Zheng Ya drove into Tongluo Lane and caught a glimpse of his mother's ear-length white hair. Feeling sorry for her, he asked his mother to take care of his child.
Fu Qingyao felt that she was still young at forty-five and that staying at home taking care of the children would make her a parasite, so she objected.
Unfortunately, Zheng Ya's words silenced her: "Mom, if your dream is shattered, you should start training an heir, right?"
"Hmph!" Fu Qingyao laughed angrily, turning her head to look out the car window at the receding wall reflected on the car roof, her heart in turmoil.
Her dreams and ideals were shattered with the sacrifice of her first love, Zheng Daotong, and her heart was already broken.
If she hadn't felt guilty towards her son, she might have truly followed Zheng Daotong in a suicide pact.
Living is nothing more than being a walking corpse.
Losing one's pillars in life is like losing one's spirit; nothing one does becomes meaningful.
Zheng Ya, fearing she might overthink things, said, "Mom, your daughter-in-law has come to pick you up..."
"Yes, this is my daughter-in-law, with a child!" Fu Qingyao had already found out everything about Xu Qi, and deliberately spoke to anger her son, saying that marrying a widow would bring shame to the Zheng family.
"Retaliation," Zheng Ya smiled and said, "Mom, your thinking is outdated!"
Their awareness has also declined; how come they still hold onto old feudal ideas?
"Tch, who are you to teach me?"
"You brat, you're finished! Even though you're not officially married, you've got a marriage certificate, and I won't allow you to sleep with your wife..." Fu Qingyao decided to teach her son a lesson and break up the couple.
Zheng Ya felt extremely uncomfortable upon hearing this: "Mom, are you being unreasonable?"
"My principle is: be strict with sons, be gentle with daughters, understand?" Fu Qingyao had never suffered from the disadvantages of favoring sons over daughters since she was a child.
Whether it was the love and care from her grandparents or the protection from her parents and uncles, she enjoyed the warmth of family affection.
That's a way of raising children that I've been ingrained since childhood.
The practice of boys studying diligently by hanging themselves from beams is a form of strict education.
My daughter is like an embroiderer, requiring continuous care and nurturing.
It was this way of educating her children that led Fu Qingyao, a martial arts expert and a well-bred lady, to never scold her adopted daughter Wu Wei, always maintaining a gentle attitude in teaching her.
However, this fostered Wu Wei's fiery and rebellious temperament.
None of this made Fu Qingyao feel that her way of raising her daughter was wrong, but Zheng Ya stopped the car and said, "Mom, that's nonsense..."
"Hmph, let's talk about it when we get home!" Fu Qingyao believed that harmony in the family brings prosperity and never exposed her family's dirty laundry in front of outsiders.
Unless absolutely necessary and forced by circumstances.
Hearing the mother and son's conversation, Xu Qi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Mom, welcome home. Bao'er, quickly call Grandma?"
"Grandma, Dad, pistachios?" Bao'er greeted everyone without any shyness, but she was thinking about eating pistachios and didn't give Fu Qingyao a friendly look.
Fu Qingyao was all alone, her pockets were empty, and she reached out to her son with her hands behind her back, gesturing, "Give it to me."
Zheng Ya walked over speechlessly, quietly slipped two large red envelopes and a bag of pistachios to his mother, and said, "Baby, your grandma confiscated all of Daddy's pistachios!"
"Oh, Grandma?" Bao'er turned to Fu Qingyao angrily at first, but when she saw Fu Qingyao pick up a bag of pistachios, she immediately changed her address and called her "Grandma".
Fu Qingyao reached out, and Bao'er, unfazed, threw herself into her arms and started eating the pistachios: "You little squirrel, they're all yours, eat slowly."
"Daughter-in-law, right? Here, this is a gift from Mom for your first meeting. Take it!"
"Ah, thank you, Mom!" Xu Qi nervously accepted the red envelope, only to have it snatched away by Bao'er. Fu Qingyao watched with a smile, and Xu Qi realized this was a test, so she immediately put on a stern face and looked at Bao'er.
Bao'er quickly turned her head to eat her fruit, pretending not to see anything, and secretly stuffed two large red envelopes into her pocket, amusing Zheng Ya: "Haha, let's go, let's talk about it when we get home..."
"Hey, Little Zheng's back!" Yan Fugui ran out to greet him when he heard the jeep. Zheng Ya nodded and smiled, "Yes, Third Uncle, is everything alright in the yard?"
"Oh my, you've got a lot to say about this! Something big happened today!" Yan Fugui then proceeded to recount the story of Sha Zhu beating up Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong kicking Yi Zhonghai while he was down by taking him to the police station, all in a rapid-fire, rambling manner.
As the group walked and talked, people in the courtyard greeted them.
As soon as they entered the courtyard house, Liu Haizhong greeted them and asked, "Little Zheng, who did you bring back to the courtyard this time? Is their identity correct?"
"Oh, so you've taken over the police station's work?" Zheng Ya was annoyed when he saw him sticking out his big belly with his hands behind his back, putting on an air of a fat, arrogant official.
He's got a taste for officialdom, so he'll grab anyone he can, lecture them, and show off his powerful connections.
When Yan Fugui heard Xu Qi call Fu Qingyao "Mom," he mistakenly thought Fu Qingyao was Zheng Ya's mother-in-law and interrupted to explain, "Hey, Uncle, who are you giving me that attitude for?"
"The Zheng family has come home. Are you looking for trouble?"
"Ah, her, their family..." Liu Haizhong was about to lose his temper and show off his official power, but Yan Fugui's words saved him. Thinking of Zheng Ya's ability to bring retribution upon people, he shuddered and stepped aside.
How did his ambition for officialdom lead him to offend this entire family?
Actually, he just couldn't stand that Zheng Ya became a section chief as soon as he joined the steel rolling mill, and he felt resentful.
Having just overthrown Yi Zhonghai, he felt like he was the big boss in the compound, able to exercise the local tyrant style that Yi Zhonghai had created and control everyone in the compound.
This led to him interfering with Zheng Ya's affairs, which caused trouble.
Zheng Ya had just earned 1.31 million Zhengde points, so he directly upgraded his Supernatural Illusion Technique by one level, reaching the intermediate level of spiritual arts. He used Liu Haizhong as a guinea pig, offering him the Illusion Technique and saying, "Oh, Second Uncle, you've been promoted to First Uncle, and you're now the emperor?"
"Haha, I am the local emperor of this courtyard. You are all under my jurisdiction. Anyone who dares to be disrespectful will have their head beheaded if I issue an order!" Liu Haizhong instantly entered the illusion, receiving the kneeling worship of everyone in the courtyard, arrogantly putting on the airs of an emperor.
In reality, he just sticks out his big belly, has a big round face, and spews out feces with a wide grin, making a complete spectacle of himself.
Zheng Ya, intent on testing the effects of the illusion technique, continued, "Your Majesty, Yi Zhonghai, in collusion with Old Madam Long, has embezzled gold bars and framed loyal officials. We request Your Majesty to punish them."
"You audacious old hag Yi Zhonghai, who intercepted seventy-eight large yellow croakers and one hundred and fifty-two small yellow croakers that belonged to me back then! Guards, seize them and take them to the Meridian Gate for execution and confiscate their property!" Liu Haizhong was too immersed in his role and issued the decree in a swaggering manner.
The second auntie, startled, grabbed his hand, shook him, and cried for help: "Liu Haizhong, you're possessed! Wake up..."
"Dad, old man, this is a new society. Playing an emperor is a crime. Wake up!" Liu Guangqi was afraid that he would be arrested and lose his income, and then the family would starve.
Unfortunately, Zheng Ya's hallucination magic was no longer what it used to be. It directly transformed Liu Haizhong into the emperor, punching his second aunt and kicking Liu Guangqi as he issued an edict: "You rebels dared to assassinate me! Guards, take them out and behead them as a warning to the public..."
"Oh my god, my bangs are possessed..."
"You brat, look what you've done!"
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