Rebirth: The whole family travels through time together: Fubao Koi is busy eating melons

Before he finished speaking, he pretended to reach out to take back the basket of eggs.

Upon seeing this, Old Mrs. Zhang hurriedly protected the basket of precious eggs, fearing that they would really be taken away. Her expression was somewhat panicked, and she said nothing more, but just quietly stepped aside.

Before the two families could even get comfortable, trouble arose again.

Zhang Fu suddenly had an idea and pointed at the dusty woodshed in the corner, complaining, "We haven't had a fire to cook for several days. You guys came just in time to help chop some firewood. The hot water for Da Wa's bath is almost gone."

Zhang Laosan had no intention of playing the role of a helper on this trip. He was about to refuse, but his second brother and Zhang Erniang exchanged glances and pushed him back to his seat. As if they had rehearsed it beforehand, they smiled and said to the old couple, "This job is most suitable for us two!"

Immediately afterwards, the two of them split up, one picked up a sharp axe, and the other held a heavy hatchet, and they strode towards the woodroom. After a while, bursts of "crackling" sounds came from the woodroom.

Zhang Fu and his wife rushed over upon hearing the noise and tried to stop them, but the two men moved so quickly that wood chips flew everywhere under their knives and axes. How could they stop them?

Seeing that they could not stop the woodcutters, the two "lumberjacks" simply moved to the yard. The few remaining fruit trees there that had grown fruit year after year, as well as the old tables, chairs and benches that had been used for many years, all became their targets. They chopped them down indiscriminately, and they broke into pieces, leaving the yard in a mess.

Witnessing this scene, Boss Zhang was frightened. When he saw Xu Liyun raising the knife in her hand, he quickly found an excuse to slip away.

Zhang Dawa was also frightened by his second uncle Zhang Erniang's sudden "feat". He hurriedly fled into the house under the pretext of studying and never dared to show up again.

Hu Cuimei chose to hide in the corner and refused to participate no matter how much she was persuaded.

When Xu Liyun and the second brother brought the children back to the Zhang family courtyard, what greeted them was a messy and horrible scene.

Old man Zhang and old lady Zhang sat on the ground, crying and wiping their tears. The neighbors around them had long been accustomed to this and were too lazy to even look at it, leaving the family alone to face the mess.

As night fell, the old lady picked out a few eggs from the pile of "confiscated" eggs, intending to stew a bowl of nutritious egg custard for her eldest grandson. However, she never expected that when she cracked the eggs open, she would be greeted by a pungent stench. She tried several eggs in succession, and without exception, they were all rotten!

The old lady's anger was evident as she kept criticizing her second son's family without a trace of tenderness in her words.

In this way, the first day of the new year passed quietly in boredom.

What the Zhang family didn't expect was that the next morning, shortly after dawn, there was a hurried knock on the door, interrupting Zhang Laoer and Xu Liyun's attempt to stay in bed and abruptly waking them up from their brief peace...

Zhang Laoer was the first to get up from the bed. His movements were lazy but agile as if he had just woken up in the morning. He put on his coarse cloth clothes that had been washed to a pale white and took firm steps towards the door, obviously intending to investigate the sounds that he could vaguely hear.

Xu Liyun carefully sorted the child's clothes under the dim oil lamp, carefully folding each thin piece of cloth neatly and then gently draping it over the child's young body.

Then, she followed Zhang Laoer's footsteps and stepped out of the threshold of the simple hut.

Outside the door, two thin figures stood out in the morning light. They were standing not far away, but seemed a little uneasy, their figures trembling slightly.

One of them suddenly raised his head, his eyes became hot the moment he met Xu Liyun, and he shouted almost hoarsely: "Sister, it's us! Your biological brother!"

The conversation was full of urgency and hope, but more of it was the strangeness and distance that came from not seeing each other for so many years.

Xu Liyun's footsteps froze unconsciously at this moment, as if time was paused at that moment.

In her mind, it seemed as if there were thousands of pounds of thoughts churning, and past memories flooded in like a tide, making it almost impossible for her to bear it.

Those fragments, about the barren land of Wuli Village and her arduous growth process, emerged before her eyes one by one.

Wuli Village is a remote place surrounded by mountains and with winding rivers. The living conditions there are much worse than those in Zhangjia Village.

Xu Liyun lost her mother when she was young, and her father was a hands-off boss who was indifferent to the family.

The arrival of her stepmother not only did not bring her warmth, but made her fate even worse. Two half-brothers were born one after another, and her status as a daughter in the family plummeted. She became a servant who took care of her brothers and did the housework.

After she came of age, the wheel of fate showed no mercy to her, as her stepmother attempted to sell her to a wealthy family as a concubine.

Fortunately, she accidentally fell into the water and was rescued by Zhang Laoer at the risk of his own life. In addition, many villagers happened to witness it that day, which made it difficult for the Xu family to deny it, and the terrible "marriage" arrangement did not come true.

But even so, the stepmother was still dissatisfied. She only accepted the two taels of silver that Zhang Laoer had saved up with great difficulty as a betrothal gift, but was reluctant to give any dowry.

In recent years, although the second wife has been living in poverty, the Xu family has even deprived their daughter of the right to return to her parents' home, for fear that they would have some ulterior motives.

At this moment, facing the "relatives" in front of her, Xu Liyun felt complicated and indescribable.

Her eyes gradually became cold and indifferent, even more distant than when she was treating a stranger.

"How did you find this place? Who told you?" Xu Liyun's voice was cold.

Hearing this, the eldest brother standing in front was obviously angry: "Xu Liyun, what do you mean by this? You and Zhang Laoer have been away from the village for many years, and you never come back to visit during the holidays. Now that my parents have finally heard the news of your return, they have tried their best to find out where you live, and sent us two brothers to sincerely invite you to come home for a reunion, but you say this, are you going to sever ties with us?"

He deliberately raised his voice in an attempt to attract the attention of the neighbors around him.

In that era, filial piety was regarded as the supreme virtue, and no matter what faults the parents had, children had to obey filial piety unconditionally.

Xu Guishan knew this very well and tried to use the stick of morality to restrain Xu Liyun. If he could attract other people's attention, even if Xu's parents were mean to Xu Liyun, others would only accuse her of being unfilial.

Using the pressure of public opinion to force the other party to surrender is a method that Xu Guishan has tried and tested. As long as he can catch some evidence against the other party, he will publicize it loudly and not give the other party a chance to defend himself. This can always arouse the resonance of a group of busybodies. In the past, he has relied on this trick to make many people suffer.

But things are different now, and this time, Xu Guishan’s plan failed.