Back then, when Granny Cui gave birth to Second Cui, she had a difficult delivery and was sent to the hospital. Everyone suspected that Granny Cui might have taken home the wrong child. Later, it was discovered but the biological son could not be found.

That’s why Granny Cui was always treating Second Cui’s family harshly.

Even the daughters-in-law in the Cui Family household had a higher status than Second Cui.

Everyone secretly speculated that this was the truth.

Some couldn’t suppress their curiosity and specifically went to the Cui Family to ask Granny Cui if she had taken home the wrong child from the hospital back then. Granny Cui got so angry she chased them out.

Everyone said Granny Cui was feeling guilty.

Even Second Cui believed the rumors and deliberately went to ask Old Man Cui, "Dad, tell me the truth. Am I truly your and mom’s son?"

"What nonsense are you spewing? If you weren’t my son, could I have raised you to this size or found you a wife?" Old Man Cui was extremely irritated by those rumors.

Returning home, he found even his beast of a son doubting his parentage.

Infuriated, Old Man Cui angrily slapped Second Cui several times.

Second Cui, enduring his grievances, said, "Since you say I’m your biological son, then tell me, why all these years have you and mom favored brother and younger brother? They are obviously lazy and gluttonous, earning fewer work points than women every day, while I earn ten work points daily and must still chop wood and water the vegetable garden at home. If I don’t work, mom scolds me, whereas brother and younger brother return home just to sleep, and at mealtime, they eat more than me who earns full work points. If you say I am also your biological son, then why is there such a big difference in the way you and mom treat me versus brother and younger brother?"

Second Cui may have been cowardly, weak, and foolishly filial, but he wasn’t stupid.

From childhood to adulthood, his parents favored every other brother in the family except him. All the heavy and strenuous work was his to do, and he had no share in good food and clothing.

He wore his older brother’s old clothes since he was young.

Although younger brothers also wore old clothes, they occasionally had new ones made for them by mom, but he had lived for over thirty years without ever wearing a new set of clothes.

Even on his wedding day, he had to borrow his older brother’s new clothes to wear when going to his wife’s family.

The numerous children and nieces and nephews at home all went to school, yet only his three children had never crossed the school’s threshold, unable to recognize even a single letter.

Forget about the daughter, she’s still young, but what about his two sons?

Do his two sons matter less than the daughters of his brothers?

His two sons are grandsons of the Cui Family. Why shouldn’t they be allowed to attend school while the daughters of his brothers can?

Second Cui has followed filial piety for thirty years, believing that as long as he listened to everything his mother said, everything would be fine and the family harmonious. However, now he understands that he isn’t his parents’ biological son, and he thinks back on the years spent in the Cui Family.

Second Cui suddenly felt it wasn’t fair.

His parents being harsh to him and favoring brothers is one thing, but why is it that even his parents’ favoritism extends to the next generation: his brothers’ children, and yet his three children receive extreme harsh and wicked treatment?

The children of brothers do no work at home, but his three children labor like horses and donkeys from morning till night and eat even less than the nephews and nieces of brothers.

Even the niece could have half an egg to eat every few days, yet his three children had never tasted an egg from childhood.

The more Second Cui thought, the more he felt it was unfair.

Thus, Second Cui’s rebellious nature started to emerge.