"Let's eat first." Xu Jingmin said, "After dinner, let's go back to town and find a hotel to stay in."

Xu Jingmin didn't want to make things difficult for Grandma Xu, as she was worried that although Grandma Xu was now pushing her children to leave, she would soften her heart later.

Grandma Xu sighed and said, "I know what you mean. You're worried that I'll feel bad if I drive them away."

"To be honest, I do feel bad, but this feeling is contradictory. I feel bad that my children could kick me out of the house just for money. I feel bad that I'm not a demanding mother and I gave them everything I could, but they didn't think about my feelings for them at all. I feel bad that if it weren't for the money, they wouldn't come back. I also feel bad that I can't enjoy the joy of family life now."

"It was the same before. I just comforted myself that they at least came back to celebrate the New Year with me every year. I comforted myself that it was not easy for them to live in the city. I stayed here and they would always have a home."

"But today, I finally couldn't deceive myself." Grandma Xu smiled disappointedly, "So be it. The only thing I can do for them now is probably not to hold them back and not have to ask them to serve me. If I get sick and can't move, I won't need them to take care of me or visit me. And if I die, I won't need them to see me off."

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Zhang Jiayu said unhappily.

"It's New Year's Day, let's not say such unlucky words." Zhang Jialiang argued, "Besides, we just want the demolition compensation, and we don't mean to stop supporting you in your old age."

"Okay, I know what you mean." Grandma Xu waved her hand. "It's getting late. You should go back to town. There are still restaurants open in town. This is not a tourist destination, so hotels are not expensive. They only cost a few dozen yuan a day. Do you want to stay in a hotel or go back and come back after the festival? Make your own decision."

Grandma Xu glanced at the clock on the wall again and said, "In twenty minutes, there will be the last bus to town. You should hurry to the village entrance to wait for the bus. Otherwise, there will be no more buses."

"Mom, you...you won't even let us eat?" Zhang Jiayu looked at Grandma Xu in disbelief.

Is this still the mother who always loved them? "You feel guilty for eating this meal." Grandma Xu said, "I prepared a table of dishes on New Year's Eve, but you didn't come back to eat. A good table of dishes is wasted."

She is old and there are many things she cannot eat.

Although many dishes were left intact, they still became leftovers the next day, and there was no reason to give the leftovers to others.

Grandma Xu ate whatever was edible, meal after meal.

If you can’t eat it, you can only throw it away.

It’s New Year’s Day and even beggars don’t come out.

She couldn't send it to the town to feed the beggars.

Grandma Xu is usually such a frugal person, but when she threw away those vegetables, she felt so sad that she cried while doing so.

In fact, Grandma Xu herself couldn’t explain clearly how many of those tears were because she felt sorry for the vegetables, and how many were because her children didn’t come back and she used the excuse of feeling sorry for the vegetables.

"But today's meal was not prepared by me. It was prepared by your Aunt Liu and Aunt Chen," said Grandma Xu. "Don't be so shameless to eat it. You can eat it with a clear conscience if it's made by me, but forget about it if it's made by others."

Li Yuqin stood up and said to Zhang Jialiang, "Jialiang, let's go! Since they don't want us to stay, let's not humiliate ourselves here."

Anyway, the purpose of coming back this time has been achieved, and Li Yuqin was not willing to come back and have more contact with her mother-in-law.

She looked down on Hexing Village and Grandma Xu.

Zhang Jialiang looked at Li Yuqin, hesitated a little, but finally stood up.

After the four people left, Liu Yushu sighed and said, "Aunt Xu, you are actually going to the imperial capital. Since they are back, it's okay to take this opportunity to spend some time with them."

Even though her children are unfilial, Grandma Xu's love for them will never change.

"Forget it." Grandma Xu sighed, "It's New Year's Day, and I don't want them to ruin your mood."

"You came all the way back to celebrate the New Year with me, how can you let them make you unhappy?" Grandma Xu took a deep breath and raised her glass, "Come on, let's have a drink and stop thinking about those unhappy things."

Although they knew that Grandma Xu was not really in a good mood, they did not have the heart to expose her.

Even if you are pretending, you have to pretend happily.

Putting down the wine glass, Grandma Xu said, "However, in this case, I may not be able to go to the capital with you right away. I have to wait until after the New Year to complete the transfer procedures."

"I'll stay here. When I'm done, I'll go back to the capital with you." Lu Youxi said with a smile, "When the time comes and you need to run errands for the transfer procedures, I'll do it for you. You just sit there."

Grandma Xu quickly shook her head. "I'm already taking advantage of you by going to the capital. How can I delay you?"

"It won't delay me. It happens to be my winter vacation, and it won't affect my classes." Lu Youxi explained, "There's nothing going on at the company, and I can't help with the technical stuff."

Finally, after much persuasion, Grandma Xu agreed to let Lu Youxi stay.

"I'll stay with you too." Xu Jingmin said with a smile, "I don't have a job, I'm free, anywhere is fine. It's a good opportunity to chat with Aunt Xu for a while. How can we chat for such a short time?"

Xu Jingmin also gave a reason that Grandma Xu couldn't refuse, "Besides, I also want to see the place where Shuyan has lived for nearly two months. I want to know more about where he lived when I was not around after he was injured and in danger."

With a loving mother's heart, Grandma Xu felt sympathetic and did not refuse.

Liu Yusu wanted to stay, but she was still busy taking orders from Internet cafe customers in the capital.

So they stayed until the end of the holiday, and Liu Yusu returned to the imperial capital with Lu Zhenguo and Zhou Shuyan.

Zhou Shuyan originally wanted to stay, but Xu Jingmin reminded Zhou Shuyan that he would still have a lot of time to spend with Lu Youxi in the future.

Instead, Zhou Xueyi was completely kicked out of the company. If he was not in the imperial capital, there was no guarantee that Zhou Xueyi would not take the opportunity to do something bad.

Zhou Shuyan also didn't want Xu Jingmin to think that he was delaying his work for Lu Youxi, which would make Xu Jingmin have some opinions about Lu Youxi.

So I can only go back to the imperial capital first.

Fortunately, the property transfer procedures were completed quickly.

It was done in one day.