My dad's marriage into my family made me rich, and my fierce yet adorable older sister spoils m

The two excitedly inquired along the way and soon found their way to the foot of the mountain where the Guan family's courtyard was located.

"Thank you so much, kind person! We'll definitely thank you properly once we're reunited with our families!"

After speaking, the two followed the path and went straight up the mountain.

Miao Meili stood at the foot of the mountain, smiling smugly. "You're welcome, it's nothing."

The thought of Guan Hongying being in trouble again made her especially happy.

His eyes were squinted into slits, and he couldn't see anything at all.

Guan Hongying, Guan Hongying, I think you're barely able to take care of yourself, how are you going to manage your marriage?

Miao Meili felt incredibly happy just thinking about Lin Hai's face!

Once Lin Hai sees through Guan Hongying and knows what kind of situation her family is, he definitely won't be able to stay any longer.

When the time comes, won't he still have to fall into my arms?

He must have been bewitched by Guan Hongying, and with other people around, that's why he treated me so badly.

He has such a gentle temper; if it weren't for those people, he certainly wouldn't have been willing to be harsh with himself.

Thinking of this, Miao Meili couldn't help but think of Lin Chuan!

That brat from Lin Hai's ex-wife! He actually dared to talk to me like that last time!

Once she and Lin Hai get together, she'll teach that little bastard a lesson about respecting his elders sooner or later!

Meanwhile, Jinbao was still crying loudly in the old lady's arms in the yard.

However, everyone else simply ignored it.

After all, they've already done more than enough by providing food for the grandmother and granddaughter every day and keeping them from going hungry.

When Guan Hongying, Guan Daya, and Guan Siya returned from the meeting, along with Lin Chuan, who was carrying two jin of brown sugar and several jin of coarse grains, their rosy complexions were impossible to hide.

Especially Guan Siya, after she went out and became the brigade accountant, she stood up straight all the way home.

He even exuded an unprecedented level of confidence!

Guan Hongying was overjoyed, after all, she had never dared to even think about it before!

Even in her wildest dreams, she could never have imagined that a cadre would emerge from her family!

"Mom, shall we make dumplings tonight? Fourth Sister did a great job, let's celebrate!"

"What great achievement? What merit did Guan Siya perform?"

When Guan Liuya saw everyone return, she darted out of the house in a flash.

Guan Hongying looked at Guan Liuya with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, then smiled and reached out to tap her head.

"You! In this freezing weather, you didn't even put on a down jacket. If you catch a cold, we won't be responsible."

As Guan Hongying was speaking, Lin Hai came out with a cotton-padded coat.

He looked at Guan Liuya with a somewhat helpless expression, "Little Liu, we were just telling you to put on your clothes, and the next second you popped out here."

As he spoke, Lin Hai chuckled and helped Guan Liuya put on her cotton-padded coat.

Guan Liuya chuckled, then stuck out her tongue mischievously.

"Alright, alright, I've put on my coat. Now, tell me, what exactly did Fourth Sister do to deserve this?"

Guan Siya tilted her head back, her little face beaming with happiness.

She coughed very seriously, clenched her fist in front of her mouth, then glanced at Lin Chuan and gestured, "Ahem... it sounds like I'm showing off, Xiao Chuan... you tell me."

Guan Siya's act of pretending to be an adult was really strange, which immediately made the people around her laugh.

Lin Chuan suppressed a laugh and then briefly described what had just happened.

Upon hearing this, Guan Xiaoqi, who was standing at the door, immediately clapped her hands happily.

"Fourth Sister, you're amazing!!"

Standing next to Guan Xiaoqi, Guan Sanya smiled and nodded in agreement with Guan Siya.

Seeing this scene, Guan Siya's expression became even more smug.

"Huh? Really? You guys didn't conspire to fool us, did you? I might believe it if it were anyone else, but how could it be Fourth Sister?"

Guan Liuya, standing to the side, still looked at Guan Siya with a suspicious expression.

Then she added, "Brother Xiaochuan, did you become a cadre and then Fourth Sister deliberately used this to lie to me?!"

Before Guan Liuya could finish speaking, Guan Siya tapped her on the head.

"Guan Siya! How could you hit someone?!"

Guan Siya: "Hmph! I'm just giving you a little lecture as an elder!"

The two started arguing immediately, but they weren't really fighting, so the others just watched with amusement.

Guan Hongying smiled helplessly and shook her head. "Alright, alright, if you want to make a scene, go back inside. It's so cold outside. I'll go close the front door, and then we'll go back inside to make dumplings."

Just as Guan Hongying finished speaking and reached the front door, a huge, dark creature suddenly darted out from the side and grabbed Guan Hongying's leg tightly!

"Second sister! My poor second sister! Your little brother has finally seen you!"

Guan Yaozu, with his hoarse voice, wailed and cried, tears streaming down his face!

He didn't manage to squeeze out two tears, but he did manage to smear snot all over Guan Hongying's trouser leg.

This sudden turn of events startled everyone in the courtyard.

Guan Hongying subconsciously looked down and then recognized that it was her vampire brother!

Her face turned deathly pale instantly, and her body began to tremble instinctively.

She felt a deep loathing, even fear, for her younger brother!

Because if it weren't for Guan Yaozu's family, if it weren't for the old lady and the others, her eldest sister wouldn't have left this world so early!

Even after death, she was not welcomed by her husband's family, and even the children she left behind were constantly looked down upon.

"Oh dear~ our second sister~ you have to stand up for us~~"

Ma Cuihua, who was next to her, also sat down on the snow and slapped her thighs while singing in a melodious, winding style.

"There's no way to survive in Wangjiazhai! People are starving to death in the village! Waaah, our eldest sister died young, and Yaozu is the only remaining member of your Guan family! Second sister, if you just stand by and watch him die, and Yaozu starves to death, our Guan family line will end!"

The couple sang in unison, their voices unusually loud.

When the two of them arrived, there was a group of villagers on the road who had just finished a meeting.

Now, it has attracted the villagers who haven't dispersed yet, who are all standing on the distant mountain road, peeking out curiously.

Just when Guan Yaozu and Ma Cuihua thought that their self-inflicted injury scheme would work on Guan Hongying in the same way they had manipulated the eldest sister of the Guan family, a pitiful and weak cry came from the mud-brick house in the corner of the courtyard.

"Yaozu... Cuihua... why are you taking so long to arrive..."

Guan Yaozu and Ma Cuihua turned around abruptly and saw an old woman lying in the mud in front of the adobe house. She was covered in mud, smelled foul, and her hands were swollen like radishes.

Standing next to her was Jinbao, who had wet his pants and whose lips were turning purple from the cold, his face covered in snot and tears.

"Mother?! Jinbao?!"