Everyone in Caojia Village knew that Sun Ji had driven out the relatives who had taken over the family's nest as soon as he came back, and divorced his new wife who had just married into the family. Good news never travels far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. People said all kinds of things about him, good and bad.

Sun Ji didn't care what others said about him. He just did his own thing, and it was their business to say what others said.

The news reached the ears of the old lady in the clan. The old lady was stunned for a moment. She didn't think about such a thing, so she asked someone to call Ji over. Old lady Sun was a man of integrity. When he called Sun Ji over, he didn't scold him at all. He used his life experience to talk to his grandson about some principles.

The Sun family hid in this small Caojia Village to avoid disaster. It was difficult to live there. Now that life is finally better, they have to work together to make things better in the future.

The old lady didn't know about Sun Yanshan's family affairs in advance, and no one told him about it, otherwise he wouldn't let the Chen family bully them. Not to mention the two elders of the Sun family are old, Sun Yanshan is a soft-hearted person, so he allowed his relatives to bully him, which led to the subsequent incident.

Knowing that the people of the Chen family were so rude and ignorant of etiquette, the old lady Sun didn't look down on such a family and married such an ignorant boy. Their step-son was the most promising one among the grandsons of this generation. He looked very good. If they divorced, they would just get a good marriage. Later, they comforted the boy.

"This matter is all Sun Ji's fault. I'm sorry to have made the old lady worried. Please punish me." Sun Ji knelt in front of the old lady and admitted his fault. When everyone said that it was Chen's brother's fault, he knew in his heart that it was actually his fault.

The old lady asked someone to get up, but Sun Ji knelt there and didn't get

up. Seeing that the step-son who was kneeling on the ground didn't get up, the people standing next to him hurried over to pull him up.

"Okay, this matter is over. You can go back too. In the future, the old lady will keep an eye out for you and tell you which family has a good boy." Even the old lady was worried about the marriage of this grandson. The old lady had never been a matchmaker in her life, but now she was old, she wanted to matchmake for her grandson.

The boys of Sun Ji's generation already had several children, and the older ones went to the academy to study. This boy got married and divorced within two days. Not only did he lose his children, but he also had no wife. It was also a worry.

Sun Ji bowed and saluted to the old lady before turning around and leaving.

After breakfast in the morning, Cao Xiangnan prepared to send Aning and Xuanxuan back to the town.

After the Chinese New Year, Aning had always wanted to go back to the town to open a shop and do business, but the weather was bad and Wanfeng refused to let him go. After finally waiting until the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the Chinese New Year was really over, and Aning began to miss the shop in the town.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was over, Qi Wanfeng nodded and let him go back, otherwise he would have wanted to keep him and it would not be too late to go back to the town after the first month of the lunar year.

He only had one package when he came, and when he left, he had half a car full of things. Aning stood by and watched, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He was not done yet and was still loading the car. He said hurriedly, "Wanfeng, Xiangnan, you really don't have to give me so many things. Xuanxuan and I can't finish all the meat and vegetables until the beginning of spring."

Besides, he still had food there, so there was no need for him to carry two bags of food!

Qi Wanfeng also instructed his husband to have people load things into the car, saying, "Take it over, take it over. The weather may be bad later. There will be no vegetables to sell outside, but you will have something to eat in the house."

He heard from his husband that there was a snowstorm in the north this year, and he didn't know how many people died of hunger. If there was a heavy snow later, people couldn't even go out. If they didn't prepare food, they would still starve in the house. Thinking of this, Qi Wanfeng didn't want Aning and Xuanxuan to go back to the town. If something happened , they wouldn't

be able to take care of them. "It's okay, don't worry." Aning listened to Wanfeng's words and thought he was worrying too much. He came to Fenshui and found that the winter here was much better than the winter in Fengdu City. Even compared to Nanyang, it was not that cold here.

The cold winter in Fengdu City was really cold to the bone. He didn't even want to go out of the house when winter came.

"Xuanxuan, the lamb will be grown up when you come next time. We will definitely take the lamb out to graze." "Well, I will come with my mother next time." Although he didn't get the lamb, Xuanxuan was not angry, because his mother said that they had no place to raise it there, he had to go to school, and his mother had to do business, and there was no one to take care of it, so Xuanxuan didn't make a fuss about it.

The children said goodbye reluctantly and promised to go to graze sheep together next time.

Aning walked over and held the child's hand. Seeing that the child looked back every few steps and was reluctant to leave, he promised the child to bring him to play next time. After helping the child to get on the carriage, he followed and sat on it, waving to the evening breeze standing outside.

The carriage went to the town.

There were not many people in the town at this time, and there were not many people on the street. Cao Xiangnan sent Aning and Xuanxuan to the shop, walked in to check, and left when there was nothing else he could help. He came to Cao Ji to take a look. As soon as the snow stopped after the New Year, Cao Dapeng came to the town to open the door for business.

Cao Ji has many regular customers. Even if there is no one on the street at this time, there are also old customers from the town who come to eat and buy things, so the business here has always been good. This is the good thing about making cooked food. As long as the taste is good, there will be no worries about no one coming.

However, there were no boats on the Fenshui River at this time, and there were no men working at the dock. Cao Ji's biggest customers were still the men working at the dock, so there was a lot less business.

When Cao Xiangnan went there, it was almost noon, and the business in the store was not very good. There were only three or two people eating, which was far less than the usual time when there were so many people that there was no place to sit. When

Cao Dapeng saw Cao Xiangnan coming, he pulled people to sit down, served a small pot of liquor, and put a plate of halogens, including halogenated pig's trotters, halogenated large intestines, halogenated meat, and halogenated eggs. The halogen was well made, and everything tasted good.

"It just so happens that we are not so busy today, let's have a drink together." Cao Dapeng poured half a bowl of wine into a large bowl. During the New Year, everyone was busy and had no time to sit down and drink together. When he met him today, he pulled everyone to sit down and had to drink a glass.

"Don't force me to drink, I have to go home soon. I made an appointment with Aji yesterday to have a drink together today." Cao Xiangnan did not refuse and sat down. With his alcohol tolerance, he could only take a few sips at most. He took a look at the bowl and saw that there was too much wine, so he poured a little more to Cao Dapeng.

"Okay, okay." Cao Dapeng laughed.

It was not particularly busy at this time. Sun Ji went home and Sun Yanshan stayed at home. He came to the store first. The employees in the store had all returned to work. Knowing what happened in Sun Ji's family, Cao Dapeng cursed a few words at the Chen family. This man was not one to curse, so he stopped nagging for a few words and started talking about the things in the store.

He was not a smart man. If he had not followed Xiangnan, he would have two half-grown kids at home who would not even have enough to eat. Cao Dapeng had no other thoughts. He listened to his wife and focused on following Cao Xiangnan to make the shop a success. The better the business, the more money he could get every month. If the shop was not open, there would be no money, and he would not get any money here either. So he rushed here to open the shop as soon as the Chinese New Year was over. No matter how much business he did, he would still make some money.

The two of them sat down to drink and listened to Cao Dapeng talking about the shop. Cao Xiangnan was running around a lot now. He only came to the shop here when he had time. He seldom came here to look after the shop. The store hired a clerk, Sun Yanshan was in charge of the accounting, Cao Dapeng was also in charge of the accounts, Cao Dapeng was in charge of the purchase, Sun Yanshan and Cao Dapeng were in charge of the store, and they were very organized.

Fenshui Town was different from Nanyang City. There were only so many people here, and they could only spend so much, so it was not realistic to open another branch in this town. But it was different in Nanyang City. Two more stores were not enough to meet the demand.

Cao Xiangnan also had new plans after the New Year. He just had to wait for the winter snow to melt and for boats to sail on the Fenshui River. He would go to Nanyang City again.

After drinking a few sips of wine with Cao Dapeng and having lunch, Cao Xiangnan left. He also went to Yipinzhai and drank a cup of tea with Fang, the shopkeeper. He came back and took two big fish from Yipinzhai. He didn't say hello to Fang, as there were no fish to sell at the dock at this time.

"Dad, I'm going to Xiangnan's place for dinner tonight and won't come to eat. You can cook with grandpa and grandma and don't have to wait for me." Sun Ji came back and found that the food at home was almost gone, with very little meat and vegetables left. He knew that Xiangnan would prepare enough food for his family for the winter before winter.

But now that he was gone, he could only find a way to get enough food for his family. It happened that there was pork for sale in the village early in the morning, so he bought a lot of meat. There were no vegetables for sale outside, so he found an uncle in the clan and brought back a few melons, which were enough for his family to eat until the beginning of spring.

He didn't want to borrow from Xiangnan, because he knew that Xiangnan didn't have much food. Sun Ji didn't know about the group of men brought by Wang Dahu until he came back. He didn't interfere in things that were not his business in Xiangnan, and just did his own duty.

He hadn't seen that man since he came back. He had met him once in Nanyang City last time, and the two of them had severed their relationship. He made the choice himself, who could he blame? But no one came to see him after he came back, and Sun Ji felt a little uneasy.

After saying goodbye to his family, Sun Ji went out with a pork elbow in his hand.

Sun Yanshan didn't dare to sigh in front of his son. After his son left, he found a deserted place and sat down to smoke his pipe. The house was noisy all day long some time ago, with people all over the house. Now it is empty and quiet, and his son's wife is gone. Sun Yanshan still blames himself for this.

No one else came to drink at home in the evening, only Sun Ji.

After Wanfeng and the children finished their meal and left, there were only the two of them left at the table. Cao Xiangnan had known Sun Ji for such a long time. This man always smiled at everyone he met and had a cheerful personality. But this was the first time he saw him drinking with his head down. He found that Sun Ji had changed a lot in the past year. How should I put it?

It should be said that this man has matured, which is a good thing. People always have to grow up.

"What's the matter? Are you worried about something? Do you want to tell me about it?" He picked up the wine glass in front of him and clinked it with Sun Ji's glass. He drank a lighter red wine, and Sun Ji's bowl contained white wine. Cao Xiangnan was not very interested in wine, otherwise he would die if he drank two meals a day.

His intuition told him that Sun Ji's worries were not because of the divorced brother of the Chen family, but might be due to other reasons.

Sun Ji looked at Cao Xiangnan without saying anything. He couldn't tell anyone about what happened between him and Wei Qi. The love between the two of them came and went quickly. Later, he got married and severed all ties. Even if he is divorced now, there is no guarantee that one day he will be forced to marry a boy under the pressure of his parents. He himself is not worthy of that person. Although he

understood, he felt indescribably bitter in his heart.

In the end, he didn't say anything and never mentioned the matter between him and Wei Qi.

Knowing that Sun Ji was not in a good mood, Cao Xiangnan accompanied him to drink and talked about the things in the village and his workshop when he was away. He also talked about the brothers brought by Wang Dahu and arranged them to work in the workshop.

However, several workshops are not in operation now because there are not enough raw materials. So Cao Xiangnan has learned a lesson this year and must prepare enough raw materials in the future. This preparation is not only for the previous year, but also for at least several months after the beginning of spring.

The two of them sat together and had a lot to talk about. Later, they talked about the workshops and then Nanyang. Cao Xiangnan suddenly talked about the time he and Wei Qi went to Nanyang before the New Year. "When I came back, Wei Qi didn't come back with me. He said he had something to do. The kid left me alone before he left."

"This stinky boy!" He was scolding this stinky boy for not having any news after he left, and he didn't even write back. Your brother is still here with me! He even suspected that Wei Lin was not Gan Weiqi's biological brother, but the two men didn't look alike. Wei Qi looked smart, while Wei Lin counted the money for the people after selling things. That was the difference.

"He, he didn't come back with you?" Sun Ji was stunned and asked with a look of surprise on his face.

"Yeah, he ran away halfway and didn't say where he was going." Cao Xiangnan didn't notice that Sun Ji was not right. It should be said that this man was not right all night, not to mention that he didn't notice the special thing about this wrongness.

The people behind him got drunk at his place, and afraid that his family would wait for him to go back, Cao Xiangnan still called Liu Yuan to help him put the man into the carriage, and drove the carriage to send the man back to Sun's house. Sun Yanshan had been waiting for his son to come back, thinking that he would go look for him if he didn't come back, and then he heard a knock on the door.

He opened the door and helped the drunk son back to his room.

After sending him home, Cao Xiangnan said hello to Sun Yanshan and left.

Standing in the room and looking at his drunk son, Sun Yanshan's face became even more worried. He sighed, cleaned up his son, and then went to bed with him.