Yun Fujin found a place close to an elementary school, which was convenient for Yun Que'er and Yun Yi to go to school. It was also not far from another primary school where Yun Motan worked. Finally, their family was reunited.
Yun Fujin specially checked the almanac and picked a good day to move.
Watching Yun Fujin bustling around, Yun Motan couldn't help laughing.
"I've already said that modern people don't have so many taboos. Why do you have to check the almanac? It'll soon be the autumn harvest. All the coolies who pull carts outside have been called back home. We'll have to trouble Uncle Ji's family. It might be better to wait a bit longer."
"Old friend, you're treating me like an outsider. I'm a friend of your eldest son across generations. I must come and help you move." Doctor Ji laughed.
Yun Motan was also amused and laughed heartily. "If you're a friend of my son across generations, wouldn't I be a generation older than you?"
Doctor Ji pretended to be angry and pointed at Yun Motan. "Don't take advantage of me."
Yun Que'er secretly giggled twice and then went out to help carry the sundries in the yard.
"What are you doing? Do you know how much this teacup costs? If you break it, can you afford to pay for it?"
As soon as she reached the door, she heard Yun Yi scolding.
Yun Que'er thought it was Yun Jianzhou being clumsy and annoying Yun Yi. But when she walked closer, she found it was Liu Yu.
"How did you get in?"
Yun Que'er was a bit annoyed and looked at the purple clay teacup in Yun Yi's hand with a pang of heartache.
It was sent by Li Chengfu a few days ago. Although it wasn't extremely valuable, it was still better than an ordinary ceramic cup.
Fortunately, Yun Yi caught it in time and it didn't break.
Yun Que'er looked at Liu Yu disapprovingly and snorted.
"I know you look down on our family, but what can you do about it? It's your father's own fault for causing trouble with our family!"
Liu Yu stared at Yun Que'er resentfully and roared.
"It's not fair!"
Why could the Yun family do business while all their family's pigs had been confiscated?
That wasn't all. Liu Kui was still being detained and couldn't come back. Liu Yu was left to fend for himself, often going hungry.
Their relatives were all heartless. When the Liu family was doing well, they often came to mooch off them. But now that the family had fallen on hard times, they all kept their distance and didn't offer any help.
No one was willing to help hire a lawyer for Liu Kui. Liu Yu was almost like an orphan.
Yun Que'er glared at him disapprovingly. "What's unfair? If your father had behaved himself, things wouldn't have turned out this way. You're only one year younger than my second brother. Why are you so stupid? Instead of wasting your time breaking our things and having to pay for them, you'd better find a reliable person to help get your father out."
Liu Yu still stared at Yun Que'er with fire in his eyes.
He just couldn't understand why his once prosperous family had fallen so quickly.
It was all the Yun family's fault!
Thinking of this, Liu Yu got even angrier. He rushed up and started pulling the things on the cart.
He didn't care how much he had to pay. Anyway, he wouldn't let the Yun family have an easy time.
Yun Que'er also got angry. She had been reluctant to argue with him before, but she couldn't tolerate him anymore.
She rolled up her sleeves and rushed up to push Liu Yu away.
At this moment, Yun Motan's voice suddenly came from behind.
"Que'er, don't fight."
Yun Que'er withdrew her hand reluctantly but firmly blocked in front of the flatbed cart to prevent Liu Yu from getting closer. She turned to look at Yun Motan, feeling a bit wronged.
"Dad..."
Yun Motan smiled amiably. He stepped forward to help Yun Que'er block Liu Yu and gently pulled Yun Que'er closer to him to prevent her from clashing with Liu Yu.
"Xiaoyu, I know you're angry." Yun Motan's voice was calm and even a bit kind. "There might be some unjust elements in this, but if you've done something wrong, you've done it. One has to learn to admit mistakes and start a new life after correcting them."
Yun Que'er couldn't help muttering, "If he could listen to this, the sun would rise in the west..."
Yun Motan patted Yun Que'er's back and continued.
"If you never know where you've gone wrong, you're truly confused. I know you can't understand what I'm saying now, but you'll understand when you grow up."
Liu Yu really couldn't listen. He just glared at Yun Motan hatefully.
But since there were adults from the Yun family present, Liu Yu knew he couldn't get the upper hand. So he angrily turned around and left.
"Wait a minute." Yun Motan suddenly called out to Liu Yu.
He went back to the kitchen and took out a box of unopened fruits.
"I see your father hasn't been back for a few days. You've lost weight from hunger. You haven't had a good meal in recent days, have you?"
It was true that he hadn't had a good meal.
Liu Yu had always been spoiled by Liu Kui and had no self - care ability at all.
Not to mention cooking a proper meal, even his clothes were dirty.
Recently, out of desperation from hunger, he had clumsily learned to make soup and bake pancakes.
But the soup was always too salty and the pancakes were too hard to swallow. How could he be full?
Looking at the box of fruits Yun Motan was holding out, Liu Yu couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
Yun Motan smiled and stuffed the box of fruits into Liu Yu's hands.
"Take it and eat."
Liu Yu seemed a bit hesitant but still pushed it away forcefully, almost knocking the box to the ground.
"I don't want it. Don't be so fake nice!"
"How can you talk like that!" Yun Que'er was unhappy. "Our family didn't laugh at you and even gave you food. You should be grateful!"
"Que'er, don't talk like that." Yun Motan stopped Yun Que'er.
He slowly squatted down. "You can blame us and even hate us, but food is the most important thing for the people. No matter what you do, you have to eat enough first. Take it. Eat well and grow up well. Settle all your grudges when you grow up."
Liu Yu looked at Yun Motan disgustedly, but his stomach growled honestly. He still couldn't help taking the box of fruits and then ran away without even saying thank you.
"What bad manners!" Yun Que'er said disapprovingly.
Yun Motan smiled gently. "Que'er, he's only a few years older than you. He only has his father in the family and has always been spoiled. Naturally, he's not as sensible as you. Especially now that his father has committed a crime, his world must have fallen apart. So don't argue with him."
Yun Motan stroked Yun Que'er's head. "Don't flatter people when they're successful, and don't step on them when they're down. If you can do these two things, you'll be different from others."
"Yes." Doctor Ji also nodded. "Que'er, if you want to be a superior person, you don't have to care about many small things. Only by not being fussy can you have more time to do truly meaningful things. Otherwise, you'll never amount to anything."
Throughout history, no one who was vengeful and petty - minded had ever succeeded.