Chapter 231 Can't I just politely refuse   "No need." Tang Xi shook her head, "There's nothing missing on the farm, especially food."   She looked at Tang Yong and said, "Since my uncle and cousin are back, why don't you come with me to the farm and sit for a while?"   "This..."   Tang Yong hesitated, "You know. Your aunt's temper, we'd better not go, let your father bring Xiao to your uncle's place to sit for a while."   Tang Xi smiled, "Aunt is waiting for the land deed, she probably won't be back for a while."   Wan said, "I've prepared lunch."   "Why don't we go after lunch?" Tang Zhiyuan suggested.   "Let's go to the farm to eat." Tang Xi smiled and said, "We have an aunt there, she's a good cook."   Wan blinked at Tang Zhiyuan, signaling him to agree.   It would be fine if Tang Xi was alone, but City Lord Xie was still here, how could he let the lord of a city drink rice soup with dried vegetables?   She had already felt guilty when she suggested that Tang Xi and the others stay for lunch.   Yang was the one who made the decisions at home. She had the final say on how much rice to cook and how much oil and salt to put in cooking. As a daughter-in-law, she could not resist, otherwise, she and her daughter would have nothing to eat.   Tang Zhiyuan sighed helplessly and nodded, "Okay, after hearing what Axi said, I also want to try the cooking skills of that aunt."   Tang Xi chuckled, "In that case, let's go now."   "Girl, why are you in such a hurry?" Tang Yong stood up and said, "Uncle Rong will go change into clean clothes."   "Yes, yes!" Tang Zhiyuan put his daughter down, "We just came back from the river, and our clothes are still wet. Let's change clothes first."   Tang Xi smiled and nodded.   She glanced at Xie Cheng who was sitting silently beside her, and felt a little guilty, "When does the city lord want to return to the city?"   Xie Cheng said in a calm voice, "I'll send you back to the manor and leave."   "How about going to the manor together, having a meal and then returning to the city?" Tang Xi suggested.   "Okay." Xie Cheng agreed without any hesitation, as if he had been waiting for her to say this for a long time.   Tang Xi: ...   Can't you just decline politely?   After Tang Yong and Tang Zhiyuan changed their clothes, the group walked towards the intersection.   It is said that the villagers from each village have returned to their respective villages, saying that they have to line up at the village chief's house to get the land deeds, so at this time, there are basically no people on the road.   Tang Yong and Tang Zhiyuan originally thought that they had to walk there, but when they saw the two carriages parked at the entrance of the village, they were stunned .   "Master, Miss Tang."   Kong Yue and Mo Yi came forward at the same time to greet them.   Tang Xi smiled at them, and Xie Cheng nodded lightly.   "It's a carriage!" Tang Zhaodi stared at the carriage, surprised and excited.   Tang Xi smiled, "Let's take the carriage."   "Or, let's walk, it's not a long way."   Tang Yong seemed a little restrained because he had never ridden in a carriage in his life.   Tang Xi smiled and said, "I bought this. It's my own carriage. Don't be afraid, uncle."   "You bought it?" Tang Yong was surprised. "Even our Ah Xi can buy a carriage."   Tang Xi urged them, "Hurry up and get on!"   "Hey!"   Tang Yong responded, and then he climbed onto the carriage carefully.   Tang Zhiyuan put Tang Zhaodi on, and asked Wan to get on first, and he got on last.   The carriage that Tang Xi bought was not spacious, and could only accommodate four people at most. Therefore, after Tang Yong and his companions got on, the carriage was almost full.   Wan asked Tang Zhaodi to sit on her lap, and then the whole family looked at Tang Xi at the same time, as if waiting for her to get on.   (End of this chapter)

 Chapter 232 I thought you forgot me   "Axi, aren't you coming up?" Wan looked at her in confusion.   Tang Xi glanced at Xie Cheng, but saw that he was staring at her straight, and he didn't say anything, just staring at her.   "Uh... City Lord, I'll go up first?"   "Oh."   He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he actually heard a hint of grievance from this "oh".   After Tang Xi got on the carriage, he looked at him and said, "City Lord, you should get on the carriage too, and we'll meet at the farm."   "Yeah."   Seeing that he agreed, Tang Xi smiled at him, then lowered the curtain and motioned Kong Yue to go first.   "Master, are you going back to the city?" Mo Yi asked.   After Xie Cheng entered the carriage, he said in a light voice, "Go to Miss Tang's farm."   "Yes!"   Mo Yi responded, and drove the carriage to catch up with Kong Yue.   "Sister Xiaoguo, there is a carriage!"   Two carriages drove into the farm one after the other. Tang Xiao, who was washing radishes in the yard with Su Xiaoguo, stood up and pointed to the carriage road.   Su Xiaoguo looked over and saw the carriage stopped in the yard. Because Kong Yue's carriage was in front, it blocked Mo Yi behind the carriage, so she only saw Kong Yue, and she didn't know Kong Yue.   She put down the radish in her hand and planned to ask, but she saw the curtain was opened and Tang Xi's smiling face was revealed.   "Sister!"   Tang Xiao's eyes lit up, and he dropped the radish and ran over happily.   "Uncle Xiao!"   Tang Zhaodi also stuck her head out when she heard Tang Xiao's voice.   "Zhaodi, why are you here?"   Tang Xi looked at him with a smile and said, "Not only Zhaodi is here."   She got off the carriage, picked Zhaodi up, and others also got off the carriage.   "Uncle, cousin, cousin's wife!" Tang Xiao looked at them happily and shouted.   Tang Zheng, who was watering Tang Xi's tranquilizing grass in the shed, hurried out to see when he heard Tang Xiao's shouting.   "Brother, Zhiyuan." Tang Zheng strode forward and looked at the others with an excited expression.   "From your appearance, you seem to be doing well." Tang Yong said with a smile: "Ah Xiao is the same. He was dark and thin a few months ago, but now he has gained weight."   "This is all thanks to Ah Xi." Tang Zheng glanced at Tang Xi, and then smiled at Tang Yong and the others: "It's cold outside, let's not talk about it for now, let's go back to the house first."   With that, he led the group of people away.   "Lord Mo Yi." Su Xiaoguo bowed slightly to Mo Yi, looking at the carriage with a puzzled look.   Tang Xi turned around, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Does the city lord still not want to get off the carriage?" As   soon as she finished speaking, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Xie Cheng's expressionless handsome face was revealed.   Su Xiaoguo was stunned, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Meet the City Lord!"   "Yes."   Xie Cheng replied lightly, then got off the carriage and looked at Tang Xi and said, "I thought you forgot me."   "How could it be?" Tang Xi's eyes widened, "I can forget anyone but you, the City Lord."   "Really?"   "Really!" Tang Xi nodded repeatedly.   Xie Cheng's lips curled slightly when he heard it, and he lowered his eyes, staring at her with a smile on his face without saying a word.   Being stared at so bluntly by him, Tang Xi felt her face getting slightly hot. She looked away, coughed lightly and said, "Well, let's go in too."   "I don't want to go in for the time being." Xie Cheng said in a gentle tone, "Would you accompany me to the Pear Garden for a walk?"   The Pear Garden was not far from here. Tang Xi hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.   She turned around and smiled at Su Xiaoguo, "Sister Xiaoguo, please tell my dad that I have something to do and will be back soon."   Su Xiaoguo looked at her, then at Xie Cheng, and seemed to see something. She smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay."   (End of this chapter)

  Chapter 233 I Have Other Thoughts About You   Watching the two people walking away side by side, Mo Yi and Kong Yue wisely did not follow.   The pears in the pear orchard are ripe, and many have fallen to the ground. The cold wind blows, and the fragrance of the pears permeates the air with a chill, giving off a sweet and sticky feeling.   Tang Xi looked up at the pear tree near the door. There are almost no pears left, so they must have been picked.   "Want to eat?" Xie Cheng asked.   Tang Xi shook her head, "No."   The paths around were quiet, and no one else was seen on the paths except the two of them.   The two walked slowly, but no one spoke again.   After about a quarter of an hour, Tang Xi raised her eyes and looked at Xie Cheng with hesitation.   "What do you want to say?" Xie Cheng stopped, stood opposite her, lowered his eyes and looked at her and asked in a low voice.   Tang Xi said, "City Lord, are you in a bad mood?"   "Why do you feel that way?" Xie Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly.   Tang Xi straightened her hair that was messed up by the wind, raised her head slightly and looked at him and said, "Because you haven't been talking."   "No." As if afraid that she would not understand, he hurriedly said, "I'm not in a bad mood."   On the contrary, he was in a very good mood.   Tang Xi breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good!"   Xie Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly, "Are you afraid that I'm in a bad mood?"   Tang Xi was stunned.   Yes, why would she be afraid that Xie Cheng would be in a bad mood? What does Xie Cheng's mood have to do with her? Why should she care?   As if she thought of something, she suddenly took two steps back, her expression a little flustered.   Since when did she have such thoughts about Xie Cheng?   "What's wrong?" Xie Cheng looked at her suspiciously.   Tang Xi laughed dryly and said, "Because... because we are friends!"   "Just friends?" Xie Cheng took two steps towards her and closed the distance again.   She lowered her eyes in panic and said guiltily, "What do you mean by that, Lord?"   "You..." Xie Cheng stared at her and said hesitantly, "Don't you have other thoughts about me?"   Tang Xi looked up suddenly, and their eyes met. She saw a hint of expectation and... fear in Xie Cheng's eyes?   She was not sure, and even thought that she might have thought too much. How could Xie Cheng be afraid?   "Lord, you are joking," she calmed down and said lightly, "When you ask me that, I think you have other thoughts about me."   "I do."   "Ah?" Tang Xi was stunned.   "I do!" Xie Cheng held her slender little hand, stared at her and said, "I have other thoughts about you."   What did Xie Cheng say? He said he had other thoughts about her. Was it the same as her thoughts about him?   "You..."   Tang Xi wanted to take her hand back, but he held it three times tighter.   "You don't need to answer me now." Xie Cheng said calmly: "I just want to express my feelings. You... can think about it. I'm not in a hurry."   "Puchi——"   Tang Xi, who was a little nervous at first, couldn't help laughing when he saw the city lord who seemed calm but was actually nervous.   "What are you laughing at?" Xie Cheng frowned.   Tang Xi coughed lightly, tried to suppress his smile, and then looked at him and said: "Are you serious about having other thoughts about me?"   Perhaps, in this strange world, choosing an acquaintance to spend the rest of your life with shouldn't be a bad choice, right? What's more, the person in front of him is such an excellent person.   Xie Cheng smiled when he heard it, and his eyes locked on her and said: "I never let my heart lie, nor will I take back the feelings I have given. Miss Tang, you can do it."   Tang Xi smiled secretly, and realized that Xie Cheng was still looking at her, and hurriedly pretended to be calm and said: "I... I'm not laughing at you, I just feel... feel..."   "Feel what?" Xie Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly.   "Happy!" After Tang Xi said this, he couldn't help laughing again.   Seeing her laugh, Xie Cheng also laughed.   The two of them just smiled at each other foolishly.   "The city lord looks so good when he smiles, remember to smile more often in the future."   Tang Xi said, and then shook her head, "No, you should smile at me more often, not at other girls."   Xie Cheng gently scratched her nose and smiled, "As you wish."   (End of this chapter)

  Chapter 234 Holding a Revenge   "City Lord Xie, you have to think it over carefully," Tang Xi looked at him and smiled, "I may be a little overbearing in feelings. There are many girls in this world who are better and cuter than me. If you follow me, you can't like other girls."   Xie Cheng disagreed, "So if they are better and cuter than you? The only one who has won the heart of this city lord is you, Axi."   Tang Xi lowered her eyes and smiled, raised her eyes to glance at him, but saw that he was looking at her with a frown and a faint smile.   "But then again... City Lord Xie, how could you like someone like me?" Tang Xi took advantage of the situation and said, "Princess Hanrong is beautiful, Boss Lin is charming, and Miss Wang is very pretty. I'm just a little girl who hasn't grown up yet. What do you like about me?"   Xie Cheng pretended to be thoughtful and said, "Maybe... I have a unique taste?"   Tang Xi's smile faded, "What do you mean?"   Xie Cheng chuckled, "I mean, you're so beautiful before you grow up, maybe you'll look even better when you grow up."   "That's not necessarily true." Tang Xi said with a smile, "Maybe when I grow up, I'll be like Princess Honglian?"   Xie Cheng had a headache. Why did the little girl hold a grudge so much? He just said it casually to Lu Huai at that time, and she still remembers it until now.   He was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "Sister, I'm hungry."   Tang Xi tried to suppress her laughter, stood on tiptoe, reached out and touched his forehead, pretending to be suspicious and said, "You don't have a fever, why are you stupid?"   Xie Cheng: ...   "Haha——"   Seeing his frustrated expression, Tang Xi couldn't help but burst into laughter, and choked herself at the end of her laughter.   Xie Cheng patted her back helplessly until she recovered, and then let go, "Is this called happiness turning into sorrow?"   Tang Xi snorted and didn't admit it.   "This is for you."   Xie Cheng took off a snow-shaped jade pendant from his waist and tied it around her waist.   "What is this?" Tang Xi was curious.   "This is the jade pendant that my grandmother gave to my mother. It is also a jade pendant passed down from generation to generation by the wives of the Xie family. I give it to you. After you reach the age of 15, I will marry you. By then, you will be the real Mrs. Xie."   Tang Xi took off the jade pendant, raised her eyebrows and looked at him and said, "Aren't you afraid of changes?"   "There won't be any changes." He wouldn't let such changes happen.   "One more thing." He looked at her and said, "Call me Acheng from now on, and don't call me the city lord."   "Is the city lord not good?" Tang Xi smiled, "I think the city lord is very good."   "Forget it, whatever you say.   " Tang Xi chuckled, "Acheng."   Xie Cheng raised his eyebrows, "Huh? What did you call just now?"   "Acheng."   "What? I didn't hear clearly."   "Acheng!"   "Call you again."   Tang Xi:...   He held her hand again and whispered, "I don't have anything to show for myself, only the position of the city lord's wife. Do you want it?"   Tang Xi raised the hand holding the jade pendant, shook it with a smile and said, "Isn't this all I have?"   Xie Cheng rubbed her little head lightly and said, "Remember to keep the position of the city lord's wife!"   Tang Xi chuckled a few times and changed the subject, "Aren't you hungry? Let's go back."   When the two returned to the manor, Nanny Qin happened to walk out of the lobby.   "Xiaoxi, City Lord! You are finally back," Nanny Qin said with a smile, "I was just about to ask Xiaoguo to call you back."   Xie Cheng nodded slightly, "Nanny Qin."   "Aunt Qin." Tang Xi asked curiously, "Where are my father and the others?"   "In the house, the food is ready, waiting for you, go quickly."   "You guys can eat together." Tang Xi said.   "No need." Nanny Qin said with a smile, "I warmed up some wine in the kitchen, and I will have a drink with Lord Moyi and Miss Kongyue later."   Tang Xi nodded, "Okay then, you guys can go and eat too!"   Nanny Qin nodded, but her puzzled eyes seemed to wander over the two of them.   She always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the City Lord today, and he was a little gentler than usual.   (End of this chapter)

 Chapter 235 Floating   "City Lord!"   As soon as the two entered the room, everyone at the table stood up.   Tang Zheng said awkwardly: "I saw my relatives today, and I neglected the City Lord because I was happy for a while. Please forgive me!"   He also heard Tang Yong and others mention it, and then he knew that Xie Cheng was also here. When he went back to invite people, he was told that the City Lord and his daughter had gone out for something.   "No problem." He motioned for everyone to take a seat and said in a light voice: "We are a family, no need to be polite."   "A family?"   Everyone in the Tang family was stunned at the same time, looking at him in confusion.   Tang Xi pinched his waist lightly and smiled, "City Lord Xie and I are friends, my family is the City Lord's family, that's what he meant."   Xie Cheng slightly curled his lips, nodded seriously and said: "Miss Tang is right."   "I see!" Tang Zheng said with a smile: "City Lord Xie, please take a seat."   Xie Cheng nodded slightly and took a seat with Tang Xi and the others.   "Speaking of which, we have been bothering City Lord Xie since we came to Hanshui City, and I haven't thanked him properly yet."   Tang Zheng finished speaking, poured two glasses of fruit wine, and said to Xie Cheng: "This glass is to thank the City Lord for taking care of my father, daughter and me."   Xie Cheng picked up another glass and said in a calm voice: "Uncle, you don't have to be polite. These are what I should do."   Tang Xi looked at the other members of the Tang family and smiled guiltily.   At first, the others were a little reserved, but seeing that Xie Cheng was quite friendly, they gradually relaxed.   Tang Zhaodi and Tang Xiao didn't understand what the adults were talking about, they only knew that the food was delicious, especially Tang Zhaodi, who saw so many delicious foods and just wanted to eat more.   Tang Xiao picked up a spring roll for her and said, "Zhao Di, have this. This is the spring roll made by Aunt Qin. It's crispy and delicious."   "Thank you, Uncle Xiao!" Tang Zhao Di smiled and said, "Uncle Xiao, can you eat so many delicious foods every day?"   "Yes!" Tang Xiao nodded, "Let me tell you, the stewed pork elbow in the Xie Mansion is delicious. Aunt Qin can also make it. Although it's not as delicious as the one in the Xie Mansion, it's also delicious. Otherwise, you live here, and I'll ask Aunt Qin to make it for you tomorrow."   Xie Cheng paused for a moment while picking up the food, looked at the two children and said, "Do you want to eat the stewed pork elbow in the Xie Mansion?"   "Yes!" Tang Xiao nodded.   Tang Zhao Di, who had never eaten it before, saw Tang Xiao nod, and nodded as well.   Xie Cheng curled his lips slightly, "In two days, let your sister and aunt take you to Xie's house, and I will have someone cook for you."   Tang Xi secretly rolled his eyes at him, but Tang Xiao said happily, "Okay!"   Xie Cheng smiled faintly, picked up the public chopsticks and picked up two chopsticks of minced meat and sour bamboo shoots for each of them, "Eat more."   Tang Xiao: "Thank you, brother, the city lord!"   Tang Zhaodi: "Thank you, uncle, the city lord!"   "Be good." After Xie Cheng said this, he picked up his chopsticks and picked up a chopstick for Tang Xi as well, "Is your hand too short to reach it? Why don't you just look at it and not pick it up?"   Tang Xi: ...   This dish is right in front of her, is her hand so short? Is this guy floating?   Wan and Tang Zhiyuan looked at each other, and they smiled at the two of them tacitly.   Tang Zheng looked at the two of them with suspicion, always feeling that something seemed wrong, but he couldn't see what was wrong.   Because he knew in his heart that City Lord Xie seemed to have always treated his daughter well.   After lunch, Tang Yong and the others sat for a while and said they were going back.   Tang Xi asked them to stay and go back after dinner, but they refused.   There was nothing she could do but ask Nanny Qin to give them some things to take home.   (End of this chapter)

  Chapter 236: Big Changes in the Tang Family (1)   Tang Xi suggested that Tang Zhaodi stay for a few days. Wan Shi originally disagreed, but seeing her daughter's reluctance to leave, she had to agree.   Tang Xi did not expect that the gift she gave would cause a big stir in Tang Yong's family.   When Yang Shi and Tang Shufang returned home, they saw that the rice in the pot was ready, the vegetables were cooked, and there were a few fish in the wooden barrel in the kitchen, but there was no one in the house.   The two of them took the food to the yard and had just taken a few bites when Tang Shujuan came with her son Dong Xi.   Yang Shi asked Tang Shufang to prepare two more sets of bowls and chopsticks. Tang Shufang rolled her eyes at Tang Shujuan and her daughter and said coldly: "If you want to eat, go get a bowl yourself. You are not missing arms and legs, and you want me to serve them."   Tang Shufang hated this sister who came to cry and complain from time to time and asked for free food and drink.   The relationship between the two was not very good to begin with. Before Tang Shujuan got married, they would fight every few days. Of course, she never beat Tang Shujuan.   Yang put down the bowl in her hand and angrily scolded: "Just go when I told you to go. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"   "Mom, I'd better go. My little sister has been disliking me for a long time."   Tang Shujuan said, glared at Tang Shufang, asked her son to sit first, and she went into the kitchen to get the bowl.   Tang Shufang felt wronged and cried, "Mother, you always take her side and give her everything. As soon as she comes, you cry and give her the money your father and brother give you. You wish you could give her all the family savings. I'm already thirteen, and I'll be fourteen in two months, and I don't even have a decent dowry. You might as well go with her to the Dong family."   "Shut up!" Yang slapped her chest in anger, "What kind of life is your sister living in the Dong family? Do I need clothes or food for you when you are at home? The Dong family has more income than expenses. You let those two deadbeats pay for clothes for your sister? Can you bear to see your sister not having enough food to eat or clothes to wear?"   "Isn't that her own choice?" Tang Shufang said sarcastically, "I've told you that Dong Yi is useless and a coward. She listened to her parents in everything, but she wouldn't listen and insisted on getting married. Now she's not living well, who do you blame? Me?"   Yang was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped her. Tang Shufang was stunned, looking at her in disbelief, tears falling, "Mom, you hit me?"   "Do you have a conscience?" Yang slapped the table and said, "She is your sister, not someone else. Who are you laughing at with that gloating face of yours?"   Tang Shufang glared resentfully at Tang Shujuan who was walking slowly out of the kitchen, and cried, "One day, you will regret your favoritism."   As she said that, she didn't even eat, got up and ran back to the house.   Dong Xi was frightened and burst into tears. Tang Shujuan put down her bowl and chopsticks, hugged her son, shook her head and sighed: "Little sister is really so ignorant, she is already thirteen years old and still so ignorant. She always knows how to get angry with mother. If she gets married in the future, who can stand her temper?"   "Okay," Yang rubbed her forehead with a headache, "Hurry up and finish eating and go back."   Tang Shujuan said, "Mom, I came here today to tell you something."   "What is it?" Yang frowned and asked.   Tang Shujuan said, "I heard from Xier's grandmother that she saw father, brother and sister-in-law at the entrance of the village today, following the city lord and a girl in a carriage. What is going on?"   Yang glared, "Are you telling the truth?"   "I heard from Xier's grandmother. Mother knows that the old woman is a nagging woman. I heard her mention it to Xier's grandfather when I was lying in the room. How could it be false?"   (End of this chapter)

 Chapter 237: Big Changes in the Tang Family (2)   "Great!" Yang sneered, "No wonder the food was ready but no one showed up. It seems they left us, mother and daughter, and went to follow that little bitch to enjoy a feast."   "Little bitch?" Tang Shujuan was puzzled, "Who are you talking about, mother?"   "Who else could it be?" Yang snorted coldly, "I don't know what kind of seductive tricks Tang Xi used to get close to the mayor of Hanshui City. Now, she lives a very comfortable life."   "What?" Tang Shujuan seemed to have heard a funny joke, "Given Tang Xi's beauty, mother, you are not joking, are you?"   "What are you joking about?" Yang said angrily, "You don't know, that girl now looks like a foxy girl."   "Is it true?" Tang Shujuan didn't quite believe it, "Mother, you didn't recognize the wrong person, did you?"   "I can admit my fault, but can Liu? What's more, it was that bitch who admitted it herself. Besides, if it weren't for her, would your father and your brother be able to ride in that carriage?"   Tang Shujuan's eyes lit up, "So, your cousin really married a nobleman?"   "You must have bullied that girl a lot in the past, right?" Yang said, "I remember that one time you kicked someone into a mud pit and the person almost died. It was your brother who passed by and rescued the person. At that time, that bitch Mo almost beat you to death. Don't even think about getting the attention of that girl. She's very powerful now."   "How long ago was that?" Tang Shujuan disagreed, "She was only five years old at that time, how could she remember it?"   Yang said unhappily, "If you don't believe me, just go ahead. Don't blame me for not reminding you when something happens."   She also wanted to hit Tang Xi, but she knew in her heart that Tang Xi hated her. Fortunately, she still had her son and daughter-in-law. With them around, she didn't need to show up. Tang Xi would obediently deliver the things to her door.   "Okay, let's eat." Yang said, "I hope your father and your brother can have a conscience and don't forget us when they eat delicious food." Yang   was muttering when a carriage suddenly stopped outside the door. Tang Yong, Tang Zhiyuan and Wan got off the carriage respectively, carrying a lot of things in their hands.   After Kong Yue sent the people away, he turned around and left.   Yang dropped the chopsticks in her hand, looked at the three people who came in, and said sarcastically: "Is the food that the nobleman eats better than ours?"   Tang Yong didn't say anything. Tang Zhiyuan sighed lightly and came forward with something. Before he put it down, it was snatched away by Tang Shujuan.   "Oh, such a big piece of pork leg!" Tang Shujuan smiled and said, "It's just right. Xi'er's father has not been in good health recently. Such a big piece of meat is enough for him to replenish his body."   Wan frowned, but didn't say anything.   Tang Zhiyuan said, "This is what Ah Xi gave to your sister-in-law to nourish her body."   "For your sister-in-law?" Tang Shujuan glanced at Wan and said contemptuously, "She is just an old hen that can't lay eggs. What's the point of nourishing her? She can't give birth to a son even if she nourishes her."   "Shujuan." Tang Zhiyuan frowned, "Listen to what you are saying?"   "Am I wrong?" Tang Shujuan sneered, "It's been five years, and there's no movement in your belly. If you can give birth, you should have given birth earlier. Why wait until now?"   Tang Yong, who had been silent, suddenly shouted, "Put down the things, and go back with your son."   "Dad!"   Tang Shujuan looked at Tang Yong in disbelief. No matter how old she was, Tang Yong had never spoken to her so loudly.   (End of this chapter)

 Chapter 238: Big Changes in the Tang Family (3)   Tang Yong pointed outside the door and said, "Go back right now."   "Mom, look how daddy is being mean to me because of this bitch." Tang Shujuan looked at Yang with tears in her eyes.   "Okay, Tang Yong!" Yang sneered, "What's wrong with my daughter scolding that bitch? Is Juan'er wrong? She has been married for so many years, and her belly has been quiet since she gave birth to that money-losing Tang Zhaodi. Can't she scold her?"   Tang Yong said coldly, "The eldest sister-   in-law is like a mother. No matter how bad her sister-in-law is, she is still her elder. What's her attitude?" "I'm not dead yet, and it's not her turn, Mrs. Wan, to be the head of the family." Yang sneered, "Why? You're so proud of yourself after coming back from a trip?"   Tang Yong patted his chest and said, "I was wrong. I didn't teach my daughter well. You have such a bad temper. None of you is good."   "What's wrong with my temper?" Yang was dissatisfied, "I was brought into the family by your mother. What? Do you regret it now? Then you can live on your own."   "Mom!" Tang Zhiyuan smiled bitterly, "How can you say such things? For so many years, I have respected you as my mother, and I tolerated your scolding of my wife and daughter, but what about Shujuan? She is a sister-in-law, how can she say that about her sister-in-law? Where does she put me, her brother?"   "Brother is right." Tang Shufang opened the door and ran out. "She married into the Dong family, but she spent our Tang family's money and ate our Tang family's rice. The money was earned by brother and father. Why should we give her a married daughter?"   Tang Shujuan glared at her and said, "Little sister, you don't stand by mother and me, but you stand by an outsider."   "Outsider?" Tang Shufang sneered, "Only you and your son are outsiders here."   Tang Shujuan choked and said, "Mom, listen to what little sister said."   "You only know how to please mother, what else can you do? Before my sister-in-law got married, I did all the housework by myself. After I finished, you said it was you who did it when mother came back, so that mother could buy you good things. I'm a lazy guy and I can't do anything."   Tang Shufang seemed to have endured it for a long time. Today she was ready to speak out. "You, Tang Shujuan, are the most hardworking. You are the most capable of fetching water, washing clothes and cooking. You stole eggs and said they were mine. I got beaten by mother for nothing. What can you do? You are the best at stirring up trouble."   "How good do you think you are?" Tang Shujuan sneered, "After Wan got married, you were repeating what I did. We two sisters are equally good, who can say who is   right?" "Didn't I learn from you?" Tang Shufang sneered, "Didn't mother say that you are a good role model and let me, your younger sister, learn from you? Am I not following your example?"   "Shut up!" Yang was so angry that her chest ached, "What's the point of you exposing each other's shortcomings for an outsider?"   She looked at Tang Shujuan and said, "Take the pork leg and take Ah Xi back."   Tang Shujuan was delighted. She picked up the pork leg and pulled her son to leave.   "I said, you are not allowed to take anything except her son." Tang Yong said solemnly, "If she dares to take anything out of the Tang family today, I will break her legs."   Yang stood in front of Tang Shujuan and said provocatively, "I will let her take it away today. If you have the guts, break my legs."   Tang Zhiyuan said, "Mom, other things are fine, but this is what Axi gave to Xiaolian. Shujuan can't take it away."   "Zhiyuan, even you dare to challenge mom, right?" Yang narrowed her eyes, "You all become tough after going out, right? Did that bitch Tang Xi ask you to come back to piss me off to death?"   (End of this chapter)

 Chapter 239: Big Changes in the Tang Family (4)   "Don't blame everything on Ah Xi." Tang Zhiyuan said, "Mother, have you ever thought that it's your own fault?"   "What fault can I have, huh?" Yang sneered, "You were never disobedient in the past, how come you became like this after going out with that damn girl Tang Xi? Was it her instigation?"   "Shut up!" Tang Yong was so angry that his heart ached. Why did he listen to his mother in the past and marry such a wicked woman? He should have been tougher in the beginning and didn't care about the parents' orders or the matchmaker's words.   After marrying her, he accepted it for so many years. However, this Yang is getting more and more evil as she gets older. The daughters she raises are more and more wicked. If she continues to indulge her like this, won't Tang Shujuan and Tang Shufang become the second or third Yang in the future?   "If you don't want to live with me, fine. From now on, I will live with Zhiyuan, and you will live with Shujuan and Shufang. I won't care about you two. You can do whatever you want."   "Oh?" Yang sneered, "Why, you want to abandon us mother and daughter after you hook up with that little girl Tangxi? You wish, I tell you, Tang Yong, you wish!"   "Since you are afraid of being abandoned by us, then you should be more sensible." Tang Yong said, "Don't forget, who will support you in the future? Will it be Shujuan? Or Shufang? The ones who support you are your son and daughter-in-law who you look down on."   Yang looked at Tang Shujuan, but saw that she was holding her son and carrying the meat without saying a word. She looked at Tang Shufang again, but saw that she was looking at her coldly.   "Okay, okay!" Yang smiled and nodded, "You two are all fine!"   "Mother..."   Tang Shujuan wanted to say something, but Yang waved her hand, "Go back."   "Then this meat..."   She just wanted to keep the meat in her hand. She hadn't seen anything else, but in the current situation, it was already very good for her to take this big piece of meat.   Yang said calmly, "Ask your brother."   Tang Zhiyuan didn't say anything, but took the meat back and said calmly, "Shujuan, you're already married, don't go back to your parents' home every other day. If there's extra, your family won't forget you. There are a few fish in the kitchen. If you want, you can take two, but this is not from our Tang family. This is what Axi gave to your sister-in-law. This is your sister-in-law's stuff. Since you think your sister-in-law is an outsider, you'd better not take this outsider's stuff."   "Mom, I want to eat meat!"   Dong Xi looked at the pork leg and couldn't help swallowing.   Tang Shujuan looked at Tang Zhiyuan and softened her tone and said, "Brother, I shouldn't have scolded my sister-in-law on impulse, but Xier hasn't eaten meat for a long time. Can you cut some for me to take back?"   "No."   If she had been a little better, he wouldn't have been so cruel as a brother.   "Brother, how could you do this?" Tang Shujuan frowned, "It's ok if you don't pity me, but Xier is still so young, can you bear it?"   "What a joke." Tang Shufang sneered, "Are all the people in the Dong family dead? They can't even support a son or grandson. A piece of meat is only a dozen cents. The money that sister took from mother is enough for my little nephew to eat meat for two or three years."   "Why don't you leave quickly?" Tang Yong scolded.   It was the first time that Tang Shujuan saw Tang Yong lose his temper. She was a little afraid. She hurriedly picked up her son and went out crying.   Yang glared at Wan who didn't say a word. She didn't even eat lunch. She threw down her chopsticks and went back to the room and closed the door.   As soon as Yang left, Tang Shufang smiled at Wan ingratiatingly, "Sister-in-law, did Tang Xi give you that cloak?"   (End of this chapter)

  Chapter 240 I start to miss you now.   Mrs. Wan said in a calm voice: "What are you talking about, aunt? Why should I ask Axi for a cloak for nothing?"   "Didn't I tell you to ask her?" Tang Shufang frowned, "Did you forget to say it?"   "Aunt, I said, if you want it, go and get it from Axi. If she is willing to give it to you, she will give it to you. If she is not willing, there is nothing I can do."   "If I can get it, would it be your turn to ask?" Tang Shufang said unhappily, "Useless thing."   Tang Zhiyuan frowned, "Apologize to your sister-in-law."   "Why?" Tang Shufang sneered, "She clearly promised me and mother, but she didn't do it. Shouldn't she apologize to me?"   "Aunt, you should check your conscience when you say this." Mrs. Wan said, "I don't remember promising you at that time."   Tang Shufang argued, "Didn't you refuse? Doesn't not refusing mean you agree?"   Mrs. Wan said in a calm voice, "That's what you think, aunt. I didn't agree."   "You go back to your room too."   Tang Shufang wanted to speak again, but when she saw Tang Yong's gloomy expression, her heart trembled, she glared at Wan, and then turned back to her room.   Tang Zhiyuan shook his head helplessly. He looked at Tang Yong and said, "Dad, if mother and younger sister really can't accept Xiaolian, I would rather separate the family."   "What nonsense?" Tang Yong frowned, "You are the only son in the family, who do you want to separate from?"   "But... it has been six years, and they still don't treat Xiaolian and Zhaodi well, and even get worse. Dad, I feel bad." Tang Zhiyuan said, his eyes were red.   He was caught in the middle, with his wife and daughter on one side and his mother and sister on the other. Who should he side with?   If he spoke for his wife and daughter, his mother scolded him for being disobedient and unfilial. If he spoke for his mother and sister, he felt sorry for his wife and daughter. If he remained silent, he felt useless. What could he do? What should he do?   "Don't worry, Dad will be the head of this family from now on." Tang Yong said in a deep voice: "Dad indulged them too much in the past. From now on, if they dare to make trouble again, Dad will live with you and let them live on their own."   His voice was neither loud nor soft, and the two people in the room just heard it. Tang Shufang snorted coldly, and Yang secretly gritted her teeth and wanted to scold back, but she was afraid that Tang Yong would lose his temper, so she could only keep it to herself.   This place is not like Luobian Town. She and Tang Yong had a falling out, and there were brothers and sisters from her mother's side to support her, but now, no one knew where they had gone. She guessed that nine out of ten had met with an accident.   No one would indulge her now. If she had a falling out with Tang Zhiyuan and Tang Yong, she would be truly desperate.   Tang Yong took a puff of dry tobacco and continued: "Today, you should keep the things that Ah Xi gave you. If you want to eat, eat them by yourself. Those who are not sure about their mouths should not eat them. If they dare to rush to eat, we will separate the kitchens and cook for ourselves in the future."   ————   Two flowers bloom, each showing its own branch.   Tang Xi had just seen off Tang Yong and the other two and was about to send Xie Cheng away.   Unexpectedly, when she reached the gate of the manor, she was suddenly hugged. "If you don't want to leave, can't you let me have dinner?"   "What are you doing?" Tang Xi almost subconsciously pushed him away and glanced at Mo Yi, her face slightly hot.   Mo Yi stared at the scene in front of him with his eyes wide open, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.   Are they... talking about it? The master is really quick to act!   Thinking of this, Mo Yi turned his back wisely and pretended to be a little deaf and blind.   Xie Cheng took her hand and played with it, saying, "When will you go into the city again?"   "Soon!" Tang Xi wanted to take her hand back, but after trying twice without success, she had to give up.   "When is soon?" Xie Cheng said seriously, "I feel like I'm starting to miss you now."   "You...you let me go first."   This was also her first time to fall in love, and she would not be able to resist his enthusiasm.   Xie Cheng didn't let go, but looked at her and said, "You haven't answered me yet."   "Wait a few days." Tang Xi said helplessly, "I have to take Xiao to the academy in a few days."   (End of this chapter)