The main thing is to make money, and the rest is just a matter of convenience.

"Sister, I want to get first place too."

Hua Rong leaned in Hua Yan's arms, feeling extremely at ease.

"Okay! Our Guo'er also wants to get first place."

Hua Yan lowered her head and kissed Hua Rong on the face.

"Whee!"

Hua Rong felt that she was the happiest child in the world, no doubt about it.

When Liu Fengzhi came out of the kitchen, she saw a scene that suddenly ruined her good mood.

Liu Fengzhi was convinced that Hua Yan was her nemesis. Whenever she saw this child, she couldn't help but feel depressed, melancholy, and even irritable.

Seeing that everyone was nice to Hua Yan, she felt that these people were blind.

Hua Yan felt Liu Fengzhi's resentful gaze, turned around and looked at Liu Fengzhi with a scrutinizing look, without any sign of compromise.

"Why are you looking at me like that, kid?"

Liu Fengzhi hid her resentment and replaced it with a puzzled look.

Hua Yan ignored her, knowing that this was someone who couldn't tell right from wrong and couldn't explain herself clearly, so she didn't want to waste her breath on her.

"Hey! Jingxing, look at this child, why is he like this?"

Liu Fengzhi looked hurt.

"Sister-in-law, please sit down quickly. Jiuer just came back and must be tired and hasn't recovered yet."

Liang Dong saw that the atmosphere was not right and immediately tried to smooth things over.

Hua Jingxing looked at Liu Fengzhi as if she were a monster, and finally took a puff of his cigarette without saying a word.

"Jiu'er, you all should come to the table and eat. Everything here will be ready soon."

When Deng Zhi turned around, he saw the mother and daughter in a tense situation in the room, and quickly shouted loudly.

"Yes! Sister-in-law, Jiuer, hurry up and get to the table. Dinner will be served soon."

As he spoke, Liang Dong pulled Hua Yan's arm and winked.

Hua Yan thought that it was New Year's Day and everyone's good mood couldn't be affected by Liu Fengzhi alone, so she pulled Hua Rong and Liang Yin onto the kang.

Hua Yan sat next to Hua Jingxing and held Hua Rong on her lap.

Soon Deng Zhi finished cooking all the dishes, took off her apron, and sat down next to Liang Dong.

Liu Fengzhi sat next to Deng Zhi, three people away from Hua Yan.

Everyone knew that the mother and daughter were not getting along, so they consciously tried to find topics to talk about to avoid any interaction between them.

"Dad, Uncle Miao wants to go to Country J after the New Year to investigate the automobile, home appliance, and hotel industries there. I'm planning to have Uncle Liang, Dad Hai, and Uncle Jiu go over and take a look. If you have time, come along!"

Hua Yan picked up a piece of fish for Hua Jingxing and looked at Hua Jingxing.

"Once your father Hai leaves, there won't be enough manpower at home. Let's talk about it later when there's a chance!"

Hua Jingxing is not that interested in going abroad. He just wants to do his business well and not let his daughter down.

"If your dad isn't going, I have nothing to do here, so I'll go out for a walk with you."

Liu Fengzhi put down her chopsticks and looked at Hua Yan expectantly, completely without the resentment and disgust she had just shown.

Everyone at the table looked at Hua Yan, including Hua Jingxing.

Hua Yan didn't say anything, and slowly picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork for Hua Rong.

Some of the children were too afraid to breathe and just lowered their heads to eat.

Liang Dong and Deng Zhi looked at each other and lowered their heads to eat.

At this time, only Hua Jingxing could speak, but he really didn't want to speak.

"Why are you following them? They don't go out to play, they go out to work."

Hua Jingxing said speechlessly, his eyes full of helplessness.

"Let's not talk about Jiuer. I heard Taiji went too. Isn't he going there to have fun? Don't tell me he's going to work too. If others can go out and have fun, why can't our family members?"

Since leaving the medical center, Liu Fengzhi has been a bit idle. She is not allowed to go to the Chinese medicine clinic, and she is not allowed to interfere in Hua Jingxing's business. Now she has become a motionless salted fish.

"First of all, Taiji isn't going there to play, he's going there to offer advice. Also, the money for Taiji to go abroad is provided by his family. Do you have that much money? Furthermore, Taiji can speak foreign languages. Do you?"

Hua Yan looked at Liu Fengzhi expressionlessly, wanting to know what this woman was thinking.

"You can speak foreign languages, so your dad can give me some money."

Liu Fengzhi said it as if it was a matter of course.

"First, I can speak foreign languages, but I don't have time to take care of you. I go out to work and I don't have the energy to bring a burden with me.

Second, I don’t have such deep feelings for you, so why should I do useless work for you?

Third, my dad’s money is earned by himself and is used to support the family, not for you to play with.

You don't even have the kids to look after, you don't even have a job, how do you have the guts to ask my dad to give you money?"

Hua Yan's eyes were full of disdain, and she didn't want to hide it at all.

With a "clack", Liu Fengzhi slammed her chopsticks on the table, looking furious, and roared:

"If I marry your father, he will have to support me, and his money will be my money."

"Haha! If you marry my dad, he'll have to support you. But what have you done for this family?"

"I worked so hard to give birth to the three of you!"

"You just gave birth to us, but you did nothing else."

"You should thank me for giving birth to you, and your father should thank me too."

"Humph! Why don't you tell this to Old Madam Hua? I bet you'll get a few slaps in the face before you even finish your words.

My grandma also gave birth to you, why are you always complaining? Check your conscience and ask yourself.

Hua Yan didn't want to say another word to Liu Fengzhi. Maybe they were just not compatible. She would get angry whenever they met.

"Hmph! Hua Jingxing, just watch your daughter talk back to me without saying a word."

This is Liu Fengzhi's usual trick. Whenever she can't convince Hua Yan, she will bully Hua Jingxing.

"What do you want me to say? What did the child say is wrong?"

Hua Jingxing was so angry that his hands kept shaking.

"Sister-in-law, don't be angry. Go sit in the inner room for a while."

Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Deng Zhi hurried out to put out the fire.

Several children also looked at Liu Fengzhi in horror, and Hua Rong even curled up in Hua Yan's arms with tears in her eyes.

Liu Fengzhi felt really embarrassed, so she followed Deng Zhi's steps to the inner room.

Hua Jingxing wiped her face tiredly and wiped away her tears in time.

He felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on him: his wife was naive, his parents were worrying, and his brothers and sisters were always trying to take advantage of him. Fortunately, he still had a few sensible children, which gave him great comfort.

"Dad, don't take it personally. It's normal for Ms. Liu to bring up these issues given her personality. Just focus on our business and don't worry about trivial matters."

Hua Yan patted Hua Jingxing's arm with heartache. She didn't want to quarrel with Liu Fengzhi in front of Hua Jingxing, but this mother was just a tactless person.

Hua Jingxing nodded weakly. He knew that his daughter was not having an easy time either, so he didn't want Hua Yan to worry about the mess at home, especially the affairs of Hua Jingyu and Hua Jingxian.

"Jingxing, sister-in-law was just impulsive and may not have thought deeply about it. Let Xiaozhi enlighten her and she may figure it out."

Liang Dong looked at Hua Jingxing and felt a little distressed, but he was also glad that his wife was not such a person.

Hua Jingxing nodded, not wanting to affect everyone's interest.

"Come on, let's have a drink together."

Hua Jingxing raised his glass and clinked it with Liang Dong's.

Hua Yan quickly changed the subject and said with a smile:

"Dad, I want to bring them all to Kyoto to go to school in September."

"what?"

"what?"

……

Several surprised voices were heard at the same time.

"Ahem! It's like this. My brother Taiji and I will be taking the college entrance examination in July. We will go to Kyoto to study then. We can't leave them here, so it's a good opportunity to take them with us so that they can get familiar with the environment of Kyoto in advance.

Besides, Uncle Liang and Aunt Liang can't be separated for long! Aunt Liang followed us to Kyoto and continued to take care of us.

The teaching quality in Kyoto is very good, and I have arranged everything. After the New Year, I can take advantage of the holidays to let them go to Kyoto to have a look.”

Hua Yan looked at the few people who were still in shock and smiled cunningly.

"Jiuer, I will try my best."

Hua Jiao held Hua Yan's hand, looking resolute.

"I will try my best too."

"Me too."

Liang Xin and Liang Yin also expressed their opinions, fearing that they would be left behind.