Chapter 217 Everyone Envy Me

“It’s not far, it’s not far, Mom, you’re going…” Zhizhi hesitated for a moment.

Wu Caifeng quickly asked, "Is it inconvenient?"

"If it's inconvenient, then forget it."

Wu Caifeng wanted to visit, mainly because she was afraid of being impolite.

If the other person doesn't want her to go, then it's not her fault.

Zhizhi shook her head, not because she was inconvenienced.

Zhou Lin said, "Zhizhi's grandparents and her father do not live together."

Upon hearing this, Wu Caifeng said that she understood, "That's alright, let's go visit Zhizhi's grandparents first, they are elderly people."

"We'll visit her parents later."

Zhizhi thought for a moment and still said, "Um... my dad and mom are divorced!"

Wu Caifeng "..."

Now it was Wu Caifeng's turn to open her mouth but be unable to speak.

"...Divorced?"

Wu Caifeng opened her mouth but couldn't speak. After all, in her generation's mind, there were people who hanged themselves, drank poison, or drowned themselves, but no one got divorced.

Divorce... that seems like a heinous crime.

Unexpectedly...

Zhizhi was quite frank: "Yes, we're divorced because of the time my mom threw me away when I was a child."

Zhizhi wasn't afraid to talk about their divorce, but she still found it difficult to bring up the fact that Xu Shanshan had abandoned the original owner of the body.

As the old saying goes, even a tiger won't eat its cubs. Xu Shanshan's actions were so vicious that Zhizhi didn't dare tell anyone.

She was afraid people would say it was hereditary.

Zhizhi: What a terrible thing to do!

But now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to say it, and saying it will also serve as a touchstone.

If her mother-in-law uses this to belittle her, then she shouldn't blame her for turning ruthless.

However, based on her intuition, her mother-in-law wasn't that kind of person.

Sure enough, Wu Caifeng seemed not to understand what she was saying, "...Um, Zhizhi, I...I don't think I understood what you said."

Wu Caifeng suspected that she was too old and her hearing was failing, so she didn't suspect that Zhizhi was really deliberately abandoned by her own mother.

If it were a poor family who felt they couldn't afford to raise a girl and abandoned her outside, perhaps she could understand, since it was to give the child a way to survive.

But the daughter-in-law's family situation is clearly different!

That's the commander's house!

A commander isn't appointed overnight, which means his circumstances were quite good back then, and he didn't have many children in his family, so how could this be...?

Zhizhi popped a grape into her mouth before saying, "Mom, you heard me right. I wasn't stolen back then. My mom colluded with outsiders to throw me away."

"Tian Fang was the adoptive mother she found for me with her own money."

Wu Caifeng "..."

"Why?" she asked, genuinely confused.

“Because I don’t like my dad,” Zhizhi said!

Wu Caifeng didn't understand what "like" or "dislike" meant. In their generation, most couples only met for the first time on their wedding day.

Before getting married, who knows what their spouse will look like, or whether they'll be a good or bad person!

It's all just about getting by; as long as you're a good person, that's all that matters!

Why...

Wu Caifeng quickly comforted Zhizhi, "Don't be sad. Some people... she's just confused. Don't take it to heart. As long as you're doing well now, that's all that matters."

Wu Caifeng was afraid that Zhizhi would be sad because she had been abandoned by her biological mother.

Zhizhi quickly said, "I'm not sad. I wasn't raised by her, so I don't have any feelings for her."

Wu Caifeng stopped talking and instead dragged the vegetables she had brought to the coffee table in the living room, and began to show Zhizhi the vegetables from her garden. "They were delayed on the way and were originally very fresh and tender. I thought that if I brought them, you could have a couple of meals, and you wouldn't have to buy them yourself."

Zhizhi moved over to help stir-fry the vegetables, saying, "Yes, I love the vegetables I grow myself; they smell especially good when stir-fried."

Wu Caifeng liked hearing this. "Next time I come, I'll carry you an extra basket."

Upon hearing this, Zhizhi quickly waved her hand, "No, no, Mom, it's too far to carry this far. You're already exhausted from carrying it all this way. You don't need to carry too much. Just bring a little bit so I can taste it."

"It's okay, it's not tiring. We've been traveling by car the whole way, it's not tiring at all."

“You’re not allowed to bring that much stuff on the train. They didn’t say anything this time, but if you bring too much next time, they won’t let you on. The train is for transporting people, not for your stuff,” Zhou Lin told her.

Upon hearing this, Wu Caifeng exclaimed, "Oh, you can't bring that many? Well... never mind then."

Zhizhi secretly gave Zhou Lin a thumbs up.

The next day, accompanied by Zhizhi, Wu Caifeng went to the courtyard house where He Yuzhi and the others lived. Wu Caifeng brought a chicken from her hometown and some eggs. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took the bus to the courtyard house.

The bus was bumpy and jolted along, and we even had to transfer in the middle. Wu Caifeng couldn't help but say, "It's...it's quite far!"

Zhizhi said, "It's not far. It's this far in the city."

Wu Caifeng leaned against the car window, watching the endless stream of cars outside. "No wonder there are so many cars in the city."

"Look at those bicycles, I've never seen so many of them at home."

"It's so lively!"

Zhizhi said, "Mom, I'll take you sightseeing tomorrow. Beijing is so lively."

Wu Caifeng thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I'll tell your third aunt and the others about what I've seen and heard in Beijing when I get back."

"Yeah, let's go buy a couple more nice outfits later!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Caifeng tugged at her clothes and said, "I don't need to buy clothes. Look, this undershirt is made of new fabric that I bought at the market. It was just made this year and it's made of polyester. It's very cool."

"It's okay, just change into them. If people ask when we go out, just say your daughter-in-law bought them, and let them be envious."

Upon hearing this, Wu Caifeng smiled and said, "They all envy me!"

"Everyone envies me when they hear I'm coming to Beijing!"

“People say I’m lucky and have a good life, and I also feel that I have a good life,” Wu Caifeng said with a happy expression.

When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, He Yuzhi and Xiao Li were just coming out of the courtyard with large bags and small packages. When they saw Zhizhi, He Yuzhi immediately said, "What a coincidence! I was just saying I was going to come and see you." She showed Zhizhi what she was carrying, "Look, this was just made this morning."

Then she looked at Wu Caifeng, who was carrying something beside Zhizhi, and said, "This is..."

Before Zhizhi could introduce her, Wu Caifeng quickly put down what she was holding, wiped her hands on her clothes, and extended her hand, saying, "You must be my in-laws' grandmother?"

"I am Grandma Zhizhi, my name is Wu Caifeng, you can just call me Caifeng."

"Oh, so it's my mother-in-law."

As He Yuzhi spoke, she quickly grabbed Wu Caifeng's hand and pulled her into the courtyard.

"Old man, your mother-in-law is here! Your mother-in-law is here!"

Just as Wen Runxiang was wondering which in-law mother it was, He Yuzhi called out again, "Grandma Zhizhi is here."

At that time, the two sides had already met in the courtyard.

Wu Caifeng then affectionately asked, "Is this your grandfather-in-law?"

"You look so young."

"I am Grandma Zhizhi, my name is Wu Caifeng, you can just call me Caifeng."

Wen Runxiang quickly invited people in, saying, "Come on in, have a seat."

After entering the house and sitting down, Wen Runxiang asked Xiao Li to make tea.

Wu Caifeng knew at a glance that this was a truly wealthy family.

Even their ancestors were definitely not from impoverished families.