After her parents finished the parent-teacher meeting, Wang Yanmei said she would go to her grandmother's house in the evening.

When grandma knew they had come to the county town, she asked them to stop by her house for dinner before leaving.

After getting in the car, Wang Yanmei still had a happy look on her face.

"Your brother got first place in the final exam this time. The class teacher said that as long as he stays steady in his senior year, he will have no problem getting into a good university."

"Very good." Xu Qingzhi responded, closed his eyes, took out a processed ginseng from the warehouse in the spiritual space and put it in his bag.

Before, when Xu Fuqiang drove over to deliver cucumbers to Xu Zijun, Xu Qingzhi had asked her father to deliver ginseng to her grandfather several times.

It's just that the spiritual medicine seeds are limited, except for the spiritual medicine seeds she used to grow the first time. The ones she gave later were all ginseng seeds she bought herself and ginseng grown in the spiritual space.

Although not as good as elixir seeds, ginseng is also very effective.

It only takes more than ten minutes to drive to my grandmother's house.

The three-story brick house was built a few years ago, but due to lack of money, the exterior walls have never been painted and are still in red brick style.

Next to it is a one-story bungalow which is an old house.

My grandfather was sitting at the gate, leaning on a bamboo chair. When he saw the car coming, he immediately stood up to greet it.

Wang Jinlan also came out of the house.

Xu Qingzhi got out of the car and politely called everyone one by one, "Grandpa, Aunt."

Wang Kaifu nodded with narrowed eyes and a smile.

Wang Jinlan warmly greeted him, "Qingzhi, come in and have a seat. Have some fruit. Your brother-in-law bought some strawberries, but they are so expensive this season."

After entering the front door, the room on the right is where my grandmother usually receives guests.

When Wang Jinlan opened the door of the room, Xu Qingzhi smelled a pungent smell of smoke.

There were a few men playing cards inside, and there were people sitting around watching, so it was a bit noisy.

"Qingzhi, you're here." Wang Linlin, holding the child in her arms, greeted them and called Wang Yanmei and Xu Fuqiang, "Aunt, Uncle."

Then Wang Linlin asked the child in her arms to call people one by one.

Xu Qingzhi glanced at Wang Linlin, the man beside her, and Zhou Hongwei who was at the card table, and called out in a normal tone: "Sister, brother-in-law, uncle."

The smell in this room was too pungent, so she used a magic formula to block out the smell of cigarettes. But it was too noisy inside, and playing cards sounded like a quarrel. After staying there for a while, she really didn't like it.

Xu Qingzhi got up and went to the kitchen at the back, intending to say hello to his grandmother.

I took a few steps outside, before I reached the kitchen, I heard a conversation inside.

"Yanmei, we know that Jinlan has wronged you and treated you unfairly over the years. Mom has seen how much you have paid for your father's illness."

Wang Yanmei was actually still angry. Who wouldn't be angry when her own sister cheated her out of money? Last time her sister apologized, she could only nod in response. What else could she do?

She calculated every penny and asked Wang Jinlan to return all the money, but Wang Jinlan had nothing left.

What's more, her parents are still alive. For their sake, she didn't want the two sisters to have any unpleasantness, so she stopped communicating with them completely and vented her anger on her own.

Wang Yanmei suppressed her displeasure and just responded, "Mom, I know everything. I explained it all to you last time."

Wang Jinlan, who was standing by, burst into tears, holding Wang Yanmei's hand, and whispered, "Sister, I'm wrong. You are my only sister. After our parents pass away, we will be the closest to each other."

Wang Yanmei was puzzled. She had nodded and agreed last time and said she was no longer angry about the matter, so why was he bringing it up again?

At this time, Wang Kaifu patted the eldest daughter's shoulder, and then patted the youngest daughter's shoulder, "We are a family, don't let money cause rifts. Your sister is sincerely admitting her mistakes, don't take it to heart."

"I know, Dad. I told you last time. I really didn't take it to heart." Wang Yanmei responded a little impatiently.

How could she really not take it to heart? She was not a sucker. She was just maintaining a superficial relationship in front of her parents.

Wang Yanmei said nothing.

Chen Xiaoqing continued, "Your sister hasn't had a good life these years. When your father was in good health, his pension could subsidize them. But after your father fell ill, not to mention subsidies, your sister even spent a lot on us."

Wang Yanmei lowered her head, making it difficult to understand what she was thinking.

"I heard from your third aunt that you guys made some money selling vegetables online. This supermarket is worth hundreds of thousands. Can you lend the hundred thousand I gave you last time to Linlin first? When the supermarket makes money, Linlin will pay you back."

Chen Xiaoqing's tone was very gentle, just like when Wang Yanmei was a child and cried and insisted on buying watermelon, her mother gently responded: OK, whatever our Yanmei wants to eat, mom will buy it for you. Boss, how much is this watermelon per pound? Countless times, Wang Yanmei received calls from Wang Jinlan urging her for money to pay for her father's surgery.

She was not a fool. She gave the money as soon as her sister asked her to. It was her mother who said in a gentle tone on the other end of the phone: Yanmei, if you don't have money, forget it. Your father won't last for a few more years anyway. Don't make it difficult for you and Fuqiang.

Every time I hear this tone and these words.

She would gather up a strong determination in her heart to cure her father's illness, even if it meant borrowing money.

When Qingzhi was in the third year of junior high school, she was growing up. Her feet hurt because her shoes were too tight. She asked her mother pitifully: "Mom, why can't you buy me a new pair of shoes?" Everyone else had new shoes.

She lied to Qingzhi and said that at your age, you should wear tight shoes to tighten your feet, so that girls' feet will look shorter and better.

But that's what other mothers think. They deliberately let their children wear shoes that hurt their feet because they think short feet will look better.

She didn't think so! She just gave everything in the house to her father's medical treatment. She didn't even have ten dollars at the time. She used this sentence as an excuse!

Wang Yanmei's chest was heaving violently, her hands were numb, and even the back of her head was numb.

Chen Xiaoqing probed: "Yanmei, family affection is the most important thing in life. Money is just a thing outside of the body. When Linlin and her husband make money in the future, they will also be filial to you."

It was clear that her mother still spoke in the same gentle tone as when she was a child.

Wang Yanmei felt it was irritating! It was as if at this moment she finally saw everything clearly.

She's like a fool.

Even though her chest was burning with anger, Wang Yanmei stumbled over her words: "I, I..."

Xu Qingzhi, who was standing far away and listening to everything, felt his eyes darken. It turned out that this was the Hongmen Banquet.

While her father was watching them play cards in front, he brought her mother over to trick them.

Xu Qingzhi walked over quickly and shouted, "Grandma, Grandpa, you are all here."

Everyone turned to look at her, with a guilty look in their eyes.

Xu Qingzhi walked closer and saw that three people had surrounded her mother.

Wang Yanmei raised her head, her eyes were red.

Xu Qingzhi had always been very calm in her heart. At this moment, she felt a pain in her heart. She reached out and pulled her mother over. Then she took out a ginseng from her bag and said with a smile, "Grandpa, you look much better than before. I brought another ginseng this time."

She was sentimental and took English classes in the county town during junior high school. She lived at her grandmother's house for a while and was close to her grandparents.

But thinking about it carefully, her mother gave her living expenses to her grandparents for safekeeping, and her grandmother would only give her a few dollars every time she had to pay for a ride. When Sister Linlin went to school, she saw with her own eyes that her grandmother secretly gave Sister Linlin a handful of money, but never gave her any.

During festivals and holidays, no matter how much money Wang Yanmei gave them, they would give her a portion of it.

She has always felt that her grandparents were good to her since she was a child.

But humans are very complex animals.

Even if there is no son in the family, one will feel more distressed about the eldest daughter who stayed at home and married a live-in son-in-law and the child born by the eldest daughter, because after all, they are the Wang family's children.

And she, Xu Qingzhi, has the surname Xu.

Chen Xiaoqing, who was standing by, stretched out his hand to take the ginseng and said with a smile, "Qingzhi, your grandpa has indeed gotten much better after eating the ginseng you sent. The doctors all said that this ginseng has a good medicinal effect and should be taken for a long time."