Zhang Yuanyuan said: "The old man worked hard all his life, and he only started to enjoy happiness in his old age. Now that good days are coming, he is getting old. Alas!"

"Is this the case for all of their generation? There are even worse situations, where the sons of this generation have no income, and the grandchildren of this generation also have no income. That's really hard, and there's no hope."

"That's right. When I think about it this way, after all my hard work, I finally see hope and have finally made it through."

"Oh, by the way." Zhang Yuanyuan suddenly asked, "Do you know where your mother-in-law went?"

Ye Xiaozhen shook her head. "How would I know? We were still alive when he ran away. But I heard from people in the village that he ran away to work in a developed place."

"Then she'll go to a big city. She's so cruel. She just abandons a child like that."

"Maybe she felt that life was hard. When she passed away, Lin Xiao and Lin Qi were still drinking milk. After all... that was her choice."

Zhang Yuanyuan nodded. "Fortunately, they have survived the most difficult days."

…

Perhaps it was because Zhang Yuanyuan suddenly mentioned the matter of Xie Linan's runaway mother that the next day when Grandma Liu from the village came to the store with her grandson to deliver goods, she suddenly pulled Ye Xiaozhen aside and said to her nervously, "Xiaozhen, you guys have to be careful, it's a big deal."

Grandma Liu rarely showed this expression. Ye Xiaozhen was a little surprised and asked, "What's the big deal?"

"Your mother-in-law is back."

Ye Xiaozhen was shocked.

Grandma Liu said, "Xiao Li's mother, your Lin An's mother, that is, your mother-in-law? She is back."

Ye Xiaozhen's mind clicked, and she instinctively knew what kind of person this person was.

The woman who was so cruel as to abandon her still-weaned baby and run away with all the compensation money, is definitely not doing any good this time.

"What does she mean?"

"She came to your Lin An and wanted him to take care of her in her old age."

really.

"Bah, how shameless! She abandoned them and ran away, and now she's back now that she's older. Jin, we all know that you're a shameless mother-in-law, so we didn't tell you where you moved to."

Ye Xiaozhen was extremely grateful. The whole village was unanimous in expressing their gratitude to them for helping the villagers to get rid of their ties over the years.

"Where is she now? In the house in our village?"

"Yes, she broke the lock of your door, cleaned up the house, and moved in. She said that the ancestral tomb is still there, and you have to go back to the tomb. You have to come back sooner or later, and she will stay there and wait for you."

Ye Xiaozhen: "..."

"Don't worry, we told her that you and your family moved away a long time ago and haven't been back for a few years. We all agreed on this, so we won't let it slip. We're just worried that your first and third uncles will tell her where you've been after they find out. Zhen, how long have you been hiding this? Be prepared."

Ye Xiaozhen nodded, "Grandma Liu, thank you. Let's keep it a secret for now, and we will move to Haicheng in a few months."

"Ah? You're moving again?"

"Yes."

"Is Haicheng far away?"

"It's a bit far. It takes three days by train."

"Hiss, that's too far away. If you and your family move away, what will happen to the people here?"

"Just do as you say, and I'll come back often. We moved to Haicheng because there are also people there."

"Oh, your ambition is getting bigger and bigger, and you've even made it to a big city. It's so far away, you'll suffer when you come back."

"It's okay. We can take the train or the plane and arrive in just over two hours."

"You'll arrive in more than two hours? That's fine, but it's a pain."

Grandma Liu said, "That's good. Let's go farther away so she won't bother us. By the way, when are you going to move out?"

I originally planned to move out after the Chinese New Year, but now it seems that it is possible to move out earlier.

However, she still had no say in the matter. She had to ask Xie Linan and see what the brothers had to say.

"After this semester, or after the Chinese New Year, that's fine."

Grandma Liu said, "If you want to be entangled by her, the sooner the better. If it's after this semester... well, then there won't be many months left. If we help keep it a secret, maybe we can keep it a secret for a few months."

"Okay, thank you all for that."

"It's okay, as long as you keep doing what you want."

"All work is done by people you trust. If you have any problems in the future, just contact Zhang Yuanyuan."

"Okay, it's getting early, I'll go back first."

"Hey, I'll take you there."

Ye Xiaozhen went to the front and packed some steamed buns, steamed bread, and brown sugar cakes into a bag and stuffed them all into Grandma Liu.

Grandma Liu was quite embarrassed and asked, "What is this for?"

Ye Xiaozhen said: "You must not have eaten since we sent you food so you must be eating with the food."

"My daughter-in-law has prepared it, and we will eat it when we get home."

"It's so far, are you going to be hungry? Take it and eat it on the way."

Ye Xiaozhen packed a lot, enough for her whole family.

After seeing Grandma Liu off, Ye Xiaozhen called Xie Linan's mobile phone.

Grandma Liu and her family delivered the food early, so it was just past seven o'clock, and Xie Linan was having breakfast with his grandfather.

Ye Xiaozhen asked: "Have you found the solution?"

"We just arrived yesterday, how could it be so fast? I plan to look for it today. We have to change buses to go to the countryside. I've told the hotel and they will find a bus. If everything goes well, we should be able to find it today."

"Oh, that's good."

"Jin, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

From the tone of his voice, it sounded like he wanted to do something.

Ye Xiaozhen said, "It's like this. Today, Grandma Liu came to deliver vegetables and said that the door lock of the old house in our village was broken and someone moved in."

"What? Who is so bold? Who is so shameless?"

Lin Xinghua beside him also heard it, put down his chopsticks and reminded Xie Lin to speak more.

In such a large crowd, he shouted and everyone looked over.

Xie Linan lowered his voice and asked Ye Xiaozhen: "Xiaozhen, what's going on?"

"Yes... I heard from Grandma Liu that your mother is back."

Xie Lin's face changed when he settled down. After a moment, he asked coldly, "What did she come back for?"

"I know. From what Grandma Liu said, she is old now and wants you to take care of her in her old age."

Xie Lin'an sneered, "Where does she get the face? She was the one who lost us back then."

That year she took the family savings, her father's compensation, and left.

As a result, one of him and his sister had to drop out of school after junior high school, and the other dropped out of high school. His two younger brothers had no milk to drink, so they grew up drinking rice porridge, although they were in good health at the time.

I worked hard to earn money and live a good life. When they were in junior high school, I gave them enough money to buy them a meal of meat every day so that they could build up their bodies.

Now that they have grown up, she has come back to recognize her relatives. How can she be so confident?

Xie Linan was furious.