Years ago, Cao Xiangnan asked Cao Ada, a pig butcher in the village, to kill two large pigs and send some of them to the academy. Zheng Xiucai and his family lived there. Later, they hired a few skilled old gentlemen and arranged houses there. Then, a few orphans did odd jobs while studying, and they always lived in the dormitory of the academy. Later,

they took in a few more orphans, and there were more than a dozen children there. In the past, Zheng Xiucai took care of more than a dozen children. Later, when Zheng Xiucai was busy, he handed them over to his wife to take care of. He would go to see them when he had time.

He just did what he could to the best of his ability, and he couldn't take care of anything farther away.

Several old people in the village also sent meat, and Wang Dahu sent half a pig. There were many people there, and they were all men who ate a lot, so they could have an extra dish for the New Year and a satisfying meal of meat.

Cao Xiangnan also asked the people in the compound to send things over during the New Year and other festivals. This time, they had a pig slaughtered, and he sent 40 to 50 kilograms of pork, two pork elbows, 40 kilograms of bacon, four large fish, two bottles of wine, and some spare snacks, all loaded into a truck and driven over.

His elder and second elder brothers had been assigned to the compound, so it was inappropriate for him to only send meat to his father and mother. He always prepared meat for his elder brother as well. Now Cao Laoer had been assigned to another one, so there was one more.

No matter what, it was a fact that he had taken over someone else's son's body. No matter how bad his mother was, she was the one who gave birth to this body. Cao Xiangnan also fulfilled his responsibility as a son and did what he should do. As long as they were obedient, he didn't mind giving them some benefits when they were due.

Cao Xiangnan had asked the two boys from the Liu family to deliver meat to other places, but he personally delivered the meat to the compound.

"Fourth uncle is here, he came just in time, and brought so many things, why would we spend so much money as a family, come in quickly." When Chen Li saw their fourth uncle coming, she smiled warmly as if they were a family, as if she had not colluded with her mother to drive their fourth uncle and his family out.

Now she and her husband are working for their fourth uncle, and the salary they earn in a month is enough for their family to live a good life. They are discussing that they will save more money next year, and if they can't borrow some from their fourth uncle, they can build a few big houses with green bricks and tiles.

The housekeepers and the people in the workshop in the garment factory were paid higher wages. It was fine to hire a few outsiders to do the management, but his eldest brother didn't even arrange him to work in the workshop. But Chen Li was smart now. Even if she was dissatisfied with her fourth uncle in her heart, she kept it in her heart and showed enthusiasm to others.

Seeing his eldest brother's enthusiasm, Cao Xiangnan smiled more perfunctorily and called out "eldest brother".

"Dad, mother, Gui, fourth uncle is here..." Chen Li shouted inside.

The people inside heard the sound, Cao Fugui opened the door of the house, saw his fourth uncle coming, and walked out. When Zhao Xue, who was in the house, heard that their fourth uncle was coming, she immediately urged her husband to go out, otherwise the good things would be snatched away by others. It was so cold outside that Cao Gaojin didn't want to go out. Once he went out and saw that his fourth brother was here to give him something, his attitude immediately changed.

"Fourth brother, what good things did you bring?" When Cao Laowu saw the things being unloaded from the carriage, he smiled widely and walked over to take a look.

Previously, because he went to his fourth brother to ask him to arrange a job for him, the two brothers had a quarrel and were a little unhappy. He had nothing to do at home now, and his wife had given birth to a boy. There would be many places that needed money in the future. He was still thinking about how to get a good job with high salary from his fourth brother.

"It's nothing. I just wanted to send some meat to my father and mother during the New Year, and prepare some for my eldest brother as well." Cao Xiangnan didn't like his fifth brother very much. He couldn't like the brother who was always calculating the hard-earned money in his pocket.

He knew that Cao Laowu had not given up on getting benefits from him. Zhao Xue was also a powerful person. She would visit him every few days, and she could bring back a basket full of vegetables from the fields.

So now Cao Xiangnan was thinking about moving to the town after the New Year, and he was too lazy to deal with these people every few days.

If it wasn't for the New Year, he wouldn't want to come here. After all, he was thinking about the two elders as his father and mother. As for these brothers, except for his eldest brother who still has some affection for him, the fourth brother, the rest of them all want to take all the money in his pocket and put it back into their own pockets.

Seeing Cao Laowu's action, Cao Xiangnan hid his disgust in his eyes. He was too lazy to argue with such a person. If he really argued, he would become an enemy with everyone in the compound. But he saw his second brother but not Cao Laoer. He must be lying on the bed in the room, acting like a big boss and letting Wang Yan serve him.

If you talk about people with missing arms and legs, he has quite a lot of them now. Others can work to support themselves, and by the way, they also want to save some money to marry a wife in the future. If you, Cao Laoer, don't do anything, you can break your leg and come back to be a big boss and let others serve you? You really have the nerve to do that!

At this time, the children in the room also ran out one by one and surrounded him. Seeing the children surrounding him, Cao Xiangnan did not like them very much. He only said to his eldest brother, "There is a box of cakes and snacks in there. Big brother, when you see them, share some with the younger ones."

"Hey, okay, okay, why are you kids so ignorant? Stop surrounding your fourth uncle and go play somewhere else.

" Chen Li was unhappy when she saw his fifth uncle rummaging around. She smiled at his fourth uncle and said, "It's cold outside. Fourth uncle, please go inside and sit down. Dad and mom are in the main room."

"Let your eldest brother and the others move the things outside." Their fourth uncle said that they also had a share of the things inside, but when she thought of her mother, Chen Li gritted her teeth in her heart and wanted to divide the things outside before her mother came out and take the share given by the fourth uncle back.

Father Cao in the house heard the sound, lifted the curtain and walked out.

Seeing his father coming out, Cao Xiangnan smiled and nodded, walked to his father and called out "Dad."

"Are you sending things again?" Father Cao asked after taking a look over there.

"I asked my uncle to kill a pig today, and my father brought some meat, as well as a few fish and two jars of wine..." Following his father inside, Cao Xiangnan did not say in detail what he brought. Anyway, there were a lot of things, and he prepared everything.

In the village, there is also a custom for sons who have been separated from their parents to send meat to their fathers and mothers during the New Year. Others send five pounds of meat, but he sends at least several dozen pounds. It's not that he has no money now, and he doesn't need that little money. He will give what he should give, and he won't give what he shouldn't give.

In the house, he saw his mother sitting on the warm kang, and there was no joy on her face when she saw him come in.

Cao Xiangnan called out "Ah", and his Ah just said "hmm" in response. He knew that his Ah was still blaming him for not handing the account over to his fifth brother. Hand it over to Cao Laowu? Don't let all his money go into his own pocket, or he'll go to jail if he reports it to the authorities!

He sat down with his father, and soon his eldest brother, eldest brother and fifth brother came in together. Even Zhao Xue came in with her son in her arms, and the child who was eating cakes in her hands also ran in. When

his mother saw Zhao Xue carrying the child out of the house in such a cold day, she naturally scolded him. His father looked at her and said, "Okay, stop talking." His mother stopped talking immediately.

Seeing a group of children eating cakes in their hands, Chen Zhu glared at his eldest daughter-in-law and said, "Put away all the things, don't let the little ones ruin them." Chen Lin replied softly, "There are still a lot left there."

Father Cao's face was not very good, and he couldn't get angry.

Hearing his eldest brother say that his third brother had not sent any news since he returned to his husband's family, and that he was worried about his third brother's living conditions, which meant that his third brother had not sent anything to his mother's family during the New Year and other festivals since he returned to his husband's family, Cao Xiangnan smiled in his heart.

However, his third brother did ask people to send him gifts several times, and the gifts were quite generous. I think Cao Chunqing also understood that when he was in trouble, his father, mother and other brothers all abandoned him, and only his fourth brother remembered the little brotherly love, and more importantly, he was able to help him, so his third brother wanted to have a good relationship with his fourth brother. His

third brother asked someone to send gifts, so he asked someone to send one in accordance with the gift, not too light or too heavy, just right. The day before yesterday, his third brother had someone send something to him. Cao Xiangnan didn't expect that his third brother didn't send something to this compound. He thought that he had given up on his biological father and mother.

Cao Xiangnan didn't say anything when listening to his eldest brother, he just listened.

His mother hasn't given up on asking him to arrange a leisurely job for his fifth brother, but he didn't nod. Sorry, he doesn't keep idle people here! If it weren't for his eldest brother and his brothers working hard, he wouldn't keep anyone there to work.

As for his father, he later wanted to arrange a leisurely job for his father, but his father refused to go, saying that he didn't want to add trouble to him. That's right, since his father went there, his fifth brother had to go there as well.

After sitting in the house for a while and taking a sip of the water at hand, Cao Xiangnan left the courtyard without staying for long.

His elder brother saw him out the door and told him to come back more often.

Cao Xiangnan responded and asked the boy outside to drive the carriage away.