"Uncle Gen, here, nobody can drive you away, just rest assured and do your work," Tang Mingli said with resounding conviction, bowing apologetically to Uncle Gen: "Uncle Gen, you’ve been doing a great job, we all feel that no one can do it better than you, so you must not leave. Otherwise, I won’t feel at ease even if I sleep in the factory."
Tang Mingli’s gesture made Uncle Gen feel somewhat embarrassed. After all this time, it turned out to be just Wang Aihua’s opinion alone, and Tang Zhengyuan wasn’t even concerned with this matter.
"Uncle Gen, it was my fault for not clarifying things earlier." Tang Mingli cleared his throat and reassured once more: "Uncle Gen, unless you no longer wish to or are unable to work, from now on, you’ll be working in the factory indefinitely, no one can drive you away."
"Uncle Gen, what happened today was my fault," Tang Mingli said, with utmost humility.
Uncle Gen hastily replied: "It’s nothing, nothing, Mingli, I was just worried it would be difficult for you."
"Uncle Gen, as long as you are here working steadily, I won’t have any difficulty," Tang Mingli said with a grin.
"Yes, Uncle Gen, if you leave, I will also feel uneasy working here from now on."
Tang Zhengyuan quickly chimed in, at the same time giving Wang Aihua a fierce glare.
Wang Aihua hung her head low, muttering curses in her heart, but the frightening expression on Tang Zhengyuan’s face kept Wang Aihua from speaking up.
*
At noon, this was the first meal in their new home. Tang Zhengde was busy in the kitchen all morning, with Zhang Hualian lending him a hand and tidying the place up on the side.
Tang Yue wasn’t idle either, sorting clothes and deciding where things should go, continuously arranging with Tang Jun.
After Tang Zhengyuan and the others had left, Tang Xian went out for a stroll.
Tang Min, being younger, wanted to follow Tang Xian but was shunned, so Tang Min had to stay at home, watching Tang Yue and the others busy themselves, and ended up sitting in the living room, cracking sunflower seeds on a wooden chair.
Tang Yue saw the scattered sunflower seed shells on the floor and, not wanting to make a mess on the day of moving into the new house, handed a trash can over and said: "Tang Min, I just swept the floor. If you want to eat sunflower seeds, throw the shells into the trash can."
"I’ll sweep it up later." Tang Min glared at her, still feeling uncomfortable about the morning’s clothes incident, purposely throwing more shells onto the ground.
Tang Yue: ...
This young girl is really completely spoiled.
The lunch was sumptuous indeed.
Tang Mingli came back with a darkened face; Tang Zhengyuan’s expression wasn’t very pleasant either, and as for Wang Aihua, she simply followed them with her head drooping.
"Uncle, what happened?" Tang Yue looked at Tang Mingli, her intuition telling her that the troublemaking aunt must have stirred up something again.
"Better not to talk about it, so as to not upset you too," Tang Mingli sighed. On the way back, Tang Zhengyuan had given Wang Aihua a severe scolding.
He was truly at a loss for words about this sister-in-law; to say nothing of her being as good as the second sister-in-law, he would be satisfied even if she were one-tenth as good.
"Uh..." Tang Yue’s gaze roved over Wang Aihua, secretly guessing what good she might have done this time?
The lunch was extremely abundant, and Granny Tang, seeing their unhappy return, thought at first that Tang Zhengyuan had not been able to work at the factory. Upon asking, she found out that Wang Aihua had done another foolish thing.
Granny Tang trembled with anger; she had never liked this daughter-in-law, and now she disliked her even more.


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