Jiuchuan County, a poor county located in the central part of the country, is where Ye Qing grew up.

Since graduating from university, Ye Qing has not returned to this place for five years. The changes in the county town make Ye Qing feel dazzled. There are tall buildings under construction everywhere in the city, and the low houses in Ye Qing's impression are completely different from the two worlds.

Based on his impression, Ye Qing finally found the village where he used to live. This is a village on the edge of the county town, which was originally quite remote. However, the current development has made this place prosperous, and the new houses around Ye Qing almost couldn't find his home.

After walking around several times, Ye Qing finally found his home.

The entire county town has changed, but his family has not changed much from before. It is still the low bungalow and the dilapidated wooden door, which looks particularly shabby in this county town.

Ye Qing pushed the door and walked into the yard. Before he could enter the house, he heard a sharp voice from a woman from inside: "If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, I just don't agree. Stop talking, I'm such a big house, what's enough for you to compensate for this little money? You took this place, we'll get so much money, how many of our family will go to live in the bridge cave!"

"Sister-in-law, everyone has signed a contract and agreed to the compensation. If you don't agree, isn't this hindering the construction of the county town?" A man's voice came out: "Promoting the urbanization of surrounding villages and accelerating the construction of new urban areas is the county's policy. If you don't agree alone, do you have to stop the urbanization process?"

The woman said, "You should stop using the county's policies to suppress me, anyway, I just don't agree."

The man said coldly: "Sister-in-law, we have told you all the good things. Don't be rude. Even if you don't sign, our project will not stop. Don't blame me for not warning you. Once the project starts, there will be more migrant workers. If you live here, if you have any problems, you can't blame others!"

"What do you mean? Do you want to threaten me? You dare to touch me and try it. If you have the ability, you can hit me now!"

The noise inside escalated, and Ye Qing heard it clearly. There was still the sound of something falling to the ground inside, and it seemed that the fight started.

"Shy, you dare to catch me, I will kill you!" A man yelled.

Ye Qing heard something wrong and rushed to the door immediately. He happened to see a burly man grabbing a woman's hair and slapping her hard. There were five or six men next to him, surrounding the woman in the middle with great momentum.

This woman is nothing else, she is Ye Qing’s stepmother Zhou Hongxia!

Seeing this, Ye Qing's expression changed drastically. He rushed into the room quickly, grabbed the man's neck and pulled him away, and kicked him on the waist, directly kicking the man to the ground.

"What are you doing! What are you doing!"

The house suddenly became chaotic, and the two men immediately came up to beat Ye Qing.

Ye Qing was not polite, punching one by one, and the two men immediately covered their noses and squatted on the ground. Three others hesitated for a moment, but Ye Qing did not hesitate. He kicked one of them out of the room with one kick. The remaining two men were unable to run away, so they opened their arms and hugged Ye Qing, trying to hold him down.

Ye Qing bent down and hit one of the people's right fists directly on the lower abdomen. The man immediately covered his stomach and lay on the ground.

The second person successfully hugged Ye Qing, but he failed to hug Ye Qing's arms.

Ye Qing held the man's head back with his left hand, and fisted his right hand several times in a row against his head. The man immediately let go of his hand and collapsed to the ground.

The six men fell to the ground in less than two minutes, but Ye Qing was not injured at all.

This is actually nothing to Ye Qing. He is a fighting champion in the army for three consecutive times. It is okay for one person to fight three well-trained special forces, let alone these gangsters.

A man struggled to get up, pointed at Ye Qing and said angrily: "Good boy, you... you dare to beat me. You are so impatient..."

Ye Qing suddenly turned his head and looked at him. The man immediately shivered and subconsciously took a step back.

"You...who are you..." The man said tremblingly: "I...I have a good relationship with Dafei. This time the matter is also Dafei's business, you..."

"Get out!" Ye Qing only said one word.

The man was angry and opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time, but he still took his people away in shame.

Zhou Hongxia was already shocked when she looked at this scene. After a long time, she pointed at Ye Qing in shock and said in a trembling voice: "You...you...you are Ye Qing!?"

"Auntie!" Ye Qing nodded and said, "I'm discharged from the army!"

"Ah?" Zhou Hongxia was stunned again and said, "Why are you... why are you discharged from the army? This...Isn't this...Isn't it time to discharge?"

"I wrote the application and retired early." Ye Qing went over and helped up the table he had knocked down and said, "Who were those who were just now?"

"Hey!" Zhou Hongxia sighed and said, "Your dad is coming back soon, wait for him to tell you."

Ye Qing didn't ask much, and his relationship with Zhou Hongxia was not very harmonious. Zhou Hongxia himself had two children this time. In fact, a family of such a group is living for their own relatives. He has no blood relationship with Zhou Hongxia, and he has always been silent and stubborn, so his relationship with Zhou Hongxia is naturally very distant.

When he helped to clean up the room, Ye Qing's father Ye Changwen rushed back after hearing the news. He was an old employee of the county accessories factory. However, he was fired by the factory a few years ago. Now he set up a street stall to repair bicycles at the street entrance. He just heard that the demolitioner came to his house, so he rushed back in a hurry. As a result, he didn't see the demolitioner, but he saw his eldest son who had not met in five years.

After seeing each other for five years, Ye Changwen has grown much older and his hair has been mostly gray. It may also be related to Ye Jun's disappearance. This is no longer the old father who once carried a family with his shoulders and supported four children alone.

Ye Qing didn't go home for five years, mainly because he didn't want to cause trouble for his family. After all, there were three people in the family who were not related by blood. When he came back, he would only make the family disharmonious. However, if he hadn't come home for five years, he would also miss his father.

Looking at the white hair on Ye Changwen's head, Ye Qing felt his nose soreness. He walked over and took the equipment for repair from Ye Changwen who was so excited that he couldn't even speak, and said, "Dad, I'm discharged from the army."

Ye Changwen's eyes were filled with tears. When he heard this, he was stunned again: "Why are you... why have you been discharged from the army? Have you made any mistakes? Isn't it time to discharge from the army?"

"I did not make any mistakes, I just applied for retirement in advance." Ye Qing explained the situation again.

After listening to Ye Qing's words, Ye Changwen felt a little relieved and said, "It's good that you didn't make a mistake. Qingzi, no matter where you are, the men of our Ye family must be responsible and cannot run away if they make a mistake!"

This is what Ye Changwen said most to Ye Qing since childhood, and this is what Ye Qing respects him the most.

Ye Changwen was extremely excited and said to Zhou Hongxia: "Hongxia, go buy some vegetables, cut some meat, and let Xiaoyu and Xiaozheng come back tonight. Our family can finally get together."

"Xiaoyu and Xiaozheng are so busy, how can they have time to come back?" Zhou Hongxia said impatiently: "Besides, I don't have the money to buy meat. I'm not enough for living expenses this month, so how can I have the money to eat these luxurious things."

Ye Changwen's face turned red. Seeing that he was a little angry, Ye Qing hurriedly got up and took out the money he had with him.

"Dad, this is the allowance for the army. There are a total of 43,000 yuan. I will keep 3,000 yuan for myself. You can take this 40,000 yuan first."

Ye Qing handed the money to Ye Changwen. Ye Changwen was stunned for a moment, and immediately waved his hand and said, "Qingzi, I can't ask for this money. You are not young anymore, so you should worry about buying a house and getting married. This money is earned by yourself, and you have to save it. You have to use it to buy a house in the future and you can't spend it randomly!"

Ye Qing shook his head and said, "Dad, don't worry about buying a house. Xiao Zheng is still in school, so it is the most important thing to support him in school first."

Ye Changwen still waved his hand: "This is your money, why am I..."

"Oh, Lao Ye, this is Qingzi's filial piety to you, how can you not accept it!" Zhou Hongxia immediately came over, took Ye Qing's money over, and said, "Qingzi, I said that your child is the most filial. Your father is a stubborn person, and I'm sorry to use your money. However, this is the case in this family. Your brother wants to go to school, but it's not okay to have no money. Auntie doesn't want to use this money, and aunt will save it for you. If you want to buy a house in the future, come to find aunt to get the money!"

Ye Qing knew very well that it was impossible for the money to come back in Zhou Hongxia. However, he didn't want to ask for it. If the 40,000 yuan could be bought, he wouldn't care at all!

"Hongxia, how can you do this? This is the child's money!" Ye Changwen said anxiously.

"Okay, okay, I'll go buy vegetables first. Qingzi, sit with your dad for a while. I'll inform Xiaoyu and Xiaozheng when I go out and ask them to come back for dinner in the evening." Zhou Hongxia said, and hurriedly left the house.

Ye Changwen wanted to chase him, but Ye Qing was grabbed by him.

"Dad, forget it." Ye Qing shook his head and smiled, "I need money when I am going to school. As long as my aunt treats you well, I can make more money if the money is gone."

Ye Changwen sighed heavily, looked at Ye Qing with some guilt, and said, "Qingzi, Dad, I'm sorry for you, I have never given you a good life in my life. Your mother passed away early, and I originally wanted to find a woman to take care of you two. Who knew that she couldn't take care of you two, you two..."

Speaking of this, Ye Changwen's voice choked, but he remembered the missing Ye Jun.
Chapter completed!