Seeing Liu Huan like this, the group of people simply went to sleep in the courtyard. "Don't be afraid, everyone. We'll see what she buys from us when she takes these things back. We can't have made this trip for nothing."
"Exactly! They'll eat the meat broth themselves but won't even let us have a sip! Dream on!"
Although they brought these things to the county to sell yesterday, they only found Liu Huan today because they couldn't sell them.
But they felt the meat was perfectly fine, and the Liu family wasn't short of money, so what was wrong with buying it?
The people inside were speechless at this absurd statement.
The group didn't leave until Ermo returned; they even went to the street to buy melon seeds and cracked them all over the ground.
After learning about the situation, Ermo immediately threw all the baskets and belongings of the group out.
"Liu Ermo, how dare you treat us like this? Are you not planning to go back to Heshui Village?"
Ermo scolded with a stern face, "Get out of here now, or I'll sue you for disturbing the peace."
After driving away the villagers, the group finally decided to sell their house and move to the county to avoid living in constant turmoil.
Liu Huan said helplessly, "I'll go tomorrow. The village chief's family is interested in buying the house back. I don't want any more; I'll sell it to him at the original price."
Ermo wasn't on duty that afternoon, so he volunteered to pick up the two children from school. When they got home, Anzhi called Ermo into the study under the pretext of asking him to teach him.
"uncle!"
That serious look made Ermo a little scared. "Ah, what's wrong?"
"Was the person we met at the temple that day our father?"
Such blunt words completely shocked Ermo. "No, how could you think that?"
Anzhi pursed his lips, his face serious. "Uncle, are you just saying yes or no?"
Ermo answered seriously, "Of course not. Didn't your mother tell you that your father died on the battlefield?"
Anzhi turned to leave upon hearing this, but Ermo grabbed him, asking, "What are you going to do?"
Anzhi turned around and said, "I'll go ask my mother if she knows a man named Su Yi."
Upon hearing the alarm, Ermo cried out, "Little ancestor, come back!"
Meeting those eyes that looked so much like Su Yi's, Ermo had no choice but to nod, "Yes, yes, but the situation is complicated and can't be explained in a short time."
"Is it that he doesn't want his mother and us anymore?"
It seems like a question, but it's actually quite certain.
Ermo didn't know how to put it. If it wasn't abandonment, what family would let a pregnant woman wander around aimlessly? If it wasn't, those rumors from back then weren't entirely unfounded.
"I don't know how to explain it. Your uncle didn't tell me about this back then, so I don't know what happened."
"But how do you come to believe that he is your father?"
An Zhi replied indifferently, his expression revealing no emotion.
Ermo clicked his tongue in amazement: "You could even guess that?"
"If anyone is to blame, it's Uncle for making a lot of mistakes. Obviously, you don't want the other party to know that we don't have a father, and you don't want us to have any contact with him. Plus, you and Mother are from the capital, so it's easy to make that connection."
These words filled Ermo with admiration; he was indeed someone who couldn't keep a secret.
"Don't worry about this. Your mother doesn't want you to know that your father is still alive because she doesn't want you to have any further contact with the Su family. He might leave after his three-year term is up."
Anzhi said seriously, "I know my uncle. Since he doesn't want us, we won't want him either. I'm just confirming."
He and Anran have been used to being called fatherless children for so many years, and they will continue to be used to it.
They are doing well even without their father, and they will continue to do so.
"Please keep this a secret, Uncle. Relax, don't try to hide something."
Ermo looked slightly embarrassed; he sometimes couldn't keep things to himself.
Before the two finished their conversation, An Ran rushed in from outside, "Brother, what are you and Uncle talking about?"
Why are you being so hasty?
Seeing her brother scolding her, An Ran's eyes widened in disbelief. "Brother, didn't you say you'd go with me to buy toys? Have you forgotten?"
Recently, small items woven from palm leaves have become very popular at the academy, and little girls get envious as soon as they see others having them.
When she got home, she kept insisting on going to buy it, and Anzhi had no choice but to agree.
This triggered her memory, so Anzhi could only say, "Go buy it and come right back. I still have a lot of homework to do."
"Okay, I know. I'll be right back after I buy it. I'm still waiting to drink my mother's soup."
Children are playful; they want what others like, and when they see something, they want it too.
With a wave of her hand, she declared, "I want them all!"
Anzhi stopped her, saying, "No, you already have a lot of things at home. You can only choose two now."
An Ran pouted and threw a tantrum, "Two aren't enough, I want them all."
In the past, the little girl could get whatever she wanted just by asking.
Anzhi wouldn't allow her to refuse, "Choose two yourself, I'll pay for them, otherwise we'll go back."
An Ran disagreed, and the two remained deadlocked.
"Hey, did you see that? Isn't that Liu Anran? Standing in front of the stall, is she unable to afford it? Let's go take a look."
"Shopkeeper, how much is this? I'll take them all."
An Ran was still angry, but when she heard this voice, she turned her head and saw the face she hated.
"Brother, let's go."
She doesn't want to buy anything, but she doesn't want to see this annoying guy.
"Don't worry, since they can't afford it, how about we, as classmates, give them two?"
"I'll do whatever Miss says."
It turns out that Madam Feng had somehow managed to get Anxin into the Chu family as a personal maid for Miss Chu, and this Miss Chu was none other than Chu Xuan's daughter.
Miss Chu was a bit older and attended a different class, while Zhang Anxin was given a different status and became an auditor.
By the time Chu Xuan found out, it was too late. His daughter had specifically requested that Zhang Anxin accompany her to school, otherwise she wouldn't go. Chu Xuan only had one daughter, so he had no choice but to let her have her way.
Zhang Anxin held up the woven rabbit to her face, "Liu Anran, take this, it's a reward from Miss."
An Ran slapped it to the ground and stomped on it, saying, "Who cares about a piece of junk?"
Zhang Anxin deliberately said, "Of course you don't like this piece of junk. You're thinking of Lord Chu as your father. Don't think I don't know."
Miss Chu was immediately indignant and hurriedly asked, "Anxin, what do you mean?"
“Miss, the mother and daughter I was talking about are them. The master always goes to her house whenever he comes to our village. Her mother is also a widow.”
Miss Chu exploded upon hearing this, "No wonder you didn't want the things you sent. So that's what you were planning. As long as I, Chu Ying, am here, you won't be able to step into my house."
Anzhi grabbed Anran's hand and prepared to leave; he didn't want to talk to the idiot.
Chu Ying and the other woman thought they were guilty. "Don't even think about running away unless you swear you'll never come to my house."
The commotion attracted the attention of the patrol officers. "Xiaoying, what are you doing here?"
Chu Ying immediately burst into tears and said, "Uncle Wan, these two people are bullying me. They sent their servants to bully me."
The man surnamed Wan was also blind to the truth. Perhaps in order to curry favor with Chu Xuan, who had just been promoted, he led An Zhi, An Ran, Xiao Lan, and Xiao Hei to the yamen without saying a word.
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