"Go, go, go! I've said it hundreds of times, I'm not going to suffer in the south. I was born in the capital, and I'll die in the capital. You and your older brother have no conscience! For that damn job, I have to go to the south with you. By the way, if something happens to me and I die in the south, then I can be reincarnated with your father a hundred years later!"
In Granny Zhou's heart, her short-lived husband who died young was the most important person.
What sons and daughters? Anyone who wants to separate her from that old man is a rebellious child!
Hearing the shouts and curses coming from the window, Zhou Hongyu glanced apologetically at her second sister-in-law, who was much younger than her.
Shen Keyi turned away, her expression calm.
If the old woman inside wasn't Zhou Zhongliang's biological mother, she would have left the moment she dared to utter a single word!
Zhou Hongyu pushed open the door and went in. Upon hearing the sound, Granny Zhou threw a pillow at her.
"roll!"
Zhou Hongyu turned aside to avoid it, picked up the pillow from the ground and patted it: "Mom, it's me!"
"Hongyu, you're finally back! Go and make things clear with Zhou Zhongliang. You'll take care of me in my old age, so they don't need to meddle!"
The usually fussy Granny Zhou perked up when she saw her youngest daughter.
At this moment, Zhou Zhongliang pushed open the door and entered, and sighed upon hearing this.
"Mom, it's my and my older brother's responsibility to take care of you in your old age, so please don't add to your younger sister's burden!"
“My brother-in-law is away from home for most of the year, and my younger sister is raising four children. Right now, she has her brother-in-law’s parents helping her out, but in a few years, when the three of you are all old, with some hospitalized, some taking medication, and some needing care, how will my younger sister manage? Besides, Pengfei said he’s planning to get married, and my younger sister’s grandchildren won’t be far off!”
Every word he said made sense, and Granny Zhou felt a sharp pain in her heart.
After losing her husband in middle age, she brought her second son and youngest daughter back from the Northwest with her family, giving up the generous benefits offered by the local government. That was because she only wanted to spend the rest of her life guarding her dead husband's grave!
In her old age, she was forced to leave her hometown and live with her son in the south. She suddenly felt that she didn't have many years left to live.
Granny Zhou clutched her chest and shouted in a fit of rage, "I'm not going anywhere! Hongyu is too busy, and I don't need her to take care of me. If she has any conscience, she should come and see me a few times. Even if I die, I'll die in Zhoujia Village with your father!"
"mom……"
Zhou Zhongliang had a lot of headaches with his stubborn old mother.
The organization values him, and his work has always revolved around a certain special economic zone in the south. If Granny Zhou insists on her own opinion, then he can only consider resigning and returning to his hometown to take care of his elderly mother until her death.
One cannot be both loyal to one's duty and filial to one's parents. Faced with the choice between working and caring for his elderly parents, Zhou Zhongliang chose the latter.
Seeing the troubled expression on her second brother's face, Zhou Hongyu stepped forward, took Zhou Pozi's arm, and patted her back, trying to soothe her anxious emotions.
“Mom, no one can force you to go if you don’t want to. I said I would take care of you in your old age, and I will. My parents-in-law have five children. At the very least, they are Chang Xingwang’s biological parents. I can’t just abandon my own mother to take care of him. There’s no reason for that!”
Granny Zhou immediately patted her chest and smiled with narrowed eyes.
Okay, okay, as long as she doesn't have to be separated from that old man!
"Hongyu, what are you saying? Xingwang is contributing to the country, and you, as his wife, should be guarding the home front!"
Zhou Zhongliang was furious when he heard his younger sister spout such arrogant words. He was so angry that he thought, "Is this how we live? My brother-in-law is standing in the yard and he can hear everything clearly!"
Zhou Hongyu rolled her eyes at him. Although she didn't know which level of security Chang Xingwang worked in as a maintenance worker, how did it become a contribution to the country, speaking with such righteous indignation?
She also has a job; everyone contributes to the country!
She should take care of her own mother; who cares about anyone else? Chang Xingwang still wants to boss her around!
"When Chang Xingwang wanted to find a virtuous wife, he should have kept his eyes wide open. Don't choose me! I'm notorious for not being able to serve anyone!"
Zhou Hongyu let go of his hand, put her hands on her hips, and said to her second brother, "It's not too late to find someone now. We'll go get the divorce certificate later and find a good wife that will satisfy the Chang family!"
Get a divorce, get a divorce now!
I get annoyed just looking at my two troublesome sons!
And then there are those cunning sisters-in-law and eccentric aunts!
The door was suddenly opened from the outside, and Chang Xingwang loyally stated his position: "Second brother, I strongly agree that Hongyu should take care of Mom in her old age, and I will take care of my parents!"
Why did he suddenly suffer such a misfortune? He didn't object to his wife taking care of his mother-in-law!
"Xingwang, your work..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Zhongliang suddenly realized that this was not the place to talk, so he stopped and glared at Zhou Hongyu.
He frowned and snapped at her, "Fine, if Mom won't go to the South to retire, then I'll transfer my job back to Beijing!"
Will this work?
My second sister-in-law is a local!
Zhou Hongyu looked up and happened to catch a glimpse of her second sister-in-law's clothes through the crack in the door.
A gentle breeze stirred, and the figure vanished in an instant, as if it were just an illusion.
*
No need to separate from the old man, she can go south to retire and everything will be fine for Granny Zhou.
When Zhou Hongyu told her about the lamb legs her second sister had brought back, Granny Zhou clapped her hands in a great mood: "Didn't your second brother say he was going to host a dinner party for relatives at home? We'll cook these two lamb legs today!"
Zhou Zhongliang: "I'll go and tell the village chief."
Granny Zhou pulled Zhou Hongyu to her side: "Hongyu, you've found your homestead, it's just not big, only seven-tenths of an acre..."
"Mom! My dear mom!"
Zhou Hongyu excitedly hugged Granny Zhou's neck and kissed her repeatedly.
"I knew it! The two of us are the best!"
Granny Zhou took her hand and said sternly, "If those two unfilial sons try to send me to the south to retire again, you'd better step in and thwart their little schemes. I won't live long if I leave Zhoujia Village. I'm not lying to you!"
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