At this time, Old Man Han slowly opened his mouth. As he had not spoken seriously for a long time and smoked a lot, his voice changed a little, “The reunion festival is the same as the New Year’s Eve— the family wants to reunite. Go and call the Third Family over for dinner. Take the eggs and fry them into two plates, one for the man and one for the children.”
Old Lady Han immediately raised her eyebrows, “You’re blinded by lard, aren’t you? He doesn’t think of you as a father in his heart, so why do you still miss him? There are only this many eggs in the family and the chickens were taken away by her. And yet, you want to eat the eggs?”
The Fourth Aunt also complained.
The Eldest sister-in-law Han sneered, thinking that her father-in-law was ironic. He wanted the Third Family to send food over, but he wouldn’t blatantly say it outloud and just implied that he wanted them to have a family reunion. They were probably done eating, so to have them send their dishes over was nonsense. But if the old man phrased things that way, with Old Three’s character, would he be able to come home empty-handed? He would most definitely bring something along.
Did he think of Lin Lan as a fool that she would just blindly agree?
The Second Brother Han and his wife immediately said, “Let’s go and call the Third Family.”
The Fourth Aunt immediately shouted, “We can just call my Third Brother and don’t invite that shrew; I feel sick when I see her. Those little short-lived ghosts and little fools are not allowed to come either…”
Old Lady Han, “Just have Old Three come back; those outsiders who were separated need not be included.”
The Second Brother and his wife were about to take action, but Old Man Han said, “Let the youngest go— you should visit your sister-in-law and sort things out with her, plead her to not be calculative over your actions.”
Han Jinyu was anxious, “Father, have you gone mad?”
Old Man Han said angrily, “What are you saying?”
Old Lady Han said unhappily, “Why are you scaring my daughter like that? It’s not Jinyu’s fault. That shrew is famous in the whole village and not one person will say good things about her, but somehow, it’s my daughter’s fault for that?”
AlthoughOld Man Han was angry, he was reluctant to beat and scold his daughter. In the past few days, his daughter followed him to work and became so tired that she cried all day, complaining about her blistered hands. Although he told her to work, he eventually got soft-hearted and allowed her to rest up at home.
He waved his hand and let Old Two handle the task. The Second Brother and his wife immediately went their way happily.
However, he encountered someone outside the courtyard gates. As it was dark, he couldn’t see anything clearly, so he asked, “Who is it?”
The shadow said lightly, “Second Brother, it’s me.”
Standing here, he could clearly hear the old lady’s scolding voice coming from the house.
Second Brother Han was a little embarrassed, “You came just in time, Old Three, we were just about to invite you to dinner.”
Han Qingsong, “I won’t be doing that, so as not to make my parents angry,” He stuffed the bowl to his Second Brother, “Lin Lan had me bring this here.”
The Second sister-in-law hurriedly said, “I’m going to call Dawang’s mother and the children to eat,” In fact, she wanted to go to the Third Family’s house for a meal.
Han Qingsong’s voice was flat, “No need, they…” He turned and left before he finished speaking.