The Xie family's courtyard was rebuilt in the year Xie Qingshi took over his fortune.

Originally, every household in the alley had a similar structure. The main house faced north and south, usually three rooms - two bedrooms from east to west, with a main hall in the middle, and a wing room on the east or west of the yard. Some families lived in the two generations after getting married, while others used the wing room for storage.

The Xie family has a spacious and bright main house, with a wing room on both sides of the east and west. Not only that, they also built a small house on the courtyard wall on the south side, which is Feng Yuzhen's "studio". Usually, they cook and eat in the main house. The old couple of the Xie family live in the east bedroom of the main house, and Xie Ying lives in the west bedroom. However, Xie Ying is close to her aunt and often runs to the east wing room where her aunt lives and sleeps with her aunt.

After Xie Qing took over the family, Xie Ying had to give the bedroom to her cousin. Her cousin's parents were about to live in the west wing room where no one lived for a long time. It had become the storage room of the Xie family, and it took a lot of effort to clean it up. Xie Hongxuan moved a few boxes and got dust all over. He said angrily that he wouldn't do it now, let the three of them sleep in the west bedroom for one night.

Xie Qingyun pulled Xie Ying over and whispered: "Xiaoying, if you don't want to give the bedroom to them, you can speak it openly and don't let yourself down."

"Don't feel wronged!" Xie Ying said with a smile: "I like being with my aunt."

Xie Qingyun touched her head with relief and lowered her voice: "Your brother just came back from a big city, and his family encountered a major change. He felt a big gap in his heart and had a bad temper. Although you are a sister,... during this period, you still have to give in to him and not be as knowledgeable as him."

Xie Qingyun hurriedly added: "Of course, I won't let you suffer any losses. If that kid goes too far, I will teach him a lesson. Who told me to be his aunt?"

Xie Ying smiled, revealing her white and neat teeth, and also revealing two sweet dimples.

The long-lost reunion dinner, but the whole family ate very dull. Among the peers, Xie Chong can be considered tall and big, but his meal is not delicious. His father poked him with his elbow, and his mother glared at him with his eyes, but he just turned cold, picked up the vegetables, and chewed a small bite of steamed bun for a long time.

Xie Qingshou was so angry that his hands were trembling. Grandma Feng's eyes were quick and he stopped her son with chopsticks: "Xiao Chong is a newcomer and is used to eating rice from the south. He will definitely not be used to steamed buns - Xie Chong, Grandma will steam rice for you tomorrow."

Xie Chong didn't reply a word.

Xie Qingshou and his wife looked ashen. If Grandma Feng hadn't tried her best to wink at her, they would have taken action. Xie Chong was deliberately making adults angry. As long as others were angry, he would achieve his goal.

Xie Ying was also angry with her cousin, but when she remembered her aunt's advice, she whispered: "Forget it, I won't be as familiar with you."

The living standards of the Xie family are not bad. Basically, there are meat and vegetables for every meal. Xie Ying is never picky about food. She eats tall and has a round face. She likes the food made by her grandmother and aunt. Her grandfather occasionally shows her skills and tastes good. That night, her grandmother stewed a chicken stand with soybeans, stir-fryed pork with beans, made a loofah egg soup, and roasted sweet potatoes and corn on the stove. Xie Ying ate it very well, but Xie Chong looked down on any of them.

Xie Chong did not hide his loss at all, and regardless of others' opinions about him, he put down his chopsticks and sat in a corner of the kang with his knees. The 18-inch color TV was bought by his father who sent money to his house last year, so he could only receive it from CCTV, provincial and municipal stations. Xie Chong watched the News Broadcast in every conversation. In fact, he couldn't listen to any news, but he just didn't embarrass himself.

Xie Qingshou was very dissatisfied with his son's performance. He deliberately raised the decibels to cover up the voice of the TV: "Xiaoying, I heard from your grandparents that your grades are particularly good. Go back to the first place in the exam?"

"Sometimes I can't get the first place in the exam, and my classmates are very hardworking." Xie Ying smiled sweetly: "Although I'm only in the third grade, I'm under a lot of pressure."

"Your parents are good at studying, you are very talented." Xie Qingshou could only say nothing: "You will definitely be able to get into a good university in the future."

"I have to get into a good high school first!" Xie Ying said like an adult: "Go step by step, but you are still far away from taking the college entrance exam."

Adults like Xie Ying. She has a round face and a pair of big eyes. Chinese teacher Xie Qingyun once described it like this - she is like a sunflower, growing vigorously in the sun, full and brilliant.

Xie Chong supported his hands on the kang, glanced at the TV, but sneered: "In this countryside, the first place in the exam is not as good as the last place in our class."

"Bang!"

A loud slap slapped Xie Chong on the shoulder, and it was his mother who hit him. Wang Jiying couldn't bear it anymore, and her eyebrows stood up. She pointed at her son and shouted: "Shut up if you can't speak, don't make things worry about what he says - Xiaoying, you don't have to care about what he says, he is psychologically unbalanced."

Wang Jiying had no brains to speak and asked casually: "Xiaoying, has your mother come to see you recently?"

Xie Ying's expression dimmed again when she didn't open the pot. Wang Jiying realized that she had said the wrong thing and had to start remedy: "Hey, someone as heartless as your mother, it's better not to come to see you. You can't bear to leave her, but she must leave, so if she doesn't come, she won't come, so she won't make you sad."

...

Now that I got better, Xie Ying's expression became even more dim. She couldn't help but defend her mother: "She is not ruthless. In grandma's words, my mother...she has her own life."

Wang Jiying said disdainfully: "If you don't do your children, just for yourself, this kind of person is selfish!"

Xie Ying did not agree with the second aunt, but she was unwilling to have conflicts with others, so she could only feel uncomfortable in her heart. Xie Qingyun hugged her niece's shoulder and comforted her: "Xiaoying, don't be sad. We are all busy, so don't miss your mother, okay? Maybe your mother will come to see you before the Spring Festival!"

Which doll can't miss her mother?

Xie Ying lowered her head and bit her lips tightly. She didn't want her family to see her sadness. When she raised her head, she smiled brightly: "I have been living with my grandparents, and I have only been with my mother for a few months. I must like to be with you more!"

After hearing Xie Ying's words, the adults finally breathed a sigh of relief. Xie Chong suddenly glanced at his cousin, and Xie Ying was just watching him. Xie Chong hurriedly turned his gaze, so he didn't care about the life experience of this girl movie.

Xie Ying kindly placed a piece of roasted corn in front of her brother, but Xie Chong was not grateful and didn't even say "thank you", which hurt her sister very much. Adults were not satisfied with his performance, but Xie Chong didn't care at all. He was not old, but was extremely disappointed with the world. Anyway, there was no expectation in life, so no matter what he did, he was a broken can.

Before going to bed, Xie Chong encountered the biggest crisis after returning to his hometown - he had not used the toilet for four or five hours and was almost unable to hold it in. He lost his temper with his parents in the room, and he could only solve it by sitting on the toilet. However, the Xie family had not installed a toilet. Usually they went to the public toilet outside the alley. Xie Chong was so anxious that he jumped up and down and asked loudly: "What if he wanted to use the toilet in the middle of the night? In such a cold day, he would have to go so far to go to the public toilet?"

"There is a room pot tonight." Xie Qingshou's patience was almost at its limit, and his fists were clenched and loosened. "Aren't you not sleeping now? I'll take you to the bathroom."

Xie Chong was unwilling to go to the public toilet, so his father forced him to go there. Xie Ying was curious and followed him quietly to the door. After a while, she heard Xie Chong's shouting: "It's so dirty! I'm going to vomit! How can it be convenient in such a place?"

"This is not a dry toilet. There will be running water in a few minutes. Where is it dirty?"

"I don't want to go!" Xie Chong also reached the limit of patience and shouted at the top of his voice: "It's dirty and smelly! I don't want to stay in this countryside! I want to go back to my home in Guangzhou!"

Under the cold moonlight, Xie Qingshou's expression was even more helpless. He would not allow his son to make such a fuss before, but for this period of time, he was really too tired and he had no energy to discipline his son anymore. The deeper reason was that he was reluctant to beat and scold his son. Because he knew that from the warm and rich Guangzhou to this small northern town, the son sacrificed the greatest sacrifice. So he allowed his son to rebellious and disobedient. His son quarreled and numb, and these things passed quickly.

Xie Chong shouted a few times, and when he saw his father's powerless look, he felt distressed and restrained a little. In addition, he had to endure it to the limit and could only bite the bullet and go in. He kept telling himself that it doesn't matter, holding his breath and fighting quickly, it's no big deal.

He made up his mind and took a deep breath. Just as he was about to rush into the public toilet, Xie Ying ran over. The girl is quite good at sports, and her legs are full of vitality. She pulled her cousin's sleeve intimately and said, "Brother, my friend has a toilet at home, why don't you go to his house first!"

After saying that, she pulled her cousin to the house at the entrance of the alley without saying a word. She was about to knock on the door, but Xie Chong shook her hand away, and his eyes became a little colder: "Don't worry about it."

"But...didn't you say that you can only be untied by sitting on the toilet?" Xie Ying said naively: "In this alley, only half of the families have toilets. My friend has a very good person and will definitely let you go."

For the young man Xie Chong, going to the toilet is a big deal about self-esteem. If this girl movie finds out, she is already embarrassed. But this is not enough. The girl movie actually wants to take him to someone else's house to use the toilet?

Xie Chong couldn't accept it.

He turned around and ran towards the public toilet, shouting at Xie Ying, "Don't worry about my nostalgia!"

...

Xie Ying was angry and cried by her cousin. Although her second uncle kept calling her, she still ran back home. Xie Qingyun patiently comforted her niece and decided to scold her nephew. However, the moment she stepped out of the room, Xie Chong happened to come back, and he wiped his tears and sobbed in a low voice.

Xie Qingyun became soft-hearted in an instant. Her nieces and nieces were all children, and she couldn't bear to make them too sensible. What's more, her nephew suffered such a big change, so it's okay to be tolerant of him for the time being, right?

Unfortunately, the adult's tolerance did not bring Xie Chong's good temper. He kicked a piece of firewood far away: "I'm so annoying! I'm going back to Guangzhou! I hate this broken place!"

Hearing Xie Chong's roar, the hearts of the whole family were broken into pieces. Wang Jiying took his son's ear and pulled him back into the room. Her voice penetrated the roof and windows, and clearly reached everyone's ears: "Little bastard, you are unreasonable, I'll kick you into the stove and bake it!"

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The whole family suddenly became silent, and the crows that were not sleeping flew over the roof screaming.
Chapter completed!