1970s: My childhood sweetheart ran away, and I turned around and married the wildest chief.

Lu Minghui is thirty-five years old this year and has only one son and one daughter, the older one is seven years old and the younger one is five years old.

These two little kids are so well-fed and healthy, they look like they come from a wealthy family. They're dressed much better than children from rural families.

The two children didn't want it, so Lu Mingzhou didn't give it to them either. He gave the food to the two girls from his second brother's family, giving each of them a little.

To everyone's surprise, the eldest son of the third son's family was unwilling. He was the eldest grandson in the family, and all the good things in the family belonged to him. At most, he would share some with his younger brothers. What were those two good-for-nothings?

"Fourth Uncle, they are girls, they don't need to eat these things."

Lu Mingzhou was taken aback, then scolded him with a stern face, "Nonsense, that's your sister. Good things should be shared among everyone."

Lu Dabao frowned, strongly disagreeing with his fourth uncle's words. At home, his mother always told him that he was the eldest grandson of the family and that everything in the family belonged to him.

Although he didn't agree with it, Lu Dabao still remembered that his fourth uncle had beaten him up a few months ago in the family compound. At that time, his parents couldn't do anything about his fourth uncle, so Lu Dabao wisely didn't argue back.

The two little girls took the food, thanked their fourth uncle shyly, and ran back to their house with the food. Their mother was still there, and they wanted to give it to her to eat together.

After Lu Mingzhou divided some of the items, he carried the rest to Miao Cuiying's room. Miao Cuiying came into the room to get her things and was about to leave when she saw her son carrying a large package.

"What's this? Why aren't you with your wife?"

Lu Mingzhou put the things down and smiled, "Your daughter-in-law is asleep. These are the gifts she brought for you before she came. She collected them from various coupons and is giving them to you to distribute. Oh, and she knitted you a sweater and bought a pair of leather shoes for each of you."

As Lu Mingzhou spoke, he took out the sweater and shoes, and Miao Cuiying was overjoyed when she saw them.

"Wow, this sweater is so beautifully knitted! Did Wanwan knit it for me?"

Lu Mingzhou nodded. "Yes, she said your mother-in-law is very good to her and very generous. It's rare to have such a reasonable mother-in-law. She said she wants to take good care of you. She started preparing this sweater a long time ago. It's been knitted and has been sitting at home. I brought it back for you this time so you can wear it in winter."

Miao Cuiying was overjoyed, "Oh, my daughter-in-law is so good to me."

Seeing his mother so happy, Lu Mingzhou smiled too, "Mom, I'm leaving all these things to you. There are so many people in the family, as well as relatives and friends. You can decide how to distribute them."

"I still have a little bit left. I'll take it to see the elders in the village later. The army coat in the bag is mine; give it to Dad!"

"Okay, Mom got it!"

After Lu Mingzhou left, Miao Cuiying happily rummaged through the contents of the package. When she saw so many things, she took a deep breath and thought that her daughter-in-law was indeed from a wealthy family and was very generous.

Three cans of malted milk powder, a dozen or so canned goods, a bag of White Rabbit milk candy that looked to weigh at least three or four pounds, a bag of fruit hard candy that looked to be even more than the milk candy, two bags of white sugar, two large pieces of brown sugar, a bag of sandwich cookies, and a large bag of sponge cake.

The sponge cakes must have been squeezed; some were deformed, and others were broken. But it didn't matter. These kinds of precious things couldn't be bought at the local supply and marketing cooperatives; they were only available in the city.

Even if it changes shape, it will still taste good.

These are food items, and there are also two packs of yarn, which look to weigh about two or three pounds. One is gray, and the other is sky blue. They are wool yarn!

Miao Cuiying's eyes lit up when she saw the two large red peony blankets. Her family had a child getting married at the end of the year, and giving one of these blankets as a gift would be very prestigious.

Next came several bundles of fabric, mostly fine cotton, some pure white, some with small floral patterns, and a bundle of corduroy, enough to make several new clothes.

Finally, there was a stack of handkerchiefs, four bars of soap, a dozen or so hair ties and hair accessories, and several boxes of face cream. The handkerchiefs were embroidered and made of good quality material. Miao Cuiying counted them; there were sixteen in a stack. This was good; young girls would like them. She could give one to her daughter-in-law or her niece-in-law to keep as a toy.

Miao Cuiying happily locked the things in the cabinet, thinking about how to distribute them to the people below. The Lu family was actually not bad off; she and her husband both had high salaries. However, this was a rural area, and many supplies were unavailable.

The things my daughter-in-law brought were obviously mostly things that could only be bought in the city. If they had to save up their ration coupons to buy all these things themselves, it would have taken them a long time!

On the other side, the first room in the east wing was the old Dalu Minghui's room.

Lu Minghui spent a lot of time in the old house when he was young. Later, he went to school and then joined the army, so he didn't spend much time at home. In the beginning, the Lu family didn't have that many houses, so they wouldn't prepare a separate room for their son who was away from home all year round.

However, Lu Mingqian disagreed and made a scene at home, insisting on leaving a room for Lu Minghui, regardless of whether the other family members had a place to stay. She insisted that no one was allowed to touch Lu Minghui's room.

Because he was the eldest son, Lu Mingqian insisted on living in the east wing.

Their old tradition is that the eldest son lives in the east wing.

This incident angered Miao Cuiying, not because she wanted to deny Lu Minghui's status as the eldest son, but because she felt that Lu Mingqian was meddling in other people's business.

She knew her husband had a child with his ex-wife before they got married, so it makes no sense that she didn't make a fuss before marriage but started causing trouble afterward.

Besides, no matter what she thinks, Lu Minghui is the eldest son. Does that mean he doesn't exist just because she doesn't acknowledge him? From the moment she entered the house, both the old lady of the Lu family and the eldest daughter, Lu Mingqian, had the attitude that she was here to take over the family and would kick them out. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.

In order to ostracize her stepmother, they even sided with the old lady, causing her eldest son to fall ill and not receive timely treatment, leaving him with sequelae. Miao Cuiying thought the two siblings were sick. They didn't even look at how their mother was mistreated by the old lady back then, and now they actually thought the old lady would love them. They deserved to have been mistreated back then.

Ever since Lu Lao Er fell ill and suffered from aftereffects, leaving him mentally impaired, Lu's mother's attitude towards the old lady and Lu Mingqian became very hostile. This made Lu Mingqian regard her as an enemy even more, and she constantly emphasized her younger brother's status as the eldest son. In fact, she wanted to remind Miao Cuiying that Lu Minghui was the eldest son of the Lu family, and that this family would belong to Lu Minghui in the future, so that she and her son would understand their own identities.

Although Miao Cuiying knew that Lu Mingqian couldn't make the decisions in this family, she still felt disgusted every time they made a scene.

The relationship remained deadlocked.

The east wing was not initially reserved for Lu Minghui. It wasn't until a few years later, when the family added a house and there was enough room, that the first room in the east wing was reserved for Lu Minghui.

At first, when Lu Mingqian saw that several rooms had been added to the house, she wanted to leave the entire east wing to Lu Minghui. However, Miao Cuiying disagreed, as she was a married daughter and naturally could not make decisions for her own family.