Father Chen sighed. "It's not just you, I also felt uncomfortable when I heard that. I already thought about it when I was outside. My parents are still young and can still work for more than ten years. In the future, when they're old, they'll hire a nanny. When the time comes, big brother and I will split the work equally. No one will take advantage of anyone."
Mother Chen hummed. She would rather spend money than take care of that unruly and unreasonable mother-in-law.
After discussing going home, Father Chen and Mother Chen went grocery shopping the next day and called the Han family over. After the two families had a meal, Jiujiu changed her way of addressing Father Han and Mother Han as godfather and godmother. As for Grandpa Han and Grandma Han, she directly called them grandparents.
In the future, Jiujiu would have two parents and two grandparents.
Grandfather and Grandmother Han had originally thought that Jiujiu wasn't bad from what their daughter-in-law and grandson said. Now that they saw her with their own eyes, they liked her even more. They said that if it weren't for the fact that the current national policy forbade having a second child, they would definitely ask Mother Han to have another granddaughter.
Mother Han wasn't angry when she heard this. She just smiled and said, "Sigh, if I had known earlier that the country would implement family planning, I would have gotten pregnant earlier and had another child. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so envious of other people's daughters now."
Father Han wasn't good with words and didn't know how to say nice things. He just looked at his family members and smiled as they said this with a gentle expression.
Father and Mother Chen couldn't help but feel happy when they saw the cheerful atmosphere in the Han family.
They were happy for Jiujiu.
On New Year's Eve, Father and Mother Chen took the New Year goods they had bought and rode the tricycle back home.
They hadn't seen each other for half a year. Grandfather Chen really wanted his youngest son to come back. Grandmother Chen, on the other hand, regretted that she hadn't controlled her mouth back then and said those things to Jiujiu. She regretted even more that she hadn't immediately admitted her mistake, causing her youngest son to be unwilling to come home now.
In the beginning, when Father and Mother Chen left, Grandmother Chen was still stubborn and refused to admit that she was in the wrong.
But reality taught her a lesson.
As they harvested corn and planted wheat, Grandmother Chen was dumbfounded.
Previously, when they harvested corn and planted wheat, Father and Mother Chen would ask for leave to go home and help out.
But now, Father Chen and Mother Chen had directly said that they would give all the land at home to the old couple. When it was time to harvest the corn and plant the wheat, no one would come back to help at all.
Grandpa Chen's health wasn't good, so he couldn't work at all. He could only help cook at home.
There were nearly eight acres of corn, and Grandma Chen had to rely on herself to bring home bit by bit. How could she be so busy? She could only ask her two daughters to help her.
However, although her two daughters came over to help, they also had work to do at home. They could only help her transport the corn home. As for the other things, Grandma Chen had to do it herself.
Granny Chen had to do everything by herself. She was so tired that she couldn't even straighten her back.
After putting all the corn into the granary, they had to start planting wheat again.
In the past, Father Chen had always paid for the seeds and fertilizer. Now, Grandma Chen had to pay for everything herself.
Seeing the money being taken out one by one, Grandma Chen's heart ached.
At the end of the year, when Chen Shan came over and told her to apologize to her second son and his wife and think of a way to coax them back, Grandma Chen immediately agreed.
At that time, she felt that without her second son and his wife, she didn't need to look after their children. All the money in the fields was his, and their lives would definitely be better than now.
Now that she had suffered, lost weight, and was tired, she finally understood that the hardships she had suffered before were nothing at all.
However, when all was said and done, she still didn't feel very comfortable having to apologize to her children as a mother.
Father and Mother Chen didn't have many expectations for this home, and they only arrived at three in the afternoon.
Hearing the noise, Grandpa Chen pushed open the door. Seeing his son and daughter-in-law carrying bags of various sizes, he immediately stepped forward and took the things from Mother Chen. Grandpa Chen greeted them with a smile, "It's fine that you're here. Why did you bring so many things?"
Grandpa Chen's original intention was that they were family, so why were they so polite?
But Father Chen directly said, "Dad, Xiao Juan and I have already moved out. We're considered guests. How can we come empty-handed?"
Grandpa Chen's words were immediately choked back by Father Chen.
Grandpa Chen looked at Father Chen and sighed in his heart. He felt that his wife's plan was wrong.
His youngest son had a strong opinion of them, so he might not be willing to move back.
Grandpa Chen took Father and Mother Chen into the room, put down the things, and let the two children warm up on the kang. He said, "Yesterday, your brother came over and said that you two would come home today, so I heated the kang for you this morning."
Mother Chen and Father Chen didn't like Grandma Chen, but they didn't have any bad feelings for Grandpa Chen. Hearing Grandpa Chen's words, they said, "Thank you, Dad."
Grandpa Chen smiled and looked at Jiujiu and Chen Chen playing on the kang. He took out twenty yuan from his pocket and gave it to Jiujiu and Chen Chen. "This is your New Year's money."
Jiujiu and Chen Chen first looked at Father and Mother Chen. Seeing them nod, they took the New Year's money from Grandpa Chen.
Jiujiu said obediently, "Thank you, Grandpa."
Chen Chen followed her and said, "Thank you, Grandpa."
Grandpa Chen hadn't seen his two grandsons for a long time and missed them very much. When he heard them call him Grandpa, his heart softened instantly. He raised his hand and touched their heads. After a sigh, he said, "Good, good, good children. You're both good children."
After saying that, Grandpa Chen looked at Father Chen and wanted to say something, but stopped on second thought.
Mother Chen saw that Grandpa Chen wanted to say something to Father Chen, so she stood up and said, "Dad, I'll go and help my mom cook."
After Mother Chen went out, Grandpa Chen looked at Father Chen and said, "Son, I know you resent your mom, and I know she's a little muddle-headed, but no matter what, she's your mom. Can you, can you move back?"
Grandpa Chen knew that what he said was a little too much, but he didn't want to be old without a child by his side. He couldn't see his grandsons even if he wanted to.
Father Chen knew that he would be persuaded to move back, but he didn't expect that the first person to persuade him would be Grandpa Chen. After a moment of silence, Father Chen said, "Dad, to tell you the truth, as a son, I've never done anything wrong to my mom. She hates me because of a fortune-teller's words. I admit that I'm her son.
But she shouldn't have taught the two children nonsense because of me. As for what she taught, I don't want to say it, and I can't say it. Anyway, I'll say it right here. I won't move back. Dad, don't tell me to move back. I don't like to hear that. "
After saying that, Father Chen directly opened the curtain and walked to the kitchen.
His wife had a soft temper, and he was afraid that she would suffer.
Grandpa Chen didn't expect Father Chen to be so straightforward. After a moment of surprise, he turned to Jiujiu and asked, "Jiujiu, tell me, what did your grandma teach you?"
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