Li Yanran was no stranger to her maternal grandmother; the two had crossed paths before, and because of He Dongdong's life, the relationship between the two families was far more complex than could be explained in a few words.

"Sister Yanran, what you're doing..."

Li Yanran didn't come empty-handed; she carried a lot of bags and packages.

"Alright, stop talking about that. If we keep talking about those things between us sisters, it will hurt my feelings."

After finishing speaking, Li Yanran patted Shen Fenghua on the shoulder and went into the house with a smile to tease her grandmother.

He Dongdong opened his big, watery eyes and obediently called Shen Fenghua "godmother." Then he couldn't wait to go inside and play with the two boys.

He Jun was at the very end. He smiled and said, "I'm not an outsider either. You can come in and talk to me."

Shen Fenghua smiled, "Brother He, please come in first."

He Jun quite consciously went to find Qi Ye. Qi Ye had gone home and brought Da Huang back. When he saw He Jun, he was taken aback, then smiled and asked, "Why are you here?"

He Jun shook his head and chuckled, "My wife was worried about my child's godmother, so she gave me an ultimatum at noon. So, I was busy with some things this afternoon, and when she got off work, she took the child to the steel factory. The three of us met and rushed over."

"Hahahaha," Qi Ye raised his hand and patted He Jun on the shoulder, "Brother, you can't refuse this time. Come on, help out and let those women talk."

"Let's go!"

They all came from poor families in the countryside, and those sayings like "a gentleman keeps away from the kitchen" were practically worthless to them.

You can't even get enough to eat, yet you're putting on all these fancy things. How come you haven't starved to death?

Inside the house.

Li Yanran held her grandmother's hand as she spoke, while the children had already run out to play hand in hand.

"Grandma, oh dear, I don't even know how to explain it. How did Feng Hua manage to persuade me to come here so easily?" Li Yanran smiled broadly, as if she hadn't even noticed the glaringly white gauze on her grandmother's head.

Grandma laughed and chimed in, "What? Do you think I'd be hungry or cold here?"

“Hey, those are just the basics,” Li Yanran waved her hand. “You have no idea how worried she was about the two kids before. Now that you’re here, she can be a hands-off parent again.”

Grandma laughed too, "She can't even cook yet." To this, Grandma was even more merciless in exposing her shortcomings, "The food she makes is just cooked through."

At this point, Grandma hesitated for a moment, then changed her tune, saying, "Not necessarily. Last time I went home, they promised to cook some green beans for me, but the beans were still undercooked, and they made a crunching sound when you bit into them."

Shen Fenghua: "..."

Well, there's no need to go into such detail.

After glancing at the slightly guilty Shen Fenghua, Grandma slowly continued, "Later, those unfilial descendants of the Li family had diarrhea for two or three days."

If green beans are not cooked thoroughly, they can be poisonous, and it wouldn't be surprising if they caused stomach upset.

Li Yanran was stunned, never expecting Shen Fenghua to have such a record. After all, in her eyes, Shen Fenghua's cooking was terrible, but still somewhat reliable.

Now it seems...

It's best to keep him out of the kitchen.

Thinking of this, Li Yanran gripped her grandmother's hand tightly, her face filled with sorrow. "Grandma, even if it's for our own health, please don't let this silly girl into the kitchen anymore. It's really not worth it, it'll just be a bit more trouble for you..."

With the help of familiar faces making jokes, Grandma's mood improved considerably, and Li Yanran's words also cheered her up.

Although she is old, she is not incapable of doing anything and doesn't just wait to be served.

I can't do farm work, but I can still manage to cook, clean the house, and look after the children.

The realization that she could help herself instead of just being a freeloader made Grandma feel much better.

Seeing her grandmother's expression relax considerably, Li Yanran's smile deepened.

“Grandma,” Li Yanran said with some emotion, “with you here, Fenghua’s days finally have something to look forward to, and this is what a home feels like.”

"Good child," Grandma immediately realized that Li Yanran might be in the know when she heard Li Yanran's sigh, and hurriedly said, "Feng Hua is not here now, tell me, what heinous things did the Shen family do to force my dear girl to sever all ties with the Shen family?"

Keeping it a secret isn't a good idea, and besides, Li Yanran had no intention of keeping it a secret.

Some things need to be said openly. If Grandma is kept in the dark and is then deceived by the Shen family with a few words, Shen Fenghua will be the one who gets hurt in the end.

Li Yanran would never do something so stupid.

If that's the case, then we need to lay it all out and explain it clearly.

After briefly recounting what the Shen family had done, Li Yanran sighed with emotion. It's said that different people are born into different worlds. The Shen family is a stark and clear example of this.

When Grandma heard this, she gritted her teeth in anger, saying, "It's my fault, I didn't teach the child well."

“Grandma, this has nothing to do with you. Look, Fenghua was raised by you, how come she’s not a scoundrel?” Li Yanran said disdainfully, “Some people just grew up crookedly, you can’t blame others for it.”

"To be honest, seeing you come here now, and Feng Hua has completely severed ties with them, I can't be happier."

Li Yanran was genuinely happy, so happy she was almost going crazy.

Grandma could see it too. "Thank you so much, little girl. If it weren't for you helping her out, her life would be..."

"Grandma, please don't say that. In terms of gratitude, Fenghua has done us a great favor that we can never repay in this lifetime."

On the first day of moving, although not everything was ready, the joy I felt was indescribable.

Qi Ye cooked the meal in a new pot, left the two children with Shen Fenghua, and then left, travel-worn.

Before leaving, he repeatedly reminded Shen Fenghua to make sure the door was securely bolted.

After all, this family has both elderly and young members. If they were targeted by someone with malicious intent, it would be too late for regrets.

He's starting to regret it now; he'd already gotten the marriage certificate, so why didn't he get it sooner?

Why insist on getting those "three turns and one sound" (referring to a car, a watch, a radio, and a bicycle)? If we don't have them now, are we just going to keep waiting?

"I understand," Shen Fenghua said with a smile, her eyes glistening in the moonlight. "Be careful on your way back."

"Wait!" Seeing Shen Fenghua about to close the courtyard gate, Qi Ye suddenly spoke up and whispered, "How about we go and get our marriage certificate tomorrow?"