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

"Go away, go away, this train is really not fit for humans. We'll come back to find you after we've rested." She closed the door, plopped down on a stool, and wanted to get a drink of water, but there wasn't even any hot water in the house.

The whole family is lazy; they don't even boil water when she's not around.

Grandma Xia said she was particular about things. In this day and age, people don't care what kind of water they drink; even tap water is drunk. But Grandma Xia was different. She wouldn't drink it herself and wouldn't let her family drink it either, all because she had personally witnessed someone die from diarrhea after drinking tap water when she was a child.

That scene remains a shadow over Grandma Xia.

She got up and went into the kitchen to boil water. Chen Xianghong put her things down so her mother could rest, and then did it herself. The layout of the house hadn't changed, only some of the children's things had been added. Chen Xianghong started working with practiced ease, her back view revealing her efficiency.

Girls always seem to care more about their mothers. Old Mrs. Xia glanced disdainfully at Chen Xiangnan, who was so tired that he had closed his eyes. He looked like he was about to die.

"Mom, second brother, have some water." Chen Xianghong brought a glass of water and placed it on the table.

Chen Xiangnan struggled to sit up, picked up the bowl, blew on it, and said, "Finally home."

Grandma Xia planned to wait for the water to cool down before drinking it. "Mom went to tidy up your room. I was in a hurry when I came to find you, so I didn't have time to tidy up for you."

Chen Xiangnan looked in the direction his mother had gone and asked, "Mom, you're not planning to clean up that storage room next to my brother and sister-in-law's room, are you?"

Grandma Xia said irritably, "Xiang Hong's original room was given to you and your wife. What else could it be but that room? Do you expect us to vacate the room?"

Chen Xiangnan: "That won't do."

Grandma Xia: "Then why are you talking nonsense?"

Chen Xiangnan: "If you keep doing this, your older brother and sister-in-law will make a scene when they come back. They originally planned to give that room to Baoyuan. When Baoyuan is older, he can tidy up a place for himself, and they can also give Baoyuan a younger brother or sister."

Grandma Xia: "If they really come to talk, just wait and see how I deal with them."

Chen Xiangnan stopped talking, took a cold shower, and went to his room to sleep.

Grandma Xia and Chen Xianghong tidied up the house together, and Grandma Xia explained the sales clerk's job to Chen Xianghong in detail. Chen Xianghong wished she could write it all down.

In the evening, the two finally finished the chores together, cleaning the entire house. These past few days, with Grandma Xia away, the other children in the house seemed to have no hands; not one of them did any housework.

Not only were there basins full of clothes, but the kitchen was also a complete mess.

"You've worked hard, Xiang Hong. Mom will go cook. You should take a shower and rest. I'll call you when the food is ready." Grandma Xia pointed to the hot water and urged her to hurry up.

"Mom, let me cook. I'm young, it's nothing. You must be exhausted these past few days. You go wash up first." Chen Xianghong didn't want to go; she noticed that Grandma Xia looked very tired.

"It's a good thing you're back. None of your brothers and sisters-in-law are any good. All they do is coax money out of me and wait for me to do their laundry and cook for them. They're all no match for you. You should have listened to me just now. It's one thing to wash your father's clothes, but you made them wash everyone else's too. They've become like landlords." As soon as Old Mrs. Xia finished speaking, the door was kicked open.

The two turned around and found Chen Xiangdong and Zhu Wenying standing angrily outside the door.

Zhu Wenying was quick to anger and never forgot what she had been taught. She had been furious when she heard Old Madam Xia praising Chen Xianghong while stepping on them outside the door. As soon as she opened the door, she said sarcastically, "Little sister, it's no wonder that your mother dotes on you. She brought you back from afar with my Zhu family's things. Daughters always care about their mothers. Even if we've been with you for so many years, we can't compare to that."

"Mom, didn't you say you were going to see her? Why did you bring her back? What are you bringing her back for? Isn't she getting married soon?" Chen Xiangdong was also angry. What his mother just said was basically saying that they were unfilial.

Grandma Xia: "It's none of your business."

Chen Xiangdong: "Mom, this is our home. A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl; she can't just stay at home. Why can't we control her?"