffered such a great loss and was now feeling upset and in a bad mood.

Wang glared at her and said, "The whole family has come back from the fields, all starving, and you still say you're not in a hurry? Do you want to make your parents, the men, women, and children of the Shen family hungry? But dad asked us to hurry up!"

The Shen family was poor, but not so poor that they couldn't afford to eat. However, Shen Youfu was old-fashioned and believed that only frugality could make a family prosperous, so the Shen family rarely had enough to eat. Moreover, they only had two meals a day, so when it was time to eat, everyone arrived in a very early manner, eagerly waiting for the food to come out of the pot. Especially the group of children, all of them stretched their little necks, some even drooled, and looked a little pitiful.

Although Shen Youfu was picky, he also felt sorry for his son and grandson, so when he saw his grandson drooling, he urged him to serve the meal quickly.

Sun's momentum weakened, and she was angry that Wang used her father-in-law's words to suppress her, and she was also angry that Shen Zi'an made her lose money. She used her spoon to scoop the thickest part of the pot into the bowl and let Wang take it away. The two spoonfuls of porridge she served to Shen Zi'an were all the thin water on top.

"Third sister-in-law, is your porridge too watery?"

Shen Zian looked at the porridge that Sun Shi served, which was all soup. Thinking that letting Su Zhi eat this would be the same as drinking water, he couldn't help but say that if he ate it normally, he would not bother to argue with a woman over such a small amount of food. But now he became calculative, just hoping that his wife could at least have the share of the meal that she could have.

Sun's face was stern, and she said, "This porridge is just like this, please don't find fault with it, okay? I am your sister-in-law! What? Do you want to use the fact that I took two of your cakes to give to your nephew to threaten me to serve you thick porridge? I tell you, it's impossible. There are so many people in the family, either laborers or children. I can't starve them to feed your sick wife! The medicine she takes is enough for us to eat meat for a year! It's good that she didn't starve, and you still want to eat good food? Dream on!"

Sun spoke louder and louder. She was not afraid of making a big fuss because she believed that even if her parents found out that the porridge she served to Shen Zian was watery, they would not say anything because Shen Zian's wife was really unpopular. She relied on this point and dared to do this.

It would be best to call her parents over. Shen Zian might accuse her of being harsh on him because of the bathtub incident. Then she could try to push the bathtub incident out of the way. Thinking of this, she raised her voice even louder.

"What's going on?"

Shen Zhang came over. It was so loud in here, there was no way she couldn't have heard it. She didn't let anyone else come over, and asked them to accompany Shen Youfu, so she was the only one who came over.

After Sun explained the matter, she put down the spoon and said, "Mother, I just scooped it casually, and Fourth Brother thought that I scooped too much water. But I can't let our whole family eat watery food just for his sick wife!"

Shen Zhang sighed and said to Shen Zi'an, "Zi'an, Wulang is not feeling well. He just asked for thick drink. Your fifth brother needs to eat better these days. Can you give in to them first? I know I'm sorry for you. Why don't you take my bowl away? It's okay for me to be hungry for a meal."

"Fourth brother, you are too unfilial!" Sun said loudly, "You actually want to steal mother's food. Mother is not in good health. If you starve her, the heaven will not approve of it. Be careful or you will be struck by lightning!"

"Thank you for your kindness, but it's not necessary."

Shen Zian walked away with a sullen face, carrying a clay pot and a bowl filled with vegetables and cakes.

Sun watched Shen Zian leave with disdain, feeling disappointed. She wondered why he didn't care about it anymore. If he still cared about it, he would have brought up the matter of Shen Zhu.

Shen Zian's face had calmed down when he returned to the thatched hut, but Su Zhi still felt it.

"Today's porridge is so watery that you can even reflect your reflection in it. Was it served by Third Sister-in-law?"

Shen Zian nodded, pushed the bowl in front of her, and said, "Eat the vegetables and have an extra cake, and drink this porridge as water."

Su Zhi looked at the food pushed in front of her, and her heart was warm. The regret she had when she found out that the spring water had no healing power came to her mind again. She thought it would be great if her illness could be cured sooner, at least she would not be a burden to Shen Zian anymore. Although she had been staying in this house, she knew that she was not welcomed by the Shen family. It was Shen Zian who insisted on keeping her. In order to take care of her, he even lived in this broken thatched house. He also had to endure the ridicule of his family every day. His life must be hard.

Su Zhi pushed the bowl back to the middle and said, "How can I eat so much? Let's eat together. I don't eat much at night, so you eat more." Then she split a cake and took only half of it, and gave the other half to Shen Zian. After taking a bite, she saw that Shen Zian didn't eat, but looked at her, and said, "Why are you looking at me when you don't eat? My face is not good-looking at all, aren't you afraid that you can't eat?"

Shen Zian said, "You really look like my mother. She used to be like this too, always giving me half of her cakes. When she asked me to marry you, she probably expected that you would treat me as well as she did."

Su Zhi thought Shen Zhang was quite nice to Shen Zian. She thought Shen Zhang favored other children. Just as she was wondering, she heard Shen Zian say something.

"She will be relieved if she knows what's going on in the underworld."

Su Zhi blinked when she heard this and said, "What did you say? Your mother passed away? Then who is this person you call mother at home now?"

"That's not my mother."

It gets dark early here and people go to bed early, so Su Zhi and Shen Zian went to bed to rest early.

"Zi'an, I left home when I was very young, and I don't remember many things. Please tell me about it." Su Zhi thought that she would live with this man for the rest of her life, so she wanted to understand his life as soon as possible. "Tell me about family matters, and talk about your mother."

Shen Zian was silent for a while, then began to speak slowly.