mesbooks Chapter 310 Nearing the End
Chapter 310 Nearing the End
Chapter 310 Nearing the End
Zhuang Xiaoting happily went to take care of Lin Guoqing's aunt, and even took some clothes with her, it seems she plans to settle down there long-term.
Compared to the Li family, namely Li Jia's parents, Li Wen had always treated Li Jia very well. Although Li Wen was cowardly, he had a conscience and felt guilty because his sister had suffered such a great loss because of him.
I can visit Li Jia two or three times a year!
But he's much better than Wu Xiaojun. People need comparisons to know who's better.
Li Jia was very happy to have outmaneuvered Wu Shanshan. After giving birth, Li Jia bought Li Wen a larger house, right next to the smaller one. This time, Li Jia earned the money herself. Her design company was already quite successful, so buying Li Wen a house wasn't a difficult task.
The small house was occupied by Li Jia's parents.
Li Jia knew about this, but didn't say anything. She even bought a big house with the intention of having Li Wen take care of the two elderly people. Even though he no longer paid attention to her, Li Jia still wanted her parents to have a better life.
Li Jia acknowledges the kindness of her parents in raising her, after all, they raised her for twenty years with great care and hardship, and she deserves the repayment she is due, even if her parents are very biased.
Wu Shanshan didn't approve of Li Jia; she had never received a kind word from her family growing up. When she was little, she needed Huang Ling and Song Ying's help to buy even a bra! She didn't spend a single penny of her family's money on her high school and college education.
Wu Shanshan's only remaining attachment to home is Wu Xiaojun.
But Wu Xiaojun was an ingrate, never remembering his sister's kindness. After the millennium, Wu Shanshan stopped providing assistance, and Wu Xiaojun gradually distanced himself from her, never contacting her again for a whole year.
Wu Shanshan stopped caring and didn't want to care anymore; she had found a new emotional anchor.
Stroking her round belly, she said, "Some trees grow crooked as they grow!"
"Mom, I want to drink water!" came a child's voice from the classroom.
Wu Shanshan got up and went outside. "Lin Guoqiang, stop watching TV! Be careful not to get nearsighted!"
The child, however, refused to listen, saying, "Dad said I can watch for seventy minutes every day!"
Wu Shanshan was furious. "Are you going to listen to me, or your dad?"
Seeing his mother get angry, Lin Guoqiang had no choice but to turn off the TV, pick up the water glass that Wu Shanshan handed him, and gulp it down.
"And you still say you listen to your dad! Didn't your dad say not to drink water so fast?" Wu Shanshan felt that Lin Guoqiang deserved to be taught a lesson.
It's possible that the more you lack something, the more you want it.
Both Wu Shanshan and Li Jia valued boys highly, but their second children with Lin Dongzhe were both daughters. Fortunately, Lin Dongzhe preferred daughters, and the two women sighed in unison as they watched him dote on his daughters.
Zhuang Xiaoting, however, refused to have any more children. Lin Dongzhe respected Zhuang Xiaoting's opinion.
Choosing a suitable time, Lin Dongzhe bought a villa and no longer hid it. The three families, upstairs and downstairs, lived together openly.
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One point can represent many years!
Suzhou.
In a small villa.
The elderly Zhuang Chaoying walked with a somewhat unsteady gait.
Grandma passed away a long time ago, and Grandpa is now bedridden, struggling to even move his legs.
"Tu Nan and Xiao Ting are not here. Haven't they come back?"
It was Grandpa's birthday, but apart from Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling being home, no one else came.
Zhuang Chaoying could only explain, "The children are all busy! They really can't come back."
As the old man grew older, he had no other desires but to experience the "all together," "happy and harmonious," and "perfectly harmonious" family atmosphere.
However, the elderly couple weren't very attentive to Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting when they were young, and seemed somewhat selfish. As a result, neither of them could feel close to the two elders.
Zhuang Tunan was willing to help his father fulfill his filial duties, but on this day Ke Hongxia said she was going to sweep the grave and pay respects to the child's maternal grandmother, so Zhuang Tunan had no choice but to give up on his grandfather's side, and Zhuang Chaoying did not dare to raise any objections.
Zhuang Xiaoting bluntly stated that she couldn't get leave!
Zhuang Xiaoting always remembered how her mother and she were never allowed to sit at the dinner table when she was little. She didn't understand why when she was young, but she understood when she grew up, and all her hopes for her grandparents vanished.
Although Zhuang Chaoying was very angry, he could only keep it to himself.
The old man sighed regretfully.
Huang Ling remained silent. Although her grandparents lived with them, Huang Ling didn't actually provide for them. Zhuang Xiaoting, feeling sorry for her elderly mother, hired two live-in caregivers.
Your city.
Xiang Pengfei brought his wife and children back to visit relatives.
Xiang Pengfei had become wealthy and bought a luxury house in Suzhou, hoping that Zhuang Hualin and Xiang Dong could retire there. But to everyone's surprise, both of them rejected the suggestion.
Perhaps it was due to obsession, perhaps it was due to resentment, or perhaps it was due to habit, but after only a few days in Suzhou, the two wanted to return to Guishi!
Home is no longer the "home" it once was, and Suzhou is just a place now. Perhaps from the moment we were sent to the countryside, or perhaps from the moment Xiang Pengfei was born, home has always been in your city!
Xiang Pengfei understood his mother well. Although Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling treated him very well, he was born and raised in Guicheng, and he felt a sense of belonging to the city. Guicheng hadn't abandoned him, and no one in Guicheng would abandon him!
At sixty, Wu Shanshan received a phone call from Xiaomin: "Dad has passed away!"
He took his eldest son, Lin Guoqiang, back to Suzhou and saw Wu Jianguo for the last time at the funeral home.
Xiaomin had never troubled Wu Shanshan until one day, when Xiaomin's husband was diagnosed with cancer and needed a large sum of money for treatment, she called Wu Shanshan to borrow some money. The money was lent out, but Wu Shanshan never showed up. Xiaomin knew that their relationship had ended there.
Lin Dongzhe bought the alleyway dormitory area of the cotton mill. He held onto it without developing it. Many people wanted to urge him to stop holding onto it, but Lin Dongzhe's large investment silenced them.
Li Jia passed away at the age of ninety-seven, shortly after Wu Shanshan. Zhuang Xiaoting was a few years younger than them and was still in relatively good health. When they passed away, Zhuang Xiaoting didn't need anyone's assistance.
As the stone coffin lids of Li Jia and Wu Shanshan's graves slowly closed, Zhuang Xiaoting stepped forward and touched the tombstone. "Lin Dongzhe, do you think there will be a next life?"
Lin Dongzhe shook his head, "I don't know!"
"Let's go back to the alley and take a look!"
Lin Dongzhe nodded, "Okay!"
It remains the same as before, but because no one lives there, it appears quite dilapidated.
Lin Guoqing's son quickened his pace, opened the door, and Zhuang Xiaoting slowly walked into room number 13 of courtyard number 37. There was a small bedroom for her there, on the "second floor"!
"My dad even helped me build this little cubicle!"
Lin Dongzhe knew that this "father" referred to Lin Wufeng.
"This is a vegetable garden..."
"This pool..."
"And the cabinets..."
As they walked step by step, Zhuang Xiaoting and Lin Dongzhe gradually recalled the details of their lives in the alleyway decades ago.