Thinking of the lonely mother and daughter, Zhang Shicheng felt a sudden pain in his heart.
After so many years away, every time when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, he would always think of the gentle and considerate Meng Niang.
I wonder how a weak woman like her could survive with his daughter in that world.
His son was missing, and he hated Meng Yu and had thought about divorcing her.
But he has more than just Xiao Si (Lin Nanfeng) a daughter, he has three other daughters.
The child cannot live without a mother, and he also needs a woman to take care of everything while he has been abroad these years. After weighing the pros and cons, it is not worth it for him to divorce Meng Yu.
Besides, Meng Yu stood on his side in the Meng Xian incident, and was therefore kicked out of the house by her father-in-law. He can't be so heartless as to betray her!
After calming down, the old lady said to her son, "Son, you must find a way to get our ancestral home in Qiang City back. Your father worked so hard to build it. If someone else takes it away, how will we face him in the afterlife?"
Zhang Shicheng was silent for a moment after hearing this.
The Zhang family's ancestral home is located in the best location in the entire Qiang City. My father spent a lot of money and favors to buy it.
If he wants to buy it back now, firstly he has no money and secondly the other party won’t sell it to him.
The house changed hands several times, and finally the owner donated it. Now the title deed is in the hands of the government.
Even if he has money now, he still needs connections to buy back the house.
What's more, he is penniless now and doesn't have much money, just enough to keep up appearances.
The house represented his former identity and status, and he didn't want to give it away for no reason.
When he first came back, he shamelessly asked the government for it.
Not only did they not return it to him, they also emphasized to him that the house was originally bought by someone else with real money, and he couldn't go back empty-handed.
Zhang Shicheng couldn't understand it. He, the owner of the house, clearly didn't sell it, so why did it suddenly change hands?
While he was thinking, Meng Yu interrupted him and reminded him, "Today is the first day, remember to send living expenses to Manli and Manna."
Manli and Manna are twins born the same year as Lin Nanfeng. After going abroad, the sisters saw their eldest sister change her name, so they also changed their names to foreign ones.
The old lady was already angry because her second granddaughter Manli's name was the same as the old man's dead wife's.
So every time I hear this name, it feels like my butt is on fire and my chest goes up three feet high.
I heard that he wants money again. How can this be tolerated?
My son worked so hard to get a few pieces of steel, and now he asks you guys to take them away, and it’s a losing deal with no return.
Her eyes widened as she said, "They're all in their twenties and already have children, but these two sisters are still studying. What's the point of studying so much? They'll eventually get married and have children anyway. What good will it do for our Zhang family?"
She looked at the five-year-old girl in Meng Yu's arms and said disdainfully:
"Your standards were too high, and you ended up picking a useless gigolo. You were even tricked into giving birth to a foreign thing. If you take it out, I'll think you've brought shame to your ancestors."
Meng Yu lowered her head and looked at her granddaughter. She had slightly curly golden hair and blue eyes, and looked like a doll. She hid behind Meng Yu timidly.
"Xia, don't be afraid." Meng Yu blocked her and the old lady's gaze.
No one noticed that the moment Meng Yu separated them, Xia's lowered eyes flashed with coldness.
Jenny couldn't bear to hear this. The old lady could say anything to her, but she couldn't scold her daughter.
And why is having a daughter useless? It’s a different era now, and everyone talks about gender equality.
But even after this old woman went abroad, she couldn't change her stubborn idea.
Did she bring shame to her ancestors?
The old woman was just waiting for her. She didn't believe that the old woman could be so tough all her life.
"How am I useless? Even if I'm useless, I've still contributed to this family. Wasn't it me who helped find Dad's job?
If he could become a lecturer without me, would you be able to come to the capital and settle down?"
She admitted that her son's job was found by her eldest granddaughter, but so what? Isn't this what a daughter should do?
Besides, my son has raised you for many years. In the past, you spent all your time having fun outside, doing nothing, and changing boyfriends one after another.
She only started working after returning to China, and left her daughter to be raised by our Zhang family.
What are you so proud of?
The old lady looked up and sneered, "Yes, yes, it was you who found your father's job, and we are grateful to you for being able to settle in the capital.
Thank you for giving us mother and son a bite to eat." The old lady said anxiously, "Who knows if this job is clean or not?"
Jenny was furious when she heard this and kicked the stool next to her, which scared Meng Yu a lot.
The old woman really didn't know their current situation and still thought she was that respectable old lady.
The Zhang family is now poor and powerless. If she didn't have some skills, the family would be jobless and starve to death sooner or later after returning to China.
"If you think the job I found is not clean, then don't take it, and don't come to Jing City with me. Why don't you be my wife in Qiang City?"
While the grandmother and granddaughter were arguing, Zhang Shicheng hid away when they were not paying attention.
Meng Yu's temper has softened a lot over the years, but this eldest daughter is even more powerful than Meng Yu was back then.
At first, he would say a few words to his daughter, but later, because the Chinese restaurant relied on her boyfriends to introduce customers, he gradually stopped interrupting when his daughter quarreled with her mother.
Jenny sneered again, "You still want to be an old lady? Do you have that fate? Don't you know your own weight after so many years?
If my grandfather hadn't died, you wouldn't have a say in this family."
Her words were like a thorn, piercing the old lady's heart and stepping on her tail. The old lady immediately pointed at her and called her a little bitch.
"You shameless bitch, you think you're great just because you're a teacher? You think you're noble just because you're wearing a layer of skin? You're just a shameless slut, you deserve to be toyed with by men all your life..."
When Meng Yu heard this, her expression changed instantly. She skillfully pushed her granddaughter into the room and closed the door.
When she turned around again, the daughter and mother-in-law were standing face to face, with tension drawn.
She stepped forward helplessly, trying to separate them, but her mother-in-law spat in her face first.
If it were Meng Yu from ten years ago, he would have slapped her in the face, or at least shown his power to teach this old woman a lesson.
Now she has been worn down by life and doesn't even have the strength to resist.
The old lady laughed out loud when she saw her despairing look on her face, and she felt very happy.
A woman without a husband and family to rely on is nothing but a worthless person who can be bullied at will.
Over the years, her son would beat and scold her when he was drunk, and he had found many women outside.
Meng Yu used to be a very self-respecting person, but because she had no one to rely on in a foreign country, she allowed her son to humiliate her and let her beat and scold her, and she never fought back once.
As long as Meng Yu is still at home, no matter how capable Zhang Zhenni is in keeping a man, what can she do if she wants to fly away?
Unless she doesn't want her mother.
The old lady was very sure that Meng Yu could not live without her son.
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