"So, you really hope that I'll never find a wife and remain a bachelor for life?" Yun Dazheng said bluntly.
Wang Shufen couldn't stand it anymore. She immediately frowned and said, "Dad, although you are an elder, we younger generations shouldn't talk back to you, but what you said... really makes us feel disheartened."
"No matter how bad my grandson is, he's still your grandson, isn't he? It's still the first month of the lunar calendar, the Lantern Festival hasn't even ended yet, how can you say such unlucky things? Aren't you cursing my grandson?"
Yun Dazheng said calmly, "I'm not saying this to bring bad luck, I'm just reminding you. You said it yourself, Wansheng is my own grandson, and no matter what, I would never curse him. I'm just reminding you not to spoil him too much."
“I came over after breakfast this morning. His older brother was already fetching water, and his sister-in-law was probably making breakfast right now. You were all up, but he was still fast asleep in bed. You didn’t even think of waking him up, and he certainly didn’t want to get up.”
"What? Are you afraid that I, as your grandfather, will also have to help me repair the house?"
"That won't do!" Wang Shufen said without hesitation. Then, realizing her mistake, she tried to soften her expression and said, "Dad, it's freezing cold these days. He gets hungry easily if he moves. Let him sleep a little longer so he doesn't suffer from hunger all the time. You know, I..."
The words "My health is not good" lingered in Wang Shufen's throat before she swallowed most of them back down. She had just said that Yun Dazheng was saying unlucky things during the first month of the lunar year, which was a "curse" on Yun Wansheng, and she couldn't contradict herself now.
Of course, it was also true that they couldn't bear to use unlucky words to talk about Yun Wansheng.
Thinking about it, Wang Shufen added, "Wansheng is still sensible. Although he can't work as hard as Fusheng, he doesn't shirk when there's work to be done at home and always helps out."
"There's not much work to do these days..."
"It's just fetching water and cooking. It's only right that Fusheng and his wife, as the older brother and sister-in-law, should be more accommodating. After all, they are the older brother and sister-in-law, and the older one should always give way to the younger one."
"Hmm." Yun Dazheng nodded, not dwelling on Wang Shufen's words, and simply said, "There's no work to do today, so it's fine to let him sleep a little longer. But when I'm fixing the house another day, there will be work to do, so shouldn't he come and help out?"
Wang Shufen's face was ashen, like she was constipated. She spoke with great difficulty, "It's not that Dad... it's not that we don't want Wansheng to help, but repairing and building houses are heavy tasks, and Wansheng... really can't be of much help. I'm afraid that if we send him, he won't be of any help and will only cause you trouble, which wouldn't be good..."
"Hmph!" Yun Dazheng snorted coldly, deliberately saying, "What? They're both my grandsons. If Fusheng can do something, why can't Yun Wansheng do it?"
Wang Shufen said, "Dad, Fusheng is Fusheng, and Wansheng is Wansheng. Although they are both your grandsons, they are still different. Wansheng is weaker and younger... he can't do those kinds of work."
"Then surely we can let him go work in the fields?" Yun Dazheng said again.
"Dad? What do you mean by this?" Wang Shufen asked, puzzled.
“What I mean is, since his brother came to help me repair the house, he should either come to help too, or go work in the fields. We can’t really expect Fusheng to do the digging and dredging at night with a torch, can we?”
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