Expelled from the Duke's mansion, the fake heiress is richer than a country.

Ji Chunhua had already noticed that the man beside her was gone.

She touched one side of the blanket and found it ice-cold; her heart leaped into her throat. Thinking of the man's unusual behavior during the day, she hurriedly dressed and went from room to room to wake her children.

Then they discovered their daughter was missing!

Where could the two men go in the middle of the night?

The family immediately panicked, lit oil lamps and torches, and searched the entire courtyard and surrounding area.

Hearing the noise, Yanqing floated down from the tree: "Madam, don't worry! Master couldn't sleep and went up the mountain. Master will go and find him."

At first, Ji Chunhua couldn't stand the way Yanqing was addressed, but she didn't have time to correct him. She hurriedly asked, "Brother Yanqing, did you really see the two of them go up the mountain?"

Ji Chunhua breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Yan Qing's affirmative reply. However, she was still so angry that she kept hitting her cane.

"This old man, why is he running around up the mountain in the middle of the night instead of sleeping? What if he breaks his leg? And he'll bring trouble to Ranran too!"

Yu Wenbin and Yu Wenrong quickly lit torches.

"Mother, let's go pick them up!"

Thinking that it was cold on the mountain, Zhu Xiaozhen went straight into the kitchen without saying a word and first led Xiao Xiang to start a fire and make ginger soup.

The Yu brothers stumbled and staggered along the path between the fields, their steps unsteady and faltering. Fortunately, when they reached the foot of the mountain, they saw Yu Wanran carrying Yu Man on her back.

Seeing her struggling to hold a torch in one hand and support the person behind her with the other, the two men's hearts were in their throats.

Without saying a word, Yu Wenbin handed the torch to Yu Wenrong and stepped forward to take it from Yu Man: "Third Sister, let me do it!"

Once on level ground, Yu Wanran was no longer as nervous as she had been going down the mountain. Carrying Yu Man on her back, she avoided Yu Wenbin's hand.

"Brother, you're injured, don't drop Dad!"

Yu Wenrong rushed forward, eagerly saying, "Third Sister, let me do it! Let me carry Dad on my back!"

Yu Wanran glanced at her younger brother's small frame: "Grow two more years taller and eat a few more bowls of rice!"

With Yu Man on his back, he once again dodged Yu Wenrong's outstretched hand.

The two brothers were openly disliked, but they weren't upset. They only felt that their third sister (third sister) cared about them, and their hearts were filled with warmth.

Holding up the torch, the two men stood on either side to support the old man's body, easing Yu Wanran's burden.

When Ji Chunhua got home, she saw her husband's appearance: he was reeking of alcohol and fast asleep, completely oblivious to everything. She immediately understood.

Tell Yu Wanran to put the person on the bed and go to the kitchen to have a bowl of ginger tea.

Yu Wenbin and Yu Wenrong stayed behind to help change Yu Man's clothes and wash him. Fortunately, Yu Man was a good drinker; when he was drunk, he just slept soundly, unlike other drunkards who would shout, yell, or even hit people and cause trouble.

The family worked until the early hours of the morning before finally going back to bed for a nap.

The next day, Yu Man had forgotten most of what had happened the night before. He only remembered that he had gone up the mountain that night and that his children had brought him back.

Opening the cabinet containing my treasured liquor collection, I saw it was completely empty and felt like crying.

Seeing her husband's distressed expression, Ji Chunhua gloated, "Serves you right! Let's see if you dare to cause trouble in the middle of the night and run around outside again! Now that the wine is gone, you should shut up, right?"

Yu Man, the eldest brother, looked embarrassed.

"Wife, I'm still recovering from Mother's passing. Last night... I was drunk, did I say anything I shouldn't have?"

I'm afraid of saying or doing something I shouldn't have, losing face in front of my children, and then how will I maintain my authority as a father!

Ji Chunhua rolled her eyes.

"You were sleeping like a log, snoring loudly. Thank goodness Ranran carried you down the mountain! Otherwise, after spending the night in front of the grave, would you even be able to get out of bed now?"

Yu Man held her throbbing head, unable to recall what she had done the night before, but the warm and reliable feeling of her daughter carrying her down the mountain remained.

The gloom that had been building up in his heart for years seemed to dissipate suddenly. He felt incredibly relaxed, and a bright smile appeared on his previously lifeless face.

"Honey, you and the children had a hard night's work!"

It feels so good to have family! He will never think about the past again.

Ji Chunhua naturally noticed the subtle changes in the man. She smiled sincerely, "Ranran is the most filial. Husband, we are truly blessed to have a child like Ranran!"

Yu Man nodded in agreement.

The couple came out of their room, where Zhu Xiaozhen had already prepared breakfast and set the table. Each person had a large bowl of mixed grain porridge, a bowl of stir-fried cabbage with cured pork slices in the middle, and a bowl of pickled radish slices.

Yu Wanran set aside a portion and sent it to Yanqing, who lived in the warehouse.

Once everyone was seated at the table, Yu Man started eating first, and the family prepared to begin their meal. Before they had taken more than a couple of bites, a commotion came from outside the courtyard. Yu Wenshan, from the eldest son's family, carrying a basket, pushed open the gate and walked in.

Everyone's faces immediately fell.

"Second Uncle, Second Aunt..."

Yu Wenshan greeted them, his face flushed. He didn't want to come either, but his family had little influence over him, and he had been assigned the task and couldn't refuse.

Before the second wife's family could react and chase him away, he quickly explained his purpose.

"Second Uncle, my father regrets his impulsiveness yesterday. He shouldn't have fought with you. We share the same surname, after all. This basket of things is a gift from my father to apologize!"

He awkwardly turned to Yu Wenbin, who was staring at him, and said...

"Cousin, my older brother and I were also impatient yesterday, we're sorry!"

He bowed, put down the basket, and ran away as fast as he could without waiting for the Yu family's response. It was as if he was afraid that the Yu family would get up and throw him out along with his belongings.

Yu Wenbin touched his face, which was still swollen, and felt complicated.

The whole family looked at Yu Man.

Yu Man's chopsticks hovered in mid-air for a long time before he sighed and said to Ji Chunhua, "Since the things have been delivered, let's accept them!"

My own brother, how could we really sever ties? Besides, he was the one who started it yesterday.

Given his mother's personality, she was most likely provoked into helping out by someone's words. His older brother probably didn't want to see this tragic outcome either.

However, once the facade is broken, it's impossible to be close again. At most, a superficial kinship can be maintained.

Ji Chunhua asked Zhu Xiaozhen to get up and bring a basket of things in front of her.

It turned out to be a basket of eggs, about twenty or thirty in total, with a small piece of cured meat at the bottom. The eldest son of the family had unexpectedly bleed money. After Zhu Xiaozhen took the things to the kitchen, Yu Wenbin looked at his father.

"Dad, should we still help Uncle's family plant red velvet grass?"

Everyone's gaze turned to Yu Man.

Yu Man calmly picked up some food and drank his porridge.

"I promised to take them this once. But just this once. Whether we make money or not is up to fate."

Yu Wanran smiled and changed the subject.

"Dad, let's not sell our house and land in Qingping Village for now. Let's wait until the Dendrobium officinale on the cliff flowers and bears fruit in October, then we'll come and collect the seeds. I'll teach you how to cultivate it on the estate."

Everyone looked excited.

Dendrobium officinale brought them their first pot of gold, something they'll never forget!

Yu Man asked excitedly, "Ranran, do you really know how to cultivate Dendrobium officinale?"

If they successfully cultivate this precious and rare medicinal herb, even without their daughter's financial support, the second branch of the Yu family can still reach the pinnacle of their lives!