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"Ah, these young people are so ignorant, we as old people are worried about them... They are all rough men, that is to say, which brother didn't come here this way... Hahaha..." Zhang Shanfeng said nice things to Grandpa Sheng, and then scolded the two brothers Zhang Qingfeng and Zhang Qingnian outside the window.

Because the fight was so noisy, neighbors came to watch and try to stop the fight. One of the people who came to stop the fight was from Xiaolan's house. Seeing the fight, they knew what was going on.

In the end, after everyone's persuasion and Zhang Shanfeng's straightforward statement that it was okay to talk it out, they wouldn't mind it, and then he came back happily with his two sons.

Then the old man brought Sheng Kai to Xiaolan's house to apologize.

Xiao Lan was happy to hear that. Sheng Kai deserved a beating, but their family was not in a position to do it. Now her elder uncle and younger uncle had beaten Sheng Kai, so it would be strange for her not to be happy.

It's not that the Zhang family didn't want to take action against the old Sheng family before, but they also had concerns. Before the family split, the Zhang family had to make a living under the Cui family. After the family split, the Zhang family had to consider the reputation of their daughter's family, but now the Xiaolan family has established itself. Today, Sheng Kai is rushing to get beaten again, which gives the Zhang family an excuse to settle accounts. Zhang Qingshan has always been resentful of the old Sheng family. It would be strange if he didn't seize this opportunity today to beat Sheng Kai to death.

Now that Sheng Kai was beaten, he came to apologize to Zhang, but after the family discussed it, they decided that they would not ask Sheng Kai and Sheng Nuo for help in the future. Although Sheng Nuo didn't say anything today, anyone with a discerning eye knew that Sheng Kai's words were definitely something he had discussed with Sheng Nuo behind the scenes before he brought them to the table.

Sheng Kai was beaten by Zhang's brothers from her natal family. Xiao Lan was secretly delighted, and the villagers in Shengjia Village all said that Sheng Kai asked for it.

"It's no wonder that the second son of the Sheng family has such a foul mouth that he deserves to be beaten!"

As the night deepened, most of the farmers had fallen asleep, but neither Mr. Sheng nor Mrs. Cui lay down. They just sat in front of the lamp, sighing.

"Look at how our second son was beaten... The Zhang family got away with it... Before, they wouldn't dare to do this..." Cui kept complaining about Sheng Kai being beaten. Although Cui didn't like Sheng Kai, she still felt sorry for him because he was her own flesh and blood. And this time, the Zhang family came to beat them up, and they beat them right under their noses, which must have made Cui uncomfortable.

"The third brother's wife is holding a grudge. She must have instigated her two brothers to beat up the second brother... They beat us two in front of us... They can't beat us two old ones. If they could, we would have been beaten up... You heard the old man from the Zhang family speak so openly, calling us "old brother" and "old sister-in-law". You didn't see his face, he looked so fierce..."

"The daughter-in-law we recommended to the third brother was a bad one... You were so anxious to say it was a good match... Do you regret it today? What kind of family is the Zhang family? They have no rules at all, just like bandits..."

The old man was getting a little impatient, so he waved his hands and said, "Come on, come on. What happened today, in the final analysis, is that the second son was wrong... No matter who it was, they would have to make things clear..."

"According to what you said, if they came to our house to attack us, then we still have reason to do so?" Cui said.

Mr. Sheng sighed and said, "Who lets them be right?"

"What's wrong with being right? Does he want to be unreasonable?" Cui said. "The Zhang family has lived with the third brother's family for many years. Now that his family has made a living, they still live together..."

"Okay, stop talking about those useless things." said the old man.

"The third brother's family is not close to us. Xiaolan, Xiaowen and other children are also on the side of the Zhang family. Every time they send us something, it's as if they are asking for their lives." Cui narrowed her eyes and glanced at Grandpa Sheng, and said.

"Didn't I tell you not to say anything? Why are you nagging again?" Old Master Sheng was a little impatient.

Cui snorted coldly, but finally shut up and stopped talking.

The old man sighed deeply, "Ah... The second son doesn't know how to control his words, which is really worrying... The people in the Zhang family are not easy to mess with..."

After the New Year pig was killed, the next day was the Little New Year. On this day, the Kitchen God was worshipped. After the Little New Year, the New Year atmosphere became stronger and stronger. Xiaolan's family killed the chickens and ducks for the New Year and froze them. It is not good to kill animals in the first month of the year. After cleaning the house and the yard, and taking down the bedding and washing it, in the blink of an eye, it was the New Year's Eve.

As soon as the family opened their eyes in the morning, Xiaowen went to the door and set off a string of firecrackers before the family started to eat breakfast.

The breakfast was simple, as Xiaolan's family did every year. After breakfast, Shengxuan, Xiaolan, Zhang and everyone else in the Zhang family started to get busy. They all worked together to prepare a sumptuous meal for lunch.

The custom in Shengjia Village is to eat fried meatballs during the Chinese New Year if conditions permit. Xiaolan's family fries a lot of meatballs every time, almost enough to eat for the entire first month of the year. These meatballs can not only be eaten dry, but also very delicious when used in stews.

Xiaolan's family prepared many kinds of fried meatballs today. In addition to several standard vegetarian meatballs and meatballs, Su Ye's wife also ordered some sweet meatballs.