Hua Xiangyun had already noticed that everyone looked disappointed when they left.
“With such a commotion by the river, even if there are fish in the river, they would have all run away by now,” Jiang Yi said to Hua Zhian with a smile. “Instead of joining in the fun here, we might as well choose a quiet little river channel where we might have a better catch.”
Hua Zhian's eyes lit up. "I know a place where we might not even need to cast a line; we can just fish it out directly."
The water there is shallow, but there are many small fish. Now that the river is frozen, you only need to look for those small puddles.
Seeing how excited he was, Hua Xiangyun quickly stopped him, saying, "Second Brother, please stop. We just finished processing the fish at home. Don't cause trouble again."
Hua Zhian: "It's alright, Second Brother will handle it when the time comes."
Hua Xiangyun said irritably, "We need to give these fish some breathing room and let them grow a bit more! This year has been good enough. If we keep catching them, I bet some people will jump out and say that we are infringing on the collective interests."
If they keep catching fish, the whole New Year will be spent smelling of fish.
“What my little sister said makes sense,” Hua Zhian’s tone changed. To be honest, having seen the big stage, he really looked down on those small fry.
I'm just thinking about when the West City Reservoir will reopen; that would be truly amazing.
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The New Year's Eve dinner was sumptuous, and Tian Guihua was unusually generous, setting out a bottle of baijiu for everyone to have a drink.
Hua Xiangyun was somewhat absent-minded after finishing her meal. In the past, she had no connection with her neighbors, so who cared whether they were hungry or full?
But today is New Year's Eve, and he is all alone. I wonder if he went to his aunt's house for a meal.
Jiang Yi, whom she was thinking about, had already politely declined Jiang Yin's advances and ate dinner early by himself, walking through the deserted streets.
After winding through familiar alleyways, I arrived at a house.
The house was quiet, unlike the noisy scene he had made a few days ago.
While squatting in the corner to tidy my shoelaces, I noticed something extra in my hand when I stood up, which I casually put into my pocket.
Just as he was about to take a step forward, the door next to him creaked open, and an old woman's voice rang out, "Old man, you're really going to the Xie family?"
"I'll go check on them. Something happened to our neighbors, we can't just ignore it," Wu Chaohua said, his voice a little impatient. "Alright, you can go back now!"
"It's always unlucky during the Lunar New Year," said Old Mrs. Wu, frowning.
"What nonsense are you spouting? We don't believe in that stuff." Wu Chaohua, carrying a bowl of food, went directly to the door across the hall and knocked.
Soon, neighbors also came out, some to watch the excitement, and others carrying things in their hands.
Jiang Yi decided not to leave and simply found a corner to wait.
"The Xie family is really something, causing so much trouble during the New Year," someone said, watching their husband deliver the gifts, their words becoming increasingly sarcastic.
"This family is really unlucky. One person after another got injured over the past few days. Luckily, his pregnant wife got divorced, otherwise the baby in her womb might not have survived."
"That's because Xie Xiaocheng is too ruthless. He actually tried to kill his sister-in-law for a little food. It's also because Yang Lan's family is small, otherwise they would have torn him to shreds."
He was only able to resolve this matter so easily because of his cousin's influence; otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy.
Anyway, we should try to avoid getting involved with families like that in the future, otherwise we'll suffer losses and have no one to turn to for justice.
"You're being a bit unrealistic, aren't you? I saw your man bring in a whole pot of food, including meat. I bet you've been itching to get close to him for a while now."
"You're not saying that only our family does this. Look around here, isn't everyone doing it this way?"
What can we do? Someone started it, and if others don't follow, what chance do we ordinary people have of dealing with them if the Xie family comes afterward to settle scores?
Upon hearing this, everyone sighed silently. Whose food wasn't precious? But for the sake of peace and tranquility in the coming year, they had no choice but to accept it.
Xie Dacheng opened the door and saw that the neighbors were all carrying things. He silently made way for them and said, "We, the Xie family, will remember your kindness today."
"No problem, no problem. We're all neighbors, it's only right to help each other out." Wu Chaohua looked at him with one arm in a sling and added with concern, "Your hand is still injured, you should take more time to rest."
Xie Dacheng said, "Thank you for your concern, Uncle Wu. It takes a hundred days to recover from this injury, so I can only rely on slow and careful recuperation."
I'm doing a bit better, but the other family members aren't as unscathed as I am.
Thinking of this, his mouth was full of bitterness. His whole family had either injured their heads or legs, and now the only one who could do anything was him, who had injured his hand.
What should have been a proper Lunar New Year's Eve turned out to be exceptionally unpleasant this year.
His wife got divorced, and now that he's home, there's no one to comfort him. He even has to take care of the whole family during his rare holiday. He's only been here two days, and he already feels like he can't take it anymore.
At that moment, Old Lady Xie called out from inside the room, "Boss, you've been gone for so long opening the door. Hurry up and come over, I need to go to the toilet."
Xie Dacheng looked distressed and said to the neighbors who came in, "Please make yourselves at home, I'll go and take care of something."
"Go, go," Wu Chaohua said hurriedly, quickly putting down his things and coming out as well.
"Old man, why do you look like someone's chasing you?"
"Sigh, Xie Dacheng's family is really outrageous. Even when Old Lady Xie wants to go to the toilet, she goes to Xie Dacheng. Even if they are mother and son, they should at least be more discreet."
If you ask me, what kind of grudge can a husband and wife hold overnight? Besides, Yang Lan is pregnant with their grandson. Bringing her back at this time would give everyone a way out, wouldn't that be a win-win situation?
If a grown man has to help his mother use the toilet, does that mean he's also responsible for his father and younger brother?
Old Mrs. Wu slapped him hard. "So you can do whatever you want to her just because she's not your own daughter? Yang Lan is heavily pregnant and about to give birth. Do you expect her to come back and serve these heartless bastards?"
Wu Chaohua quickly pushed the old woman into the house, saying, "You old hag, you say everything out loud, aren't you afraid others will hear you?"
And I'm right, Yang Lan is heavily pregnant and it won't be easy for her to find another husband. At least the Xie family is doing well. If she comes back and says a few kind words, and takes good care of her mother-in-law, she'll remember her kindness in the future.
"What you say makes sense. If we find someone else with questionable conditions, we might as well go with Xie Dacheng."
Besides, this family is only injured, not bedridden. They'll only need care for a few days. Do you think I should go and act as a mediator?"
After saying that, Grandma Wu felt that she was incredibly clever. Such a great opportunity to gain a favor was right in front of her. There was no great loss in going there. What if it worked out?
“I think so,” Wu Chaohua agreed. His son was about to take over the business, and maybe he could pull some strings and skip the apprenticeship.
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