1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 420 They're quite cunning.

Hearing her son's loud and boisterous words, she looked up and glared at him: "You're never serious for a second."

Although Li Dong was a son she finally had after having two daughters, she was not a sexist and all three children were equally important to her.

So the youngest son didn't have any special privileges with her. Just like his two older sisters, he was scolded and beaten as he pleased: "Speak up, what's wrong?"

Liu Lidong glanced outside the courtyard, then whispered in his mother's ear, "My grandparents want to give Dongzi to my second uncle as an adopted son."

Su Hongjuan stopped making shoes, raised her hand, and scratched her scalp twice with the awl: "Who told you that?"

Liu Lidong took a step back, a look of unease flashing across his face: "I told you you can't hit me."

Su Hongjuan could tell from the guilty look in her son's eyes that he hadn't done anything wrong: "Go ahead and tell me."

Liu Lidong said with a fawning expression, "I was originally going to check if there were any eggs at the chicken coop, but I happened to overhear their conversation as I passed by my grandparents' house."

Upon hearing that her son had touched the eggs, Su Hongjuan dropped the half-finished shoe she was working on and the awl she was holding and stood up.

Liu Lidong thought his mother was going to hit him, so he quickly begged for mercy, "Mom, Mom, I was wrong, I will never do it again."

As a result, Su Hongjuan went straight to the door, and only after seeing that no one was outside did she turn around and grab her son's ear, scolding him in a low voice: "Have you eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard? When the family was divided, we didn't get any of those chickens. If your grandma finds out that you stole her eggs, she'll chase you all over the yard. How can you be a decent human being in the future?"

Liu Lidong naturally knew he had done something wrong: "After the family split up, the eggs were only given to my second cousin, besides my grandparents eating them themselves. I am also my grandparents' grandson, and the youngest one at that. Why shouldn't I get any?"

He was just angry, which is why he would secretly touch one every now and then.

Hearing her son's words, Su Hongjuan inwardly resented Granny Liu's favoritism. However, since the old lady had kept the chickens for herself when the family divided the property, and the eldest son's family hadn't said anything at the time, she naturally couldn't say anything either. "I've already made arrangements with the Yu family. In a few days, once they hatch their chicks, we'll go and exchange them for some chicks to raise. You'll get plenty of eggs then. And you're not allowed to go to your grandma's henhouse to take eggs anymore, understand?" With her ears still in her mother's hands, she hurriedly nodded and said, "I understand, I understand."

Su Hongjuan then let go of her hand.

Liu Lidong rubbed his ear, which had been pinched so hard: "I'm your own son, you hit me way too hard."

Su Hongjuan rolled her eyes at him: "Precisely because you are my son, I can't let you run wild. Haven't you heard the saying, 'He who steals a needle when he is young will steal gold when he is old'? If I don't take care of you now, what will become of you in the future?"

When Liu Lidong heard that her mother was about to start lecturing again, she immediately cowered.

He stole a glance at his mother and asked, "Mom, do my uncles know about the adoption you mentioned?"

Su Hongjuan picked up the half-finished shoe again, took the awl and stabbed it into the shoe, then quickly put the awl away, pinched a large needle and stabbed it again, saying as she pulled the thread, "Such a big thing, you should know about it."

Liu Lidong was so preoccupied with his thoughts that he forgot to rub his ears: "According to my grandfather, my second uncle didn't agree."

Su Hongjuan scoffed, "Even if your second uncle agrees, your sister Chuxue won't. They're quite the schemers."

Liu Lidong was still young: "What are you scheming about?"

Su Hongjuan said impatiently, "Go away, this is none of your business, you little brat."

Liu Lidong pouted: "Then I won't tell you anything I hear in the future, hmph."