Married the Tough Guy After Transmigrating
Chapter 273 - 274: Trading Food for a Place to Stay

Chapter 273: Chapter 274: Trading Food for a Place to Stay

The little girl being hit was full of fear, shivering as she yelled toward the front door, "Granny, please save Ye’er.

The house is leaking now, we have no place to lie down, and my brother is still feverish. Granny, please save Ye’er and my brother."

Granny Huo was lying in bed with her eyes tightly shut, listening to the heavy rain beating against the windows and the crying of her granddaughter and grandson, feeling a sourness in her heart.

"Granny, please help Ye’er," cried the voice of Huo Ye’er from outside the door.

Granny Huo, worried by the sound, quickly dressed and got out of bed, only to find her own grandson standing outside when she opened the door.

"Aren’t you asleep yet?" Granny Huo’s face showed guilt, well aware of how her eldest son had treated her grandson.

This house was built by her grandson, and Granny Huo felt it would be unfair to him to let them all in.

Huo Chen responded indifferently, frowning at the noise outside.

After a while, he said, "Let them in."

Upon hearing her grandson’s words, Granny Huo’s face lit up with surprise, "Really?"

Seeing the change in Granny Huo’s expression, Huo Chen looked down and nodded again.

He quickly returned to the house.

Granny Huo opened the door and gestured for her grandson and granddaughter to come in.

Huo Hanjie, seeing the door open, was instantly overjoyed, knowing his mother wouldn’t have the heart to leave them out in the cold.

Just as he was about to step in, Granny Huo stopped him, "The two children can come in, but you two need to leave."

The children were young and naive, and back then there had been two of them, Granny Huo couldn’t bear to see her descendants harmed.

But she was clear on how detestable her son and daughter-in-law were. For the sake of Chen, she definitely wouldn’t let the two in, to spare her grandson the heartache.

Huo Hanjie, blocked by Granny Huo, was reluctant but still feared Huo Chen, he glanced at the courtyard and didn’t dare enter.

Watching Granny Huo close the front door left Huo Hanjie in utter despair.

"Mom, please save us!" cried the Eldest Son’s wife in desperation, glaring fiercely at her husband, "It’s all your fault for being useless.

Your mother is heartless, choosing a grandson who isn’t even her blood over her own son."

Huo Hanjie was furious, filled with resentment, yet his own house indeed had no space left, and the whole place was leaking.

Looking at the two-story western-style houses around the village, Huo Hanjie burned with anger. It was all Huo Chen, that bastard, who, together with Xu Ying, had squeezed them out.

They weren’t allowed to work at the workshop. Otherwise, he could have had a house built, and they wouldn’t be homeless now.

The more Huo Hanjie thought, the angrier he became, facing his younger brother’s unmoving house door, he stormed over.

"Lil Bro, you coward, hasn’t your house been flooded yet? Don’t you think about taking your wife and children to that old woman’s house?

Look at that scoundrel living so comfortably in our Huo Family home." Huo Hanjie, not daring to provoke Huo Chen, turned to find his own younger brother instead.

Huo Hanjian was no fool, smarter and less selfish than his older brother, he yawned and came out, "Big brother, what are you ranting about? Can’t you let people sleep?"

Huo Hanjie was surprised by his brother’s response, "Still sleeping now? Look at our village, everyone else has built houses, only our two are still the old mud ones.

This heavy rain isn’t going to stop anytime soon, our house will collapse at this rate. I already can’t sleep in my house, it’s leaking inside and out.

Isn’t your house leaking too?"

Huo Hanjie’s wife followed, stretching her neck curiously to peek into the younger brother’s courtyard.

Huo Hanjian shook his head, "Eldest brother, if you have nothing else, I’m going back to sleep. You don’t even fix the leaks; anyway, there’s nothing much going on at my house."

He was about to close the door when Huo Hanjie suddenly grew anxious. Fixing the house now? He hadn’t even climbed up before he’d fallen off; he definitely wasn’t going.

Old Two’s room was just like his—how come his room didn’t leak!

Huo Hanjie’s eyes shifted, his whole body trembling with anger, "Great, our parents really favored you back then, building your house sturdy and solid while mine crumbles at a touch."

As soon as he said this, Huo Hanjian couldn’t stay calm, "Old brother, are you genuinely clueless or just pretending? The houses were built exactly the same initially, but dad let us choose.

My house doesn’t leak because I just repaired it a few days ago. You’re just lazy, never even bothering to fix anything."

At these words, Huo Hanjie felt too embarrassed.

Huo Hanjie’s wife was also furious, looking at her man as if she wanted to hit someone.

"Old Two, our house really can’t accommodate anyone now, can we temporarily stay at your place?"

Huo Hanjian thought about it, the eldest brother and his wife had a rough temperament, but he was even more indifferent, not fearing any trouble.

He nodded.

Huo Hanjie seeing this, was visibly delighted.

"Big brother, if you want to stay at my place, that’s fine, but there’s no such thing as a free lunch. You’ll have to give me half of your grain," Huo Hanjian insisted.

The heavy rain showed no sign of stopping; after such a disaster, there would surely be a famine. He needed to prepare in advance.

Huo Hanjie’s face turned dark with anger, "Old Two, remember I’m your real brother."

"Blood counts, but clear accounts make good relations. If I didn’t let you stay at my place, you and your wife might just freeze to death tonight.

Look at this rain, it’s not letting up, it’s already ankle-deep now. If it keeps up like this, by tonight it’ll be knee-deep.

With the cold weather right now, it’d be tough without a place to stay."

Huo Hanjie, experiencing this kind of threat for the first time, had no choice but to angrily agree.

The heavy rain continued to pour incessantly, inside Yu County Food Factory, Mr. Sun and Mr. Niu were walking in circles, frantic with worry.

The phone calls to Xujia Village just wouldn’t go through. Could something have happened?

Originally, Mr. Sun just wanted to call and check on Xujia Village, to show some concern, but he couldn’t get through after several attempts.

The county was experiencing torrential rain, the water reaching people’s calves already, and the state of the village was unknown.

Village houses are generally not very sturdy; they couldn’t have been washed away, could they?

"Old Niu, didn’t you visit Xujia Village before? Are their houses sturdy? No one is answering the phone, could something have happened?" Mr. Sun asked, visibly worried.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Niu quickly turned to Secretary Yang, "Secretary Yang, you often visit Xu Family Village and you even dated Xiao Xu’s cousin. Are the houses in Xujia Village sturdy?"

Secretary Yang answered truthfully, "Xujia Village used to sell vegetables in restaurants, and now they have teamed up with our textile and food factories. Now, every household in the village has built sturdy buildings.

The houses are definitely robust; they won’t collapse."

Mr. Sun finally sighed in relief.

Mr. Niu comforted him, "Old Sun, don’t worry too much. With such heavy rain now, the village must have lost power already.

The workshops definitely can’t operate today; everyone must have gone home."

Just as Mr. Niu finished speaking, the lights in the office flickered and then went out.

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