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Chapter 1144: The Old Don't Ask About the Young

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"Brother, look at me, look at me! We're born from the same mother, so why is your skin better than mine?" Huang Ruiying, who had just finished military training, got angry when she saw her own brother.

That's outrageous! Why does he get to skip military training while I had to endure half a month of rigorous training and suffer terribly?

No matter how much they tried to protect themselves, their skin still got tanned. It was fine when the siblings weren't together, but when they were together, the difference was too obvious.

Yu Xiang sat not far from the two of them, watching Xiao Bayue run around happily around her older brother and sister. She pretended not to hear Huang Ruiying's complaints. The two siblings had always been like this since they were little. The younger one liked to argue, while the older one was more open-minded and never argued with his younger sister. Therefore, their family had never been like other families with many children, where the children would fight each other all the time.

Because he had promised to treat his roommates to dinner that night, Huang Zeji told his mother beforehand, "Mom, I'm treating some roommates to dinner tonight, so we won't be eating at home."

Yu Xiang is pleased that her son has grown up and has his own social circle, but she also feels a little sad. Her son is growing up and starting to become independent, which means that she, as his mother, will soon fade out of his life. In the future, another girl will become his partner and take her place.

However, Yu Xiang had already started thinking about choosing a girlfriend for her son. In her heart, her son was very outstanding and ordinary girls were not good enough for him, so she had to carefully select a girlfriend for him.

"Come back early tonight. Your uncle is going to take up a post in another city next Monday. Tomorrow we're going to your grandparents' house to have dinner with him as a farewell dinner. Don't ask me to do anything else tomorrow, understand?" Yu Xiang instructed her son.

Huang Zeji nodded: "I know, Grandma called me, and I've already arranged everything for tomorrow."

"Go say goodbye to your grandparents and your dad before you leave." Seeing that her son was about to leave, Yu Xiang quickly reminded him again.

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"Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Aunt, Second Uncle, Second Aunt, I've made plans to have dinner with my roommate tonight, so I won't be home. I'm just letting you know I'm leaving now." Huang Zeji said goodbye to the elders.

"Not eating at home?" Zeng Lijuan asked quickly as soon as she heard that her grandson wasn't eating at home.

She only has three grandsons. Her eldest grandson is in the military and can only come back once every year or two. Her second grandson went to the United States to study medicine and can only be seen once or twice a year. Only this youngest grandson is by her side, so she attaches great importance to him. Moreover, her youngest son's family property will be inherited by her youngest grandson in the future. Therefore, he is the most important one in the third generation of the Huang family.

Actually, there are two more grandsons, but unfortunately they cannot be recognized by their ancestors. This is a regret in Zeng Lijuan's heart, but that's all she can do. She can't let her youngest son and daughter-in-law get a divorce just because of those two grandsons living outside.

"Yeah, I'm meeting up with my classmates tonight," Huang Zeji said as he prepared to leave.

At that moment, Zeng Lijuan suddenly asked, "Are there any female classmates here?"

This question left Huang Zeji somewhat speechless, both amused and exasperated. What was this all about? He'd already said he was having dinner with his roommates; how did it get to female classmates? But he patiently explained to his grandmother, "No, we're all roommates; how could there be any girls among us?"

"Now that you're in college, you can start thinking about finding a girlfriend," Zeng Lijuan urged her grandson.

Yu Xiang couldn't stand it anymore. In her opinion, it was none of her mother-in-law's business to worry about her son finding a girlfriend. Besides, her son had only just started college and there was no benefit to dating at this age. Moreover, given their family's circumstances, not just any girl was qualified to date her son.

She came to her son's rescue, saying, "Xiaodong, go early and come back early, don't come back too late at night."

"Okay, I understand." Huang Zeji took the opportunity to leave.

Huang Xiaochuan glanced at Yu Xiang, said nothing, and continued to drink tea and chat with his father and second brother.

After his grandson left, Old Huang finally spoke up, scolding his wife, "Stop making a fuss! Whether Xiaodong dates or not is up to his parents. Don't interfere, okay?"

Zeng Lijuan was unhappy. The old man had spoken to her like that in front of their son and daughter-in-law, making her lose face. How could she, as a mother-in-law, put herself in that position? It was too much.

She immediately started arguing with Lao Huang.

"What's wrong with me asking? I'm the one who gave birth to his father, why can't I ask? You old fool! You're getting more and more out of touch with reality. You were just like this back in '87..."

Whenever the elderly couple argued, Zeng Lijuan would bring up all those old, trivial matters from their youth, which would give anyone a headache, let alone Old Huang; even Huang Xiaochuan would find it irritating.

The brothers Huang Xiaochuan and Huang Erhe quickly separated the two, each taking charge of one of them.

"Dad, just bear with it and things will calm down. If Mom wants to say something, just let her say it. Don't stop her. Besides, she's just concerned about her grandson, and so are you!" Huang Xiaochuan advised his father.

Old Huang was still furious: "That's not the kind of concern she should show. Doesn't she know how old she is? Doesn't she understand the principle of 'the elderly shouldn't meddle in other people's business'?"

The three daughters-in-law tacitly led Huang Ruidan and Huang Ruisha to the yard, thinking it was better not to let the two children be present when their grandparents were arguing.

Huang Ruiying received a phone call. After hanging up, she told her mother, "Mom, Ding Xiaojia is coming to pick me up in a bit. Aunt Qi misses me and wants me to come to her house for dinner."

Just then, Qi Huan called Yu Xiang's cell phone. The two chatted for a few minutes, with Qi Huan mainly saying that he hadn't seen Huang Ruiying in a long time and missed her.

Given the long-standing relationship between the two families and their close ties, Yu Xiang naturally wouldn't object.

After Ding Xiaojia arrived, he greeted Yu Xiang before taking Huang Ruiying away.

On the way, Huang Ruiying said to Ding Xiaojia, "You came just in time."

"What's wrong?" Ding Xiaojia asked, looking completely bewildered.

"My grandparents had a fight, and the house was in complete chaos. I just couldn't stand it anymore."

Ding Xiaojia took it in stride: "It's normal. My grandparents fight all the time. If I ran into them, I would do the same as you and stay as far away as possible."

Huang Ruiying shook her head and sighed: "The two of them are a hundred and fifty years old combined, and they argue every other day, over all sorts of trivial things."

"Actually, I think my dad is right. My grandparents are getting old, and they tend to pick fights when they have nothing to do, so it's normal for them to argue."

Huang Ruiying agreed, saying, "Your dad is right. I think they're just bored."

Thankfully, her mother didn't hear this, or she would have given her a good scolding with a feather duster for her lack of manners.