Chapter 33 The Zhou Family
Today, Lin Yi'an didn't wear makeup. After taking care of her skin, she applied some lipstick before going out to improve her complexion.
After changing my clothes, I picked up my bag and the pastries I had prepared for Grandpa Zhou, Grandma Zhou, and Xiao Songran, got in the car, and set off.
When they arrived at the Zhou family home, Yan Shuyan and Song Ran were already there, chatting with the grandparents inside.
When Yu Minhua saw her coming over with gifts again, she scolded, "Why do you always bring gifts every time you come? Don't bring any next time, understand?"
Lin Yi'an placed the box on the tea table and smiled, "It's not an expensive gift. It's a jujube and yam paste made by my daughter Zhizhi. There's no sugar in it, and not many jujubes. It has a light sweetness. Grandpa, Grandma, and Songran can all eat it. I brought it here for you to try."
Yu Minhua then laughed: "You're a doctor, so if you say we can eat it, then we definitely can."
Yan Shuyan asked the servant to bring a plate and chopsticks, put the jujube paste and yam cake on the plate, and served it to her grandparents. They each picked up a piece, took a bite, and said, "It's really good."
Then it was handed to Lin Yi'an, who picked up a piece and gave it to Song Ran. Song Ran's eyes were bright and she grinned as she took it and said, "Thank you, Aunt Lin."
Yan Shuyan: "Yi'an, you eat too."
Lin Yi'an: "You eat too."
As the group was eating jujube and yam cake, Zhou Kanghui, Sun Yurong, and Zhou Jia came out of the house.
When Zhou Kanghui saw his grandson, he hugged him tightly and kissed him on the cheek: "Did you miss Grandpa?"
Zhou Songran wiped the face his grandfather had kissed with his little hands, and mumbled, "I want to," with a mouthful of jujube and yam cake in his mouth.
Seeing the close relationship between the grandfather and grandson, Sun Yurong couldn't help but say, "Songran is eating. Put him down so he doesn't choke."
Yan Shuyan secretly rolled her eyes: "It's okay, Dad is such a big man, how could he not hold the child properly? How could he choke?"
“That’s right,” Zhou Kanghui said. “My son Songran is only three years old, and his grandfather can still carry him.”
Zhou Jia asked, "What are you eating?"
Yan Shuyan said, "These are jujube and yam cakes that Yi'an brought."
Sun Yurong glanced at it and said, "Miss Lin may not know, but dates contain sugar. Grandpa and Grandma shouldn't eat too many of these. Next time you give Grandpa and Grandma something to eat, you can ask us..."
Yu Minhua glanced at her and said, "Our An'an is a doctor. Does she not know whether my husband and I can eat this or not? Nobody else knows, but you do?"
She had just eaten a piece of yam cake. An'an had really put thought into it, considering that they were elderly people. She only put a little bit of jujube paste in it. She had eaten countless good things in her life, and this jujube paste yam cake was just an ordinary pastry. But the child cared about the two of them, and this rare sentiment should not be wasted.
Sun Yurong's eyes reddened: "Mom, I was just concerned about you, I..."
Yu Minhua frowned: "I'm not that old yet. I know what you mean by those words. Who are you trying to provoke? If you were less scheming and more disciplined your two children, who would say anything to you?"
“An’an and Mingshi are already engaged and will get married in a few months. She calls him Miss Lin every day. She’s an elder, so she should be more tolerant.”
Sun Yurong: "I..."
What elder? Does Lin Yi'an consider her an elder?
Lin Yi'an looked at Yu Minhua and smiled, saying, "Grandma, it's nice that she calls me Miss Lin. I was worried about how to treat Aunt Sun; she was very cold to me the last few times we met, which made me feel awkward. I didn't know how to face her to avoid making us uncomfortable. From now on, we can each mind our own business, and I don't need to worry about how to get along with her. Aunt Tan is very good to me. With her as my future mother-in-law, Mingshi and I will definitely have a good life..."
Yu Minhua paused for a moment, looking at her earnest face. This was still an honest child. She sighed, smiled, and said, "Mingshi's mother has always wanted a daughter. Now her wish has finally been fulfilled."
Sun Yurong's face twisted slightly. What a Lin family's third young lady! She looks so quiet and unassuming, but before she's even married into the Zhou family, she's already so arrogant in front of the Zhou family patriarch. It's almost as if she's openly saying that she won't take her seriously anymore.
Yan Shuyan was overjoyed to see Sun Yurong's contorted face. She hadn't expected Lin Yi'an to be so outspoken, but she was satisfied. Finally, someone could keep Sun Yurong in check.
Yu Minhua then looked at Sun Yurong, noticing her tense expression, and said, "What are you thinking about all day long?"
"Mingyuan has found a girlfriend outside, do you, as his mother, know?"
Sun Yurong sat up abruptly: "What?"
Yu Minhua sneered: "All you do is speculate all day long, you have no idea what your own child is doing outside..."
Sun Yurong's face flushed red.
"Wanting this and wanting that, wanting everything, don't end up not being able to hold onto what should be yours." Yu Minhua didn't mince words; everyone knows what kind of person she is. Trying to hide it only makes her a laughingstock.
What a fool! She still thinks she's so clever. Does she think she can't see the scheming in her eyes?
Zhou Kanghui snapped out of his daze: "Mingyuan has a girlfriend?"
Zhou Jia also said, "Third Brother has a girlfriend?"
Yu Minhua sneered: "I guess you're the only ones who don't know this."
Zhou Kanghui frowned: "So what if you have a girlfriend? Why are you hiding it from your family? In my family, we believe in free love, we don't have all those formalities, and we don't have any class prejudices..."
Zhou Jia wanted to say, if there were no class distinctions, then why did her second brother and Miss Lin get married? But when she thought of those ten self-criticisms, she couldn't bring herself to say it.
Sun Yurong had no time to care about Lin Yi'an or anything like that. She hurriedly said hello and went back to her room to call Zhou Mingyuan. She knew her son too well; if he had a girlfriend and kept it a secret from her, the woman's identity must be inappropriate.
In the afternoon, Lin Yi'an and Yan Shuyan took Xiao Songran shopping.
After they left, Zhou Qisheng looked at his son and said, "Where do you want to move to? Move out before the New Year."
This way, every time An'an comes, her daughter-in-law causes trouble.
Zhou Kanghui: "Dad, I can't bear to leave you and Mom. Isn't that villa next to our house empty? Let someone clean it up and we can move in. That way we'll be closer to you, and when we miss you, we can come back and visit you."
He had lived with his parents since he was a child, and he was really reluctant to leave when he suddenly heard that he had to move out.
Zhou Qisheng nodded: "After you move out, you should stand up for yourself. Your mother and I will get old one day. If you continue to live like this, what will happen to you in the future?"
The three older men all had opinions about him, while the two younger men didn't. But they couldn't even manage their own lives, so how could they possibly manage their fathers?
Zhou Kanghui said dismissively, “Although Mingshi is annoyed with me, dislikes me, and likes to annoy me, he won’t ignore me if I really have something to do. As for Sun Yurong, she has saved a lot of money over the years. She has children, and her children will take care of her.”
Zhou Qisheng looked at him with incomprehension. He still couldn't understand how he and his wife could have produced such a thing.
Seeing his behavior at the time, the couple thought they had been switched at birth in the hospital. They secretly did a paternity test without telling him, and it turned out that the child was indeed their own, and there was no mistake at all.
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