Liang Guiying's husband had three brothers. Zheng Fangshu's generation had seven cousins. Liang Guiying and her husband had only one child, Zheng Fangshu, while her two uncles each had three children.
In the past, Liang Guiying felt sorry for her nephews and nieces who had lost their parents, so she doted on them and didn't want them to do much housework. After all, the house was small, and she could finish the work herself in no time. Over time, it was assumed that all the housework in the Zheng family was done by her alone.
Liang Guiying never held it against anyone; after all, they were family, and she would help whenever she could.
However, after they grew up, they were busy taking care of their own mothers, and they only visited her, their aunt, during holidays. After she became paralyzed in bed, one Mid-Autumn Festival, several nephews and nieces came over together, and they witnessed Zheng Fangshu and Chen Zhilan verbally abusing and shoving her.
When her eldest nephew Zheng Wenyong said, "Stop pushing her," Chen Zhilan forced Zheng Wenyong to take her back to the village to serve and care for her in her old age. After that, when her nephews and nieces saw her being insulted and abused, they all chose to silently turn their heads away.
Liang Guiying understood their difficulties, after all, everyone had their struggles, but she couldn't help feeling disheartened.
Leaving aside his nieces, once they get married, they can no longer interfere in their maternal family affairs. But if his nephews had been more assertive, how could Zheng Fangshu have acted so recklessly?
However, they chose to avoid trouble and tacitly approved and condoned Zheng Fangshu's behavior.
Having experienced the heartbreak of her past life, Liang Guiying was unwilling to care about them anymore. In short, she had a clear conscience regarding the young and old in this household.
Zheng Wenqing is my eldest niece. She is sixteen years old this year and will soon graduate from junior high school.
Old Zheng said, "Wenqing is about to take her exams, and she doesn't even have enough time to study every day. As her aunt, why don't you make her eat more nutritious food to help her? You even make her sweep the floor and do the cleaning. Why are you being so petty?"
Liang Guiying smiled and said, "Dad, I'm not being petty. I'm just trying to cultivate her self-reliance. But Mom is right. Wenqing has exams coming up, so it's not appropriate to make her do chores anymore. Let Wenpeng and Wenjie sweep. There's only so much space in the house. A few people can sweep it in less than five minutes."
Zheng Wenpeng and Zheng Wenjie did not move, and Liang Guiying called to the others, but they also did not move.
Liang Guiying smiled and went to serve the dishes without saying anything.
Old Mr. Zheng and his wife exchanged a glance, both somewhat puzzled.
Liang Guiying was difficult to deal with; she was the kind of person who didn't care about family ties. Once she made up her mind about something, she would definitely do it. So they thought that Liang Guiying would insist that the children clean the floor before they could eat.
Surprisingly, she didn't lose her temper. It seems she went to the city and was disciplined by her daughter-in-law, which improved her temper.
As they were finishing their meal, Liang Guiying announced, "Dad, Mom, I'm going to the city in a couple of days."
Old Zheng became alert: "Why are you going again? What will happen to the family if you go? How will the old and young eat and drink?"
Liang Guiying spoke frankly: "Zhou Yue's old nanny didn't take good care of Xiaonian, which led to Xiaonian falling into the water. That night, Xiaonian had a high fever, vomiting, and convulsions. If she hadn't been at the hospital, my granddaughter might have died."
"Then let Zhou Yue find a better nanny."
“A nanny is always an outsider. How can she compare to your own grandmother? Xiaonian is my only granddaughter. If I don’t take care of her now, she won’t be close to me in the future. If Wenqing and the others didn’t grow up by your side, how will they remember that you are their grandmother?”
Liang Guiying laughed and said, "And Fang Shu, he's getting a promotion at the end of the year. I'm not going to go and take care of the kids, so he can't focus on his work. If he doesn't get the promotion, his future will be ruined."
I was hoping that once he settled down in the city, he could eventually help Wenyong and the others become city dwellers. If his future is ruined, how will Wenyong and the others get out?"
It's not that the Zheng couple disliked their eldest son's family, but they simply favored their second and third sons more.
Their eldest grandson, Zheng Fangshu, became a worker in the city and married a city girl, which made them very happy. They felt it was a stroke of good fortune from their ancestors.
If their eldest grandson could bring Wenyong, Wenpeng, and Wenjie to the city in the future, they could die in peace.
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