Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander-Chapter 540 - 367: Reunion

The nighttime watch began.

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Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin understood better than anyone the hidden motive behind the saying "a weasel pays a New Year visit to a chicken" — because they themselves often did the same thing.

Hence, no matter how broadly Zheng Sanqiao smiled, with her face full of deep creases, or how sycophantically pleasant her tone was, it didn’t stir any change in the old couple’s expressions.

"Dad, Mom, I’ve been a daughter-in-law in the Lin Family for so many years, you both surely understand my temperament, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, isn’t that said about me?

Yesterday when I went back to my parents’ house, my mom was making dumplings, and I saw she was making your favorite pork and cabbage filling. As soon as the dumplings were out of the pot, regardless of whether my mom liked it or not, I grabbed a bundle and packed it up.

My mom, worried my sister-in-law would mind, scolded me for still being greedy at my age. Of course, I knew I was in the wrong, but to let you both enjoy the dumplings, I pretended to be deaf and mute and simply would not put the dumplings back. I guess my mom and sister-in-law are still mad at me now.

I’m just like that, clearly loving you deeply, yet always unable to stop myself from causing a fuss, a real case of ’no good deed goes unpunished.’ I know you both prefer those who speak sweetly, but I feel that being straightforward matters less than showing filial piety. I believe, one day, you will know who truly cares about you.

No matter how old, one is always a child in front of their parents. Sometimes I think, why should Xiao San, from his childhood, have it better than Baojiang? Even after getting married and having children, he still fares better than Baojiang.

If we really consider it, isn’t it just because Xiao San and his wife talk better than us? Thinking about all these years, what have they actually done for you? Yet, you moved in with us for them to get the house; I couldn’t understand it and ended up causing a fuss.

Because of this, Baojiang has often criticized me, but I’m just like this, when I can’t figure something out, it’s easier to kill me than to make me admit I was wrong..." Her tone shifted, and Zheng Sanqiao’s smile intensified, "But now, I’ve truly come to understand, having Mom and Dad stay with us shows our closeness!

Dad, Mom, don’t be upset anymore. I promise, from now on, I will take good care of you together with Baojiang. I know you might not believe me now, but as they say, ’time reveals a person’s heart.’ Sooner or later, you’ll see which couple between us and Baohai’s is more filial." Old Master Lin, who had been half-closing his eyelids, lifted them slightly, his cloudy eyes staring expressionlessly at Zheng Sanqiao, "Just say what you want to say."

"Dad..." Zheng Sanqiao smiled sheepishly, "You see, when you say it like that, it makes it sound as if we wouldn’t be nice to you and Mom if we didn’t want something."

Old Master Lin coldly replied, "If there’s nothing, that’s good. If the food is ready, just bring it over..." He reached under the quilts to test, then ordered, "The bed is too cold to sit on, after eating, warm up the bed a little with some hot water."

Zheng Sanqiao’s pupils briefly showed a flicker of impatience, but her voice remained cheerfully compliant, "Dad, I’ll serve the food and then fire up the stove. The meal this morning was cooked right on this bed, while it’s still warm from the stove, I’ll add some fire, and the bed will be roasting."

"Mm." Old Master Lin responded dully, his tone impatient, "Don’t stand there, it’s irritating."

"Dad, Mom, I’ll bring the dining table here, let’s all eat together. It’s more lively and the food tastes better with more people." After saying that, Zheng Sanqiao hurried to the main room to prepare the meal, and Liu Meiqing, who had been eavesdropping from outside, approached her, "Mom, don’t forget about Chudong’s matter."

"Do you need to nag about that?" Zheng Sanqiao glanced at her, "He’s our own son, how could we not care about him? Even if not for your father’s sake, we have to do it for Chudong."

"Hehe..." Liu Meiqing laughed awkwardly, "Mom, I just feel uncertain, not knowing if the other side will listen to Grandma and Grandpa, whether all our effort will be in vain."

"As long as they care about their reputation, they’ll definitely listen to your grandpa and your grandma. Without your grandpa and your grandma, could they handle Old Man Zhang’s issue?" Zheng Sanqiao blinked triumphantly, "This is a sure thing, would my family have given me this big pot of dumplings otherwise?"

"Mom, you and Grandma didn’t fall out, did you?"

"For their sake, should I fall out with my own family?" Zheng Sanqiao spoke and suddenly realized she was talking to her daughter-in-law. What if her daughter-in-law treated her the same way someday? She quickly pulled a serious face and stared at her daughter-in-law, "You better not deceive me in the future."

"Of course not, Dad and Mom only have Chudong as a son..."

"Nonsense!" Zheng Sanqiao interrupted her, "You have your sister too. Just because she’s married doesn’t mean she isn’t my daughter anymore."

"Mom, what I mean is, you only have one son. Sister will always be your daughter, of course, but she won’t be able to come back to take care of you, right?" freёweɓnovel_com

"That’s not necessarily the case." Zheng Sanqiao snorted and commanded her daughter-in-law, "Go call your dad and Chudong over for dinner, I didn’t bring this basket of steamed buns back just for your grandparents’ pleasure."

The whole family had wiped out a pot of steamed buns, leaving the basket empty. Zheng Sanqiao truly felt the pinch. Although Old Lady Lin was in her seventies, her appetite hadn’t decreased at all. She had consumed a bowl of porridge and three steamed buns, just like her—she had only eaten three buns herself!

If things didn’t go her way, she would feel sorry about those buns for a long, long time...

After all, being of an older age, having so much for breakfast didn’t sit well with Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin. They felt uncomfortable sitting there, their bellies aching, and thought of taking a stroll to their younger son’s house.

Seeing their movements, Zheng Sanqiao understood what they were planning. She glanced at her husband, who nodded at her, then she stepped into the eastern room and, grinning at Old Man Lin and Old Lady Lin, asked, "Dad, Mom, where are you off to?"

"Dad, Mom...where to..." Shuanshuan could already talk. He had enjoyed his morning buns a lot and was imitating Zheng Sanqiao’s tone, which amused Lin Chudong, who quickly scooped him up and headed outside. He didn’t want to get involved in the messy affairs at home; anyway, whatever he said, they wouldn’t listen, so he might as well play invisible.

"Shuanshuan has grown so much?" Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong arrived together. Seeing Shuanshuan bouncing in Chudong’s arms, Chuxia did not hide her affection for him. No matter how the eldest uncle’s wife and his eldest brother and sister-in-law were, the eldest brother had treated their family well, and Shuanshuan was still a baby. She had no reason to resent them along with their house.

"Xia is back? Xiaoqiong is back too?" Lin Chudong greeted them but didn’t invite them in. He was genuinely happy for his cousin marrying well. However, the few in the house were always scheming for benefits from his well-married cousin, which annoyed him. Subconsciously, he disliked his cousin mixing with those people in the house to avoid being taken advantage of.

He intended to warn them, but before he could speak, Zheng Sanqiao and Liu Meiqing were already cooing out the door.

Checking Chuxia out from head to toe, Zheng Sanqiao smiled with her eyes narrowing into slits, "Xia, originally quite handsome, now looks just like someone out of a fairy painting, even more handsome."

"Mom, I think the person in those fairy paintings isn’t as good-looking as our Xia. Ah, I used to worry, with Xia being so handsome, who could match him? Mom, you remember Yu Xiangxiang from our village, the one who’s quite handsome? Turns out, none was a match for her at the husband’s family’s side, and now she’s over forty and still alone.

I was really worried for our Xia in the same way, but you see, our Xia quietly became an official lady, and now I can finally relax."

"You talk too much..." Zheng Sanqiao glared at her daughter-in-law, her gaze shifting to the emotionless Luo Xiaoqiong, "Meiying, you have the best insight in the whole village. You’ve always been close to Xia, and now it’s paid off. Xia married an official, and you’ve become her cousin-in-law. Who else but you should Xia help? You’re set for life, girl, you really are something."

Luo Xiaoqiong scoffed, "Can you die if you don’t stir up trouble?"

Caught off-guard by Luo Xiaoqiong’s retort, Zheng Sanqiao was choked up, rolling her eyes, "Meiying, when did I ever stir trouble between you? Isn’t what I said the truth? It’s you who doesn’t want to admit you’ve benefited from our Xia’s success, isn’t it?"

"Not only will I bite back, I’ll hit back too!" Luo Xiaoqiong quickly advanced, grabbed Zheng Sanqiao’s hair, and kneed her in the stomach. Caught entirely off guard, Zheng Sanqiao was struck squarely, and pain immediately made her go limp...

"Hey, what are you doing? Why do you start hitting as soon as you come in?..." Liu Meiqing shouted as she moved forward to pull Luo Xiaoqiong away, but as soon as she touched Luo Xiaoqiong’s arm, she was grabbed and similarly thrown to the ground.

Everything happened so suddenly that Lin Chudong was utterly shocked, standing there holding the child, speechless, until Shuanshuan saw his mother and grandmother lying on the ground unable to get up and began to cry loudly, which finally snapped Lin Chudong back to reality.

"Meiying..." he looked towards Luo Xiaoqiong, "What happened here, how could you start fighting over a few words? Even if they were wrong, it wasn’t right for you to do that."

Chuxia stood idly by, "They were asking for it, where’s my uncle?"

Lin Baojiang came out with a face dark as iron, "You bring outsiders to hit your uncle’s wife and sister-in-law, climbed up high on the social ladder, and treat your own family like this?"

"Family?" Chuxia gave him a mocking smile, "Did you ever treat me like family? Did they ever treat me like family? How you all treated us when my parents and I were here, did you think I’d forget so soon?"

"Now that you’ve made something of yourself, the first thing you do is come to settle scores with us? Where are your parents?" The last few words, Lin Baojiang spat out through clenched teeth. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)

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