Upon seeing this, Jiang angrily picked up the grain and silver from the ground, turned around, and left in a huff.
When Liang Shuyan saw Fatty Li, she breathed a sigh of relief. If Jiang Shi hadn't seen all this, Fatty Li might have been sold off sooner or later. What a poor child.
"Thank you, Auntie. If it weren't for you, I might still be in the dark, selling my own son to support those two beasts. I regret it so much. This little bit of food will be enough for us to eat for a while!"
Jiang's eyes reddened as she looked at Fatty with pity.
Fatty smacked his lips, his face flushed. Liang Shuyan glanced at Fatty and said, "No need for thanks. Fatty is such a good boy. He'll definitely be filial. Take good care of your mother and you!"
The old lady's frail body trembled involuntarily, and she suddenly collapsed to the ground, which terrified Jiang Shi.
Jiang stepped forward and hugged the old lady tightly: "Mother, what's wrong?"
The old woman grabbed her daughter's hands: "You, you take your son back. Mother is dying, I don't want to be a burden to you anymore. Just let me die. Look, there are corpses all over the place, one more won't make a difference!"
Jiang was a filial daughter. She hugged the old lady tightly and said, "Mother, how can you think like that? We have so much food now, how can I let the general go hungry? Mother!"
Liang Shuyan was a little angry. She grabbed Jiang Shi and said to the old lady, "You don't want to be a burden to your daughter, but you're worried about your son, aren't you?"
The old lady was speechless after Liang Shuyan's question. After a long while, she finally said, "But what if your brother gets bullied if I leave like this?"
With red eyes, Jiang said, "Mother, I know that you have always spoiled my brother since he was a child, but the older he gets, the more unruly he becomes. Over the years, no matter how tight things were at home, I would secretly squeeze out some money and food for him so that he would serve you well. But I never expected that every time I gave him money, he would give it to that slut and let you starve to death."
The old lady didn't want to look at Jiang at all. She pushed Jiang away and ran back, clearly intending to chase after her son.
Liang Shuyan had seen elderly people who were biased before, but she had never seen an elderly person so biased. She was furious and grabbed the old woman's sleeve: "Don't forget, it's your daughter who has been thinking about you all these years, secretly sending you things. Isn't she doing all this because of you? Now that you're going back, it's probably not as simple as just not giving you food, is it?"
Li Pangdan hugged the old lady tightly and pleaded, "Grandma, how could you do this? My mother was about to sell Pangdan so that you would have something to eat. Now that she has finally given you some food, my uncle won't give you a single bite and is going to let you starve to death. If you leave like this, won't my mother be even more heartbroken?"
Seeing Li Pangdan say this, the old lady finally breathed a sigh of relief: "In that case, let's not say anything more. Grandma will go back with you. Your mother has suffered these past few years."
Seeing that the old lady had changed her mind, Liang Shuyan changed her angry expression and spoke in a gentle tone: "Look, now that you're at Pangdan's house, you can eat whatever you want and do whatever you want, right? Just relax and don't worry about anything else. Once we get there and settle down, you'll definitely have a good life. Pangdan is a very filial child."
The old lady nodded: "Yes, yes, that's right. I've thought it through. You're from the same village as my daughter, right? Seeing how you're trying to persuade this old woman, I've thought about it over and over again. Since I married this unfilial son, I haven't had a single good day. Not only do I have nothing to eat, but I also have to endure my wife's beatings and scoldings. Thinking about that kind of life, I think I should just give up!"
Liang Shuyan looked at the old lady gratefully and said excitedly, "When you have time, you can spend some time with my mother-in-law and have a good chat. My mother-in-law is a very understanding person. Maybe you can chat about everyday things together and you won't have to overthink things by yourself."
As they were talking, they soon arrived at the group from Guoshantun. Jin Dashan saw his mother and ran over quickly: "Mother, you're back! I was worried you and Auntie would quarrel."
"What are you talking about? Have you met your aunt and your grandmother?"
Da Shan greeted her politely, and Zhang Shi called out, "Da Shan, call your mother back for dinner!"
"Why don't you come over and have dinner with us?"
Jiang blushed and said somewhat embarrassedly, "It's alright, you've already gone to enough trouble. We'll go back now. You should go back and eat quickly, don't keep your wife waiting."
Liang Shuyan sat down on the rock and let out a long sigh: "Mother, Jiang's mother is also pitiful. The son she favors is actually an ingrate. If it weren't for Jiang's daughter secretly sending her things all these years, the old lady probably wouldn't have lived this long. Even so, the old lady still wants to stay with that ingrate. Isn't that infuriating?"
Li Lanfang held a broken bowl, poked at it with her chopsticks a few times, and said, "People, especially parents, are always biased. But, Mother, there is no way to be biased. No matter how biased, it's all on you."
"Mother?" Liang Shuyan hurriedly winked, signaling her old woman not to talk nonsense. If this matter were discovered, wouldn't she have to make up another excuse? Lately, she had been afraid to take things from the system, lest she end up like last time, using a stun gun to knock down that strong man, only to be forced by Li Yonghe to make up a lie about rat poison, which resulted in a misunderstanding that almost landed her in jail.
Li Lanfang coughed twice: "My dear granddaughter-in-law, the noodles you made are so delicious! Grandma can't get enough of one bowl. How much noodles do we still have? Grandma just loves noodles!"
Zhang looked at the old lady and nodded: "Grandma, if you like, your granddaughter-in-law will make it for you. We have flour. After this period, we will replace the remaining rice with flour. Anyway, our family prefers to eat more noodles."
Liu wanted to say that she actually liked to eat rice, but at this moment, could she take it from her grandmother?
Liang Shuyan said, "Right now, our family isn't lacking in food. In fact, we have to thank your father for this. If it weren't for your father giving us a portable refrigerator, our whole family would probably have starved to death."
Everyone's eyes widened instantly. Liu hurriedly put down her chopsticks and touched her mother-in-law's forehead: "Mother, are you alright? Why are you talking nonsense in broad daylight?"
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