Upon hearing this, Jiang Yi flicked his finger, and Old Mrs. Wu, who was still talking about her dreams, felt a sharp pain and numbness in her lips. She covered her mouth and couldn't speak anymore.
Wu Chaohua's face changed when he saw her mouth suddenly swell up. "She was perfectly fine, how did this happen?"
Old Mrs. Wu pointed to the Xie family across the street and cried out.
Wu Chaohua, who had been with her for a lifetime, immediately understood what she meant. The Xie family had been having bad luck lately, and he had just gone in, so he must have brought the bad luck home with him.
Thinking of this, he gasped and immediately led Old Lady Wu to the front door. “We can’t bring bad luck home. You wait here while I go get a willow branch to beat it.”
Grandma Wu immediately grabbed his hand and shook her head repeatedly, saying that this was something that couldn't be done, or it would be superstition.
The neighbors who heard the commotion and looked over also noticed Wu's unusual behavior. Considering what had happened to the neighbor across the street in recent days, they couldn't help but connect the dots.
Everyone's expression changed, and none of them dared to enter the house. Instead, they turned and walked towards the river, remembering that there were a few willow trees there. Even if only the willow branches remained, it would be good to wander around there.
Wu Chaohua didn't dare to delay, so he grabbed the still unwilling old lady Wu and followed behind the crowd.
The neighbors who had been watching the commotion outside the door suddenly changed their expressions. They rushed back to their homes, locked their doors, and urged their families to fetch water so they could wash themselves.
Meanwhile, a string of curses erupted from Xie's shop: "Couldn't you have used a little more force? You almost made me fall over."
Xie Dacheng, "Mother, I injured one of my hands..."
"But you still have one hand, don't you? You're so delicate."
If I twist my back and then break my leg, our family will be doomed.
"Quickly, help me over there. Your dad needs water too. Why wasn't any water boiled today?"
Xie Dacheng felt wronged. From morning until now, he had been spinning like a top, busy without stopping.
Even though everyone else is a patient, he still has to take care of three of them.
My dad, who bumped his head, is now bedridden and can't eat, drink, or poop. My mom twisted her back and can't do anything.
As for his younger brother, he only injured his leg, not his hands and feet, so he simply lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) waiting to be taken care of.
Just as they helped Grandma Xie to bed, Xie Xiaocheng started yelling that he needed to go to the toilet. They had already told him to drink less water, but the guy went even further, holding the water glass and chugging it down his throat.
"If you can't handle it all by yourself, then bring your wife back," Old Mrs. Xie said with a dark face. This grown man is really useless, always dragging his feet. They've only eaten one meal today, while all the neighbors have already finished their New Year's Eve dinner, and they're still eating cold food.
Xie Dacheng said helplessly, "Mother, Yang Lan and I are already divorced. Why would she come back to take care of the family?"
Xie Dacheng actually regretted it; if his wife were here, he wouldn't have to work so hard.
“We shouldn’t have protected him when he did something wrong. If we had just made him apologize to Yang Lan, the matter would have been over. Instead, we made such a big fuss. Now, we don’t even have anyone to cook for us.”
"Now that you're divorced, you're still thinking of getting him back? Do you think he'll agree?"
Besides, I heard a few days ago that the person was hospitalized...
"Eldest brother, are you blaming us?" Old Mrs. Xie slapped her thigh and shouted, "That's your own brother, your only brother, and you just watch him suffer so much."
What did that bitch Yang Lan do? She insisted on calling the police because your brother murdered you. Do you think she's a proper sister-in-law?
This woman already can't tolerate anyone else. Once she gives birth to the child, she'll be the one in charge of the household.
"I can forgive her now, but you have to go and call him over to apologize properly to your brother, and then serve me well and this matter will be over..."
Jiang Yi stood outside the door, listening quietly to the noise inside. He silently took something out of his pocket, found the spot where he had just squatted down, and retied his shoelaces.
I only intended to teach them a small lesson, but it seems this family is all wicked. Well, I guess I'll just have to put up with it a little longer.
I didn't want to linger here; this place was really unlucky.
Instead of going straight home, he detoured through the mountains east of the city. When he emerged from the mountains, he was carrying a bundle of firewood on his back.
Back home, he untied the firewood and pulled out two rabbits and three pheasants from the middle.
The aroma didn't waft from the kitchen until late at night.
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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the entire compound was exceptionally lively.
Happy New Year has become the main theme today.
The children ran all over the yard, some going from house to house to offer New Year's greetings, each clutching a large cloth bag in their hands.
The Hua family opened their courtyard gate early, and the whole family was dressed in new clothes with smiles on their faces.
Hua Xiangyun followed her two older brothers to kowtow and wish several elders a Happy New Year. Holding generous red envelopes, she began to hide in her room to open them.
“I knew ours would be less than yours again,” Hua Zhian didn’t even need to look to know the ending. “I thought they would make up for it since I didn’t spend the New Year at home last year.”
Hua Xiangyun stretched out her hands in front of him and said, "Second Brother, congratulations on your fortune, give me a red envelope."
"Here we go again," Hua Zhian complained, but he pulled out a red envelope he had prepared beforehand and slapped it onto her palm. "I've been preparing this for you for a long time."
He's not going to argue with Xiangyun anymore; he can't win an argument with her. Since he'll have to give it to her anyway, why not just give it to her?
Hua Xiangyun happily put the red envelope in her pocket, "Thank you, Second Brother."
"You only know how to bully me, why don't you go find your older brother?"
Hua Xiangyun glanced outside the door and said with a sly look, "I won't be able to get a red envelope from my elder brother this year. Think about it, if my elder brother gives me one, shouldn't I also give one to our nephew?"
That evens things out. If you don't want to give me a red envelope, you should hurry up and get married and have kids.
"How can this be considered even?" Hua Zhian felt that this was not right. "Aren't you the elder? When you are promoted in the seniority, will you still ask me for a red envelope?"
Hua Xiangyun: "Of course, who told me to be your little sister?"
Don't forget, you promised me you'd give me a red envelope every year.
Hua Zhian, "...This happened so many years ago..."
Hua Xiangyun said, "I don't care. Unless you marry a wicked sister-in-law and kick me out of the house, I definitely won't ask you for anything."
"Today is the first day of the lunar month, what nonsense are you talking about? This is your home, who can kick you out?" Hua Zhian's expression changed slightly as he thought about his grandfather and the others discussing his marriage.
He probably thinks that he won't be free for long, and once he starts working, marriage will be the next big thing.
Hua Zhiping stood at the door, smiling as he looked at them. "What's wrong? Talking badly about Big Brother?"
Hua Xiangyun immediately pointed at Hua Zhian and said, "I didn't. If I did, it was Second Brother who said so."
"Brother, do you believe her?" Hua Zhian asked rhetorically, pursing his lips.
"letter."
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