Chang Meiying suddenly had a craving for barbecue, so she turned around and said, "Auntie, why don't you treat the whole family to barbecue?"
"The whole family!"
Chen Zhaodi lost her voice; this was going to be the death of her!
With a family of over ten people, how much money must she have spent!
Chen Zhaodi instinctively wanted to refuse, but then she met Zhou Hongyu's smiling eyes.
She hardened her heart, feeling extremely distressed, and said, "Alright, it's my treat!"
Chang Meiying: "Wow—"
Back home, Chang Meiying couldn't wait to share the good news with everyone.
There was no one around at this time, not even Granny Chang, who usually stayed at home doing housework. Chang Meiying felt very depressed.
As evening approached and people gradually left work or school to go home, Chang Meiying was finally able to share this happy event with her family.
Everyone smiled happily upon hearing this, but Chen Zhaodi's heart was bleeding.
It was almost lunchtime, and everyone got ready to go out. After counting everyone, they realized that Granny Chang hadn't returned yet!
Because everyone was so focused on going out for barbecue for dinner, no one noticed that Granny Chang, who was supposed to be in charge of cooking, was nowhere to be seen.
Old Man Chang was angry: "What a fine day! This old woman is just a hindrance. I don't know what she's been up to lately, I can't find her anywhere!"
Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly remembered that such a thing had happened.
Granny Chang has been trying to find her lately, but she can't find her anywhere!
Chang Meiying waved her little fist in defense: "Grandpa, you're not allowed to talk about Grandma. Grandma is the best!"
Listening to his beloved granddaughter's "lecture," Old Man Chang obediently nodded in agreement.
My wife has never been the wrong person to take care of all these years; she's always there for me when I need her help!
Chang Huaying, wearing a round-neck floral dress, walked up to Zhou Hongyu and asked, "Second Aunt, no one from the third branch is coming back. My mother doesn't seem to be planning to invite them along. Is that alright?"
Zhou Hongyu didn't care: "She's paying, so she can invite whoever she wants. Your grandfather and your father know better than anyone else, and they won't say a word. You're just a child, so don't worry about it. Just have fun and go eat barbecue!"
Chang Huaying nodded.
Just then, Granny Chang finally returned from outside.
She ran in, looking frighteningly pale, as if she had been working overtime for a whole day and night.
Chen Zhaodi was taken aback and stepped forward to help Granny Chang, who had rushed home from outside and was so tired that she could hardly straighten her back.
"Mom, what are you doing out there? It looks like you've gone to work as a laborer for some rich landlord!"
Chen Zhaodi said it casually, but Granny Chang's expression became unusually strange.
Chen Zhaodi pulled Granny Chang aside and said, "Mom, I'm treating the whole family to barbecue tonight. Do you want to get ready before we go out, or should we leave now?"
Granny Chang awkwardly withdrew her hand: "My stomach hasn't been feeling well lately, so I won't be eating barbecue..."
Before she could finish speaking, Chang Meiying, who was the most favored by Granny Chang, immediately jumped up.
"No, no, Grandma should go!"
Granny Chang could never appease anyone.
Zhou Hongyu sighed, seeing through it all at a glance. Granny Chang had fallen into her soft-hearted trap again. Under the persuasion of the filial daughter Chang Meihua, she had secretly gone to Chang Meihua's house to work again behind the back of the whole family!
A person's fate is sometimes hard to predict!
Even ten oxen couldn't pull him back!
Zhou Hongyu didn't want to get involved, so how could she? How could a daughter-in-law with no blood relation stop her own mother from going to her daughter's house to work? There's no logic to that!
Zhou Hongyu held down her restless youngest daughter: "Mom, if you're not feeling well, just rest at home. We'll bring you some things from outside after dinner!"
Granny Chang nodded happily.
Her eldest daughter's family was short-handed, and she would often see them crying on the street. Her heart softened, so she would run back and forth between the two places. After finishing her work at her eldest daughter's house, she would rush back to buy groceries, cook, and pick up and drop off the children. Today, the whole family went out for barbecue, which gave her a chance to relax.
As his wife's husband of most of his life, Old Man Chang also felt that his wife had been acting very strangely lately!
At this moment, he looked around with his eyes, but he didn't say a word until he had evidence.
As they stepped outside, Zhou Hongyu held her youngest daughter's hand, lost in thought.
If Granny Chang's fate remains unchanged, according to the trajectory in the dream, after Granny Chang is tricked to death by her two heartless daughters, the peaceful and harmonious Chang family compound will be transformed into a scene of chaos and disorder!
She couldn't stay in a place like that.
She needs to hurry up and build the small villa at her parents' home. If that happens, she'll still have somewhere to go in the end.
This time, she didn't want to get involved in the power struggle among the Chang family's children over the inheritance.
Even without the inheritance from her in-laws, she can still live her life as usual.
Chen Zhaodi treated everyone to a barbecue restaurant called Kao Rou Wan, which is only a ten-minute walk from Shuangdong Hutong. The food was indeed quite good.
This is a grilled meat restaurant. The grilling tool is a round plate fixed by iron bars. The heat passes through the gaps between the round plates to cook the meat, giving it a woody aroma.
Chen Zhaodi, who is notoriously stingy, rarely receives collective praise from everyone, who all compliment her on finding a good place.
While Chen Zhaodi was thinking about the bill that would be coming and feeling the pinch, she was also smiling so hard her face hurt from the praise.
The atmosphere was just right, and Chang Hongbing, unusually quiet, asked the waiter to bring him some beer.
Chen Zhaodi glared at him a few times, but Chang Hongbing ignored her and happily drank the beer with the old man.
After they finished a bottle of beer, the dinner was coming to an end.
As the lights of the shops on the street came on and night fell, Chang Hongbing and his son, who were quite drunk, insisted on treating everyone to a movie.
Chen Zhaodi thought about the bill she would have to settle later, and looking at Chang Hongbing who was drunk and acting recklessly, she felt like hitting him. Couldn't he just hold back?
Chang Meiying was so sleepy that she dozed off in Zhou Hongyu's arms. Zhou Hongyu, holding her youngest daughter, nodded and said, "If you want to see a movie, then go ahead. It's a rare opportunity like this. I won't go. I'll take the sleeping Meiying home first!"
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