Originally, after that night, the old patriarch could understand his eldest son.
But these past two days, seeing how loving his eldest son and his wife were, he felt unbalanced, because seeing the loving eldest son and his wife reminded him of his two sons, daughter-in-law, and grandson.
As a result, he became lukewarm towards his eldest grandson Lan Zheng.
The main thing is that he didn't know how to face his eldest son's family.
Lan Zheng didn't go out to help the old lady get her coat. He sat down opposite the old patriarch and asked calmly, "Grandpa, what news are you watching so intently? My grandma is standing on the balcony in the cold wind without a coat, and he didn't even think to get her a coat."
"Was grandpa's previous caring for my grandma all an act? Grandma is already old. If she gets a cold wind like this, she'll definitely start sniffing non-stop. Then she'll have to see a doctor and drink a big bowl of bitter, black Chinese medicine. The smell of the medicine makes me feel so bitter. My grandma is most afraid of bitter things."
The old lady was furious when she heard Lan Zheng's words. She shouted angrily, "Lan Zheng, grandma asked you to get me a coat and a chair. I'm old and can't stand for long. I just like staying here and looking at the beautiful snow in the yard."
"My son raised a good son, my good grandson, but he refused to help me get a coat when I asked him to. An unfilial son gave birth to an unfilial grandson. I can't live anymore. What kind of fate is this for me? My life is so miserable!"
The old woman howled as she spoke.
Aunt Ling stood at the door listening to the old lady's howling and curled her lips.
The old lady did it again.
Lan Zheng sat still, watching his grandmother howling. He said, "Grandma, do you want me to get you a loud speaker? You can howl loudly into it so more people can hear you. Now you're howling like this. Not only can't the people outside hear you, but even the people downstairs can't hear you. It's all in vain, and you've even damaged your voice. It's not worth it."
"Grandma isn't three years old anymore. She knows it's cold outside, but she didn't know to put on a thick coat. If you catch a cold, who can you blame? Your husband, the one who always dotes on you, is sitting here reading the newspaper. He's not worried about you getting cold. You should be sad."
"You've already called my dad an unfilial son and me an unfilial grandson. Unfilial grandchildren naturally do unfilial things. If I got you your coat, that's what a filial grandson should do. How can I do filial things when you call me unfilial?"
Lan Zheng's expression was icy, and he said sarcastically, "If grandma doesn't want to live anymore, just climb over the fence."
As soon as the voice fell, the old patriarch slapped him.
Lan Zheng dodged, and the slap from the old patriarch didn't hit his head, but only his arm.
It hurts a lot.
The old patriarch probably used all his strength to deliver that slap.
If this happened to him, he would get a concussion from a slap from his grandfather.
As far as he could remember, his grandfather was very good to him at first. After all, he was the next generation head of the family. Gradually, his grandfather became indifferent to him. When he and his mother were bullied, his grandfather would not help them vent their anger, although he did not join in bullying them either.
Lan Zheng really couldn't get close to this grandfather anymore.
When he grew up, seeing how well his grandparents treated his cousins, he always wondered if he was really their grandchild. Why was he, the eldest grandson, not as favored as his younger cousins?
His grandparents were not nice to him, his father was extremely indifferent to him and always scolded him, the relationship between father and son was extremely bad, his mother was crazy, and his sister was missing. At that time, Lan Zheng felt that he was abandoned by the whole world.
Looking back now, he doesn't know how he got through it.
Many people say that he is extremely cold.
He was only twenty-four years old, but in his twenty-four years of life, all he had experienced were joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, and pain. Even if he wanted to be gentler, he couldn't be gentler.
Fortunately, good times will come after bad times.
"Lan Zheng, you're telling your grandma to die, you bastard, you're so unfilial!"
The old patriarch scolded Lan Zheng.
Finally, he put down the newspaper and stood up to help his wife get her coat.
He had told his wife long ago that unless Qingqing was at home, it would be impossible for her to ask the eldest grandson and eldest daughter-in-law to serve her.
In the current situation, even if Qingqing is at home, the grandmother and granddaughter probably can't go back to the time when Qingqing just came back.
Their Lan family, the Lan clan, was ultimately shattered.
"That's because grandma said she didn't want to live anymore. If she doesn't want to live anymore, just climb over the fence. It's not like I asked grandma to die."
Lan Zheng defended himself.
As for his grandfather scolding him for being an unfilial grandson, he didn't care at all.
They knew that their grandparents were treating their family of three like this just to vent their anger on their second and third uncles and to take revenge on them.
"I don't want you to take it, I want him to take it, Lan Zheng, are you really going to freeze your grandma to death?"
The old lady did it on purpose. She refused to wear the coat that the old master gave her and threw it on the ground.
The old patriarch tried to persuade and coax the old woman, but she just refused to wear it.
The old patriarch could only look at Lan Zheng for help.
Seeing this, Lan Zheng stood up and walked out.
The old lady looked at her eldest grandson provocatively.
She still remembered that when Chen Yimo gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, as her first pregnancy. She had just become a grandmother. Although Chen Yimo was unhappy at that time, she could tolerate it. After having a pair of grandchildren, she looked up to Chen Yimo for a while.
Especially since Mu Qing looks like her, she likes Qingqing especially, and she also loves Lan Zheng, her eldest grandson, very much.
Since when did her eldest grandson, whom she once loved and loved so much, become like her enemy?
When she recalled the past, the old lady's heart felt like it was being cut by a thousand knives. It was very painful and full of holes.
Suddenly, she thought of the miserable state of her two younger sons when they were taken away by the police. Her heart ached even more and she was filled with hatred.
She knew she shouldn't hate, but she couldn't control herself, she just wanted to hate.
"Grandma, you really want me to help you get your coat. You really think highly of an unfilial grandson like me."
Lan Zheng bent down and picked up the coat, but instead of handing it to the old lady, he stuffed it back into the old patriarch's hands and said to him, "Grandpa, men and women shouldn't touch each other. It's not convenient for me to help my grandma put on her coat. I'd better ask Grandpa to take good care of her."
"I heard that the wintersweets in the garden are in full bloom. I'm going to go and see them. If you want to go, grandpa and grandma, remember to wear more clothes. It's cold outside."
After Lan Zheng finished speaking, he turned and left.
The old patriarch: “…”
The old lady was so angry that her face turned blue and her body was almost shaky.
She glared at Lan Zheng's back angrily, her eyes full of viciousness.
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