Xiao Zhuang rolled down the car window, about to speak, when he heard Zhou Hongyu, in the back seat, stick her head out and anxiously shout to the crowd in front: "Grandpas and grandmas, why are you blocking my doorway? What happened?!"

Zhou Hongyu was terrified when she saw the scene.

Her mother was taken to the south by her two older brothers to live out her days, but she passed away after only two or three years. Could it be that signs were already beginning to appear at this point?

"Nothing's wrong, Hongyu. It's just that your second brother and sister-in-law drove back in their car, and we all came over to see what was going on!"

Upon seeing Zhou Hongyu peek out, the person in front of them instantly softened their tone.

"My second brother and sister-in-law?"

Zhou Hongyu opened the car door and got out, and Chang Xingwang followed closely behind.

Old Zhou's wife glanced at the car behind her and said sourly, "Hongyu, you two siblings have really made something of yourselves, each of you riding home in a car!"

After saying that, he glanced at the tall figure next to Zhou Hongyu and felt a pang of regret.

What a pity! I married a man who never came home for three to five years without thinking back then, and now I'm living like a widow!

When the relatives saw Chang Xingwang following Zhou Hongyu, they were all shocked and their mouths dropped open. For five years, they had all thought that Zhou Hongyu's son-in-law was really gone.

They immediately came over to greet each other familiarly. Someone joked that if she didn't come back this year, Granny Zhou would be planning to find a new son-in-law for her youngest daughter!

Amidst laughter and chatter, Zhou Hongyu was entangled by her overly enthusiastic relatives.

oops!

She really wanted to go home and find out why her second brother and sister-in-law had suddenly returned!

"Hongyu, Xingwang, you're back!" Zhou Zhongliang came out of his house upon hearing the commotion and cleared a path for them.

Zhou Zhongliang warmly greeted his relatives in the village and invited them to his home for lunch: "I've already arranged with the village chief to set up a few tables of food at home. Everyone can come over when you're free. My older brother and I have been working in other places for the past few years, and we've been very grateful to everyone for taking care of my mother!"

That's what I meant...

Zhou Hongyu frowned. Could it be that she came back this time just to take her mother to the south to retire?

Who said only sons can provide for their parents in old age?