Everyone was stunned when Xu Xiangyang said this, not expecting him to be talking about this.
Actually, they think that as long as the child is doing well, that's enough. They're not that old, so there's no need for them to follow the child around.
Wang Zhongshan refused outright, but he was still very pleased. "Xiangyang, Grandpa knows you're filial. This movement will probably end in two or three years. It's not that strange. Don't worry, we're doing fine at home."
Parents are naturally happy when their children are filial, since it's for their own good.
Wang Xiumin nodded in agreement, "That's right, what family starts taking care of their elderly parents before their children are even married? Besides, even if your grandfather is getting old, he still has me and your father! We're only in our thirties, why do you need to worry about us?"
That's what they say, and that's the logic behind it.
However, Xu Xiangyang disagreed at all; he knew perfectly well how long this sports meet would last.
Although I haven't experienced it firsthand, I've heard a bit about it, and it's certainly not as simple as Wang Zhongshan thought.
“No.” Xu Xiangyang shook his head firmly and said, “There are some things I can promise you, but this is absolutely not possible. I have ten days of leave this time, and I will start moving during these ten days.”
His unusually firm attitude aroused Wang Zhongshan's suspicion, after all, this was the first time Xu Xiangyang had made a request to him.
The group looked at each other, and they all saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
"Xiangyang," Grandma Wang asked hesitantly, "Even if we all go with you, we still need to solve the problem of food, right? This is no small matter. It's too difficult for you to support four people with your monthly salary."
It wasn't that she looked down on Xu Xiangyang, but that was just the reality. In the city, for one person to earn money to support the whole family, that was assuming that the family members received a monthly food ration.
They came from the countryside, they had no household registration and no job, so where were they going to get grain supplies?
So none of them want to go. If Xu Xiangyang goes to work alone, he'll be under a lot of pressure.
Xu Xiangyang disagreed, saying, "My job there provides me with a basic salary and a subsidy every month, so you don't need to worry about the food. Since you're not going, I won't go back to work either."
His willful and unreasonable behavior left the others speechless.
Xu Xiangyang had been very mature and composed during this period, but now he's starting to act childish, which is frustrating.
"Old man?" Granny Wang glanced at the person next to her.
Wang Zhongshan sighed, "Let's stay with you for a few days. There's not much work to do in the team right now. I'll have the brigade leader write a letter of introduction later."
He couldn't reason with the child because he was so stubborn, but since he had never been to the city before, he figured it would be good to go and take a look.
Xu Xiangyang didn't push his luck. Since he had gone, he shouldn't expect to come back.
"Bring a few extra clothes," he instructed.
Anyway, you'll have everything there, so you don't need to bring anything.
This time, several parents agreed to go with him, so things will be easier for them from now on.
The conditions and public security in the city are better than in the countryside. The city may seem chaotic, but it's mostly infighting among leaders and officials, and other people are not involved at all.
But it's different in the countryside. They don't know clear instructions, so they take trivial matters as orders and start trouble because of grudges, eventually fighting to the death.
Therefore, Xu Xiangyang was not at ease at all. If Wang Zhongshan and his wife were in their thirties like Xu Guangtian, then he would not be afraid.
Unfortunately, the elderly couple are both over fifty years old; even the old man was capable only in his youth.
That night, Xu Xiangyang, who was used to staying up late, lay there thinking about things.
Xu Guangtian snored loudly, while Wang Zhongshan slept soundly next to him.
Suddenly, Xu Xiangyang heard a thud. He sat up abruptly and saw a dark figure outside the window.
The shadowy figure crouched down and crept to the side of the chicken coop, where the chickens were still clucking.
Did we run into a chicken thief?
Xu Xiangyang narrowed his eyes, then got off the ground, put on his shoes, took out a flashlight from his spatial storage, and turned it on to shine on the person as he walked to the door.
"What are you doing?!" His sudden cold shout startled the chicken thief, who froze on the spot.
It is especially noticeable in the dark under strong light.
Song Shanqiu was dumbfounded. How could he have known that someone was still awake and shining a flashlight at him? This flashlight was even brighter than a regular flashlight, blinding everyone!
"I……"
He was somewhat incoherent and didn't know what to do. This was the first time he had been caught red-handed for petty theft; he had never failed before.
Wang Zhongshan, who was inside the house, also woke up, quickly put on his clothes, and limped out.
"What's going on?" He looked over in confusion and saw Song Shanqiu under the lamplight.
"Song Shanqiu?!" When he saw the chicken in the man's hand, how could he not understand what was going on?
Wang Zhongshan went straight over and grabbed the man, saying, "Well, the Song family is really something, eyeing my chickens? You even came to steal this one laying hen!"
His voice was loud and clear, especially in the middle of the night, making it impossible to ignore.
The neighbors also got up and stood in the yard to watch.
Because it's surrounded by a fence, you can see what's going on without even going over there.
"Hey, isn't this Old Song's third son? What are you doing stealing chickens from Grandpa Wang's house?"
"Isn't he just into petty theft?"
"It's really unlucky to be neighbors with this kind of person; who knows, they might steal from you one day."
"That's right. I heard that two eggs went missing from Old Zhao's house a couple of days ago. Maybe he stole them too."
At this moment, things became lively outside. Song Shanqiu couldn't break free from Wang Zhongshan's hand and jumped up and down in a panic.
In the courtyard of Old Song's house next door, Song Shanhe didn't dare to utter a sound. How could he dare to step forward when he saw all this?
He was both annoyed by Song Shanqiu's clumsy movements and resentful of Xu Xiangyang for meddling in his affairs.
But he was at a loss. What could he do? If Fu Bao found out, she would say they were up to no good and would ignore them.
"Big brother, what happened?" Fu Bao appeared behind him at this moment; she had seen everything that had just happened.
Song Shanhe was startled and immediately felt ashamed.
Song Fubao was angry that they were not up to par, but she couldn't let people talk about her family all the time.
These past two years, I've been looking forward to getting married, but no matchmaker has come to my door. Isn't that because the Song family has a bad reputation?
Although there was nothing she could do, they were all her family, so she asked them to behave themselves.
But this happened again today!
She walked into Old Wang's courtyard and said to Wang Zhongshan, "Grandpa Wang, please let my third brother go. He only came here because he heard that I've been feeling weak lately and wanted to eat chicken to help me recover. I will definitely talk to him properly when we get back, and this kind of thing will never happen again."
Song Fubao pleaded earnestly and cautiously.
Xu Xiangyang stood aside watching the commotion, thinking that this person had some innocent, naive qualities, but he didn't know if Grandpa would let him go.
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