Reborn in 1981, the first to get rich start with dairy cows.

"How dare you say that?" Sun Aimei started talking like a machine gun, and couldn't stop.

"Take our father's 60th birthday a while ago, for example. Your nephew was there too, and we agreed to prepare something special for him. But all your family brought was three or four pounds of pork, and that was it!"

Li Xiaoliang was furious at her twisted story and retorted, "Who paid for the banquet? Wasn't it my salary? Speaking of contributing, I'd like to ask you, sister-in-law, what did your family contribute, and what did you buy?!"

"We've contributed our time and effort! If it weren't for your brother and me keeping things in order, would our parents be in such good health? Isn't that enough?!"

I've witnessed her shamelessness many times over the years, and each time I'm so angry I can't speak.

This time, Shen Lan didn't want to be bullied anymore.

"Since my sister-in-law thinks our family isn't doing a good job, I'll make this clear: from now on, we'll all go our separate ways. We'll be criticized whether we do it or not, so we might as well not do it at all. That way, nobody can criticize anyone else, right?"

Suppressing her anger, Shen Lan calmed down and spoke without emotion.

"Sister-in-law!"

"The second son's family!"

As soon as Shen Lan finished speaking, several voices rang out from inside the room at the same time.

Li Xiaoqing hurriedly walked up to Li Xiaoliang, "Second brother, quickly control your wife! What nonsense is she spouting during the New Year!"

"Brother, I'm not making this up. This was something we discussed before we came. It's no use you telling Xiaoliang."

Li Yunfan and Li Yunhai sat in a corner of the room, quietly watching the other people inside. They had long been dissatisfied with this home and these people, and now they only felt comfortable.

"Sister-in-law, your sister-in-law didn't mean that. It was just a heated exchange. There's no need for that."

"Brother, now that you've stepped forward, let's settle the accounts properly and see if our family has contributed too little."

Regardless of whether Li Xiaoqing wanted to say anything more, Shen Lan walked to the middle of the room on her own.

"What my sister-in-law said about the meat ultimately comes down to Xiaoliang's job. Ever since Dad retired from the mine more than ten years ago, Xiaoliang has taken over his job, but is this the job Xiaoliang wanted?"

Shen Lan looked at Li Xiaoqing and asked, "Sister-in-law, you didn't want to go to the mine because you thought it was tiring, dirty, and dangerous, so you gave it to Xiaoliang."

"Yes, the salary is high! But Xiaoliang gives his family 50 yuan every month, a full half of his salary. Isn't that enough over the past ten years?"

As she spoke, Shen Lan looked excitedly at her father-in-law sitting in the middle: "Dad, how has Xiaoliang been supporting the family all these years? Isn't a salary of 600 yuan a year enough to support such a large family?"

Upon hearing Shen Lan's words, Sun Aimei immediately jumped out.

"Enough? What do you mean, enough! Dad's health isn't good, so he can't work. There are only a few people in the family who can earn work points, and we don't make much money in a year. There are more than ten people in our family, and we rely on this money."

There was no point in arguing with her, so Shen Lan ignored her and continued, "Now that we've talked about wages, let's talk about pork."

"My nephew came over a few days ago to bring me New Year's goods, 20 jin of pork and some flour. I brought 10 jin of pork and 3 jin of flour, but my sister-in-law ate almost nothing of it. Does bringing everything mean it's too much?"

"Dad, Mom, when did our family become so wealthy? You don't even care about 10 pounds of pork anymore?"

"Second brother's wife, say less!"

Li Yunhai couldn't hold back any longer. As soon as his grandmother spoke, he immediately stood up and said, "Grandma, you can't be so biased! My parents have already sacrificed so much for this family, why can't we say that?!"

"Shut up!" Li Xiaoliang and Shen Lan shouted in unison.

Li Yunhai sat down indignantly.

"What's there to argue about? Let's all just live our own lives. Who's afraid of who!"

Li Xiaomeng sat at the table with his legs crossed, cracking sunflower seeds in his mouth, and said slowly.

"Xiaomeng, don't talk nonsense!"

Li Xiaoqing looked at her younger brother with disappointment. They were living separate lives. He was a young man in his twenties, still single. What kind of life would he lead if he really lived alone?

Then he turned his head and glared at his wife.

Sun Aimei was infuriated by that look and glared back, "What are you looking at?!"

Li Xiaoqing, who had just straightened her back, immediately lowered it by half a step and said to Li Xiaoliang, "Second brother, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, let's not make a scene and give others a reason to laugh at us. Let's all calm down."

Li Xiaoliang also looked down on his cowardly, henpecked brother, and said in a low voice, "Dad, Shen Lan is pregnant and can't get upset. If we're unhappy spending the New Year here, then we'll go back and spend it on our own."

"Pregnant?"

Li Xiaoliang's mother immediately stood up and walked over. She took a few steps to Shen Lan's side and tried to touch her belly, but Shen Lan dodged her.

"The second son's wife... how come she's pregnant again? Didn't she go to the clinic to get vaccinated a couple of years ago?"

"It fell..." Shen Lan was embarrassed to talk about these things in front of the child, so she explained in a low voice.

"Great! The Li family is about to have another new member."

He became cheerful as he spoke and said to Sun Aimei, "Elder sister, stop arguing. It's the New Year, let's keep the peace and harmony to make money."

Seeing that her mother-in-law had spoken, Sun Aimei snorted and turned her face away.

Then, as if remembering something else, she said, "Since the second son's wife is pregnant again, then... Xiaoliang, you should give the family 4...35 every month from now on! Leave some money for your wife to supplement her diet."

Li Yunfan and Li Yunhai exchanged a happy glance; this was the first time in a long time that their family had received such "attention."

"Mom, I'm short 15 yuan, what am I going to do? I can't manage this whole family."

Faced with Sun Aimei's public humiliation, Li Xiaoliang's mother lost face and said sternly, "If you can't handle it, let the second son's wife handle it, and give her all the money."

She knows perfectly well whether she can handle it or not.

Sun Aimei was sharply rebuked, so she turned her gaze to Li Xiaoqing, signaling him to speak.

Li Xiaoqing had no choice but to speak up: "Mom, Aimei didn't mean it that way. It's just that losing 15 all at once puts a lot of pressure on her."

"Then let's plan ahead!"

After he finished speaking, the room fell silent.

Shen Lan had come here today to prepare for the New Year, but Sun Aimei had been sarcastic and making excuses all day. Shen Lan thought it was New Year's and that it was her sister-in-law's turn, so there was no need to make things awkward and she endured it. But when evening came, Sun Aimei went even further, saying all sorts of hurtful things, and Shen Lan could no longer hold back.

Having vented her anger and achieved some results, Shen Lan said, "Mother, it's getting late, and the children are sleepy. Let's go back now and come back tomorrow morning."

After saying that, he pulled Li Xiaoliang away.

"Mom, let's go to Grandpa's for Chinese New Year next year!" Li Yunhai said in a muffled voice.

"If your mother goes back to your maternal grandfather's house for the New Year, people will laugh at her to death."

"Can we go to Grandma's house earlier this year?"

"That's fine!"

"Mom, let's go first thing on the second day of the Lunar New Year!"

"OK!"

Listening to the children's words and thinking of her relatives on both sides, the contrast was so stark that she couldn't wait to move the time to the second day of the Lunar New Year.

That's where your true family is.