Huo Junshan closed the door, bolted it from the inside, and pulled Yun Ningyan into the house.

"Ningning, don't be angry, Dad..."

"It's alright, I'm not angry. But Father is a bit confused about Huo Changlan. I guess Huo Changlan probably doesn't plan to go back this time. Father will regret it someday. Huo Changlan has clearly seen through Father. This is going to be interesting."

"Ningning, come and eat something. After all that fuss, the food's gone cold. I'll heat it up."

The two walked to the kitchen, where Huo Junshan added more heat to the porridge and waited until it was bubbling before serving her a bowl.

He then busied himself adding firewood to the heating system in the house, as he needed to go back inside to study later.

However, just as Yun Ningyan finished eating her porridge, Yao Qingqing and Yao Tingting came to call them.

"Third brother, third sister-in-law, your aunt wants you to go eat in the front and then go do some work! Your aunt said that you, third sister-in-law, should cook today's meals."

The two shouted twice at the gate and then ran away, afraid that Huo Junshan and Yun Ningyan would come out and beat them up.

It wasn't Li Xiangyun who ordered them to shout; it was Huo Changlan who acted on his own initiative.

She just couldn't stand Yun Ningyan. How could a daughter-in-law be so arrogant? Disrespecting one's parents-in-law was a serious crime in the old society!

In their backyard, Huo Changlan couldn't do anything to the two of them, but if they went to the front, they wouldn't have any say in the matter.

As soon as the two entered the front yard, Huo Changlan's voice rang out: "Third son's wife, you don't come over to help your mother-in-law cook unless you're called every day? Cuihong is taking care of the child, and Hongying is pregnant. You're not taking care of the child, and you're not pregnant either. You should feel sorry for your mother-in-law and come help her more."

Yun Ningyan smiled and said, "I'm not just a freeloader. My husband Huo Junshan's work points are enough for the two of us to eat."

"But your aunt, she came back and insisted on staying at our house. Did you bring food with you? Or did you give her money?"

“We’re struggling to make ends meet, and you’re here with two kids to eat for free. How dare you talk to me like that?”

"At least you still have the surname Huo, so it's only right that we give you a few meals. But you two burdens have the surname Yao, and you have absolutely no relation to our Huo family. How dare you eat for free?"

After she finished speaking, Huo Changlan's face turned pale and then green. She wanted to refute Yun Ningyan, but every word Yun Ningyan said was the truth.

Yao Qingqing and Yao Tingting's faces alternated between pale and flushed.

Yao Tingting looked pitiful, on the verge of tears. With red eyes, she asked Huo Changgen, "Second Uncle, are you just going to watch Third Sister-in-law treat us like this?"

She turned to Huo Changlan and said, "Mother, I've said it before, after all these years, my second uncle has long forgotten the kindness you showed him back then. How could he possibly care about us? Why don't we just leave and die wherever we end up?"

Huo Changgen was startled.

Gratitude?

Yes! A debt of gratitude!

Back then, I was carried away by a wolf. If it weren't for my little sister, I would have been eaten by the wolf long ago. Where would I be now?

Changlan has finally returned, we can't let her suffer any injustice.

"Second brother, if you feel wronged here, we'll go begging for food and we won't bother your family at all. I'm an outsider now, and you don't treat me as well as you did when I was little..."

As Huo Changlan spoke, he led his two daughters toward the door, while Huo Changgen hurriedly pulled the three of them back.

With such heavy snow, driving people away at this time is like pushing them to their deaths!

Looking at his younger sister and two pitiful nieces, his anger flared up instantly.

He pointed at Huo Junshan's nose and yelled, "Third brother, are you even a man? How dare you let your wife bully your aunt like this? If you're a man, you should do something about her!"

He originally wanted to say that any man should beat up Yun Ningyan, but when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he remembered the scene of Yun Ningyan beating people, so he changed his words.

Yun Ningyan shook her head. Why was her father-in-law so stubborn when it came to Huo Changlan?

She looks completely different!

Li Xiangyun clutched her chest in anger; Huo Changlan had his eye on Ningning and the third brother.

She really wanted to go up and give Huo Changlan a good beating, but if she actually hit her, Huo Changgen would go crazy.

Huo Junshan was so angry after hearing his father's words that his chest heaved. If it had been someone else, not his father, he would have hit him!

Anyone who dares to sow discord between him and his wife deserves to suffer the most, even if I don't beat them!

Without saying a word, he rushed into Huo Changgen and Li Xiangyun's room.

He received the radio, the clothes and shoes Ningning bought for Huo Changgen, the cotton-padded coat his mother made for him, and the Moutai liquor. All of these were things Ningning had prepared for him with their help.

Now, things have gotten really bad, because of some insignificant outsider, he's gotten angry with his wife too.

He couldn't find the cotton-padded jacket and trousers, because Huo Changgen was wearing them.

He left the house carrying a radio, new clothes and shoes, and Moutai liquor.

Huo Changgen sensed something was wrong as soon as he saw him enter the room, but he couldn't remember why his third brother had come in.

When he saw the third brother bring out his treasures, he was so shocked that he reached out to snatch them.

But Huo Junshan was much taller than him. When Huo Junshan held things up high, he couldn't reach them at all.

Enraged, he called out Huo Junshan's full name: "Huo Junshan! You unfilial son, what do you think you're doing? These are all my things, put them down!"

He jumped up and down anxiously, trying to reach those things, but he couldn't reach them no matter what he did, and he slapped his thigh in frustration.

The sons and three daughters-in-law in the courtyard burst into laughter at the funny scene, with Yun Ningyan laughing the loudest.

It's absolutely hilarious.

Even Li Xiangyun laughed along.

Only Huo Changlan and her two daughters stared blankly at those things.

Huo Changlan never expected that her second brother would have such a good thing as a radio, as well as so many new clothes, even the cotton-padded clothes were new.

Is the Huo family living such a good life now?

Now she was even less able to leave.

Huo Junshan took the thing and walked straight out the door; he wanted to take it all home.

He wouldn't let his father touch any of these things, even if they rotted at home.

Huo Changgen didn't dare to make a move, nor could he win the snatch; he knew he couldn't keep this item today.

At least I'm wearing my own cotton-padded trousers and jacket.

Unexpectedly, Huo Junshan returned and dragged Huo Changgen into the house.

Huo Changgen stubbornly refused to let go, shouting, "Third brother, you've forgotten your father after getting married! This is unfilial! Let go of me!"

No one dared to stop Huo Junshan from doing what he wanted to do.

Even the Huo brothers stood quietly in the courtyard, watching the farce unfold in the snow.

Huo Junshan pulled him directly into the house and stripped Huo Changgen of his cotton-padded coat and undershirt.

He took his cotton-padded coat and went out, giving Huo Changgen a cold look before leaving.

He said with exasperation, "Dad, I've noticed that you lose your mind whenever Auntie is involved. What kind of spell has she cast on you?"