The Gaojia Village acted swiftly this time; the entire village was relocated the day after Godfrey Gao and his team returned.

Of course, the village couldn't be completely deserted, so people were stationed there in shifts to keep watch, waiting for the drought to pass so everyone could return to their homes.

Gao Liang led his parents and Gao Shuzhen and her son to the newly built earthen building.

"How can anyone live in this house? It's like a dormitory." Gao Shuzhen looked at the mud-brick house with disgust.

“If you really don’t like it, you can go over there with the people from our village and rebuild a house,” Hu Lingling retorted directly.

"Am I not telling the truth? This house is covered in dust as soon as you step against the wall. They won't even let us stay in the village for such a short distance. And he's supposed to be the village chief." Gao Shuzhen patted the dust off her clothes with a look of disgust.

Looking at the small, dark houses, Gao Zian couldn't help but frown. "This room is indeed a bit small, and the lighting is poor. It can only be used for sleeping."

Hu Lingling was too lazy to pay attention to them anymore and simply carried the things she had brought into her room.

Gao Liang couldn't stand the two siblings being so picky. "They don't receive outsiders in their village. It's already very kind of them to build two rooms for us here. Besides, the location and safety are quite good. If you really can't get used to living here, you can build your own."

After saying this, Gao Liang ignored them and began helping his mother pack her things.

Gao Dongxing remained silent throughout the entire process, quietly moving his belongings into the house.

The fact that the siblings could still point fingers and nitpick here made Baijia Village and Gaojia Village quite envious of them.

At this moment, they were all wondering why they didn't have any relatives in Pinghe Village. Even if they were related by blood, they might be able to find a place to stay.

Huang Yun from Xin San Village was also complaining to Si Zhengwei at home, "Look at Pinghe Village, they built such a big house all at once. And it's just for entertaining relatives. Why didn't your son think of building a few rooms for us?"

Si Zhengwei saw that she was being unreasonable again and didn't want to pay any attention to her.

But Huang Yun never intended to let him off so easily after complaining from the beginning. “Our family is exhausted every day, carrying water up the mountain to irrigate. In Pinghe Village, they have waterwheels that bring water directly to the fields. Can’t you ask your eldest son to come and help with the work for a few days? Si Ming and Si Liang have both lost a lot of weight recently.”

Si Zhengwei finally looked up at her. "Since you care so much about your son, why don't you catch a couple of chickens and slaughter them to make them some meat? Otherwise, who knows who will benefit from all the chickens you've raised with such care?"

Huang Yun's expression was somewhat unnatural, but she quickly retorted confidently, "Aren't all the chickens in the chicken coop?"

“But the chickens that lay eggs every day have disappeared,” Si Zhengwei said, staring at her.

“You’re the ones cleaning the chicken coop every day, and chickens can’t lay eggs every single day.” Huang Yun’s eyes darted away as he said this.

Seeing that she was still making excuses, Si Zhengwei bluntly said, "In that case, you should stay away from the chicken coop from now on, so that those eggs don't keep disappearing and filling other people's stomachs."

Seeing that he had made his point so clear, Huang Yun knew that they knew about his past actions, so he simply went all out and said, "Everyone has to socialize, and you used to help your friends all the time, didn't you?"

"Then you need to consider what time it is now. Besides, friendship is reciprocal. If you're just giving all the time, is that still friendship?" Since discovering some of Huang Yun's underhanded actions, Si Zhengwei has now taken control of everything in the house.

"And don't you know how precious food is now? Things like eggs, which can replenish energy and regulate the body, are even rarer. Instead of keeping these things to nourish your own family, you generously give them away to do favors. Do you know that many people outside are secretly laughing at your stupidity?"

Huang Yun felt that he was losing face after being attacked and refuted like this.

"No wonder you locked everything in your son's room a while ago. So that was to keep me out of reach." Huang Yun thought of how Si Zhengwei had moved the grain to his son's room under the pretext that the room was too small.

Si Zhengwei had completely lost his patience. "Of course we have to be wary of you. What we have now is all thanks to your labor? My son and I worked so hard to bring everything into the house, and you just handed it all over like that."

Huang Yun said, "I already said that it's because Xiao Li's family is really struggling, so I helped them out a little. Besides, your eldest son is so capable, always carrying big bags and small bags of things home, so let him be filial to you, and our family will be able to make a living."

Si Zhengwei smiled sarcastically at her, "Our family of four all have hands and feet, and hasn't Acheng given us enough? Without his help, do you think you would still be able to send things out? You wouldn't know how much harder life would be for us than for others."

Huang Yun still said confidently, "Since he's offering help, why not rebuild our house too? This time he helped his mother and stepbrother get two houses, but look at us now, we're still living in a wooden house, getting bitten by mosquitoes every day, and we haven't had a good night's sleep."

Si Zhengwei said, "That's because you're lazy. Look at everyone else, they all pick a lot of mugwort and fumigate it before going to bed. But all you do is go out and do manual labor for others, and you don't care about the things at home."

Huang Yun felt that this matter could not be entirely attributed to her, and her voice unconsciously rose, "You guys go up the mountain every day, and you can just pick some from the roadside. You make a mess by burning mugwort every day. You might as well ask Si Cheng to get a few more insect repellent sachets."

Si Zhengwei was so angry he laughed. "Insect repellent sachets? Don't you know that medicinal herbs are hard to find these days? In fact, Pinghe Village has exchanged all its herbs for other things. They don't even have enough for themselves, and they're sending them to you? You've got some nerve!"

"They had no plan at all. They didn't even have enough for themselves, yet they went around exchanging for supplies. They don't need these things now." Huang Yun still blamed Si Cheng for everything.

Si Ming and Si Liang stayed quietly by their side, listening to their parents' argument. These days, their father would often secretly show them the foolish things their mother had done. When they saw their mother secretly giving away things from the house, they felt really uncomfortable.

During this period, we carried water to irrigate the plants every day, but the meals at home remained the same as before. The nourishing noodles and eggs were given away without our knowledge.

What they found even more ridiculous was that their mother had previously used them as an excuse to try and get benefits from their older brother.