In her previous life, Zhong Qiao was the modern Wang Baochuan, rejecting wealth and luxury to elope with a scumbag. She savored their lean meals and gnawed on wild vegetables, thinking it was sweet...
Chapter 64 Grandpa and Grandma Want to Abandon Wanwan
Grandpa and grandma want to throw Wanwan away?
Zhong Qiao was struck by lightning.
Mrs. Zhong often nags that grandpa and grandma are coming back.
After a month, Zhong Qiao was ready to face them. She even thought that the two old people would look at her with disappointment or beat her for not doing her job well.
But when the day finally came, she didn't expect the situation to be like this.
Father Zhong closed his eyes, his eyebrows twitching: "It seems that they are coming for you and Wanwan."
It's really one crisis after another.
Zhong Qiao felt a growing sense of unease.
"Dad, let's go back immediately." She sat on the bicycle and urged, "Dad, hurry up."
Mr. Zhong naturally knew that those gossipy women were not easy to deal with, so he took a long step forward and pedaled his bicycle, making a whirring sound.
Zhong Qiao, who was sitting in the back, grabbed the corner of his clothes around his waist, feeling extremely anxious.
This large courtyard of the Zhong family was left by my grandmother to my father as a wedding house. In his previous life, my grandparents lived in Hong Kong and rarely returned to China. Later, because my grandmother liked Suzhou, this large courtyard was left to her and her family for their retirement.
But now, the timeline has changed, and many things in between have also changed.
The house in the courtyard became the residence of their family, while several cousins of the Zhong family lived on both sides of the courtyard.
Zhong Qiao didn't have a good impression of these cousins.
Their Zhong family is a little different from other families.
While other families value sons over daughters, their family places great importance on the first child born.
Mother Zhong is the only and youngest daughter in the family, but she got married the earliest.
After she gave birth to Zhong Qiao, her grandparents treated her better than the other children.
She was older than her cousins and was the first girl in the family to be admitted to university. Her cousins felt inferior to her and complained about her and Zhong Siqi in every way.
The daughters-in-law of the eldest and second families were all married from other places. They are gossipy, like to show off, and like to compare with others.
Zhong Qiao was divorced and lived with her daughter in her parents' home. This was extremely despicable in this era. They wanted to take this opportunity to eat her and Wan Wan alive.
Zhong Qiao's heart sank.
What is meant to come will come.
But this time, she must protect Wanwan no matter what!
As soon as Zhong Qiao arrived home on his father's bicycle, he saw several unfamiliar figures acting suspiciously in the courtyard.
Mother Zhong was also standing in the courtyard, with her hands on her hips, blocking the door like a hen protecting her chicks, her mouth opening and closing as if she was arguing with someone.
Zhong Qiao jumped off the bicycle without waiting for it to stop completely.
"Hey hey hey."
Mr. Zhong was frightened by her reckless behavior. He slammed the brakes hard, causing the rear of the car to lift up and the front of the car to drop down.
"You're too impulsive, kid! No matter how anxious you are, you have to wait until the car stops."
"dad."
Zhong Qiao stood at the gate of the compound. Suddenly, he turned his head to look at Zhong's father and said, "Will you and Mom stand on the side of Wanwan and me?"
Her sudden words startled Mr. Zhong.
After a while, Father Zhong snorted coldly and said, "You are my daughter, so your mother and I will naturally stand on your side."
"That's good."
After receiving the accurate answer from Zhong's father, Zhong Qiao looked deeply and made a decision secretly.
"Whatever I do, Dad, don't interfere."
After saying that, Zhong Qiao walked into the compound with firm steps.
Sure enough, as soon as she entered the door, several sharp eyes like arrows pierced her fiercely, as if they wanted to pierce Zhong Qiao into pieces at this moment.
Zhong Qiao raised his eyes and met their gaze.
His eyes were calm.
The battle between these women has just begun.
All the Zhong family members are here.
They stood in a row, staring at Zhong Qiao with scrutiny and contempt.
The faces in front of him, old, young, and immature, overlapped with the ones in his memory. Although they were slightly different, Zhong Qiao still recognized them.
Leading the group was Cui Liu, the eldest daughter-in-law of the eldest family, followed by Xiang Jiahua, the second daughter-in-law of the eldest family, Ding Yating, the third daughter-in-law of the eldest family, and the remaining young ones were her cousins.
The eldest family’s two children, named Zhong Yu and Zhong Hua, have just started college.
The second brother's family only has a pair of sisters - Zhong Zhen and Zhong Feng.
The third son got married the latest and was a son-in-law who married into the family. He has only one youngest son, Zhong Long, whom he dotes on as a treasure.
The group of people looked at each other in silence, and no one spoke first.
The first one to squeeze in was Zhong Long.
The child was about seven or eight years old, with a dirty face, a small nose, small eyes and a small face, just like his mother.
With a long yellow snot dragging his nose, he suddenly raised his finger and pointed at Zhong Qiao. The harshness and viciousness on his young face were not in line with his age.
"Are you the cousin Zhong Qiao my mother was talking about?"
"You bad guy! You're the one who seduces everyone else. You've got a disease down there!"
After saying that, Zhong Long pretended to lift Zhong Qiao's clothes.
"Show me how rotten it is!"
Zhong Qiao frowned, thinking that this was some disgusting thing being instilled into a child. Just as he was about to dodge, Zhong Long's hand was firmly clamped by another hand.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch!" Zhong Long felt pain.
"Zhong Xiaolong, you're itching for trouble, right?"
Zhong Siqi grabbed his thin wrist and swung it to the side, almost sending his thin body flying.
"Who are you touching?"
Zhong Long sniffed the thick yellow snot and gasped in pain.
The person he feared most since childhood was Zhong Siqi.
Others say that teaching him a lesson is just a scare tactic.
Zhong Siqi is different.
When Zhong Siqi said he wanted to beat him, he really meant it, without caring about his parents' reputation.
When he was a child, Zhong Long was often beaten for his bad mouth.
Under the suppression of his blood, the sense of slavery in Zhong Long's bones instantly rose up. He screamed miserably, as if he had seen a ghost, and threw himself behind his mother.
"Mom, save me, save me."
"Zhong Siqi is going to beat me up again!"
The third daughter-in-law frowned and said, "Why are you running? Mom is here. Who dares to lay a hand on you?"
Zhong Long snorted coldly, and his little mouth finally became quiet. Only a pair of vicious little eyes remained, staring at Zhong Qiao like a vengeful spirit, as if they had an irreconcilable hatred.
"Hey, isn't this our college student Zhong Qiao?"
The one who spoke was Cui Liu, the wife of the eldest family.
She had neat short hair and a pair of innocent big eyes.
"Oh, how pitiful! How could she be deceived by this wild man outside? How will she live with the child in the future? You came at the perfect time today. Don't be afraid, your aunt will throw this bastard away today!"
"but--"
Her shrewd eyes rolled.
"If I remember correctly, you can't go to college now, right? What a pity!"
She spoke in a mournful tone, pretending to speak up for Zhong Qiao. She then turned to her youngest daughter, Zhong Hua, and said, "Xiao Hua, you can't learn from your cousin Zhong Qiao. Got it?"
Zhong Hua and Zhong Qiao are of similar age. They took the exam for the local normal school in Suzhou. When her mother called her out, she looked disdainful.
"I'm not that kind of idiot! It's bad enough to be embarrassed by getting pregnant, but I also want to let my whole family be pointed at."
"If I'm going to be like this in the future, I might as well die!"
"If you ask me, it's not a good idea to live with a burden in my parents' house."
The third son’s wife spoke.
"Mom, look at them, they're both blocking us from going into the house to throw away the bastard. If the people in the compound start talking about us, how are we going to survive? In my opinion, we should let Zhong Qiao and the others move out."
The Zhong family's grandparents, who are over 50 years old, were sitting on the bench at this time.
Old man Zhong huddled his thin and lonely body, lowered his head, and smoked his pipe fiercely.
Old Mrs. Zhong was leaning on a cane, silent and with a sad face.
She sighed and shook her head. After a while, she banged the ground hard with her crutch, looking quite disappointed in herself.
"Okay, stop arguing."
It's been a long time since Zhong Qiao saw them.
In her previous life, she was abandoned by everyone and her grandmother treated her the best.
But in the end, Zhong Qiao didn't even get to see her grandmother for the last time, and this has always made her feel guilty.
Seeing his living grandmother in person, Zhong Qiao's eyes were filled with tears.
"Grandma." Zhong Qiao called softly, placing his hand gently on her knee.
When her fingers touched Zhong Qiao's soft and warm hand, the half-blind old lady Zhong slowly came back to her senses and traced the familiar eyebrows with her index finger. But the next second, she pushed Zhong Qiao hard.
I'm so disappointed in you.
"I don't have a granddaughter as embarrassing as you!"