I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Su Hanzhang immediately became anxious upon hearing Wang Guihua's words.

“Guihua, how can you say that? You are a reasonable person. It’s not fair of you to say that. Besides, when my sister-in-law came to us about this, wasn’t it you who agreed to let them come to our house for the New Year? Now that their whole family has come, and you’re not showing up, who knows what they’ll think.”

As he spoke, Su Hanzhang stood up.

"Guihua, sit here and think it over. I'll go get you some hot water to wash your feet. You've been busy all day, so get some rest. Tomorrow morning we'll have a good time. Tomorrow is the New Year, so don't look gloomy and upset the family."

After Su Hanzhang finished speaking, he turned around and went to pour water for Wang Guihua to wash her feet.

After hearing Su Hanzhang's words, Wang Guihua sighed deeply, lay down on the quilt, and murmured helplessly:

"Sigh, what can I do? I was just saying a few angry words. When tomorrow comes, can I really stay home and not have to face anyone? I don't want to bring bad luck on New Year's Day!"

A moment later, Su Hanzhang came in carrying a basin of hot water.

"Honey, don't be upset. Let me wash your feet. Tomorrow is the New Year, so we can't hold a grudge. Although my mother wanted to interfere in our family affairs, I didn't give her the chance, did I? Don't worry, I'll listen to you in everything from now on. As long as we live our lives well, I won't care about anything else. The New Year is almost over, and our daughter will be all grown up and have to live her own life. With Banxia not at home, we, as parents, have to be able to hold our own. We can't let others bully our family anymore."

Seeing that Su Hanzhang's words were at least somewhat sensible, Wang Guihua nodded.

"I know, stop dawdling. As long as you stand with me from now on, I won't take my anger out on you. Otherwise, I'll get annoyed just looking at you. Okay, go get ready and go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow."

Upon hearing Wang Guihua's words, Su Hanzhang immediately went to pour out the water for washing his feet, tidied himself up, and went to bed on the kang (heated brick bed).

the next morning,

As soon as Wang Guihua got up, she called on everyone to get up together to tidy up the yard, prepare firewood, and start cooking.

Su Banxia directed Wei Kezhi to set out the fruit and snacks on the table, and then told him to make sure the charcoal fire in the main room was burning brightly. Only then did she go to the backyard to prepare porridge and make a simple breakfast for everyone to have a bite to eat before having their main meal at noon.

No sooner had Su Banxia finished cooking the eight-treasure porridge than the entire Su family arrived in droves.

"Second Uncle and Second Aunt, your yard is so clean."

"Of course! Second sister-in-law, we're here!"

"Second brother, come out and help me up!"

Hearing the commotion outside, Su Hanzhang rushed out of the house.

"Father, Mother, you've arrived. Come inside quickly; it's warm inside."

As he spoke, Su Hanzhang went to help Granny Liu up, while Old Man Su, covered in dust, followed behind into the house.

As soon as Su Qingsong entered the room, he saw a pile of delicious snacks on the table. He rushed forward, grabbed one in each hand, and stuffed them into his mouth as he did so, all the while mumbling something to his heart's content.

"Mom, come here quickly, this is delicious, you should try it too!"

Seeing this, Lin also hurriedly went over, picked up some food and started stuffing it into her mouth. Su Tao, who was afraid of missing out on the good food, also quickly sat down at the table, picked up some food and started eating.

Seeing this, Granny Liu quickly pointed to the plate of lotus-shaped pastries on the table and said:

"Second brother, bring that thing over here so I can take a look. I haven't eaten breakfast yet, so I'll have something to tide me over. By the way, when is lunchtime?"

Upon hearing this, Su Hanzhang quickly placed the plate of lotus-shaped pastries in front of Granny Liu, then scratched his head and said with a smile:

“We haven’t had breakfast yet. I saw that Banxia cooked a pot of eight-treasure porridge. Why don’t we have some porridge to tide us over and then have our main meal at noon?”

Granny Liu picked up a lotus-shaped pastry, popped it into her mouth, and nodded repeatedly.

"You know what, this stuff is actually pretty delicious. Second brother, if you were thoughtful, you could bring me some of this snack every now and then, and I'd feel a little better."

Su Hanzhang nodded repeatedly.

"I understand, Mother. When you leave, I'll have Guihua wrap this up for you to take with you."

Upon hearing this, Su Qingsong's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran to Granny Liu, tugging at her sleeve and pleading:

"I like all the candies and pastries from my second uncle's house. Why don't we take them with us when we leave? That way, I can have some with you too."

Granny Liu nodded with a smile.

"What's so difficult about that? If you like, just take them with you when you leave. Anyway, your second uncle's family is well-off, and they have plenty of these things."

As she spoke, Granny Liu glared at Lin Shi, who was standing to the side.

"Your grandmother is very good to you, you should be able to see that, but don't you ever learn from her, or your good-for-nothing mother will make your grandmother angry!"

Upon hearing this, Lin was about to get up to retort when Su Congxian swiftly pressed her back into her seat. Su Congxian shook his head at Lin. Before coming, Su Congxian had told Lin in advance that no matter what Granny Liu said today, Lin was not allowed to argue with Granny Liu. Otherwise, if Granny Liu got really angry and something bad happened, the blame would fall entirely on the third branch of the family.

So at this moment, Lin suppressed her anger, picked up a pastry from the table, stuffed it into her mouth a few times, and didn't forget to glare at Granny Liu in secret.

Just then, Su Banxia brought the eight-treasure porridge into the house. She didn't expect the Su family to be so enthusiastic about meals, arriving so early, before noon.

There was no other way; each of them had to have a bowl of the eight-treasure porridge. However, the second branch of the family already had many members who needed to eat, and Su Banxia figured they were going to have a big meal at noon anyway, and she hadn't cooked much.

After the food was distributed to the Su family, the second branch of the Su family had nothing left to eat. Su Banxia only left a bowl for Lianhua, telling her to eat it while it was hot, since Lianhua was pregnant and she couldn't be allowed to go hungry.

When Granny Liu saw that Su Banxia had brought the porridge to the table without first offering her a bowl, but instead hurriedly carried a bowl of eight-treasure porridge into Su Shiyan's room, she felt angry and slammed her hand on the table, looking at Su Hanzhang and saying:

"Hanzhang, is this how you raise your daughter? Now that I, her mother, am sitting here, why doesn't she serve me a bowl first? Why is she taking the bowl into that room to eat by herself?"

Upon hearing this, Su Hanzhang quickly smiled and explained:

“Mother, no, Banxia has already brought the porridge to you. I just need to serve it to you. Banxia went into that room to bring a bowl of porridge to Lianhua, not to drink it herself.”

Hearing this, Granny Liu became even angrier.

"I knew Wang Guihua was stupid and foolish. How could she let her daughter-in-law act like a tyrant at home? It's so late, and she's still inside. Banxia has to bring her food to the room! It seems she doesn't like this old woman. Hanzhang, help me up. I want to go inside and see what kind of attitude she's putting on!"