The room erupted in laughter. Yan Xiaoqiang realized he had been too hasty, so he handed Nannan to Grandma Yan and returned to his seat.
Yan Xiaonan covered her mouth and laughed. Her father truly loved her to the core. Yan Daqiang looked at his younger brother with satisfaction. Good people are rewarded. His brother's daughter would surely bring them a good life in the future. He raised his wine glass and said, "Come on, bottoms up! Congratulations to our family for having such a lucky treasure as Yan Xiaonan."
Everyone quickly raised their glasses, and those without glasses raised their bowls, which contained soup, to use as a drinking vessel.
Cai Min reluctantly lifted her bowl. She felt that the Yan family's old house was incompatible with her. Every time she came, she would be slapped. Last time, she was slapped at the train station and was stripped of her economic rights when she returned. She had to hand over all her cash. Fortunately, Yan Erqiang would buy her whatever she needed.
I don't know how Yan Erqiang will treat me when I go back this time. Maybe I shouldn't come anymore. At least I don't want to come anymore. I don't know if Yan Erqiang will agree. Maybe I'm too lost in thought. Everyone else has finished their cup of wine and bowl of soup, but I'm still standing there holding the bowl like an idiot.
Yan Erqiang's anger, which he had finally managed to suppress, suddenly flared up again. What did this woman mean? Was she doing it on purpose? Then he kicked her under the table, probably a little too hard, and Cai Min almost fell to the ground. Luckily, there was a stool behind her that caught her, but half of the soup in her hand was spilled.
Grandma Yan's face darkened completely. You know, there aren't many rules in the old house, but if you knock over the host's rice bowl or soup bowl during the New Year, it's like cursing the family to have no good days next year. Yan Erqiang knew this rule, of course. Seeing his mother and brother staring at him, he felt a little scared.
Just as he was about to start cursing Cai Min, Grandma Yan spoke up, "Erqiang, tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Take your wife and children home and don't come back. You don't like me either, and I find you all annoying. Every time you come, you either cry or fight, or you steal or take. I want to live a couple more years, so please stop cursing me."
These words were quite serious. Yan Daqiang quickly stood up and comforted his mother, saying that it was his second son who kicked his wife, which caused her to lose her grip on her rice bowl. He told her not to overthink it, it was just an accident.
"Sigh, you don't know, last year when the whole family of four came, they either snatched Nan Nan's steamed egg custard or beat the children. I have three boys and two girls, and I've never seen his father slap them so easily. He even did it in front of me. What is he trying to do?"
Today is the Little New Year, and he not only beat the younger one, but he also went and beat the older one. What a mess he's made of the house! Our family has been recognized as a model family for the past few years; I hope he doesn't ruin that. What a misfortune for our family!
Yan Erqiang was a little dumbfounded and felt wronged. He argued, "Mom, why did I hit the child? It was because the child stole Nan Nan's White Rabbit milk candy. Why did I hit Cai Min? It was because Cai Min instigated the child to steal it. I hit her to tell you that I didn't cover for them. How am I wrong again?"
Grandma Yan sighed and put down her chopsticks: "Cuihua, you hold Nannan, I'm going to lie down in the room for a while."
Cuihua exclaimed and picked up Nannan. Xuemei also quickly got up and helped Grandma Yan towards her room. Yan Xiaonan pointed at Grandma Yan and said, "Mom, I'm going to keep Grandma company."
Cuihua shook her head, pointed to the food on the table and said, "Eat your food first, then go keep Grandma company. Mom will go to the kitchen to make you a bowl of noodles. Be a good girl and eat your food, okay?"
Upon hearing that she was going to make noodles for her grandmother, Yan Xiaonan immediately sat up obediently and scooped her rice with her own little spoon. While eating, Xinan helped Yan Xiaonan pick up food, which made Yan Zheng very envious.
Bei Nan fed Zhong Nan rabbit meat one minute and wild boar meat the next, which broke Yan Erqiang's heart. It was just a dog, yet it ate better than a human. Why was Bei Nan so inconsiderate?
Yan Xiaonan was eating, but she was also keeping an eye on everything around her. She saw her second uncle feeling sorry for Bei Nan and giving Zhong Nan meat. She thought to herself that the old saying "birds of a feather flock together" was really true. But who did her second uncle look like? Her father was a warm-hearted man, and her eldest uncle didn't seem like a jerk at all.
Southeast looked at Yan Xiaonan, who wasn't concentrating on her meal at all, and said, "Nannan, eat properly and concentrate, okay? Otherwise you'll get kicked. If you accidentally break your leg, it will hurt a lot."
Yan Erqiang had had enough today. Not only did no one come to pick him up from the station, but he was also beaten by his older brother as soon as he entered the door, angered by his own son and wife, and then his mother gave him the order to leave. He never expected that this junior, Dongnan, would also jump out and make veiled accusations against him. He could tolerate it, but he couldn't tolerate it anymore.
He threw his chopsticks on the table and pointed southeast, yelling, "Your parents are still alive, who gave you the right to spout nonsense here? Believe me or not, I'll beat you up."
Yan Xiaoqiang also stood up abruptly: "You think you're something special just because I call you Second Brother? Try touching a single finger of his and see what happens."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Yan Daqiang was about to stand up when he heard Nan Nan shout "Zhong Nan, no!" But Zhong Nan had already pounced on him and bit Yan Erqiang's hand that was pointing to the southeast. In an instant, blood dripped from his wrist.
Zhongnan heard Nannan's cries and immediately let go, but the teeth marks on the back of his hand were deep, and blood kept gushing out. Yan Daqiang quickly found a strip of cloth to wrap the wound and told Yan Xiaoqiang to put on his clothes and take him to the village doctor to have it checked out. This was a wolf bite, and it was no joke.
Yan Erqiang was stunned. He turned to look at Zhongnan, who had bitten him, and at Zhongnan's wolf eyes that were gleaming with an eerie light. Suddenly, he shouted, "Big brother, big brother, this isn't a dog, it's a wolf!"
Yan Daqiang slapped him across the face, "What nonsense are you spouting? If you keep talking nonsense, don't blame me for being rude to you."
Yan Erqiang regained his senses and looked at Zhongnan again. Zhongnan's eyes were wet as it looked at him. It really was a dog. He had been a little too nervous for nothing. He quickly followed Yan Xiaoqiang to the village doctor's house.
When the village doctor saw the teeth marks on Yan Erqiang's hand, he became nervous. It was clearly a wolf bite. But when he saw Yan Xiaoqiang winking at him, he didn't say anything. He skillfully squeezed out the venomous blood from Yan Erqiang's hand, washed the wound with soap for a long time, applied herbal medicine, bandaged it, and told him not to touch the wound with water for the next few days and not to eat anything that might aggravate the condition.
Yan Xiaoqiang paid one yuan for the medical fee. The village doctor was stunned for a moment. This kind of wound should only cost two mao (0.2 yuan). But Yan Xiaoqiang had already left with Yan Erqiang. Along the way, Yan Xiaoqiang asked Yan Erqiang, "Second brother, what's wrong with you? Why do you always beat the children and your wife for no reason?"
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