Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1206 - 218_3

During the drive, they passed by many scenic spots and famous buildings. Li Sanjiang deliberately showed off, pointing at them and asking questions, to which Li Zhiyuan immediately provided introductions.

Li Sanjiang listened with delight, noticing the elder sitting beside him was also smiling as he listened. He asked:

"How's that, isn't my great-grandson smart?"

"Yes, indeed."

"Of course, back then I was thinking of using my connections to get him into a better town primary school, but he went straight to senior year of high school on his own.

I thought we might have encountered a swindler, but later I went with his Grandpa Nan and Grandma Nan to the high school, and the principal personally received us to explain.

That's when I truly believed that the Li family's ancestral grave must have been blessed again!"

The last blessing was when Li Lan was admitted to a university in Beijing.

The elder asked, "Grandpa Nan and Grandma Nan, are they the grandparents?"

"Yes, where we come from, we don't call them grandparents; we call them grandpa and grandma to avoid making the children feel alienated."

"Oh, then why didn't his Grandpa Nan and Grandma Nan come to Beijing this time?"

"We don't live together."

"Not living together?"

"No, Little Yuanhou stays with me."

"You must have a hard time then."

"Hard time? The child has it tough with his Grandpa Nan, drinking thin gruel every day."

"Is it really that bad?"

"No choice. They've raised four sons and still have to feed a big group of grandchildren. It's like calling piglets back to the pen when it's mealtime, such a large crowd. How can they afford to eat well?

Plus, his daughter, Little Yuanhou's real mother, sends money, but those two stubbornly refuse to use it, saying it's for saving for her future, living such a frugal life.

I, well, was a single man eating till full and not worrying about the family, and bringing up a child with me at least ensures he gets a decent meal." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Grandpa Bei nodded. He understood that the elder next to him was not his own in-law's direct parents, but rather elder relatives with the same surname.

Even so, achieving this was indeed not easy for the elder.

"The child with you certainly has a good life."

Li Sanjiang: "What good life, old buddy? We're people from the old times, in the current day, as long as a family has its limbs intact, they won't starve. But I also know what's what. If this kid wants a good path and life, merely having enough to eat won't cut it."

"Yes, the pressure of competition for young people is only going to get bigger."

"It's just because the kid is sensible and takes care of his studies diligently that we don't have to worry. If the kid's mind wasn't this sharp, me taking care of him might truly delay him.

His grandparents to the north should be ashamed. The kid's last name was just changed by his mom, but the bloodline is the same.

Hey, separating the close and the distant is understandable, but how can one be so heartless and completely ignore him?"

"They probably have their difficulties too."

"Bullshit difficulty, it's just that they regard their own face higher than the sky, putting on a show.

I'm a country person, don't have that capability, but if there's a way that's good for the kid, I'd kneel to get it for him."

The elder shifted in his seat, looking towards the young man sitting in front.

Li Sanjiang continued, "This kid's mom also doesn't have a clear head. Knowing well the benefits from the man's family, you should have coaxed your in-laws, even just for the kid's sake.

When your in-laws pass, won't everything left in the family belong to you and the kid?"

"She also probably has her difficulties."

Recalling his former daughter-in-law, the elder felt a headache coming on.

His family didn't have a tradition of arranged marriages, and he wouldn't allow it either. The backgrounds of the children's partners were quite ordinary, and Li Lan's rural origins never caused him any bias.

But later, he discovered that his former daughter-in-law had a bias against them.

When they first got married, interactions were normal, but later contact became less frequent, and the relationship gradually became distant. For a long time, even his own son seldom came back, fearing to upset his wife.

This led to his own wife still reflecting on her behavior, considering herself a bad mother-in-law.

The elder felt that if his former daughter-in-law, as Li Sanjiang said, was willing to approach them actively, even with a bit of deceit, he and his wife wouldn't need to wait till they passed to give what they could while alive.

He appreciated his former daughter-in-law's ability. She developed her career without relying on the family's influence, unlike his other children and their partners, who, even though he hadn't arranged or sought anything for them, naturally received preferential treatment because of the family connection, which was unavoidable.

Besides, the younger son was the one they both favored most. After he was born they finally settled down entirely, so they invested deeply in him emotionally.

Not to mention… their grandson, who entered the Youth Class at such an early age.

His grandson was one of the youngest in that class.

Li Sanjiang shook his head, "I can't understand, for some things I really can't understand, to chase after a chaotic life when there's such a good life nearby.

Look at my Little Yuanhou, his original Beijing household registration just suddenly turned into the same rural Nantong registration as mine."

The elder: "He's a university student now; sorting out the household registration shouldn't be too difficult."

Li Sanjiang looked pleasantly surprised and said, "Old buddy, you have a way to deal with it?"

The elder: "He should be able to follow the appropriate procedures."

Li Sanjiang immediately called out to Li Zhiyuan sitting in front, "Xiao Yuan, hurry, come and ask how to do it."

Li Zhiyuan: "The Nantong registration is quite alright."