Xu Ruantang was sitting, with Chen Ji blocking most of her view.
She looked up at Ye Shijie, who was crying his eyes out, and pursed her lips without saying a word.
Ye Shijie became anxious.
He's never apologized to anyone in his life, especially not in front of so many people.
Grandma said that a real man never bends down for anyone.
He has his pride too!
"Auntie, have you forgiven me?"
Ye Shijie moved two steps to the side, trying to squeeze past Chen Ji and walk in front of Xu Ruantang.
After speaking, Ye Shijie looked at his family members behind him as if pleading for help.
His parents sat there, drinking tea and eating melon seeds, but they didn't look at him.
Grandpa was watching this side, but he didn't say anything in his defense. Grandpa has always been like this.
Ye Shijie gritted his teeth and looked at the last person who might help him.
My aunt sat blankly on the ground, still in the position she had just been pushed over, her eyes vacant and lifeless.
She hadn't yet recovered from what Ye Shijie had just said.
Auntie never imagined that the grandson she raised and doted on would blame her the first thing he did when something went wrong.
The little thing seems to have no conscience.
"Mom, get up first."
Ye Tianyou couldn't bear it any longer and went to his mother's side, wanting to help her up.
When Ye Shijie realized that his grandmother was no longer paying attention to him, he cried even harder, as if he had been abandoned by the whole world.
But sitting next to him was Chen Ji, whose presence was very strong. The scene of Chen Ji dragging him to the training ground just now flashed through his mind again.
This made him afraid to cry out loud, and he could only sob silently.
As he cried, he shuddered.
Xu Ruantang was about to hand him a tissue and tell him not to do it again so she could forgive him.
Before he could even speak, he smelled a strange odor.
Soon, water began to drip from where Ye Shijie was standing.
Did you wet your pants?
Xu Ruantang asked in shock, looking at Ye Shijie.
Ye Shijie was taken aback by her question. The next moment, his face turned bright red, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Waaah... I was wrong, I know I was wrong, sob sob sob, Mom and Dad... sob sob, please don't abandon me."
Ye Shijie peed on his cotton pants.
He's still just a kid, and he already knows he was wrong. Cai Mengjun and Ye Tianyou went over and dragged him to change his pants.
Throughout this process, Auntie didn't say a word, only glancing at Ye Shijie indifferently.
Ye Lan found a mop and cleaned up the water stains on the floor.
After this incident, Ye Shijie became more well-behaved, and he knew to greet people politely, frequently calling them "little uncle" and "little aunt".
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, guests came to the Chen family in waves.
Xu Ruantang and Chen Ji did not have a wedding, so these relatives had never met them.
"Ruan Tang, this is your second aunt."
"These people are all called uncles."
Ye Lan stood beside Xu Ruantang and introduced her to everyone one by one.
Xu Ruantang called out to everyone in the room one by one, but ultimately failed to remember their faces.
Chen Ji's family has a lot of distant relatives, with seven aunts and eight uncles, enough to fill three or four tables, and the house is always full of people.
The men were drinking tea and smoking in the living room, while the women were talking in their rooms.
Tang Wan's family was also hosting guests today, and since it was the first year since her child was born, she took the baby and went back to her parents' home early in the morning.
Chen Zheng must have gone along too.
After discussing it with Chen Ji, Xu Ruantang gave Yi Yi a large red envelope, which she gave to Tang Wan after dinner on New Year's Eve.
The red envelope containing the money was given to me by the old lady.
Despite being married, she received four or five red envelopes that very night.
Her godmother and the old lady each gave her a red envelope, Ye Lan also prepared one separately, and even her older brother and sister-in-law insisted on giving her a red envelope.
Even if she hasn't had children, she's still a child.
Xu Ruantang thought these were already unexpected joys, but who knew that when she accompanied Ye Lan into the house, each of the aunts and uncles would give her a red envelope.
"Keep it. It's a good omen for the new bride. This is a gift from your aunts."
Her pockets were overflowing.
Auntie sat to one side, dawdling for a long time before finally taking out a red envelope from her pocket and stuffing it into Xu Ruantang's hand.
Ye Lan watched from the side, her eyes full of smiles.
"Wow, big sister, so generous this year? Did Tianyou make a fortune out there?"
Xu Ruantang looked up and saw the woman sitting on the edge of the bed, her face full of wrinkles as she smiled.
She remembered that this should be her aunt.
Her aunt glared at her, annoyed. "What are you saying? I watched my stepson grow up. He finally got married, and I hope the children will be happy too."
My aunt said it reluctantly.
There was a small sofa in the room. A hand reached out from behind Xu Ruantang and pulled her down onto the sofa.
Before she could react, she found herself with several more oranges and peanuts in her hand.
"Eat, keep your mouth busy."
Xu Ruantang turned around and met a smiling face, probably her third aunt.
She wasn't sure.
So all I could do was smile and say, "Mm!"
Chen Ji's extended family members were all very friendly.
"Big sister, why aren't you talking about your Tianyou this year?"
The sound of cracking sunflower seeds echoed frequently in the room, and someone steered the conversation toward the eldest aunt.
In previous years, my aunt loved to talk about Ye Tianyou the most.
Later, when Ye Shijie came along, she would talk to him about everything, even how many times a day he pooped and how much he ate.
After each lecture, I would also mention Chen Ji and Chen Zheng.
He advised Ye Lan to take Chen Zheng and his wife to see a doctor, introduced them to folk remedies, and scolded Chen Ji for being unfilial.
The conversation inevitably circled back to her eldest son and eldest grandson.
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