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Back to the 80s: A Marriage of Convenience
No matter what, Zhao Jin absolutely could not allow Grandfather Zhao and the others to move into the house she shared with Qi Zheng.
Standing before Grandma Zhao and Grandfather Zhao at this moment, Zhao Jin stood her ground and coldly said, "My brother and sister-in-law are definitely moving to City. You don't need to worry about it, Grandpa and Grandma."
"Zhao Jin, you!" Before this, Grandma Zhao had no hesitation in scolding or hitting Zhao Jin whenever she wanted.
But at this moment, thinking about their move to City, they still had to rely on Zhao Jin. Grandma Zhao pursed her lips and suppressed her anger. "Jin, we are all family; you can't be so unfair. Your brother and sister-in-law are people too, and Lei is also your younger brother. As an older sister, isn't it your duty to take care of your brother?" Grandma Zhao didn't mention herself and Grandfather Zhao, not because Zhao Lei was more important.
In her heart, she believed that there was no doubt about her and Grandfather Zhao moving to City.
In other words, the real problem at this moment was Zhao Lei.
Thus, Grandma Zhao was determined to clarify things with Zhao Jin by bringing along Zhao Lei instead of herself and Grandfather Zhao.
Grandma Zhao was quite confident in herself. She didn't consider that throughout this time, had Zhao Jin ever mentioned taking her and Grandfather Zhao to live in City?
If it were as natural as Grandma Zhao thought, when Zhao Jin returned to live with the Guoqiang family in City, she would have already gone to find Grandfather Zhao and Grandma Zhao. Instead, until now, Zhao Jin hadn't even mentioned it to them.
Grandma Zhao didn't realize this and hadn't thought in that direction. Therefore, she felt particularly confident, wishing she could immediately order Zhao Jin to bring along Zhao Lei without any discussion.
Unfortunately, Zhao Jin was completely uninterested in her demands and didn't want to waste any more words with Grandma Zhao: "Not possible."
With another "not possible" out of her mouth, Zhao Jin ignored Grandma Zhao and turned to look at Zhao Zhenqi and Zhao Zhenan: "Eldest Brother, Second Brother, hurry up and move everything out. Qi Zheng brought a car over; we can move some things to City first. Otherwise, when we come back next time, we might not be able to fit everything."
The more it came to this, the less likely Zhao Zhenqi and Zhao Zhenan would drag Zhao Jin down. Even if they did not have the same heartfelt expectations as Grandma Zhao, who felt she had to move to the City to survive.
The current situation was simple. The two brothers, Zhao Zhenqi and Zhao Zhenan, could choose not to move to the City. But the reason could not possibly be for Grandfather Zhao, Grandma Zhao, and Zhao Leiteng's sake.
According to Grandfather Zhao and the others' usual style, now that they had agreed to let Grandfather Zhao, Grandma Zhao, and Zhao Leiteng move to the City, it was likely that tomorrow Zhao Guofu and Chen Cui would also pack their clothes and move to the City.
How could Zhao Zhenqi and Zhao Zhenan allow such a disgusting thing to happen? Not to mention that the person being treated poorly at this moment was their beloved younger sister.
Thus, Zhao Zhenqi and Zhao Zhenan immediately responded and went into the house to carry out the already packed luggage and moved it outside to load onto the truck.
Grandma Zhao's eyes were about to pop out.
She really wanted to step forward and stop the two brothers, but Zhao Jin was blocking her way, leaving her no chance to intervene.
Glancing at Grandfather Zhao standing nearby, Grandma Zhao desperately gestured for him to speak up quickly, lest they miss their opportunity.
Grandfather Zhao did not want to remain silent; rather, he understood the situation better than Grandma Zhao and saw clearly what was going on.
Whether or not he could stop Zhao Zhenqi and his brother was not the key issue. The real key lay with Zhao Jin and Qi Zheng.
No, strictly speaking, the key was solely with Zhao Jin; Qi Zheng was merely an auxiliary factor.
As long as he could persuade Zhao Jin to agree to take Zhao Lei along, Qi Zheng would surely not object even a word more.
After all, Qi Zheng had already agreed to take along the entire family of Zhao Guoqiang; how could he care about adding one more person like Zhao Lei?
As for himself and Grandfather Zhao, his thoughts were exactly the same as Grandma Zhao's.
After all, they were Zhao Jin's biological grandparents; wasn't it only natural for them to move to the City? What was there to debate about?
In Grandfather Zhao's mind, he believed that the only person who truly needed to compete with Zhao Jin for a place was Zhao Lei.
Therefore, after witnessing the actions of the Zhao Zhenqi brothers, Grandfather Zhao frowned and said in a deep voice, "Jin didn't give us a heads-up. Suddenly coming here to move luggage, your grandmother hasn't even had time to tidy up."
Zhao Jin was taken aback. She glanced at Grandfather Zhao in surprise, momentarily confused.
When did they decide to take Grandfather Zhao and the others to the City? What did their moving luggage have to do with Grandfather Zhao and Grandma Zhao? It was baffling!
Zhao Jin initially thought that as long as she didn't say anything, Grandfather Zhao and Grandma Zhao would naturally understand her meaning and wouldn't continue to press on.
But it was clear that Zhao Jin had underestimated the arrogance and presumptuousness of Grandfather Zhao and Grandma Zhao.
The next moment, she heard Grandma Zhao seriously nodding her head and even turning around to walk outside. "Yes, yes. Jin, you let the car wait outside for a bit; I'll go back and pack my luggage right now. We'll take the big items to the City first; it will be quick."
"Grandma, are you mistaken about something?" As Grandma Zhao began taking practical action, Zhao Jin scoffed, crossing her arms and saying bluntly, "I have no plans to take anyone other than my family to live in the City. What are you packing for? What? Did you also buy a house in the City? Did Fourth Uncle and Aunt Si help with the money?"
Grandma Zhao's cheerful steps came to an abrupt halt.
Grandfather Zhao's expression also darkened instantly, looking at Zhao Jin with a face full of displeasure. "Zhao Jin, what do you mean by that?" Grandma Zhao shouted loudly, "You actually don't plan to take me and your grandfather? You ungrateful girl! I am your biological grandmother; this is your biological grandfather. You only care about enjoying yourself while deliberately wanting to starve me and your grandfather, not caring about our well-being? Aren't you afraid of what people will say behind your back? Zhao Jin, you heartless girl..."
"Enough!" Grandma Zhao would hold back if she were scolding Zhao Guoqiang, but since she was scolding Zhao Jin, Zhao Guoqiang couldn't remain silent. "Mom, what does this have to do with Jin? Jin hasn't done anything wrong. Stop shouting and putting blame on her." "Am I shouting for no reason? Is that what you think? It's clearly Zhao Jin who is unfilial, not caring about the lives of me and your father at all. And you want us to keep quiet as if nothing happened? Zhao Guoqiang, do you even have a heart? Do you understand what filial piety means? You ungrateful and unfilial son, all you think about is having a good life for yourself, right? You don't care about us old folks at all, do you?"
When she couldn't scold Zhao Jin, Grandma Zhao turned her anger on Zhao Guoqiang. Her tone was fierce and her presence overwhelming, far beyond that of an ordinary person.
Grandma Zhao's voice was loud, as if she wanted to overpower Zhao Guoqiang with her force.
However, Zhao Guoqiang did not respond.
As long as Grandma Zhao was scolding him, Zhao Guoqiang, as a son, could tolerate it.
Thus, Grandma Zhao wasted her energy. Her face flushed and spittle flying everywhere, yet she received no response at all.
Zhao Guoqiang and the others ignored Grandma Zhao, and suddenly the courtyard fell silent.
Zhao Zhenqi and Zhao Zhenan were moving things outside, while Sun Chun'er and Qian Minmin were running around helping out. Only Grandma Zhao's shouts echoed in the courtyard, completely disregarded.
Zhao Guoqiang ignored Grandma Zhao, and Zhao Jin treated Grandma Zhao as if she were air.
No matter how much Grandma Zhao shouted, she just didn't want to take Grandma Zhao to the city to live. She wanted to see what Grandma Zhao could do about it.
Grandma Zhao quickly realized that her approach was not effective at this moment; the Zhao family did not respond well to pressure, which made her feel somewhat awkward.
If she had known earlier, she would have taken a softer approach.
Grandfather Zhao also recognized this issue and shot a fierce glare at Grandma Zhao. He inwardly cursed her for being more of a hindrance than help and felt compelled to step in himself.
"Boss, are you really moving away like this? Will you never come back?" Grandfather Zhao had never thought that Zhao Guoqiang would one day leave Willow Leaf Village. In his mind, the only successful one in their family was Third Brother, Zhao Guoqing.
Now, suddenly hearing that Zhao Guoqiang's family could also leave Willow Leaf Village, and seeing them moving their belongings out, Grandfather Zhao couldn't help but feel a bit of regret.
If he had known that Boss's family was also capable of success, they shouldn't have quarreled with them so fiercely before. Now that Boss's family had a great opportunity, they didn't even think about them and had no intention of taking them along to the City to enjoy life.
"Yes." Zhao Guoqiang would definitely come back in the future. In his mind, when he and Xu Mei could no longer help take care of the children, they would return to the village to avoid causing trouble for the kids.
His health had always been good. When they returned to the village, they could still farm a bit and send some food and vegetables to the kids in the City every year. Homegrown produce is more reassuring than what you buy outside, right?
However, he didn't plan to share these thoughts with Grandfather Zhao and had no intention of reporting or explaining anything to him.
As for future matters, they could wait until later! At this moment, he no longer felt the need to discuss everything with Grandfather Zhao. Even if they would return to Willow Leaf Village in the future, their interactions with Grandfather Zhao and others wouldn't be too frequent.
So let Grandfather Zhao think that they would never return to the village again. This way, it would avoid causing more trouble later on. Even if they cut off contact from now on, Zhao Guoqiang wouldn't feel regretful. Some things and some people happen as they do; once hurt, it remains hurt. Perhaps Grandfather Zhao and Grandma Zhao didn't care; they could pretend nothing had happened and come back to stir up trouble again. But Zhao Guoqiang couldn't do that and didn't intend to let Grandfather Zhao and Grandma Zhao fool him every time.
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