Soon the pot of tea was empty. Ye Xiu stood up to refill it, but Zhou Xiang pushed her aside and picked up the teapot. "Auntie is a guest. How can you ask her to do anything? You should just take a rest!"
Ye Xiu was unwilling to give up. She wanted to see what kind of good stuff this tea was. She wanted to see if her second uncle would regain his strength after drinking it.
"How can I be considered a guest? We are direct relatives, right? I am here to help."
"Okay, go help out in the South Building! It's very busy over there. Since you're not guests with your family of six, go and help. If you are, you should behave like guests. Be good and don't make a fuss! Be careful of the consequences, you can't afford them."
The tone of the last sentence was so light and gentle that it gave people goose bumps all over their bodies and chilled them to the core.
Ye Xiu hesitated, but was unwilling to give in. How could she not make a fuss? She already knew what good things the old man had. Moreover, the person who ordered her to do so had promised to give her a sum of money after the task was completed.
Zhou Xiang was too lazy to pay attention to her and went to the dining room to refill the water. When he came back, the dried fruits were still in the teapot, but it still tasted like ordinary fruit tea, slightly sweet. The second grandfather and the other two old men looked at each other, drank half a cup, and stopped drinking.
"Think about it! Take me to rest for a while. I'm really not used to riding in this little car. I should have driven the tractor."
Third Grandfather and Fifth Uncle also stood up and said, "Let's go and have some rest together."
"So, are we still sleeping in the same bunk bed?"
"Okay! The three of us brothers and your third cousin will sleep in the same bunk bed. You can make other arrangements for the others."
"OK."
After taking the two old men to the big bunk bed in the north building, the second grandfather waved to Zhou Xiang and said, "Go and get busy!"
"Then you should have a good rest."
After Zhou Xiang left, Second Grandfather sat on the bunk and sighed, "One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel! Old Five, go and warn Ye Xiu. If she dares to cause trouble at tomorrow's banquet, she will be expelled from the clan immediately, including her five children. If they follow their mother in causing trouble, they will all be expelled from Zhou Village. Zhou Village doesn't want people like this who betray their own people. They can't just live a good life and make trouble. Who is responsible for Zhou Village's downfall? This family is blind."
"Okay, I'll go warn Ye Xiu now."
The fifth uncle agreed and immediately left the bunk bed, but saw Zhou Xing saying something to Zhou Xiang, and then he ran away immediately.
Walking up to Zhou Xiang, the fifth uncle asked, "What did Zhou Xing say?"
Zhou Xiang turned around and said, "She said someone had contacted her mother and might have promised her some benefits. Her mother said she wanted to fulfill her promise to her five children."
"Promise? What promise?"
Zhou Xiang certainly knew what the promise was, but it was nothing more than greed for Zhou Cong's money.
"I don't know. I don't quite understand what Zhou Xing said, but I can see that my aunt-in-law looks like she wants to cause trouble."
"Don't worry, I'll go and warn her right away. If she dares to cause trouble, she'll be expelled from Zhou Village, including Zhou Xing and the other four. We'll all be expelled from the clan."
"Thank you, Fifth Uncle."
Zhou Xiang couldn't believe that Ye Xiu, who was already controlled by the desire for wealth, would be frightened by being expelled from the clan. This was not the old times anymore. Who cared about family trees anymore? If you had money, you could settle down in any city.
The fifth uncle shook his head and said, "No need to thank me. It's us who are sorry for not taking good care of our people."
"Don't feel guilty. There are always good and bad people. How can everyone be obedient and well-behaved?"
Fifth uncle went to warn Ye Xiu with emotion, and Zhou wanted to remind his parents.
Zhou's father and mother were so angry that they wanted to chase the man away immediately, but they really couldn't do it because they always cared about their reputation.
After Ye Xiu and her five children received the warning, Zhou Xing immediately jumped away from her mother. "Fifth Uncle, I will absolutely not participate in any of my mother's plans. I also want to participate in the planting!"
The fifth uncle nodded and said, "Okay! Go and help."
"Yeah!" Zhou Xing left in a hurry. She didn't want to be bothered by this! Her good days had just begun.
Zhou Ying was a little hesitant. She had been following her mother's arrangements since she was a child, and always heard her mother say that there would be some good things. Now that her mother said she would fulfill her promise, she was a little unwilling.
Seeing her second sister jump out decisively and her eldest sister hesitate, Zhou Li rolled her eyes and walked directly to her fifth uncle. She envied her second sister more than anyone else about how comfortable her life was now.
Seeing that her daughter had also rebelled, Ye Xiu was not angry but smiled. "Okay, it's your own choice. Just don't regret it."
Zhou Jun came out immediately and said, "Mom, I won't participate, and I won't regret it. I have listened to you since I was a child, but recently I have been regretting these past thirty years. So, I don't want to live in regret for the rest of my life."
Ye Xiu was devastated. Everyone could withdraw from her plan, everyone could give up the wealth, except her eldest son, the one she had high hopes for.
"Jun'er!"
Zhou Jun waved his hand. "Mom, don't try to persuade me. I've made up my mind. I'm giving you a piece of advice. How can an illiterate person like you think you can defeat a doctoral student? That's unbelievable."
Ye Xiu was so excited by her eldest son's words that her whole body trembled. So what if she was illiterate? She had the leverage over the doctoral student and could still win the fight.
"Just don't regret it. It's none of your business to interfere in my affairs."
Seeing that his mother was still stubborn, Zhou Jun stopped trying to persuade her and turned to his brother. "Zhou Fang, are you still not giving up? There's no such thing as a free lunch. Mom has to bear the consequences of her actions. For example, if she persists in her delusion, she'll be kicked out of Zhoujia Village when she returns. Think about it, who brought Zhoujia Village to where it is today?"
Zhou Fang gritted his teeth and shook his head, "No, I believe my mother."
Zhou Jun sighed helplessly, "Your wife and children will hate you to death."
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