Chapter 417: Chapter 285 Move Back_2
Liang Xiaohong quietly wiped away her tears. During this ti, everyone had struggled, but the one who suffered the most was this eldest sister-in-law. For their sake, she had endured to the extre and probably reached her limit. Now, seeing her elder brother, it was only natural that she would break down.
Zhou Jingping did not know what had happened here and assud his wife was upset because of the fright she had endured over these days. He gently patted her back with a smile and said, “What a grown woman you are, crying like this. Aren’t you afraid of the younger ones laughing at you? Co on, let’s go inside and talk.”
After he said this, Lin Yanqiu realized her daughter-in-law was still there. She imdiately let go of her husband and, with her head drooping and cheeks flushed red, hurried toward the house. Seeing his wife in such a girlish state for once, Zhou Jingping sowhat regretted his earlier teasing and quickly took two steps to put his arm around his wife’s shoulders.
When the expected resistance did not co, Zhou Jingping looked sowhat surprised. He knew his wife’s temperant very well. In the past, she would have shrugged him off imdiately and scolded him, but this ti, she did not!
“Dad, where have you been?” Zhou Mikang imdiately asked as they entered the door.
Zhou Jingping handed over a file folder he was carrying to his son, “This is our reinstatent notice and the deed of return for our house. On the way here, Elder Long’s people stopped , and I went to handle these procedures first.”
“They sure acted quickly,” Zhou Gangping couldn’t help but mutter to himself, a look of anticipation in his eyes. The reinstatent notices for his brother and nephew had arrived, so theirs would probably arrive very soon as well.
“What’s this…” Seeing the rag and bucket on the floor, Zhou Jingping asked in confusion, “Were you cleaning?”
Lin Yanqiu, having regained her composure, replied, “This house belongs to Qin Xiangyi.”
Chuxia imdiately added, “Dad, when we got here, Mom and Uncle Zhou, Aunt Zhou, Third Uncle, and Big Brother were being forced to clean by a woman and a man.”
“Leave this matter to ,” Zhou Mikang said seriously, setting down the file folder and looking at Zhou Jingping, “Let handle this woman; Dad, you don’t need to get involved.”
“Okay,” Zhou Jingping hesitated for a mont but agreed to his son’s request.
“My son is the best,” Lin Yanqiu finally showed a smiling face, “Unlike your ‘spare the rod, spoil the child’ approach, I really can’t trust you to handle it.”
Zhou Jingping scratched his head in embarrassnt, knowing his wife spoke the truth. Sotis, he was indeed more rciful than his son, but so people truly did not deserve that rcy. The more rciful you are to them, the more they think they can walk all over you.
“Let’s move today,” Lin Yanqiu’s face showed disgust, “I don’t want to spend another mont here.”
Zhou Jingping readily agreed, “Alright, let’s start packing now.”
“Aside from bedding and clothes, we haven’t unpacked anything else,” Lin Yanqiu said as she stood up and walked towards the room she stayed in, “It won’t take long.” It was clear she really didn’t want to stay a second longer.
Zhou Gangping let out a soft sigh, “Big brother, big sister-in-law have really had a tough ti these days. We absolutely can’t go easy on that woman.”
“Yeah, big brother, that woman is just too much,” Zhou Shanping also said.
Even the usually honest Third Brother said this, which ant his wife must have really been humiliated. Zhou Jingping looked at his son, “Xiaomi, let Dad handle this. Protecting your mom is my responsibility.”
After staring at his father for quite a while, Zhou Mikang finally nodded, “Okay.”
…
The Zhou family had been exonerated, and naturally, their return wasn’t going to be like when they left, relying solely on themselves and friends.
Xu Zhenghong directly arranged for ten transport trucks from his command and a platoon of soldiers to assist.
In less than a month, the house wasn’t dirty. By eight o’clock in the evening, the entire ho had been more or less restored to its original state, and Old Master Zhou and Old Madam Zhou had of course moved back as well.
Zhao Yulan, who had not been able to help, stood there feeling uncomfortable. She had been diagnosed with mild anemia, thus even light lifting was forbidden, leaving her feeling useless and burdenso.
“Yulan, what’s with that expression?” Old Madam Zhou had spent a great deal of ti with Zhao Yulan and knew her well. She pulled Zhao Yulan beside her to sit down and teased her with a smile, “Are you thinking they’re doing a clumsy job and not up to your standards?” The soldiers who had helped had already left, and only the Zhou family mbers remained to deal with so minor tasks.
“No, not at all…” Zhao Yulan flusteredly waved her hands, “At a ti like this, doing nothing really bothers .”
“The most important thing for you now is to take care of your health, otherwise, you’ll always be watching others work and feeling anxious.” Thinking of Zhao Yulan and Lin Baohe discussing returning to their hotown in the afternoon, Old Madam Zhou sighed, “Listen to Auntie, stay here for now and get your health back up. After that, wherever you want to go, I won’t stop you.”
“Auntie, my dad and mom, along with my elder brother and sister-in-law must be worried about us. If we don’t go back, even if they receive a letter saying we’re safe, they won’t be at ease.”
“Aren’t you insisting on leaving because you’re worried Chuxia won’t be valued?” Old Madam Zhou’s deanor suddenly beca serious, “I want to hear the truth, otherwise, Auntie will really be angry with you.”
“Auntie, it’s not that, really. We’ve been together for so long now, I know what you and Uncle Zhou and Grandma Chuxia are like. Even if we stay here forever, you wouldn’t look down on us. But, I’m worried about my parents. They’re getting old, and I truly can’t stop worrying about them.”
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