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Jiang Zhiqiang's face was expressionless, his lips were pale, and his eyes were filled with disappointment: "I used to turn a blind eye to you helping your family out, since they were in financial difficulty."

"But I never imagined that you would actually try to take advantage of your own children, stealing meat from their mouths—no, you didn't even give them anything to eat in the first place."

"You're the mother, how could you do this? Do you even want to live like this anymore?"

He never imagined that a mother could be so cruel.

Seeing that he was really angry, Wang Zhaodi immediately cried and complained, "Waaah, I didn't want to either, but I had no choice. You know the situation of my two nephews."

"My brother is useless and can't support the family, my sister-in-law ran away, and these two children are so pitiful without a mother. Am I supposed to just watch them starve to death?"

"As for Ping'an and An'an, they are still too young to eat much. Once my two nephews are better, I will stop sending meat. Is that alright?"

"Don't tell your in-laws, otherwise they'll definitely look down on me even more, and I'll just have to suffer at home."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhiqiang felt a surge of anger. He took a deep breath and asked in a low voice, "I'm asking you, when did this start? Besides subsidizing the meat and eggs my older brother brought, have you been subsidizing me with money?"

Wang Zhaodi felt a little guilty and lowered her head, saying softly, "Well... there is some too. I can't help it. I can't watch the two children starve to death. I'm their aunt."

"I give my parents about fifteen yuan a month, mainly for the food and drink of my two children. It's no joke that half-grown boys can bankrupt their fathers."

"They eat too much now, and they don't have enough oil in their stomachs. It's so uncomfortable for them to not be full. It really breaks my heart to see them like this."

Jiang Zhiqiang's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something more.

The two teenagers rushed in and slammed their heads against his stomach, shouting, "My aunt is crying because of you! I'll kill you!"

He stumbled from the impact and almost fell to the ground. He instinctively grabbed the edge of the stove to steady himself and frowned.

"I am an elder, how dare you hit me?"

"Hmph, only your aunt among us elders doesn't like you. You can go home now; you're not welcome here."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhaodi patted the two children on the back: "Dahu, Xiaohu, that's enough. It's very impolite to talk like that. Quickly apologize to your uncle, do you hear me?"

The two children turned their faces away: "We don't want to. It's his fault for bullying Auntie and making her cry."

"Why aren't you leaving yet? You're not welcome in our house."

Jiang Zhiqiang looked at her and said, "Wife, come back with me."

"As for me, it's not convenient for me to go back right now. Da Hu just recovered from a high fever and needs someone by his side. Anyway, Ping An isn't home either, so it's no big deal for me to stay here and take care of him a little more."

"Nothing? Hehe, you're my wife. What are you doing here instead of going home? And from now on, the kids have to eat with me. If you keep stealing meat for your parents' family..."

"Don't blame me for not being clear, but I can't accept this. Raising children is your brother's business. You can't make your own children suffer by raising them."

Wang Zhaodi pursed her lips and remained silent.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Zhiqiang's heart sank: "Fine, I see you don't care about our little family at all, you insist on staying here to take care of your brother's family, right?"

"Fine, then let's just stop living like this. It's pointless. How can a mother be so heartless as to wrong her own child like this?"

"If you want to stay at your parents' house, then stay. Don't go back."

After saying that, Jiang Zhiqiang pushed the cart out and left.

Seeing this, Wang Zhaodi tried to chase after them, but her arms were grabbed one on each side. The two children cried pitifully, "Auntie, we don't have a mother anymore, you can't abandon us!"

"If you abandon us, Dad will definitely sell us to work in the coal mines, and we'll die."

She knelt down with a thud, crying and wailing, "Auntie, if you just raise us for a few more years, once we're old enough to work and earn money, we'll definitely take good care of you."

"We treat you like our own mother. Wouldn't it be great if you had two more sons to be filial to you, Auntie?"

Seeing how heartbroken they were, Wang Zhaodi's heart softened: "Alright, your aunt will take care of you, but I also need to go and comfort your uncle, otherwise he might tell his family about this."

"From now on, my in-laws will no longer send meat, but eggs and duck eggs. If I only give you 15 yuan a month to support you, it won't be enough."

The two children exchanged a glance and said obediently, "Okay, Auntie, then you go back and coax Uncle. We weren't right to say that today, and we can apologize to Uncle."

Wang Zhaodi said softly, "Good girls, stay home and behave yourselves. I'm going back."

"Okay, Auntie, take care."

Once the others had walked away, the pitiful look on the two children's faces vanished, replaced by a somewhat gloomy expression: "Big brother, do you think Auntie will still take care of us in the future? If she doesn't, we'll go hungry, won't we?"

"I want to eat meat, I want to have a full meal, I don't want to go hungry like before. Please think of something, what should we do?"

Big Tiger's eyes darted around, and he clapped his hands: "Let's observe the situation first. If they're arguing fiercely, we'll go to Aunt's house to do chores and act pitiful."

"Adults are all concerned about their reputation. As long as we are pitiful enough, even if my uncle has a problem with my aunt raising us, he won't dare to do anything. The gossip from the neighbors will be enough to give him a hard time."

"Hehe, Big Brother is still the smartest."

"That's right, otherwise how will we eat meat and grow? As for my two younger cousins, it doesn't matter. They're young and will have the chance to eat meat later. We can't wait that long."

"Yes, what Big Brother said makes sense. If we don't grow up quickly, Dad will definitely do something to us. We won't be able to survive. So what if so many people care about my cousin?"

Da Hu looked at his younger brother and said in a deep voice, "Don't feel sorry for them. Their grandparents and elders love them. We are unloved by our parents. We are the most pitiful ones."

"Our aunt isn't an outsider, she should take care of us. At worst, we'll be filial to her in the future."

*

After returning home, Wang Zhaodi looked at the person on the sofa who looked unwell, and obediently went to the kitchen to pour water and hand it to him, saying softly, "Zhiqiang, are you still angry with me?"

"Sigh, I didn't think this through. Those two kids are just too pitiful. You know my brother is unreliable. If I don't take care of them, they'll really starve to death."

"When Ping'an comes back safe and sound, I'll buy meat and make dumplings for them. I won't do this again, okay?"

Jiang Zhiqiang looked at her with a deep gaze: "You can take care of your nephew, but I can't watch my own child suffer. From now on, I'll only pay half of the household expenses."

"I'm going to use the remaining half to buy supplements for my children. I don't want them to be sickly like I was before. I want them to grow up healthy."