Me at two years old, a queen!

"Crazy Uncle~, what's wrong with that sister~" An'an asked curiously while eating the new snack she had just bought.

Qin Feng didn't know how to explain to the innocent and naive child how heartless this family was, so he simply continued to show the little girl the pigs that were making "snorting" noises.

Fortunately, the little girl was young and her attention was quickly diverted by the interesting cartoon, so Qin Feng squinted and thought about the information he had found.

The old woman was widowed when she was young. In those years when men farmed the land, she raised her son alone. She did all the work in the fields and at home by herself, and she was more capable than any man.

Later, when their son, Fang Dayong, reached marriageable age, the family was poor and he didn't have any skills to earn a living. Daughters from respectable families were unwilling to marry into the mountains.

With her son approaching 30 and fearing he'd remain a bachelor if he didn't find someone soon, the old woman didn't want the Fang family line to end with her. Fang Dayong, a lazy bum, spent his days seducing other men's wives and daughters, causing the old woman many fights with the village women.

He wanted to do what poor families used to do: buy a wife, someone who could bear children, so that when she died, the Fang family would have something to say in the afterlife, someone to take care of their son, and if she could have another child, someone to look after Fang Dayong in his old age.

They borrowed some money, but the poor people knew their situation and couldn't lend them much. Money doesn't grow on trees, and so several more years passed. During those years, the old woman couldn't hold her head high in the village because she had a bachelor son.

Later, they got lucky and someone found them a beautiful college student who had been abducted. Because she had been beaten badly during her escape, she was sometimes dazed and sometimes lucid. No other family wanted her, so the traffickers, afraid of being stuck with her, sold her to an old woman at a low price.

The old woman was afraid that the simpleton might give birth to another simpleton, which would be terrible. However, Fang Dayong had taken a liking to this fair-skinned woman, and the old woman knew that if she didn't look for her son soon, she might never find him again. So, she gritted her teeth, sold the family's grain, and bought him.

She later gave birth to a daughter, but the old lady favored sons over daughters, constantly beating and verbally abusing her. Her husband died early in her life, and if it weren't for her son, Fang Dayong, she would have been sold off by her in-laws to another family.

So she always disliked her granddaughter Fang Daya and wanted to sell her for some money. Unexpectedly, the woman who had been mentally unstable seemed to have come to her senses and went mad, insisting on holding her daughter. No matter how the old lady hit her, it was no use.

Fang Dayong was getting old, and having finally had a child, he advised his mother that the girl could help with household chores and earn some money when she grew up, since his son would need money to get married. So the old lady kept the child.

However, Fang Daya's life wasn't easy either. She grew up like a maid, without even a proper name. When she got a little older, she was called Daya so it would be easier for people to call her by her name.

Later, Fang Dayong had a son, whom the whole family doted on like a precious gem. He was the undisputed king of the village and his family. Fang Liting not only had to cook every day, but also act as a maid for her younger brother and sometimes take care of her mother.

If it weren't for the neighbor's daughter's academic success and the fact that her dowry was several times higher than other families', and that their thatched house had been demolished and replaced with a multi-story house, Fang Liting probably wouldn't have been allowed to drop out of high school, let alone attend school.

Fang Dayong later discovered that his wife couldn't run away, his son was grown up, and the villagers who had worked in construction outside the village had returned home and built houses with money in their wallets. Fang Dayong was envious and went to work in construction with the villagers. Fang Daya was thus unable to continue her studies and had to stay home to take care of the family.

Fang Dayong had seen the city's prosperity and entertainment, and he had never earned money through work. Even the money he earned from working a couple of days was spent on drinking, smoking, and indulging in alcohol and women.

Fang Dayong has lived a life of ease, relying on his mother for food and clothing his whole life. He's never done farm work, and as a slacker in middle age, don't expect him to work a regular job.

After only a few days, Fang Dayong returned to his hometown. Having witnessed the extravagant lifestyle of the countryside, he found it difficult to tolerate the simple life of eating sweet potatoes, chickens, ducks, and cattle every day.

He then set his sights on women whose beauty remained undiminished by time. Having witnessed much of the sordid side of debauchery, Fang Dayong started this business. The mute woman, and the woman who wasn't mentally impaired, were unaware that the daily ordeals she endured were unbearable for most. Fang Dayong's life was neither good nor bad.

Later, Fang Dayong accidentally discovered that he had late-stage lung cancer. His temper became increasingly volatile, and he would resort to violence against his family members for the slightest thing, and his behavior became increasingly unscrupulous.

Later, a relative from the old lady's maternal family approached her and said, "You've finally made it through this difficult time, and then this happens. Your family already has old people and young children; what will become of Jinbao?"

"Your wife is like this again. We've spent so much money, and all she can do is stay home and do housework. It would be nice if she could give your Fang family a few more grandsons, but after all these years, she's only given birth to Jinbao."

"If you leave now, what will Jinbao do with her?"

"Although I have an older sister, she'll also be getting married. Once the bride price is returned, how can they expect someone to come back and take care of their younger brother's family?"

The old lady's thoughts were reasonable. Jinbao was still so young, and she herself didn't know how many more years she had to live. If she passed away, that wretched girl Fang Liting wouldn't fetch much money even after marriage. Jinbao was the only son in the Fang family.

"Look, auntie, do you know my sister-in-law's son? He's a big businessman, he earns this much a year!"

The wrinkled old woman held up five fingers and laughed, "People say he's a manager at Qin's Real Estate, and he even married the daughter of some CEO. He's really rich; he lives in a villa now!"

The old lady was quick-witted and immediately knew something was amiss. She waited for the old woman to speak before saying, "Oh dear, it's just that her daughter-in-law is quite something. She gave birth to a child who's a financial burden, and she absolutely refuses to have any more."

“How can we accept a money-losing child? It’s better not to have one at all,” the old woman replied.

"Sigh~, how can such a large family business function without a son? Wouldn't all that hard work be for nothing, just benefiting someone else?" The old woman then took off a gold bracelet and slipped it onto the old lady's wrist.

"I just heard that Dayong had an accident. Are you short of money? Look at your Jinbao, he looks like a happy doll and he's so clever. Isn't that... what city people call good genes?"

The old lady naturally understood what she meant. Back in the day, when she was starving and had to beg for food from her parents' home, she was kicked out as a jinx. Naturally, her family benefited greatly from this good fortune.

"Wealthy families are always afraid of trouble. I heard your wife was a college student back in the day, and she's good-looking, so the children she'll have will naturally be good too. This family isn't short of money either. How about this amount?"

The old woman mysteriously held up five fingers. "500,000! How much work would you have to do to earn that? You couldn't earn that much money even if you grew crops your whole life."

"That short, lame family your eldest daughter mentioned probably only gave a dowry of 10 yuan at most. That's the richest and highest dowry in our village. Look around, who has 50 yuan? That's enough to eat pig's trotters every day!"

"If you ask me, if it weren't for Dayong's condition and your wife's inability to speak, they wouldn't even be interested in you two!" Seeing the old lady's hesitant expression, he knew the deal was probably done, so he gave her another nudge.

"You have to think about Jinbao. He has no father now, and his mother is like this. Do you think people will treat him well in the future because Jinbao and his son are like brothers?"

"Such a large family business will all go to this son in the future. No matter how he finds a partner, they'll be his own flesh and blood. He won't be at a disadvantage."

The old woman knew what Fang Dayong had done. Seeing her son suffering from that illness, and considering he would occasionally give her a few yuan, she didn't say anything. After all, she was getting old and needed to save some money.

Thinking that one or two men wouldn't make a difference with one more child, and considering the generous financial offer, I ultimately agreed.

Not long after, the woman became pregnant, but the other party only wanted the child; they said they would just give the child to them after it was born. Knowing that Fang Dayong had cancer but was still working on the Lu's Real Estate construction site, the other party gave him a sum of money to do something for him.

Fang Dayong figured he wasn't going to live much longer anyway, so he might as well make as much money as possible to leave to his son. He wrote a suicide note, livestreamed himself jumping off a building, and accused the Lu family of withholding his wages.