Meng Ruyan didn't take the woman's words to heart. Even though Madam Fan treated her coldly every day, she still diligently learned to do all kinds of housework.
Lunar New Year's Eve arrived in the blink of an eye.
Disliking Meng Ruyan's clumsiness and not wanting to waste ingredients, Madam Fan personally prepared a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner.
Seeing other families bustling with joy and happiness, with their children and grandchildren playing happily around them, Madam Fan and Lin Shikang felt extremely envious.
“Our family should have been the most lively and prestigious in the surrounding area,” Fan said, weeping as she reminisced.
"Madam, it's New Year's Day today, you mustn't cry. Everything will be alright," Meng Ruyan comforted her softly, even using serving chopsticks to put a chicken leg on her plate.
"What do you know?" Madam Fan rebuked angrily. "A hen that doesn't lay eggs, what right do you have to speak? A lowly concubine has actually dared to sit at the table, get out of here!"
Meng Ruyan's tears streamed down her face.
"Mom, it's the New Year, stop arguing. There are only the three of us at home, so let's not be so formal," Lin Shikang said impatiently.
“You’re only thinking about her now, you don’t care about me, your mother, at all.”
Meng Ruyan would compare herself to Yang Cui and Yang Liu, and so would Fan Shi.
All Fan remembers now is that when she used to reprimand Yang Cui and Yang Liu, Lin Shikang would never say a word in their defense, but now she would stand up for Meng Ruyan and talk back to her!
Fan's disgust for Meng Ruyan grew stronger!
...
At this time, Lin Youliang's family.
With the huge sum of compensation from Lin Shih-kang, their family's New Year's Eve dinner this year was quite sumptuous.
Looking at the table full of delicious food, Fang and Yan couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Mother, sister-in-law, don't be sad now that things have come to this." After comforting Fang's sister-in-law, Tian, she put a piece of meat on Fang's plate and Yan's plate.
Fang retorted angrily, "It wasn't your son who died, so of course you don't care! Of course you can eat it. These dishes were bought with my son's life."
Upon hearing this, Ms. Tian was furious and slammed her chopsticks heavily on the table.
“My poor son’s body is gone. My son, I’m so sorry. I was so foolish. I shouldn’t have let you go with me. My son…” Fang cried loudly.
"Mother." A familiar voice suddenly came from beside her.
"Father, Mother, Grandpa, Grandma, Second Uncle, Second Aunt, I'm back."
Lin Youliang stared blankly at the boy standing at the door.
"I'm your Niu Dan, I'm back." Niu Dan knelt down in front of them with a thud.
Fang rushed over and hugged her son tightly, tears and snot streaming down her face, unable to utter a word for a long time.
"Mother, I'm back." Upon seeing his family again, Niu Dan cried, "I'm back."
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back, my precious grandson, it's good that you're back."
Lin Youliang looked at his son, tears streaming down his face: "You've grown taller and stronger. If your brother were here too, our family would be reunited."
"My brother was killed by Da Ya! Da Ya pushed him into the pond and drowned him!"
"What?!" The Lin family was still basking in the joy of their son's recovery when they were suddenly struck by this shocking revelation.
“I saw it with my own eyes. Lin Shikang had already decided to send us and Da Ya back to our hometown, but I never expected that Lin Da Ya would poison my brother that night!”
"Why? Why did this happen? I'm going to find Lin Shikang. I'm going to ask her why she harmed my son!"
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