Chapter 87: Tonight We Eat Chicken

Hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, Qin Huairu frowned and asked:

"What do you mean?"

"How come I no longer want to sincerely matchmake them?"

Jia Zhangshi let out a cold snort and said:

"Whether it's sincere or not, you know best in your heart."

Qin Huairu got angry: "Alright, stop being all sarcastic."

"It's precisely because you're always sarcastic that Eldest Uncle doesn't want to deal with us."

After saying that, she walked into the inner room amidst Jia Zhangshi's extreme gloom.

If it were before, Jia Zhangshi would surely have scolded Qin Huairu angrily and even laid hands on her.

But.

Now Jia Dongxu is gone, Qin Huairu is the head of the household.

Put simply.

She still worries that Qin Huairu will send her back to the countryside.

So.

【15) She still endured it in the end.

She still endured in the end.

Houyuan.

When Lin Shengli arrived, Zheng Juan was washing vegetables.

Seeing him, Zheng Juan smiled sweetly and said:

"Come over, let's have dinner here tonight."

Lin Shengli: "Yeah, I'll come over tonight to mooch a meal."

After saying that, he lifted the two net bags in his hands: "Tonight we'll have chicken."

Just now, on his way to the houyuan, taking advantage of there being no one, he extracted a chicken, a jin of pork, a jin of beef, and some snacks and fruit from his space.

Zheng Juan: "You bought chicken again?"

Lin Shengli: "Yeah, plus a jin of pork, some snacks and fruit."

Zheng Juan: "Why buy so much?"

Lin Shengli laughed: "I'm coming to see my future mother-in-law, of course I should bring more stuff."

Zheng Juan blushed, smiled, and coquettishly said:

"What are you talking about?"

"Who's your future mother-in-law?"

"Don't talk nonsense."

Lin Shengli: "I'm going in now to see if she's home."

Having said that.

He walked toward Zheng Juan's home.

Zheng Juan watched his retreating back, revealing a sweet smile.

Night fell.

Lin Shengli and Zheng Juan's family of three sat around the table, chatting and laughing, blissfully content.

The Deaf Old Lady sat in her own home, letting out a long sigh from time to time.

She heard most of Lin Shengli and them chatting.

She felt a bit forlorn.

Lin Shengli and Zheng Juan actually didn't invite her.

Actually, Lin Shengli already understood.

In the Deaf Old Lady's heart, Shazhu has always occupied first place.

No matter how well Lin Shengli does, it cannot be changed.

That's also normal.

In the original work, serving the Deaf Old Lady in her twilight years was almost entirely done by Yi Zhonghai and Yi Dama.

Providing food and drink, asking about warmth and cold, even emptying the chamber pot—all were handled by Yi Dama.

Shazhu would only occasionally make a meal for the Deaf Old Lady.

However.

In the end, the Deaf Old Lady still left the house to Shazhu.

The reason she did that is because, in her heart, Shazhu is more important than Yi Zhonghai.

Even Yi Zhonghai can't compare to Shazhu, let alone Lin Shengli.

Since that's the case.

Then we might as well keep some distance.

Don't get too close.

Shazhu is no good person.

Although lately he's been polite to me.

Who knows what bad thing this kid is holding in?

As for Zheng Juan.

She has long seen that Lin Shengli doesn't want to get too close to the Deaf Old Lady.

So, she didn't call the Deaf Old Lady either.

It was kind Mrs. Zheng who didn't notice what Lin Shengli and Zheng Juan were thinking.

Just as they were about to start eating, he suddenly slapped his forehead and said:

"We forgot to invite the old lady."

Zheng Juan: "Mom, it's already this late."

"The old lady must have already eaten."

"Just now I saw Yi Dama bringing food to the old lady."

Mrs. Zheng: "Oh, then that's fine."

"No, Juan, why didn't you ask Yi Dama to stay for dinner?"

"Shengli today made so much delicious food."

"We can't keep it all to ourselves."

Zheng Juan: "I already told her."

"She said Eldest Uncle and Uncle Guan are drinking, and she has to go back to attend to them."

"She also said Shengli bought quite a few things."

Lin Shengli: "Hmm, auntie, don't worry about it."

"My uncle and aunt eat better than you do."

Mrs. Zheng nodded: "That's true."

"Your uncle's salary is so high, and Shengli is so filial."

"I really envy your uncle and aunt."

"They can leave here and afterwards enjoy a comfortable life."

Lin Shengli: "Auntie, do you also want to leave here?"

Mrs. Zheng let out a soft sigh and said:

"Of course I have."

"As for the people here, sigh, better not to talk about them."

"I think you're so smart, you must have known this already."

"Shengli, your uncle and aunt's life used to be very hard."

"Although they're just a couple, your uncle's salary is high."

"But they rarely buy meat in their daily life."

"Your aunt told me, saying that your uncle said."

"These days, everyone is having a tough time."

"They hardly ever see meat."

"If they ate meat often, what would others think?"

"Besides, the family across the way is the Jia family."

"If you eat meat, and the Jia family comes knocking, will you give them some?"

"If you give to the Jia family, then what about giving to others?"

"Not giving to the Jia family wouldn't be appropriate either."

"They're counting on the Jia family to support them in their old age."

"Sigh, never mind, let's not talk about it."

"Anyway, now that you're here, their old‑age support problem is solved."

"And we no longer have to watch others' faces to get by."

Lin Shengli thought for a moment and asked:

"Auntie, why don't you and Guangming move over there?"

"I live with my uncle and aunt in the Zhongyuan."

"Your family lives in the Qian Yuan."

Zheng Guangming, upon hearing this, shouted excitedly:

"Good, good!"

Mrs. Zheng: "No, we can't disturb your uncle and aunt."

"Besides, no matter how good the relationship, spending a long time together inevitably leads to friction."

Zheng Juan: "Mm, Shengli Ge, Mom is right."

"We can't go disturb your uncle and aunt."

Lin Shengli: "Then how about this?"

"I bought a siheyuan a few days ago."

"It's a three‑courtyard, three‑exit layout."

"It's about the same size as our siheyuan."

"You should just move there and live there."

Mrs. Zheng: "No, no, we can't."

"Shengli, thank you."

"We just feel embarrassed to go."

"Besides, we're not homeless."

"If you let Xiao Juan stay at your place, I'm already deeply grateful."

Lin Shengli: "Auntie, that's what I think."

I'll free up a few days later and take Guangming to the hospital for a checkup.

By then we might need surgery or something.

Let Guangming recuperate quietly there.

That also helps recovery.

Zheng Guangming said excitedly, "Shengli Ge, are you really telling the truth?"

Lin Shengli: "Of course it's true."

I've said before—I will definitely cure your eyes and let you see the light again.

Zheng Guangming: "Mom, what do you think?"

Zheng's mother: "Then we'll talk about it when the time comes."

Shengli, thank you.

No matter whether we can cure Guangming's eyes, you are his benefactor.

Our whole family will forever remember this kindness of yours.

Lin Shengli: "Auntie, you're being too polite."