Chapter 799: You're the Only One with So Much Fuss

After not coming back for several days, Zhui Feng was so excited it was leaping and bouncing all over the place.

They had originally expected to be back that same day, so they only left one day's worth of rations.

The first thing upon entering the door was to quickly prepare food for the dog and the chickens at home.

Ever since Chunxiao confirmed her dad agreed to move into the city, her mood had soared to the skies: "Dad, once we move into the city, I'll call you 'Ba' instead, otherwise people will laugh at me."

Zhao Lamei rolled her eyes at her: "You're the only one with so much fuss."

Chunxiao shot back: "Once we're in the city, we'll go by city people's terms of address, otherwise my future classmates will definitely look down on me."

Xiao Changsheng had originally wanted to say something, but then thought of what his older brother had told him before: "Call me 'Ba' if you want, but don't just focus on that stuff, you have to study hard, after all if you don't have a job after graduation you'll still have to come back to the village."

Zhao Lamei spoke up at this point: "How about we don't transfer our household registration to the city first, so that if Chunxiao can't find a job after graduating high school she won't have to go back to the countryside?"

Now Chunxiao wasn't having it: "Mom, my second sister said, if the household registration isn't transferred over, there won't be any rationed grain, and we can't exactly buy grain at inflated prices then, can we?"

Xiao Changsheng waved his hand: "Since we've already agreed to move into the city, let's transfer the household registration."

He didn't mention what his older brother had said, that as long as Chunxiao could get into high school and graduate smoothly, the matter of finding her a job would be on him, and he'd surely find a place to slot her in.

On the other side, when Xia Qiu and the others got home, they were also surrounded by people: "Second Sister-in-law, is your real grandpa really in the city?"

Xia Qiu smiled and nodded: "Yes."

At this moment Qiu Shaofeng escorted her into the courtyard: "We've been out sightseeing in the city these past few days, my wife is really tired, whatever it is can wait until she's rested."

Qiu Tainai hadn't been in the best health recently, but upon hearing the commotion she still forced herself to come out: "Everyone scatter, let them go back to their room and rest for a bit first."

With Qiu Tainai having spoken, no matter how curious the others were, they didn't dare block their way any longer.

Seeing them carry big and small packages into the room, Zhang Shanmei started with a snide remark first: "Great-great-grandma, look at them bringing back so much stuff, and not even mentioning showing some filial respect to their elders."

Qiu Tainai hadn't been in great health lately, but she wasn't muddle-headed: "Whatever schemes you're cooking up, everyone in this courtyard knows, keep an eye on your kid and cut out those petty little tricks."

Zhang Shanmei still wanted to say something, but then saw Qiu Shaofeng walk out from his own room: "Everyone disperse for now, once my wife has rested we'll chat with you all."

After saying that, he supported Qiu Tainai as they walked toward the main room.

Qiu Fu and Qiu Mu, who had gotten the news, also rushed back: "Shaofeng, what's actually going on?"

Qiu Shaofeng poured himself a cup of water, then began recounting the events of the past few days: "My father-in-law was deliberately swapped out by Grandpa and Grandma Liu, but their biological son has been living in Hai City with my father-in-law's maternal grandmother's family all along."

"Did you meet the Liu family's son then?"

"I did."

"Then what did he say, will he come back to Willow Tree Village?"

Qiu Shaofeng shook his head: "He's already over forty, his whole family has put down roots there, how could he possibly come back to Willow Tree Village."

"Then will he acknowledge the old Liu family?"

"I doubt it, after all that man left even earlier than we did, he went back to Hai City long ago."

"Then hasn't the old Liu family ended up with nothing, losing out on both sides?"

"The key thing is the old Liu couple got arrested, and their biological son doesn't even bother to check in on them?"

"He doesn't want to be chased back to Willow Tree Village, so naturally he has to hurry back to Hai City to scrape together compensation money for my father-in-law."