There was only one small window in the narrow room. The sun was shining brightly outside, and the light shone through the small window. It was damp and dark inside, and the piled things gave off a moldy smell. The people in the room had different expressions.
"You, how come you were sent back in good health? Ah, what's going on?" Chen Zhu walked around in the room, turning back to ask his brother after every step. What
should he do? He was now counting on this brother who had married well to bring him some good things and money every year. This man was divorced and came back. Not only did he not have the things and money, but he also had to feed this divorced brother for nothing. He didn't have the rice and food to feed this divorced brother.
Cao Chunqing entered his mother's room with lifeless eyes and sat there. He didn't say a word even when his mother asked him questions. His eyes were red and swollen from crying, his hair was messy, and his clothes were dirty. He came back without even a bag, and was completely clean.
Cao's father came back from outside and learned that his brother was divorced by his husband's family. He sat in the room with a sullen face and smoked a pipe.
The room was stuffy and hot. Cao Laoda, who had just turned over the grain in the threshing floor, came back with sweat all over his forehead. Chen Li heard that their third uncle, who had married into a rich family in the town, was sent back by his husband's family. She was shocked and followed her husband back.
Cao Laoer was lying on the bed in the room. Wang Yan went in and told her husband that the third uncle had been sent back. Cao Laoer lay there indifferent and had no intention of going over to take a look. Wang Yan saw her husband lying on the bed motionless, so she sat down in the room and did not go over. If
the two of them did not go, no one would care about them.
"Big brother, go find your fourth brother." After a long time, Cao's father, who had been smoking for a long time, spoke to Dalang.
"Yes, father, I'll go right away." Cao Fugui was stunned for a moment before he reacted. His father asked him to find his fourth brother, and he responded. Thinking that his fourth brother was so capable, there must be a way!
When Cao Fugui turned around and left, he glanced at his wife and went out.
Seeing that her husband had gone out, Chen Li also stayed in the room and did not leave.
Having just learned from Chen Hong that his third brother was sent back to his parents' home by his husband's family, Cao Xiangnan couldn't refuse to go when his eldest brother came to see him, so he told Wanfeng that he was going to the compound, and went out with his eldest brother and came to the compound. As soon as
he entered the house, there was a strange silence. Cao Xiangnan saw his father sitting there smoking a dry cigarette, and called out "Dad", and then called people one by one. His sight finally fell on his third brother Cao Chunqing, and he saw that Cao Chunqing was completely different from the previous appearance, and looked lost.
Chen Zhu glanced at his fourth son, with displeasure on his face, but he didn't say anything.
When Cao's father saw Silang coming, he asked, "Fourth brother, what can you do about your third brother's problem?"
"Uh..." Cao Xiangnan was really stunned for a moment. He didn't even know what was going on. What could he do?! Did he really think he was a god?
Cao Chunqing, who had been sitting there for a long time, suddenly raised his head and looked at his fourth brother with two red and swollen eyes. He stood up from the chair, rushed over and grabbed his fourth brother's hand, stared at him and said, "Fourth brother, you must help third brother. Now only you can help third brother!"
"Third brother, what's going on? I don't even know what's going on. You have to tell me what's going on first, right?" Cao Xiangnan understood in his heart that if Cao Chunqing hadn't done something, she would not be sent back to her parents' home so suddenly by her husband's family because she had given birth to two boys for her husband's family and had been pampered in the mansion for so many years. She must have done something that her husband's family could not forgive, so she was divorced.
Seeing that his third brother didn't say anything, Cao Xiangnan also vaguely guessed from his expression that it was not a good thing. There were many people in the room, so he didn't want to continue asking. Seeing that only his third brother came back alone, he asked, "Third brother, where are the two children?"
"Children... Shou'er and Fu'er... My Shou'er and Fu'er..." As soon as the children were mentioned, Cao Chunqing covered her face and cried. Seeing others crying, he was afraid that he would not even be allowed to see the two children. Cao Xiangnan didn't want to care about Cao Chunqing's troubles, but after all, this was his third brother in this body. Even if the bones were broken, the tendons were still connected. He couldn't leave him alone.
This person was sent back, and no one from his mother's family stood up to help say a word. This matter was unacceptable.
Seeing that there were too many people in the house, Cao Xiangnan went over and told his father to let everyone go out so that he could talk to his third brother. After hearing this, Cao's father told everyone to go outside.
Chen Zhu was still unhappy when he heard this. How could he, as a mother, not be able to stay? In the end, he followed the head of the family out with a bad face.
"Third brother, you are confused." When his third brother told him about the things in the mansion with a sob, Cao Xiangnan was speechless. How could his third brother, who was smart all his life, be confused at the moment? Is it possible to do such a thing?
The old man his third brother married was a greedy man. At an old age, he married one concubine after another. No one knew how many concubines he had married into the mansion. It turned out that the old man doted on a young maid who had just married into the family. Not long after the maid entered the family, she became pregnant. The old man naturally treasured her. Later, it was obvious that his third brother was jealous and touched the young maid, causing the child to be lost.
Cao Xiangnan didn't know what was going on here. With his third brother's personality, it would be strange if he could watch others being doted on and having children while he was increasingly neglected. You said that he had a good life, but he just loved to make trouble all day long. Look, he was sent back home after doing so.
"Fourth brother, you have to help third brother, third brother is also temporarily bewitched." Cao Chunqing grabbed his fourth brother's hand and begged, crying and crying, suddenly his expression changed, and he said, "No, it must be him who hurt me."
"Who?" Cao Xiangnan asked.
"Yes, it's him, it must be him who hurt me." Cao Chunqing was talking about the principal wife he had been fighting for so many years. It was someone else who hurt him. Little did he know that if it weren't for his greed, his plan would have backfired.
The two talked in the room for a long time, which was enough for Cao Xiangnan to figure out what happened.
However, it was a fact that his third brother was sent back by his husband's family, and the divorce letter was also sent back. It was difficult to send him back at once. Cao Xiangnan promised to go to Wang's house early tomorrow morning to meet Mr. Wang. He would try his best to help, but he would have no other choice if it was impossible.
The closed door of the house was opened, and the people who were waiting anxiously outside came in.
Cao Xiangnan didn't have any good solution now. No matter what, his third brother couldn't explain this matter. The first thing he could do now was to go to Wang's house first, and what would happen next would depend on the future.
Father Cao listened to his fourth son and thought it made sense. "Well, you go there early tomorrow morning, and father will go with you," he said.
Chen Zhu, who had been waiting outside for a long time before coming in, heard that his third brother couldn't go back to his husband's house right away, and asked in a shrill voice, "Why can't he go back? How can a married man come back?"
This was completely different from the warm welcome she had shown when she first saw her brother coming home to visit relatives. When she heard that her married brother had been divorced by her husband's family, Chen Zhu looked as if she had seen a flood of beasts.
"There's no place to live at home. Where will my third brother live when he comes back? Several kids are crammed into one room." Chen Zhu wanted to send his third brother back immediately, and not let him stay in this house for even a day.
There were only a few rooms in the Cao family compound, and several families lived there. There were more than a dozen adults and children together, and several children were crammed into one room, with no place to live. Now that Cao Chunqing was divorced and came back, he would definitely need food and shelter. The house was full of people, and there was no place for him to live.
The divorced brother was naturally not welcomed by his parents.
Cao Chunqing knew what the situation was like in his parents' home. His mother was not a good mother to begin with, as she married him to an old man who was much older than him as a servant for a few dollars. If he came back now, he would have a hard time staying in his parents' home. However, he felt unhappy when he heard his mother say that.
"Auntie, you took a lot of silver from the old man when you married me to the Wang family. I have brought back a lot of silver over the years. This big tiled house with blue bricks was built with the silver I brought back. Why can't I come back to this house?" Cao Chunqing didn't live these years in vain. When he heard his mother's words, he retorted. Isn't it clear that she wants to drive him away?
He won't leave!
What his third brother said is still true. Chen Zhu said weakly, "No, no, that is built with the money you brought back. Your fourth brother also gave a lot of silver."
At this moment, he remembered that there was still silver from his fourth brother in this house. Why didn't he remember this when he drove his fourth brother and his family away!
"Your fourth brother's house is bigger, if you want to live there, just go live there!" Chen Zhu remembered that his fourth brother's house was bigger than his. Anyway, as long as the married brother didn't come back to his parents' home, it was none of his business where he lived.
"..." Cao Xiangnan.
What does this have to do with him? Let his third brother live there? This would just cause trouble for nothing. With his third brother's temper, if he was sent back to his husband's house two days later, it would be fine. If he couldn't be sent away, he would have to bear the trouble. There were Wanfeng and the children at home. If Cao Chunqing moved into the originally peaceful home, who knows what would happen.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Cao Xiangnan didn't say anything, nor did he mean to agree.
"The room at the youngest brother's place is still empty, so you should move into your fifth brother's room first." Seeing that his fourth brother didn't say anything, Cao's father thought that it made no sense for the brother who was sent back to live in the house of the younger brother who was separated. He spoke up when
he remembered that there was an empty room at home. "That's..." Chen Zhu wanted to say something, but was shut up by the head of the family.
That was his fifth brother's room, where would his fifth brother live when he came back? Chen Zhu looked at his third brother with dissatisfaction in his heart. Cao Xiangnan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what his father said. He was really afraid of taking his third brother home to live.
Seeing that there was nothing to do here later, and even if there was something, he couldn't solve it in a short time, he promised his third brother to go to Wang's house tomorrow, and then he left from the courtyard.
Seeing his fourth brother gone, Cao Chunqing bit his lip, and under his mother's displeased gaze, he walked towards his fifth brother's room, opened the door and went in.