"Since you haven't settled your marriage yet, you have to share some of the housework. Just think of it as training so that you can get married more smoothly in the future."

Wu Yue's face was full of displeasure and resistance. The leisurely life as a concubine that she once imagined had now become a bubble. She had no place to vent her frustration, yet she was forced to face the trivialities of reality.

"Why are you glaring at me? Which unmarried girl in the village doesn't do anything? Are you the only one who's special? You can eat and live for free, unless you have the ability to fly to the sky!"

There was a sting in Wu's mother's words. She had indulged him before because she had her own agenda. Now that there was no hope, she would naturally no longer show mercy.

Wu Yue's good days seemed to have come to an end overnight. The collision between dreams and reality made her much more sober.

Although she still had some savings, she knew that if she ran away from home in a rage, where could she escape to? The comfort of the inn was not a long-term solution after all, and how long could the money last? Therefore, she chose to accept it silently and followed Wu's mother's instructions one by one.

Xie Di glanced at Wu Yue and said earnestly, "Little sister, you know the situation at home very well. Now that you have woken up from your dream of marrying into a wealthy family, you should take good care of the family affairs. Who knows, your diligence may win you a good reputation the next time the matchmaker comes to your house."

There is both blame and expectation in these words, as if reminding Wu Yue that only by relying on her own hands can she grasp true stability and happiness.

Ever since the incident at the wealthy family's home, Wu Yue's mood seemed to be covered with a layer of light frost and snow. She became indifferent to everything around her. In her eyes, the wealth of those ordinary people was no longer enough to support a truly comfortable and worry-free life.

Just as she was about to carry the vegetables carefully selected by Wu's mother into the simple but lively kitchen to start preparing lunch for the family, a cry like the sound of golden drums suddenly rang out outside the door. It was the call of Yaozu Yaozhu, which touched people's hearts.

The cry seemed to pierce the sky, and it was heartbroken. If it had not suffered great injustice and grievance in its heart, how could such a young heart bear such heavy sorrow.

Upon hearing the sound, Xie Di felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife. She hastily put down the needlework in her hands, hurried to the door, and anxiously checked whether the two little ones had accidentally fallen and were crying so miserably.

However, what came into view were two intact little people, without even a trace of dirt on their clothes. This made Xie Di even more confused. What could have made these two usually lively and cheerful children cry so hard?

“Yaozu and Yaozhu, didn’t you go to play with Daniu? Why are you crying like this? Did Daniu bully you?”

Xie Di's voice was gentle and concerned, full of maternal kindness. At the same time, she was thinking secretly in her heart that if it was true as she guessed, she would never tolerate it and would seek justice for the children. After all, there were only elderly elders left in Daniu's family, so it would be a piece of cake for her to deal with it.

Yaozu's tears were mixed with snot, and his little face was wrinkled. The more he spoke, the more he felt that he had been greatly wronged. His dry lips trembled slightly, as if silently shouting out his desire for candy, "It was Dabao, when I went to find Daniu, he was there too. They shared the candy together, and he gave it to Daniu but not to us, wuwuwu..."

After hearing this, Xie Di and Wu's mother's faces darkened. They were obviously dissatisfied with Dabao's arrogant and domineering behavior relying on Ran He's wealthy family.

Just as the atmosphere was tense, Wu Yue slowly walked out of the kitchen and interrupted the conversation in a calm but sharp tone, "Thinking back then, Dabao and his brothers did so much work at home, but Yaozu and Yaozhu bullied them a lot. They would run to their mother to complain about the slightest thing, and what happened? Their mother picked up a stick and chased them and beat them. They have suffered so much injustice in front of this pair of siblings, and now why do they ask them to put aside their grudges and share the candy?"

When Mother Wu heard this, her cheeks flushed and she felt a surge of anger in her heart, but she couldn't get angry. She just glared at Wu Yue in dissatisfaction. She felt that Wu Yue's words were like tearing open her scars in front of others and exposing her bias.

Although she had to admit that she was indeed biased towards Dabao and the others, that was also because Dabao and the others were stubborn and would never admit their mistakes. If they could be a little more submissive, how could they be punished so repeatedly?

Xie Di did not want to delve into the past at this moment. The most urgent thing was to comfort her beloved son who was crying bitterly.

"Mom knows you haven't had eggs these past few days. Look how greedy you are. And you're so mad at Dabao. No wonder you're crying so sadly."

Her words were full of pity and helplessness.

Mother Wu also had mixed feelings. After all, Yaozu and Yaozhu were her grandsons. So what was wrong in pampering them a little more?

She turned around quickly, stepped into the kitchen, and scooped out a spoonful of crystal white sugar from the precious sugar jar. "Okay, okay, candy be had? Half a spoonful per person, come and have some."

The sugar in the house was like a rare treasure, and the remaining two taels had to be used sparingly until the New Year. How should she budget carefully and where would the money come from? This became a lingering shadow in Wu's mother's heart.

Yaozu was the first to rush forward and greedily swallowed half a spoonful of sugar. However, his little face still had a dissatisfied look on it, and he muttered, "But Daniu said that Dabao's sugar tasted like milk, and yours doesn't. It's different."

Mother Wu couldn't help but show a little displeasure when she heard this. This was clearly a nitpicking, "Who knows where Ran He bought it from? Let's just make do with the white sugar today. Next time I go to town, I'll find you some sugar with a milky taste, okay?"

Hearing this, Yaozu and Yaozhu finally stopped crying. They had already started thinking in their little heads that when grandma brought back the White Rabbit milk candies, they would show off in front of Dabao and deliberately not give any to him or Daniu, just because they stood aside and didn't play with them.

Wu Yue rolled her eyes slightly when she saw this. She was used to these two treasures' requests and didn't care. "Mom, you should find time to go to your uncle's house and get back the money you lent him. Our family is so poor that we can barely make ends meet. It's okay for adults to suffer, but the children can't suffer with them. They are growing up and need enough nutrition."

After saying that, she turned silently and walked into the kitchen to continue her unfinished lunch preparations, but in her mind she was thinking of more strategies to support her family.

Xie Di was feeling very uneasy, for she knew very well how stubborn Wu's mother was, and even her father-in-law's resolute persuasion could not sway her in the slightest.

In order to increase the possibility of persuasion, Xie Di decided to use emotion as a breakthrough point and use the innocent faces of the two young children as invisible bargaining chips on the negotiation table, hoping that the power of maternal love would prompt Wu's mother to make concessions at this critical juncture.

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