Chapter 33 Dreaming of Her Dreams
"Is she really planning to take Xiao Xie for herself, make Xiao Xie recognize the Zhou family's ancestors, and never let Xiao Xie return to the family lineage again?"
With her eyelids drooping, Tian Fang replied in a rough voice, "Keep dreaming."
Wei Guihua couldn't help but ask, "But now she won't let us live in her house, and she took Xiao Xie with her. What are we going to do?"
Xie Lanlan couldn't help but add fuel to the fire, "Look at how smug she is now, just because she's an official's wife, she's bullying us ordinary people!"
"If this were back in our hometown, we'd all gang up on her, slap her face, rip off her clothes, and see if she'd still dare to put on that arrogant attitude."
Xie Hongchao immediately said, "This is the city, it's different from where we live."
"The city is very safe, don't even think about it."
"Then what should we do? Should we go back first?" Xie Lanlan cautiously suggested.
She didn't want to stay here any longer. Here, she had to pay for everything – meals, lodging – and if she went back, she'd probably get angry with her husband a lot because of this!
Xie Lanlan suggested going back first, but Wei Guihua immediately objected, "No, what will happen to Xiaoxie if we go back?"
"Did I give birth to my son for nothing? Did I raise him for nothing?"
"I raised this son all these years, and he just got to go to that bitch for nothing?"
Xie Lanlan pouted, "The household registration is with Xie Zhizhi. She won't give it to the child now. What can we do?"
“Living in this city, you have to pay for food and lodging. It’s not like you don’t care because you’re not paying for it.” Xie Lanlan’s words were full of dissatisfaction with Wei Guihua and her husband.
It would have been better if she hadn't complained; once she did, Wei Guihua immediately retorted, "How dare you bring that up?"
"If it weren't for you, the one who spilled water on the house, shamelessly asking your good-for-nothing son for a government job, would Xie Zhizhi be like this?"
After Wei Guihua said this, Xie Hongchao agreed and started blaming Xie Lanlan, saying, "Sister, you're something else too. Don't others know what kind of person your Xiaoliang is? Don't you know yourself?"
"Going to work at the county government?"
"If your son can go, then I'd rather go!"
"If word gets out, I'll be some kind of official!"
"All day long, I'm thinking about this wonderful thing!"
Seeing that her son and daughter-in-law were both criticizing her daughter, Tian Fang glanced at her own daughter and still spoke up for her, saying, "She's just asking her to ask. If she can't, she can't. Nobody's forcing her to do it."
"She's just deliberately trying to shirk responsibility, and you still believe her?"
When Xie Lanlan saw her mother speak, she immediately stood firm: "That's right, Xie Zhizhi is full of bad intentions. You all let her lead you by the nose, and you don't even know who's close to whom."
Xie Hongchao then realized his mother's words made sense. "So what do we do now?"
Tian Fang lowered her eyelids, thought for a while, and said, "Since she wants to raise Xiao Xie, let her raise him for now. Anyway, she has to take care of his food and drink."
"You've managed to have some peace and quiet."
Tian Fang spoke frankly, but Wei Guihua objected, "Mom, didn't you hear me? Didn't you see me?"
"She wouldn't let Xiaoxie go to school, took Xiaoxie to collect scraps, and wouldn't give Xiaoxie any meat to eat."
"And they even made Xiao Xie wash his own clothes."
Tian Fang was a bit more ruthless: "It's impossible to keep her from going to school forever, and it's impossible to keep her from eating meat forever. People around her are watching, aren't they going to gossip about her behind her back?"
"She did it on purpose to show you."
"I want to make you feel sorry for me, so you'll cry and make a scene to take Xiao Xie back."
"Then you have to return the money to her?"
"Are you stupid?"
"Just leave her alone. When no one pays attention to her, she'll behave herself and have to come back to make up with us."
"Can……"
"Stop it, go to sleep, my legs are killing me from running."
“If you listen to me, come back to our hometown with me first thing tomorrow morning and wait for her to come back and beg us.”
"If you don't listen, do whatever you want!"
As Tian Fang spoke, she collapsed onto the bed and went to sleep.
Wei Guihua, Xie Hongchao's biological mother, couldn't sleep. She had a sleepless night and the next morning, with dark circles under her eyes, she said, "I'm still worried. I've decided to stay for a few more days."
"Keep an eye on that bitch, don't let her keep abusing Xiao Xie."
Xie Hongchao was not satisfied. "If you stay here, where will you live?"
"Stay at a guesthouse!"
As soon as Wei Guihua finished speaking, Xie Lanlan pouted from the other bed and said, "Looking for the child is just an excuse. I think your sister-in-law is just used to city life and is afraid of suffering when she goes back."
"That's true, staying in a guesthouse is so comfortable. There's hot water readily available, and the rooms are clean. If we went back to the countryside, we wouldn't have such comfortable days!"
Upon hearing Xie Lanlan's words, Xie Hongchao immediately shouted at Wei Guihua, "What are you looking at? Let's go back together!"
"You're always causing trouble!"
Wei Guihua first glared resentfully at her sister-in-law, then glared angrily at her husband, "I may be meddlesome, but isn't he your son too?"
"Isn't this a kinship trait of your Xie family?"
"How can you be so cold-blooded?" Wei Guihua said, pushing Xie Hongchao.
Xie Hongchao shoved her onto the bed and yelled, "Do you want to die?"
Overwhelmed with grief, Wei Guihua began to sob.
Xie Lanlan's lips curled up, extremely satisfied. "Oh dear, sister-in-law, you're not to blame Hongchao for being angry about this, it's your fault."
"Even though the money you have isn't earned by the two of you, it didn't grow on trees, so you need to be careful with it!"
"A family needs money for many things in the future!"
Wei Guihua cried even louder because of what she said, she was so angry.
Tian Fang sat up in bed and said irritably, "Alright, enough of this. What kind of behavior is this, making such a racket so early in the morning?"
"Alright, Lanlan and I will go back first, and you two can go back a couple of days later." After all, he was her grandson, and Tian Fang was also a little worried.
Another thing she thought was that Xie Zhizhi might change her mind in a couple of days and then give the house and grandson back to her son.
My son will have to come all the way from the countryside, which will be a hassle.
It would be better to stay for a couple more days.
It doesn't matter if I spend a few more days' worth of money.
Xie Lanlan's face turned extremely ugly when she saw that Wei Guihua could still stay in the city and enjoy herself. "Shall we leave after we finish eating?"
"Um!"
Tian Fang and Xie Lanlan had breakfast and then left. Xie Hongchao took them to the train station.
Tian Fang said to Xie Hongchao, "No, you and your wife should just rent a place here and wait. That bitch is acting crazy, but I don't think she'll stay like this for long. You two wait, and I estimate that in a few days she'll send Xiao Xie and the house back."
Xie Hongchao was pleased that Xie Zhizhi would obediently return the house and the children. "Okay, I'll rent a place when I get back."
The Xie family has already made plans for what to do next.
Xie Zhizhi has also made arrangements for Zhou Xie's follow-up.
She didn't want to help the Xie family "educate" their children, as it would only cause her trouble and bring her no benefit.
So the next day, Xie Zhizhi ran into Wen Jinzhou at the entrance of the canteen and asked, "Are you familiar with any of the women in the family compound?"
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