"Ouch! Grandma, be gentle!" Even through the thick coat, Xu Ning could feel the love from his grandma.

Xu Ning was jumping around with his hands covering his butt, but suddenly he noticed a stranger was there, so he immediately withdrew his hands and became serious.

"Grandma, you won't ask me to return the money, will you?" Xu Ning was the first to act coquettishly towards Old Lady Xu, and with his pouting mouth he looked even more aggrieved than Xu Feng.

"I'm hitting you because you're bullying the weak." Old Mrs. Xu said unhappily.

"Then you are bullying the young by taking advantage of your age!" Xu Ning immediately retorted.

"You have so many crooked ideas, can't you just let him do it again?"

"Hey, grandma, the more I give him, the more he loses. This is the result of me giving him a lot of leeway. If I don't give him any leeway, all his trump cards will be gone."

Old Mrs. Xu shook her head helplessly. Xu Feng only remembered the food and not the beatings. He always forgot his lessons. After being tricked by Xu Ning this time, he will do the same thing again next time. She didn't know who he looked like.

"Okay, okay, Xiaobao, stop crying. We'll make your favorite barbecue tonight. Men shouldn't cry easily. Others will laugh at you. Got it?"

"Grandma, can't I cry in our house? There are no outsiders here." After hearing this, Old Mrs. Xu didn't know what to say. Jiang Yan, on the other hand, curled up the corners of his mouth and was in a good mood.

Xu Ning carefully sat next to Xu Feng, ready to run away at any time. Although Xu Feng would never hit her, he had chased her just now just to get back the money he lost.

But in her eyes, Xu Fengshu was just a twelve-year-old child, and she could just tease him. If she really pushed him to the limit, the love that Old Lady Xu gave him would be more than a slap in the face.

That is a dense love.

Xu Feng took a glance and saw that the money in Xu Ning's hand was gone. He knew that he could not get it back. He was so angry that he turned his back to Xu Ning and ignored her.

"Oh, Xiaobao, are you really angry? I'm wrong. Next time, I'll let you have five, okay? Don't be angry. Let's continue playing tonight. We don't need money this time. How about we play with stickers, or draw on each other's faces? Is that okay?"

Xu Feng's eyes lit up, as if he saw Xu Ning painted as a big tabby cat.

"You said you would give me five." The arrogant boy muttered.

"No problem, I'll give you five."

"real?"

"Your second sister doesn't tell lies!"

Winter nights are very long. The Xu family had finished dinner before dark, and now everyone was sitting around the fire.

There were a few sweet potatoes and corns placed on the fire, as well as a beggar's chicken wrapped in mud, which was emitting a faint fragrance.

"I have six." Xu Ning played his cards and looked around at everyone. Seeing that no one wanted it, he played a straight of seven to one.

Seeing that Xu Ning had few cards left in his hand, Xu Feng got anxious and played with his king.

Xu Ning: I don’t want it.

Others: I can’t accept it.

Xu Feng started playing cards with a chuckle.

Shunzi, no one wants it.

Double pair, everyone shook their heads.

He played another three.

He thought there was only one card left and he was finally going to win.

As a result, his second sister played four fours.

"Blast you, hahahaha, I win again!"

Xu Feng? Xu Ning's next hand was a straight, with a bunch of pairs and other things.

Xu Feng lost again.

Old Lady Xu couldn't stand it any longer, "Just keep bullying your brother."

Xu Ning felt a little embarrassed. Seeing Xu Feng's face covered with notes and crying like a 1.6-meter-tall child, he couldn't help but take out the money he won at noon.

"Xiaobao, what do you think this is?"

"I don't want it!" Xu Feng brushed the tear-soaked note off his face and put it down again, pushing Xu Ning's hand away. He was just angry at himself for being so stupid that he couldn't win against his second sister.

As for the money, he had already received it before dinner that night. It was a tiger made of silver!

Thinking of this, Xu Feng felt a little happy, but when he thought about how he was cheated by his second sister again, he felt even more upset.

"You do it on purpose. You always keep your big cards in reserve just to trick me!" Xu Feng was tired of crying and protested to Xu Ning who was digging sweet potatoes.

Xu Ning took out a spoon from somewhere, used the tip of the spoon to cut open the skin of the roasted sweet potato, and then ate it directly with the spoon.

After being roasted, the sweet potatoes lose moisture, become firmer, and taste fragrant and sweet. Xu Ning took a bite and closed his eyes comfortably.

As she ate, she never forgot to laugh at him: "Silly boy, who told you to be fooled? If not you, who else can I fool?"

"Ah, second sister!!" Xu Ning raised his eyebrows and continued to eat the roasted sweet potatoes without being affected.

"Leave a sweet potato for me." Xu Feng saw that everyone was digging sweet potatoes, and even Jiang Yan took one and ate it with a spoon like Xu Ning.

"Here, take it yourself!" Xu Ning pointed at the brazier with his chin. There was only one sweet potato left on the brazier. Xu Feng stopped crying and quickly pulled the sweet potato over.

After Xu Ning finished eating the sweet potatoes, he started to prepare the beggar's chicken. As soon as the mud shell was cracked open, the whole house was filled with rich fragrance.

At the Xu family's side, candlelight flickered and laughter filled the air, while at the home of the village chief, the atmosphere was depressing.

Xu Qianqian even smashed the indestructible dustpan in the room over and over again as if it were Xu Ning.

Late at night, Jiang Yi told Jiang Yan the news that the secret guard had found out.

The next morning, the Xu family was awakened by the howling of ghosts and wolves before dawn.

"Daddy, daddy..." The one who kept calling daddy was the village chief's daughter Xu Qianqian. Her hair was disheveled at this time, and she was dragged towards the village entrance by the village chief of Xujia Village. When she arrived at the door of Xu's house, Xu Qianqian "broke free" from the restraints and began to cry and shout in front of the Xu family's door.

The village head's wife cried and pleaded: "Master, you can't sell Qianqian. You can't. Qianqian has suffered so much. How can you bear to sell your only daughter? Oh, God!"

"I have no choice. If we don't sell her, our family will starve to death. She's already in this state, so we might as well send her there to live a good life, and we can survive!" As he said this, he continued to pull Xu Qianqian. Xu Qianqian cried and struggled, until everyone seemed tired, and she began to smile foolishly.

The noise was so creepy early in the morning that it woke up the Xu family, including the servants of Li the Hunter who lived next door.

"What's going on again!" Xu Ning pulled the quilt over his head and turned over in annoyance.

"Mom will go out and take a look. Yuanyuan, you and Ningning continue to sleep." Zhang turned over and put on her clothes. She went out to the yard and found that her father-in-law and mother-in-law were already there.

"Dad, Mom, it's so cold, let's go back to our rooms. Let Dayong and I handle this."

Xu Da also came out when Zhang was talking. He also had an impatient look on his face, but when he saw the people in the yard, he immediately put away his expression and said, "Dad and Mom, listen to Mei Niang and go into the house."

The servants had also come over and started lighting the candles and braziers in the hall.

Old Mrs. Xu looked back and saw that all the rooms were lit. She sighed and helped Old Man Xu to the living room. "Dayong, your father and I will be waiting for your news inside."

"Hey!" After comforting his parents, Xu Da held Zhang's hand and walked out.

The gate of the Xu family opened. The eyes of the village chief and others of Xujia Village were filled with joy. They turned around and saw the gloomy-faced Xu couple.