Chapter 261 (First Update) Their kindness and help...
Fu Cheng'an waited for his granddaughter to praise him, to praise him as she would her daughter-in-law.
He never envied anyone in his life except his son.
I envy that his son, who was like a block of wood when he was young, has such a lively, cheerful, intelligent, kind, beautiful, and eloquent daughter—no amount of praise is enough to describe her.
When my granddaughter and son were young, apart from being beautiful and smart, they were completely different.
When my son was little, he talked like he was begging for money, not to mention he was very sweet-talking.
Fu Cheng'an even suspected that if eating and drinking could be done without a mouth, perhaps his mouth could simply be sewn shut.
But my granddaughter is different. She's only a few months old and can't talk yet, but she loves to chat with adults by making little "ah-ah-ah" noises. Once she can talk, her little mouth is constantly chattering away; she's eloquent and has a sweet tongue.
He was incredibly envious that his son had given birth to such a daughter.
However, after waiting for a while and not hearing his granddaughter praise him, Fu Cheng'an had no choice but to ask her himself.
"Is Grandpa also very amazing?"
Hearing this, Fu's mother laughed until tears streamed down her face, and said to him, "You're already in your forties, and you're still so childish. Aren't you ashamed?"
Fu Cheng'an retorted, "We're having a serious discussion."
But he got his wish in the end, and his granddaughter really praised him.
"Grandpa can actually mend clothes, that's amazing."
"Hehe, he's only moderately skilled."
"But if Grandpa knows how, why have I never seen him mend clothes?"
You're celebrating too soon.
Fu Cheng'an's smile froze.
This question really caught him off guard.
The others laughed even harder when they saw that his attempt to steal a chicken had backfired.
After all, she was her own daughter, and she couldn't let her father-in-law lose face, so Tang Mingli could only suppress her laughter and explain, "Adults' clothes rarely get torn."
"That seems to be true." Fu Yu thought to herself that the reason her clothes were torn was because she had climbed a tree while playing.
Having successfully saved face, Fu Cheng'an quickly changed the subject, asking the two children, "Would you like to eat tofu pudding?"
When it comes to food, what child wouldn't say they don't want to eat?
Fu Cheng'an waved his hand and said, "Come on, Grandpa will take you to eat tofu pudding."
The two kids brought this up last night.
Yesterday, while playing in the yard, the other kids in the compound told them that there was a tofu pudding shop nearby that served really delicious tofu pudding. This made both kids' mouths water, so they came back and told them about it.
Fu Cheng'an took this to heart, thinking that he must take them to try it today.
Tang Mingli did not object.
The house isn't finished cleaning yet; if the children are taken out, it will be easier for them to tidy up the house.
However, considering that there were still more than two hours until lunch, I reminded them not to eat too much, otherwise they wouldn't be able to eat lunch.
The two children immediately expressed their opinions.
"I promise I can still eat a bowl of rice after I finish eating the tofu pudding."
"I'll eat two bowls."
"Then I'll have two bowls too."
One of the advantages of having another child is that they might start comparing what they eat, which makes things much easier.
However, Fu Yu had a good appetite since she was a child, and her eating habits never caused her parents any trouble.
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Fu Cheng'an took his two children out, greeting everyone he met, and then saying, "Taking the two children to get something to eat."
Then the other person will definitely recognize which one is his granddaughter at a glance, and will definitely say: "This is Fu Yu, right? She's so grown up and still so beautiful."
These praises were for his granddaughter, but the real glory belonged to Fu Cheng'an.
The two children were only thinking about eating tofu pudding, but they found that from the moment they left home, they walked and listened to their grandfather, who would say a few words to everyone he saw, even if the person was far away.
After this happened several times, Fu Yu became extremely anxious.
Tang Xin, who was a bit older, saw through the trick, or perhaps she had actually experienced it herself.
On one occasion, Grandpa Fu stopped to chat with someone.
Tang Xin quietly reassured her anxious cousin, "Grandpa was actually showing off."
"What are you showing off?"
"He's showing you off. Grandpa is very proud to have a granddaughter like you and wants everyone to see it." Tang Xin whispered to her, "My maternal grandfather did the same thing, so I understand."
Fu Yu suddenly realized.
The three of them spent half an hour walking such a short distance.
Fortunately, once they arrived at the tofu pudding shop, they didn't run into anyone Grandpa knew, so they could finally focus on eating their tofu pudding.
The tofu pudding at this shop is really delicious; the two kids ate half a bowl in no time.
Looking at the tofu pudding she was about to finish, Fu Yu suddenly said, "I'm so tired from walking, I can eat two bowls of tofu pudding."
Fu Cheng'an was in a bit of a predicament. If he ate 20,000 yuan worth of tofu pudding, how would he eat lunch?
"But I'm hungry now," Fu Yu pleaded pitifully.
"Are you hungry too?" Fu Chengan asked Tang Xin.
Tang Xin also wanted to eat another bowl, so she nodded quickly.
After much deliberation, Fu Cheng'an ultimately couldn't refuse the two children's pleas and opted for a compromise.
Order two more bowls of tofu pudding, one for the two children and one for himself.
He himself thought the tofu pudding here was delicious and couldn't resist wanting to eat another bowl.
At first, the two children objected, feeling that it was unfair.
Fu Chengan patiently explained, "Grandpa is an adult, so his stomach is bigger. You and Xiaoxin are children, so your stomachs are smaller."
The explanation made sense, and both children were convinced.
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On the other side, not long after Fu Cheng'an took his two children out, an elderly neighbor came to visit Fu's mother.
After the two elderly people sat and chatted for a while, Madam Fu suggested that they go for a walk in the yard together.
Tang Mingli was still a little worried, afraid that the sight of the scene would trigger her grandmother's emotions.
Madam Fu saw through her ruse and tried to comfort her, saying, "Do you think I can stay indoors all summer? Don't worry, although some things are hard to accept right away, Grandma is old enough to understand what's going on."
It was precisely because her grandmother was already at that age that Tang Mingli was worried about her grandmother being hurt.
But I also understand that Grandma is right.
Are you suggesting we let her stay indoors all summer and avoid contact with other people in the compound?
This is clearly impractical.
Moreover, this situation may become more frequent over time.
Unless they never come back, they'll find out eventually.
Tang Mingli could only suppress her unease and let her grandmother go out.
However, I was still worried about her age, so I gave her a cane to wear.
The elderly neighbor, unaware of what they were saying, didn't understand what they were saying, but she could still see the concern that Tang Mingli was expressing.
As they left the Fu family's gate, the old lady sighed, "I used to think that your granddaughter-in-law was too cold-hearted and a bit callous."
Upon hearing this, Madam Fu glared at her, clearly displeased.
The elderly neighbor quickly said, "Don't rush, let me finish. I've already said what happened before, I certainly don't think that way now."
Madam Fu gave a light snort, wanting to hear what kind of nonsense the other party had to say.
"Now I really don't think so. Your Mingli is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. She is actually the most filial daughter."
Madam Fu liked to hear these words.
Mingli is indeed the most filial child in their family.
She was curious about what had made this blockhead see things clearly.
The elderly neighbor sighed and said, "You're not here, so you don't know what happened to the Xu family recently."
What happened to the Xu family?
Didn't they just get a new daughter-in-law last year?
Madam Fu nodded. Although she hadn't attended the wedding, she had seen the new bride from the Xu family twice during the Spring Festival.
She was tall, fair-skinned, and had a generous and outgoing personality; she had a good impression of her.
To everyone's surprise, the old lady next door snorted coldly and said, "You can know a person's face but not their heart."
He then told Madam Fu about what had happened to the Xu family some time ago.
It's not a big deal, just a family conflict.
The new daughter-in-law of the Xu family got pregnant but didn't know it. Later, she inexplicably miscarried and blamed her husband's family for the miscarriage, believing that they had moved the furniture in the house, which caused her to miscarry.
Upon hearing that she had miscarried, Madam Fu sighed and said with some heartache, "There used to be such a saying that pregnant women shouldn't move furniture in the house, especially the bed where the pregnant woman sleeps."
"I know, but it's also her own fault for not realizing it sooner, isn't it?"
"That's not quite right. It's normal for a young woman who hasn't had a child to not know she's pregnant."
The elderly neighbor had never thought about it from this perspective before, but after hearing what Mrs. Fu said, she felt it made sense and said, "That's right, her mother-in-law has given birth to four children, she has so much experience, she should be able to tell that something is wrong with her daughter-in-law."
But that's not what we're discussing now. What she wants to tell Madam Fu is that after the woman had a miscarriage, her family stormed into the Xu family to demand an explanation for their daughter.
A dispute broke out between the two sides, and the glass windows were broken in the fight.
"Thanks to the neighbors' kindness in stepping forward to mediate, the matter was prevented from escalating out of control."
Madam Fu nodded.
The neighbors in the compound are indeed very kind.
"But what kind of behavior is this? Their daughter had a miscarriage, and they came to their door with weapons and even broke their window. This girl's family is really barbaric. After making such a scene, didn't they think about how their daughter would be able to live with her husband's family in the future?"
The old lady next door kept rambling on and on.
Madam Fu was both amused and annoyed, recalling something her granddaughter-in-law had said.
Neighbors are such a complex group; they are the ones who are kind and helpful, but they are also the ones who spread gossip.
That's a really insightful summary.
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After taking a walk outside, Madam Fu estimated that it was almost lunchtime, so she went home.
When she got home, Tang Mingli was wiping a camera.
Madam Fu recognized it at a glance. Her grandson had specially bought it for Fu Yu after she was born to take pictures of her and record her growth.
So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, and their Fu Yu is already a young girl.
She leaned closer and asked curiously, "Is it still usable?"
"Of course," Tang Mingli laughed. "We still have several rolls of unused film."
While tidying up the study on the second floor today, she took everything out, intending to make the most of it.
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The author says: The weather in Guangdong has been so comfortable lately, cool and refreshing; a light jacket is all you need. But this kind of weather is also really making me sleepy.
All that talk was just an attempt to justify myself... The remaining two chapters will be released together at 6 PM.
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