Chapter 316 Filial Piety

"You are simply unreasonable!" Xia Bangguo was scolded and felt very unconvinced. After all, he felt that he did not say anything excessive. Is it ok for a child of such age to stay at home and wait for everything to be done for him every day?

It would be fine if they are used to it at home, but if she develops the habit and gets married in the future, does she have to rely on her mother-in-law to serve her?

But he couldn't argue with Zeng Zelan, so he could only sit aside angrily and take out a cigarette from his pocket and light it.

Take the opportunity to smoke.

Zeng Zelan was still hugging Xia Zhizhi and was feeling sorry for her: "My poor precious granddaughter has never had a good day since she was little. Now she is finally home, but I can't feel sorry for her for a few days. At my age, how long can I love her?"

Xia Zhizhi twisted her body like a maggot, and Huabing said without hesitation: "Grandma, you are talking nonsense. You will definitely live a long life. You will watch Zhizhi grow up, get married and have children. When I get married, grandma and Zhizhi will live together. When the new China is prosperous, I will go everywhere with grandma to see the beautiful mountains and rivers of our country. I want grandma to accompany me forever!"

Seeing how well behaved and sensible she was, Zeng Zelan's heart softened: "Okay, okay, grandma will always be with us, Zhizhi!"

In Zeng Zelan's heart, Xia Zhizhi is different from her other grandchildren.

As mentioned earlier, Zeng Zelan had a little daughter named Xia Siming. Xia Siming was only 16 years old when she died. She was a very brave girl. Before she died, she was afraid that her mother would be hurt, so she comforted Zeng Zelan and said, "Mom, I'm a little tired. I'll take a rest first. Don't be sad. When the new China is established, I will come back and enjoy my life then!"

There were quite a few grandsons of the Xia family, not to mention a large group of them. When Pan Wenjun was pregnant with Xia Zhizhi, the elders were all happy and hoped that it was a girl, not for anything else, but just to make up for the missing piece in her heart.

Xia Zhizhi looks similar to Xia Siming. Of course, due to the era, Xia Zhizhi is prettier, but in Zeng Zelan's memory, her own daughter was also that pretty.

Given Zeng Zelan's personality, half of the reason why she is so close to Xia Zhizhi is due to empathy.

Xia Zhizhi could guess it, but she didn't care.

Xia Bangguo looked at the two grumpy grandparents and didn't know what to say.

They have been married for so many years, but Zeng Zelan has never said anything like this to him.

There were several times when Xia Bangguo's life was on the line, Zeng Zelan told him to go without worry, and she would carry Xia Bangguo's beliefs and go on with everyone to see the new China for Xia Bangguo.

Xia Bangguo: ...

No, I want to go and see it myself!

You cannot say that Xia Bangguo is a bad old man. If you take away his halo, you will find that he is just a typical old man of this era, smoking and drinking, being patriarchal, and having a lot of bad habits.

But in the larger context, we cannot deny that he is a pretty good parent today.

Even if there are things I don't like, I will endure it again and again before speaking out.

He never beats or scolds his children right away, and he always respects his wife.

She was a little bit pretentious, but that was because of her status and position, and Xia Zhizhi was indeed too lazy.

This kind of old guy is actually very easy to please, just stroke his fur.

With Xia Zhizhi's ability, wouldn't it only take a few minutes for her to win him over and become the favorite of the elders in the family?

But Xia Zhizhi didn't want to take it.

When she saw Xia Bangguo smoking, she complained to Zeng Zelan: "Grandma, isn't it bad for Grandpa to smoke and sulk? It's all Zhizhi's fault that Grandpa is angry. Zhizhi doesn't want Grandpa to hate me, so I'm going to get acquainted with Grandpa..."

Zeng Zelan turned her head and snatched his cigarette away: "The doctor told you to smoke less!"

Xia Bangguo glared at Xia Zhizhi and said, "Why don't you two just keep talking to each other? I'm not saying anything, why do you still mention me?"

Seeing Zeng Zelan putting out his cigarette, Xia Bangguo felt indignant. Isn't this considered smoking less? He could only smoke a few cigarettes in other people's offices every day. For a smoker, it was really hard.

But seeing Zeng Zelan coming on strong, Xia Bangguo didn't want to argue with her, so he could only say in a gentle voice: "It was just lit, it was just lit, it hasn't started smoking yet."

After dinner, the two old people followed the doctor's advice and walked around the house for a few laps to help digest the food.

Xia Zhizhi asked Ah Ju to take out some Chinese medicine bags and boil some water. After the two elders finished their stroll, she asked Ah Ju to fetch some water. "Grandpa and grandma, these are the herbs I asked someone to prepare. They are best for foot soaking. Go take a dip so you can sleep soundly at night!"

Grandma Zeng watched Ah Ju put down the basin and smiled from ear to ear: "Oh, how come Zhizhi is so filial that she even knows how to prepare water for grandma to wash her feet. She is really a good grandson."

Xia Bangguo looked at Ah Ju who was holding a hot water kettle and preparing to add water for everyone. He really didn't understand what this foot washing water had to do with Xia Zhizhi.

But he didn't want to argue, so he silently put his feet in the basin without saying anything.

Zeng Zelan's idea is actually easy to understand. If we fast forward another 60 years, those children will all be as lazy as dogs, not being able to work hard and not knowing the difference between grains. If they can boil water to make instant noodles for themselves, their parents will have to praise them.

If you get up one morning and fry an egg for your child, no matter whether it is burnt or not, the parents will be very happy while eating it and will not be able to stop taking out their cell phones and posting three messages on their Moments.

If my child only knows how to eat rice all day long, then it means he has a good appetite.

Sleeping until noon every day is a good sleep.

Jumping around at home shows good physical strength.

Eating, doing nothing and having free time every day is smart and will help you enjoy life.

As long as they are our own children, there is nothing wrong with them. We can find advantages in them no matter what, and we can only find advantages.

This is the filter Zeng Zelan and Xia Sihua's family use to view Xia Zhizhi.

Xia Zhizhi did not give Xia Bangguo this filter, so he looked at Xia Zhizhi with normal eyes.

The next day, Xia Zhizhi did not go to work with the old couple.

She was quite busy with her work, so she took Ah Ju to go play with her friends in the blind-clearing group.

The development of the blindness-elimination corps in the capital is average, far inferior to those in other provinces.

Xia Zhizhi also had no intention of supporting them vigorously. In a place like this, it is better to keep a low profile and behave in a low profile.

After hanging out with the blind-sweeping group for a day, when I was going home, Xia Sihua and his wife also came over.

After dinner, several elders discussed Xia Zhizhi's household registration problem.

These days, household registration is based on food.

Xia Zhizhi's food connection is in Mudanjiang.

In fact, her family still hopes that she can come back home and experience the countryside, and they don't object.

But they couldn't stay there forever, and they didn't know Xia Zhizhi was cheating. From a normal point of view, no matter how good the countryside is, it is still not as comfortable as the city.

Xia Zhizhi still refused them.

It's more convenient for him to fool around outside. At home, even if her family doesn't care about her, she will still be annoyed if they ask her about it every now and then.