Chapter 479 Live for Yourself
When Jiang Xinlan received the call from her sister, her parents-in-law were also around. She glanced at her mother-in-law and then replied, "Okay, I'll ask."
After she hung up the phone, Xu Fengni asked hurriedly: "What's wrong? What did your sister say? Is it related to me?"
Jiang Xinlan nodded and replied, "Mom, Xiaobai said her parents-in-law and my parents are going back to their hometown. Are you going back?"
Xu Fengni was also a little moved when she heard it, "That's right, we have been out for so many years, and you said we haven't been back to our hometown many times. Your father and I are already old, if we don't go back this time, I guess we won't have the chance in the future."
"So are you and dad going back? If so, we'll book the tickets together, and Yitai and I will accompany you." Everyone went together and set off on the trip.
"I want to go back, but where are we going to live? You've sold all the houses, so we don't even have a place to live if we go back to our hometown. Your eldest brother and second brother's houses don't have any vacant rooms for us to stay in."
"What's the big deal? If you have money, why are you worried about having no place to live? Just stay in a hotel. Don't worry, Mom. I will arrange everything for you." Jiang Xinlan thought to herself that she would not be willing to live in her eldest uncle's and second uncle's houses.
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Ten days later, the group first flew to the provincial capital, and then chartered a car and slowly returned to the county.
As soon as Jiang Xinlan arrived at the hotel room, the two brothers of the Zhao family came.
"Hey, Mom and Dad, come to my house for lunch. You finally come back." Zhao Yishan quickly grabbed his parents' hands and said with a smile.
"Why go to your house? Your house is small and there's not even a decent table." Zhao Yifeng rolled his eyes at his brother, then pulled his parents over and said affectionately, "Mom and Dad, come to my house. Ali knows you like steamed fish, so she learned how to make it and she's already very good at it."
"Hey, Ding Li is the only one who can cook fish, right? How difficult is it to steam fish? Xia Ju can do it too. Mom and Dad, come to my house. Yuan Hong is thinking about you too."
Xu Fengni felt a headache when she heard this. She quickly waved her hand and refused, "Come on, don't think about me. I don't have any money."
Zhao Yishan was a little embarrassed when he heard this, "Oh, Mom, look at what you said, Yuanhong has changed, he doesn't gamble anymore, he said he would return the money he borrowed from you when he saves enough money."
Xu Fengni glanced at him and said, "I don't expect him to pay it back. I just hope he can live a good life in the future."
Over there, Ding Li immediately came to Jiang Xinlan's side, looked at her parents-in-law and whispered, "Xinlan, you must be careful when you come back this time. Yuanhong may ask you to borrow money."
Jiang Xinlan frowned when she heard this, "Why? He's still gambling?"
"He didn't gamble, but he had a marriage partner before, but she ran away when she saw him gambling. Later, he had no choice but to find a divorced woman with children. But this family needs food and drink, and Yuanhong is not someone who can endure hardship. He works for this family for a few days, then that family for a few days, and his family is a mess. Now that he knows you're back, do you think he would not come here just because he smells the smell?"
Ding Li looked down on Zhao Yuanhong. She said that it was all because of his elder brother and sister-in-law who spoiled him. Look, Yuanzhi only knows how to work hard to make progress.
Jiang Xinlan nodded after hearing this and replied, "Hey, thank you, second sister-in-law, we know about it."
Zhao Yitai watched his elder and second brothers circling around his parents, and he quickly said, "Brother, brother, there's no need to eat at home. Let's take a break first. I'll book a table at the hotel tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. You can all come and eat, and our family can get together."
Zhao Yishan and Zhao Yifeng stopped talking when they heard this, thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Okay, then we'll wait for your news."
After they left, Xu Fengni sighed, "Hey, I feel sorry for your brother now. Look at him, he's already this old, but he's still renting a house, hey!"
Zhao Yitai glanced at his mother and reminded her, "Mom, don't be confused. If you subsidize your eldest brother privately, I have no objection, but you can't leave your second brother behind, otherwise he will have some ideas."
Xu Fengni was a little embarrassed when she heard her youngest son say that. She carefully glanced at her daughter-in-law by the window, and then whispered, "How could I think of subsidizing your eldest brother? All my money was cheated away by Yuanhong..."
"It's best if you don't have it, Mom. It's okay to give you a red envelope or something. You can't lose your mind anymore." In fact, it's not that Zhao Yita didn't help his elder brother. It's mainly because his nephew himself is not motivated. If he had worked in a factory, he wouldn't have ended up like this.
Over there, Zhao Yishan returned home, and Xia Ju hurriedly went to greet him, "How was it? Did your parents say they would come to our house for dinner?"
"What to eat? There's not much space at home. It will be crowded if more people stand there. The third brother said that he will treat us to dinner at the hotel tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." After Zhao Yishan said this, he lay down on the bed.
Xia Ju thought about it and pulled her husband again, then asked in a low voice, "Yishan, do you think it would be okay if we asked Lao San and the others to bring Yuanhong to Shenzhen?"
When Zhao Yishan heard this, he immediately jumped up from the bed, stared at his wife and asked, "Who gave you the idea? Yuanhong or his wife?"
Xia Ju was startled. "Hey, why are you so scary? I saw that Yuanhong hasn't made much money in the county, so I wanted him to go to Shenzhen to try his luck. Isn't that how his third uncle made money?"
Zhao Yishan rolled his eyes at her. "How can it be the same? What era was that time? What era is it now? Also, Lao San and the others are people who can endure hardships, Yuanhong, right? Don't make things worse."
"But," Xia Ju was still unwilling, "Yitai and the others are so rich, what's wrong with helping my nephew?"
"It's their business whether they have money or not. Let me ask you, if it were you, would you help them?" Zhao Yishan asked back.
"I, I just don't have any money!" Xia Ju felt a little guilty. If it were her, she would not even bother to see these poor relatives.
Zhao Yishan was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Aju, there's no way Zhao Yuanhong can be helped. We don't need to sacrifice our old age for him..."
"No, Yishan, what do you mean? Forget about Yuanhong, then he..." Xia Ju was a little panicked.
Zhao Yishan looked at his wife seriously and asked, "Aju, let me ask you, because Yuanhong owed a debt, we sold the old house to him to pay off his debt. Because of this, Yuanzhi and we had a disagreement. Do you think it's worth it?"
"But we can't ignore Yuanhong. Yuanzhi is narrow-minded. As the eldest brother, what's wrong with him giving in to his younger brother..." Xia Ju wanted to mutter something, but when she looked up, she saw her husband's meaningful eyes and she was stunned.
"Look, you only know how to say that. I'm also the eldest brother. When we were still living with our parents, you didn't tell me to be more considerate of the second and youngest brothers. You don't feel pain unless the knife is stabbed into your own body, right?"
In fact, Zhao Yishan made up his mind after struggling for a long time. He thought that he would live for himself in the future. Now he rents a house and receives a pension every month. The old couple can barely get by. If they have to help their youngest son, they might as well die early.
Seeing that his wife was still struggling, he gave her another strong dose of medicine, "Aju, think about it, the grandchildren nowadays are not your own. Will they be grateful to you when they grow up after you help them so much?"
As soon as these words came out, Xia Ju changed sides immediately, "That's right, if they're not my biological children, I just can't raise them well. What's more, she's already eight years old, and today when she saw me, she just called me Grandma Xia, ah!"
"And..." Zhao Yishan glanced at his wife, "and Yuanzhi said that if we are willing, we can live with them, provided that we stop caring about Yuanhong."
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