"...your second brother also came back yesterday. He suffered a lot there. Silang, your second brother was also confused at that time. The past is the past. Alas..." Speaking of this, thinking of Erlang who came back, Cao Ashan sighed and continued, "No matter what, we are all family. Even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected. He is still your second brother. You are brothers." Cao Xiangnan listened to his father saying that he and Cao Laoer were brothers, and looked at his father and was speechless.

The past is the past? He thought about the past, but he didn't know if Cao Laoer, whose legs were broken, could just let it go!

Yesterday, he heard Wanfeng talking about Cao Laoer, and he also asked someone about Cao Laoer. With Cao Laoer's lazy nature, how could he be diligent in doing hard labor? Cao Laoer thought that he could do whatever he wanted there, just like at home. It was his mother who spoiled Cao Laoer. If Cao Laoer hadn't done that, would he have broken his legs? He

deserved it!

Listening to his father sitting here and repeatedly emphasizing to him that they were a family, even Cao Xiangnan felt his teeth ache. Do these people really think that the past can be forgotten? The original body of this body is still alive here. Who will pay for the death of the wronged soul that died long ago? Can this be forgotten? "

…………I came here today thinking that your second brother is back and you haven't been back to the compound for a long time. I told the eldest brother to let him cook tonight and we can have dinner at his place. You can also come with the evening breeze and the children, and the whole family can sit down and have a meal together..." Cao Ashan said so much, and this was the purpose of his coming to find this Silang.

He talked about this with the eldest brother and his wife this morning, and they all agreed.

As for the matter of having dinner at their house, Chen Li naturally didn't like his second uncle, but when his father said that his fourth uncle's family would be back in due time, Chen Li nodded, happy that his fourth uncle's family could come back for a meal, which was a good thing.

Since the division of the family, Chen Li no longer had to support a large family, and now she was living a good life.

He and his husband went to his fourth uncle to get a job, and the family had two incomes every day. Both boys were sent to the academy to study. Originally, he didn't plan to let his younger brother go to school, but he thought that after his brother learned a few words, it would be easier to find a husband in a few years. Otherwise, by then, other brothers would have learned to read and write, but his brother had not, and wouldn't the good families choose other brothers? For this reason, Chen Lidu gritted her teeth and sent her three children to school.

Anyway, now that they have divided the family, even if his second uncle comes back, it has nothing to do with them, and they don't have to support his second uncle's family anymore. They can live their own good lives behind closed doors.

I wonder what expression Chen Li would have if she knew that his fourth uncle would not go to dinner, only his father, mother and his second uncle's family would.

"Dad, my second brother is back. I'll find time to go over and see him another day."

"As for going over to dinner, the child at home is still young and can recognize people. If he cries when I take him over, he won't be able to eat in peace. I have to rush to the town soon, and I don't know when I will be back. You just cook and eat. I'll have someone send a piece of pork over later. I'm afraid I can't go over to dinner." Cao Xiangnan didn't plan to go to the compound to eat. Now that Cao Laoer is back, does he have to go over to eat with him and continue to be brothers with him?

After moving out of the compound, he seldom went back, but he went back a few times to deliver something. Wanfeng, on the other hand, has not been back since she moved out. When she moved out, Wanfeng was pregnant, and later she had a big belly. Now the child is several months old. Wanfeng rarely goes into the village. When she goes out of town, she takes a horse-drawn carriage from the side road and then goes to the main road, and never takes the road through the village.

Cao Xiangnan feels bad when he thinks about those things back then. Even if it is convenient for Wanfeng, he would not let Wanfeng go to the compound to eat. Besides, because he took in Xiangzi and Xingxing, his father and mother meant that he was raising children for outsiders and not helping his own brothers? Did Cao Fugui and Cao Fuqiang have missing limbs or something? Did Cao Xiangnan have the obligation to raise them?

I think his father and mother would not welcome Xiangzi and Xingxing to go there, and Cao Xiangnan didn't want the two children to go there either. Moreover, when they were in the compound, An'an was often bullied by his eldest brother and Cao Laoer's family, and An'an himself was not willing to go back there.

Now when they come to invite them back, why don't they think about how they drove the three of them out in the first place?

I heard that Silang meant that Qi Wanfeng and the children were not going, and he himself had to go to the town and had no time to go, so Cao Ashan's old face fell, and he was sullen and didn't say a word.

Seeing his father's bad face, Cao Xiangnan had no choice but to say, "Dad, I really can't spare the time today. I have an appointment with the shopkeeper Liu, so I have to rush to the town. Let's do it another day."

It's really hard to say when this other day will be, and it often means that there is no fixed time.

Cao Ashan didn't even drink a sip of the tea on the table, and left his Silang's house with a dark face.

"Dad, you're back." Qi Wanfeng, who happened to be in the room coaxing Xiaobao to sleep, came out of the room and saw his father's back leaving, and shouted. No one responded to him. Seeing his father walk away angrily, he looked at his husband and asked, "Husband, what happened to father?"

"He wanted us to go to the compound for dinner, but I said I didn't have time, so I left with a dark face." Cao Xiangnan spread his hands and said.

Now I know where the family went. It is true that he made an appointment with Liu the shopkeeper to discuss things, but it is also true that he didn't want to go. Even if he is busy, he can postpone things, but whether to postpone it depends on whether it is worth it for him to postpone it and take time out.

After hearing what his husband said, Qi Wanfeng understood in his heart. To be honest, he didn't want to go back to the compound.

"If the compound comes again, just find an excuse to refuse, saying you don't have time." Cao Xiangnan said, "I've been staying at home recently. If there's anything, just wait for me to come back and let me handle it."

The winery in Nanyang has been built. He left the recipe for making wine. With Fang the manager, he doesn't worry about anything going wrong. The wine he's making now is waiting to be sold at a good price in the second half of the year.

He's running back and forth now, either here in Fenshui or in Nanyang. He never has a moment of leisure, and he really doesn't intend to waste his time on unnecessary people and things.

"Yeah." Since his husband said so, this is the best. Qi Wanfeng nodded, but he was a little worried in his heart, and asked, "Will this be bad?"

Since ancient times, the word "filial piety" is more important than anything else. If they do this, will people in the village gossip about his husband? Will this be bad for his husband's reputation?

"What's wrong with it?" Cao Xiangnan stretched out his hand and pulled her over. He was not worried at all.

He put his hand on Wanfeng's waist, sat down on the chair, and pulled her down. The two of them sat together like this, and he was satisfied. He asked, "Are the two little ones asleep?"

The two little lights are always by their side all day long, and they can only spend some time alone when they are asleep. Cao Xiangnan is thinking that when the two little ones grow up, he will send them to academy. But it will take several more years for the two little ones to be old enough to go to school.

"Yeah, they are asleep." Qi Wanfeng replied with a smile in his eyes when talking about the two little ones. Thinking of what his husband had just said to Cao Gang about brewing, he asked, "How is the wine brewing you talked to Cao Gang about?"

Then the two talked about brewing. They had done it once last year, so they also have experience this year.

In the strange silence of the Cao family compound, from time to time, there were loud cries and curses from Cao Laoer's room. People outside the room listened, but no one dared to go in.

During the day, Cao Laoda went out to work early in the morning and would not come back until dusk. Chen Li now had a job in a garment factory, and several children also went to the academy early in the morning. Chen Li did not allow her husband to meddle in the affairs of the second brother's room.

Since Cao Laoer came back, he stayed in the room all day long and rarely went out. Even the three meals a day were not brought in by his wife Wang Yan. When Wang Yan was out working, his eldest son would bring them to him.

After he came back, he didn't let his eldest son go to the academy. He asked the children to stay at home to serve him, otherwise he would beat them when he came back. Cao Laoer didn't want his wife to go out to work and stay at home to serve him, but he couldn't resist the fact that if his wife didn't go out to work, there would be no money at home. "You just brought a bowl of water to your father? Do you want to starve your father to death?" There were only a few grains of rice in the bowl of porridge, and Cao Laoer got angry when he saw it. As soon as he finished speaking, he slapped him. The child covered his face and burst into tears. The bowl in his hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

"Wuwuwu..." His father used to love him the most, but this one is not his father. He doesn't love him at all and even beats him.

"Cry, cry, cry. You just cry for me all day long. Your dad is not dead yet! You are a deadly star." Cao Laoer looked different after he came back. He put one leg on the bed. His old clothes were a size too big for him. Cao Laoer was darker and thinner. He looked completely different.

The leg on the bed was deformed and abnormal. The leg was broken. There was no doctor or medicine there. He was lucky to survive.

"Go out and cry. Where did your mom die? I told your mom to come back and give your dad something to eat." Cao Laoer was even more upset when he heard the crying. When he woke up, his stomach was rumbling with hunger. "Are you still crying? Go and call your mom back!" After being

glared at like that, the boy covered his face and went out crying and aggrieved.

After taking a look at the crying things, Cao Laoer lay down on the bed with his hands under his head.

He heard that Cao Laosi had made a fortune now. He had built a school and a workshop this year and hired many people from the village to work. Didn’t his eldest brother and younger brother go with them? How could he, the second brother, be left out?

Thinking of this, Cao Laoer narrowed his eyes and reached out to touch his broken leg. His eyes were cold.