Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

"Xiao Ye, can you please tell us what's going on with the old house?" Xiao Lan asked.

Xiao Ye's face immediately turned bitter, and she told him everything she had seen and heard in the old house. It turned out that the atmosphere in the old house was not very good. Although someone was invited to mediate, Sheng Kai and Lan Hua each insisted on their own opinions, and they quarreled from the moment they entered the door until noon.

Lanhua flatly denied that she had ruined Xiaoyuan's engagement. She also said that when Xiaoyuan proposed marriage, the old house did not send her any letter. She was in town and had no idea that Xiaoyuan had proposed marriage, so there was no way she could have ruined the engagement.

Sheng Kai's family had already guessed that Lanhua would say that, because spreading rumors and gossiping about others are the most difficult things to dispel.

Sheng Kai asked Lanhua to compensate Xiaoyuan, while Lanhua asked Sheng Kai to compensate Xiaoyin. In this way, both sides refused to give in. No matter how much Sheng Yuguai said, no one was willing to give in.

After listening to Xiao Ye's retelling, Zhang said, "It's like a tit-for-tat confrontation. No one wants to suffer a loss. It's really hard for people to mediate."

"Did you come to a conclusion in the end?" Xiao Lan asked.

Xiaoye nodded and then talked about the final result.

Sheng Yuguai's mediation was ineffective, and finally it was Grandpa Sheng who proposed a solution, which was that Sheng Kai and Lanhua each took a step back. Both sides were wrong, and they offset each other. The matter ended there, and no one could mention this matter again.

This approach is just as Xiao Lan guessed, and is a typical approach of Mr. Sheng.

"Then will the second son's family be happy with her?" Liu also said.

"My eldest aunt didn't say anything, but my second aunt said she would do nothing and started to quarrel again. She also said that since their whole family was here today, if they didn't compensate Xiaoyuan, they would not be allowed to leave today." Xiao Ye said, "In the end, it was my grandma who spoke up and said that if they still didn't allow it, they should pack up and leave."

Cui said clearly that if Sheng Kai's family disagreed and continued to harass Lan Hua's family, she would kick all the second branch out of the house. This time it was not a split, but being kicked out naked.

Sheng Kai was naturally dissatisfied with Cui's attitude, but he had to bow his head under the eaves... Then the old man spoke, and he was naturally not like Cui, he spoke very tactfully, but his meaning was very clear. That is, if Sheng Kai's family did not agree with his decision, then they would split up immediately, but the things they would get were only the few houses and a few acres of land they lived in now, and they would not get anything else.

Today, Mr. Sheng said this in front of outsiders. If only his family members were present, Sheng Kai would still think that the old man was trying to scare him. However, today, Mr. Sheng said this in front of the people who came to mediate, which meant that he had made up his mind. If he continued to make trouble, there would be only one outcome.

The old man used his ultimate move, and no matter how unwilling Sheng Kai's family was, they had to agree.

"Then didn't our master say anything to those people in the town?" Xiao Lan asked.

"Nothing was said. It was the same old things over and over again. They said that the past was over and no one should bear grudges. They should still treat each other like relatives in the future." Xiao Ye said, "Our grandfather was quite polite to Xiao Yin's father."

A son-in-law is not like a son, so he cannot be considered a family member. Of course, a married daughter cannot be considered a family member either. The old man's way of dealing with things has always been to be very polite to outsiders, so he was naturally polite to Zhou Shuren.

However, judging from the outcome of the handling of the matter by the old man and the old lady this time, they still favored Lanhua's family. Although Lanhua could not restore Xiaoyin's reputation, nor could she get any real compensation from the old Sheng family, she had effectively retaliated against Sheng Kai's family.

"Our grandfather also said that he would continue to find a wife for Brother Xiaoyuan, and that it doesn't matter how much money is spent." Xiao Ye said again,

Xiao Lan nodded. This was the old man's usual style of doing things, giving a slap in the face and then giving a sweet treat. At this time, of course, Grandpa Sheng had to appease Sheng Kai's family first.

"Hey, my dad offended someone there," Xiao Ye said angrily, "Second uncle complained about my dad in front of so many people, saying that my dad didn't speak up for his family and didn't take his nephew seriously. Who did my dad offend?"

Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Did you say it on the spot? I guess you weren't blaming your father, you were saying it for others to hear."

"He must have hated my father. He couldn't afford to offend others, so he just bullied my father." Xiao Ye said.

Both Zhang and Xin said that it was not necessary, but they knew in their hearts that Xiao Ye was right.

In fact, Xiao Lan agreed that Sheng Xuan should go to the ranch to avoid today's incident because of this. Sheng Xuan also agreed to go out to avoid it, and he might have considered this aspect.

Sheng Xuan first hated Sheng Kai's family for ruining the reputation of his daughter, and now he also hated Lan Hua for using tricks to ruin her marriage. In fact, he had already guessed the truth of the matter. If he was at home today, he would definitely be pulled over by the old man to use him to suppress Sheng Kai's family.

Sheng Xuan was unwilling to do this, but even though he was not there, the old man was able to subdue the people of the second house, in fact, he had borrowed a lot of his power.

While they were talking, Xiao Lan had already told people to set the table and put the food on it. Everyone then washed their hands and sat around to eat.

Back at the old house, after lunch, Lanhua and her husband took a ox cart back to town, and the people who came to negotiate peace also left.

Half a month later, Sheng Xuan came back. Xiaolan's family had dumplings tonight. Xiaolan went to the kitchen to prepare the fillings, one with pork and cabbage, the other with mutton and green onions. After dinner, the family sat together, drinking tea and talking.

Since the last talk, the old house has been quiet in recent days. Sheng Xuan talked about the ranch matters and then they went to rest.