Huang Yun felt he had lost face in front of his two sons, so he stood up and ran out.
"Dad, were those words a bit too harsh?" Si Ming looked at Si Zhengwei with some concern.
Si Zhengwei: "No, if your mother doesn't make things clear, she'll just pretend to be confused. That's just deceiving herself."
A few days ago, Si Zhengwei noticed that the items in his home were constantly decreasing, and at the time he thought he was just too busy and had misremembered.
It wasn't until a few days ago, when a villager subtly pointed it out, that he realized he was keeping a huge rat in his house.
He had originally wanted to find an opportunity to confront Huang Yun, but she, being greedy, had walked right into his life today, and Si Zhengwei had just made everything clear.
Si Liang is usually a bit possessive of his food. He feels that his mother is giving things away for nothing while being harsh on her own family. He also feels that his father should say something to her.
Si Ming was worried about Huang Yun, who had run away. "I'll go find Mom and bring her back. Don't let her run away now."
Seeing Si Ming about to leave, Si Zhengwei called out to him, "Your mother values her life more than anyone else. At most, she'll go to Liu Xiaoli to complain, but she'll have to come back when it's time to eat. No one will let her stay for a meal."
Si Liang was furious when he heard the name Liu Xiaoli. "Are we just going to let Liu Xiaoli go like this? She swindled a lot of things from our family."
"What else can we do? Your mother gave it away voluntarily, so it would be unreasonable for us to come looking for it again." Si Zhengwei tidied up all the remaining things in the house. "Except for these household items, move everything else to your room."
Si Ming looked at the empty room and said, "Isn't this a bad idea? It feels like we're keeping our distance from Mom, and she'll definitely feel uncomfortable about it."
Si Liang didn't care about any of that. He started moving things, saying, "Even if we don't move them to our room, do you think Mom will be happy right now?"
Si Zhengwei looked at Si Ming, who was being overly honest, and said, "If your mother could change her personality, we wouldn't need to be so wary of her. We can't let your mother run this family in the future. You should find someone soon, because this family will depend on you two to support it."
Si Zhengwei has been thinking about this a lot these days. Someone has to go out and do the housework, but it seems that Huang Yun is not capable of managing the household well. So he can only place his hopes on his future daughter-in-law.
Si Ming had been nagged so much lately that he had become thick-skinned. "Then you have to keep a close eye on things for me. I only ask that he be able to take care of his family."
Si Zhengwei looked at him irritably, "What kind of demands can you possibly make at a time like this? We can't expect someone to be beautiful. If we can find someone like your sister-in-law, that would be fine."
Si Ming rolled his eyes. "Your standards are way too high. Only my older brother can handle my sister-in-law's fighting skills. We should just find someone who can help with housework."
Si Zhengwei then remembered that his eldest daughter-in-law was far more powerful than many people. Looking at Si Ming's cowardly appearance, it would indeed be difficult to find a wife like that.
Although Si Zhengwei didn't say it aloud, Si Ming still saw the contempt in his father's eyes. He touched his own face and said, "Actually, I'm still more handsome than my older brother."
"Being handsome won't put food on the table. At this point, it's all about muscles." Si Liang glanced at his older brother's face, then looked at his weak physique, and shook his head as he stood there.
Si Ming reached out and ruffled his bald head. "You think you're any better than me? Don't forget that we're almost 80% similar."
Si Liang sighed, "Dad, why didn't you give birth to me just like my older brother? You know, these days, handsome men like him are the most sought-after."
Si Zhengwei's initially depressed mood was completely cured by his youngest son's antics.
Although Huang Yun is now obsessed with trivial matters and has started to nitpick all day long, his two sons have gradually adapted to this kind of life after the major disaster.
They might each have their own little schemes, but at least they wouldn't slack off or try to cheat, and they never complained about working in the fields all day long.
After Huang Yun ran away from home, she originally wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Liu Xiaoli, but when she remembered that Si Zhengwei had just mentioned that he had given the things to her for free, she lost the will to go.
She found herself on the wall, looking down at the busy people below.
Looking at the round earthen building by the wall, you can see people bustling in and out below.
She didn't know which one of them was Si Zhengwei's ex-wife, but looking at the neat and clean house here and then back at the messy wooden house here, the resentment in her heart resurfaced.
Thinking of Si Zhengwei's stubbornness, she felt a surge of anger. She didn't have the courage to confront Si Cheng herself, and had originally planned to have Si Zhengwei speak up, but he had just changed the subject again, even though she was in the wrong.
"Do you think there's something wrong with Accountant Si's wife? How could she give away the family's eggs and flour at a time like this?" Just as Huang Yun was about to climb down from the wall, she heard people talking loudly, so she quickly stopped and leaned against the corner of the wall.
“There are some people who always want to feel superior, and Liu Xiaoli just happened to grasp that point, so he gained an advantage.” She recognized the voice; it belonged to Village Chief Shi’s wife.
"If I had known she was like this, I should have spent more time with her and said some nice things to flatter her. Maybe I could have made some money for our family." After saying this, the woman patted her thigh regretfully.
“You don’t have Liu Xiaoli’s skills, and Huang Yun isn’t stupid either. If her acting doesn’t pass muster, she won’t fall for it.” Sister-in-law Shi slapped her on the shoulder. “But now it will be difficult for Accountant Si to get the things back.”
"They've already eaten everything they were supposed to eat, so what are they going to give in return? Besides, they might not even admit it."
Sister-in-law Shi sighed, "Now no one dares to associate with Liu Xiaoli anymore. They're probably the only two families in the whole village who don't know that their story has spread throughout the village."
"However, these things should not be a big deal for Accountant Si. Village Chief Si has sent them things many times, otherwise Accountant Si would not have gone so long without noticing that things were missing from the house."
Sister-in-law Shi said, "Men aren't as meticulous as women, and they work in the fields all day long, how could they have the time to keep track of everything at home every day?"
The loud-voiced woman continued, "Speaking of which, I get angry too. My husband came home yesterday and cleaned out all the things in the house, as if to prevent me from sending things back to my parents' house. I had a big fight with him about it."
“You’re not the only one who’s had this experience. Even though my family didn’t take inventory of our belongings, they still looked at me with suspicion, which made me really angry,” Sister-in-law Shi complained.
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