By the time I returned from Yunzhou, it was already afternoon.
Uncle Liu had taken Erdan to school to enroll in the morning and didn't have to spend a dime. When he saw the deepened laugh lines on his younger brother's face, he said, "Niece, I won't go on about my gratitude. Just know that your house is safe with me. Sun Laizi can dream on about getting his hands on it."
In this town, though there are many with the surname Sun, there are quite a few Lius as well. Uncle Liu was the third among his brothers, with two older and two younger, making for a family of five brothers plus a few adult nephews—roughly a dozen people in total.
But that's nothing compared to Sun Laizi's family, which boasted even more members.
It was just that previously, it wasn't necessary to make enemies with those named Sun, especially since Xiaotie's family were outsiders.