"Then I will kill him, then at least the house will be ours." The old lady looked around and spoke in a particularly vicious tone.
Changshun sighed, "Mom, I'm afraid you won't get anything in the end. Didn't you see that the old man wanted to go to the Li family to recuperate and even tried to kick you out? The house will probably be in trouble too."
"I'll just stay here and see who dares to kick me out." The old lady had long considered the house her own.
Changshun: "Mom, saying hurtful things won't help. Wouldn't it be better if we invested something now to make the old man happy and willingly give us his things? I know you're worried about money, but compared to the old man's property, savings, and uncertain future, this is nothing. Let's think long-term."
The old lady clutched her chest and said, "It breaks my heart. You work so hard to earn money, and you spend it on him. I wish he would just die right now."
Changshun held the old lady's hand, his eyes sparkling, "Li Mancang is not stupid. Li Xing'an is an entrepreneur. His family must be very wealthy, yet he still flatters this old man. Are the Li family stupid?
The old man is definitely wealthy. I haven't had much opportunity to get to know him before, but now that I have the chance, I'll make a good impression. He trusts the Li family, and he trusts me too. Mom, don't be impatient, and don't worry about the money. Let's plan carefully. First, we should put pressure on him and make him rely on us.
The old lady held her son's hand and asked, "Can a man like him really have so much wealth?"
Changshun nodded heavily. "Absolutely. When he was eating porridge at noon, the old man didn't look at it as if he was seeing it for the first time. It was as if he had seen it all the time. He didn't find it strange at all. He didn't eat it with excessive caution. The old man must be from a wealthy family."
Changshun is careful and observant.
The old lady thought back for a moment and realized that Old Man Guan wasn't surprised at all; he ate it like it was cornmeal porridge.
"That old man is so hard-hearted. How long will it take to win him over? My poor son." The old lady was heartbroken. She had never taken care of her own father, and now she had to take care of this old coffin-like man.
"In ancient times, there was King Goujian of Yue who slept on firewood and tasted gall, and Han Xin who suffered humiliation under the crotch. My little grievance is nothing. It's all for the future of our Zhou family. It's okay for me to recognize the thief as my father. Mom, I'm just wronging you."
"Mom is not wronged. As long as my son can get better, it doesn't matter if I spend the rest of my life with him." The old lady burst into tears, thinking that she would have to face old man Guan's face for decades to come. For the sake of her children and grandchildren, she endured it!
When the mother and son prepared to endure hardship and humiliation...
Old Man Guan was sleeping soundly, not knowing that the mother and daughter were plotting against him. But it didn't matter if they knew, because this was what he wanted them to see.
If they hadn't discovered it, he would have regretted it; they were too stupid, and he would have needed to keep pointing them out. They wanted to exploit him and leave him without any descendants, while he still wanted this family to take care of him in his old age and see him off in his final days.
That evening, Old Man Guan ate a bowl of bird's nest porridge and drank the rest of the coconut. "Changshun," he said, "let's have fish maw porridge tomorrow morning. I'm getting tired of bird's nest porridge every day."
Changshun smiled broadly. "Sure, sir, do you still want this coconut?"
"Buy a few and keep them. I can drink them anytime you want." Old Man Guan was not polite.
The next morning, the old lady came with fish maw porridge. She felt so distressed that her uterus ached. When she handed it to old man Guan, she was reluctant to let go.
"Little Cao, thank you for your hard work. Finding you as my partner is the best decision I've ever made in my life. Changshun is a good man, and I finally understand what it feels like to be respected and loved as a father." Old Man Guan immediately offered emotional support, thinking, "Don't let such a good partner for retirement slip away."
When the old lady heard what the old man said, her face immediately lit up with joy. "We are husband and wife, so my child is your child. Changshun will definitely treat you as his own father and be filial to you."
"Grandpa, I have no father anymore, so you will be my father from now on. We will always be a family. Don't worry, I will definitely take care of you in your old age. Just watch my performance." Changshun immediately pledged his loyalty.
Old Man Guan held his breath and his face turned red. He didn't know if his eyes were red. If they were, the performance would be perfect.
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