Wang Tianxin had already slipped away secretly, presumably to inform Wang Xiaolan.
There was no need to send a message; Wang Xiaolan must have heard that her mother had arrived while she was in her room.
"Mother, if you want to see your grandson, I can take him back. Why did you come all this way by yourself? How did you manage to get here from so far away?"
"By the time you take him back, I might not even see my grandson again before I die. My second son is a very busy and capable man now, with so many things to do. How could he have time to take care of an old man like me?"
"Mother, what are you saying?" Wang Tianxiao said with a wry smile.
"Never mind, I'm not blaming you," the mother said, putting her feet under the covers and looking at her grandson with affection. "Look at his mouth, doesn't it look just like mine?"
Wang Tianxiao and his wife looked at each other and nodded in unison: "Very similar."
"I knew it! All my grandchildren are so handsome, not a single one is ugly, unlike that third son of the Xue family, who seems to have only grown up to complete a mission..."
"Mom, why are you talking about other people's children? No matter what they look like, they are still their precious children. If they hear you saying that, won't they blame you?"
"It's my fault, let her blame me. Do you think I'm afraid of them? A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman, and an ugly woman is an ugly woman. You've already given birth to her, why are you afraid of what people say?"
"mother……"
Wang Tianxiao looked at his mother speechlessly, while Li Yali smiled wryly beside him.
"Forget it, let's not talk about them. Look at Pengwa's big head. He's going to be a county magistrate someday. Big head, big head, no worries when it rains. Others have umbrellas, we have big heads."
"Grandma, is my head big?" Wang Fang knelt down beside her and looked at her younger brother's head.
"Why do little girls need such big heads? They're not pretty. Little girls should grow up to be beautiful and marry a reliable and good man when they grow up."
"Why do I have to get married, while my younger brother has to become a county magistrate?"
Zhang Yufeng was stunned for a moment. Looking at her granddaughter's innocent and naive eyes, she hesitated for a moment, then gently placed her hand on Wang Fang's head. "Child, this is the fate of us women."
Wang Fang naturally didn't understand, and she was about to ask more when Wang Tianxiao quickly interrupted her, "Mother, Xiao Lan..."
Upon hearing the name Xiao Lan, Zhang Yufeng's smile vanished.
"I'll have her come over."
What are you doing here?
"Mother, actually... Xiaolan misses you too, but she's too afraid of you. She's afraid you'll scold her if she sees you. She's an adult now, after all. If there's anything you want to say, you can tell her directly. It's not good for the two of you not to see each other, right?"
“What do you mean we don’t see each other? She doesn’t come home. Do you expect me to carry her back in a grand sedan chair? Wang Xiaolan has too much influence. People who know her will think I’m picking up my daughter, but people who don’t will think I’m picking up my mother.”
Wang Tianxiao is extremely meticulous.
He sensed the underlying thoughts in his mother's words; she actually wanted to see Xiaolan, but she was just being stubborn.
This is a common problem among the Wang family.
The mother was like that, and so were the children; each of them was stubborn.
"Then I'll go call her."
Before his mother could speak, Wang Tianxiao turned and ran out of the room.
When Wang Tianxiao arrived at Wang Xiaolan's room, he found that she had indeed wrapped her head tightly in the blanket. It took several attempts to pull the blanket off.
"Hey, second brother, what are you doing?"
"What do you want to do?"
"Who knows?" Wang Xiaolan pulled at the blanket again, as if to cover her head with it once more.
Wang Tianxiao, however, threw the blankets aside and said, "You think you're safe just because you bury your head in the sand like an ostrich? How long can you hide like that?"
Who hid?
"Why aren't you hiding from me? You're not telling me you just want to sleep in the middle of the day, are you?"
"I can't sleep, who said that..."
“Be more sensible,” Wang Tianxiao flicked his sister’s forehead and laughed, “Now that Mother has come all the way up the mountain just to see you, what more do you want her to do? It’s not an easy thing for an old woman like her to walk up this mountain path.”
Wang Xiaolan did not speak.
“Listen to me, go talk to your mother. Her health isn’t good either, and she can’t take too much of this. If you two did have a conflict back then, and she said some hurtful things to you, there’s no deep-seated hatred between you. If you didn’t miss your mother, that would be fine, but you clearly don’t, so why are you torturing yourself like this?”
My sister still kept her mouth shut and refused to speak.
Wang Tianxiao sighed and continued, "Brother, I can understand how you feel. To be honest, I also resent Mother. If she hadn't been so unfair, would your sister-in-law and I have suffered so much? But then again, who in this world is without fault?"
"Some people have a bad temper but a strong sense of responsibility; some people have no temper but are careless; some people are picky but are diligent; and some people are open and honest but careless..."
In short, everyone has flaws. If we distance ourselves from or dislike others because they've made mistakes, we'll end up all alone. Think about it, perhaps in other people's eyes, we ourselves have problems too.
"Didn't I say before that we can't control how others conduct themselves, but we can do our best? As long as we are honest and have a clear conscience, that's enough."
I think Mom's visit is a good thing. Continuing to hold her back is pointless and unnecessary. You know how strong-willed she is; if you let her completely give up on this idea, you'll only have regrets and sadness later.
Wang Tianxiao gently patted his sister's shoulder: "Be lenient when you can. If you want your mother to become the person you like, then you have to keep influencing her and changing her. Otherwise, if something happens to her at her age, you will really only have permanent guilt."
"Brother, I..."
"It's okay, your sister-in-law and I are here. Don't be afraid. You're all grown up now, what are you afraid of? If she says anything, just let her say it. Give her some face. After all, she carried you for ten months and raised you with great difficulty. It should be enough for you to lower your head a little."
Wang Xiaolan actually wanted to see her mother, but she couldn't find a way to do so.
Now that Wang Tianxiao has talked to her so much, she has finally agreed to go see her mother.
Wang Tianxiao led his shy younger sister back to his room.
"Mother, Xiaolan is here."
The room immediately became quiet.
Zhang Yufeng looked at her daughter, and Wang Xiaolan looked at her mother.
The two looked at each other, as if the Wang Tianxiao family of four had vanished from their surroundings.
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