Chapter 159: Bringing Him Back

Lin Xiangnan's attitude was so annoying that Hu Meili couldn't help but chase her with a feather duster.

But her legs were not as fast as Lin Xiangnan's, and in the blink of an eye, Lin Xiangnan disappeared.

"Lin Xiangnan! Come back here."

Grandma Hu couldn't bear it, "You are already in your forties or fifties. Can you control your temper? Xiaodong's marriage proposal is not going well, it must be because you are too noisy."

Not only does he have an ex-wife who lives in the countryside, he also has a fierce and divorced widowed mother. It is extremely difficult for Lin Xiangdong to find a wife.

Being scolded by her own mother, Hu Meili immediately felt wronged, "You don't know how irritating that bastard Xiaonan is."

"Everyone should have his own retribution." Grandma Hu smiled and asked: "Do you think you were a good person when you were young?"

Hu Meili was choked and speechless.

"That's enough." Grandma Hu picked up the child in the cradle and handed it to Hu Meili, "Take it. You can use the emperor to control the princes. The child is in your hands, where can Xiaonan run to?"

Hu Meili was in tears.

"Lin Xiangnan is such a heartless person. She just wishes I could take care of the child so she wouldn't be bothered by her fooling around outside. Just watch, even if the child is in my hands, she won't bring him back until mealtime. She might not even come back at mealtime."

Lin Xiangnan didn't even wait for Gu Zhenhua, and ran back to find her after the New Year because he was tired of taking care of the children and came to her for help.

Things are much better here in my hometown than in the staff housing estate. We have retired Grandpa and Grandma Hu at home, and my younger brothers and sisters who are on winter vacation. Anyone can take care of the children for a while.

Because there were so many people, everyone was scrambling to hold the baby.

Even Gu Zhenjun has had a lot of free time these days and can take some time to visit his old friends and reminisce about the past.

But he did not go back home to see his parents, he only informed his sister-in-law Xu Xiaodong.

Gu Zhenjun used to live at home because he had nowhere else to go. Now that he follows Lin Xiangnan, he doesn't want to have anything to do with his parents.

However, the Hu family all work in the pharmaceutical factory and are colleagues of Gu Chouni and Gu Fugen. The news that Lin Xiangnan brought the child home still vaguely reached the Gu family.

"I've never seen a daughter-in-law like this. She came back but didn't even bring her grandchildren back to pay New Year's greetings to her grandparents." Gu Chouni scolded, "What an uneducated and unmannered person."

"The Hu family is really rude. Obviously, the two families are relatives. I met Hu Daxixi at the factory and greeted him, but he ignored me." Gu Zhenguo complained.

Xu Xiaodong gave her man an elbow and reminded him, "Gu Zhenhua will also be back from vacation soon. You don't want him to persuade you, do you?"

After hearing the news from Gu Zhenhua, Gu Zhenguo instantly became obedient and even felt a dull pain in his chest.

Under the pressure of Gu Zhenhua, Gu Zhenguo also persuaded Gu Chouni, "Mom, calm down. When Gu Zhenhua got married, he said he would marry into the woman's family and live in her home. There is some truth in this, and we can't blame him."

"It's all your wife's fault. In all these years, she only gave birth to two daughters." Gu Chouni said distressedly, "That child is the eldest grandson of our family. But I haven't even seen him once."

"My wife really doesn't..." Gu Zhenguo's eyes met with his wife's, and his momentum weakened. He turned to blame Gu Chouni, "It's all your fault, mom, for being too harsh on the two children at home. Your grandson is unwilling to come when he sees it."

Hearing this answer, Xu Xiaodong curled the corners of his mouth in satisfaction.

When he returned to his parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year, Gu Zhenguo was lectured by his family. Even a month had not been passed, and Gu Zhenguo was unable to act arrogantly.

Gu Chouni said dissatisfiedly: "Two little girls, you want me to worship them."

She glared at Xu Xiaodong, and then said to Gu Zhen in a serious tone: "I don't know why you listen to a woman who can't even give birth to a son. It's embarrassing to be ordered around by her."

"Mom, stop talking nonsense. Who would listen to her? I listen to you and dad the most." Gu Zhenguo retorted to save his face.

"You listen to me? Then why don't you divorce this woman?" Gu Chouni cursed, "A country bumpkin is still bullying me at home."

Xu Xiaodong didn't say anything and went to see Gu Zhenguo.

As a daughter-in-law, it is not easy for her to compete with Gu Chouni, the mother-in-law. But Gu Zhenguo can.

Thinking of the way his father-in-law and brother-in-law looked at him on the second day of the New Year, Gu Zhenguo had no intention of divorce at all.

He believed that if he dared to divorce, his father-in-law would come to his house the next day with a hoe on his shoulder.

"Mom! My wife and I are doing fine, why do you care so much?" Gu Zhenguo said disdainfully: "If you have nothing to do, just take care of my dad. Don't bother me."

"My child, don't I feel sorry for you?" Gu Chouni said aggrievedly, "If you don't want to listen to my nagging, I'll go see my grandson."

In Gu Chouni's eyes, both the eldest son and the eldest grandson are very important.

Especially in the past two years, not only did the eldest son fail to give birth to a son, he also sided with his daughter-in-law.

She couldn't bear to scold her son. She had to protect her son if she scolded her daughter-in-law. Gu Chouni was so angry.

Seeing Gu Chouni preparing to go look for her grandson, Gu Zhenguo suddenly became panicked.

"Mom! Don't go. If anything happens to Gu Zhenhua's son, he will come back and cause trouble for me again."

Gu Zhenguo said dissatisfiedly: "It turns out that you are not the one who gets beaten, why are you not anxious?"

Gu Chouni glanced at her son, hesitated for a few seconds, and said, "I'll go and see it secretly. No one will know."

"The child is only a few months old and can't walk. He needs someone to hold him. How could you peek?" Xu Xiaodong said, "You'd better wait for Gu Zhenhua to come back. After all, you are his biological mother. When the third brother comes back, he will definitely bring the child back. For the sake of his reputation, the third brother will still do the face-saving work."

What Xu Xiaodong said was too realistic, and it was very irritating to Gu Chouni.

"What do you mean by saving face? This is what he should do. I carried him for ten months and raised him. Without me, he wouldn't be able to live the good life he has today."

Gu Chouni said angrily: "Don't even mention letting me see the child. He should just leave the grandson at home and let me raise him!"

Xu Xiaodong looked at Gu Chouni in shock. She really dared to think so.

Doesn’t she know what kind of person Gu Zhenguo, the boy she raised, is?

Not to mention Gu Chouni's level of child-rearing, the experience of Gu Zhenhua and Gu Zhenjun almost starving to death when they were children almost left them with psychological trauma. It would be strange if Gu Zhenhua dared to give his children to Gu Chouni to raise.

But Gu Chouni seemed to have thought of a good idea and said excitedly: "When your father comes back, I will discuss with him and bring my grandson back to raise him. After all, he is the eldest grandson of our Gu family."