"To put it bluntly, if your father is missing from this family, it won't affect your food, drink, clothing, and living. But if I are missing from this family, haha..."

"You have to remember that a strong woman does not capture a man's heart and feels that she will not be abandoned by a man, but does not care at all."

"If he is by your side, you should cherish it; if he is gone, you can still live a good life."

…

As for Mr. Zhu's cheating, he felt that all men in the world were not good things. Zhu Bamei, who was still worried about this, had a new door opened.

Suddenly I felt that it didn't matter what a man was or wasn't a man.

What matters is whether she can support herself and live well alone.

Before being coaxed to sleep, Zhu Bamei also asked a question: "Mom, according to the laws of the Shentu Dynasty, if a daughter does not marry at the age of eighteen, her parents will be guilty, right? It seems that even if I become very powerful in the future, I will have to marry.

…”

"How old are you now, why are you so anxious? That is also a question that will be considered in a few years. Besides, it's not that you won't marry, you just chose a little bit when you married. Okay, go to bed, go to bed early and get up early, so that you can

Develop a beautiful face." Ye Yuran pulled the quilt for her.

The kerosene lamp went out.

When the last trace of consciousness faded away, Zhu Bamei suddenly thought: Did I forget something?

Outside, the night has grown dark.

After Zhu Da and Zhu Er pulled old Zhu back into the room, they were pointed at their noses and scolded by him.

The reason is very simple - because they only listened to the old godmother, every accusation and action. He, the father, talked for a long time, but they were like boring gourds, not even farting.

Old man Zhu was furious.

He wanted to make a big noise, but he was afraid that the neighbors would hear him and lose face.

So in the end, he was the one who cursed others, and he was the one who made himself uncomfortable.

As for Zhu Da and Zhu Er, it's not like Zhu Er was interested.

They also tried to persuade him, but Old Man Zhu didn't listen, so they had nothing to do. In addition, they felt that no other brothers would speak up, so after a few words of persuasion, they remained silent.

——You can’t persuade me anyway, so why bother talking?

——Not only could they not be persuaded, but they also made their father angry.

"Dad, if you are okay, we will go back to the house to rest first."

"It's too late, we have to work tomorrow!"

The left ear went in and the right ear came out. Zhu Da and Zhu Er didn't think anything could happen to old Zhu if he stayed at home.

After staying for a while, I felt it was okay and left.

Old Man Zhu was so angry that a mouthful of old blood suffocated in his chest, almost causing him to faint.

He shook a little, sat on the edge of the bed, and beat his chest. It took him a long time to regain his strength.

"You bastard!"

"Every one of them is a wolf with a heart and a dog's heart, and they are all white-eyed wolves!"

"I'm so angry!"

…

To be honest, Old Man Zhu was really frustrated.

After Widow Qin's incident broke out, Ye Yuran quickly cut through the mess and watched the incident pass.

I didn’t even mention the smaller ones below.

But if they didn't mention it, it didn't mean that Old Man Zhu didn't think much about it. From time to time he would see them hiding together and muttering something, and he would wonder: Are they talking bad about me?

When he walked over, they stopped talking.

He became the "invisible person" in the family, and everyone avoided him. Even his two grandsons were often taken away by Mr. Li on excuses and not allowed to touch him.

——Isn’t it because he is afraid that he will teach the children badly?

When doubts arise in my heart, they take root and grow bigger and bigger.

A gust of wind blew out the kerosene lamp on the table.

But Old Man Zhu sat there and didn't want to move - because he was the only one in the room, so what difference did it make if he clicked or not?

Looking at the quiet room, his heart felt empty, tightly wrapped in a touch of loneliness.

He had never experienced it before, but now he understood why the lonely old people in the village did not live long. It was not because they had no food, but because they were too lonely.

The feeling that everyone is busy but no one cares about you, cares about you, or cares about you can kill a person.

The sudden outburst today is actually related to this - the feeling of being ignored by everyone is really uncomfortable.

He would rather they argue and fuss with him than feel like no one cares about him.

"Knock knock——"

Outside the door, there was a knock on the door.

Old man Zhu was shocked: Someone?!

He quickly sat up straight and straightened his clothes.

He didn't care who came, he just wanted someone to accompany him.

"Knock knock——"

"Come in, my door is not bolted." Old Man Zhu responded with an anxiety hidden in his voice that he didn't even know he had.

Ye Yuran opened the door and walked in: "Why don't you light a kerosene lamp? I thought you were asleep."

"It's you..." Old Man Zhu was a little timid, he knew what she was here for.

I was a little afraid of being scolded, but I also hoped that she could stay a little longer.

Hesitantly, he took out the fire folder and lit the kerosene lamp.

When the lights came on, he moved a chair for Ye Yuran to sit on, looking very reserved.

Zhu Bamei usually helped clean up Old Zhu's room. Ye Yuran rarely came in. She raised her head and looked around: Well, it's quite clean!

However, since the father and daughter had just quarreled, Ye Yuran did not say this, but said: "I just had a chat with my eighth sister. Little girls are always more sensitive. I guess it was because we were too busy some time ago.

, didn’t notice her, I didn’t expect such a young child to have his own worries..."

"My fault was that I didn't notice. I apologize to you for this."

"Don't be angry with her. She made an unintentional mistake. She spoke quickly at the moment, but later, I asked her to apologize to you."

…

This is the cleverness of Ye Yuran. She admitted Zhu Bamei's mistakes, but weakened Zhu Bamei's "wrongness" and took the responsibility on herself.

This reduces Old Man Zhu’s dissatisfaction with Zhu Bamei.

In any case, in this ancient world where "father is supreme", Zhu Bamei's behavior actually challenged "patriarchy".

In another family, I guess this matter wouldn't have been so easy.

"I was too angry at the time, so I hit her on impulse. I don't usually hit others..."

If Ye Yuran got angry at him, Old Man Zhu might yell back, but he didn't expect that he would "apologise" as soon as he entered the room, which made him a little embarrassed.

The expression on his face is also embarrassing.

Obviously, he knew how much his wife "loved" his daughter. He didn't even lift a finger on his son, but he hit her heart. He was really afraid that she would be "angry" and come to deal with him instead.

He is now old, and the financial power of the family is in the hands of the old woman. The old woman really wants to deal with him, but he really has no power to resist.

Like what happened to Widow Qin before, looking at the relationship between his father, mother, two brothers, and sister-in-law, you can see his status in the family - in front of Ye Yuran, he is the bottom.

"I know that you are a good father. Which child from other people's families has not been punished by his father when he was a child? But in our family, when did you lay a finger on me? When I was young, I had a bad temper and a bad mood.
Chapter completed!