There is a rural family in the middle of the Guanzhong Plain in the northwest of the country, and his father has been pampered by the previous generation of parents as daughters all his life, and the main work of the Zhuang family, such as car sets, ploughing, etc., are undertaken by the eldest grandson and grandson, and with the hard work of the mother and grandson, he barely maintains the family life including one sister, two younger brothers, and two younger sisters.

After liberation, the eldest sister Sun Xiugu and the second sister Sun Xiulan married one after another, and the third sister Sun Xiuqin was young to be married.

Sun Laowan and the third brother Sun Laoer, who is three years apart, have married one after another, Sun Laowan has an eldest son, named Sun Chaohua, the second son is named Sun Chaoqun, and the eldest sister is called Sun Dani, and his brother and daughter-in-law live in the same compound, which is as big as three tile houses.

The second brother got married very late, and as soon as the daughter-in-law entered the door, she saw that the family was full of people, and it was difficult to serve, so she made a fuss about separating the family, and the mother was very angry and scolded the second brother for having no interest, so that the wife could control it, so she had to let him go out first and set up another door.

The fourth brother is young, and his mother is particularly preferred, and he is never allowed to do the dirty work and tiring work at home, although he has married a daughter-in-law, he is still spoiled as in the past.

The fourth brother was favored, and the daughter-in-law followed suit, and she never went to the stove.

Sun Laowan is loyal and honest, in addition to working in the production team, he takes care of all the chores at home, grinding noodles, feeding pigs, padding pigsties, etc., he usually speaks little; His daughter-in-law is enthusiastic, outgoing, talkative, and respectful to her in-laws, but she always likes to express her opinions on the injustice in the family, and she is quite assertive and temperamental.

Sun Laowan's third brother, Sun Laosan went to elementary school, knows a little bit of writing, plus can speak well, very good at pleasing his mother, so his mother found his uncle who was the captain of the brigade, and found an easy errand for him, driving a tractor in the commune agricultural machinery station, the sun is not sunny, the rain is not wet, and there is a little subsidy every month, he has a boy, the same year as Sun Laowan's son, and the month is two months long, very doting, when playing with Sun Chaoqun, always has a slight advantage, and often sues in front of his father, For this reason, Sun Chaoqun was often reprimanded by his uncle, and sometimes he was inevitably slapped one or two times as a punishment.

The matter between the children, Sun Laowan sees it in his eyes, although he is partial to the third brother and has some ideas, but he doesn't think it is too much, for the sake of family harmony, he always educates the child when the child complains to him, and lets the elder brother.

Zhang Enthusiasm and the third brother and daughter-in-law, in addition to working in the production team, the matter of taking turns on the stove between the concubines is arranged by the mother-in-law, each person takes turns for a week, and the special circumstances are designated by the mother-in-law.

However, the good times did not last long, with the change of the working environment of the third brother of Sun Laowan, there was a fixed change subsidy every month, filial piety to his mother, and the third brother was able to speak well in front of his parents, and he was very pleasing to his parents.

Sun Laowan's daughter-in-law saw it in her eyes and remembered it in her heart, often blowing wind on the pillow, counting her in-laws, and complaining about her husband's injustice, but Sun Laowan said that he was the boss, and it didn't hurt to do more, so he was so angry that he was honest, saying that he was honest and couldn't be saved.

Although the third brother has ideas about his mother's love for the fourth brother and his daughter-in-law, he does not dare to oppose it, so he can only work the honest eldest brother.

His younger brother watched for a long time, and did not see Sun Laowan's reaction, so he told his mother that his wife was not in good health and asked Zhang Enthusiasm to take care of the kitchen.

His mother began to feel a little unfair to the eldest and his family, so she admonished, "Your brother and you both work to earn work, he is tired of working in the team, and he earns more than you, although you pay a subsidy to the family, I still keep half of it for you, so your brother has not said anything, if your daughter-in-law does not take turns with your sister-in-law to go to the stove, it is really inappropriate to let her share the burden alone." ”

At that time, women were really hard, in addition to working like men, they had to get up early in the morning before work, make breakfast for a large family, come back at noon, men could rest, they had to continue to cook lunch, and they had to finish cooking when they came back from the field in the afternoon, which was really hard for women, so for the big family, there were in-laws arranged, and the concubines took turns to cook.

Sun Laowan's younger brother saw his mother's resolute attitude, and felt a little unhappy, returned to the room, and made a plan, telling his wife that let his wife go back to her parents' house and say that she was sick, and that she should not rush home first, and when her daughter-in-law asked why, he told her that she should do it.

On the third day of Sun Laowan's brother-in-law's mother's house, he still didn't come back, and his anxious in-laws asked his second son what was going on, he smiled mysteriously and said that he was sick, and it would take a week, and he asked what the reason was, and the answer was very far-fetched, and he was reluctant to answer his parents' questions many times.

The in-laws knew that the daughter-in-law was instigated by her son and didn't want to share more for everyone, and she was afraid that Sun Laowan and his wife would complain, so they were particularly concerned about his wife, especially Zhang Warm, especially when he was in his mother's house, he brought a gift to his in-laws, so that Zhang Warmness felt faced, and sometimes when the whole family was eating, they deliberately praised her for how hard she worked and took care of the big family, so as to balance the contradictions between their concubines.

The second daughter-in-law, who has always been more taciturn, is not happy, thinking that her mother-in-law is a little eccentric, and when her husband comes home on the weekend, she blows the pillow wind at night and complains about her mother-in-law, which makes the second son, who is usually a little smart, believe it to be true, completely misinterpreting his mother's painstaking heart, and there is slowly a trace of unhappiness in his heart, deliberately provoking trouble.

This year, Sun Laowan's eldest son Sun Chaohua is ten years old, he is the head of the Sun family, he is deeply loved by the old woman, and he always entertains himself with something delicious, the second son Sun Chaoqun is seven years old, and his uncle's son is the same age but Xiaoshengyue, and the third woman Sun Dani is only three years old, which is basically an age that does not remember.

In that era of lack of food and clothing, having a piece of dim sum or hemp cake alone is a good memory for children.

Sun Laowan's eldest son, favored by the old woman, his son can also get an additional shortage of food because Lao Tzu has a job subsidy, which can be bitter Sun Laowan's second son Sun Chaoqun, who is growing up with some memories, because he was born at the wrong time, the nutrition is seriously insufficient, and he has developed the habit of eating more and occupying more. After a long time, it inevitably caused the unhappiness of the uncle and aunt's family, although Sun Laowan and his wife felt that it was also unsightly, but they knew that their son's situation was also a little reluctant to reprimand, but they just privately instructed to behave a little and not to go too far.

Sun Laowan's daughter-in-law complained that her brother-in-law was picking fat and thin in the kitchen, her younger brother complained that her mother favored the eldest grandson, and her brother-in-law thought that the subsidies earned by her husband should be enjoyed by a large family.

The whole big family, there are no big things, small things are constant, quarrels are non-stop, accumulating day by day, and all the contradictions finally broke out in the fight between the two children.