As long as it doesn't cause trouble for her family, everything is fine. She's happy to have this young man stay and teach her older sister how to play the zither.
"Come on, Teacher Zhen, let's play Monopoly." Anle smiled and pushed the board to start over.
As time ticked by, and it got to noon, An Mancang and Qiao Qiuniang still hadn't returned, so Anle couldn't sit still any longer.
"What time is it? Why aren't they back yet?"
Anning wrinkled her nose and muttered something.
"Yes, it's already this late. It's just around Jiuli Street. It's very close by going through the alley. They should be back by now."
An Ding's eyes held worry.
"Maybe I should go take a look." With that, he got up.
"Second brother, don't go anymore, isn't he back?" Anle glanced at the two figures running in the rain outside the window.
That's right, it's An Mancang and Qiao Qiuniang!
An Yi hurriedly opened the door and stared at the two people who were soaked to the bone, standing at the door wringing out their clothes.
"Father, Mother, why did you two come back so soaked? Where's the oil-paper umbrella?"
Qiao Qiuniang wiped the water off her face. "Don't even mention it, the rain was so heavy that it was washed away halfway there."
An Ning was suspicious.
"Why are you two so late coming back, Dad and Mom? Did something happen to Grandpa?"
Liu Xiaoqiao, who was standing inside the door, pulled Qiao Qiuniang, who was standing under the eaves, inside.
"Don't stay outside, come in quickly. You're already thin, and it's getting cold. You'll catch a cold if you stay outside."
Anjing quickly got up.
"I'll go make some ginger soup for Mom to warm her up."
Qiao Qiuniang glanced at Anning after entering the room and sighed with worry.
"It's not that something happened to your grandfather, it's that something happened to your third grandfather's family."
Upon hearing Qiao Qiuniang mention family matters, Zhen Buyan quickly followed her and quietly left.
“Miss Jing, I’ll go with you.”
An Ning's instinctive reaction was impatience.
"What's going on? Is there some trouble happening at Third Grandpa's house again?"
Qiao Qiuniang sighed helplessly.
"Sigh, isn't this all because of your aunt's affair?"
After a pause, An Ding said, "This matter isn't resolved yet. Didn't you say that Auntie had already agreed to help?"
"She agreed to help, but that's where the problem lies." Qiao Qiuniang couldn't explain it in a few words, while Liu Xiaoqiao beside her kept nagging her to go and change into dry clothes.
Qiao Qiuniang glanced at An Mancang, who had fallen silent again, and sighed deeply.
"Let's go change our clothes first, and then we'll talk to the children later."
After Qiao Qiuniang and An Mancang changed their clothes and sat down with ginger soup, feeling refreshed, Anle and the other children had already prepared lunch.
Fried chicken, fried chicken legs, fried chicken cutlets, fried chicken nuggets...
There's a recent fried chicken craze going on in my family, and we're all pretty obsessed with it!
An Mancang silently grabbed a fried chicken and ate it with his head down, while An Le smiled and brought him a glass of draft beer.
"Dad, eat slowly, don't choke." She knew her father all too well; he was always like this whenever it involved her third grandmother's family.
It seems something bad has happened to Grandma San's family.
She figured that those two old bastards must have gotten the short end of the stick from her aunt.
Qiao Qiuniang looked at Liu Xiaoqiao, who was cleaning up the water stains on the floor, and waved to her.
"Sister-in-law, stop what you're doing and come eat with us."
Liu Xiaoqiao smiled and replied, "I ate my fill early this morning, before you all."
Lewa was worried I'd be hungry, so she let me eat first, and now I'm quite full.
"You guys eat quickly, don't worry about me."
"Mom, what's going on at Third Grandma's house again?" Anning asked with a long face. They've already separated, so why is she still bothered by her family's situation?
This family is someone I'll never be able to escape for the rest of my life!
"Wasn't it because they were making a fuss about selling their land and house before? Your aunt's family couldn't stand the fuss anymore, so they agreed."
An Ning blinked.
"I know about this. Selling the house or the land will solve the problem, won't it?"
"We thought that would solve the problem, but who would have thought that your aunt would sell the house in the village instead of the land?"
Now that the house has been sold, where will your third grandmother and her family live? They'll have to move into the thatched hut that our family used to build.
Didn't we just get caught in a downpour? Those three thatched houses were washed away.
Your third aunt and your third grandfather had nowhere to live, so they came to town in the pouring rain, wanting to stay in the house your aunt bought.
But your aunt's family kicked them out, saying that their house was too small and full, and there were no extra rooms for the elderly couple.
They said the houses in the village were sold to cover the losses of your aunt's family. Now that they have nowhere to live, it's only right that your third grandfather and the others move in with your aunt.
So they sent the old couple to stay at your aunt's place, saying that your aunt's house is spacious enough for them to fit.
The elderly couple had no other choice but to go straight to your aunt's house.
When you arrived at your aunt's house, your aunt's mother-in-law kicked you out.
They dismissed him with a single sentence: "It's not like you don't have a son to raise, why should you live at your daughter's house? That doesn't make sense, does it? You should go back to your son's house."
In the end, neither side would take over.
So your third aunt and her family came to your grandfather for help.
Tell your third grandfather that his house in the village is just sitting empty anyway, and since he's currently staying at the chess hall in town, could you let them move in for now?
An Yi was stunned for a few seconds, then grinned gloatingly.
"Huh? This actually happened?"
But then again, wasn't this something that Grandma San's family brought upon themselves?
They forced my aunt's family to sell the house.
If they hadn't sold the house, would they have ended up homeless like this?
An Yi popped a piece of popcorn into her mouth, raised her eyebrows, and couldn't help but sigh.
"But this aunt is ruthless enough. She actually used this trick to deal with Third Grandma's family, and she really succeeded. They really got what they deserved."
An Ning frowned and complained with dissatisfaction.
"What do you mean 'reaping what they sowed'? They're the ones who did the work and made our dad suffer!"
Didn't you see that in the end they even came after Grandpa?
"After all that fuss, they've got their eyes on Grandpa's house." He muttered, glancing at Qiao Qiuniang with a hesitant smile.
"So what did Grandpa say? Does he really intend to let them move in?"
Given their stubborn and unreliable nature, once they move in, there's no way they'll be allowed to leave.
Besides, they have no place to live now. Where else can they live besides Grandpa's?
"I'm afraid once we move in, we won't be able to get the house back, and in the end, our grandfather will be the one to take the blame."
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