Seeing Xiao Yunhai frightened, Third Grandpa Shen was furious. He stamped his cane and shouted at the group of people who came in: "What do you want to do? This is totally outrageous!"

"What do you think we are doing? Third cousin, we, the parents, are still alive and well. Why do you take our son and grandson into your family and give you so many gifts? You are too shameless!"

A soprano with a nice voice, melodious, crisp and charming. She sounds young and domineering.

Meng Tao turned her head and saw a thin woman in her sixties walking out of the crowd. She was wearing a blue cotton-padded jacket and had gray hair tied in a bun at the back of her head. She was so thin that there was no flesh on her face. She was just skin and bones. Her eyes looked particularly big and her cheekbones were prominent. She spoke with her mouth wide open, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, like a female ghost from a horror movie.

From her words, Meng Tao guessed that this should be Duan Meiying, who was first raised outside by Shen Jintang and gave birth to several children, and was later made his principal wife.

Sure enough, Grandma Shen pointed at the thin woman and cursed: "Duan Meiying, if you keep talking nonsense, get out right now. You are not welcome in my house!"

Duan Meiying put her hands on her hips and sneered, "Third cousin, are you so unreasonable? You took advantage of my family and now you want to turn your back on me?"

"Who took advantage of you?"

"Our son sent a lot of gifts to your house. Look, they are all on the table! There are so many today. I heard that he came again the day before yesterday and also brought a room full of gifts. Those gifts should have been sent to our house, but you quietly ate them all. You are too greedy! Be careful not to bite off more than you can chew. The whole family will have diarrhea and you will die!"

"Duan Meiying you..."

"Alright! Tell the man to come out and talk!"

Third Master Shen slammed his cane and said, "What's the point of letting a shallow, ignorant, and stupid woman come here to yell and make a scene? It's simply embarrassing. You, Shen Jintang, really have a lot of face."

"Who are you talking about? Who is shallow and ignorant, who is stupid?"

Duan Meiying jumped up and down, waving her hands and yelling at Grandpa Shen San in dissatisfaction. Grandma Shen San stepped in front of her and pointed a finger at her face: "You! I'm talking about you! You are shallow and stupid, do you know that?!"

Duan Meiying: "I·#￥%..."

The two women came into close combat and were about to start a fight. Shen Yaoxuan and his wife stepped forward to block them apart and pulled them to the back hall to continue the quarrel.

Meng Tao was speechless: So this Duan Meiying, who walked like a concubine in the Qing Dynasty and flirted with her handkerchief, and stood like a compass in Mr. Lu's painting, was the new young woman who had studied in a foreign school, was thoughtful, knowledgeable, talkative, cheerful, lively and elegant, and who fascinated Shen Jintang so much that he finally favored her and made her his wife? Maybe she was really beautiful and youthful, but she was not necessarily elegant and lovely. Just because she brazenly went to other people's homes to provoke, spoke vulgarly, and made a fuss whether it was reasonable or not, Meng Tao felt that Shen Jintang's taste and hobbies were really different.

Grandma Shen San dragged Duan Meiying to fight again in the back hall, making room. Two old men walked out from behind the crowd blocking the door. Meng Tao took a closer look. One was Shen Jincheng whom she had met before, and the other one was walking in front. His face was somewhat similar to Shen Jincheng, so he should be Shen Jintang.

Shen Heping is in his early fifties, and Shen Jintang should be in his seventies, but he still has a straight back, wears a black felt hat, and a neatly-made black felt Zhongshan suit. At first glance, he is an old man who pays great attention to his appearance. If you ignore the wrinkles on his face and only look at his posture, you would think he is around fifty years old.

His figure and walking posture are very similar to Shen Heping, but his facial features are different. Shen Heping and his son Shen Yu look similar, probably due to inheritance from the previous generation. Apart from Shen Jintang, which ancestor did he inherit his appearance from?

Meng Tao thinks this is good and worth being thankful for, otherwise it would be bad to look like a scumbag.

Shen Jintang said to Third Grandpa Shen: "Third brother, don't blame your sister-in-law for being angry. It is indeed you and your sister-in-law who are wrong: Yaozu has returned, he should come to our house first, meet his parents, and then come to visit his uncles and brothers. As his uncle, why don't you teach him, but why are you still holding on to him?"

Shen Jincheng also followed suit, "That's right, Third Brother, it's not kind of you to do this. Yaozu returned to Hai City the day before yesterday and came to your house, but you didn't even tell us, knowing that my brother was looking forward to seeing Yaozu every day."

After that, he turned to Shen Heping and Shen Yu and said, "Yaozu, Ayu, you are back? It's good to be back. Yaozu, you too, you brought your newly married niece-in-law, Ayu, Ayu's wife and your little grandson back, you should have come to our hall first, paid respects to your grandparents, met your parents, and us uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters... That's the right thing to do, how come it's the other way around?"

Shen Heping sat upright, his eyes fixed on the ground and his expression cold, as if Shen Jincheng was not talking to him.

Shen Jincheng didn't get a response, so he turned to look at his brother awkwardly and spread his hands.

Shen Jintang frowned, his face stern, and glanced at Shen Heping and Shen Yu fiercely: "Shen Yaozu, your father is here, your uncle is talking to you, didn't you see or hear it? Ah Yu, your father is a blockhead and deaf, don't learn from him!"

Shen Heping: "..."

Shen Yu ignored Shen Jintang and said to Third Master Shen while holding his son: "Third Master, you have other guests, so we will leave first."

Mr. Shen San sighed. His family had already prepared meat and vegetables and wanted to invite them to have a meal. However, Shen Jintang and his gang came with bad intentions, so they were afraid that they would not be able to have the meal.

"Yaozu, Ayu, come home with me now!" Shen Jintang interrupted Mr. Shen San and said abruptly.

Third Master Shen snorted, "Old Eight, don't pretend to be ignorant. There is no Shen Yaozu here, only Shen Heping. Shen Heping's family is my guest. They will not come to your house. I have already said that they don't know you."

Shen Jintang: "Whether it's Shen Heping or Shen Yaozu, they are both my sons! Calling him Shen Heping is convenient for working outside. Shen Yaozu is his real name, which is recorded in the family tree. The ancestors are above and his biological father is here. How dare you deny it?"

"Oh! You still have the nerve to ask the ancestors and mention the family tree? Old Eight, I am ashamed for you! The name Shen Yaozu was indeed given to the eldest grandson by my great uncle, your father.

The great uncle slaughtered pigs and sheep to entertain his guests and friends, and solemnly registered the eldest grandson in the family tree, but what happened? You kept a mistress and illegitimate child outside, and the great uncle firmly refused to acknowledge your mistress and illegitimate child, so you refused to return home. When the great uncle passed away, you rushed back immediately to grab the name of Yaozu, and flattered the clan leader with sweet words and flattery, and even wanted to favor the concubine and kill the wife, so that your illegitimate child would take the position of Yaozu's eldest grandson. If my father hadn't stepped in, you would have succeeded!

When my aunt passed away, my father was also gone. You hurt Yaozu again, forcing him to leave the clan and sever the father-son relationship with you. He was not allowed to have any property and went out to make a living alone. He was only eighteen years old at that time! He signed Shen Heping on the letter of severance with you. He is no longer Shen Yaozu. It was written in black and white, and the blood seal was drawn. I was forced to testify. I saw it clearly! Now you have the nerve to find Shen Heping and claim to be his father... Lao Ba, feel your conscience, is there? I advised you not to go too far at the beginning. It is not good to force your enemies to a dead end, let alone your own flesh and blood? You didn’t listen, and now you regret it, it’s too late!"

Shen Jintang's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he looked at Third Master Shen with gloomy eyes: "Yaozu and I, we are father and son until death, and our blood connection will never be broken! But you, Third Brother, I will call you Third Brother for the last time. We have been brothers for decades, but today I know that you have ulterior motives and are talking nonsense here to alienate us father and son. What do you want to do?"

Mr. Shen: "..."

Shen Heping stood up from his seat and helped Xu Zhen up. He really didn't want to listen any more. The past was too painful to recall. Who would want to tear open the wound and recall the heart-wrenching pain? It was all meaningless.

He said to Mr. Shen San, "We have other things to do, so we'll take our leave today. We'll visit you again another day."

Mr. Shen nodded: "Okay, thank you, Ah Yu, Xiao Yunhai, and my nephew's wife and my nephew's grandson's wife for coming to visit me, an old man, but I am sorry for you."

"Don't think so. It's good to meet you. Take care, uncle. See you later."

"Okay, okay! Yaoxuan, Yaoshu, Qiping, Liuhong...see Heping and Ayu off for me, and keep them safe. Don't let that blind man scare the little kid."

"We understand, don't worry, Dad."

Shen Yaoxuan leaned closer to Third Master Shen's ear and lowered his voice to say, "A gift for Taotao and her son and Seventh Brother's wife..."

Third Master Shen shook his head slightly: "There are so many people here now, it's a mess, let's not rush. Tomorrow you can book a few tables at the hotel outside, our whole family will treat them to a meal, and then pack the food and send it over."

"OK."

Shen Jintang's group blocked the entrance tightly, but Master Shen Sanye's family was large in number and after a lot of clamor and effort, the entrance was soon cleared. Meng Tao and Shen Heping protected Xu Zhen, while Shen Yu came out holding little Yunhai and headed towards the alley.

Shen Jintang and Shen Jincheng were deliberately tripped by the children of Mr. Shen Sanye. They got so angry that they got angry and cursed at the people before they were let go. They hurried out and chased after Shen Heping, shouting, "Yaozu, Yaozu, wait a minute!"

A middle-aged woman, whose figure and appearance were somewhat similar to Duan Meiying, also thin and muscular, was agile and ran very fast. Seeing that Shen Jintang was still far away, she rushed over to block Shen Heping and Xu Zhen, stretched out her hand to pull Xu Zhen, and said with a smile:

"Is this the new sister-in-law? She is so young and beautiful, and a perfect match for my elder brother! Hello, sister-in-law, I am Shen Guihua, the younger sister of Shen Heping."

Xu Zhen avoided her with a look of disgust, not wanting her to touch him.

Shen Heping pushed Shen Guihua's hand away: "We don't know each other, don't pretend to be relatives."

Shen Guihua: "Brother, I haven't seen you for a few years. How come you don't recognize me? I am your older sister."

"My mother only gave birth to me. I don't have a sister."

"Oh, brother...I am the child of my father and your stepmother!"

(End of this chapter)