"Cai Xia, who is here?" Mrs. Gu asked, placing the bowls and chopsticks on the dining table and turning around.
Niu Cai Xia was startled, "It seems... it seems Da Man is back!"
"That's perfect!" Old Man Yun emerged from the inner room, wiping the sweat from his face with a towel. "I was just about to ask him if Yun Gui Fang could make dry-fried lungs. Brother Sun has been wanting to eat this dish for the past couple of days..."
With the recent heat, working in the fields before sunrise was the coolest. However, by noon or two or three in the afternoon, the scorching sun would wilt the crops.
Little Xi Tian was teaching Xiao Jin Heng how to play Mahjong in the study. Hearing movement outside the main gate, the two little buns quickly ran out to watch the commotion...
A moment later, Yun Da Man led a middle-aged man into the courtyard.
Coincidentally, Old Man Sun had just finished feeding the cows and was walking out of the cowshed. The instant he saw the middle-aged man, Old Man Sun's face instantly darkened, and he angrily cursed, "Sun Man Cang, you still have the nerve to come back? Didn't you go to the capital to make a fortune? What are you back for?"
Little Xi Tian, standing nearby, exchanged a look with Xiao Jin Heng...
It seemed that this Sun Man Cang was the son Old Man Sun refused to even mention.
"Dad, wait until you judge me. I have something I want to confirm with you!" Sun Man Cang stepped forward, hands on his hips, looking down at Old Man Sun. "Dad, I ask you, did you give our house to someone else?"
On the way here, Sun Man Cang was almost bursting with anger...
Even if his father hated him, resented him, or disliked him, he shouldn't have given their house away for nothing.
Where in this world could one find such an irresponsible father?
Old Man Yun and Mrs. Gu also came out after hearing the commotion in the courtyard...
"That's right, I gave it away. What are you going to do about it?" Old Man Sun leaned on his cane, his chest held high. "Instead of leaving it to you, an unfilial son, I'd rather give it to the Yun family. Anyone they pick from their family is better than you, their own son..."
Hmph, when he wrote letters to Sun Man Cang before, he never replied.
He didn't even get to see his wife before she passed away.
Later, Old Man Sun missed his son and grandson so much that he took a carriage to the capital to visit relatives. Unexpectedly, he was kicked out by his son and daughter-in-law before he could even have a sip of tea...
For such a son, worse than an animal, who disowned his relatives, why would he leave the house to him?
Unless his head was swollen.
"Dad, are you crazy? Are you still asleep?" Sun Man Cang clenched his fists tightly and roared angrily, "Hand over the house deed and land deed immediately, or else, or else..."
"Or else what?" Old Man Yun couldn't listen anymore and stepped forward. "Are you going to hit your own father? I heard your father say that he originally wanted to leave the house in the county town to you, and he didn't want to rent it to our family. But later, your actions were too disheartening. Your parents raised you from infancy, and this is how you repay them?"
Old Man Yun's anger grew as he cursed, and he suddenly turned to glare at Yun Da Man, gritting his teeth. "If you dare to be like this beast in the future, I'll skin you alive!"
Yun Da Man: "..."
Dad, if you're going to scold him, scold him properly. Don't drag me into it, okay?
Sun Man Cang sneered, "What business is it of yours? I haven't even gone to the authorities to accuse you of giving my father some kind of potion. Hmph, don't think I don't know, that house in the county town could sell for at least one or two thousand taels of silver..."
"Your family just wants to get their hands on the house, so you brought my father here and treated him well, right? You scoundrels, you are a bunch of greedy villains. Just you wait, when I win the lawsuit, this house of yours won't even be enough to compensate!"
Everyone: "..."
No, has this person had too much to drink in broad daylight?
The person involved hasn't said anything, but he's making such a fuss...
"Uncle, please use your brain before you speak!" Little Xi Tian, with her hands behind her back, frowned. "Putting aside whether Uncle Sun gave the house in the county town to our family or not, even if he didn't, we spent money and signed an agreement to rent the house. You've come to our courtyard and are shouting, threatening lawsuits and demanding money for no reason. Do you have any right?"
Sun Man Cang: "..."
Who is this little girl?
When did it become a little girl's turn to interrupt when adults were talking?
"You have no right to speak here!" Sun Man Cang raised his eyebrows, his face turning red with anger. "Go play in the mud!"
It's really been years since he came home, and even the little village children dare to bare their teeth at him...
He thought these words would scare Little Xi Tian, but not only was she not afraid, she quickly stepped forward and walked straight towards Sun Man Cang.
Her sharp demeanor and imposing presence startled Sun Man Cang, causing him to retreat two steps timidly. "No, what, what are you doing?"
"What am I doing? Heh..." Little Xi Tian sneered, pointing to the ground with her small hand. "I am the Princess of Dongping, personally enfeoffed by His Majesty. You, a mere commoner, haven't knelt when you see a princess?"
As soon as she said this, Old Man Yun and Mrs. Gu looked at her with relief and pride...
Their little daughter's title of princess was earned by herself. Although the people of Dashui Village still called her Sweet Baby or Xi Tian, in front of Sun Man Cang, being a princess was enough to scare him to death.
"You, what did you say?" Sun Man Cang's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and cold sweat poured out. "Princess... Princess of Dongping?"
What a joke. If such a poor mountain village produced a princess, he would eat his own excrement.
Before Little Xi Tian could reply, Sun Man Cang covered his stomach and burst into laughter. "Oh my god, has your Yun family gone mad? You actually let your own daughter declare herself a princess and then dare to spread it everywhere? If you're not ashamed, I'm ashamed for you..."
This was probably the funniest joke he had heard all year.
Xiao Jin Heng shook his head helplessly and sighed softly, "Sun Man Cang, you're completely finished this time!"
Speaking disrespectfully and rudely to the princess, you truly have the courage of a leopard...
Seeing that Sun Man Cang dared to tell his sister to go play in the mud, Yun Da Man instantly became furious. He lunged forward, "You dog, you've gotten too much of my leniency. Today, I'll beat you until you can't find your teeth!"
"Slap, slap!"
The crisp sound of slaps suddenly rang out. Before Yun Da Man could even exert his full strength, Sun Man Cang was hit so hard that stars swam before his eyes. With a howl, he fell to the ground...