"Xue'er, will you come back with me? I want you by my side when I ascend the throne!"
"Don't forget, you are my wife. When I was a peasant, you were the wife of a peasant. Now that I'm about to become emperor, you will naturally be the empress."
"Besides, Grandma and the others have been looking forward to seeing the children! Zhuangzhuang and Mengmeng are both over a month old. If we take them back, we can hold a full-month celebration for them!"
The celebration of a baby's full moon isn't actually limited to the exact day of the full moon. Wealthy families usually choose a date, a few days earlier or later. However, Zhuangzhuang and Mengmeng's status is different, so if they were to hold a full moon celebration back home, the Ministry of Rites would definitely have to choose a date.
"Well, alright! I also miss my father and the others a little."
"Although Zhuangzhuang and Mengmeng are still young, we now have a little gadget that we can put them in so they won't feel too tired when we're traveling!"
Ouyang Zhen nodded, and Han Luoxue took out the item and showed it to him. He also found it quite amazing.
...
"Cough cough cough..."
Madam Chi coughed violently. Now her hair was completely white, and she looked more than ten years older.
Mr. Chi also looked very old. The two lived in a dilapidated house, and Mrs. Chi was heartbroken.
"I knew Qingqing wasn't a good person either. If I had known, I should have kicked her out in the first place!"
Madam Chi was filled with regret; she never imagined that her children would all turn out like that.
Needless to say, Chi Ling'er took most of the family's belongings, almost causing the Chi family to be completely ruined.
Fortunately, Qingqing stayed. At the time, she thought it was a good thing, but who would have thought that Chi Qingqing would actually collude with Chi Hongcai, steal the deed to the old house, and kick them both out, leaving them to wander the streets.
The key issue is that Madam Chi's health has not recovered. Recently, she has been coughing badly and has been unable to sleep well at night.
Grandpa Chi's health has also deteriorated, and the two of them depend on each other for survival. They don't even know if they will live to see tomorrow.
"Honey, do you think I did something wrong?"
When Madam Chi felt she was about to die, she recalled everything that had happened and realized that the daughter she had wronged the most in her life was still Qiao'er.
I still remember what Han Luoxue said back then. She said that as long as Chi Ling'er was handed over to her, she and her mother would forgive them.
But she hesitated at the time and ultimately did not agree. She felt that both sides were her flesh and blood. Ling'er had done wrong back then, but so many years had passed, and she would try her best to make it up to Yunniang and the others.
It was because of that decision that Yunniang severed ties with them, and Han Luoxue stopped paying attention to them.
Why should I care about that pitiful bit of family affection? Ling'er isn't even human.
"It's no use saying anything now! It's such a pity that we didn't raise our child well in our entire lives!"
Thinking back to when they were just kicked out, Chi Hongcai actually came to ask them for money. When she said she had no money, Chi Hongcai told her to take back the dowry she had given to Han Luoxue!
Even Madam Chi was shocked. She never imagined her son could be so shameless. How could he possibly ask for the dowry back after it had been given away? She was far too shameless for him!
After causing a ruckus a few times, Chi Hongcai realized it was hopeless and stopped coming.
Madam Chi coughed violently for a while, almost coughing up her lungs. Grandpa Chi was anxious; he knew his wife needed medication, but they didn't even have money for food, let alone medicine.
He tried to borrow money from people, but unfortunately, true friendship is only revealed in times of trouble. Now that they're in this situation, even former friends and those they once helped have turned him away.
"Wait here for a moment, I'll go out and check!"
Seeing that Madam Chi's face was red and her neck was swollen from coughing, Old Master Chi felt distressed. He still wanted to go out and think of a way to make money. Maybe he could find a way to make money.
He doesn't need to earn too much; just enough to get some medicine for his wife is fine.
Madam Chi tried to stop him, but Old Master Chi walked away very quickly.
"Oh dear, Dad, where are you going?"
As soon as he stepped out of the door of the simple hut, Old Master Chi felt a chill run down his spine. Seeing his son walking towards him with a grin, he quickly took two steps back: "What are you doing here again? We have no money, no food, nothing!"
"Oh dear, Dad, what are you saying? Do you think your son is the kind of person who comes to you for no reason?"
Hearing this, Old Master Chi became even more suspicious. His son was not someone to be trifled with, and judging from his grinning face today, he was definitely up to no good.
Seeing that Chi Hongcai wanted to go inside, Old Master Chi hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. Chi Hongcai, however, laughed and said, "Dad, why are you so wary of me? Didn't I just hear my mother coughing? I thought she was coughing quite badly. I just wanted to take her out to see a doctor!"
These words made Old Master Chi even more uncertain. Had the sun risen in the west? Had his good-for-nothing son, who only knew how to sponge off them, changed his ways?
"Are you... are you alright?"
Even after the elderly couple were taken to Chi Hongcai's home, where he actually invited a doctor and even had his wife take the prescription the doctor had written to get the medicine, Old Master Chi still couldn't believe it!
Seeing his father's suspicious look, Chi Hongcai scratched his head awkwardly: "Dad, I know I was wrong a while ago, but I had no choice! You know my family's situation, with a wife and a bunch of kids, I can't just watch them go hungry, can I?"
"Besides, my sister took all the money in the house, so even if we eat coarse food, we still won't have enough to eat!"
“Our old house is still worth some money. What’s the point of clinging to an old house? We might as well sell it and use the money to live a better life. Don’t you agree?”
"Father, Mother, I'm only thinking about our future!"
Grandpa Chi and Grandma Chi felt like they were meeting their son for the first time. How come they didn't know their son had this side to him?
"You, you've been possessed?"
When Madam Chi finally spoke, Chi Hongcai's face darkened. He almost wanted to just throw those two old hags out and be done with it, if it weren't for...
How could he possibly have the patience to talk so much with these two old men?
These two old folks are really something else. They get scammed time and time again, but they just don't learn their lesson. They really deserve it.
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