Hearing Li Xiufen's sarcastic words, Huo Changhe was so angry that the veins on his neck bulged, but as a grown man, it was really inappropriate for him to argue with a woman.
But Huo Yunting didn't care about these things.
"Eldest Aunt's words are strange. It's just having a meal at the Su Family's house, how does that mean we have to live at the Su Family's house? Is it that Eldest Aunt finds our family an eyesore and wants to kick us out?"
Huo Yunting had been in the Military for nearly three years; his entire aura was vastly different from before.
Coupled with his height of over 1.8 meters, he possessed an absolute oppressive presence.
"Yunting, go to the Brigade Leader's house for a moment. Tell him that Eldest Aunt is instigating Parents to undergo Family Division and wants to kick us out. Ask the Brigade Leader to come and make a decision for us."
"Understood, Eldest Brother."
Huo Yunlei listened to his Eldest Brother the most, and immediately turned to run out.
"Stop right there!"
Grandpa Huo called out loudly.
Huo Yunlei stopped moving, but he looked towards his Eldest Brother.
Huo Yunting didn't look at him, instead meeting Grandpa's gaze directly.
Grandpa Huo hadn't expected that this grandson would change so much after going to the Barracks.
Not only had he grown much taller, but the fierceness in his eyes was not something an ordinary person possessed.
Thinking about the mistreatment their family had endured over the years, Grandpa Huo inevitably felt a little uneasy.
"That's enough, your Eldest Aunt just speaks without thinking. Don't take it to heart."
However, Huo Yunting didn't intend to stop while he was ahead.
"Grandpa, this doesn't seem to be just speaking without thinking, does it? In my opinion, Eldest Aunt has never treated us as family. Otherwise, on New Year's Day, she wouldn't have eaten hot Dumplings herself while letting my father and Younger Brother and Younger Sister gnaw on cold Cornbread Steamed Buns."
This was what he had heard from people in the Field Today.
At lunchtime, he specifically confirmed with Su Jianye and learned just how much Grievance their three men had suffered at home!
Huo Yunting was not the type to tolerate things; when he was younger, he had no choice but to endure.
Now that he was grown up, and had established a foothold in the military, he had sent back quite a bit of his Allowance over the past six months. He never expected that his father and Younger Brother and Younger Sister were not even treated as human beings at home.
Now that he had exposed this hypocritical familial affection, the whole family naturally didn't have pleasant expressions.
"What nonsense are you spouting! How could that happen?"
Li Xiufen clearly didn't want to admit it.
After all, if this matter were confirmed by Huo Yunting, the one who would lose the most Face would be their Eldest Branch.
Others wouldn't say the Third Branch bullied the Second Branch; they would only say the Eldest Branch, relying on superior numbers, deliberately bullied the Second Branch.
Grandpa Huo remained silent for a long time. He knew this grandson would soon be leaving for the Military, and the ten yuan he sent home every month was quite a sum.
He heard that as his service time increased, his future Allowance would also grow.
As the head of the family, he certainly didn't want this cash cow to become estranged from them.
"Enough, it's all in the past. Eldest Aunt was indeed wrong back then; your Grandma will speak to her. This won't happen again."
"Is that so? Then what about Eldest Aunt and Aunt constantly watching their own children bully my Younger Brother and Younger Sister, even cheering them on from the side—can that also be changed?"
When this was brought up, the Huo Third Branch's wife couldn't stand firm either.
It was truly too humiliating.
Being made to lose Face like this by a Junior gave her a feeling of being angry and powerless, mixed with a bit of shame.
Grandpa Huo knew that if he didn't give the Second Branch an explanation this time, it wouldn't be easily settled.
"If young children are just playing around, that's normal. But listen to me clearly, if you are descendants of the Huo Family, you cannot engage in internal conflict! If I ever discover again that any of you dare to bully Yunlei or Xiao Yan, don't blame me for being impolite!"
The Old Master still held some authority.
Huo Yunting merely smiled slightly upon seeing this, neither saying it was good nor bad.
He knew best how much deterrence and how much sincerity lay in the Old Master's words.
It was just that his Younger Brother and Younger Sister were still young, and generally, in the Village, rules about Family Division weren't brought up while the parents were present.
Moreover, even if there were a Family Division, it should be proposed by the Elders, not by him, a grandson.
So, he decided to stop while he was ahead.
The next morning, Su Xiaoruan slipped into the Kitchen.
Zhao Yingzi was making breakfast.
"Ruan Bao, you're up? Come taste this, see if this porridge meets your liking."
Su Xiaoruan wasn't polite, took the bowl, blew on it, and took a sip.
"Mmm, it smells so good! Sister, your cooking skills are amazing!"
Zhao Yingzi smiled, "It's not my skill; it's because you have good taste and could figure out this method to cook porridge. It smells wonderful just by me smelling it."
"Sister, add a few more pieces of sugar."
Since there was no rock sugar at home, Su Xiaoruan didn't want to take out the White Rabbit candy directly, so she simply dropped in a few pieces of White Rabbit Milk Candy.
This made the milky fragrance of the porridge even richer.
Zhao Yingzi cooked it according to the method Su Xiaoruan taught her last night.
Besides Rice, a little bit of Sorghum rice and some brown rice were added.
The large pot of porridge, with two bottles of Milk and a few pieces of White Rabbit Milk Candy, was indeed both fragrant and sweet.
Su Jianye directly drank two Large bowls.
"This porridge is too delicious. But this is the first time I've heard porridge can be made like this. Ruan Bao, where did you hear about this method?"
Su Xiaoruan said proudly, "I saw it in a book. But the rice they used there was finer, and they also added some Tremella. Our family doesn't have all the ingredients, so we'll just make do with this for now."
Su Xiangdong almost choked.
"Such delicious porridge, and you call it making do? Ruan Bao, you must never say that in front of outsiders, or you might get beaten."
Su Xiaoruan giggled, "Of course I won't! I'm not stupid!"
The family ate until they were satisfied. Su Xiaoruan saw that two bowls were left in the pot, so she simply brought over two bamboo tubes.
"Ruan Bao, what are you doing?"
"I'm taking it to Brother Yun Ting. Xiao Yan fainted at school earlier; it seems she's suffering from malnutrition. This porridge, although thin, has milk and sugar, so it should be good for her health."
Grandma Su didn't stop her, but felt it was perhaps inappropriate for a Young Girl like her to go over alone.
"Is Xiao Yan supposed to go to school?"
"Yes, but it's still early. I'll go find her now."
Grandma Su glanced towards Su Xiangdong.
Su Xiangdong immediately understood.
"Ruan Bao, wait for me. We'll go together."
Su Xiangdong told her to wait outside while he went into the Courtyard to call Huo Yunting out.
A moment later, Huo Yunlei and Huo Xiaoyan also came out.
"Let's go eat by that haystack up ahead. Don't let anyone see us."