Li Xiangyun snorted coldly: "Throw it all away, it's no use giving it to you, you heartless person."

Huo Changgen looked distressed; those were all good things, and he had just thrown them away.

It seems the third brother is furious.

Li Xiangyun then said, "What does your sister plan to do? She can't just keep eating and drinking for free at our house. There are three of them; we can't afford to take care of them all."

Huo Changgen was in a dilemma again. He said, word by word, "Changlan's husband is dead. Her household registration has been transferred here, and the household registrations of her two children have also been transferred here. She said she wants to settle down here and not go back."

"What? Not going back?"

Li Xiangyun jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed), her eyes wide open.

She held up three fingers to Huo Changgen: "Huo Changgen, these are three people, three people, not one person. You just agreed like that?"

Huo Changgen lowered his head, like a child who had made a mistake: "What can we do? It's freezing cold, we can't let her starve to death, can we? She's my sister, I can't just abandon her!"

Li Xiangyun pounced on him like a madwoman and hit him. Huo Changgen didn't even dodge. Li Xiangyun scratched several bloody marks on his face.

She practically roared, "Go find my older brother right now! We'll handle this together, and if he doesn't care, neither will we! Make them move to the old house!"

Huo Changgen shook his head repeatedly: "The old house is leaky everywhere, it's uninhabitable. Let's wait until spring."

Li Xiangyun was on the verge of collapse. Her children and grandchildren didn't have enough to eat in the winter, so how could she possibly get so much food if there were three more people?

She said fiercely, "Huo Changgen, starting today, you will only be allowed one meal a day, no breakfast or dinner. Your food rations will come from the three of them. Go and talk to your older brother now, or else we will get a divorce!"

She never expected the old man to be so muddle-headed.

With such a long winter, people starve and freeze to death every year. They can't afford to feed three more people all at once.

Huo Changgen had no choice but to stumble and wade his way to Huo Changlin's house.

The captain saw him coming over while it was snowing and, thinking something had happened, pulled him inside.

"Changgen, is something wrong?"

Huo Changgen lowered his head: "Big brother, Changlan is back, and she brought two nieces with her. She said she's transferred all the household registrations and the procedures are all done?"

"What? Changlan is back?"

Snap!

The brigade leader's pipe fell to the ground. How could he not know that such a big thing as adding three more people to the brigade had happened?

"Changgen, when did this happen?"

Huo Changgen: "They came back yesterday, so they must have done it yesterday. Changlan's husband died, her parents-in-law died, and there was no one left at home, so she came back with her child."

The captain understood; it had started snowing yesterday, so it was normal that he didn't know.

Huo Changgen continued, "Brother, we already had a huge fight at home yesterday. Now there are three more people in the house, and I can't afford it. What do you think we should do? We can't just kick her out in this freezing weather; she's our sister!"

The captain remained silent...

In the dead of winter, no one has any surplus grain to lend out.

The arrival of three people at once is indeed a problem.

But we can't just watch people starve to death.

He looked at his wife, who was the person Changlan got along with the most. If they were at home, there would be a huge uproar.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Changgen, why don't we split their food rations equally between the two of us? We can stay at your house for now, and once spring comes, we can tidy up the old house and move in. It's already winter, so we can't tidy it up now!"

Huo Changgen nodded: "That's the only way to do it for now."

Huo Changlin had Zhang Guihua fill a bag with grain, and carrying the grain, he went with Zhang Guihua to Huo Changgen's house to visit Huo Changlan.

As the captain walked, he said, "Changgen, you should talk to your sister-in-law and get rid of them when spring comes. Just bear with it for the next few months."

Huo Changgen: "Big brother, you should try to talk to her later. Yesterday she went to the back and made a scene with the third brother's family, wanting to stay at the third brother's place. I also said a few words to Ningning. Sigh!"

The captain nodded.

Several people entered the courtyard, and Li Xiangyun came out of the house upon hearing the noise.

The four of them went to Huo Junshan's old house, where Huo Changlan was sleeping. She looked at the brigade leader.

Startled, she sat up abruptly and said with a smile, "Brother, sister-in-law, what brings you here?"

Huo Changlin said angrily, "If I hadn't come, how much longer were you going to keep this from me? Where are the two children? Let me see them."

Huo Changlan hurriedly went out to call Yao Qingqing and Yao Tingting.

The two sisters stood at the door and called out timidly, "Uncle."

The two looked gentle and obedient, and they also resembled Huo Changlan, with good looks. The captain liked them very much.

The team leader said, "Changlan, it's good that you're back. But you can't stay here with Changgen forever. He has a whole family to support. We can help you, but we can't support you forever. You can stay here for now. Changgen and I will share the food. After the old house is repaired in the spring, you can move in. The three of you can work without going hungry."

Huo Changlan nodded, as long as it wasn't to drive her away.

Let's talk about next year's issues next year; who knows what will happen then?

Maybe she'll be able to live in a big house tomorrow.

The group sat for a while, but Li Xiangyun and Zhang Guihua didn't say a word. They looked at each other, their eyes filled with deep helplessness and worry.

Both of them were equally worried that Huo Changlan would stay and never leave.

The two brothers decided on Huo Changlan's place to stay. Before leaving, the brigade leader said, "You can't just sit here and wait to be fed every day. Help your second sister-in-law, and the two girls also need to do some housework."

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