When Jiang Ran heard the woman’s words, she wasn’t at all surprised.
The whole family had traveled through two places, journeying thousands of miles to reach beishi.
At this moment, if they were told to leave, they certainly wouldn’t go.
Besides, if they were kicked out now, they would have nowhere to go.
No matter what she thought, Jiang Ran didn’t speak up proactively.
Just like before, when she was handling matters concerning the Jiang Family, no one from the Pei Family voiced any opinions or influenced her decisions.
Now, the arriving family are relatives of the Pei Family, and how to handle them should be decided by Pei Baoshan and Wang Cuilan.
After being silent for quite a while, Pei Baoshan finally spoke, "Today is New Year’s Eve. You can stay for now; on the sixth day of the new year, I’ll get you tickets to go back to your hometown. There’s a house and land there. As long as you work hard, you won’t have trouble feeding yourselves."
After Pei Baoshan finished speaking, the man who hadn’t spoken up until now finally spoke in a deep voice.
"Second brother, are you trying to drive the eldest brother’s family away?"
The woman also slapped her thigh, "Second brother, what you’re doing isn’t fair!"
"You two are brothers by blood, even if you break a bone, the sinew still connects!"
"Now that you’re doing well, can’t you lend your big brother a hand?"
As the couple continued speaking, Pei Baoshan’s face turned increasingly grim.
"Enough!"
Pei Baoshan suddenly shouted, startling the couple into silence. They looked at Pei Baoshan with some confusion, not knowing why he had suddenly gotten angry.
Pei Baoshan glared at the couple, "Pei Baoshu, Xu Yufen, you’re now readily calling us family. But when you took the family’s grain money and tickets and ran off, leaving our parents behind, did you think of us as family then?"
"What? Just because I haven’t mentioned it since you arrived, you think I’ve forgotten?"
"Let me tell you, even if you’ve forgotten, I haven’t."
"When our parents passed away, they were so skinny it was just skin and bones. They couldn’t even have a full meal."
"Letting you through this door, giving you a meal, and allowing you to stay until after the New Year is already considering our familial bond."
"If you push further, you can get out right now!"
After Pei Baoshan spoke, the room fell silent, and no one dared to breathe heavily.
It was only then that Jiang Ran finally learned the names of the couple.
Pei Baoshu and Xu Yufen exchanged a glance.
After living together for most of their lives, they had this level of mutual understanding.
Even with just an exchanged glance, they could roughly gauge what the other was thinking.
Xu Yufen forced a smile, "Second brother, why do you say such things? Back then, we had no choice; life was too hard..."
"Don’t bring up the past with me. You were suffering, so others weren’t? Why didn’t they run away and abandon their parents?"
"Yes, yes, I won’t say it anymore," Xu Yufen hurriedly nodded, "What happened before was our fault, but we’ve realized our mistake now. Besides, our mistakes don’t involve the children. They were too young to understand anything then. Not to mention these two little ones."