The setting sun, with our hungry stomachs, we carefully carried a litter of rabbit pups and walked back with cheerful steps.

Before we even entered the house, we heard Uncle complaining in detail: "Mom is never home, I wonder what she's up to all day..."

"Exactly, Mom hit me hard, and even made me pay for the groceries, saying she's the boss of the house—"

With a bang, I pushed open the door.

My dad shrank back in fear, not daring to speak anymore.

Grandpa took a puff of his pipe, looking at me nonchalantly, "The wild boy is back?"

I couldn't be bothered to respond to him, so I put down my things and served Aunt a bowl of wild vegetable porridge, "Eat."

Grandpa angrily tapped his pipe, "I'm talking to you, are you mute or deaf?"

Seeing Aunt too scared to hold her chopsticks, I quickly picked up some pickled bamboo shoots for her, signaling her to eat.

"Alright, alright, today I'll show you all who's the head of this family!"

He stood up, grabbed a stick, and threatened me with it.

Glancing at Uncle and my dad standing on the side, watching as if it were a show, my parents fighting, they had expressions of enjoyment.

Well, this family is beyond saving.

I picked up the nearby hatchet, and with force, I chopped down on the table, splitting the wood with a crack, "Don't use a stick, use this. We've already fought the landlords, why still cling to feudal family heads? Come on, the whole family will die with you!"

Grandpa's family used to be wealthy farmers, just had their land divided, and he feared being accused of being feudal.

He reluctantly put down the stick, my dad pulled out the rabbit pups from the basket, happily shouting, "Dad, it's a rabbit! We're going to be rich!"

"It was caught by the second child, I told you, she's our lucky star."

I said loudly, but they seemed not to hear.

"Dad, if we sell the rabbit, we'll have money for me to get married!"

I scoffed, "Others marry based on ability, do you rely on thick skin?"

Uncle was so angry he stomped his feet, "I'm the eldest son, the Huang family relies on me to carry on the family line!"

I rolled my eyes secretly, the Huang family isn't the royal family, yet he acts like he's the crown prince.

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