The mother and daughter remained silent for a long time, staring at each other. Time seemed to stand still. After what felt like minutes or seconds, Wang Xiaolan softly called out, "Mother."

Wang Tianxiao watched his mother nervously, preparing to persuade her to calm down when she got angry.

Wang Xiaolan was the one among her siblings whose temperament was most like her mother's. She was quick-tempered and stubborn, and when she got angry, she wouldn't listen to reason at all. If the two of them started arguing, it would definitely be like Mars colliding with Earth, causing a cataclysmic upheaval.

Otherwise, why would Wang Xiaolan prefer to wander in other places rather than go home?

"Is it true that if I don't come to see you, you'll hide from me for the rest of your life?"

Zhang Yufeng finally let out a sigh, her eyes filled with sadness.

"I……"

Wang Xiaolan didn't know what to say; the words were on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't utter a single one.

"You two chat for a while. If you have something to say, say it to each other directly. Don't hold back," Wang Tianxiao gave his wife a look. Li Yali understood and found an excuse to bring Wang Fang out.

Although Wang Fang was young, she could tell that something was wrong with her grandmother and aunt. Although she looked at the two of them curiously as she walked, she didn't say anything out of line and obediently followed her parents out.

"I'm going to the kitchen to get busy. I've only kneaded half of the dough for the buns, and it's still sitting on the cutting board. If it sits for too long, the dough will get too soft to wrap. Boss, could you help me wrap them after I finish kneading the dough? I can't manage on my own."

"Sure, call me in a bit."

Wang Tianxiao's cooking wasn't as good as Li Yali's, but he was very good at making steamed buns. This was mainly because he was very good with his hands. Strictly speaking, making steamed buns is actually a small skill.

After his wife went inside, Wang Tianxiao saw Wang Tianxin cowering to the side, and he was furious. He went up to him, grabbed his ear, and gave him a good beating.

This guy really has no brains.

Wang Tianxiao's original idea was to wait until his mother calmed down a bit more before taking his sister back. Although it would take longer, it would be safer.

Given the personalities of my mother and sister, this sudden attack could easily cause a rift, and there might not be a chance for them to reconcile anytime soon.

Wang Tianxiao never really understood the conflict between his sister and mother.

Unlike herself, her mother originally doted on her younger sister, but her sister seemed to possess a rebellious and clear-headedness that was different from that of this era.

If we had to give this characteristic a name, it would be that my sister is a very free person.

In her mind, freedom is the greatest happiness in life.

She would not give up her freedom for anything, not even her mother's love.

Her idea is not unreasonable in later generations. Wang Tianxiao found that children in later generations generally think this way. They are no longer strictly controlled by their parents, everyone has their own thoughts, and they advocate for an equal status.

But Wang Xiaolan was born in the 1960s. No matter how advanced or enlightened the intellectual trends of sixty years later were, they were not benefits that she could enjoy at this stage.

If she were to show it at this time, she would definitely be judged as a heretic.

Therefore, in order to uphold this belief, she resolutely left her hometown and wandered outside.

If it were Wang Tianxiao in his previous life, even if he saw his sister at the Old Cave Immortal Mountain, he might not have been able to talk to her because of his rigid and dogmatic ways, and thus would not have been able to rescue her from that scumbag.

But in this world, he could fully understand his sister's thoughts, so instead of trying to block her, he guided her, helped her lower her guard, and then slowly resolved her obsession.

Make the younger sister fully realize that her pursuit of a free life does not necessarily require severing ties with her mother.

A mother is a mother after all, and she certainly hopes that her daughter can live a good life. That is the most basic premise. As for how to live a good life, she has her own ideas, and her daughter has her own ideas. If they really can't reach a consensus, she will only feel a little disappointed at most, and she won't really do anything to her daughter.

In the real world, the relationship between parents and children is actually a process of mutual adjustment and compromise.

For children, parents are like a cage, trying to impose their own ideas on them.

However, for most parents, apart from a small minority who are indeed very controlling, the reason they manage their children so much is actually to protect them.

People who have never been parents find it difficult to understand the feelings of their parents.

Children may feel that they have grown up and can be independent, and that their parents don't need to manage everything so much, which can seem annoying and nagging.

But in the eyes of parents, the changes in their children are actually very small.

They raised a tiny baby from the size of their palm to adulthood, and their love did not diminish. It's just that many children crave this meticulous care when they are young, but they don't like it as they grow up.

Life is a cycle.

From misunderstanding our parents to being misunderstood when we become parents ourselves, we will eventually step into the same river.

Therefore, Wang Tianxiao did not blame his sister, nor did he think his mother was too much. He tried his best to get both of them to back down and rebuild a new castle in the middle, so that the mother and daughter could temporarily put aside their prejudices and relax and take a break inside.

Hopefully, they can all understand the good intentions behind it all.

People of different ages have different states of mind.

If Wang Tianxiao had been reborn due to an accident when he was young, perhaps his main goal would have been to become rich and powerful.

But now in his fifties, he doesn't have such a strong desire for success. Just like his farming, he basically goes with the flow, maintaining some basic relationships and having a decent income is enough for him.

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