That day in the department store, Lu Huaijin also mentioned to her why he had to adopt two children, because his parents felt that they might not be safe in the future and might be implicated.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Lu are scientific researchers, and there have been some rumors about their family recently.

Grandpa Lu is the commander. Although he has retired, his influence is still there and many people are watching him. He can't even lobby for Lu's father and mother, but he has to go to the countryside for two or three months to lobby for himself. Isn't that just handing over power to others for nothing?

Especially since she also has a grandfather, if someone were to use his case to make a fuss about him, it would not be good for anyone.

When Lu Huaijin saw that his mother had finished talking to Xu Niannian, he walked towards her.

Mother Lu took the initiative to go find the old man.

Lu Huaijin had just heard her conversation with her mother and knew that she was determined to go to the countryside. He took out a stack of big unity notes from his pocket:

"You prepared all the lunch. I don't know if you have enough money. Tomorrow I will take you to buy some things for the countryside. I called the military region yesterday, and they are starting a political review of you now."

"It will be ready in about two months. If I am not on a mission by then, I will come to pick you up. If you have anything to say, you can send me a telegram."

Look at Xu Niannian's thin arms and legs:

"Don't go out alone at night. It's not safe."

Sometimes it is really unsafe to walk alone at night in the countryside. Many bachelors took advantage of the windy and moonless nights to do bad things to the educated youth.

Most girls would swallow their anger if they lose their innocence, and some even jumped into the river because of it.

It would be more practical to prepare some self-defense items for her.

When they came out, Xu Ruhua had already jumped out from the balcony. She saw that all the food on the table had been eaten up. From the leftovers, she could tell that there were a lot of meat dishes:

"Dad, why don't you have any left?"

Mr. Xu felt a little guilty when he heard this. He knew that his daughter hadn't eaten yet. But the food was so delicious, especially the chicken. He finished it all before he even ate much.

Thinking of this, he licked his lips again.

But he wasn't the only one eating, there were three other men in the house:

"Lu Huaijin and his father are both soldiers, they can eat a lot, your brother can eat a lot too, it's not like I'm the only one who eats."

Yaozu ran over and added:

"It's really delicious. Sister, why didn't you come out and eat with us? Now you blame us."

Xu Ruhua gritted her teeth:

"I don't want to eat it, don't you know to leave some for me?"

Xu Xiuhong was staring at the nice pieces of fabric on the sofa in a daze. When she heard them eating and drinking, she immediately jumped over and screamed:

"That's not right. I locked everything in the cupboard at noon. How could you, bastards, waste so much food?"

She jumped to the kitchen and saw that her lock was still there. She quickly took out the key and opened it.

She marked everything inside and was relieved to see that nothing was missing.

However, the next moment, his brows furrowed again, and he ran to the dining table, staring at the food and said:

"There's nothing missing from the kitchen. Where did you get these things?"

My goodness, she was eating fried shredded potatoes at work, but they were having a big meal at home.

"Did Niannian make it himself?"

"Where did she get the money? Didn't you give it to her?"

"I'm not, I didn't..."

However, this did remind Xu's father where his daughter got the money to buy vegetables. Could it be that his secret stash of money was discovered?

Xu Ruhua's stomach was rumbling, as if there were ants scratching inside her:

"Mom, is there any porridge in the pot?"

Xu Xiuhong snorted:

"No more. There's not a single drop left."

Xu Ruhua hesitated as she looked at the last bit of egg custard left in the big bowl. She wanted to eat it, but she was a person who was reborn.

In her previous life, egg custard was something she could eat at any time, but this egg custard looked delicious.

While I was struggling with my conscience, Xu Niannian came back from outside holding a wooden stick.

Xu Ruhua ran straight to her. They were already at loggerheads.

"Where do you get the money to buy these vegetables?"

Xu Niannian tapped the ground with a wooden stick and said:

"My boyfriend gave it to me. Do you have any objections? If you have any objections, just keep them to yourself. Who do you think you are?"

Xu Xiuhong didn't expect Xu Niannian to suddenly do this, and she immediately sat on the ground. She hadn't used this trick for a long time.

While crying and calling for her parents, she stomped her feet and rolled twice on the ground. Xu Niannian just watched her rolling quietly.

Xu Xiuhong didn't expect that no one would come to comfort her, and she started crying again:

"Oh my God, how I treated you in the beginning, it turns out that you are not the same as me. No matter how good you are to her, she doesn't appreciate it. Now she is getting married and has a backer, but she is holding a stick and wants to beat me!"

The crying was so loud that Xu Ruhua just felt ashamed.

Father Xu did not react. He wanted to return to the house as soon as possible to see if his small treasury had been stolen.

He ran back to the bedroom.

It was noon and we had just finished our lunch. Since this was a residential compound, the sound insulation was very poor. Soon the neighbors came to watch the fun.

Xu Niannian's door happened to be open, and after Xu Xiuhong's crying, the door was crowded with people.

Xu Xiuhong was very proud. She thought that Lu Huaijin was a commander's family and they didn't care about their reputation. If they wanted to marry a daughter-in-law with such a bad reputation, it proved that their family was not good enough.

When she saw so many people, she even shed a few tears:

"Neighbors, please be fair. I raised Xu Niannian with all my heart and soul, but now she's engaged and doesn't even call me mom. Do you know that I don't treat my own daughter this well? My daughter is still living on the balcony."

The neighbors also began to talk about it:

"Indeed, this stepmother has done a lot of hard work even if she has no credit for raising him."

"You can't be too nice to other people's children. It's really painful to raise a white-eyed wolf."

"But I heard from Sister Liu that Xu Niannian is a nice person. Maybe this is all fake. Let's wait and see."

Some people also stepped forward to smooth things over:

"Niannian, just admit your mistake to your mother. There is no such thing as an irreconcilable grudge between mother and daughter."

Xu Niannian looked at Xu Xiuhong, who was lying on the ground and could no longer shed tears, and said:

"Anything else? If not, I'll tell you."

Xu Xiuhong felt that the other party's reaction was completely beyond her expectations and she couldn't help but feel a little panicked.

"My stepmother also knew that I was getting engaged today, so she simply ate in the cafeteria at noon before returning home and locked up all the food in the house. The first thing she did when she came back was to check if the lock was broken. If you don't believe me, you can come to the kitchen and take a look."

Now the person who just said bad things about Xu Niannian shut up.

Xu Niannian continued:

"She said she was not good to her own daughter but good to me. Why is it that over the years, her daughter's reputation is much better than mine, while I am lazy and spoiled and have difficulty giving birth to children?"