Used to hard life

Zhang Xiaohui had been suffering everything in silence because she didn't want her children to be bullied by An Xia. After all, just one glance was enough to let others know that the woman wasn't as easy as she seemed, but what did her children do for her? They ignored her, watched her get beaten and even turned a blind eye to all her sufferings. Wasn't it because their father was earning money now? When she was the one who was responsible for buying and selling grains, they all snuggled up to her but now they were ignoring her since she was no longer in charge of the money? What exactly was she to them a mother or just a money-making goose?