The idea was good, but Jiang Chao wasn't sure if his family would agree.
Although the Jiang family also migrated and settled here, they have been here for nearly two hundred years and have long been rooted in Jiangjiazhuang.
“If you can move out, you should,” Jiang Nuan agreed. “If they don’t agree, I’ll try to persuade them.”
The Jiang family is small, and although they are not bullied because of their strong-willed mother, they still encounter various conflicts and setbacks.
Moreover, moving out makes it easier to take care of the elderly couple.
However, the thought that she was still on the Jiang family genealogy made her feel uneasy.
"Does this count as betraying one's ancestors and forgetting one's roots?"
"I don't think so," Jiang Chao said somewhat awkwardly. "Clan leader, you shouldn't mind, right?"
Chief Jiang: I don't care at all!
Upon hearing this, everyone pretended not to have heard anything.
Jiang Nuan also sensed the strange atmosphere and quickly made arrangements, "Tomorrow, Jiang Chao, you go back to Jiang Family Village to recruit people. You two, the eldest and the third, go to see the shop. The second brother will come with us to the village. After signing the contract, we'll go take a look at the mountains on both sides."
"Bring snake repellent powder," Xie hurriedly reminded, "There are all kinds of wild animals in the mountains now, especially snakes. It would be bad if we encountered a poisonous one."
“Yes,” Jiang Nuan immediately crossed her arms and rubbed her hands upon hearing this. “I’ll go get some medicine powder from Doctor Gu tomorrow morning.”
Originally, I had various plans for the mountains on both sides and was prepared to make a decision after conducting on-site inspections, but suddenly... I lost my expectations.
"You're all busy outside," Grandma Huang said, feeling quite fulfilled. "I'll look after the house. Don't worry about Daya and Erya, I'll take care of them."
Grandma Huang adored the two girls; they were tiny little bundles of joy, never cried or fussed, and would only whimper when hungry or needing to urinate—they were so soft and well-behaved.
Every time those big, dark eyes looked at her expectantly, she felt her heart melt.
“No wonder there’s an old saying that having an elder in the family is like having a treasure,” Jiang Nuan coaxed softly. “Everyone has been more cheerful since you came.”
"Not at all," Grandma Huang said modestly, "I can't do heavy work, and I can only help with small things. The main thing is that the children at home are well-behaved."
Although he spoke modestly, his chin was held high, almost straining his neck, like a victorious old hen, brimming with pride.
Also, very energetic.
It was completely different from his previous listless and despondent state.
“This is no small task,” Xie said sweetly. “Grandma, you can keep an eye on Daya so that your granddaughter-in-law can do other things. If it weren’t for your help, I would definitely be at home taking care of the children as before.”
"Really?" Old Mrs. Huang laughed happily. "It seems that this old codger of mine still has some use."
"More real than gold!"
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Huang straightened her chest and beamed with pride, "I was the one who raised Xiao Chuan and his brothers. If I can take good care of them, then Da Niu and the others won't have any problems. Don't worry."
Upon hearing this, Madam Xie was very surprised, "Grandma, is your husband someone you raised?"
After saying that, he stole a glance at Jiang Nuan, looking very curious.
“We brothers were all raised by our grandmother,” Huang Lao Er said with a somewhat embarrassed expression. “Every time we wet the bed, our grandmother would punish us.”
This is also why the brothers accepted the old lady so quickly.
Hearing this, Jiang Nuan felt embarrassed. "As a mother... cough... I'm not very good at taking care of children."
“No way,” the old lady shook her head with a laugh, “If you were to sleep with Xiao Chuan in your arms, you wouldn’t even know if the baby fell to the ground, and you’d faint from the smell when washing a diaper.”
She's a good daughter-in-law in every way, except that she's been raised to be a bit spoiled, which makes people worry about her.
"No, really?" Jiang Nuan blushed with embarrassment. "Am I that delicate?"
She fainted from the smell of washing diapers? Was she faking it?
“It’s not entirely your fault,” Grandma Huang recalled. “Xiao Chuan’s poop really did smell worse than everyone else’s; I almost couldn’t stand it.”
Upon hearing this, Boss Huang felt as if there were nails pricking him in the chair, making him extremely uncomfortable. His face, red and embarrassed, was buried in his chest, and he dared not make a single move.
“So that’s why,” Huang Lao Er laughed gleefully, “Big Brother was so strong when he was a child.”
Ha ha……
He actually managed to make his mother faint from the fumes; he'll laugh about that for the rest of his life.
"It's strange," Old Mrs. Huang muttered under her breath after giving her grandson a strange look, "your mother is frail, but you brothers are all very strong. On the other hand, Dashan was born a head bigger than you, but he was all soft and delicate."
"Was my cousin also taken care of by Grandma?"
Mrs. Xie was a little surprised; she hadn't expected the old lady to have such great achievements.
“No,” Huang Lao Er interjected. “He’s the only son in his uncle’s family, so they’re very worried about him. His aunt watches him like the apple of her eye every day. He was seven or eight years old and still slept with his parents.”
Unlike his brothers, who were already sleeping by themselves when they were four or five years old.
"I wouldn't take him even if you asked me to," Grandma Huang said, complaining about her eldest grandson's spoiled nature. "Your brothers can play by themselves all day long on the bed without crying or fussing. But he can't. As soon as I take my hand away, he starts wailing and crying nonstop. It gives me a headache. I can't say anything to him or scold him. It's so annoying."
Unlike the younger daughter-in-law, who completely lets go of the child and doesn't even flinch when scolding or beating him, she's not unreasonable at all.
Although she doesn't mind taking care of her grandson, she would have to be crazy to endure the hardship and complaints.
The old lady felt that she had a reason for being biased. On one hand, her daughter was spoiled and disobedient, and even her own mother was wary of her, the grandmother. On the other hand, the whole family was on good terms with her. She shouldn't be biased.
"Will Auntie be angry?" Wang felt she had found the reason why her husband was not well-liked. "Will she blame Grandma for being biased?"
“She begged for this, and she can’t say it even if she’s resentful,” Jin’s eyes were a little strange. “She’s afraid that her cousin will be influenced by his grandmother and become estranged from him.”
Such things are not common in the inner quarters of a household, but in an ordinary farming family, they seem a bit petty.
It's truly baffling that we're all eating from the same pot, yet we're so wary of each other.
“She still feels resentful,” Wang said with some sympathy for Huang Dasao. “It’s really tough on her because she can’t express her anger.”
No wonder their eyes were so indifferent before.
Not only did she look down on their family, but she also resented them for stealing her cousin's affection.
"Your aunt is a rare character," Old Mrs. Huang commented on her daughter-in-law, "She knows how to be a good person and how to do things, but there's one thing: whenever it involves her son or husband, she loses her head."
When Qin Shi first showed signs of becoming arrogant, she hinted that she should suppress her completely. As a result, Qin Shi agreed readily, but her grandson coaxed her back with a few sweet words.
She paused for a moment, then continued, "It's not entirely wrong, it depends on who she meets. She wasn't very lucky."
The old lady spoke cryptically, but everyone present understood.
"Grandma," Huang Laoda said, somewhat puzzled, "didn't my cousin already fix it?"
"Forget it," Old Mrs. Huang said, her eyelids drooping. "He's been ruined by women his whole life."
She had completely given up on this grandson.
I originally thought that after the Qin family's lesson, they should have learned their lesson, but...
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