Jing Shao is infertile, but his nanny is pregnant with his child.

Zhou Zhibin's brows furrowed in anger. "Go back to your room!"

Liu Huifang shook off his hand, "I'm not leaving!"

"Of course you can't leave," Jin Aiyun said, looking at everyone present. "No one is leaving until we make things clear today."

Jin Aiyun pointed to the things on the ground, "These are for the eldest daughter's family. I bought them according to her parents' preferences. These are for your family. I bought these for your parents before, so I prepared them for you."

"You say the eldest son's family is good, so let me do the math for you. The eldest son's family spent a total of fifty-three, while your family spent seventy-six. If you don't believe me, go ask at the state-run store. If I'm wrong, you're in charge of this household from now on."

Zhou Zhibin: "Mom..."

"Shut up!" Jin Aiyun glared at him. She shouldn't scold her daughter-in-law, but her son was her own flesh and blood, so she could scold him if she wanted to.

"Since you want to settle accounts with me, then let's settle them properly."

"When the eldest son got married, we gave him two hundred yuan as a bride price, made a gold bracelet, and six quilts. That's all. Second son, tell your wife whether I lied or not."

Zhou Zhibin lowered his head guiltily, "No."

"Okay," Jin Aiyun continued, "When you two get married, your father and I thought that since your salary is low and your wife doesn't work, we wanted to help you out a bit, so we gave you a dowry of 600 yuan, a gold bracelet, nine quilts, and a bicycle."

As she spoke, Jin Aiyun turned to Liu Huifang and asked, "Second son's wife, I want to ask you, how much of this betrothal gift do you have left?"

As far as she knew, Liu Huifang had stayed at her parents' home.

Liu Huifang's eyes instantly reddened. "Wasn't that the betrothal gift you gave me? My parents raised me with great difficulty. What's wrong with me giving my betrothal gift to my parents?"

Ultimately, it's because they look down on her and her family!

"Did I say there was a problem?" Jin Aiyun looked at her. "You're filial, that's a good thing, but you shouldn't go around telling everyone that I'm biased towards your sister-in-law and that you don't have a gold bracelet!"

"You have 300 yuan more than your sister-in-law, three quilts, and a bicycle. You feel it's unfair. Shouldn't I give your sister-in-law these extra things as well?"

Liu Huifang was speechless.

Xu Lin frowned. "Mom, there's no need for us to be so calculating as family."

Liu Huifang rolled her eyes at her, but this time she didn't dare to say anything more.

Jin Aiyun raised her hand to stop her, "We must settle this today."

"The eldest son's family went to Hainan after they got married. In the past ten years or so, apart from me taking care of your sister-in-law twice during her postpartum period, your father and I haven't helped them much. But what about you?"

Jin Aiyun looked at Liu Huifang and said, "Second daughter-in-law, tell me yourself, how many clothes and snacks have I bought for your three children over the years? Even if you don't come back, I'll buy them and have Yanxing deliver them to you. Does the eldest son's family have any of these?"

"Your eldest and second sons are in school, and you made excuses that you were too busy to let me take the kids with you. You didn't give me a single penny to pay their tuition. Did I ever pay tuition for your older brother's two sons?"

"Now you're settling accounts with me? Come on, tell me where you were taken advantage of, and I'll make it up to you."

Liu Huifang was speechless.

Jin Aiyun stared at her. "Speak."

Tears welled up in Liu Huifang's eyes as she shouted, "I can't argue with you all! You're all right, and I'm the only one who's wrong, okay?!"

"If you look down on me so much, why don't you have your son divorce me!"

After saying that, Liu Huifang turned and ran upstairs.

Zhou Zhibin felt incredibly guilty. He had just called out "Mom" when Jin Aiyun yelled back, "Get out! I don't want to see you!"

Zhou Nuannuan held Jin Aiyun's hand, "Mom, don't be angry, Second Brother didn't mean it either."

Jin Aiyun pointed her finger at him and said, "You go back and pack your things right now, and get out of this house tomorrow when you come back from your mother-in-law's!"

Zhou Zhibin: "Mom."

"Don't call me Mom, I'm not your mom!"

Jin Aiyun sat on the chair, panting heavily with anger.

Zhou Zhibin was about to speak when Zhou Jianguo stopped him, saying, "Let's go upstairs and rest first, let your mother calm down."

Zhou Zhibin bowed deeply to Jin Aiyun and Zhou Jianguo with remorse, "Mom and Dad, I'm sorry."

Zhou Zhibin looked at Zhou Changjiang and Xu Lin, "Brother, sister-in-law, I'm sorry."

Zhou Changjiang: "Go back and have a good talk with your younger brother and sister-in-law first."

Zhou Zhibin lowered his head and gave a bitter smile.

it's useless.

Over the years, he had tried to have a heart-to-heart talk with her so many times, but he had failed each time, and each time it was worse than the last. Now, he really had no strength left.

"I'm going back now."

After Zhou Zhibin went upstairs, Zhou Jianguo sat down next to Jin Aiyun to comfort her, "Alright, don't be angry, there's no need to argue with a junior."

Jin Aiyun pointed upstairs, "A woman in her forties, a mother of three, and still doesn't know anything."

Zhou Jianguo sighed, "It's already like this, there's no use getting angry now."

Zhou Changjiang pursed his lips. "My wife and I also bear responsibility for this."

Xu Lin hummed in agreement.

Jin Aiyun frowned, "What does this have to do with you two? Don't take everything on yourself."

Xu Lin: "Changjiang and I don't go home all year round. If it weren't for the fact that we need you to help me send gifts to my family during holidays when we're not home, this wouldn't have happened."

She came back for Chinese New Year this year. She has been married to Zhou Changjiang for so many years, and this is the third time she has come back.

Xu Lin felt that since she and her husband were often away from home, her second brother and sister-in-law could lend a hand if her parents-in-law had any minor ailments.

So she usually pretended not to hear anything Liu Huifang said or did.

Even so, Liu Huifang was still not satisfied.

Jin Aiyun snorted, "She can find any excuse to cause trouble. This has nothing to do with you two. I won't interfere in your family affairs anymore. When you're not home, send money over during holidays and I'll buy you nice things for your parents."

Xu Lin: "How about I send the money to my parents instead, so that my younger siblings don't find out and have to prove that I sent them money?"

"Ignore her," Jin Aiyun was truly angry this time. "You should let your parents send you money, but we also have to send gifts for you. We've been doing this for so many years. If your father and I suddenly stop going, your family will definitely be gossiped about. We can't ignore you just because we care about her."

Upon hearing this, Xu Lin's eyes reddened slightly.

This is the fundamental reason why she was willing to accommodate Liu Huifang; her mother-in-law knew the grievances she had suffered and was genuinely very good to her.

Jin Aiyun stood up. "Alright, let's all be happy on the first day of the Lunar New Year. You two should get up early tomorrow morning to go shopping. If you can't buy everything, give your parents some extra money."