Chapter 15: Transferring the Household Registration
Mo Meina saw Yiyi eating so happily, even snatching the scrambled eggs that Yiyi loved the most. She directly said angrily, "Mo Yiyi, these eggs are for me and my brother, stop grabbing them."
Yiyi ignored this, still taking the scrambled eggs and placing them forcefully into Jiang Shan’s bowl.
But when Yiyi went to take the scrambled eggs again, her chopsticks were knocked down by Mo Guowei, "Eat less, these eggs have always been for Ke Fei and them, you should stop eating them."
Looking at the two red marks on the back of her hand, Yiyi’s eyes were full of cold light. But when she raised her head, her eyes were only filled with tears, "Dad, I’m already injured, can’t I eat something good? I’ve been eating greens all the time; I don’t even know when the wound on my forehead will heal."
Upon hearing her daughter say this, Ding Yuejun quickly reacted and then looked at Mo Guowei with hatred, "Yiyi is injured, why can’t she eat some eggs? She never ate eggs before and just had a rare chance to eat a few after getting injured, yet you still won’t let her. You are too much."
"You all don’t make dinner properly, and now you still want to eat scrambled eggs. You’re dreaming, I’m telling you, tonight the three of you and this tag-along Jiang Shan can only eat stir-fried greens." Old Mrs. Mo already had objections to Yiyi and them. If her eldest son hadn’t knocked down Yiyi’s chopsticks just now, she would have directly intervened. Now, she was naturally making the final decision with an unpleasant expression.
Upon hearing Old Mrs. Mo’s words and seeing her husband’s agreeable manner, Ding Yuejun’s heart grew colder. Her daughter’s previous words suddenly flashed through her mind, ’Mom, do you really want to stay here?’
She originally thought her daughter’s idea was a bit off. They were a good family; how could it fall apart? But now her heart was wavering again. If she continued to stay at the Mo family, would her daughter suffer more unfair treatment?
"Waa..."
𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
At this moment, Jiang Shan started crying directly, tightly curling up in Mo Xiaohong’s arms, and sobbed softly, "Mommy, is it because Shan Shan ate too much? Shan Shan won’t eat eggs anymore."
Hearing her daughter’s words, Mo Xiaohong was full of heartache. She quickly comforted her, patting her daughter on the back, with sadness and determination in her eyes.
Ding Yuejun felt even more distressed on the side.
"Shanshan is still so small and is growing, and it’s proper for her to eat some eggs. Meina is already this big; surely she knows how to share."
Upon hearing Ding Yuejun’s words, Mo Meina was about to say something, but Qian Yafen quickly spoke first, "Yiyi is injured, she indeed needs to be nourished, and since Shanshan is so small and growing, our Meina naturally has to yield more."
"See, see, Yafen gives in every time. Can’t you guys be sensible too?"
Old Mrs. Mo saw the youngest daughter-in-law at a loss again, becoming even more dissatisfied with Ding Yuejun and Yiyi. She gave Jiang Shan a fierce look in the end, "This little girl was originally from the Jiang family, yet you guys insisted on bringing her home. She’s entirely a tag-along, and in the future, you take care of her yourself. Don’t think about eating our Mo family’s rice."
"Grandma..."
Hearing Old Mrs. Mo’s words, Mo Xiaohong was full of bitterness.
Yiyi, however, silently took the whole plate of scrambled eggs in front of her, serving half into Jiang Shan’s bowl and the rest dividing it among Ding Yuejun, Mo Xiaohong, and herself, "Mom, sister, Shanshan, eat up." With that, she began eating herself.
Mo Xiaohong was about to return the eggs, but a glance from Yiyi made her subconsciously start eating.
"You all..."
Seeing Yiyi’s action, Old Mrs. Mo was so angry that her chest heaved, almost losing her breath.
Even Mr. Mo on the side was full of disapproval, "Yiyi, you’re too selfish. Ke Fei likes scrambled eggs too, yet you didn’t leave him any."
Yiyi grinned and said, "He’s strong enough. What’s one day without eggs?"
"Mo Yiyi, you..."
Mo Ke Fei’s anger was rising too, feeling how Mo Yiyi hardly showed any respect.
Yiyi continued eating without responding to anyone.
Looking at Mo Yiyi, who didn’t care about anything, everyone felt like hitting cotton, both infuriating and frustrating.
"I’m done, you all eat slowly."
Yiyi finished her meal first. When she saw Shanshan and others almost done eating, she simply went back to the room with them.
"Bang..."
Old Mrs. Mo was so angry she directly smashed a bowl.
"I feel like I can’t keep living like this. They’re all so capable. Do I have to watch their faces from now on?"
Upon hearing Old Mrs. Mo’s words, Mo Guowei quickly said, "Mom, it’s all my fault. It seems I’ve been too good to them in the past. I’ll definitely teach them a good lesson later."
"Right, you should teach them a good lesson. Otherwise, they might think they can do whatever they want." Old Mrs. Mo strongly agreed with her eldest son’s view and urged, "Then go and teach them quickly."
Mo Guowei always listened to Mrs. Mo the most, so without a word, he stood up, "Okay, I’ll go now."
Seeing her eldest son being so obedient, Old Mrs. Mo felt a little better.
Yiyi naturally wasn’t concerned about this. When the others returned to the room, she directly looked at Mo Xiaohong and said, "Sister, let’s take Yiyi to change the household registration tomorrow. She was previously under the Jiang family, and since she’s with you now, she should take the Mo surname."
Upon hearing her sister’s words, Mo Xiaohong realized this issue.
"Yiyi, you’re truly foresighted. When Jiang Huirong and I went to handle the divorce proceedings, you fought for the custody of Yiyi and got a written agreement, so it will be convenient to transfer the household registration tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Yiyi smiled and said, "Good thing sister didn’t forget; otherwise, if Jiang Huirong regretted it later, it would have been unclear to handle."
On the side, Ding Yuejun was very gratified. Her daughter was becoming more and more sensible and could foresee many things, which was really comforting.
But before the three could rejoice, Mo Guowei had already stormed over, "Ding Yuejun, how did you educate your daughter? Now Yiyi even dares to confront her grandmother directly; what’s left that she wouldn’t dare do?"
Upon hearing Mo Guowei’s words, Yiyi’s eyes flickered, and she lowered her head, saying, "Dad, ever since I was little, I could only eat some eggs during the New Year. Meina is clearly younger than me, but she’s even taller. It’s just because I’m injured this time, so I wanted to eat something better. Is that wrong too?"
Hearing Yiyi’s words, Ding Yuejun felt heartache.
Her daughter was so skinny and small since childhood. Now at seventeen, she looked as if she were thirteen or fourteen, whereas Mo Meina was tall and slender, more like a grown-up girl than Yiyi.
"Yes, our Yiyi eating some eggs, what’s wrong with that? You repeatedly bring it up, are you trying to starve us?"
Mo Guowei couldn’t react to Ding Yuejun’s yelling. By the time he came to his senses, he had already been pushed out of the room, and the door was closed with a "bang" in front of him.
"Ding Yuejun..."
Mo Guowei couldn’t help but shout.
But no one responded.
Seeing her mother act like this, Yiyi was just delighted. Even when she went to sleep at night, there was a smile on her face. On the second day, she and her mother and sister went to the town to change the household registration with Shanshan.