Chapter 421: I'm Wondering Who Came Up With This Idea

Su Hongjuan heard her son's words and found it somewhat amusing: "You're only so young, why ask so many questions? Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand. If you won't tell me, who else can you tell?"

Liu Lidong turned his head to the side: "I'll go tell Big Sister and Second Sister."

Having said that, he really did run out.

Su Hongjuan wanted to call out, but the person had already run out; she laughed and scolded: "Stinky kid, now he's throwing a fit."

A moment later, Liu Shanling, who had been chatting under the tree outside, returned: "Where's the son?"

It was nearly time for bed, yet the son was not in the room, so he couldn't help but ask.

Su Hongjuan drove in the last stitch: "He's throwing a fit with me and ran to the girls' room."

Liu Shanling walked to the head of the kang, preparing to spread the mattress: "How did you provoke him?"

Su Hongjuan took the scissors, cut the thread, pulled down the shoe upper, took the newspaper prepared earlier, rolled it into a ball, stuffed it into the shoe, stood up, placed the shoe properly, glanced out the door, and then said quietly: "He went to the old lady's chicken coop to steal eggs. I scolded him a few times, and now he's unhappy."

Hearing it was this matter, Liu Shanling didn't dare speak up for his son either; after a light cough, he said: "He should be disciplined; this matter cannot be indulged."

Just as he finished speaking, he saw his wife lean in close: "Your parents wanted Dongzi to be adopted by the Second Branch, but they refused."

Liu Shanling stopped his action of spreading the mattress: "Who did you hear this from?"

Su Hongjuan nodded toward the girls' room: "The old couple were talking, and your son happened to pass by and heard it."

Liu Shanling was lost in thought; for a moment, one knee was on the kang, one hand still gripping the mattress, staring blankly without moving for a long time.

Su Hongjuan pushed him: "What are you thinking about?"

Liu Shanling finally came to his senses: "I'm wondering who came up with this idea?"

Su Hongjuan hadn't thought deeply about it before, but now hearing her husband's words, she couldn't help but think more deeply herself.

Before she could think it through clearly, she heard the person beside her say: "Forget it. Whoever came up with the idea, it has nothing to do with us; we won't get involved."

"Second Brother's life is so comfortable now; he certainly wouldn't want to get tangled up with the old house again. Refusing is normal."

At this moment, Su Hongjuan added: "Can't you see? The Second Branch is now run by Chuxue."

After a pause, she continued: "Not to mention that girl not only found a job in the city but works in an office. Her partner is an officer in the army. By the way, I also heard her in-laws both have jobs in the city. The Second Branch's good days are still ahead. Now they want to shove Dongzi over there? They must be out of their minds; do they think anyone is a fool?"

Realizing that no matter how well they do in the future, they wouldn't benefit from it, Liu Shanling couldn't help but sigh: "None of us have foresight; it's too late to say anything now."

Su Hongjuan thought of something: "The villagers are spreading that Chuxue's worker status was swapped, in other words, bought with money. But do you believe that?"

Liu Shanling pondered slightly: "What do you mean?"

Su Hongjuan moved closer to him: "That job might have been arranged by her partner. As for why she told the villagers it was a swap, she's probably afraid they'll come to her door to borrow money, and she's also guarding against the old house."

Liu Shanling thought it wasn't impossible: "It's not impossible, but Chuxue might not be lying either. If city jobs were easy to find, why would those people go down to the countryside? Take Ding Zhiqing living in our courtyard; her father is an official, yet he still couldn't arrange a job for her, so she had to go down to the countryside."

Hearing this, Su Hongjuan fell silent for a moment before saying: "True. Sigh. Whatever the situation is, it has nothing to do with us anyway."