There were a lot of people gathered at the door of Ren Erzhu's house, and the whole family was standing trembling in the snow.
All the thicker clothes in the house were worn by Ren Jinbao, while everyone else was so cold that their teeth were chattering.
"Mom, what happened?" A person pushed through the crowd and squeezed in. She saw her parents standing at the door, and then she realized that the house had collapsed.
"Sanhua, why are you here?" Aunt Ren saw her daughter, who looked like a snowman. What were she doing here? To extort money?
"Mom, we're going back to my parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year. I haven't been back for two years, so I decided to come back this year." Ren Sanhua felt very uncomfortable when she saw her mother's unwelcome look.
"The house collapsed and we have no place to live. And you come back to your parents' home empty-handed?" Aunt Ren looked at her daughter, who was very thin and dressed in rags. It was obvious that she was not living well and it seemed that she could not be relied on.
"Oh, your daughter is back to see you, and you're still complaining. Sanhua, your mother has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She has no bad intentions. Let's go to the brigade headquarters first. Many houses collapsed in the village today. Let's see what the brigade leader says."
Ren Erzhu gave Aunt Ren Er a look, and Aunt Ren Er didn't know what she was thinking and kept silent.
Ren Sanhua smiled happily. At least her family still cared about her. She hated her mother for marrying her to a divorced man.
But after so many years, she has a child and has accepted her fate. Her parents still want her, otherwise she will have no place to complain if she is wronged.
When Ren Erzhu and his family arrived at the brigade headquarters, it was already packed with people. They all surrounded the brigade leader and asked him to arrange accommodation.
The captain was so worried that his hair turned gray. It was a big problem as to where to arrange so many people!
"Sanhua, look at all these people. We have nowhere to stay! Why don't you stay at your eldest brother's house?"
"You don't know, your eldest brother built a new house, a brick house, spacious and bright, but he let an outsider live in it."
"You haven't seen him in a while, so it's good for you to go see him. But how can you let that nameless person move in before your family moves in?"
Ren Erzhu's eyes rolled around, but he looked at Ren Sanhua with a gentle expression.
Ren Sanhua knew who the eldest brother they were talking about was. She had come back two years ago and he had just returned to the village from the mountains.
She still remembered how happy her parents were when he first arrived at her house.
At that time, she still called him Ren Jinbao. She took care of him for more than a year and she felt from the bottom of her heart that he was her younger brother.
Later, when her mother gave birth to her biological brother and didn't want him anymore, she would still save her own food rations and secretly go to her grandmother's house to feed him.
Later, when she ran out of milk, she cried and begged her mother to take him home. Her mother did not agree and beat her. She never saw him again.
She was so excited to know that he was still alive. She had secretly visited him and he still remembered her. Even though he had grown taller and stronger, she couldn't recognize him, but she was still happy.
"Dad, has Jinbao built a new house?" Ren Sanhua grabbed her father's hand, the joy on her face not fake. She had come back on a mission. She thought of the pheasant her eldest brother had given her last year, and her heart was even more excited.
"What Jinbao? Jinbao is your biological brother. That white-eyed wolf is now called Ren Jingxiao!"
Second Aunt Ren glared at her daughter. Jinbao was her precious baby, so how could he be worthy of her?
"Yes, he's dating a sent-down youth, but before they even get married, he's already building a house and providing food. Dad's afraid he's been cheated! How many of those from the city are good? What if he gets the chance to go back to the city in the future and doesn't want your eldest brother?"
Ren Erzhu looked worried, as if he was really worried.
"How can that be? I want to go and take a look!" Ren Sanhua pulled her father and wanted to leave.
"Sanhua, Dad won't go. Your eldest brother has a misunderstanding about Dad. You know the ancestral hall in the village, right? The house your eldest brother built is right there. It's a brick house and it's very conspicuous!"
Ren Erzhu quickly shook off Ren Sanhua's hand. His feet hurt when he mentioned that little beast.
He thought that as long as he accepted Sanhua, it would only be a matter of time before Sanhua slowly persuaded him to accept them. If he was cruel and didn't even acknowledge Sanhua, he wouldn't lose anything.
Even if he didn't say it, Sanhua would find a chance to see him. This can't be blamed on him, right?
Ningxia didn't know someone was coming to cause trouble for her. She was boiling water and preparing to wash clothes. She wanted to wash the clothes while Ren Jingxiao was away.
"Jinbao? Is Jinbao at home?" Ningxia heard the unfamiliar voice and looked out through the crack in the door.
An unfamiliar aunt, dressed very thinly, calling Jinbao, must have walked into the wrong door?
"Auntie, you've come to the wrong door. There's no one named Jinbao here." Ningxia didn't intend to open the door. The last time that group of people came to see her was still fresh in her mind.
"No, I'm looking for Ren Jingxiao! I'm his third sister!" She was even more unhappy when he didn't open the door and called her aunt.
Third sister? Those two families? Forget it. She didn't want to bother with them anymore and went straight into the kitchen.
Seeing that she didn't rush over to open the door for her, Ren Sanhua actually turned around and left, which made her even more annoyed.
Her father was right. City people are so arrogant. How could they be sincere to her elder brother? Look, he didn't even say a word when his sister came to visit.
"Open the door for me. This is my eldest brother's house. How can it be the turn of an unmarried person like you to move in?" Ren Sanhua knocked on the wooden door hard.
She remembered that her eldest brother came to visit her in their brigade last year and brought her two pheasants and a wild rabbit.
Although she didn't get to eat the meat, her eldest brother still cared about her, so he would definitely listen to what she said.
He didn't send any meat this year. Her husband told her to come back and bring some meat back.
She now knows that it's not that her eldest brother didn't want to send him off, but that someone stopped him, right?
"Wow" suddenly something jumped out from the top of the wall. Before Ren Sanhua could see clearly, she saw the thing with a bloody mouth, as if it would rush out and eat her alive in the next second.
"Oh my god! Ahhhhhh..." Ren Sanhua rolled and crawled, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Dapao, good job." Ningxia touched Dapao's head, and Dapao rubbed her palm proudly.
By the time Ren Jingxiao found out about this, it was already evening. He lowered his head, lost in thought, and Ningxia didn't bother him.
"Xia Xia, do you think I'm a bad person? There are so many children in the family, why am I the only one left? Since you don't want me anymore, why are you all coming here eagerly?"
Ningxia suddenly felt that Ren Jingxiao was a very soft-hearted person and he would also feel sad for others.
"Maybe there's no family connection! If you still have nothing today, they will definitely stay away from you."
Ningxia didn't want to lie to him. She knew he understood better than anyone else. Why should they say some false comfort to each other?
"Well, I don't have any family ties."
"I don't feel sad, I don't feel that way either! We are such a perfect match!" Ningxia couldn't tell whether she felt sad or happy.
Ren Jingxiao held Ningxia in his arms, and the two of them kept each other warm and snuggled up to each other in this cold winter.
Since there is no family bond, don't force it. Some things should be given up!
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