Free Web NovelChapter 1636: Chapter 1072: Change
Second update. The day before yesterday it was Nuan’s Mom’s birthday, we went back to the old home and just came back today. Nuan wishes Mom health and a long life~
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"I’m just afraid that if the leader isn’t satisfied, he’ll hold it against you..." Zhao Yushan looked at Zhang Guojun with some embarrassment. "Our relationship has already drawn a lot of criticism, if the leader calls us out again..." He sighed and waved his hand. "Forget it, it’s no big deal to skip an afternoon. The baby’s full-month celebration is the day after tomorrow anyway."
"Big Brother, you should head back..." After a pause, Zhang Guoqing laughed. "Right now you’re definitely missing your first grandson so much it makes your heart itch."
As soon as his eldest grandson was mentioned, Zhao Yushan perked up: "Your sister-in-law says he looks exactly like Qiliang did as a baby, but he’s naughtier than Qiliang. When he starts bawling, that voice is really loud..."
"Alright, alright, you can’t focus on work while you’re here anyway, so hurry back. The leader also has to care about human feelings..." As he spoke, Zhang Guoqing lowered his voice. "He can do his image projects, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do anything at all."
After hesitating for a moment, unable to resist the longing in his heart, Zhao Yushan nodded in agreement: "Alright, I’ll head back first. Tonight you bring Yucui and Xiao Shan over to the house."
"No matter how thick-skinned we are, we can’t wait until the full-month day to show up and eat for free without even bringing a drink. Don’t worry, Big Brother, we have to go.
Back then Yucui didn’t really understand things, now we should give her a chance to make up for it. How could she not lend a hand with her grandnephew’s full-month celebration?"
Zhao Yushan shook his head helplessly: "These days Aiyuan hasn’t been home, I’ve been relying entirely on Yucui to look after me. If you keep talking like that, you’re really wronging her."
"I’m just joking with you, Big Brother, why’d you take it so seriously? No matter whether she’s changed or not, she and you are real siblings. How could you hold a grudge against her?
Since we’re on it, let me be a bit extra talkative..." He walked to the door, glanced around and saw no one, then closed it tightly before coming back and lowering his voice. "Big Brother, this temper of yours really needs to change a bit, otherwise it’ll definitely affect your prospects."
"At my age, what do I have left to be afraid of?" Zhao Yushan sighed. "I admit I’m a bit rigid in character, but I’m not muddleheaded.
And I can answer to my own conscience. Solving problems by joking around and always having to compromise—I don’t like it!"
"Big Brother, let’s talk about this later. You should go home first. For all we know Yucui might already have gone over. If I’ve guessed right, go to the village committee and give me a call. After work I won’t go home; I’ll go to the school, pick up Xiaoqing, and head straight over."
"Alright." Knowing this wasn’t the time to keep nagging about whether his temperament suited politics, Zhao Yushan agreed readily and decided to go home first.
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"Looks like your eldest brother and them are coming back today, should we go over now and take a look?" Sneaking a glance at her silent husband sitting on the brick kang, Lin Xiaohua finally couldn’t hold back.
"Go for what?" Zhao Yushui let out a heavy sigh. "What face do we have to show? Everyone else’s kids are doing them proud, only our Qiyan ended up like this. If we go, we’ll just give those gossipy women something to yak about.
With your eldest sister-in-law’s temperament, if she hears those people talking, she’ll definitely go at them. On such a big happy day for Big Brother and his wife, we’d better not go and bring bad luck."
"What’s so bad about Qiyan?" Lin Xiaohua frowned and stared at her husband. "There are plenty of girls from our village who married worse off than Qiyan, and they still go back to their parents’ home and attend family celebrations. Why do you think our Qiyan is such a disgrace?"
Zhao Yushui glared at his wife: "They didn’t drag their man around the village back then, parading him to show off that they’d landed some big official!"
"The child already knows she was wrong, her temperament is different from before, and life’s getting better and better. Why do you keep harping on all that useless old stuff?
Who hasn’t been young? And who didn’t have a bit of vanity when they were young? Especially a girl like our Qiyan—she can’t compare to Chuxia in looks, and she can’t compare to Qihui in skills. How could she not feel beaten down?
When she showed off, she wasn’t showing off to her own family, she just wanted outsiders to feel that in their eyes, this Qiyan, who was nothing, had married a good man.
And at that time Liu Zhenqiang really did treat her like a treasure, who could have imagined things would turn out like they did later?
Ai..." With a sigh, Lin Xiaohua shook her head. "If you think about it, our Qiyan’s just too soft-hearted, letting that Liu Zhenqiang go so easily.
The folks in our village are something too. Even if they knew Qiyan married the wrong man, they could’ve just played dumb. Why did they have to come right up to us and ask? Yushui, this time we have to go, no matter what we say."
