"Er Ya, San Ya, are they only arriving tonight?"
"Yes, go check on them after you've eaten, make sure the stove doesn't go out."
"Yes, I know that too."
Lunch was particularly lavish, with shrimp prepared in three different ways. The five children usually eat this several times a month, so it didn't seem like anything special. However, Liu Yuxuan rarely sees shrimp, so he just ate shrimp.
There was also a lot of seafood, which Er Ya offered him, but he rejected it all.
The people at the table were quite disappointed in Liu Yuxuan's appearance.
Li Cuihua looked at Jiang Yan, and even she was a little overwhelmed.
Looking at the manners of the other five children at the table, and then at her own son's manners, she realized that her son's behavior was truly inappropriate.
After dinner, Pengfei and Ping'an helped Cheng Guangxu move the table and wash the dishes.
The rest of the people sat in the living room drinking tea.
Er Ya brought out a plate of grapes and placed it next to Yu Xuan.
"Yuxuan, come and eat some grapes, and here are oranges, bananas, and mangoes."
Liu Yuxuan had only ever seen grapes; the rest were all fruits from the south.
Jiang Yan had seen them before, but they were really expensive, and she had never been willing to buy them.
"Sister-in-law, you should try some too. These were all sent over by Hongmei. They're all fruits from the south. They're all quite sweet. You should also let Yuxuan eat more bananas; they're good for the child's stomach."
"Okay." Jiang Yan served Liu Yuxuan his meal.
Li Cuihua stood up. "Jianguo, come in with me."
She was really angry. How did they raise this child?
Liu Jianguo followed his father into their room.
Liu Yuxuan felt relieved after seeing his father leave, holding a mango in each hand. His stingy behavior, as if someone was trying to snatch it from him, made Er Ya frown.
"Sister-in-law, who usually looks after Yuxuan? Is it not good for him to be in kindergarten?"
Jiang Yan smiled awkwardly, "No, I've been taking leave to stay home and look after him."
Er Ya sat opposite Jiang Yan and asked, "Sister-in-law, is it really okay for you to teach your child like this? This child is already so young and hasn't even started kindergarten or started learning yet?"
“Yes, but he always cries and doesn’t want to go. I thought he was still too young, so I taught him at home and will let him go when he starts elementary school.”
Er Ya was really disappointed. She used to think Jiang Yan was a good person, but she never expected that she would be like this when it came to children.
"Yuxuan, what have you learned? Tell your second aunt."
"I can count."
"Oh? Then count for your aunt? Your aunt has forgotten."
Liu Yuxuan's face immediately lit up with pride, and he stopped counting after reaching thirty. He stared longingly at Er Ya.
Er Ya immediately praised him, "Yu Xuan is really amazing."
Can you write? Can you write your own name?
Liu Yuxuan shook his head, then continued eating the mango, making a terrible mess of it.
"Sister-in-law, is this how you teach the Liu family's children? The three of us got our degrees through our own hard work, and the Liu family's children must also study diligently in this way."
"Sister-in-law, do you think Yuxuan will ever succeed given this situation?"
Jiang Yan's face darkened. Firstly, her sister-in-law was belittling her son, and secondly, Er Ya's tone sounded arrogant to her.
"What? Sister-in-law, you're not convinced? This child isn't just yours, it belongs to the Liu family."
And you really think you're doing this for his own good? You're actually harming him. You're not an uneducated woman; don't you know that spoiling a child is the same as harming them?
Jiang Yan didn't know how to refute Er Ya. At this moment, Cheng Guangxu came in and patted his wife's hand. "The three of us will go to San Ya's place."
“Go ahead, you three can clean up again. Sanya has that kind of personality; if she sees the house isn’t clean, she’ll start complaining again.”
"Hehe, we understand."
After Cheng Guangxu finished speaking, he smiled at Jiang Yan, turned around, and left the living room. He really couldn't get involved.
The three of them were walking down the street. "Pengfei, what do you think about your parents and your younger brother?"
"I don't have any opinion. My younger brother is just spoiled by his parents."
"Hehe, Pengfei has grown up."
"Uncle, do you still treat me like a child?"
"That's right, I still remember things from when you were a child."
Ping An walked beside Peng Fei. "Big brother, it's a good thing you weren't raised by Uncle. I think this Yu Xuan is even worse than Brother Jing Song."
"Hehe, that's none of our business. We'll talk about it when Grandpa and Grandma have made their decision."
After the three of them left, Er Ya stared straight at Jiang Yan, showing no sign of calming down.
Liu Yuxuan wasn't stupid; he sensed the tense atmosphere. So he put down the fruit and stopped eating.
"Yuxuan, how about your second aunt takes you to wash your hands and change your clothes? Your second aunt bought you several outfits, do you want to try them on? And your little brother Chaoyang has lots of toys too, come with me to play with them?"
"Okay, okay." Liu Yuxuan came over and took Er Ya's hand.
Holding the sticky hand, Er Ya didn't even glance at Jiang Yan before leaving the living room with Liu Yuxuan.
Now only Jiang Yan was left in the living room. She had time to think about what had just happened.
Without comparison, there is no harm. Looking at the five children, I really feel that I have spoiled Yuxuan rotten. He can't compare to Chaoyang at all.
Jiang Yan now regrets it. If she had let Yu Xuan come back then, would things have been so different?
But now that I've finally given birth, I really can't bear to send the baby over.
Jiang Yan grew increasingly heartbroken. Liu Jianguo had been called inside by his parents and hadn't come out yet. Would his family force him to divorce her?
Jiang Yan knew from Er Ya's behavior that if they really got divorced, she definitely wouldn't get custody of the child. What should she do?
Jiang Yan couldn't sit still when she thought of this; her heart was pounding with anxiety.
Liu Jianguo kept his head down and let his mother scold him.
"Mom, can we let Yuxuan stay? I'm afraid he'll really be ruined. He's still young and we can still take care of him. But if he stays with Jiang Yan, he'll be beyond saving in the future."
"You two are both so old, Dad, and you still have to worry about me."
Liu Maocai no longer smokes and sits cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed). "Jianguo, you're not a twenty-year-old anymore, you're over forty, why are you still like this?"
You always have excuses. Haven't you ever noticed anything wrong with the child while living together as a family of three?
Liu Jianguo originally wanted to tell him to go to work, but then he remembered that his son's condition was partly his own fault.
Because she had another son, she doted on him very much. Also, as the head of the family, when her second sister called to ask Yuxuan to come over, Jiang Yan disagreed, so she just went along with it and didn't think much of it.
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