Old Mrs. Song is reborn; get out of here, you scumbag husband and illegitimate child!

I played here until it was almost time to go to school.

Erfeng and Sanfeng reluctantly told Sifeng and Xiaowu that they would wait for them to come back. Then they said, "Grandma, we're going to school."

"Wait a minute." Sister-in-law Song handed them some biscuits and oranges.

Study hard.

Yifeng arrived in the evening.

She stood at the gate of the courtyard and did not go in.

Sister-in-law Song carried Xiao Wu to the door.

Yi Feng stared at Xiao Wu, her eyes burning red.

"Xiao Wu, come with me."

Xiao Wu was perched on Sister Song's shoulder, chewing on a biscuit, with crumbs falling onto her collar.

She saw Yi Feng and grinned.

He continued chewing on the biscuit.

Sister-in-law Song didn't let her take Xiao Wu with her.

"Yifeng, calm down."

"I'm calm. Xiao Wu is my sister, and Si Feng is also my sister. I'm going to take them away." Yi Feng took a step forward.

Sister-in-law Song didn't back down. "Are your mother and your maternal grandmother's family willing to take Xiao Wu and Si Feng back?"

Yi Feng didn't say anything.

Yang Gensheng made it clear that the fourth and fifth children were too young, and taking them back to raise would be too expensive and laborious.

My maternal grandmother shared the same attitude.

She didn't even argue when her mother signed the document.

But Yi Feng doesn't acknowledge it.

"I can support them."

Sister-in-law Song held Xiao Wu and stared at Yi Feng for a long time.

"Yifeng," Sister-in-law Song said, suppressing her anger, "Xiaowu and Sifeng will live very well here with me."

You're the eldest daughter in the family; your most important task right now is to protect your mother. Those people in the Yang family see your mother like dogs seeing a big piece of meat.

Yi Feng's lips twitched.

"Even if Grandma and the others aren't good, they're still better than you all," Yifeng said in a hard voice. "None of you are helping my mother."

Sister-in-law Song choked on those words, her chest aching.

It took her a long time to manage to squeeze out a sentence: "Yifeng, you've broken my heart."

Sister-in-law Song felt that she was not being biased.

She treats all her grandchildren equally.

When Yifeng was a child, she had a fever, and her mother carried her to the village clinic in the middle of the night. When Sanfeng broke her arm, her mother borrowed money to take her to the county hospital.

She has never mistreated any of the children over the years.

I never expected Yifeng to think of her this way.

She and Brother Song had originally agreed to give Yifeng the savings that the two elders had accumulated over most of their lives.

That sum of money wasn't much, but it was enough for Yifeng to go to school.

Now she put that thought to rest.

"You're all too cruel," Yi Feng's voice trembled. "It was Dad who ruined this family."

Sister-in-law Song didn't try to soften her tone any further. "Your father wasn't a good husband, but he was a good father. He wasn't bad to you."

Yi Feng clenched her fists so tightly that her bones cracked.

What right does a man who seeks other women have to be a good father?

"Xiao Wu, come with me." Yi Feng stretched out her hand again.

Sister-in-law Song turned around, holding Xiao Wu in one arm and pulling Si Feng, who had run out of the house, with the other.

"Come on, let's go back with Grandma and have some milk candy."

"Xiao Wu. Si Feng." Yi Feng's voice rose.

Sister-in-law Song turned around, her eyes not filled with anger, but with something that made Yi Feng feel suffocated.

"You knew perfectly well that your mother and the Yang family didn't want Xiao Wu and Si Feng. You insisted on bringing them back, just to make them suffer with you?"

Yi Feng's lips trembled slightly.

"I can support them," she said for the third time, her voice lower than the previous two times.

"You need to support yourself first."

"You look down on people. If someone like Song Qiang can make money, I can easily make more than him."

"Why don't you go out and see if it's easy to make money?"

She locked Sifeng and Xiaowu inside the house and called out towards the courtyard gate, "Yang Gensheng, is Yang Gensheng home?"

Yang Gensheng secretly followed Yi Feng.

He was afraid that Yi Feng would bring Si Feng and Xiao Wu back.

Hearing Sister-in-law Song call him, he threw his cigarette butt on the ground and walked over.

"What are you doing?"

Sister-in-law Song looked at Yang Gensheng. "Are you going to take Xiao Wu back with you?"

Yang Gensheng's face fell.

"Aunt Song, how can you go back on your word? It was agreed that Sifeng and Xiaowu would be given to Song Qiang. It's all in black and white, signed in writing. Are you trying to back out now?"

"It's not that I want to go back on my word."

Sister-in-law Song gestured towards Yifeng's direction with her lip. "It's Yifeng who's taking her sister back."

Yang Gensheng grabbed her arm.

"Do you want your mother to work herself to death? There are five people lining up to propose marriage over there. With three of you already burdened, it's not enough to take on two more. Who would dare to come knocking?"

Yi Feng struggled, but couldn't break free.

"Uncle, I can support my sister."

"How are you going to support them?" Yang Gensheng's voice boomed. "You're going to stay home and take care of two children? You're already sixteen years old, aren't you going to get married?"

Tears welled up in Yifeng's eyes from his yelling.

Yang Gensheng didn't care about her.

He grabbed Yifeng and dragged her outside.

Yi Feng's feet left two marks on the ground, and she refused to leave no matter what.

"Uncle, let me go."

Yang Gensheng pulled her away, then turned and shouted into the yard, "Erfeng, Sanfeng. I know you're hiding in the house, hurry up and get home to work."

Erfeng's tear stains were still wet.

She glanced at Sifeng, then at Xiaowu.

Sifeng stood beside Sister-in-law Song, her big eyes fixed on Erfeng.

"Second sister, I miss Mom."

Erfeng squatted down and hugged Sifeng.

"Fourth Sister, I'll come see you tomorrow. How about I take you to see Mother in a few days?"

Sifeng's mouth twitched.

She tried her best to hold back her tears, her face twitching.

"Okay." Sifeng nodded.

Erfeng stood up, took a few steps, then turned back. "Fourth Sister, if you're cold tonight, ask Grandma to cover you with an extra blanket."

Sifeng nodded again.

Sister-in-law Song's nose tingled with emotion.

Sanfeng ran up to Xiaowu and squatted down.

Xiao Wu was still chewing on a biscuit, his mouth bulging and his face full of confusion.

"Little Five, your sister is leaving. You have to be good." Sanfeng's voice was broken from crying. "Little Five wets the bed, Grandma, please don't hit her."

Sister-in-law Song got angry immediately.

"You're all trying to provoke me. Xiao Wu is my granddaughter too, when have I ever hit any of you?"

Sanfeng sniffed.

"Grandma, Xiao Wu is too naughty. She puts things like chicken droppings in her mouth, you have to keep an eye on her."

"When you were little, you would pour rice into the water vat, and I never hit you," Sister-in-law Song said, her voice hoarse.

Sanfeng hugged Sister-in-law Song's leg and let out a howl.

"Grandma, I'm sorry. You should give your love to Xiao Wu instead."

After saying that, he let go.

She ran out of the yard, wiping away her tears.

Erfeng also went out.

Sifeng turned her head and looked at Xiaowu.

Xiao Wu finished the biscuits, looked around, and then opened his arms to shout at Sister-in-law Song, "More!"

Sifeng squatted down in front of Xiaowu.

"Give me a bite."

Xiao Wu shook his head.

Sifeng reached out and wiped the crumbs from Xiaowu's mouth, then took Xiaowu's hand and followed Sister-in-law Song into the house.

Sister-in-law Song put Xiao Wu on the bed and gave her a piece of milk candy.

He gave Sifeng another piece of candy, saying, "Keep the candy on the cabinet, don't give Xiaowu too much at once."

Little Wu kicked the blanket with his two little feet, concentrating on dealing with the candy wrappers.

Sifeng sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Xiaowu.

"Grandma, can I take Xiao Wu to find her sister?"

Sister-in-law Song fetched water for Sifeng to wash her face.

Upon hearing this, he struggled to wring the towel out of his hand for a long time without success.

"Let's go tomorrow. It's too late today."

Sifeng climbed onto the bed, lay down next to Xiaowu, and tucked Xiaowu's feet into the blanket.

Xiao Wu was unhappy and kicked out again.

Sifeng is blocked again, and Xiaowu is kicked again.

The two of them went back and forth several times.

Xiao Wu yawned and finally stopped moving.

Sister-in-law Song stood at the door and saw everything.

Song Fei's wife, who came along, complained:

"To encounter something like this when you're old. It's like God isn't letting us live a good life."

"That bastard Song Qiang, he's brought up this filth again. What am I supposed to do now?"

After venting her anger, she sighed again.

Song Fei's wife didn't know what to say, so she could only offer a few words of comfort to Song's sister-in-law. "Second brother went to the county and hasn't returned yet?"

"They said they wanted to check out the goods in Qingyang. They'll introduce a few suppliers to Xiaochuan later, so he can ship some goods from Shenzhen. A lot of merchants from other places are coming to Qingyang to buy goods these days."

Song Fei's wife: "I wonder how the baby's father is?"

"Your third aunt said that Song Fei should go to Beijing to develop the market. Why don't you go with Song Fei? As for the children, you can take them with you to study, or they can stay at home with us."

Song Fei's wife was very touched, and she also considered leaving her comfort zone.

Follow the man.

A red glow spread across the horizon.

The light in the courtyard dimmed.

Song Qiang is back.

Behind him followed a young man in his early twenties, tanned dark-skinned and carrying a canvas bag.

The two people walked into the courtyard looking travel-worn.

Sister-in-law Song's face fell the moment she saw Song Qiang.

"Get back to Guangzhou right now, don't cause trouble here."

Song Qiang glanced towards the inner room. "Mom, where are Sifeng and Xiaowu?"

"Go to sleep. Don't wake them."

"Mom, I'm taking Sifeng and Xiaowu away."

Upon hearing this, Sister-in-law Song froze in her tracks.

"What did you say?"

"I said I wanted to take Sifeng and Xiaowu with me." Song Qiang looked up. "I'll let Sifeng and Xiaowu study outside."

"The children should stay at home with us, the two of us old folks. What kind of man are you, running around outside taking care of two kids?"

"Mom, I've made up my mind."

Song Qiang's voice was firm: "The schools over there are better than those in our village. Sifeng should go to school, and Xiaowu can go to kindergarten too."

Sister-in-law Song felt a tightness in her chest.

"You're only thinking about the kids now? What were you doing all this time?"

Song Qiang did not respond to that sentence.

"Will you come back with the child?"

Sister-in-law Song clearly thought so too. She glared intently at Song Qiang.

"If you want to take the child away, does your father agree? I certainly don't agree to you taking the child away."

Brother Song came out of the main room.

The cigarette burned his fingers, making him shudder, and he threw the cigarette butt on the ground.

Song Qiang looked at his father. "Dad, I originally wanted all five children to go to school outside. Yang Liu disagreed, and Yi Feng disagreed too. Now that we're divorced, Si Feng and Xiao Wu are with me, and I'm taking them with me."

Sister-in-law Song's voice trembled with tears:

"If you take them away, what will happen to us two old people?"

Song Qiang remained silent for two seconds.

"I will send you money every month. I will bring the children back to see you during holidays."

Sister-in-law Song burst into tears immediately.

She slapped her thigh.

"Why send money if you're not coming back? What good is money anyway?"

What I want is for my granddaughter to be by my side, so I can see and touch her every day.

"If you take them outside, you'll only see them a few times a year. What's the difference between that and not having granddaughters at all?"

Song Qiang's Adam's apple bobbed.

A sound came from the inner room.

Sifeng woke up.

She rubbed her eyes and came out of the house, her bare feet stepping on the threshold.

She was taken aback when she saw Song Qiang standing in the courtyard.

"dad."