Chapter 17: Going to Pay Respects

“Buy me a courtyard?” Fenglan asked in surprise.

“Yes, that money is just sitting there anyway. Buying a house, whether you rent it out or live in it yourself, is an asset. It can also be used as a dowry for Manman in the future!”

“Mom~” Fenglan was moved and wanted to cry again. Her mother thought of everything for her and her child.

“Alright, stop crying, hurry up and cook!” Wu Zhiqiu impatiently pushed her eldest daughter away and pulled Manman into the house.

Fenglan was still very touched. Her mother was like that, tough-talking but soft-hearted. She cared about her and didn’t let her speak.

The three of them ate happily, and Wu Zhiqiu told them about the small courtyard.

“Mom, let’s move there to live, it’s close to Grandma!”

“Okay!” Fenglan agreed. She wanted to be closer to her parents.

“You can decide later.” Wu Zhiqiu was very happy. This was the first big thing she had done since she came back.

Things were harmonious on their side, but the atmosphere at the Old Li family wasn’t so harmonious!

When the second son came home for lunch, he saw his eldest brother bringing his grandparents into the alley from afar.

The second son ran home as fast as he could, and as soon as he entered the house, he shouted, “Chunni, hurry up and leave, Big Brother brought Grandma and Grandpa!”

Chunni was putting the third child down for a nap.

She was stunned when she saw the second son rushing in, “So what if they came?”

The second son glared at his wife, exasperated, and quickly put shoes on the eldest and second children.

“My grandparents are very difficult. They don’t care about anyone except Big Brother! Hurry up and leave, don’t stay here and get nothing but trouble.”

“Then we’ll leave, what about Mom?” Chunni was still worried about her mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law was so nice to her now! She wasn’t at ease leaving her mother-in-law alone at home!

“I’ll tell Aunt Liu later, ask her to keep an eye on Mom, let her go to my sister’s place for a few days.” The second son quickly came up with a plan.

Chunni agreed. If her mother-in-law knew in advance, she wouldn’t come back to be upset!

The second son took his wife and children out the back door and went back to his father-in-law’s house.

The eldest son led his parents into the house and saw that it was empty, no one was home.

The eldest son had been planning to have his sister-in-law cook for his parents, but the adults and children were all gone.

He went out and saw Hu Dalaoba cooking lunch in the kitchen, so he asked, “Auntie, did you see my sister-in-law?”

Hu Dalaoba had been busy cooking and hadn’t paid attention to their family’s movements.

“She’s not home? She was still playing with the children at home just now!”

The eldest son shook his head, “She’s not here.”

“Then I don’t know. What do you want your sister-in-law for?” Dalaoba started to pry.

“Nothing, my grandparents came, I was thinking of having my sister-in-law cook something.”

“Can’t you cook yourself? You’re the eldest brother, and you’re ordering your sister-in-law around? Your grandparents came from so far away, aren’t you going to take them out to eat?” Dalaoba launched into a tirade.

The eldest son was filled with regret. He was just being a smart aleck, why did he bother with this Dalaoba!

Before Dalaoba could finish speaking,

The eldest son rushed out.

Dalaoba spat, “Coming here with empty hands, and you still dare to order your brother’s wife around, you’re shameless!”

The eldest son went out and bought a few buns for his parents to eat. He didn’t have any money on him. Wu Zhiqiu had taken his passbook, and she had also taken the twenty yuan in his pocket. He had borrowed money from his colleagues to go back to his hometown!

Wang Yue heard that her mother-in-law had taken his passbook and threw a tantrum at home. She had been giving him the cold shoulder for the past few days!

He was already heartbroken to buy a few buns for his parents!

The old couple were very happy eating the meat buns. The buns were so fragrant in the city!

The eldest son stayed with his parents, waiting for Li Mancang and Wu Zhiqiu to get off work.

He hadn’t seen his sister-in-law all afternoon, so he guessed she had gone back to her parents’ home.

When it was time to get off work, the third son arrived home first. He saw his grandparents had come.

The third son, with his cunning mind, immediately understood. His brother couldn’t outsmart his parents, so he went back to the village to bring reinforcements.

The third son greeted his grandparents, and the old man and old woman responded with indifference.

Then Li Fengchun came home from school. Before she could greet her grandparents,

The old woman called her to cook.

“Grandma, I still need to study, I’ll cook when Mom comes back.”

The old woman raised an eyelid, “You’re an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl, and you have to wait for your mother to cook even a meal at home. What kind of talk is that? Studying won’t be affected by waiting a little while. Go cook now. You don’t act like a girl, I don’t know how the eldest son manages his children!”

Li Fengchun… she had been doing housework all these days! Cooking wasn’t her job!

“What are you standing there for? Hurry up! Why are you so slow to do a little work?” The old woman was impatient. She had never seen such a lazy girl.

The eldest son’s wife was always irresponsible, she had taught this good girl to be so lazy!

Li Fengchun didn’t dare to argue with her grandmother, she reluctantly went to cook.

Li Mancang arrived home and saw his father and mother had come.

“Mom and Dad? Why did you come?” Li Mancang quickly parked his bicycle. He had just gone back to return the money a few days ago, and there wasn’t anything going on at home, why did they suddenly come?

The old man and old woman didn’t smile when they saw their grandchildren, but they smiled like chrysanthemums when they saw their eldest son.

“Xingguo, the eldest son, insisted on taking us back to the village to stay for a few days. He wants to show us some filial piety.” The old woman looked at her eldest son happily. He was the most successful, he had settled down in the city, and he had such a successful grandson.

Li Mancang glanced at the eldest son. He was honest, not stupid, and he immediately understood his brother’s intentions.

“Mom and Dad, since the eldest son wants to show you some filial piety, you should go stay with him. Let him show some filial piety. He lives in a cadre’s building, it’s much better than our big compound.”

“Right, Grandpa and Grandma, my brother’s place is great, they have a TV and a radio! The toilet is inside the house, it’s so nice!” The third son quickly chimed in.

The eldest son… his place wasn’t as good as they said!

The old man and old woman’s eyes lit up when they heard about the TV and radio. Their village didn’t even have a TV yet! They had never seen one.

They both looked at Li Xingguo, the eldest son.

“Grandpa and Grandma…”

“Mom and Dad, I’ll take you there! Let you see how successful your grandson is now!” Li Mancang didn’t let his brother speak, he helped his parents out of the house.

“The third son, ride your bicycle and take your grandparents there!”

“Okay, Dad!” The third son rode his bicycle with the old man, and Li Mancang rode his bicycle with the old woman, they sped off to the eldest son’s cadre building.

You want to show filial piety? I’ll send you to your home to do it!

Li Xingguo was jumping up and down in the back, he didn’t want to bring his parents home. His house only had one room, if his parents came, where would they sleep?

He ran after them, but Li Mancang ignored him. You dare to cause trouble for me? You’re still too young!

Li Mancang and the third son helped their parents into the eldest son’s house.

Wang Yue looked at the old couple in front of her, her eyes went black. What was going on, why were they here?

“Sister-in-law, don’t just stand there, Grandpa and Grandma haven’t eaten dinner yet.” The third son’s voice was full of schadenfreude. Dad is still the best, Big Brother is probably going to shoot himself in the foot.

“Make some delicious food for your grandparents. Li Xingguo specially brought them here to show filial piety.” Li Mancang gave Wang Yue another jab.

Wang Yue felt dizzy. They were showing filial piety? Why? They were grandchildren, how could it be their turn to show filial piety?

But Wang Yue knew why Li Xingguo had brought his parents here. He hadn’t achieved his goal yet, so she didn’t dare to give his parents a bad face.

She didn’t give them a bad face, but her expression wasn’t good either!