Chapter 376 The Last Mixed-Up Episode
① Xin Mohan's Troubles

I've been feeling a bit troubled lately.

I've noticed that my father, mother, older brother, and older sister have all changed!
The changes are not small.

In the past, my sister would just sit blankly in her garden, silently shedding tears, ignoring everyone else.

It's like she can't stop crying; she can cry over anything.

As for the father and mother, they fought and bickered in the backyard every day, a feud so fierce that it became known throughout the entire capital.

Everyone knows that our fourth branch of the family has a troubled relationship with our parents, and our eldest brother loves to go to various brothels and drink with women.

I didn't say it, but I felt really miserable inside.

What does it matter if my family is wealthy? I'd rather be a content and happy farmer.

At least when farmers visit the Lantern Festival, their fathers carry their youngest sons on their shoulders, and the three of them stroll around laughing together.

As for me, at such a young age, I did everything alone. I ate alone, practiced calligraphy alone, and slept alone. The people I saw most often were servants and maids.

When my father saw me, he would either frown or have a stern face, and he wouldn't even bother to look at me twice.

Sometimes, I would muster up the courage to try and hold my father's hand, but he never let me touch a single finger.

My mother focused all her attention on how to outwit and outmaneuver my father, and had no time to care about me, my older brother, and my older sister.

Later, I learned from my older siblings that this kind of thing is called child abuse in modern times, which is a form of psychological abuse and one of the manifestations of irresponsibility on the part of both parents.

Everything changed when the eldest brother fell down the stairs after drinking with brothels and damaged his brain.

My eldest brother had a fever for only two days when the whole family was exiled. On the day my father and mother were being escorted to prison, they got into a fight and both fainted.

I was incredibly panicked at that time. I thought that my mother had been angered to death by my father, and that I would be without a mother in the future.

Although my mother wasn't very kind to me on a daily basis, having a mother or not makes all the difference.

Unexpectedly, both Father and Mother regained consciousness in prison.

From that day on, I truly felt that my family members were changing little by little.

The elder sister stopped weeping and crying. From the beginning of her exile, she became more and more decisive and ruthless in her actions, and everything miraculously started to develop in a positive direction.

Later I found that my father had also become better.

My father would smile at me and carry me on his back. My mother would gently wash my face with a handkerchief and ask me with a smile, "Han'er, do you want some water?"

For a moment I didn't know if I was dreaming or if I was stuck in a dream.

If all of this is a dream, I hope this dream never ends.

My family members are very different from before, and I believe my grandmother and others have felt it.

But no one said anything, seemingly tacitly agreeing that my sister, father, mother, and brother were just naturally that powerful.

They probably thought I wouldn't understand and would discuss strange things in front of me.

Although I couldn't understand it, I wrote it all down.

I haven't told anyone. This is my little secret, and I'll keep it to myself forever.

I knew that the strange-looking shoes my father gave me, saying that my mother made them by hand, were actually a lie. We were traveling day and night, so how could my mother have had time to make shoes?

It doesn't matter, as long as my parents think I've been fooled.

Although I was constantly on the road to exile, I was happy every day I spent with them.

The only downside is that my parents, brothers, and sisters sometimes forget I even exist.

But it's okay, I'll keep reminding them that I'm here, I'm here, I'm here.

After crying my heart out a few times, things really improved! My parents finally remembered me and stopped forgetting me in some corner.

It's okay, I'm just a kid, I should cry more to express my dissatisfaction.

At that time, I had no idea that I would one day live in a strange wooden house with my older brother and sister.

Many of the things inside were things I had never seen before.

I know that the other rooms don't have this equipment, but we can shower and bathe in our rooms with a fragrant shower gel.

There are lights in the room, and they turn on with the touch of a button. It's so amazing!
I dare not have any wild dreams, for fear of returning to those bad days, for fear that my parents from before will come back...

Although it was a little unfilial, I just couldn't suppress my fear. It wasn't until much, much later, when I had grown up and become a dashing young man, that I finally let go of the past.

I've grown up and have my own abilities and skills. Even if those annoying people come back, I'll have a way to drive them back.

Of course, that's impossible. My parents, brothers, and sisters are the strongest people in the world.

My sister and brother-in-law took me to a very far place to pick up survivors.

I encountered a little deer on the road, but I couldn't bear to shoot it.

My sister smiled at me and said, "If Han'er likes it, then let him keep it."

My brother-in-law looked at us with gentle eyes and said, "The ecology here has really improved. After spring, this hillside will definitely be covered with green grass."

"That's great! Our Icefield Base can expand outwards to a much larger area!"

② Xie Ninglan's chaotic life at the base

The watermelon vines that the base commander's wife had encouraged to grow sprouted along the central avenue.

The news spread like wildfire, and the entire base was mobilized.

Late at night, everyone stayed up and didn't eat or sleep, burning the midnight oil to search for the watermelon that had sneaked out.

Not a single watermelon can be missing; those are new varieties of watermelons cultivated by the base director's wife.

No matter how far they run, we have to catch them.

Xie Ninglan stood with her hands on her hips at the central intersection, holding a megaphone and saying to the crowd, "Be careful of those watermelon vines, they might attack you."

"Take all the watermelons you catch home and eat them yourself."

"You can keep some watermelon seeds."

"Don't stay up too late." Xie Ninglan yawned and pulled Lao Xin, who was watching the show, over. "Go back to sleep."

"Honey, the breeding base has too many fish, shrimp, crabs, chickens, ducks and geese today. Let's open it up for sale as soon as possible."

Xie Ninglan yawned again. "Let Xiao Si and Xiao Zhou worry about these things. I can't handle them."

"But they've already signed up for next month's sightseeing tour!"

"What? No way, management personnel can't leave." Xie Ninglan waved her hand firmly, refusing to let the workers leave.

"Honey, our daughter says we shouldn't exploit working people anymore; it's necessary to let them relax from time to time."

"Alright then. It'll be a three-day trip at most. You guys manage your time well."

③ Lao Xin's sightseeing route

Ever since Lao Xin started the sightseeing route, he's been earning points like crazy.

Over the past two years, the base has been developing steadily, constantly searching for survivors and developing new areas.

My daughter has decided to switch from a points system to real currency next spring.

Points and currency should be able to be exchanged one-to-one, which will keep the base busy again.

The new currency factory has been initially completed, and future buying and selling will be more legal and compliant, moving closer to a modern monetary economic system.

The sightseeing route that Lao Xin organized now has three routes, satisfying wealthy and leisurely ladies to visit the newly developed area and, incidentally, do some charity work to support construction.

Once the route was developed, everyone was eager to sign up.

Firstly, it was to give face to the base commander; secondly, many people wanted to travel to other places and learn about the outside world.

With comparison, they can more clearly understand just how stable, healthy, and prosperous their lives are now.

As the base leader, Lao Xin repeatedly abandoned his duties to work as a tour guide, a fact that his daughter eventually learned of.

For the past two months, everyone has been stuck at the base, unable to go anywhere.

Tour guide number two, Mr. and Mrs. Xiao Jinzhi, happily took over the task from the elderly father and went on their sightseeing trip...

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2025.12.23 days

Ziyunxi

I think I'll continue with a multi-part series. Haha, what a versatile author!
Alright, babies, see you in the next book!

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