Old Lady Guan, acting like a mother-in-law, waited for the second wife all day, assuming they would return for the New Year. At the very least, Guan Laoer would bring some food and meat for them. She'd found out everything: in addition to the work points Guan Laoer and his wife had earned before the family split up, they'd also received a month's salary of 5 yuan as team leader at the end of the year, along with 100 kilograms of grain, 3 kilograms of meat, and 50 eggs. With so much food, she had to give her the lion's share. If they didn't, she'd make sure the second wife's family had a miserable New Year. Just try it.

She waited and waited, but it was almost dark, and no one showed up. This ungrateful person had been eating their family's food for so many years. Thinking of this, she turned and went into the house to tell Old Man Guan, and prepared to go to Fifth Grandpa's house to make trouble with Guan Laoer.

"We had an agreement when we divided the family property. This year the second branch gave work points but no filial piety, and they will only give pension food next year. You are making a fuss about it, but this excuse doesn't hold water!" Old Man Guan had just come back from a stroll outside and sat down in the house.

He hadn't been out for a long time since he'd separated from his second son. The village had been abuzz with joy for the past month, and after more than a month of cooping up at home, he couldn't bear to stay home any longer. He took advantage of the fact that everyone was busy preparing food and drinks and there were few people around to go for a walk. As soon as he entered the house, he heard his wife yelling about going to his second son's house to pick a fight.

"I don't care whether he agreed or not! Why didn't he send me all the food he distributed? What right does that ungrateful bastard have to eat rice and flour? He should just live like before, living a cowardly life. He didn't even think to send me the food. This unfilial ungrateful bastard is not afraid of dying of stuffing after eating it! I'm going to make a scene. I want him to have a bad New Year. I want him to be struck by lightning for not giving so much food to the old man. I want him to be fired!"

"At this time, we should be more tolerant. Look at you, you just do what you think. You're just being nice, but it will bring a lot of bad reviews to our family. The villagers are already talking about us behind our backs because of the second brother. The more you do this, the more people will talk about you."

"Then what do you say we should do? Today is New Year's Day and that ungrateful bastard didn't even show any filial respect. I can't swallow this."

"Hold it, you have to swallow it even if you can't. If there's anything, I'll go back to the city after the New Year and we'll talk about it."

"middle."

Neither of them was a good person, each more sinister than the other. Shui Shui's original self had no memory of this grandfather. He only remembered that when he was at home, he would just lie in bed in the main room and rarely leave. He usually took his father to the fields, or went to the mountains alone, where he would be gone for a long time. He had no idea what he went there for, and when he asked his mother, she didn't know either.

Professor Dong anticipated that Old Lady Guan would bring her daughters-in-law to cause trouble and beat her like she had done to Dong Xiaomai before. She was fully prepared for a fight, but to her disappointment, she didn't show up.

It’s better if he didn’t come. Who wants to cause trouble during the New Year, right?

In the main hall, Fifth Grandpa sat at the head seat, looking at the table full of dishes happily. Then he looked at Second Grandpa's family sitting around the table, and he was extremely happy.

Guan Huashu filled a bottle of specially supplied Moutai, the label removed, for Fifth Grandpa. Fifth Grandpa commended Guan Huashu's leadership of the village over the past month and felt confident he had made the right choice. The second child had been foolishly filial, but after experiencing life and death, he had achieved enlightenment. Coupled with the great opportunities he'd encountered in the mountains, this child was destined for great things. Today was New Year's Day, so the two of them were going to drink to their heart's content.

Xingxing, the little foodie, was busy competing with the garlic-flavored crayfish. He ate the crayfish while drinking AD calcium milk, and his greasy little mouth was shining.