Wu Jinban looked at Dongnan and said, "Thank you. I'll go with Fubao right away. Auntie, I'm sorry, I was wrong."
She turned and went into the guest room, then slung her backpack over her shoulder, picked up her luggage, and left with Fu Bao. Xue Mei also stood up and followed her out.
Yan Xiaonan stood up, unsure of what to do. Bei Nan quickly chased after him; he had a car and could give them a ride.
"Nan Nan, I want to ask you, when will your high-rise apartments go on pre-sale? I'd like to order one." Liu Lili tried to ease the tension, seeing that things were getting awkward.
Yan Xiaoqiang glared at Southwest, his eyes red with anger, but he didn't know who to vent his anger on. Was it Southwest's fault? Wu Jinban wasn't right either. Was it Wu Jinban's fault? Southwest was even more responsible.
Worried that her husband would get sick from anger, Cuihua quickly comforted him, "Qiangzi, didn't Grandma say that children and grandchildren have their own blessings? We're almost sixty or seventy years old, how can we care about so much?"
Southeast nodded and said, "Southwest, you can go back now."
Southwest was even more unhappy: "Brother, what did I do wrong?"
“You are unkind and unjust, disloyal and unfilial. You are unfilial to your parents, unkind to your children, and unjust to Nan Nan. Now you are pretending to be crazy and stupid. Southwest, you have already disappointed us greatly.”
This was the first time Southeast had spoken to Southwest in such a harsh tone, and he felt waves of pain in his heart.
"Grandma, Dad, Mom, Nan Nan, Chen Ming, I'm leaving now. Wu Jin Ban will stay with me for now, don't worry." After saying that, Dong Nan left without looking back.
Southwest's face suddenly turned deathly pale. Indeed, he knew he was feigning madness, but so what?
The family has four children. The eldest brother is an agricultural scientist, Xuemei is a thrifty and hardworking woman, Liujin is now a celebrity, and even Fubao was admitted to a key high school.
The younger sister is an entrepreneur, married into the prestigious Ye family, and her children are exceptional individuals.
My younger brother, Bei Nan, was originally the worst person in the family, but now he has not only forged a successful path for himself, but also married the daughter of an official, even though she has now retired.
But what about himself? The wife he found gave him a lush, green meadow. After finally getting a divorce, he found Liu Lili and had a daughter with her.
Shouldn't I treat my wife and daughter well? I haven't mistreated my two children, so why should they deprive me of my happiness for the rest of my life?
"I'm leaving."
Southwest pulled Yan Bao'er and Liu Lili and turned to leave; he was a man with a temper too.
"I'm sorry, Nan Nan, but you're my wife, and I don't want anyone to bully you," Ye Chenming said.
Yan Xiaonan was speechless. Perhaps she had a problem too; she should have called Southwest. But Wu Jinban had only come back once in a long time, sigh...
“Nan Nan, you are a member of the Ye family. This is a matter for the Yan family. Don’t get involved in it anymore,” Yan Xiaoqiang said.
Yan Xiaonan nodded. Perhaps her father was right. She had three children of her own; how could she possibly manage so many others?
Enming sat on the little wooden horse on the side, swaying back and forth. The little foxes and wolfhounds sat beside him, behaving very obediently.
Seeing that his parents and grandfather were unhappy, he glanced at Southwest, Yan Bao'er, and Liu Lili who had left.
Then she stood up, hugged Yan Xiaonan's leg, and said, "Mom, I'm hungry."
When Enming said she was hungry, everyone realized that they had bought a lot of groceries today, but had only cooked half of them.
"Mom will go cook some food for Enming. Why don't you go play with your older brother and sister?" Yan Xiaonan squatted down and looked at Enming.
Enming nodded and ran towards the training ground in the outer courtyard. He wanted to practice martial arts well so that he could beat up anyone who bullied his mother in the future.
Ye Chenming hurriedly followed Yan Xiaonan into the kitchen. He had lost his temper today and was worried that Nannan would be unhappy, so he had to flatter his wife.
"Chenming, thank you for taking care of me. I am indeed somewhat disappointed in Southwest, but Southwest has always been the best to me since childhood, so I..." Yan Xiaonan said.
"Stop talking, I know. I've been holding back for so long because I knew that too. And I've also heard that the furniture factory has started losing money, is that right?" Ye Chenming asked.
Yan Xiaonan nodded. She had already ordered the logging team in Mushroom Village to stop logging, as the trees on the outskirts had been almost completely cut down.
Yan Xiaonan didn't want to damage the mountain environment of Mushroom Village, and she didn't want her animals to lose their home.
Therefore, she required the furniture factory to purchase all its raw materials from outside sources, which increased the factory's burden and caused some of its income to be insufficient to cover its expenses.
“Chenming, when I have the chance, I will go back to Mushroom Mountain. I want to slowly restore the ecological environment there,” Yan Xiaonan said.
"That furniture factory..." Ye Chenming was a little worried.
"I'll go find Wu Jinban tomorrow. He's studied those foreign concepts for two years, so he should be able to make the furniture factory thrive," Yan Xiaonan said nonchalantly.
Ye Chenming understood. Even if Nan Nan had to put money into the furniture factory, she wouldn't let it go bankrupt. That was her way of giving Wu Jin a sense of confidence.
As for Southwest, after so many years as a factory manager, he hasn't made any progress. He might as well just retire at the furniture factory.
When Wu Jinban arrived at Dongnan's home, he was so surprised by the two-courtyard house that he was speechless.
“Brother Five and a Half Pounds, this first room is for Brother Six Pounds. There are two guest rooms next to it. You can pick any one you like,” Fu Bao said, pointing to a row of rooms with backstreets.
Fu Bao put her five and a half pounds of luggage into the second guest room. The room was clean and the decoration style was very similar to that of her aunt's guest room.
Fu Bao then brought Wu Jinban to the yard and pointed to the north room, saying, "This room was originally meant for Grandpa and Grandma to live in, but they didn't want it."
So now my parents live here, and I live alone in the west wing. You see, it's all been connected.
This side room is the main hall, where we entertain relatives and friends. The other side room is a storeroom, used to store household items.
"Why does Brother Liujin live in the back room?" Wujinban didn't understand. The back rooms in Aunt's house are usually used as guest rooms.
“My brother is filming a movie, so he doesn’t come back often. He also has his own house, but my mother won’t let him live there.”
Fu Bao took Wu Jinban to visit the two-courtyard house and even brought out all his favorite snacks and treats.
When Bei Nan saw Xue Mei going to the kitchen to cook, he quickly said goodbye, as he was going back to Nan Nan's place to pick up his wife and children.
Xuemei quickly told Fubao and Wujinban to take Beinan out, as she needed to hurry up and cook, otherwise the children would get hungry.
Southeast returned just in time, looking a little unwell, but during the meal, he managed to control his temper and was very enthusiastic about eating five and a half jin.
"Uncle, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so willful and embarrassed Aunt." Wu Jinban has finally grown up and realized his mistake.
Southeast nodded and said, "Let's eat first. After we finish eating, I have something to tell you."
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