Everything was freshly baked, and the children excitedly took their own products to the adults to ask for praise.

The most excited ones are the three little ones from my second brother’s family.

Without exception, all three of them created cookies based on prototypes of their family members.

"Dad, we all made one of you, come and see!"

"Come over here and be the referee, and see which of us does it more like you."

"oh?"

Listening to what the children had done themselves, Yan Ziyi immediately became interested.

"You won't vilify me, will you?"

"Brother has severely vilified you, and he still refuses to admit it. Although my sister's work is okay, it's not as good as mine."

"You are talking nonsense again. Yours is so ugly, and you still have the nerve to say that I did it."

Before Yan Ziyi arrived, the three siblings had already started fighting among themselves, and no one wanted to admit that they had done something wrong.

"Okay, stop arguing. The three of you put your cookies on the table and I'll judge them for you."

"Dad, please don't be partial."

"Don't worry. When has your father ever been biased? I promise that the result will be absolutely fair, just and open, without any personal feelings."

After hearing their father's assurance, the three of them placed the Yan Ziyi they had made on the table. They even put a clean tissue underneath it for fear of getting it dirty.

"Why put this there? Didn't you say you were going to do it to me?"

“That’s you.”

"This...I..."

Yan Ziyi suddenly regretted why he listened to the three little brats.

He looked at the three legendary figures in front of him who were indistinguishable from any object, and felt like crying but had no tears.

In the Yan family, he was only slightly inferior to the fourth child in terms of appearance, and he thought he was no worse than the others. When he walked outside, the word "ugly" had never been associated with him. Now looking at the cookies made by the children, they were really ugly.

However, as a good father, he would never say such words in front of his children, otherwise their ears would definitely not be able to bear it.

"I think what you three did is different and all of them are good."

“It’s great that the cookies turned out like this for the first time.”

"Dad, don't rush to praise us. Just select the first, second and third place for us."

He wanted to get away with it, but who knew that the bad boy Lao Er would not let go.

"Forehead..."

"Didn't your great grandfather teach you before that you shouldn't compare yourself too much when encountering things? Have you forgotten?"

"No, since you have forgotten, I have to go find your great grandfather and ask him to teach you again."

"No!"

"No need, Dad. We think it's good not to compare."

It would be too scary to let their great grandfather teach them.

Great-grandfather could talk to them for at least an hour with a stern face.

After sending the three little guys away, Yan Ziyi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He would never admit that those three cookies were based on him!

..........

Mr. Yan knew about the unpleasant incident that happened in the restaurant today. He didn't want to talk to his eldest son's wife directly, so he called his eldest son to the study.

"Changmin..."

"Dad, I know I was wrong. I will definitely talk to Xu Li when I get back and tell her not to always cause trouble for the second brother's family."

Before the old man explained what the problem was, Yan Changmin was the first to admit his mistake.

"Your wife is certainly at fault, but your fault is no less serious."

"Sometimes being overly indulgent and tolerant isn't necessarily good for the family. Do you understand what I mean?"

Although Changmin is the eldest brother, he is too weak in character and lacks the ability to take responsibility when encountering problems. He is a typical good guy.

It was fine when the eldest daughter of the family first married into the family. At that time, the family had not yet been divided, and Changsheng and his family did not live in the compound. Later, as Changsheng climbed up the social ladder little by little and his position became higher and higher, he decided to divide the family. The eldest daughter of the family felt that the old couple favored the second daughter, and the originally harmonious family atmosphere began to break down.

There was nothing the old couple could do about it.

As the saying goes, when a tree grows big, it will have branches; when people grow up, they will have families. This is an inevitable result. It is impossible to keep moving forward in a bundle, which will only lead to more problems.

If we talk about favoritism, the two elders have given more to the eldest brother's family.

But the eldest daughter couldn't understand it. She only felt the gap between her and the second daughter's family.

"Dad, I understand, but Xu Li is just like that. She's already in her fifties, and it's impossible for her to change."

"Changmin, tell me honestly, do you also blame me for splitting up the family and not letting you stay in the compound?"

Hearing this, Yan Changmin lowered his head and said nothing.

It can't be blamed, the situation is not that serious.

He knew that he was inferior to his brother in every aspect, and Changsheng's current success was inseparable from his own efforts. But when he suddenly moved out of the compound, he was surrounded by all kinds of bad things, basically all saying that he was abandoned by the Yan family.

In the past, everyone was respectful to him because he was the eldest son of the Yan family. After the family split, most people laughed at him. In addition, Xu Li and his father-in-law's family often told him that it must be the second son's family who persuaded his parents to split up the family in order to drive out the encumbrances of the whole family, so that all the property of the two elders would belong to them...

He was already very different from his brother, and after the separation, he suffered a huge psychological gap, which made him a little confused. Was it really like what outsiders said...

"You and Changsheng have been brothers for more than fifty years. When you were young, your relationship was so good that every time the uncles and aunts in the compound saw me, they would praise me for having two good sons. This is what I am most proud of."

"Even if you don't believe me, you should believe Changsheng. He's not the type to rely on his family."

"Everyone in the military region looks up to me, so it is indeed much easier for him to do things, but his current position is inseparable from his own ability."

"Why else is it that among so many uncles and aunts in the compound, and every family has children in the army, Changsheng is the only one who can do it? Is this something I can control alone?"

"You have a mild temperament. That's why I arranged for you to work in the factory instead of joining the army or politics. It's because if you join these circles, you will have a harder time mixing with them. You may even be eaten up without leaving a bone!"

"At least you can rely on yourself to climb up the ladder in a factory. This is all achieved through your own hard work, and you will live a more comfortable life."

"Ask yourself, if you were asked to switch lives with Changsheng, could you handle such a huge pressure?!"

Old Master Yan seldom spoke so many heartfelt words to his sons. Over the years, he could feel the changes in his eldest son's heart. He didn't want to see the two sons he was once proud of become alienated one day in the future.

There will only be one winner in the end, and it will be the second one, not the first one...