After the Chinese New Year, it snowed again, intermittently.
Originally, Aning had planned to take Xuanxuan back to the town to open a business after the Chinese New Year, but the weather was bad and the evening wind did not allow him to leave. There were not many people in the town at this time, and there was not much business to do, so he stayed with the child.
The end of winter and the beginning of spring are the coldest. When winter is over, spring will come. People have good hopes in their hearts, just hoping that this cold winter will pass quickly.
The son was unable to come back for the Chinese New Year. The new daughter-in-law was from his mother's family. Sun Yanshan thought that since she was his own family, he would tell his son that she knew him well. When the son entered the Sun family, he found out that it was not the case, and it was too late to regret.
The daughter-in-law brought her family to live with her, and the family suddenly had more than a dozen people. The big brick and tile house became crowded. The children fought over food all day long, and the house was noisy. The two old people couldn't rest well. The meat on the table was taken away by chopsticks, and no one left for the two old people. Sun Yanshan was angry, but he didn't know what to say.
He got up to make breakfast when it was light outside. The daughter-in-law and her family were still sleeping in the house. Sun Yanshan sighed and went into the kitchen to cook. When breakfast was ready and everyone in the house got up, he hurried to serve his father and mother's meal and sent it to the house first, so that they would not eat together at the table later. The two old people ate slowly and there was no food in the pot by the time they finished one bowl. He had to serve it first.
Thinking of the little food left at home, and suddenly there were more than ten mouths to feed, the daily food was not small. Sun Yanshan looked at the snow still falling outside and thought about buying some food in the town after the snow stopped.
As a grandfather, he didn't know how to deal with the family affairs, so he had to wait for his son to come back and let his son deal with it.
If there was something wrong in the village, it would spread quickly throughout the village. At this time, everyone was free at home and talked about their own family affairs. The young man that Sun's family had just married into the family was really bad, but they were outsiders, and since the family didn't chase them away, it would be even harder for them to help chase them away.
"That's a little too shameless!" Chen Hong went to Qi Wanfeng and spoke of the daughter-in-law of the Sun family with contempt. That was a little too shameless.
Qi Wanfeng frowned and looked at her husband sitting next to her, asking him what to do with his eyes. Cao Xiangnan also found it a little unbelievable. What kind of person did Sun Ji marry? Wasn't he the boy from his grandmother's family? Did they carefully select someone with such a bad character? They were also blind.
"I'll go to the town tomorrow to find someone to send a message there," he said.
That was all that could be done.
"Yeah." Qi Wanfeng thought it was fine this way.
Sun Yanshan was a good-tempered man, and he was his grandfather. If he offended his in-laws, his reputation would be bad. The second elder was old, and he would not be able to deal with these troublesome things.
It was Sun Ji who was wrong in this matter. You said you didn't want to get married and no one forced you. But you got married and left her at home and never came back. Nothing is right about this, right? You said you didn't want to come back, so you can take her to Nanyang, right? Cao Xiangnan didn't know what Sun Ji was thinking. He always felt that he had missed something, but he just couldn't remember it. He intuitively felt that the thing he missed was very important.
It snowed intermittently for a few days, and then it stopped, but it seemed to be a little colder today.
Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the people in Nanyang City also hurried back. Originally, Sun Ji wanted to hurry back before the Lantern Festival, but he received a letter from Xiangnan, asking him to come back, but not saying anything else.
Based on his understanding of Xiangnan, if there was nothing wrong, he would not have sent someone to send a letter to ask him to come back. The letter did not say anything, probably because there was no rush. If Xiangnan sent him a letter, it was probably because there was something going on at home. Sun Ji guessed that it was almost right, so he set off the next day after receiving the letter.
As night fell, the group returned to Caojia Village, and everyone went back to their homes.
"Knock knock--" The door of the yard was just closed, and Sun Yanshan heard a knock on the door when he entered the house. Who could be knocking on the door? Thinking about the possibility of someone knocking on the door, he quickly opened the door, strode over, opened the door to the yard, and saw his son who had returned.
"Son, you're back." He held his son's hand with both hands. Compared with the troubles at home, Sun Yanshan missed his son who was away from home more. Now that he saw him back, his eyes were wet and his heart was happy.
"Dad, I am unfilial and have not been able to come back for so long." Sun Ji said.
"It's okay, it's okay, you're back, Dad is very happy. Come in quickly, it's so windy outside." Sun Yanshan quickly pulled him in, and seeing his son coming back in a hurry, he felt sorry for him again.
Knowing that his grandfather and grandmother were already asleep, Sun Ji didn't want to disturb them, and he would see them tomorrow.
"Son, are you hungry? Daddy will make you something to eat." Sun Yanshan thought of the people at home, and he was a little hesitant, not knowing how to tell his son. Knowing that his son had rushed all the way back, he was afraid that his son was hungry.
"Dad, no need, I ate dry food on the way, I'm not hungry." Sun Ji saw the shadows swaying in his new house, and there was more than one person inside, so he curiously asked his father who was in his room.
Sun Yanshan took a look at the room, then pulled his son to his room, closed the door, and told him about the family affairs. He did not dare to tell him everything, only saying that the in-laws were visiting and would stay at home.
Even though his father's words were euphemistic, Sun Ji could hear something was wrong, and stood up with a sullen face and was about to go to the new house.
Sun Ji is definitely a good-tempered person, and there are not many things that can make him angry. This man has never been angry with anyone when he smiles, but now his face couldn't be any darker, and he was so angry that he wanted to throw out those people who had taken over the nest. No wonder Xiangnan asked someone to send him a message to ask him to come back, it turned out to be about this matter at home.
"Son, please don't. Your grandpa and grandma are asleep. If you go over now, you will disturb them. Let's talk about it tomorrow. You can sleep together in your father's room tonight." Sun Yanshan said in a low voice, afraid that someone would hear it.
The old man was old and went to bed early. The old people were not aware of the situation. The little noise in the house could easily wake them up. The father and son of the Sun family were both filial sons. When Sun Ji heard it, he knew that his father was right, so he had to endure it.
The father and son lay on the same bed and slept together for a night.
At dawn the next day, seeing his father got up and went to the kitchen to cook, Sun Ji's anger reached its peak. He went out, got dressed, and went to his new house, where he started knocking on the door.
"Who is it? Knocking on the door so early in the morning!" The people in the house were really annoyed, so they got up to open the door, still talking with anger.
"Can you let me..." Sleep well! The rest of the words got stuck in his mouth. The one who opened the door was Chen Am, Sun Ji's mother-in-law. Her face was originally angry, but when she saw the person knocking on the door, Chen Am's face was embarrassed, and she stopped talking. She was smiling so ugly, and then she put on another face and stammered, "Ah, Ah Ji, you're back?"
He turned around and shouted into the house, "Yu'er, Aji is back, why don't you get up quickly."
Chen Yu, who was lying on the bed, was froze in his heart when he heard his mother say that it was her husband who was back, and then he got up from the bed.
After everyone in the family got up, Sun Ji sat in the living room, looked around at the dozen extra people in the family, and asked only one question, "Do you want to leave by yourselves, or do you want me to chase you away? You choose one."
"Ah... poor me, you raised my brother, and now that he's married, you don't even allow me, his mother, to even look at him. It's obvious that you're chasing us away. We can't be in-laws anymore..." Mother Chen took the initiative and sat down on the ground, crying. Chen Yu stood there, staring at his husband, but his husband didn't even look at him.
The people standing nearby watched their mother sitting on the ground and crying. Chen Yu's sister-in-law also helped her mother to criticize, "My dear, what's wrong with you?" Living here is of course good. Not only are there big houses with blue bricks and tiles, but there is also meat to eat every day and no work to do.
"Shut up!" Sun Ji was sitting there, and when he saw that the noise was almost over, he shouted.
Sun Yanshan was in the room of the two elders, and brought them food. He accompanied them and let them eat breakfast first. The crying over there came here, and he said, "Mom, let Ji handle this matter."
"Yes." Grandma Sun originally still had some nostalgia for the people on her mother's side. They were her precious grandson's people on her mother's side. She never thought that she would marry a grandson's wife and bring the whole family over.
A winter passed, and the family even stayed in their home for the New Year. After the New Year, no one left. He knew that the rice and meat in his and the old man's bowls were secretly left by his son, otherwise they would not even be able to eat enough when they sat on the table, let alone be able to grab a bite of meat.
This was really a bit too much.
"We can't be in-laws anymore, right?" Sun Ji was so angry that he laughed. He looked at Chen Yu who was standing there without saying a word and asked, "Chen Yu, do you have anything to say?"
Chen Yu raised his eyes and looked at his husband.
"I will write a divorce letter to your brother now, you take him home! You also get out of the Sun family!" Once a person with a good temper gets angry, he is really angry.
The crying in the room became louder, and Chen Am, who was sitting on the ground, cried and said she would not live anymore.
In the end, the divorce letter was changed to a divorce. The people in the Chen family were not willing to give up and wanted him to pay them money. Sun Ji sneered, he didn't even ask for the gift money back, and you dared to tell me that you still want money.
When he mentioned the betrothal gift, it was a full ten taels of silver. He also sent a bunch of things, many of which were bought by Xiangnan. I'm afraid it was more than ten taels! In addition, this family of more than ten people came to his house to eat for three months. The food was a lot of money. When he calculated the money, the Chen family left in shame.
"Sun Ji." Chen Yu didn't say a word from beginning to end. Only then did he walk up to his husband with red eyes and asked, "Have you ever liked me a little?"
Sun Ji didn't say anything, looking at the brother standing in front of him.
"If you don't like me, why did you agree to marry me?" Chen Yu asked.
Chen Yu didn't get an answer to this question.
After all the people from the Chen family left, they drove everyone away. Sun Ji knelt in front of his grandfather and mother, bowed his head and said nothing. Grandma Sun cried and pulled Sun up, apologizing to him, "Grandma is wrong, Sun, don't kneel down, get up quickly."
No, it's not Grandma you who are wrong, it's Sun who let you down. Sun Ji knew that if he didn't have someone in his heart and didn't want to get married, and reluctantly married the person and left him at home, so many things wouldn't have happened.