Qi Huilan was just listening in at first, but now she couldn't listen any more and waved her hand quickly: "Sister Ling, An An is just a child, don't say such things."
Although Qi Mengmeng recognized Zhang Meiling as her aunt, the two families have always treated each other as relatives.
But that is a house in Beijing, and now Zhang Meiling's daughter is eyeing it. Qi Huilan doesn't want it. The Qi family has a lot of assets, so at most they can buy two more houses for the two children. There is really no need to take Zhang Meiling's.
But Zhang Meiling didn't think so. She felt that Qi Mengmeng took good care of them, and it was only right that their house be left to Qi Mengmeng in the future.
Qi Huilan refused to agree no matter what. If they took over Zhang Meiling's house, wouldn't it mean that she was taking care of them just because of the house?
"Sister Ling, you and Professor Jiang are still young, so there's really no need to decide who to give the house to so early. It would be troublesome to get the house back after giving it away. It's better to keep it in your hands and decide later."
Qi Huilan really doesn't want this house.
Zhang Meiling was moved by An An just now, and now after listening to Qi Huilan's analysis, she also felt that it made sense.
Or you can keep it for An An first and give it to him when he grows up.
"Hui Lan, you say, why don't I rent out my house and earn some rent."
When the house was just returned, Zhang Meiling didn't think of renting it out because she wanted to let Qi Mengmeng and her friends live in it.
But now, Qi Mengmeng has her own house, two houses at that, and she feels it’s a waste to leave that house empty. Plus, Jiang Shengnan likes that house, and she’s worried that Jiang Shengnan will move in directly.
Even if the two of them broke off their relationship, it would still be troublesome to kick Jiang Shengnan out.
In order to avoid these troubles, she thought it would be a good idea to rent out the house.
Qi Huilan had never been to Zhang Meiling's house. She hesitated and said, "If I rent out the house, what if it gets damaged?"
In the past, the Qi family had so many properties that they were reluctant to rent them out. They would go there to stay for two days when they were free. Every time they went there, they only had to ask the servants to clean the house. It was very convenient.
"It's better to destroy it than to let an ungrateful person live in it. When the house is rented out, we can use the rent to buy delicious food for An An and Kang Kang, too."
Zhang Meiling tapped the two boys' noses.
An An and Kang Kang thought Zhang Meiling was playing with them, so they both giggled, which made Zhang Meiling feel much better.
Qi Huilan looked at the two brothers vying for favor, feeling a little amused, but she still asked about Jiang Shengnan's situation: "Sister Ling, do you have a grandson?"
What if the grandson turns out to be a good one? Wouldn’t Zhang Meiling have a younger generation to take care of her in the future?
"Yes, there are three grandchildren." Zhang Meiling became even angrier when she talked about these three children.
Jiang Shengnan gave birth to two boys in a row. Zhang Meiling once joked that if Jiang Shengnan had another child, could he give him the surname Jiang and leave all the family belongings to his grandson.
Zhang Meiling still remembers Jiang Shengnan’s expression and actions at that time clearly.
Jiang Shengnan frowned unhappily and said to Zhang Meiling, "Mom, I'm married, how can I let my child have the surname Jiang? In the future, my husband will be criticized by others. Fangzheng, you and my father only have me as your daughter. Whether my son has the surname Jiang or not, everything in the house belongs to us."
Zhang Meiling also thought that what her daughter said made sense at the time, but now looking at Qi Mengmeng, what Jiang Shengnan said was just bullshit.
Qi Huilan only has one daughter, her son-in-law is the deputy head of the group, and her grandson has taken his mother's surname. Seeing how filial Gu Guizhi is to Qi Huilan, people who don't know would think he is her biological son.
Thinking about her own son-in-law again, Zhang Meiling couldn't bear to look at him.
What are you looking at? Your daughter is not filial, yet you still rely on your son-in-law.
As for her grandson, she hasn’t seen him since she returned to Beijing.
"My three grandchildren are nothing compared to An An and Kang Kang. I won't say more. The more I talk, the angrier I get." Zhang Meiling didn't want to talk about her daughter's family anymore.
Seeing this, Qi Huilan took the cake that had just been placed on the table.
"Then have some cake. Meng Meng said this is a smaller birthday cake. It's specially reserved for you."
Zhang Meiling looked at the exquisite birthday cake and became even angrier at her ungrateful daughter.
Jiang Shengnan came to the house empty-handed today and asked for the house as soon as he entered.
Look at Qi Mengmeng. Whenever there is food or drink at home, a portion is left for her, and she never comes empty-handed when she visits someone’s home.
She didn't care about these things, but they were basic etiquette. She had taught Jiang Shengnan before, but why didn't she teach him?
Zhang Meiling shook her head, took the cake handed to her by Qi Huilan, and fed An An and Kan Kan a bite of cake before she started eating.
Otherwise, everyone says that eating sweets makes you feel good.
After Zhang Meiling finished the piece of birthday cake in her hand, the depression in her heart dissipated a lot. In addition, she had not eaten breakfast and was hungry. Now that she had eaten the cake and had food in her stomach, she felt much better.
Qi Huilan cut another piece of cake for Zhang Meiling.
"Sister Ling, did you miss breakfast? Eat this cake first. I'll go make you a bowl of noodles."
Zhang Meiling originally wanted to say no, but Qi Huilan had already gone to the kitchen.
It was almost lunch time, so she didn't do much. She only cooked half a bowl and added two poached eggs.
Zhang Meiling saw the noodles dripping with sesame oil and the cake she had just eaten seemed to be of no use. She was hungry.
But there were two little ones around her, so she first picked up a noodle with chopsticks and wanted to feed it to An An.
"Sister Ling, just eat by yourself and don't worry about them. I'll give them some shredded noodles later."
There really wasn’t much noodles in this bowl, and if she fed some to the two children, I’m afraid Zhang Meiling herself wouldn’t be able to eat much.
Zhang Meiling knew what Qi Huilan meant, so she only fed each person a mouthful of noodles and a mouthful of egg yolk.
Qi Huilan carried the two children to the other side and coaxed them to play. Only then did Zhang Meiling quickly finish her noodles.
By the time Zhang Meiling finished eating, it was almost eleven o'clock.
During lunch, Zhang Meiling had trouble eating.
Qi Mengmeng even joked with Zhang Meiling: "Auntie Ling, did you have something delicious this morning?"
Zhang Meiling nodded: "After eating the birthday cake you made, your mother also cooked me a bowl of noodles."
This answer was a bit beyond Qi Mengmeng's expectations. Usually, Zhang Meiling would come over after dinner. Why would Qi Huilan cook noodles for Zhang Meiling?
Qi Mengmeng glanced at Qi Huilan, and Qi Huilan shook her head slightly, meaning that they would talk about this later.
Professor Jiang came back with Qi Mengmeng to have dinner today. As soon as he entered the door, he found that Zhang Meiling seemed to have been crying, but because they were at Qi Mengmeng's house, he didn't ask.
Now it seems that there must be some hidden reason behind Zhang Meiling's crying.
When Zhang Meiling saw Professor Jiang's gaze, she knew that he was muttering in his heart, but she just asked everyone to eat first and talk about it after the meal.
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