Grandma Qian quickly went to her granddaughter's side, looked Qian Xiao up and down, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her eldest granddaughter was alright. As long as she hadn't suffered any losses, that was good.
The village chief frowned in disgust when he saw the old woman sitting on the ground crying. This old woman was always making trouble for no reason. Her son was missing, and instead of looking for him, she insisted that he go and look for him. Why should he? Was he her son or something?
"Can anyone tell me what happened?"
With so many people around, Qian Xiao didn't insist on speaking for himself; what others said would be more credible.
After hearing the onlookers' account, Qian Baozhu was speechless. What kind of mess was this?
Qian Baozhu looked at the old lady sitting on the ground: "I told you before that when Erdan came back, we only needed to ask him if he had seen Qian Wangcai. If he hadn't, we could send someone to the county town to check."
"The child has already told you he's never seen Qian Wangcai, so why are you still insisting on this?"
Qian Wangcai's mother still felt wronged: "This brat goes to the same school as my Wangcai, how can you say you didn't see him? We're from the same village and even related, shouldn't we look after each other? If you didn't see my Wangcai, why didn't you ask him?"
"What are you saying? Have you ever cared about your younger brother and sister-in-law's family's liberation?"
Without even thinking, the old lady blurted out, "They're not my family, why should I care about them?"
"Isn't that right? We're not even family, and we're not even close relatives. Besides, how old is Erdan? He's still a child. You didn't suggest that Qian Wangcai look after Erdan, but you expect a child like Erdan to look after a grown man? What are you thinking?"
"How can that be the same? My child is a son."
Grandma Qian was furious when she heard this: "What's wrong with your son? Are we supposed to treat your son like royalty? What does your son have to do with our family? Your own son went astray and disappeared, what does that have to do with our Erdan? I think you're just making trouble out of nothing."
"Pah, you look down on girls. Our family is different from yours. We only have one girl, and she's very precious to us. Don't use your family's ways to talk about our child."
The old lady was still unhappy: "Who said my son is not good? You old woman are talking nonsense. My Wangcai is very promising. I don't know how many people like him. A university professor took a liking to my Wangcai a long time ago. If it weren't for the fact that it wasn't the right time, my Wangcai would have been in university long ago."
Qian Xiao's lips twitched. She wondered how Qian Wangcai had managed to fool this old lady so firmly that she believed her son was a highly sought-after person with great talent.
"You're kidding me. When my third son took Erdan to school, I heard people say that your Qian Wangcai is not good at studying. The teachers don't like to talk to him. He wants to go to university? He always ranks last in the exams. What a load of crap to go to university."
"You're talking nonsense, you're talking nonsense! My son isn't like that at all. I think you're just envious of how much my son is liked by his teacher." Qian Wangcai's mother couldn't stand hearing this.
"It's no use arguing with me. If you don't believe me, go to the county town and ask yourself. Son? What's wrong with a son? Who doesn't have a son? A son has to be a good one. Your lying, good-for-nothing son wouldn't even be wanted if you gave him away for free."
“My Erdan already said that if we haven’t seen him, we haven’t seen him. If you’re worried, why don’t you go look for him yourself? It’s not like we can’t find the county town. What does it matter to us whether your son is lost or what? We’ve never even seen each other in ages. Do you expect our child to watch over your son?”
"University, my foot! With your family's circumstances, look what your favored youngest son has ruined. Even if he gets into university, are you planning to sell your children to support your good-for-nothing youngest son's university education?"
When the old woman sitting on the ground heard the words "selling her son and daughter," her expression immediately became evasive. With so many people watching, how could they not see the old woman's expression?
Everyone sighed in disbelief. It seemed this old woman had actually considered it. Children shouldn't be sold; she already had children. Was she thinking of buying grandchildren? What a tragedy!
Grandma Qian saw it at a glance and choked up. What kind of person is this? He even thought of selling his grandchildren to support his worthless son who is a bloodsucker!
Grandma Qian rolled her eyes and poured a bucket of cold water on Qian Wangcai's mother's head: "You want your son to get into university, but he has to actually get in first."
When Qian Wangcai's mother heard what Grandma Qian said, she was a little confused. Her own Wangcai was so capable, how could he be like what this old woman said? She didn't believe for a second that her favorite youngest son would lie to her.
Wangcai, the son of a teacher, is very popular with the teachers. They all wish Wangcai were their own child.
She suddenly stood up and grabbed Grandma Qian's hand: "No, no, you're talking nonsense, aren't you? You just made it up because you don't like me, right?"
“How could my Wangcai be nothing? I’ve spent so much money training him, and he’s amazing, isn’t he? You’re afraid he’ll outshine your money-losing son, so you’re just saying bad things about him, aren’t you?”
Grandma Qian flung the old lady's hand away: "You think you can outdo my Erdan? You're dreaming! My granddaughter is already in high school after just three years. Go ask around the surrounding villages and see if there's a child more outstanding than my Erdan?"
"Your son, a good-for-nothing who only knows how to spend the family's money, can he compare to my granddaughter? Bah, he's clearly a pile of dog shit, but he insists on pretending to be gold. This is truly an eye-opener for everyone."
Qian Wangcai's mother shook her head frantically, muttering, "Impossible, impossible, this is impossible. My Wangcai clearly said that he would take me to the city to enjoy a good life after I went to university. How could he not even get into university?"
Qian Wangcai was favored not only because he was the youngest son in his mother's life, but also because he was very good at talking and could easily win over the old lady. She believed everything he said.
If the old lady hadn't thought her youngest son was so outstanding, she would have gone to the city to enjoy a comfortable old age. How could she have treated all her children so badly, and offended all her sons so badly?
That's because she felt confident because she had her youngest son, so she didn't need to care about her other children. As long as she protected her youngest son, she could move to the city and become a city dweller in the future.
Now someone is telling her that her youngest son is nothing, can she accept that?
To say she couldn't see that her youngest son was no good? Not really, but having already offended all her children, she could only deceive herself into believing that her youngest son was the best and most outstanding.
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