After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

Liu Yan'e said with a wry smile, "You child, how can we take other people's money for no reason? Even if it's to buy you nutritional supplements, we can't spend other people's money for no reason!"

"I think you should go back and return the money to Junwu, otherwise Mom will feel indebted to him!"

As Liu Yan'e spoke, she handed the five yuan to her son, Chunsheng.

"Alright! I'm free this afternoon, so I'll go find Brother Junwu and return the money to him. I'll also thank the militia members under his command who saved me yesterday!"

"Good, good! My child is becoming more and more sensible!"

Liu Yan'e looked at Chunsheng with a gratified expression, suddenly realizing that her child had grown up and was now aware of gratitude.

Just as Chunsheng was going home with his mother for dinner, Song Hongqin's family had also prepared their meal. However, Song Hongqin and her mother, Sun Fengxia, were not at the table. Only her father, Song Facai, was sitting there with his son, daughter-in-law, and second daughter. Everyone was craning their necks and looking towards the door of the main room.

Song Facai, who had already picked up his chopsticks, gently placed them back on the rim of his bowl. He looked at his children with an annoyed expression and asked, "What are your mother and sister doing in there? The food's ready, why aren't they coming out?"

The second daughter, Song Hongyan, pondered for a moment, then hesitated and said, "It's probably because of Brother Jianshe!"

Song Facai frowned slightly. "What happened to Sun Jianshe?"

Song Hongyan glanced at her brother and sister-in-law beside her and whispered, "Just now, Jianshe came back from outside with a long face. He wouldn't talk to anyone, and then he angrily pushed his bicycle and left!"

Upon hearing that it was about his wife's family, Song Facai's furrowed brows finally relaxed. He looked at his son, Song Hongjun, and said, "Go, bring me the account book you wrote yesterday. Let's wait for your mother and sister to eat while I check how much of what you've learned has actually come to fruition!"

At this moment, Sun Fengxia was sitting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), glaring angrily at Song Hongqin, who was leaning against the door of a light brown wardrobe opposite her.

"You're really going to drive me crazy! Your brother Jianshe came all this way to see your sister Chunmiao, and you two haven't even met yet, how could you make her run away like that?"

"Besides, all your brother Jianshe did was shake hands with your homeroom teacher in broad daylight. He didn't do anything else. Shaking hands isn't unusual for young people these days. Why are you and Chunsheng the only ones who feel disgusted?"

"I feel like you two little kids are even more outdated in your thinking than I am as a housewife!"

Song Hongqin took a deep breath and retorted seriously, "Mom, you weren't even there, how did you know it was just a simple handshake?"

"Didn't you say it was just because of the handshake? What, is there something else?"

Sun Fengxia stared intently into her daughter's eyes, and suddenly a bad feeling washed over her. "Tell me the truth, what else happened besides the handshake?"

Song Hongqin didn't want to reveal her cousin Sun Jianshe's shameful deeds, fearing it would affect her mother's relationship with her family.

Because her mother married far away to Songjiazhuang Village, a poor place, her relationship with her mother's family had been sometimes good and sometimes bad for many years, and there was even a period when they almost lost contact.

If her mother were to completely sever ties with her family because of her own actions, she would truly feel terrible.

But looking at the current situation, if she doesn't explain what happened today clearly, her mother probably won't let her off the hook, and might even mistakenly think that Sun Jianshe is some kind of good person!

Thinking of this, Song Hongqin bit her lip slightly and whispered, "When he shook hands with my teacher, his eyes kept wandering over her. Even Chunsheng could see it clearly..."

Upon hearing this, Sun Fengxia was startled and immediately stood up from the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed). "What? You didn't see that wrong, did you? Your brother Jianshe is currently dating Chunsheng's sister. You can't just say things like that!"

"I'm not a preschooler, how could I possibly say such things!"

Song Hongqin blushed, then suddenly lowered her voice, looking at her mother with a wronged expression, "That Sun Jianshe is no decent person at all. Every time he comes to our house, as long as we're alone in the room, his eyes will..."

Upon hearing this, Sun Fengxia's lips suddenly trembled involuntarily, and she stared intently at her daughter's every move.

When Song Hongqin lowered her head with a wronged expression, her gaze slowly falling on her chest, Sun Fengxia was completely enraged and began to curse loudly, trembling all over.

"I curse his ancestors for eight generations! That son of a bitch is just like his shameless father..."

Song Hongqin was startled by her mother's outburst and quickly went over to cover her mouth, "Mom, keep your voice down!"

"What am I afraid of? They're the shameless ones!"

Sun Fengxia forcefully pried her daughter's hands away. "I'm going to Sunjiahe right now, and I'll show your uncle what kind of treatment his own niece has received!"

As Sun Fengxia spoke, she was about to open the door, but she was only half a step away when Song Hongqin grabbed her tightly from behind.

"Mom, are you crazy? You know perfectly well that Uncle has always sided with his cousins!"

"And if word gets out, how am I supposed to face the villagers after this!"

After Song Hongqin finished speaking, she immediately released her mother, turned around and sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) with a flushed face.

After hearing her daughter's tearful account, Sun Fengxia was instantly terrified by her own foolish thought. She rushed over and sat down right next to Song Hongqin.

While gently patting her daughter's shoulder, she whispered, "Mom's just out of her mind. How could Mom hurt my child!"

"Don't worry, Mom won't go. She absolutely won't go to Sunjiahe because of this!"

"Mom will never mention this to anyone again!"

Seeing that her mother had finally calmed down, Song Hongqin slowly exhaled and said, "Let's just let this matter go. Otherwise, if it gets out of hand, it won't just be me who suffers, but also Sister Chunmiao!"

Upon hearing Chunmiao's name, Sun Fengxia felt her eyelids twitch instantly.

"Yes, right now Chunmiao is going on blind dates with that guy, and they've already met a few times. If people find out that I introduced such a guy to Chunmiao, it's a small matter if my reputation is damaged, I'd even accept being scolded by Liu Yan'e."

"But Chunmiao is different; she's only just turned 20..."

Sun Fengxia sat quietly on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), without saying a word.

His impulsive act nearly harmed his own daughter and almost ruined Song Chunmiao as well.

"Mom, in my opinion, we should hurry up and deal with Chunmiao and that guy's affair..."

Looking at her mother, whose face was full of worry, Song Hongqin reminded her, "You usually have such a good relationship with Aunt Yan'e, so we should take the initiative to bring this up. If Chunsheng tells his mother about what happened today, then..."

Startled by her daughter's words, Sun Fengxia jumped up from the kang (a heated brick bed). "I'm going right now! I have to go quickly. I won't feel at ease until this is resolved!"

"Shall I go with you?"

"I can go by myself. You and your dad can eat at home!"

As Sun Fengxia passed the dining table, she glanced at her husband and children. Seeing them all staring at her with wide eyes, she immediately forced a smile. "Boss, you and the kids eat first. I have to go out for a bit!"

After Sun Fengxia left without looking back, Song Hongqin quickly came out of the house and sat down at the dining table.

Seeing the puzzled looks on her father's and her brother and sister-in-law's faces, she just kept eating without saying a word!

Although Chun Sheng's family rarely eats meat throughout the year, it's enough to feed the whole family.

The parents toiled in the fields their whole lives, worrying themselves sick over their eight children, but in the end, they never even had a decent meal.

Looking at the cornbread in his bowl and the large bowl of pickled radish strips on the table in front of him, Chunsheng thought to himself, "If only I could replace this bowl of radish strips with spare ribs or braised pork sometime."

I'd be willing to endure any hardship just to improve my parents' living conditions.

Just as Chunsheng was chewing on his cornbread and staring blankly at the pickled vegetables in front of him, a figure suddenly appeared at his front door.

Sun Fengxia is here!