Chapter 100 Jumping Around
He held the money that his maternal grandmother handed him and returned the portion that Chen Fanglan had given him to her.
“Let’s not touch Alan’s money for now. She’s thirty and still unmarried. If she gets married someday and we can’t afford a dowry, she won’t be able to hold her head high after marriage…”
When the topic of Chen Fanglan remarrying came up, Grandma Xi couldn't help but sigh.
"Don't worry about that. Last time she came back, she threw a huge tantrum at me, saying she absolutely refused to get married. You know her temper; she was so adamant that it's unlikely she'll remarry in the next year or two."
"Let's use this money for now. After the house is built, we can raise more chickens and ducks and grow more grain, and then we can make up for the shortfall."
After being persuaded by her, Grandpa Chen looked at the wad of money in his hand and didn't hand it back to Grandma Xi.
As for Chen Fangyang's share... he looked at it hesitantly.
Grandma Xi immediately saw what he was still hesitating about and advised him:
"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Besides, A-Yang has been married for so long and seems to be doing quite well now. So don't think about those unnecessary things anymore."
“Once this house is built, he will eventually have a share in it, so it’s no big deal to spend some of his money.”
Grandpa Chen accepted the money and then took out a cigarette and smoked for a while.
After finishing his cigarette, he got up and walked outside.
"I'm going to the outhouse on the back hill. You go to sleep first."
Grandma Xi nodded, and seeing him lift the curtain and leave the room, she tidied up his bed before returning to her own bed to sleep.
Although the two slept in the same room, they started sleeping in separate beds as they got older.
Grandpa Chen paced back and forth on the threshing ground with his hands behind his back, occasionally gazing at the full moon above, lost in thought, his expression particularly melancholy.
Dahuang stood guard at the door, watching Grandpa Chen walk back and forth in the threshing ground dozens of times.
After repeating it dozens of times, Grandpa Chen sighed heavily and finally went back inside.
After returning to his room, instead of going to sleep, he stood by the phone and called Chen Fangyang.
It was nearly 11 p.m., and most people were already asleep, including Chen Fangyang.
Chen Fangyang didn't answer the first call, but his grandfather persisted and called a second and a third time.
When the phone was dialed for the fourth time, it finally woke up Chen Fangyang from his deep sleep. Still half asleep, he picked up the phone and pressed the answer button.
"Hello, who is it? Why are you calling so many times so late at night? Don't you want people to get any sleep?"
Zhao Fang'er, who was next to him, turned over because of his voice.
Upon seeing this, Chen Fangyang quickly grabbed his phone, got out of bed, and went to the living room to answer the call.
Grandpa Chen was silent for a moment on the other end of the phone before saying, "It's me."
With just two concise words, Chen Fangyang, who had clearly heard the voice, instantly regained his senses, which had been hazy.
He asked in surprise, "Dad, why are you calling me so late? Did something happen at home?"
Grandpa Chen asked him in a deep voice, "I'm asking you, do your wife's family look down on you?"
After all, the two families are very different in terms of wealth. What if they think Chen Fangyang's family is poor and dump him?
Chen Fangyang's decision to become a live-in son-in-law is a disgrace to the Chen family.
But what's done is done, and Chen Fangyang had even had his tubes tied, leaving him with no way out but to hold on tightly to Zhao Fang'er.
Although Zhao Fang'er is a bit old, she is reasonable, capable, and can earn money. She also has a son.
If you raise her son as your own, even if Chen Fangyang doesn't have his own son in the future, someone will still take care of him in his old age and see him off when he dies.
In this way, he, as the father, could at least feel a little more at ease.
After accepting this viewpoint, Chen's grandfather began to worry about Chen Fangyang, thinking that he might be dumped by Zhao Fang'er in the future.
Chen Fangyang exclaimed "Ah!" and after realizing what he had said, he blurted out a rebuttal, but then suddenly remembered the phone call Shen Xuewei had made to him during the day.
Little Weiwei had said something nonsensical to him during the day, and now his dad was calling late at night to ask him about it...
Could it be that Xiao Weiwei is involved in this?
To be honest, over the past few years, his relationship with Shen Xuewei has been exceptionally good.
Although he didn't know what Shen Xuewei had said, in his eyes, his niece Shen Xuewei was extremely reliable and wouldn't usually talk nonsense.
Thinking of this, he hesitated and said, "Yes."
Having received a definite answer from him, Grandpa Chen sighed wistfully, and then asked:
"Has she started to look down on you lately because you're getting too old?"
Nonsense, Fang'er didn't mind his age at all!
What's more, he's only thirty this year, thirty!
Chen Fangyang, looking aggrieved, said "Yes" with great displeasure.
Then Grandpa Chen asked several more questions, all of which were things Chen Fangyang didn't want to hear. As he said "yes," his face gradually darkened.
After Grandpa Chen said "I understand" and hung up the phone, Chen Fangyang's sleepiness completely disappeared.
He went back to his room, rummaged through drawers and cabinets, packed two sets of clothes, grabbed his car keys, and planned to go home to settle accounts with Shen Xuewei.
Awakened by his noise, Zhao Fang'er opened her eyes in displeasure and looked at his retreating figure, asking:
"Where are you going so late at night?"
Chen Fangyang paused, his voice almost squeezed out from between his teeth.
"I'm going home to deal with Shen Xuewei!"
Zhao Fang'er had no idea what kind of argument he had with his niece, Shen Xuewei.
Chen Fangyang has a relaxed and open-minded personality, and sometimes he is quite childish.
The two of them were friendly on one hand, but not on the other. She had seen Chen Fangyang on this side getting so angry at Shen Xuewei on the other end of the phone that he was jumping up and down...
She rubbed her forehead and said, "Since we're going back, let's take Xiannan with us. I've been busy with a lot of things at the company lately, and I don't have time to take care of him."
“He’s home alone during the holidays. If you leave, there’ll be no one to take care of him or play with him. He’s about to go to high school, so he doesn’t have much time to relax.”
“He gets along well with you and doesn’t dislike your niece. Before school starts, why don’t you take them out for a walk around so they can keep each other company?”
As she spoke, she got out of bed, took a handbag from the closet, and handed over a wad of red banknotes to Chen Fangyang, gesturing for him to take it.
Chen Fangyang turned around, his face full of smiles, and quickly took it.
"Okay, you can focus on the business. Leave Xiannan to me. I guarantee he'll have a great time during this period."
Zhao Fang'er yawned and lay back on the bed with a languid expression.
"Okay, let's go when it's light. It's not safe to drive at night."
Chen Fangyang happily accepted the money and ran back to bed to continue sleeping.
"I'll go back in the morning, and then we'll call Xiannan together, and then we can sleep for a few more hours."
Zhao Fang'er was lying in bed when she noticed his hand on her. She turned over and leaned in, and the two of them fell asleep in each other's arms.
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