Reborn in the 60s and adopted

So they split into two groups. Tang Mei helped Aunt Tang San go home, while Uncle Tang San went to invite his father and his family.

Tang Mei and her third aunt returned home.

"Mom, you didn't go out much today, so you must be tired. Why don't you take a nap first," Tang Mei suggested.

"Okay, my little girl is still considerate. Then you go and play for a while, and I'll go to sleep for a while." Aunt Tang San said while yawning, looking like she was about to fall asleep.

Tang Mei didn't rest and went to the kitchen to steam the dinner for tonight.

When the meal was almost ready, my aunt came with Tang Li.

"Oh, aunt, you come too early," Tang Mei said in surprise.

My aunt placed the fresh fish and some New Year's goods on the table.

"You little girl, you can't sit still. Let me do it." As she said that, the aunt rolled up her sleeves, put on an apron and started walking around the stove.

Tang Li and Tang Mei did not leave to play either, but helped their aunt.

"Oh, sister-in-law, I overslept. You have already prepared the meal. Oh, I'm so sorry." Aunt Tangshan smelled the fragrance of rice coming from the kitchen as soon as she woke up. She had walked several laps today and was too tired and slept too deeply. She thought it was her daughter who was busy in the kitchen, so she quickly got up and rushed to the kitchen.

"Hey, third sister-in-law, why are you being so polite? Everyone has been through that time. We all understand. It's okay, you should rest more. Now is the most important time for the baby in your belly." The eldest aunt gave birth to two children and understood the hardships of pregnancy, so she didn't have any dissatisfaction.

When it was almost time for dinner, people from the second branch of the Tang family arrived.

"Oh, my two sisters-in-law are here. I said I would come to help." Li Shuzhen walked into the kitchen swaying her waist.

The aunt rolled her eyes at her, calling her a lazy bum who only knows how to sweet-talk. They have been sisters-in-law for so many years, so they should know each other well.

"Hey, sister-in-law, what's with that expression on your face? This is not your home, and you don't want me to come here." Li Shuzhen didn't care whether today was New Year's Eve or not, and she started to attack without any politeness.

Aunt Tang San, as the host of today's dinner, saw that the two of them were about to quarrel, so she had to mediate between them.

"It's okay, it's okay. It's okay as long as we're here. Come and sit down." Aunt Tang smiled and invited Li Shuzhen to take a seat.

Li Shuzhen also stopped while she was ahead. She sat down on the stool and hummed a few times.

Tang Mei was watching with amusement, it turned out that his biological mother’s rival was his aunt.

Li Shuzhen's eyes scanned everything in the kitchen like a radar. When she saw Tang Mei giggling under the stove, she suddenly became furious.

I kept telling myself in my heart not to get angry, not to get angry, this little girl is no longer my own.

The two brothers in the yard were afraid that something might happen to their wives in the kitchen, so they stopped chatting in the yard and went into the kitchen.

I saw the three adults in the kitchen were in a tense situation and kept silent.

Uncle Tang had no choice but to speak up to interrupt the awkward atmosphere.

"Hey, wife, why are you standing there? Come and sit down, or you'll get full again."

Aunt Tang San looked at the other two sisters-in-law who were unhappy and didn't know how to comfort them. Fortunately, the head of her family spoke up. She breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the stool.

"Oh, sister-in-law, thank you for your hard work tonight." Uncle Tang walked over with a smile and took the bowl from the stove and placed it on the table for dinner.

"Our third brother is really diligent. Some people came and just sat there like the queen."

Everyone present understood the aunt's sarcastic tone. Tang Mei and Tang Li looked at each other, not daring to mutter under the stove, and could only watch the show in silence.

"Oh, sister-in-law, you are talking about me. Not only do you not want to invite me to dinner, but you are also sarcastic." Li Shuzhen didn't want to endure it anymore when she saw her second brother coming.

"Oh, Shuzhen, please say less," Tang Yongfang pulled his wife.

"Second brother, look at what my sister-in-law said about me?" Li Shuzhen acted like a spoiled child to her man regardless of the occasion.

Tang Mei and Tang Li were finally enlightened. The previous Tang Mei was used to seeing this and thought it was nothing. But now that Tang Mei had changed her mind, she found Li Shuzhen's appearance extremely offensive.

"Shuzhen, be good and stop making trouble." Tang Yongfang touched Li Shuzhen's head.

Tang Mei now understood that Li Shuzhen's unreasonable behavior was all indulged by her father.

"Haha, where are Xiaoshu and Jianguo? Where did they go?" Uncle Tang couldn't stand it anymore and changed the subject.

"Oh, my Jianguo should be here soon. Doesn't he have some summer homework? Finish it today so that he can go to his grandmother's house to play for a few days after the New Year." The aunt also knew that it was not good to have a stern face during the New Year, so she spoke in a slightly gentler tone.

"Hey, Speak of the devil, here he comes." Uncle Tang just happened to see Jianguo who was about to step into the kitchen.

"Second uncle and second aunt, third uncle and third aunt," Tang Jianguo greeted everyone politely as he came in.

"Hey, look at our Jianguo. He's so handsome." Li Shuzhen saw Tang Jianguo coming in, walked up to him, and tried to touch his head, but Tang Jianguo dodged her touch.

"It won't make me lose any flesh if I touch you, kid. I touch you because you are a boy. I want to take advantage of your luck and let me give birth to a boy for you," Li Shuzhen said dissatisfiedly.

"I~Second Aunt, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, it's just that I haven't washed my hair for several days, don't dirty your hands." Tang Jianguo also felt that it was a bit unreasonable to evade the question, so he had to make up a lie.

"Oh, you are such a jerk. How can you be so unhygienic?" Li Shuzhen smacked her lips. She had just touched Tang Jianguo's hand and kept wiping it on her clothes several times before stopping.

Everyone except Tang Yongfang was speechless when they saw this scene.

Tang Yongfang didn't think his wife had done anything wrong. He took his wife's hand and put it on his clothes, "Wife, don't get your clothes dirty. Wipe them on me."

The rest of the people could only look at the two of them in silence, and the same saying came to their mind: you should put a lid on the pot that matches your taste.

Tang Shu walked into the kitchen door carrying a transparent glass bottle of wine, and saw everyone staring at his parents.

She coughed a bit embarrassedly. The others also came back to their senses.

"Oh, Xiaoshu is here, let's have dinner," Uncle Tang enthusiastically invited everyone to take a seat.

He went to the steamer and got rice in bowls.

Tang Mei and Tang Li took the initiative to help get the bowls filled with rice and distributed them in front of everyone.

Li Shuzhen looked at the bowl in her hand and started to make trouble again. "Tang Mei, have you washed your hands holding the bowl?"

Tang Mei was stunned by the question. It seemed that she did not wash her hands when she got up from the stove.

"Didn't you wash it?" Li Shuzhen looked at Tang Mei coldly and ruthlessly.

"Well, it's not washed. If you mind, just go get a clean bowl and eat from it. I'm not your maid," Tang Mei said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"You silly girl, do you want to be beaten again?" Li Shuzhen habitually raised her hand and wanted to hit Tang Mei.

Tang Mei held Li Shuzhen's hand and said, "Second Aunt, what did I do to you? Are you going to hit me again?" Tang Mei looked at her innocently.

The other people at the table looked at them in confusion, not understanding how they started fighting again.

"Tang Mei, put your hands down." Tang Yongfang stared at Tang Mei sternly.

Tang Mei's heart is now calm. For someone who doesn't love her child, Tang Mei doesn't care whether the man is mean to her or glares at her.

"Oh" he said indifferently and put down his hand.

"Look at her, look at her, what does she look like now?" After Li Shuzhen's hands were free, she half leaned on Tang Yongfang again, pointing her fingertips at Tang Mei.

Tang Yongfang glared at Tang Mei. He turned to Uncle Tang and said, "Old Third, your daughter is too outrageous. If it were you, you would drag her out and beat her up right now."

When Uncle Tang heard this, his smiling face suddenly turned dark.

"Second brother, what you said is not right. You know second sister-in-law best what she is like. If she hadn't been targeting Meimei and even wanted to beat her, Meimei wouldn't have grabbed second sister-in-law's hand. Meimei has grown up now. She is not a fool waiting to be beaten. What's more, Meimei didn't hit second sister-in-law at all. She just grabbed her. Why are you so nervous here? It's unnecessary." Uncle Tang said to Tang Yongfang without any politeness.

"Okay, okay, this is how your family bullies people. I think there's no need for us to have this New Year's Eve dinner together. Shuzhen, Xiaoshu, let's go." After hearing what Uncle Tang said, Tang Yongfang couldn't stand it anymore and was about to drag his wife and daughter home.

"Second brother" Uncle Tang felt very uncomfortable. He didn't want the situation to be so tense, so he wanted to keep him, "Let's eat first."

Tang Yongfang resolutely said "No need"

Li Shuzhen looked at the people in the room and said with a sinister smile, "Who cares about your family's food? It's like no one can afford meat."

"Shuzhen," Tang Yongfang called out distressedly, turning around and glancing at everyone in the room, "If you don't want to come, we won't come anymore in the future, so don't get mad at me."

"Yeah." Li Shuzhen looked at Tang Yongfang tenderly. Tang Mei saw that both of them started to look at each other and goose bumps appeared on her hands.

"Second brother," Uncle Tang looked at his only remaining brother with complicated eyes. In his childhood memories, his eldest brother and second brother loved him very much. When did things start to change? It should be when Li Shuzhen came to his house.

"Okay, third brother, let's try to eat less together in the future. You guys eat, and we'll all go back." After saying this, the people from the second branch of the Tang family left without looking back.

The rest of the people looked at each other in bewilderment. Especially the aunt, she heaved a sigh of relief, the annoying guy finally left.

Tang Mei looked very sad, but she was actually a little excited in her heart.

Uncle Tang San looked at his daughter's sad expression and wanted to say something happy to liven up the atmosphere.

"Since my second brother and his family don't want to eat, it's a good opportunity for us to eat more. Come on, Meimei, sister-in-law, Lili, and Jianguo, let's eat." Uncle Tang picked up a piece of food with chopsticks, but it was like chewing wax.

No one else had much appetite and wanted to put down their chopsticks after taking a few pieces. Only Tang Mei ate happily. Everyone thought she was sad and turned her anger into food, and advised her to just forget it if she couldn't eat more. Who knew she really thought the food tonight was especially delicious.

After dinner, my aunt took the two kids home.

Uncle Tang looked at Tang Mei, who was still growing, and then at his wife, who was pregnant.

"Let's not keep watch tonight."

Aunt Tang nodded. She could hardly open her eyes.

Although he did not stay up all night, Uncle Tang still got dressed and set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year around midnight.