The sun set over the hills in the west, and the faint afterglow shone on the dock. There were fewer people at the dock at this time than during the day. The workers had all returned home. A large ship slowly approached the dock.

Cao Xiangnan, standing at the bow, saw the familiar place. Although he had only been away for about ten days, he was eager to go home and see the person at home. For the first time, he felt homesick.

The boat stopped, and he walked down from the wooden bridge. The men on the boat helped carry the things down one bag at a time. The things were not heavy. He brought back a batch of cotton and cloth from Fang Ziye, and later bought a lot of cotton in Nanyang. Together with the seeds of various crops brought back from there, it was a lot of things.

His shop happened to be right here, and since he couldn't find a car to take the things back, Cao Xiangnan asked someone to help him carry the things to the backyard of the shop.

"Xiangnan, you're finally back." Aning heard the knock on the door, and came out to see Cao Xiangnan, who had returned, and was very happy.

"Yes, I brought some things back, but it's late now, so I'll take them back tomorrow and put them here in the backyard first." Cao Xiangnan saw Xuanxuan following Aning, and reached out to touch the child's head.

Aning stepped aside and said, "Hurry up and move in."

Bags of things were moved in. Cao Xiangnan gave each of the men two hundred yuan to buy wine and food. The boat would stop here for one night and leave tomorrow. The men thanked their host and left.

When there were no outsiders around, Aning told Cao Xiangnan what he had learned today. He was very happy that Cao Xiangnan could come back today. "It's a good thing you're back, otherwise Wanfeng wouldn't know what to do at home alone."

"Is Wanfeng okay?" Cao Xiangnan was speechless after hearing this. The only thing he cared about was Wanfeng and the children. It was not the first time that Cao Laoer went to his house to steal. Thinking of Wanfeng and several children at home at night, what if something unexpected happened, plus Wanfeng was pregnant now, he simply couldn't imagine it.

Fortunately, Cao Laoer and the others were caught and sent to the authorities. They were only given thirty strokes of the cane and sentenced to one year of hard labor. It was really a bargain for Cao Laoer! But thinking about his mother and second brother who were not easy to deal with, I'm afraid it would be difficult for Wanfeng to handle it alone.

He finished explaining accounting and arithmetic to Fang Ziye yesterday, and memorized the formulas of subtraction, addition, multiplication and division to him, and let him figure out the rest by himself. After buying things in Nanyang City, Manager Zhou was watching over the night snack stall, so he came back without any problems.

"With Cao Gang here, Wan Feng is fine. You should go home and have a look." Aning was worried about Qi Wan Feng taking care of several children at home, and she was pregnant and it was hard for her. It was not convenient for him to go there, and he had things to do in the shop, so he could only worry in his heart.

"Well, Aning, I'm going to borrow a carriage from Yipinzhai. Don't worry, it's okay. You and the children should close the door and go to bed early." Cao Xiangnan told others not to worry, but he was very anxious in his heart.

"Be careful on the road."

"Goodbye, uncle."

After saying goodbye to Aning and Xuanxuan, Cao Xiangnan hurried to Yipinzhai. Aning, who was standing at the door, saw Cao Xiangnan leave, so he took the child home and closed the door. Knowing that Cao Xiangnan was back, he was no longer worried about Wanfeng being alone at home. When

Liu the clerk saw Cao Xiangnan coming back, he took him to his home and told him about his family affairs. Of course, he also told him about his greetings with County Magistrate Wang, "Thank you, big brother." Cao Xiangnan didn't expect that Liu the clerk also helped him behind the scenes, he said gratefully.

"There's no need to be polite to big brother. It's getting late, you should hurry home, I won't keep you here, come and have a drink with big brother tomorrow when you have time, I'll call someone to take you home." Liu the clerk called someone over and gave him a few instructions.

A carriage was arranged outside, and Cao Xiangnan did not refuse the kindness of the shopkeeper Liu. He said goodbye to the shopkeeper Liu, got on the carriage, and asked someone to rush back to Caojia Village. The carriage went fast, and it returned to Caojia Village in half an hour. From a distance, Cao Xiangnan heard his mother's curses and saw a group of people gathered at the door of his house.

After being hungry outside for a day, Chen Zhu brought people to the door of his fourth son's house after dinner. He sat on the ground and cried and howled, cursing and praying for thunder and lightning to kill his second son. These words became more and more unbearable to hear.

Wang Yan also knelt at the door, crying and begging her fourth uncle to let her husband go. Several children followed her mother and cried at the door. The little ones also suffered today. After knowing that their father was locked up, they were even more scared. They cried loudly without their mother pinching them.

Many people in the village came to watch the excitement. They all knew that Cao Laoer brought people to Cao Silang's house to steal last night. Now he was arrested and sent to the officials. The eldest master also beat him with a stick and sentenced him to hard labor for a year. Unexpectedly, Chen Zhu dared to come to Cao Silang's door to make trouble. I think he knew that Cao Silang was not at home, so he brought people to bully him. This old man is really shameless.

Knowing that those people were sentenced to hard labor and would not be able to come back for a year, everyone applauded. In the past, things had been stolen from people's homes in their village. Even if they knew that it was done by those people in the village, they could only blame themselves for not catching them on the spot. Now that those people are gone, the village will be much more peaceful in the future.

Fortunately, the children in the family had returned from school a long time ago. Qi Wanfeng closed the door of the yard and he would not open the door. He could not let the children go out even when he heard the curses outside. Fortunately, the children were obedient and stayed in the house.

Master Feng and his group were also there. They had seen the shamelessness of this old woman today. This time Qi Wanfeng did not open the door and ignored them. They took a look and prepared to go back to rest. They got up last night to catch thieves, and they didn't come back from the town until the next afternoon. Fortunately, the Dong family was kind and gave them a day off today, so they didn't have to work.

They had seen Qi Wanfeng, the mother, coming to make trouble every day in the past few days. After taking a look at each other, they wanted to go back. No one cared about these shameless people. They cried and made trouble and then left on their own.

The sharp-eyed people saw the returning carriage and shouted, "Cao Silang is back."

"Oh, yes, Silang, you are back." The people behind saw it and made way for them.

"...May God punish you for harming my fourth son. Qi Wanfeng, you even harmed your second uncle. You are such an evildoer. You will be struck by lightning sooner or later. My fourth son married such a bad boy like you and harmed the whole family..." These words entered his ears more and more clearly. The veins on Cao Xiangnan's forehead were popping out, especially when he saw his mother sitting at the door of his house, pointing at the sky and cursing him.

"馭——" The carriage stopped, Cao Xiangnan jumped off the carriage, and thanked the driver who sent him back. Knowing that the person was going to go back, he let him go first.

Chen Zhu, who had been howling at the top of his voice for a long time, saw his fourth son. Obviously, he did not expect that he would come back at this time. His mouth was open for a while. Cao Xiangnan walked to his mother, glanced at his second brother and the younger ones, and chuckled, "Mother, second brother, you are really my good relatives."

"Why are you crying at my doorstep? Mother, how did Wanfeng harm your Erlang? You should explain it to me properly. You are cursing Wanfeng at my doorstep. Cao Laoer came to my house to steal things. Did I let him come to my house to steal things? To be honest, this is not the first time that Cao Laoer has come to my house to steal things! I didn't catch him the last time he came to my house to steal things. I'm afraid he came again this time when I was not at home." Cao Xiangnan looked down at his mother and sneered.

"And you, Wang Yan, brought a bunch of kids to cry at my door. What are you begging my Wanfeng for? Let your husband go? Wasn't your husband sentenced by the county lord? Shouldn't you ask the county lord for help?"

"Auntie, listen carefully. The luckiest thing in my life is marrying Qi Wanfeng. The unluckiest thing is having a family like you!" Cao Xiangnan raised his lips, smiled slightly, and said as his mother stared at him in amazement.

If he could, Cao Xiangnan wanted to kick them to death one by one.

It happened that Cao Gang and Sun Bailian heard others say that Chen Zhu went to Qi Wanfeng, so he rushed over, along with Chen Hong and Cao Dapeng. Unexpectedly, he saw Cao Xiangnan who had returned as soon as he arrived.

"Xiangnan, you're back." Sun Bailian breathed a sigh of relief. Outsiders like them really couldn't do anything to Chen Zhu.

Cao Xiangnan greeted Cao Gang and the others, and bumped Cao Gang's shoulder with his fist, silently thanking this friend. After greeting Sun Ji and the others, he said to Cao Dapeng, "Brother Dapeng, please go to the compound to invite my father over. Brother Sun Ji, please help me invite the village chief and Li Zheng to come to my house."

Cao Dapeng and Sun Ji took a few people and went to invite them.

Chen Zhu didn't expect his fourth son to do this, and didn't expect his fourth son to ask his head of the family to come over. Even Wang Yan didn't dare to cry. When he heard that his fourth uncle had someone go and invite someone over, he felt guilty.

"Mom, second brother, let's talk it over today. Don't go to my house and bully Wanfeng when I'm not at home in the future." Cao Xiangnan turned around and said to his mom and second brother. An'an

tilted his ears in the room. He seemed to hear his father's voice. He ran over and pulled his mom who was packing things, pointed to the direction of the door, and said, "Mom, mom, dad... over there, dad."

Xiangzi also heard Uncle Xiangnan's voice, but he didn't dare to go out and open the door.

"Is your dad back?" Qi Wanfeng put down the things in his hands and walked towards the door with a few children. He didn't hear the scolding from his mom and eldest brother. Hearing his husband's voice, his heart moved, he strode over and opened the door to the yard, "Husband." Seeing his husband outside, he shouted in surprise.

"Dad, Dad..."

"Uncle Xiangnan, Uncle Xiangnan..."

Several children ran out. Cao Xiangnan stretched out his hand to catch An An who was flying over, touched the heads of the other two children, and looked up to see the people standing at the door looking at him. The two people's eyes intertwined in mid-air. Seeing her husband coming back, tears welled up in Qi Wanfeng's eyes.

"I'm sorry, I'm late." Cao Xiangnan strode over and held the man in his arms, knowing that Qi Wanfeng was wronged.

Qi Wanfeng shook her head in her husband's arms, tears falling uncontrollably, her throat choked with sobs and she couldn't even speak.