In the past, everyone lived in the same village and every family lived a similar life. Now, with the rapidly changing economic situation, as long as you are hardworking and willing to work hard, your life will not be too bad.

People tend to compare with others. If the people around you are living the same hard life as you, then even if your life is hard and tiring, you won’t think it’s a big deal.

However, once the gap between people widens, this inner imbalance will emerge, and will gradually erupt as time goes by.

It's not that she has a mean heart, but she has dealt with all kinds of people in her business and knows that people like her second uncle are the kind who just take advantage of the situation and won't stop until they see the good stuff.

So if they don't handle this matter well when they return this time, there will definitely be endless troubles in the future.

The most important thing is to prevent his third uncle from affecting Yang Bai's future.

"Dad, let's put it this way. Since you two haven't had much to do here, and you've been away from home for a while, why don't the four of you go back to your hometown together? Solve your uncle's problem first, and then go back to visit your old neighbors in the village."

When people get old, they become more nostalgic, especially their hometown.

On several occasions, she heard her parents express their longing for their hometown in their words.

Li Qiuhe saw her daughter say this: "If we all leave, what will happen to the children? You are busy with work, taking care of the store and taking care of them. What will you do when you are too busy?"

Yao Caiying also said: "Yeah, let them go back. We can't help much if we go back. It's better for us to stay here and help you share the burden."

"Second Aunt, don't worry. The store is run by my elder sister, so I don't need to do anything. Besides, I can take the work I do back home, so it won't be a problem. Besides, my father and second uncle are easily influenced. To deal with a shrew like third uncle, only someone as quick-witted as you can calm the situation. I'll feel at ease knowing you go back with them."

Yao Caiying was so delighted by her niece's flattery that she immediately agreed. "You're right. I'm really worried about them going back to deal with that scoundrel, the third brother."

The second son in his family is a person without his own opinion. He always just follows and tries to smooth things over. Although the eldest uncle has prestige, he is easily influenced by others. When the time comes, the third son might say a few pitiful words and make the two brothers stunned.

Her daughters had finally established themselves here through their own efforts, and she didn't want the whole bunch of porridge to be spoiled by the third daughter's bad apple.

"Okay, I'll feel much more at ease if you go back with me, Second Aunt."

Seeing that his wife's idea was correct and clearly showed that she didn't trust him, Yang Junqing immediately became unhappy. "Why are you joining in the fun? Why don't you stay here and look after the children?"

Yao Caiying glared at the person beside her. The person who had just felt justified immediately became intimidated and changed his tone in an instant: "Okay, Zhizhi and Xiaoshu are adults too. They can take care of themselves. It's okay for you to come back with us."

Yang Liu looked at her mother and couldn't hold back the smiles on her faces.

Since Yao Caiying wanted to go back with them, Li Qiuhe naturally had to go with them.

Since this matter was urgent, in order to resolve it as soon as possible and to go home as early as possible, Yang Liu went to buy train tickets that afternoon and also went to the store to buy some snacks for them to eat on the way.

In addition to dry food, I also bought apples and two cans of food so that I can fill my stomach on the road.

This time they went back mainly to settle something, so they didn't bring any local specialties with them. The main reason was that they were short on time and it was inconvenient to carry so many things on the road.

Yang Liu asked them to go back first, and she would mail the goods back to them when the time came.

After all, I haven't seen the old neighbors in the village for a long time, and this time the village chief traveled thousands of miles to write a letter to their family. In fact, it was also for their face, otherwise they might just ignore it.

It’s up to her third uncle to do whatever he wants.

When the time comes, she will give some local specialties to the villagers to show their appreciation and also to express her gratitude for the ruthless uncle's mercy on her.

The next morning, Yang Liu drove the four of them to the train station. Seeing the large bag of food she had prepared, Li Qiuhe couldn't help but complain, "It's only a few hours' drive, and we can just sleep on the bus and we'll be there. Why do we need to buy so much food and drinks?"

"Mom, if you're afraid of wasting food, just eat as much as you can in the car and don't starve yourself."

Seeing that the time was almost up, she only asked them to be careful on the road, and then watched them enter the station. Only when they could no longer be seen did Yang Liu go home.

Before, both families had been full of people, and there was basically always someone at home. When the four old people suddenly passed away, the house suddenly became deserted, and Yang Liu felt very uncomfortable.

The children will have lunch at school, and eat breakfast and dinner at home.

This morning, Li Qiuhe was worried that Yang Liu would not have time to cook in the evening, so she got up very early and steamed two full baskets of steamed buns. In the evening, she only needed to heat up the buns and stir-fry a few dishes.

In the afternoon, she went to pick up the wood and stones first. Yang Shu and Yang Bai got out of school an hour later, and the school was not far from their home, so there was no problem for the two of them to come back together.

As soon as Shitou came back, he went straight to the kitchen. I don’t know why this little guy gets hungry so quickly. He obviously eats a lot at noon, but he always complains of being hungry when he comes home from school.

Yang Liu wanted to wait for Yang Bai and Yang Shu to come back and have dinner together, so she took a steamed bun for him to eat.

Mu Tou looked around the house but couldn't find his grandparents, so he asked, "Mom, are your grandparents going back to their hometown?"

"Well, they've been away for so long, they kind of miss their neighbors back home. Since we're not too busy right now, let them go home and visit."

Shitou sat on the stool, shaking his head as he ate, and asked, "Mom, when will they be back?"

Although this little guy loves to eat, what makes Yang Liu particularly happy is that he is never picky about food. Even an ordinary steamed bun can make him feel like he is enjoying a banquet.

Anyway, every time you see Shi Tou eating, even if you have no appetite, you will be inspired to eat something.

"It's hard to say. Maybe they'll come back after they've had enough fun."

Yang Liu did not tell the children the real reason why they went back, mainly because it was not a good thing. Knowing it would only add to their troubles. Besides, Yang Bai was a precocious and sensible child. If he knew about it, this silly child would probably be sad for a long time.

It was the adults' fault in the first place, there's no need to bring it up and make the children suffer.