Chapter 288
Aunt Xie said impatiently, "I'm really worried about Yiyi right now, so I don't have the mood to help you look after Zao'er."
Zhong Lan had already guessed what Aunt Xie would say, so she said, "If Mom isn't in the mood to look after him, I'll pay someone else to look after him."
"You haven't even got the job yet, but you're already complaining about the salary and want to spend money to hire someone to look after your dates?" Aunt Xie raised her voice.
"Even if I pay someone to look after Zao'er, I can still save a lot of my monthly salary. It's better than putting off the job." Zhong Lan said.
"You can send Zao'er back to your mother's home and ask your mother to help take care of her." Yao Hong said.
Zhong Lan squinted at him and said, "My mother's house is so far away. How can I take the dates there every morning? We don't have a bicycle at home. If I walk, it's cold now. What if the dates get frozen from walking back and forth every day?"
Yao Hong fell silent. This was indeed a problem. We couldn't let the dates get frozen.
He said to Aunt Xie, "Mom, Yiyi is your daughter, but Zao'er is also your granddaughter! Zao'er is well behaved, so please help look after her. What's wrong with her? Don't you want to look after your own granddaughter?"
Aunt Xie didn't say anything.
Father Yao also said, "Hong'er is right. Zao'er is our granddaughter. You don't even help look after your own granddaughter, and you let Zhong Lanhua pay for someone else to look after her. Aren't you afraid of what others will say about you behind your back?"
"I know you're worried about Yiyi, but Yiyi's path to where she is now is her own choice. We've done everything we can. What else can you do besides worrying about it? You can't just abandon all the family affairs for Yiyi and put the rest of us at risk, right?"
Aunt Xie sighed and agreed reluctantly: "Okay, I'll come and see Zao'er."
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Liang family.
When Liang's father came back at noon, he asked Cui Li, "Your mother didn't go out this morning, did she?"
"He probably didn't go out." Cui Li said truthfully.
"If it comes out, it comes out. If it doesn't come out, it doesn't come out. What do you mean by should?" Liang's father's face darkened and his brows furrowed.
"Mom was annoyed by me being at home, so I took Huan Di and Lai Bao out. When I came back, Mom was at home." Cui Li told the truth.
With a sullen face, Liang's father went to Aunt Liang's room to look for her.
Liang Tianxiong was also in the room. When he saw Liang's father and Cui Li coming, Liang Tianxiong pointed at Cui Li and complained to Liang's father.
"Grandpa, she went out again this morning and didn't care about my grandma! She goes out every morning and is never home. When I'm hungry, no one cooks for me!"
Father Liang glanced at Liang Tianxiong and sneered, "I think your grandma is just waiting for her to leave."
"Let me ask you," Liang's father asked Liang Tianxiong, "Did your grandma go out this morning?"
Liang Tianxiong shook his head without hesitation: "No."
"You've been home all this time?"
Leung Tin-hung is stuck.
How could he be at home all the time? It would be so boring to stay at home all the time! He only came back a little earlier than Cui Li.
Liang's father knew that with Liang Tianxiong's personality, he could not stay at home.
He sneered and said, "You're not at home, how can you be sure that your grandma didn't go out this morning?"
"Anyway, I didn't see my breasts outside." Liang Tianxiong said stubbornly.
"Old man, how can I dare to go out if you don't let me? Don't you trust me so much?" Aunt Liang looked sad and disappointed.
Father Liang's expression was gloomy. "I believe you, that's why the story between you and Old Man Chen spread all over the compound! Do you think you are still worthy of my trust?"
"There's really nothing going on between Old Man Chen and me. Why don't you believe it?" Aunt Liang grumbled helplessly.
She knew that Liang's father had his own set of criteria for judging. She didn't dare to say too much, for she was afraid that if she said too much, Liang's father would become more suspicious.
As expected, Father Liang didn't believe Aunt Liang's words. He asked Liang Tianxiong, "Has Old Man Chen been talking to you lately, giving you candy, and buying you things?"
Liang Tianxiong shook his head: "No."
"Really?"
Liang Tianxiong looked at his father and shook his head again: "Really not."
Actually, yes.
Old Man Chen gave him some candy and asked him why he hadn't seen his grandmother recently. He wondered if his grandfather still didn't allow his grandmother to go out. Liang Tianxiong ate the candy while telling Old Man Chen everything that happened at home.
Old man Chen also lamented that his grandfather was really old and confused, believing such rumors. He also said that his grandfather was really cruel, locking up his grandmother for such a long time. If it were him, he would definitely not be willing to lock up his grandmother.
When Liang Tianxiong returned home and saw that Cui Li was not there, he told Aunt Liang everything that Old Man Chen had said to him.
Aunt Liang was in a very complicated mood. Even Old Man Chen was reluctant to lock her up, yet Father Liang had kept her under house arrest for so long.
However, Aunt Liang repeatedly told Liang Tianxiong that if Liang's father asked him whether Old Man Chen had looked for him, he must look at Liang's father and firmly say no.
At the moment, although Liang Tianxiong did what Aunt Liang said, Liang's father was skeptical.
He knew how much Aunt Liang loved Liang Tianxiong, and how much Liang Tianxiong sided with Aunt Liang.
"You just said that your mother goes out every morning and is not home, and when you are hungry there is no one to cook for you?" Liang's father suddenly said.
Liang Tianxiong nodded vigorously: "She doesn't care about my milk. She doesn't even empty the urinal when it's full!"
Cui Li explained herself: "As soon as I came back, I took my mother's urinal and emptied it."
Liang Tianxiong snorted: "It's too late! The urinal is already full! I can only hold my milk in and dare not go to the toilet!"
After Cui Li came back from chatting at the Shen family, Aunt Liang did complain and scold her like this.
Liang Tianxiong was just following suit, learning all the words that Aunt Liang used to scold her.
"You are at home too. You are so protective of your grandma, so you can also empty her urinal." Father Liang said, "Your grandma has already emptied your urinal, so why can't you empty your grandma's urinal?"
Liang Tianxiong and Aunt Liang were both shocked. They couldn't believe that Liang's father would actually speak on Cui Li's side.
Cui Li was also surprised, but she didn't show it. Her plan was just to weaken Liang Tianxiong and Aunt Liang's status in the family, but she had never expected Liang's father to speak up for her.
"But, these chores were all done by my stepmother before!" Liang Tianxiong yelled angrily.
"Your grandma can't go out. Your stepmother has more things to do. When she is too busy, can you bear that your grandma can't go to the toilet and don't go to empty her chamber pot?" Father Liang said with sharp eyes.
"The urinal is so dirty, how can we let Tianxiong empty it?" Aunt Liang said to Liang Tianxiong.
"You think your urinal is dirty now, but can you still count on it to support you in your old age?" said Liang's father.
Liang's father's words silenced both Aunt Liang and Liang Tianxiong. They didn't understand what was wrong with Liang's father, why he targeted Liang Tianxiong but didn't scold Cui Li.
"Also, you're hungry. Your stepmother isn't home, but your grandma is. Let her cook for you." Father Liang added, "She has nothing to do at home anyway. How could she not be happy to cook for you?"
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