Hearing his uncle's question, An Nian immediately perked up. Just like he did in the morning, he ran to his uncle and started blowing hard again.

"Uncle, let me tell you, my sister is amazing..."

At sunset, everything is hazy. Several people have been running around from morning to night for the support of their family, and their bodies are already exhausted.

We chatted and laughed along the way and soon arrived home. When we got home, we washed our hands and prepared to eat.

As soon as I entered the main house, the aroma of meat from the dining table hit me. I could see that my aunt was in a very good mood today, and the food and dishes had already been set out.

On the table were pheasant stewed with radish and stir-fried cabbage, and the staple food was sorghum corn rice. Tonight was finally not corn paste with sweet potatoes.

Although corn porridge and sweet potatoes are not bad to eat, it is hard to bear eating them every day.

Grandpa and grandma sat at the table, and everyone had a smile on their face. This was the happiest meal for the family since the siblings came to this home.

After all the elders had started eating, An Nian and An Yue started eating. An Nian was too short and could not reach the food even if he had to tiptoe, so An Yue stood up and served An Nian a bowl.

An Nian said while chewing the meat, "It smells so good and tastes so good."

He ate voraciously, but for some reason, An Nian started crying while eating.

"Wow..." An Nian sobbed and cried with meat in his mouth.

An Yue quickly put down the bowl in her hand, turned around and hugged An Nian, asking: "Niannian, why are you still crying?"

When uncle Jiang Chenghai saw An Nian crying for inexplicable reasons, he quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks, stood up and prepared to hug An Nian.

"Wow...I miss my parents every year."

"Niannian, be good and don't cry! Uncle will hug you." Uncle hugged An Nian and stroked her back, coaxing her.

The last time An Nian ate meat, his father, mother and the others were still there, and the family was together, having a great time, but this time... everything had changed.

Children's emotions come and go as they please. After a while, An Nian calmed down and continued eating.

In this era, most families only eat meat or eggs during festivals.

But their family is not like that. Although the family is not rich, my father always says that no one can suffer but his wife and children can suffer.

He always found ways to make money, and when he had money he would buy some meat for the three of them, and would give the remaining money to his mother for safekeeping.

All the food on the table was eaten up. After a hearty meal, Wei returned to her room, where Anyue was still washing the dishes.

Grandpa and grandmother sat at the table, and uncle sat on a low stool with his arms around An Nian.

Grandfather smoked his pipe and said, "Ah Hai, it's almost the end of the year. You've finished your work in the village, so you probably don't have much to do. Why don't you go up the mountain with Kaizi?"

Grandmother said, "I saw Kaizi went up the mountain yesterday and came back with a lot of harvest today. You should also go up the mountain to get some mountain products so that our family can have a happy New Year."

"Dad, the work in the village will be finished tomorrow. I will go to ask Kaizi when he will go up the mountain next time."

Grandma said, "Okay, let's go later! They are probably still eating right now."

Jiang Chenghai nodded, then stood up and walked towards his room.

An Yue had washed the dishes and was getting a footbath basin in the yard, preparing to fill it with hot water for a foot bath, when she suddenly heard her uncle and aunt arguing in the house.

An Yue hurried to the main room and said to her grandparents, "Oh no, my uncle and aunt seem to be arguing."

"These two were fine just now, why are they quarreling now?" After hearing this, my grandmother hurried to my uncle's room.

"Wei Wan'er, I really didn't expect you to be such a shabby person!"

Wei whispered, "Husband, please keep your voice down! Why are you so angry?"

Grandmother Zheng stood outside their door and yelled, "Are you two bored? Why are you arguing about nothing?"

When my uncle Jiang Chenghai heard that it was my mother outside the door, he hurriedly opened the door.

"Mom, come in and ask her what she did?" Uncle Jiang Chenghai pointed at Wei and said loudly, very angrily.

Wei sat on the edge of the bed, covering her face with a handkerchief and crying quietly.

"Wan'er, what's going on? Tell mother and I'll take care of it for you!" Zheng looked at her daughter-in-law crying and wiping her tears, and walked to the bedside to comfort her.

Jiang Chenghai pointed at the bowl on the low table and said angrily, "Mom, this is what she...she hid secretly!"

It was half a bowl of pheasant meat.

Zheng took a look and her expression turned from sunny to gloomy. Although she was dissatisfied, she did not speak immediately.

Zheng really didn't expect that Wei would do such a petty thing just after entering the family.

Wei still didn't realize she was in the wrong. She cried and said softly, "It's just two pieces of meat. Why are you so angry?"

Zheng tried to keep her voice as low as possible and said, "Although our Jiang family is not a wealthy family, we have provided you with food. Why would you hide and eat secretly?"

Zheng looked at the meat in the bowl and heard her daughter-in-law speak without any remorse. She could no longer bear it and said, "I never expected that! You did such a shameful thing and you still don't repent!"

My grandfather Jiang Wuwen was standing in the yard. Although he did not go into the house, he could hear everything clearly from outside.

"If you want to eat, just put it on the table and let us eat together! You are eating it secretly in the room by yourself, how can that be considered a crime?" Jiang Chenghai said with his back to Wei.

"Enough! Ah Hai, please say less! It will be a joke to others if they hear it." Grandmother Zheng frowned and said impatiently.

Jiang Wuwen, who was standing in the yard, shouted loudly: "Ah Hai, didn't you just say you wanted to go find Kaizi? Go now! If you go any later, the whole family will be asleep."

After listening to this, Jiang Chenghai snorted coldly, picked up his coat and put it on his shoulders, then stormed out.

"Hey... now that things have come to this, you should go to bed early! Ah Hai has something to discuss with Kaizi, he will be back soon."

"Ah Hai likes to play around on weekdays, but he has been like this since he was a child. He is upright and honest. You should not take it to heart. However, you should also reflect on what you did!"

"Yes...mother." Wei lowered her head and answered in a low voice.

After Zheng finished speaking, she glanced at the meat in the bowl on the table, turned around and walked out of the room angrily.

As soon as I entered the main room, my grandmother Zheng shook her head and sighed deeply: "Ah..."

My grandfather didn't say anything, but yawned while soaking his feet.

"Old man, what do you think Wei did...what is this? She stays at home all day, protected from the wind and rain. The two children follow us to work in the fields and chop firewood in the mountains every day. We finally caught a pheasant, and the whole family is here, but she secretly kept it and ate it!" The grandmother was so angry that she muttered to herself.

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