Chapter 416: Liu Baihan


    During the Lantern Festival, there are naturally several traditional customs that cannot be missed.<div>


    On the 15th day of the first lunar month, people light up thousands of colorfulnterns to express celebration.


    They also eat yuanxiao (glutinous rice dumplings), admirenterns, guessntern riddles, walk away illness, wee the Goddess of the Hearth, watch lion dances, perform dragonntern dances, walk on stilts, and chase mice toplete the festivities.


    Of course, some of these customs do not start on the 15th but earlier, such as lightingnterns and walking on stilts, which generally start from the 11th day of the lunar month and end on the 18th.


    Apanying the stilt-walking custom is the lion dance!


    The countryside bes lively a little slower, usually starting these celebrations on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, while in the city, these customs start even earlier.


    Di Yelei prepared antern for each of the three children, with the frame made of bamboo strips and sorghum stalks. He made rabbit, puppy, and chickennterns, one of each kind.<div>


    While Di Yelei’snterns had not yet beenpleted, Liu Quan and Ms. Yao had already sentnterns over.


    ording to tradition, the family of a woman who was married in the previous year should sendnterns to symbolize new members. Since Liu Sisi was already pregnant, they sent threenterns – onerge and two small. The person who sent thenterns was none other than Liu Sisi’s elder brother, Liu Baihan!


    Liu Baihan came with two boys around ten years old, and upon their entrance, the courtyard became chaotic!


    At ten years old, children should ideally be sensible. However, the first thing these two children did was to pull Ah-Hua’s tail.


    Ever since Ah-Hua returned safely from itsst adventure, it has be the Di Family’s favorite, and its body has gradually grown plump, regaining its former radiance.


    However, one thing remained—Ah-Hua’s recent temper had grown even bigger!


    Upon entering the courtyard and grabbing a dog’s tail, the two unruly children were provoking the hounds. Ah-Hua didn’t bark, but bit back instead!


    Fortunately, they were wearing thick clothes due to the snowy weather, and Ah-Hua hadn’t bitten down with great force, so no one was injured!


    However, the two rascals still didn’t learn the lesson and continued to forcefully pull on Ah-Hua’s tail. Ah-Hua’s snarling and growling escted, and it seemed ready to bite again. Old Cheng, who had heard themotion, rushed out to scold them.


    “Ah-Hua, Ah-Huang! Go, go, go…”


    In the end, Ah-Hua’s tail was rescued from the children’s grips. The dogs quickly slipped into their dog house, reluctant toe out again.


    Old Cheng then took a closer look at the visitors: “Sir, who are you looking for?”<div>


    Liu Baihan’s eyeballs swiveled a few times: “Is this Di Yelei’s house? You go tell him his brother-inw hase, let hime out and greet me!”n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    “Oh? I haven’t heard that my madam has an elder uncle. Sir, are you sure you’ve got the right house?”


    Old Cheng bowed respectfully.


    “Get lost! You old fool, what are you blocking the way for? Don’t you see who I, Liu Baihan, am? You just need to remember that my name is Liu Baihan. If you really annoy me, I have a hundred ways to make you suffer. If you want to try, I, Liu Baihan, don’t mind ying with you!”


    When he said this, Liu Sisi had already heard themotion and put down her brush toe out of the room.


    Upon hearing his words, she immediately understood that the visitor must be the brother who sold off the original owner of her body, Liu Baihan.


    As the unsuspecting visitor kept running his mouth, Liu Sisi very nearly went over and pped him!


    Knowing the visitor’s identity, as well as hearing the suffering yelps of the two dogs, she had no intention of leaving any face for him, quickly stepping forward.


    In just a short time, the naughty child who had just let go of Ah-Hua and Ah-Huang had already crawled into the stable. Hearing the jujube red horse snorting restlessly, her eyebrows furrowed even tighter.


    “Do I, Liu Sisi, have a brother? Howe I don’t know about this?”


    As soon as she spoke, Old Cheng immediately bowed in reverence, “Madam.”


    “Mm, you can step back.”<div>


    “Yes, Madam.”


    Old Cheng did not leave but instead stood behind Liu Sisi. He could tell that the visitor would not be easily dealt with in just a few words.


    Liu Baihan nced at Old Cheng behind Liu Sisi, and his eyes lit up as their inner radiance grew: “Ah! It’s true that ‘one should look at a person differently after three days’! It hasn’t been that long, and you already have people serving you. You’re truly extraordinary!”


    Liu Sisi twitched her mouth corner! Is this really the original owner’s biological brother? He even mispronounced the phrase “one should look at a person differently after three days.” How ridiculous!


    “This matter has nothing to do with you. I, Liu Sisi, have long been sold away. I don’t have any brothers. Old Cheng, remember, next time don’t let those crazy dogs in to bite people. Otherwise, it won’t end well.”


    As she spoke, she turned and walked toward the house.


    Initially, when she was sold off for money and had not been visited for nine months since her marriage, she would never have believed that someone would suddenly visit her without some ulterior motive.


    “Yes, Madam!”


    Old Cheng naturally agreed, then immediately began to drive the visitor away: “Sir, our madam said she doesn’t know you. Please leave immediately.”


    “Bastard! What kind of tone is that? Is this how you serve? Get lost! Don’t get in the way, lest you disgrace yourself!”


    Liu Baihan hade with determination, so how could he back down so easily?


    With one hand, he immediately pushed Old Cheng out of the way and said, “Liu Sisi! Don’t think that since you have married a good family, you can put on airs with me! Liu Baihan is not easy to bully. If you think you have the strength to y with me, go ahead and try! Watch as I have countless ways to ensure you can’t even eat!”<div>


    At this, Liu Sisiughed!


    Do bullies only look for easy targets nowadays? Not showing her fierceness, do they think she’s a sick cat?


    “Old Cheng! Get a stick and beat him out of the house! Remember, aim for his leg bones. If he’s injured or crippled, it’s all on me. Just leave him with half a life so he can see who would eventuallye to pick up his corpse!”


    Liu Sisi was really furious! She had just dealt with an incident a few days ago, and now another idiot had shown up, causing her much anger and resentment!


    “Don’t! I…I came here today on a mission! It’s my dad and mom who sent me! If you don’t believe me, look at this…”


    Liu Baihan’s shamelessness was truly thick-skinned, as he wailed like a ghost and howled like a wolf!


    Liu Sisi’s expression didn’t soften at all, especially when she saw the naughty child who had crawled into the stable tugging on the horse’s tail and trying to climb onto the horse’s back. Her inner me of anger grew even bigger!