"Yi Anguo! In the blink of an eye, you’ve grown so much." The sister-in-law said, appearing a bit emotional.
"You really resemble your father, and you look a lot like your older brother too. Your brother, of course, was just like you, tall and big."
"Your older brother was a capable person, and so are you, you’re also capable."
"If your brother hadn’t passed away back then, he surely wouldn’t have done badly now."
The sister-in-law wasn’t wrong in saying that. Yi Anguo’s older brother, the village elders still can’t help but give a thumbs up when they talk about him, followed by a sigh of how unfortunate it was for him to die so young.
Yi Anguo’s parents are the sa, often reminiscing about their eldest son. The mother, in particular, often can’t help but sigh and then shed tears.
The older brother was a reconnaissance soldier, even the leader of a recon platoon, daring to catch large snakes with his bare hands. He was so strong that even if a dozen people attacked him, they couldn’t overpower him.
Back then, the older brother took full responsibility for his younger siblings, figuring out ways to get food for them, often by hunting in the mountains.
Without any hunting tools, he had to use his bare hands, chasing rabbits, catching wild chickens and snakes, digging for wild vegetables, and grabbing fish from the river.
Not only did he make sure the younger siblings were full, but they ate better than anyone else!
Whenever anyone bullied the siblings, the older brother would chase them away, protecting his younger siblings.
"Hai Jun! Hai Tao! This is your uncle! What are you standing there for? Hurry and greet him." The sister-in-law wiped a tear from the corner of her eye as she turned to her two sons.
"Uncle! I’m Hai Tao, the second kid! Do you rember ?" The second son, Yi Haitao, quickly exclaid with a smile.
"Second kid" was Yi Haitao’s nickna.
"I just rember that when you were little, you loved to crawl into the quilt on cold winter days to sleep." Yi Anguo laughed teasingly.
When the two nephews had not yet left the village, the three would often sleep on the sa bed, often wrestling until they were tired.
Yi Haitao was the most troubleso, so Yi Anguo and Yi Haijun both found him a bit annoying, often arguing with him, which led to fights, turning the bed into a battlefield.
Hearing Yi Anguo say this, everyone laughed, and Yi Haitao smiled a bit sheepishly.
"Uncle! I’m Hai Jun." Yi Haijun said, looking at this uncle who was about his age, feeling a bit shy.
"Hai Jun! I heard you learned martial arts from your grandfather since childhood. How are your skills? Want to find soone to spar with you later to practice?"
Yi Anguo joked as he patted his eldest nephew Haijun on the shoulder.
"I learned martial arts to stay fit, not to fight. You can easily get hurt in a fight, and that’s not good." Yi Haijun laughed and declined.
"Rember when the three of us went fishing as kids, and since no adults were ho that day, the three little rascals cooked together, made a big pot of rice, fried the fish in oil, and it was so delicious." Yi Anguo recalled one of his childhood adventures.
"Oh, I rember that too, and when grandpa and grandma ca back, they almost beat you half to death." Yi Haijun added.
"The mory that stands out to the most is when the three of us played with fire in the kitchen, roasting sweet potatoes, and nearly set the whole kitchen on fire by igniting the firewood pile."
"Luckily, the village doctor returning from an outdoor visit saw it and quickly doused the flas with water from the cistern."
"Did that really happen? I don’t rember it." Yi Haitao asked, surprised.
"You were too young back then to rember anything." Yi Haijun responded.
"How young was I? You’re just two years older than !" Yi Haitao argued, a little dissatisfied.
"Two years makes a difference. Do you rember things from when you were six or seven? How about when you were four or five?" Yi Haijun replied.
"Whenever we got into trouble, I was the one who got beaten." Yi Anguo said with a bitter smile.
"We’re almost the sa age, and yet my brother and I have to call you uncle. Who else would get hit if not you?" Yi Haijun laughed.
That’s right! Yi Anguo’s parents would never hit their grandsons, only their own son.
Since the grandsons had already lost their father, of course, they wouldn’t bear to hit them. Besides, affection skips a generation. If grandparents were to beat their grandchildren badly, how could the daughter-in-law stand idly by?
Afterward, Yi Haijun and Yi Haitao’s wives also ca forward to greet and call Yi Anguo uncle, and they had their children greet him as well.
The nieces-in-law calling Yi Anguo uncle seed natural and without any embarrassnt; in fact, they seed happy, their smiles genuine.
This is understandable as they already knew that their husbands’ uncle was not just an ordinary man but a wealthy tycoon.
Having such an uncle is a great boon for them, positively impacting their husbands’ future careers and their children’s future too.
Yi Haijun married quite early, at twenty years old. His eldest daughter, Yi Wenjuan, is already fifteen and currently a high school sophomore.
Calling soone the sa age as their father "grandfather" did feel a bit embarrassing.
But since it’s their true great-uncle, they had no choice but to call him that.
Yi Haijun’s son, Yi Yunfeng, is already eleven, half a year older than Yi Anguo’s daughter, Yi Xinyi.
Yi Haitao’s elder son is nad Yi Yuntian. Although he wasn’t married early or late either, Yi Yuntian is also eleven years old this year, three months older than Yi Yunfeng.
Yi Haitao’s younger son, Yi Yunyuan, is eight years old this year.
After eting Yi Anguo’s sister-in-law’s family, it was ti to et Yi Anguo’s side of the family.
Yi Anguo introduced Hu Jing to his sister-in-law, and after eting her, it was the nephews, nieces-in-law, and the four grandnephews’ turn to et Auntie Hu Jing and their great-aunt.
Hu Jing, as the hostess and elder figure, had prepared welco gifts for them; she couldn’t just let them call her aunt and great-aunt without a gift in return. So she prepared extravagant gifts for the five adults: a luxury watch each and the latest Hua Xing 3 smartphone.
The four kids each received a Hua Xing Little Genius children’s phone watch.
This children’s phone watch is a newly developed product by Huaxing Technology Group, capable of making calls.
It’s still in the testing phase and hasn’t been officially launched yet, but it’ll soon go into mass production.
Then it was Yi Xinyi’s turn to lead her younger siblings to the stage.
When they called their eldest aunt, she smiled broadly, but it was a bit awkward because she hadn’t prepared any gifts or even a red envelope for her nephews and nieces.
Although Yi Anguo and his wife had prepared gifts for their sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren, the sister-in-law hadn’t prepared any gifts for her nephews and nieces, which made her feel a bit embarrassed.
Finally, it was Yi Wenjuan, Yi Yunfeng, Yi Yuntian, and Yi Yunyuan’s turn to et their aunt Yi Xinyi and uncles like Yi Yunlong.
Yi Wenjuan felt very awkward and bashful, her face flushed red, and had trouble calling them aunt and uncle.
Yi Xinyi and her siblings were thrilled to have four people address them as uncle and auntie."
"If you all call auntie, I’ll give you so candy." Yi Yufeng playfully said with a grin.
"No way! You’re not even older than ! How can you expect to call you auntie?" Yi Yunyuan replied defiantly.
"I call your dad brother, and I’m your dad’s cousin, so if you don’t call auntie, what will you call ?" Yi Yufeng curiously asked.
Eight-year-old Yi Yunyuan imdiately found himself unable to answer this question, quickly turning to his parents for help.
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