On the day the 2.32 million demolition compensation arrived, the father threw 20,000 yuan on the table, giving the remaining 2.30 million entirely to the younger son to buy a house and a car. He and his wife had been married for three years, living all along in a semi-basement where water leaked when it rained and moisture returned in winter. Without making a fuss, he smilingly pushed back the 20,000 yuan and publicly announced he was marrying into his father-in-law's family as a matrilocal son-in-law—with the father-in-law promising to provide a fully paid-for house and car upon returning to C City. At the Mid-Autumn reunion dinner, he finished his last cup of wine and left with his wife. Later, when the younger brother became too spoiled to care for the elderly parents, the father only remembered his eldest son upon being hospitalized; abiding by the support agreement, he only shouldore half of the obligations while opening a branch of his auto repair shop in C City. As their son was born, the dining table of his father-in-law and mother-in-law always featured the dishes he loved to eat.