Chapter 128 Five Generations of Poor Peasants

No matter how much my grandmother felt sorry for her eldest grandson, she didn't say anything in the end. She just muttered in a low voice that my father was partial to his own children and didn't care about the eldest son and grandson of the Xia family.

In her heart, the interests of her eldest son and grandson are above everything else. Unfortunately, both her eldest son and grandson are the worst off in their respective generations.

My uncle almost didn't graduate from junior high school. He used to farm in his hometown. Later, he used his connections to find a job as a warehouse keeper in town.

My father gives my grandmother 5,000 yuan in alimony every month, and almost all of it is subsidized to my uncle's family.

As for the renovation of the old house in the village, it was my father who paid for it alone. But I don’t understand why the old house had to be renovated so well when no one would live in it.

After renovating the old house, my father was asked to buy a house in the town. My father said that we should just buy one in the county town. My grandmother disagreed, thinking that the county town was too far away. She insisted on buying one in the town and bought a courtyard house with a large yard. Although the house prices in the town were cheap, they were large in size and, after decoration, they were actually more expensive than the large flats in the county town.

Later I heard from my cousin that the house was registered under Xia Junliang's name, which meant that it had nothing to do with my cousin anymore.

Although she was not concerned about the family property, she was still saddened by her uncle and his actions.

Less than two years after buying the house in town, grandma wanted my dad to buy a house in the county town for her eldest grandson, saying that it would be convenient for her eldest grandson to work in the county.

That time my father finally got angry, "Do you think my money all came from the wind? After buying the house in the county, do I have to buy him another one in the city? And then do I have to buy him one in City A as well?

He is my nephew, not my son, and my Mengmeng doesn’t even own a house.”

Later, they didn't buy a house in the county town, but my cousin got a new car.

Every Chinese New Year they would find ways to get my dad to spend a large sum of money. I wonder what their plan will be this year.

Sure enough, grandma started talking about finding a wife for my cousin again.

"Mingcheng, your nephew will be 25 after the Chinese New Year. Other children in the village already have children at this age, but he doesn't even have a partner. What should we do?"

My dad was a little impatient, "Mom, what can I do if you tell me this? Do you want me to buy him a wife?"

My dad was just saying this in anger, but my grandma actually thought it was a good idea.

"It's not a bad idea to buy a good one, as long as it's obedient..."

My father felt helpless. "Human trafficking is illegal. How many of our family members are you planning to send to jail in order to get your eldest grandson a wife?"

Grandma was a little unhappy: "Why are you saying that I can't buy one? I was thinking about buying one."

I rolled my eyes at the side. She treated my dad like a turtle in a wishing well and asked him for everything she wanted.

The uncle frowned and said, "My second brother can't help you find a partner. Mom, don't worry about it. Let Junliang find one himself."

When the grandmother heard that her youngest son didn't want to take care of it, she slammed her thigh and said, "Junliang is the eldest son and grandson of the Xia family. Marrying a wife is a very important matter. How can we let him find one casually?

Of course, you elders have to choose carefully, because the eldest grandson's wife used to be the mistress of the household!"

I couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Dad, what kind of wealthy family did our ancestors come from? Why are they so particular?"

My father rolled his eyes at me and said, "Don't make a fuss, kid. Our family has been poor peasants for five generations. When liberation just started, our class background was pretty good."