She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Grandma Xia raised her head. "Sometimes I wonder, is there something I did wrong, something I didn't do well enough, that's why they treat me like this?"

“I have given them everything I can, why can’t I even hear a kind word? Why do they all look at me like that? I am their own mother.”

Grandma Yin gently patted her face, then took out a new handkerchief and handed it to her so she could wipe her tears. "So what if she's your biological mother? So what if she's your stepmother? Some children are just bad, they're just incorrigible, they just want to tear their parents apart and eat them whole. Even if you give them your heart, they'll only complain that you only gave them one heart."

“There was an old woman in our village who raised her two sons by herself, took care of her parents-in-law until she was just skin and bones. In the end, she fell and couldn’t move in the snow. Her two sons abandoned her in a dilapidated house in the village where no one lived, and she starved to death.”

"Starve to death?" Old Mrs. Xia suddenly gripped Old Mrs. Yin's hand tightly and began to tremble. This old woman was so much like her in her past life. It was as if she had experienced death again, slowly feeling her body lose sensation in the rain, and finally her mind became muddled until she could feel nothing at all.

Grandma Yin noticed that Grandma Xia's face had suddenly turned ashen. "Sister Yue'e, are you alright? Huh?"

Grandma Xia felt a churning in her stomach, then bent over and vomited.

"Let's go to the hospital! I'll go get my son. You wait here for me, and he'll carry you there." Seeing that something was wrong with her, Old Mrs. Yin immediately got up and was about to leave.

As soon as she stood up, Grandma Xia grabbed her hand. "No need, you feel much better after throwing up. It's alright. Talk to me some more."

Grandma Xia's hands were very cold, but she was very strong.

Grandma Yin had no choice but to sit down again and pat her back. "I don't know what to say anymore. Anyway, if there are some children who can't be taught, then let them be. We have money in our own hands, so life won't be too hard. Even if we're worried about who will take care of us when we get old, as long as we have money, the children will definitely stick to us."

"Don't blame me for being blunt, but your three sons are just like that. No matter how good you are to them now, they definitely won't pay attention to you when you get old and have no money. But if you have money, no matter how good you are to them now, they will go to great lengths to please you in the future."

Seeing that Grandma Xia didn't seem unhappy, Grandma Yin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Logically speaking, she, an outsider, shouldn't be saying such things, but she really couldn't hold back today. She had known Sister Yue'e for so many years, and apart from today, she had never seen her cry so sadly. She had been holding these words in for a long time, so she might as well say them all at once today.

"Sister Yue'e, I'm going to say a few harsh words to you today, whether you want to hear them or not. If you want to blame me, then blame me. Your three sons are all worthless. They value money more than your life. No matter how good you are to them, they will never remember your kindness. Since that's the case, you might as well cut ties with them and save more money for yourself. Don't think about getting old. Live life to the fullest now."

Grandma Xia: "I won't blame you. I'm blaming myself for not being able to raise them to be good children."

Grandma Yin shook her head. "You're wrong. They're all adults. They know what's right and wrong, and they know what hurtful words can be, but they still say them. It's not your fault; it's that they have no conscience."

"Don't always blame yourself. The child isn't just yours, and the child isn't incapable of understanding human language. How come the children who grew up together turned bad? Isn't it because they weren't good people to begin with? Maybe it's because Old Chen's roots are bad."

“In the several large compounds around here, everyone raises their children in a very free-range manner, letting them play however they want. Who would specifically teach their children right from wrong? Yet none of them have gone astray. Why is it that he has gone astray? What does that mean?”

Grandma Xia shook her head.

Grandma Yin: "This just shows that their roots are bad. Think about the kind of people Old Chen's relatives are. His younger brothers are all no good. They come here every day to take advantage of you. This just shows that Old Chen is no good."

Grandma Xia nodded. "He's definitely not a good person. Don't be fooled by his respectable appearance and amiable demeanor on the outside; he's actually full of bad intentions."

Grandma Yin felt a little relieved. It was good that she could complain. She could vent her grievances and anger. Once she vented, her mind would be clear, and she would know what to do in the future. If she kept it inside, she would have angered herself to death sooner or later.

"Yes, I knew something was off about him a long time ago. If he were a good person, you wouldn't have suffered so much all these years."

Grandma Xia: "Yes, he pushes me out as a scapegoat every day while he takes the benefits behind the scenes. Once he gets the benefits, he comes out and plays the good guy and scolds me. Everyone thinks he is a reasonable person, while I am the unreasonable one."

Grandma Yin shared her indignation, saying, "That's too much! I never thought he was this kind of person. Why didn't you tell me? If you had, I would have cursed him with you."

Grandma Xia: "I used to think that harmony in the family brings prosperity in everything. But to hell with harmony in the family, harmony is their harmony, and prosperity is their prosperity. I've suffered enough because of them."

Old Mrs. Yin loudly agreed, "That's right. Why should they prosper? Why should their success be achieved by stepping on our backs? Only when we prosper on our own can we truly prosper."

Grandma Xia: "I came here from the countryside all alone, naked. I had the courage to be alone back then, and now that I've established myself, what am I afraid of?"

Grandma Yin immediately gave her a thumbs up, "Sister Yue'e, if I had your courage when I was young, I could have a proper job too. I wouldn't want to rely on my son. I would definitely be able to live my own life and have a good life!"

Looking at the spirited Grandma Yin, Grandma Xia asked hesitantly, "I'm so old, can I really do it?"

Grandma Yin grabbed her hand and said firmly, "We're not even fifty yet, why can't we? In the countryside, eighty-year-old men are still working in the fields. We're still young, what are we afraid of? Could the worst situation be worse than this? You still want to rely on your son or Old Chen?"

Grandma Xia immediately shook her head frantically, "Impossible, I will never rely on them again, they are unreliable."

Grandma Yin: "Come on, you stay at my house for now. We won't be their maids anymore. Let this house just stay like this. If those people outside dare to talk nonsense again, I'll tear their mouths apart with you."