Leng Qiushou and Leng ManCang were frantic.
But there was nothing they could do.
The last ti, they had sent Aunt Leng and Third Aunt Leng to beg for help.
But they ended up getting thrown out.
Leng Qiushou and Leng ManCang were dumbfounded.
They thought that if they brought up their grandfather, Leng Yuan would help out of respect for the old man.
Who knew it would be completely useless?
They steeled themselves, knowing Leng Yuan was forcing them to bow their heads, so they might as well give him what he wanted.
’Couldn’t they just go and beg him themselves?!’
The two of them stood up, about to go find Leng Yuan.
But they were held back tightly by Aunt Leng and Third Aunt Leng.
"You can’t go. If you do, your brother’s job will be lost too."
The two of them were instantly shocked and panicked.
’Is Leng Yuan really serious this ti?’
For seven days straight, the whole family sat at ho trying to think of a solution, but they ca up with absolutely nothing.
Leng Yuan couldn’t even be bothered to look at them. What else could they possibly do?
After being cooped up at ho for seven days, Leng Qiushou finally exploded.
"Mom, look what you’ve done! Why on earth did you have to go and provoke him? You made us lose our jobs, and now your daughter-in-law is about to divorce ."
His perfectly good family.
Was being torn apart all because of his mother.
His wife was a city person, and his father-in-law had never liked him to begin with. If it weren’t for the fact that he had a job in the city, his father-in-law never would have let his daughter marry him.
Now that he’d lost his job, his wife was unwilling to co back to the countryside to farm. She had even laid down an ultimatum: a divorce.
Although Leng ManCang’s wife hadn’t ntioned divorce, the two of them had already had several big fights.
If Leng Yuan didn’t speak up soon, his job would truly be gone.
Thinking that all of this was because of Leng Qiushou and Aunt Leng, he couldn’t help but feel a little resentful.
’It was all their fault for having such big mouths.’
’They just had to go start trouble with his wife, and now our jobs are gone because of them.’
Aunt Leng was worried sick as well.
Leng Yuan was completely unyielding. What could she do?
Just as the family was pacing about in a panic...
...the door was suddenly pushed open, and the old woman who had been eavesdropping outside walked in.
"If you’re too scared to go, I’ll go."
"I’d like to see if he’s really got the guts to disobey , his own grandmother."
"Mom, what are you doing here?"
Aunt Leng and Third Aunt Leng stood up.
Grandma Leng was over seventy, her face full of wrinkles and her hair more white than black. She was dressed well and looked quite spirited.
She walked in leaning on a cane, carrying the air of the family matriarch.
"If I hadn’t co over, I would’ve been kept in the dark about sothing this big happening to the family!"
Aunt Leng and Third Aunt Leng didn’t dare to make a sound.
Grandma Leng sat herself down in the seat of honor without waiting for an invitation.
Back in the day, she was the daughter of a common farr. The only reason she was able to marry Leng Yuan’s grandfather was due to the changing political climate.
Otherwise, she never would have been able to marry into such a family in her entire life.
When she first married into the family, she was a bit more low-key.
But over ti, she started to put on airs.
On top of that, being uneducated and rather stubborn, she believed that as the family elder, the younger generation had no right to defy her, no matter what she did.
When the old master was still alive, he could keep her in check.
Once the old master passed away...
...Grandma Leng effectively beca the head of the family.
The first ti she ever suffered a setback was when Leng Yuan wanted to sever ties with her.
At the ti, she had wanted to teach him a lesson.
’A seventeen-year-old boy, leaving their family? How could he possibly survive?’
She agreed to sever the ties.
She just waited for the day Leng Yuan would co back, kneeling on the ground to beg her for help.
That wait lasted for four years.
And Leng Yuan still hadn’t co back.
She had been fretting over not having an excuse to go see him, and now, an opportunity had presented itself.
"In a bit, I’ll go there myself. I’d like to see if he really dares to disobey ."
Aunt Leng and Third Aunt Leng were terrified.
"Mom, you absolutely can’t go!"
If anyone else went, it might be fine. But if the old woman went, their sons would probably all end up back in the fields.
For all these years, they had thankfully kept a close watch and never given Grandma Leng the chance to interfere.
Otherwise, Leng Qiushou’s and Leng ManCang’s jobs would have been lost ages ago.
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