Deep down, Jian Ning really didn't want to be involved with that matter anymore, but then she thought, Old Ding and Mrs. Meng, as the sixth child's parents, wouldn't go to the wedding. Erniu and Sanniu were coming to welcome the bride, so as long as she didn't go with them, it would be fine.

It doesn’t seem impossible.

"How about this? I'll discuss it with your fourth brother when he gets back from the fields. You can come back tonight to find out. Also, Brother Ma sent over the twenty taels of silver you'll be paying for the job a few days ago. Just tell him you sent it on me."

"Thank you, Fourth Sister-in-law."

Lao Liu went there happily.

In the evening, the eldest brother, Ding Youwang, was returning home from work. As he passed by Ding Youtian's two acres of land, he saw the second brother, Ding Youliang, busy helping Ding Youtian work in the fields. After a pause, he looked at the sun, and without a word, he also went over and picked up the hoe to work.

The third brother came over and saw that they were both helping Ding Youtian farm. He remembered that Gao had whispered to him a few days ago that some villagers had gone to Jian to exchange secret water traps for wild animals. Jian said that spring was the breeding season for wild animals and asked them to come back in autumn to exchange.

Now that they've split up, each living their own life, Gao says they're no longer related, but they're still from the same village. Besides, they don't have any deep hatred for the Fourth Branch; it was originally because of their parents that things got out of hand. Now that everyone's split up, why not build a good relationship with Jian and Ding Youtian? When the harvest comes in autumn, they can trade her for secret water and catch wild game for Ding Gui's nourishment. Perhaps he'll gradually recover.

For the sake of his own son, the third brother made up his mind and without saying a word, he went over and picked up the hoe to work.

Some villagers who were passing by after work saw this and didn't think there was anything wrong with it. All brothers are like this. Even if our bones are broken, our tendons are still connected. You help me and I help you. It's supposed to be this way.

But Old Ding didn't think so. When he came over and saw what was happening, he was furious. It turned out that after all the uproar at the beginning, they only cut off contact with the two old guys, but these bastards came back to haunt them.

He went home angrily and told Mrs. Meng what he had seen. Mrs. Meng spat, "What bastards! I gave birth to them myself, how could I not know what they were thinking? As soon as they raised their butts, I knew what they were going to do! They are just coveting the wild animals in the mountains and trying to curry favor with that unlucky Mr. Jian. None of them take us, their parents, seriously. It's really a waste of time raising them!"

"Speaking of which, the eldest brother is the worst of the bunch! He saw how the fourth brother disobeyed us. If he still had us as his parents in his heart, as the eldest brother, he should have stopped those two worthless guys from helping the fourth brother."

"Humph, he's so good! Not only did he not stop it, he even shamelessly helped. How could I not have seen that he was such a shameless guy!"

Meng's words were like adding fuel to the fire. Old Ding hated the eldest son the most now. A few days ago, he took off his shoes and beat the eldest son out of his house, just because the eldest son came to him and told him that Ding Fu should be raised by their eldest son's family, and the few acres of land owned by the fifth son should also be given to their eldest son's family for farming.

Thinking of this, Old Ding was even more furious. "That's a bastard! Not only did he think about helping his father farm the land when his father is old, but he also wanted to take advantage of Old Five's few acres of land. Isn't he afraid that he will die of starvation?"

The two of them were cursing at home, completely forgetting that tomorrow was the big day of Lao Liu's wedding. Lao Liu came out of the ancestral hall and discussed with the clan leader to decide on the clan members who would pick up the bride. When he came back and entered the house, he heard the two of them cursing their brothers.

"Dad, Mom, what's wrong now?" asked Lao Liu.

Neither of them looked at him.

It would have been fine if he wasn't invited, but the sixth brother didn't want to cause any trouble, so when he saw Meng go to the kitchen, he followed her and helped her bring the prepared food to the main room, and then served the food to his father and handed it to him.

After dinner, Lao Liu picked up the dishes and took them to the kitchen to wash. After washing, he looked around the kitchen and found no signs of a wedding. In the past, when a family had a wedding, not only would they slaughter pigs and sheep, but there would always be some meat and vegetables piled up in the kitchen.

I remembered that his mother didn't mention it when I came back before. Maybe she forgot that he was getting married tomorrow?

"Dad, Mom, the clan leader and I have already decided on the bride for tomorrow's wedding. I've also asked Xiaoyu's uncle to bring the money for the banquet. Are we ready now?"

In the smoke, Old Ding raised his eyelids and glanced at him.

Meng sat cross-legged on the kang, picking her teeth as if she didn't hear anything.

"Dad! Mom!"

"What are you yelling about? What are you yelling about? Your father and I are not deaf. How can we embezzle your money and not help you?"

Meng glared at him sideways.

Lao Liu heaved a sigh of relief, smiled, and said, "I saw that there was nothing prepared in the kitchen, and I thought mother had forgotten."

Mrs. Meng rolled her eyes. "How dare I forget? If I forget, won't you chop me with a knife? I worked so hard to raise you all, and now you're all riding on our shoulders and shitting and pissing on us. None of you take us seriously as your parents? If I had known this would happen, I should have strangled each of you to death at birth to save you from all the anger now!"

"Mom, what are you talking about? If I dare to drag the knife in front of Mom and Dad, I don't know if I have the courage. Even if I do, Mom and Dad can tolerate me, but my eldest brother and second brother will never tolerate me."

"Don't mention them in front of us, especially your eldest brother. He's the worst of the bunch!"

"Hey, how did my eldest son offend me?" Liu came over with a red quilt in her hand, smiling. "Mother told me, I'll go back and punish him. I'll ask him to come and apologize to me later. Let's see if he dares to make me angry again!"

Meng couldn't stand her weird look, so she twisted her waist and turned her back with her butt facing her.

Liu sneered secretly and stuffed the quilt into Lao Liu's arms. "Here, this is a gift from my eldest brother and sister-in-law for you and your younger sister-in-law. The mandarin ducks playing in the water on it were embroidered by my eldest sister-in-law stitch by stitch, and it took her over half a month of painstaking effort. I wish you and your younger sister-in-law a happy marriage, many children, and lots of happiness. Don't forget my eldest brother and sister-in-law as you live your lives well!"

"That's not possible, thank you, sister-in-law."

"Oh, sister-in-law is here too." Gao and Fang also came over, both holding things in their hands. Gao and the third son gave the sixth son a pair of thermoses with big red wedding characters on them. Fang and the second son also gave the sixth son a quilt cover, which was emerald green and embroidered with flowers and a full moon, and looked very festive.

The eldest, the second and the third sons also came one after another, and the children from each room crowded into the room. Mrs. Meng was annoyed, so she pulled the key from her waist and threw it to the sixth son, and drove them all to his new house, which was the house where Ding Youtian and his family lived before.

The sixth brother opened the door, and Liu stepped in and was the first to exclaim, "Oh my God! I saw mother coming back and forth to this house several times these days. I thought she had bought you a lot of good things, but now it turns out that she hasn't prepared anything at all. How could mother be like this? When the people from my brother-in-law's family come in to send the bride off tomorrow, won't this bring shame to our Ding family?"

Fang looked around and saw that it was indeed a bit shabby. Meng had only tidied up the room and added a few pieces of furniture, none of which were new; they had all been moved from the other courtyard. There was a roll of red paper on the table, but nothing else was there.