Chapter 216 Grandma's Here
Lin's mother carefully placed the items into the car and said with a smile, "These are just some odds and ends. We haven't prepared bedding and other things yet, like cotton and quilt covers. But our Baozhu has connections, so we don't have to worry about these things. However, we haven't bought everything else yet. I'll bring my sisters to buy more tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll drive you around again then."
For lunch, Lin Baozhu bought large meat buns from a state-run restaurant. She wanted to invite her parents to eat at the restaurant, but her mother refused to go in, fearing that the food on the oxcart would be stolen.
The three of them ate steaming hot buns while chatting and laughing as they drove the oxcart back to the village.
Outside the Lin family courtyard
A dilapidated oxcart creaked to a stop, and a thin, mean-looking old woman with bound feet (Grandma Zheng) was helped off by a middle-aged woman with slanted eyes and a calculating look (Lin Meimei).
Granny Zheng squinted at the impressive and bright brick house in front of her, her cloudy old eyes flashing with intense jealousy and resentment!
If it weren't for that guilty thing she did back then that made her feel guilty and hide at her daughter's house, this nice house and good life... should have been hers!
Now that her daughter has learned that Lin Gengsheng received a huge sum of three thousand yuan, she is desperately urging her to come back and demand "alimony." She doesn't want to set foot here again, but she can't resist her daughter's daily complaints about how difficult life is.
While helping Granny Zheng up, Lin Meimei said in a low voice, "Mother! Whether your grandson can get married depends entirely on today! My brother is the most filial, he will definitely be more willing to entrust the money to you, his own mother, for safekeeping. Once we get the money, I will build you a brick house..."
"rest assured……"
Old Mrs. Zheng spat out the words through gritted teeth, her face hardening with malice, "I know how to handle him!" With that, she broke free from her daughter, straightened her hunched back, and, with the air of someone ready to confront her, stormed into the Lin family's courtyard…
Tiger, who was playing, was holding Sweetie's hand and looked at the uninvited guests warily: "Who are you looking for?"
Granny Zheng slammed her cane into the ground, her voice shrill: "You little brat! You don't even recognize your own grandmother? I'm Lin Gengsheng's mother! Tell your grandfather to get out here and see me!"
Tiger tilted his head in confusion: "My grandfather's mother? Then... how come I've never seen you before?"
Sweetie hid behind her brother, peeking out her little head and asking in a childish voice, "Brother, do you think... they might be human traffickers? They think we're ugly and that's why they want to kidnap us?"
Tiger nodded seriously, his little face tense, and in what he thought was a very soft voice, he suggested, "What should we do? It's just the two of us at home. How about this, brother, you hold them off for a bit while I go find the captain to catch the human traffickers..."
Granny Zheng & Lin Meimei: "..." Do you two think they're deaf?!
Lin Meimei's face darkened with anger at the children. She stepped forward, put her hands on her hips, and scolded them in a shrill voice: "You two little beasts who were born of a mother but have no mother to teach them! You dare to disown your own old grandmother?"
"What are you standing there for! Quickly bring out all the good food and drinks in the house! We've been traveling all day, we're exhausted!" After scolding her, she pushed aside the two children blocking her way and was about to rush into the main room.
Tiger reacted incredibly fast! Like a little leopard protecting its cub, he dashed forward and braced his body against the door of the main room, then turned and shouted to his sister, "Sweetie! Go find the brigade leader!!"
"You little brat, do you even know who I am?"
Lin Meimei grabbed Hu Zi's ear with such force that she almost tore it off, and Hu Zi immediately let out a howl.
Sweetie heard her brother crying and ran outside while crying...
"Help! Child traffickers are kidnapping children..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Meimei turned around and chased after Tian Tian: "You little brat, I'm your aunt."
Seeing this, Hu Zi grabbed Lin Meimei's leg...
"Smack, thud..."
Tiger's small body was kicked over, blood gushing from his nose, mixed with tears, making him look disheveled and pitiful.
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