But no one invited him, dear Fourth Uncle, for another round of feasting.
"That little runt, way too bossy, doesn’t care about this Fourth Uncle at all."
Ms.Luo, who was nibbling on her rice, also looked depressed. However, she was quick-minded and thought further ahead than Yang Xiaochuan.
She then suggested, "Husband, you said that the third branch of family has bought a shop, won’t they need to hire workers and a shopkeeper when they open?"
"Isn’t that obvious? Oh, my third brother is truly blessed. Already a cripple, and now he suddenly becomes an Old Master?" Yang Xiaochuan’s eyes rolled in envy.
Ms.Luo said, "Husband, do you think you could find work in third brother’s shop?"
"What? Expect me to work for him as a mere worker? No way. I wouldn’t degrade myself like that." Yang Xiaochuan rejected the idea without a second thought.
Ms.Luo quickly added, "What nonsense are you talking about? I obviously do not mean for you to work as a worker there. I was wondering if we could get our father to speak to Third Brother and let you manage the shop. Then, wouldn’t you have the final say on everything in the store?"
On hearing this, Yang Xiaochuan thought, right, why didn’t I think of that?
"You’re right. Once I get back, I’ll speak to Father right away. Hah, once I’m in charge of the shop, it’ll be so easy to make money."
Yang Xiaochuan’s face showed a calculating smile, as if he already owned all the money in the yet-to-be-opened shop of third branch family. Ms.Luo laughed along.
Just as Old Yang returned from the third branch of the family, he heard the conversation between the Fourth Uncle and his wife before he even entered the house.
He was so angry! Has his son become this twisted? The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He kicked open the door of the main room, causing Yang Xiaochuan to be taken aback, forgetting to swallow the gruel he was eating.
"Father?" Ms.Luo also hurriedly stood up, her heart pounding, wondering if their conversation had been overheard.
Old Yang, on hearing them call him, paused for a moment, then flung the meat and vegetables he had brought back onto the floor. The two bowls filled with radish braised meat and chicken stew flew out of the basket, their contents spilling all over the ground.
"Father, what are you doing?" Yang Xiaochuan jumped in fright at his father’s action. However, the sight of the chicken and braised radish on the ground immediately brought him a heartache, "Father, why did you throw all this good meat about? You must have had your fill at the third branch. But I haven’t tasted meat for many days."
Ms.Luo couldn’t help grumbling when she saw this, "Father, what are you doing? We haven’t had such good meat in our house for days."
"Eat, eat, eat, it’s all you know! You heartless creatures, even scheming against your own blood brother." Old Yang pointed at Yang Xiaochuan and criticized, "That is your real brother! And this, this is how you scheme against him? Must have been taught by your mother."
Old Yang raged on and on, and the people from the first branch of family naturally heard him.
Yang Da’an and Ms.Liu rushed in. Seeing the meat on the ground, they also felt a pang of heartache. Hearing Fourth Uncle’s daughter crying in fear of Old Yang, Ms.Liu impatiently told Yang Qingbao, "Go, take her out to play."
"Fourth Brother, what happened? How did you upset Father?" Seeing Old Yang panting heavily in anger, Yang Da’an asked Yang Xiaochuan.
Yang Xiaochuan had always looked down upon his eldest brother from the bottom of his heart. Only because Old Lady Hua kept it in check in the past was he unable to retaliate. Now that Old Lady Hua was dead and their own father ran the Yang family, how could he ever be subjected to Yang Da’an’s interrogations again?