Just as everyone was getting into their formal attire, Zhongnan suddenly ran over and barked loudly at Yan Zheng. Everyone who was busy looked over when they heard Dongnan's bark, but the curtain blocked their view.
Bei Nan rushed over and lifted the curtain, just in time to see Yan Zheng stuffing milk candy into his pockets with both hands. Zhong Nan pounced on him, biting Yan Zheng's hand holding the candy and pulling him off the bed.
Yan Zheng never expected that a dog would bark and howl at him, then rush up and bite him. He was so frightened that he burst into tears, and a piece of candy fell out of his mouth.
Everyone saw this scene clearly. Xuemei and Cuihua, who were cooking in the kitchen, rushed out and just then heard Bei Nan shouting, "Grandma, Grandma, this person stole Nan Nan's White Rabbit milk candy! Look, he has so much stuff in his pocket!"
Everyone looked at Yan Zheng's pockets, and sure enough, they were already full, with half of them sticking out. Yan Erqiang's face turned bright red, and an indescribable embarrassment welled up in his heart. Especially when he saw Yan Xiaoqiang's disgusted expression, he really wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
Yan Zheng was still wailing, and Zhong Nan was biting Yan Zheng's sleeve and wouldn't let go. His deep voice kept roaring from his throat. In Zhong Nan's mind, Yan Xiaonan's things could only be touched by herself, her grandmother, Cuihua, and Yan Xiaoqiang. No one else, including Xin Nan Nan, could touch them.
Grandma couldn't bear to watch any longer, and she was also having a headache from the boy's crying. She said to Zhongnan, "Zhongnan, let him go. I saw it." Zhongnan glanced at Nannan, and when Nannan nodded, he released Yan Zheng and sat down next to Nannan, but his wolfish eyes were still staring fiercely at Yan Zheng.
Yan Erqiang strode over and pulled all the White Rabbit candies out of Yan Zheng's pocket. Goodness, there was a whole handful on the table. Cai Min looked regretful; if only this little rascal hadn't seen them.
Without saying a word, Yan Erqiang pinned Yan Zheng to the kang (a heated brick bed) and slapped him hard with his large hand. Yan Zheng let out a loud roar. His previous crying was from being frightened by the wolf, but this time he was crying because he was hurt by the beating.
Cai Min felt sorry for him, but she didn't dare to go up to him. She could only stomp her feet in place. It was just a few candies. She could have just taken them out.
Her voice was very soft and was drowned out by Yan Zheng's roar, but it did not escape the ears of two people: Nan Nan and Yan Daqiang.
He stepped forward, grabbed Yan Erqiang, and pulled Yan Zheng up. His eyes were fixed on Yan Zheng. Yan Zheng originally wanted to howl a few more times, but he was so frightened by those eyes that he dared not make a sound.
When Yan Daqiang saw that he had stopped crying, he asked, "Did your mother tell you to secretly take anything good that you see here?"
Yan Zheng was puzzled. He hadn't said anything, so how did his uncle know? He blurted out, "Hey, how did you know?"
The moment those words were spoken, the entire room fell silent. Cai Min's face turned as red as it could possibly be. Yan Erqiang raised his right hand tremblingly, pointing at Cai Min: "You, you, you..." Before he could finish speaking, he collapsed from anger and fainted.
Everyone panicked. Grandma Yan clutched her chest in fright. Nan Nan quickly looked at Yan Erqiang. Oh, it was just anger. Seeing that Yan Xiaonan had gone from tense to relaxed, Grandma Yan knew that nothing serious had happened and slowly sat down.
Yan Daqiang told everyone not to be nervous, then went over and pinched Erqiang's philtrum. After a while, Erqiang slowly woke up, somewhat confused about what had happened. However, he immediately remembered what Yan Daqiang had said earlier, got up, and slapped Cai Min, who was looking at him nervously, hard across the face.
Cai Min was still worried about what was wrong with Yan Erqiang and whether she should ask them to take him to the hospital. Unexpectedly, the guy slapped her hard as soon as he woke up. How could she live with that? She covered her face and yelled, "I don't want to live anymore!" and ran outside.
Grandma Yan was shocked. It was freezing cold, and Cai Min was only wearing a padded jacket. She would freeze to death if she went out like that. She quickly told Yan Erqiang to go and bring her back, lest she freeze to death. But Yan Erqiang not only didn't go out, he simply sat down and said, "Mother, let her freeze to death. I really can't stand it."
Grandma Yan spat at him and said, "You're the one who married her and you're the one who dislikes her. How could you become like this?" After saying that, she prepared to get dressed and go out. Yan Ge silently got dressed and then took Cai Min's cotton-padded coat, saying, "Grandma, it's cold outside. I'll go."
Grandma Yan nodded. Fortunately, there was a sensible person in this family, otherwise this family would almost be finished.
Yan Ge took the clothes out of the yard and saw his mother standing outside the gate, shivering from the cold. She was too ashamed to come in, so he put the clothes on her and asked, "Mom, do you still want this family? If not, then divorce Dad. Stop letting Yan Zheng steal chickens and dogs all the time."
Cai Min was so angry she couldn't speak. Yan Ge spoke up again: "If you want to send Yan Zheng to jail, then let him continue stealing. It's not me who's going to jail."
Cai Min was so startled by Yan Li's words that she took a step back. All she did was try to get something for nothing, like some candy. How could she end up in jail?
Yan Ge sneered, "Bad habits are all cultivated from childhood. If you steal small things when you're young, who knows what you'll do when you grow up. I think you'd better divorce my father. Your uncle is an official; do you think he'll tolerate you ruining the Yan family's reputation?" After saying that, he pushed open the door and went inside.
Everyone in the room was looking at him. Yan Zheng smiled awkwardly and said, "My mom needs to reflect on her actions. She'll come in later." He walked over to Yan Zheng, took his hand, and asked, "Little brother, do you think you did the right thing or the wrong thing today?"
Yan Zheng looked at Yan Ge with teary eyes and said, "Brother, I was wrong, but I want to eat candy. Last year when I came to Grandma's house, Grandma gave me candy, and it was so delicious. I was waiting to come back here to eat candy again this year, but Nan Nan gave it to Grandma and didn't give it to me. I want to eat candy."
The whole family stared at Yan Erqiang in disbelief. One of the children hadn't eaten a single piece of candy in a year. Yan Erqiang paused for a moment, realizing that he hadn't bought candy for the children. Cai Min used to buy some, but he had confiscated her salary, so there was no way she would have money to buy candy for the children.
Seeing Yan Erqiang's regretful face, Yan Daqiang couldn't help but shake his head. How could his younger brother's family be in such a sorry state? Just as he was about to say something, he heard Yan Xiaonan's voice:
"Don't cry, little brother. You can have all these candies. When you go back, I'll give you a jar of fruit, okay?"
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