vrcanaries Chapter 269 Lu Jiangting wants to drag Fang Qing along to be a filial son.
Chapter 269 Lu Jiangting wants to drag Fang Qing along to be a filial son.
He wasn't sure if his grandfather would stay here or stay in a guesthouse in the city, since he had brought a driver with him, making it easy for him to get into the city.
However, since cleaning the house was a kind gesture, he didn't refuse.
For dinner, I stewed a pheasant and stir-fried a wild rabbit with red chili peppers.
It smells so good, the aroma even reached the neighbors next door.
After dinner, Aunt Wang from next door leaned over the fence and asked Ye Lian, "What did you eat today that smelled so good? It's spicy and fragrant."
"The children hunted wild rabbits in the mountains."
"Oh, you hit him?"
"I caught one." She lowered her voice and said, "I'll bring you one in a bit."
"Oh dear, this is not good."
"It's alright, there's plenty more."
"That's great! Thank you so much."
"We're like family, don't be shy, just take it and eat it."
Mrs. Wang said enviously, "Your son-in-law graduated from military academy, his aim is really good. If it were my son, he would just be wasting bullets."
Ye Lian gave a perfunctory smile.
"By the way," the other person whispered to Ye Lian when they saw that Lin Yuyao and Fu Huaiyi were not there.
"Isn't he a classmate of Lu Jiangting?"
"Yes."
Are you still working together?
"I heard that's true."
"Tsk tsk, they must have fallen out."
if not?
"That's strange. Everyone knows that your Yuyao brought her boyfriend back, but the Lu family hasn't reacted at all. What do you think is going on?"
What happened?
Naturally, their attempts to cause trouble were futile; they still couldn't stop Lu Jiangting from marrying Fang Qing, and they were too ashamed to admit it.
She thought to herself, "If others won't say anything, she won't say anything either."
Ye Lian shook her head and said, "I don't know, maybe they don't even like my Yuyao anymore."
“How could that be? During the New Year, Wang Cuilan said that after the New Year, her grandfather and eldest daughter would go to Nancheng to persuade Lu Jiangting to reconcile with your Yuyao.”
"Oh dear, I have no idea. Whatever, our family has absolutely nothing to do with them now."
"That's true."
They naturally had no face to speak up; if they were angered and those things were exposed, they would be the ones who would lose face.
He didn't want to cause trouble for Lin Yuyao, but seeing Lin Yuyao getting better and better made him feel very depressed.
Lu Cong frowned, tapping his pipe as he asked, "The young man that Lin family girl found, is he the friend Jiang Ting mentioned who comes from a very good family?"
"Yes, he's coming to the wedding banquet. Jiang Ting even specifically told me to buy new quilts to entertain him."
"Since he comes from a good family, why would he fall for Lin Yuyao, a village girl?"
"How would I know? Maybe they just hit it off."
Annoyed, Lu Cong smoked another pipe.
Didn't he know what the Lin family was like? They weren't much different from his own family. He thought Lin Yuyao was a perfect match for Jiang Ting, but he never expected that after breaking off the engagement with Jiang Ting, she could find someone even better.
That's fine, she found someone better, but her husband Jiang Ting found a widow with a child. No matter how she thought about it, she felt unbalanced.
"Hmph." Lu Cong snorted coldly, "It's all that widow Fang's fault, she ruined our Jiang Ting's life."
"Ugh, ugh, old man, you can't talk about Widow Fang anymore, you're cursing our son."
Lu Cong: "..."
He got more and more frustrated the more he thought about it. After finishing his pipe, he started packing more tobacco leaves.
Wang Cuilan stopped him, "Stop smoking. Have you forgotten what the doctor told you to quit smoking? It would be fine if you smoked less, but you're smoking more and more. Are you trying to kill yourself?"
"Pah! Doctors don't know anything. He's just hoping I'll spend the money I'd spend on tobacco at the hospital. He's dreaming."
Wang Cuilan: "But this cigarette is definitely not good stuff."
"Who said that? If it's not good stuff, why would anyone produce it? Would our country harm me?" He didn't believe it and pushed Wang Cuilan away to continue smoking.
Wang Cuilan had no choice but to let him go.
He was so troubled that he couldn't sleep that night, and the next day he called Lu Jiangting, implying that he was old, useless, and didn't know how many more years he would live.
In addition, he smoked a lot last night, and he kept coughing while making the phone call.
Hearing this, Lu Jiangting was very worried and said to him, "Dad, you're coughing so much, have you gone to the hospital to get it checked out?"
"What are you looking at? I'm not going, it's a waste of money."
“It’s not a waste. My son can earn money now. I’ll send you money when he gets his salary.”
“You’re sending me money, doesn’t your wife have any objections? You still have to support Jianjun’s son. Forget it, don’t send any more money. Your mother and I are old and frail, if we die, we die. You’re still young, you have a long life ahead of you, you can’t do without money.”
His words made Lu Jiangting feel even more guilty.
"Dad, I'm so far away. What if you get sick and have a headache or fever? There'll be no one to take care of you. If you don't take my money, how can I feel at ease?"
"Sigh!" Lu Cong sighed and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Before, the Lin family could take care of us, but now..." He was so worried when he thought about how the rice seedlings at home hadn't even been planted yet.
In the past, if Lin Dawei and Ye Lian had seen that their rice seedlings hadn't been planted yet, and since they weren't feeling well, they would have come to help long ago.
Lin Dawei and his wife are hardworking. In their forties, they are still considered young. The whole family are good at working. The two of them can finish the land for their family of three in a day.
But now, wishful thinking.
Even if he and his wife died in the rice paddy, no one would care.
"Father, what's wrong now?"
"No, it's nothing. Your mother and I are fine. Don't worry. Just live your own life well."
The more he talked, the more worried Lu Jiangting became.
"Father, is it because you and Mother are not doing well without the Lin family's help?"
Lu Cong remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Lu Jiangting's eyes immediately reddened on the other end of the phone.
He now realizes that he has lost far more than just Lin Yuyao.
"I wish I could marry Yuyao. That way, my parents wouldn't have to work so hard, and I could focus on my work without worrying about you both."
"Why are you still bringing this up now, kid? Never mind, let's not talk about it anymore."
He called his son to complain because he was angry on the spot.
As a result, he almost made his son cry, and then he regretted it.
She thought to herself that he had a hard time out there, and she shouldn't let him worry.
He shouldn't have made that call.
"Dad, I'm sending you money back home. I'll get my salary in a few days, so remember to receive it then."
"Oh dear, didn't I say I didn't need it? Fine, you keep it. You have such a heavy burden, supporting your wife and children..."
Lu Jiangting interrupted him, saying, "Chenchen doesn't need me to support him. The organization gives him a subsidy every month, and the school he attends doesn't charge him tuition. He's just a little kid, so he doesn't cost much money at all. The subsidy isn't even enough to cover his expenses."
"And your wife..."
Lu Jiangting paused for a moment and said, "She's looking for a job, and she'll be getting paid soon. Dad, just keep it, your son and daughter-in-law will earn money to support you."