The next morning, when Zi Qing and her mother arrived at the old house, Tian Shi saw what was in Shen Shi's basket and said to the old man: "Old man, go catch two hens. I'm worried about my own children, and it's unreliable to point at others. Just look at Chun Yu's family, they're so poor that they probably can't even afford eggs."

  "Daughter, I don't like to hear that. Just a few days ago, your brother and sister-in-law sent over 40 eggs, how can you say they didn't eat well? In just a few days, we've gathered another 60 eggs. These two trips, our two families have already gathered 100 eggs, and together we still have six catties of meat. Isn't that enough? When your sister-in-law was sitting the month after giving birth, she didn't get to eat much either, in total only eating 20 eggs."

  Zi Qing looked at the sky today, didn't come out from the west, and Zhou Shi actually spoke for Shen Shi. In these years, Shen Shi's hard work and grievances towards Tian Shi were not seen at all, it's time someone woke her up.

  "He's always complaining, if he doesn't get his way, he'll even move the whole family over. One meal costs over 80 cents, this is no small gift. I'm going to go take a look today, three meals and one banquet, what kind of good food can he come up with that's worth all this money? It's not like it's going to be a secret if word gets out (meaning it would be embarrassing). I'm his older brother, when has he ever spent a single cent on me?"

  The old man did not refute his eldest son's words this time, presumably also in agreement. Yan Renda has indeed gone too far this time, it seems that he has offended everyone at home.

  The whole family went out, and Zi Qing counted them: Grandpa and Grandma, two aunts, plus the three mouths of Dage's family, the two mouths of their own family, even a donkey cart couldn't hold everyone. But unexpectedly, after leaving the house, the old man harnessed a cow cart, and the whole family swayed to Yan Village.

  After arriving at Chunyu's house, Tian Shi was busy going into the room to take a look at her little grandson. Zi Qing was puzzled, wasn't it said that ancient women were particularly concerned about passing on their lineage? Why did Tian Shi never give her own grandson a proper glance, except for Zifu?

  Several women also had to follow in, Zi Qing disliked the smell in the house and came out quickly. When she came out, she saw Da Mao waving at her. She walked over, and Da Mao said: "How did you come again? You glutton, coming to eat my family's meal again."

  Zi Qing was in a bad mood and didn't want to argue with him, but Da Mao said again: "Glutton, you're not allowed to grab meat from the table later. Did you hear that?"

  Zi Qing couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Which eye of yours saw me stealing meat from your house? We came to give gifts, not to eat your food for free. Your family's food is not even worth eating."

  "Hmph, easy for you to say. Your family is so poor that you can't even get a seat at the dinner table. My parents said that the grain from your maternal grandmother's house has been sent to our house, so you'll still go hungry. Last time you came to my house, you just ate plain rice and you even enjoyed it."

  "Which eye of yours saw me eating well? I was watching you guys fight for food, and I dodged away because I was afraid of getting my clothes dirty." Zi Qing said as she walked away without bothering to deal with him. Sister, I'm an adult, can't get angry at a little kid.

  Yan Renda's family dinner only had a few tables, to be exact, it was a home banquet. The relatives and family members on his side barely filled two tables, adding up to three tables with Ziying's side. At first, Yan's children didn't come to the table, but Tian Shi suddenly called them all over, saying that they were all their own people after all. Originally, Ziying thought she could have a peaceful meal, but now it was impossible again.

  There's nothing good on the table, four meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes. The meat dishes are just a few pieces of fatty meat, not even one big dish. Zeng Ruiqing looked at the table and hummed, his face darkening. Several relatives saw their uncle and didn't behave as excessively as before. Zhou Shi took advantage of the situation to give her daughter several pieces of meat, then looked at Zi Qing's bowl and also gave her a pair of chopsticks. Zi Qing quickly thanked her and said it wasn't necessary.

  At this time, Da Mao saw her and whispered a few words to Er Mao and San Mao. Zi Qing's heart felt uneasy, definitely not a good thing. Sure enough, the two of them quickly grabbed Zi Qing's skirt with their oily hands, leaving several dirty handprints clearly visible. Zi Qing was furious, picked up the bowl in her hand and poured rice all over them. She had originally wanted to throw the bowl at them as well, but was afraid that if she really did, it would lead to bloodshed. Everyone present stared at each other in shock, even Shen Shi, Zi Qing's mother, hadn't expected her to be so reckless.

  "You're so young and yet you've learned to be so rude, without any family education. What has your mother been busy with at home?" Tian Shi was very unhappy.

  "At such an old age, you still have a heart as wicked as this, I don't know what my aunt and uncle are busy with?" Zi Qing replied. One sentence shut down Tian Shi.

  Shen didn't feel like eating either, so Zhang Luo went back first, saying that the children at home needed to be fed, which was a reasonable excuse. Tian didn't want to leave and had been looking down on Zi Qing anyway, so she said: "You just arrived and now you're leaving? If you want to go, think of an excuse yourself, we still need to sit for a while." Shen agreed and pulled Zi Qing away as they left. From the village entrance to the official road wasn't far, and as soon as they got on the official road, they happened to hail a cattle cart back. What Zi Qing didn't know was that this battle of hers had unexpectedly earned her praise from several people.

  It turned out that after Zi Qing left, those few secretly bullied Zi Ping again. Zi Ping was older and more stubborn, so she didn't want to suffer a loss. However, fighting alone against three people, she didn't gain any advantage either. When Zi Ping came back to complain to Zhou Shi, Tian Shi heard about it and said to Zi Ping: "Zi Ping, you're the eldest sister, not young anymore, don't learn from that wild girl Zi Qing. Look at your two aunts, they never cause trouble, so well-behaved."

  Zeng Ruiqing didn't like what he heard and said to Zi Ping: "You can't bully others, but if someone bullies you, you must fight back fiercely. In all things, I will take charge, my daughter cannot be taken advantage of. I like children like Zi Qing, this child is obedient to me. She's better than your uncle, when he was young, he didn't even dare fart after being beaten, and I had to help him out."

  "What a pity it's a girl, if it were a boy, it would be great, and it would have a good future. I heard she can recognize many characters, otherwise, how could she talk? One sentence from her would shut you up. The watermelon at home was arranged by her, and it's said that she also planted some foreign potatoes. The chicken is well-fed too, laying eggs in just six months. The second child of the family is taken care of by her, even though she's not yet six years old. The second child of the family knows how to discipline children, they are blessed."

  "Strange, last time I went to pick watermelon, Second Brother let her take me to choose. I was thinking that Second Brother wasn't willing to give any, and just sent a child to fool me, but she originally didn't plan on giving me the biggest one. I said I wanted to leave some for Eldest Sister's family, and then she gave me good ones. She originally wanted to keep some for herself. As soon as I said that, she really didn't hesitate." Qiu Yu said.

  "She's a good kid, sensible and understanding. It would be even better if she were a boy." The old man sighed with regret.

  "Oh dear, I didn't think of keeping seeds, I can also grow watermelons! Zhiping, when you go back, ask your sister to get a big watermelon and keep the seeds too, did you hear me?" said Mrs. Zhou.

  Someone who is enjoying watermelon at home has no idea that they have been schemed again.