Chapter 8081: The Truth/Return

  Lao Ye stared at Luo San Gu with a profound gaze for a long time, until the other's eyes flickered and he lowered his head, before slowly speaking: "Borrowing a place to stay? What, did your house collapse?"

  Grandpa is mighty! Luo Ye's eyes were filled with laughter, and she was puzzled. Grandfather had such a strong and just character, why didn't he pass it on to his children? Eldest uncle was indecisive, second uncle was hot-tempered, third aunt was selfish, and father should be the most similar, but compared to grandfather's decisiveness, he was still one step short.

  Glancing at Luo Ye's smiling face, Luo San Gu frowned: "Dad, look what you said, the house has only been built for over a year, how can it collapse? Xiaogang is not young anymore, and I was thinking with his dad to renovate the house, so it looks good when we get married."

  "Zheng Ju, your house was just built and Lao Si helped with the decoration by spending money. It's been only a little over a year, and you have so much money that you don't know where to spend it?"

  Lao Da Gu said with a smile, "Dad, although it's only been over a year, the walls of our house are already covered in a thick layer of soot and grime. We have to repaint them to make them look decent."

  "It's not necessary to move the house, don't think I'm not aware of your little thoughts. I heard that I was going to Lao Si's house, and you thought about occupying the place first, after all, Lao Si won't be able to come back and live here in the future, and the house might just fall into your hands, right?"

  "Dad, no, it's really not that way. We just want to borrow a place to stay for a while, and once the renovation is done on our side, we'll move back right away."

  "Can you spit out the food you've eaten? Zhēng Jú, at the meeting, Dad already said that the house was built with money from Lǎo Sì. All these years, Lǎo Sì's salary has all been given to you guys. Whether or not he really owed you anything, he's already repaid more than enough."

  "If anyone owes anything, it's you who owe him. This house is not something that the old fourth would miss, but as his father, I absolutely won't let things go awry because of this." Old Master Luo sighed: "Among university students around Zhengyi's age, there aren't many like him; can you find another one who is so grateful?"

  "Dad, I've always remembered that Lao Si's family is well-off. But you should also know that my deskmate Yao Hua's father is a deputy county head in the county seat, and he has a lot of power. She didn't study as hard as me, but if Dad is willing to support me, I'm sure I won't be worse than her." Luo San Jie said, sobbing.

  Lu Ye's eyes rolled around and she smiled mischievously at Lu San Gu: "San Gu, do you know Zhang Li Fang?"

  "Zhang Lifen?" Luo San's aunt was stunned for a moment. She couldn't think of who this person was, and she couldn't understand what her niece meant by suddenly bringing up this name.

  "Yes, Zhang Lifen, also a classmate of San Gu, was wearing a big down jacket and wandering around the village yesterday. Tsk, tsk, the top student back then! Luo Ye looked regretful: "The top student, according to San Gu's words, should have become the mayor by now, how did it end up like this?"

  "Yè ér, nǐ..." Luò Sān Gū was so angry that her face turned bright red. She had discovered that her niece's talent for infuriating people had increased greatly.

  "Aunt, I'm just deducing according to your logic, telling the complete truth." Luo Ye had an innocent face, just like the little ball of fur in her arms with its big round eyes and tilted head.

  Lao Ye's lips twitched: "I'm tired, go lie down for a while."

  "According to Father's words, even if we move onto the streets, don't think about taking over this empty house. The treatment of sons and daughters is really different." Luo San Gu shouted angrily.

  Lao Ye's footsteps stopped, and he turned his head to glance at his daughter: "What, you mean that this old man has the responsibility of supporting you until you're old?"

  "Father, you have to promise me that this house will also not be allowed for big brother and second brother to live in."

  "Hmm!" Old Man Luo turned around and entered the room.

  "Dad..."

  "Third aunt, grandfather wants to rest now, stop calling."

  "Luofeng, you're also bullying me?" Luosan's buttocks slipped and she sat on the ground crying: "I have no way to live, my dad doesn't want to see me. My nephews and nieces are also bullying me, at my age, what's the point of living anyway?"

  "Brother, go back to your room and play with yourself. There's nothing good to watch here, let's go." Luo Ye's experience was that when encountering someone who likes to cause trouble, don't bother responding to her. The more you respond, the more energized she becomes. Without an audience, she naturally won't make a fuss.

  "Hmph!" Seeing that there was no one around, Luo San Gu got up angrily and headed home. As she reached the gate, she snatched Grandpa Luo's big hammer.

  ……

  "Zheng Ju, how are you?" Luo San Gu entered the house, and her husband Qian Zai Lai hurriedly came to greet her. Their son Qian Xiao Gang and daughter Qian Xiao Tian were also staring at her with eager eyes.

  "What's wrong? Still like that!" Luo San Gu sat on the stool with a huff, but ended up using too much force and fell over onto her bottom with a thud. "Haha" Qian Xiao Gang laughed twice before quickly stopping himself to explain: "Mom, I didn't mean to, it was just a habitual laugh."

  "You little white-eyed wolf with no conscience." Luo San'gu glared at Qian Xiaogang: "You didn't even help me up, and you're still smiling so happily. You should learn from your sister a bit more."

  "Mom, does Luo Ye agree or not that I go to work at Fourth Aunt's company?" Qian Xiaotian asked anxiously after helping her old mom sit down.

  "Disagreed, your grandfather flatly refused the request to borrow a house. " Luosan's aunt was so angry that she picked up the water cup on the tea machine and gulped it down in one go.

  "Is it that you have an attitude problem?" Qian Zai Lai hurriedly poured another cup of water: "We're asking for help now, we need to lower our posture."

  "I've already lowered myself enough, I almost knelt down to beg them. You don't know, my dear niece actually compared me to Zhang Lifen, compared me to a madman. Does she still have her aunt in her eyes? Forget it, from now on, I won't go looking for this shameless person anymore. We'll each rely on our own abilities to live our lives."

  Qian came over and whispered: "Zheng Ju, do you think Dad will let Second Brother live in the house? I heard he's going to give him that piece of sandy land to farm."

  "I told Dad not to let Da..." Luo San Gu caught a glimpse of her son rushing out and quickly stopped talking, shouting: "Xiao Gang, where are you going?"

  "Grandpa scolded Mom and I had no opinion, but that dead girl also wanted to bully Mom, let's see if I can spare her." Qian Xiaogang's voice came from far away.

  "Give it back to me!"

  Unfortunately, Luo San Gu's shout was completely unheard by Qian Xiao Gang. Even if he had heard it, he probably wouldn't have come back. Luo San Gu helplessly stood up: "This child is hopeless, I'd better go take a look."

  "Wait..." Qian stopped his wife again: "The kid might be of some use, let's go a bit later."

  ……

  Lao Lao went to Yu Lao's place, Luo Ye was playing with Song Qiu and Tiao Tiao, when suddenly Qian Xiao Gang rushed in, panting: "Luo Ye, you dare to bully my mom, just wait for me to beat you to death!"

  "Qian Xiaogang, are you reasonable? How did my sister bully your mother?" Luo Feng stood up and blocked in front of Luo Ye, with a face full of indignation.

  "Mind your own business!" Qian Xiaogang stretched out his hand and pushed Luo Feng away, his eyes revealing a hint of surprise.

  "You think you can bully my sister, then it's got something to do with me!" Luo Feng stretched out his hand and pushed Qian Xiaogang out: "Don't you understand what's going on? Just come here yelling?"

  "How dare she compare me with Zhang Feng's mother? Doesn't she know that respecting elders is a must?" Qian Xiaogang's face was filled with anger.

  Luofeng's eyes showed a hint of anger: "You should be the most angry that Grandfather didn't lend the house to your family, right?" Luoye's lips curled up, not bad, brother has indeed made progress.

  "Your dad took advantage of my mom's opportunity, being good to my mom is what he should do, a group of ungrateful things." Qian Xiaogang scolded and continued: "Others are afraid of Fourth Uncle being a high-ranking official, but I'm not afraid. What's his ability? Isn't it just relying on luck to get promoted? Give me... Ah!..."

  "After scolding me, my sister even insulted my dad. You're really something! ” Luofeng, who was being chased by Dahuang and had a belly full of resentment, was already annoyed, and the sandbag was delivered to his doorstep automatically."

  Luo San Gu and Qian Zai Lai were just about to go visit Luo Grandpa when Qian Xiao Gang returned with a bruised face, "What happened? Xiao Gang, what's going on?"

  "It's nothing, I'm going back to my room." Qian Xiaogang felt that the most embarrassing thing in his life was today, and he couldn't understand why. In his impression, this guy was not even capable of kicking a fart out, how did he become so violent?

  He went to find trouble just wanting to show off in front of his mom, so that she would agree to buy him the motorcycle he had been eyeing for a long time. Who would have thought it would end up like this? Regret!

  "I'm going to settle the score with them!" Luo San Gu suddenly went out, Qian Zai Lai hurriedly followed up, and Qian Xiao Tian hesitated for a moment before following out as well.

  "Get back here, all of you!" With that commotion, his brothers found out, and Qian Xiaogang's face was lost. Unfortunately, when he chased after them, Luo Sanjie and the others had already disappeared without a trace.

  "Third Aunt, Third Uncle, have you come to settle the account?" Luo San's aunt and others entered the door with a huff, but before they could speak, Luo Ye spoke up first. Her eyes were cold enough to freeze people to death: "Is it because of Xiao Gang being beaten? Have you figured out the reason? You came here to insult my dad, scolding me is fine, but can he insult my dad?"

  "For me, scolding my sister and insulting my dad are unforgivable." Luo Feng's face was more serious than ever before.

  "Even if Xiaogang insulted your fourth brother, you can't beat him up like that! He's your cousin, how could you bring yourselves to do it?"

  "You hit him lightly. If I were the one hitting him directly, he would have been half dead!" Old Master Luo's voice came in. He had already heard Xiao Xiao recounting what happened at the door.

  "Dad!" Luo San Gu stared at Grandpa Luo in disbelief.

  Old Luo waved his hand: "If there's nothing else, then go back!"

  "Dad!"

  Xiao Xiao ran in to report: "Fourth Grandfather, the old lady and Second Old Lady came, stood at the door for a while, then left. I shouted but couldn't stop them. Are they afraid of being beaten by Fourth Grandfather so they didn't dare come in?"

  Luo San Gu heard that her two sisters-in-law had come, and her expression changed unpredictably for a moment. She walked away without saying a word. Qian Zai Lai and Qian Xiao Tian quickly bid farewell to Luo Ye Ye and followed her out.

  "How come everyone's gone? I was thinking that my son-in-law would be here soon and let them take a look." Xiaoxiao pouted in dissatisfaction.

  Luoye smiled and patted Xiaoxiao's head: "Xiaoxiao, do you like your daughter-in-law?"

  "Yes, my mom said that from now on, the one who is good to me and cares about me will be my daughter-in-law, Little Yezi..." Xiaoxiao quickly glanced at Luofeng and Grandpa Luofeng, then pulled Luoye aside, her face red as she whispered something in Luoye's ear before looking at him expectantly.

  "You'll understand later, Xiaoye doesn't get it either." Luoye couldn't help but smile wryly. The mysterious question that Xiao had was how to stuff a small doll into her belly. Hmph!

  ……

  Luo San Gu's fuss actually had an unexpected effect. After dinner, Luo Da Bo and his family, as well as Luo Er Bo and his family, came one after another. Both Da Bo Mu and Er Bo Mu sincerely apologized for their past behavior. Da Bo Mu even vowed that from now on she would live in harmony with Luo Da Bo and not cause any more trouble, letting the old master rest assured.

  Lu Ye looked at the house full of smiling faces, her mind somewhat dazed. The real reason that prompted them to do so, she didn't want to maliciously speculate, but it was even more impossible for her to believe that they had figured it out in just a few short days!

  She was. When her aunt's mother warmly held her hand and spoke, she would subtly withdraw her hand, with a faint smile on her face that seemed distant.

  It's better this way, at least it won't escalate into a big fight, even if it's not entirely genuine. Grandpa and Dad will also feel much more at ease, but there's no way she'll like these people!

  On the way there that day, she really wanted to treat her relatives well and was even a little excited to see them. However, their behavior disappointed her. Especially after talking with Grandpa that night, a wall had been erected in her heart, isolating these people outside.

  "Second Uncle."

  Lu Erbao came out of the bathroom and saw his niece standing in the corner, stunned. For a moment, he felt that his niece's gaze was cold enough to pierce his bones, and he couldn't understand why he had that feeling.

  "Yèr, what's wrong?" Luo Erbo reached out to touch Luo Ye's head, meeting her sparkling eyes. Thinking of the chill earlier, he awkwardly withdrew his hand again.

  "There's nothing." Luo Ye smiled faintly and returned to the house. She had indeed been impulsive and wanted to question her uncle just now, fortunately she controlled herself at the last moment. What's the point of asking? They would never understand her feelings.

  Yes, if tracing back to the source, the culprit of the Luo family's downfall is indeed Luo Erbo.

  When he was young, Luo Erbei liked to make friends, had a hot temper and valued loyalty. He would often say that he would take a knife in the chest for his friends. Whenever a friend was bullied, as long as they called out, he would rush to the front to help his friend find trouble, no matter how much Old Man Luo tried to persuade him otherwise.

  He often walks by the river, how can he not get his shoes wet. Luo Erbo and several friends went to find a place together, but were caught and brought back. Under the persuasion of his friends, he took all the responsibility on himself.

  It happened to coincide with the severe crackdown at that time, and the victim was also seriously injured. Luo Erbo was sentenced to seven years in prison. It wasn't until after the verdict was announced that he realized the severity of the problem, and he recanted his confession, saying it wasn't what he had done himself. As a result, the testimonies of his friends were consistent, and the testimonies of the victim's family members and friends were also consistent, making Luo Erbo's conviction a foregone conclusion.

  Lao Daobo, Lao Sangu and Wang Yan hastily brought Luo Zhengang back to think of a solution. Although Grandpa Luo was heartbroken, he didn't want his youngest son to pay for the mistakes of his second son, so he instructed Luo Zhengang that if he could help within his own abilities, then he should, otherwise it would be considered as Erge's fate and being locked up for reeducation wouldn't be bad either.

  Lao Da Bo and Lao San Gu thought it was too embarrassing for Lao Er to be in jail, Wang Yan also cried and begged Lao Zheng Gang... In the end, Lao Er Bo stayed inside for half a year before he came out.

  Grandpa Luo said these things, naturally not knowing that his youngest son had signed an unequal treaty, only because his granddaughter seriously said she wanted to know what her father had done to her brothers and sisters, so he told some of the past events. What Grandpa Luo was heartbroken about was how the fourth elder treated his older siblings, but didn't get the genuine recognition from several families, and even more heartbreaking was the hardships his youngest son had gone through all along.

  Luoye understood that her father's unequal treaty was signed under duress from his siblings, who used their familial relationship to coerce him. How could she get close to such a group of people? No matter the reason, she couldn't truly forgive them.

  It's great that Grandpa is leaving with us this time.

  ……

  At the same time, Luo's family in Island City also welcomed a rare guest - Yang Xing and his father Yang Songping. Both Luo Zheng and Wen Xi were slightly surprised when they saw the two of them.

  "Mayor Yang, please take a seat." Luo Zheng immediately returned to normal.

  Yang Songping smiled and said: "Zheng Gang, don't be so polite, this is a private visit, just call me Songping, I won't bother you and your father, will I?"

  "How could this be? I haven't even had time to welcome you yet." Luo Zheng was extremely puzzled in his heart, what exactly did the other person come for? It's rare for a superior to visit a subordinate's home.

  "Does Mayor Yang drink green tea, black tea or floral tea?"

  "Come on, don't be so polite, any tea is fine. We're mainly here to chat." Yang Songping smiled and looked at Luo Zhenggang: "Zhenggang, in the whole compound, I think your family is the only one that doesn't hire a nanny?"

  "Wen Xin doesn't like strangers at home, haha......" Luo Zheng bluntly told the truth, there's no need to hide this, saying otherwise would be pretentious.

  "Auntie, let me pour the tea for you, take a rest." After brewing the tea warmly, Yang Xing hurriedly took over the teapot to serve.

  Yang Song patted his son's head lightly: "You little scamp, I've never seen you so diligent at home."

  "Dad, I want to work hard but mom doesn't allow it..." Yang Xing carefully handed the first cup of tea to Luo Zhenggang: "Uncle, please have some tea."

  Luo Zhenggang smiled and handed the tea to Yang Songping: "First give it to your father, visiting is a guest, this is etiquette."

  "Too polite, I'm not here as a guest..."

  The father and son chatted with Zheng Gang and Wen Xing for half a day, just when the couple thought that the father and son might be really bored, they came to visit. Yang Songping cut to the chase: "Zheng Gang, Wen Xing, I'm really sorry to bring this up, it's not something a father should get involved in, but our two families have special circumstances, and I don't trust anyone else to get involved in this matter, so I came myself."

  Luo Zhenggang didn't hide his puzzled expression: "Mayor Yang, please go ahead."

  "You're not a local, never mind. Mayor Yang is just that, Mayor Yang." Yang Songping cleared his throat: "I'll get straight to the point. Yang Xing has taken a liking to Luo Ye. My wife and I are also very pleased with Luo Ye, so we thought of discussing it with you brothers and sisters, whether or not to let the two kids be together? If it's suitable, then we can settle on it."

  Lu Zhenggang and Wen Xi stared at each other, having met directly before. But why? The Song family's power was stronger than the Lu family by a whole lot.

  Welcome home!

  The couple simultaneously flashed this idea, Yang's family must have investigated the background of Wen's family, otherwise they wouldn't be in such a hurry to come to Luo's house to propose.

  Old Master Wen loves face. He completely blocked the news of his falling out with his youngest daughter from outsiders, so it's normal that the Yang family couldn't find out about the discord between Luo and Wen.

  It's not suitable to refuse this matter outright, and agreeing is also impossible. Ye had previously made it clear that she didn't like Yang Xing, and neither of them wanted to compromise their daughter.

  "Hehe......" Yang Songping saw the couple's hesitation and continued: "Don't be embarrassed, I'll speak up for myself. It's just that I don't want it to be spread around by outsiders."

  "Uncle Luo, Aunt Wen..." Yang Xing looked at the couple seriously: "I know you must be very suspicious about this matter, especially since Xiao Yang has been staying at my place all summer vacation. But feelings can't be forced, and I've always felt like ordinary friends with Xiao Yang."

  "My feelings towards Luo Ye are different, to be honest, when Luo Ye wasn't on vacation, I went to school to look for her, but she didn't respond to me, I feel like she has some misunderstanding towards me. This is also helpless, so I forced my dad to come with me to propose, hoping that uncle and aunt can help me."

  "It's not popular for parents to make decisions now, let's wait for Ye Er to come back and discuss with her how to do it?" Luo Zheng said in Yang Xing's words, but his gaze was cast towards Yang Songping.

  "It's okay, as long as you don't object, the kids can get to know each other slowly. Yang Songping said, standing up: "It's not early anymore, we won't continue to disturb Zheng Gang and his siblings. When Luo Feng and Luo Ye come back, our two families will have dinner together, how about that?"

  "Alright, let's make another appointment for next time."

  The two men went out, Luo Zhenggang and Wen Xi were silent for a long time, and then sighed. This matter is absolutely directed at the Wen family, with a deep background of a city leader, putting down his airs, running to pull relations with a deputy mayor who has no background, who would believe that there is no ulterior motive?

  ……

  Luo Ye was packing her luggage, Xiao Xiao slipped in: "Little Ye, you're leaving this afternoon, Fourth Grandfather is also leaving, will you come back by the time I get married?"

  "As long as time permits, I'll be back. Xiaoxiao is the cutest and will definitely be happy." Luoye hugged Xiaoxiao tightly, never expecting that her only friend in this place would be this slightly dim-witted Xiaoxiao. When she gets married, perhaps Xiaoxiao will really come to congratulate her. Unintentionally, Xiaoxiao has actually helped her a lot.

  In the afternoon, Luo Zheng brought a large van from Wenxiangyuan to the village. There wasn't much luggage, but in order to transport Old Yuan's Da Bai and Da Huang, a larger vehicle was necessary.

  The busiest farewell cry... The car finally drove on its way home, until the village's shadow was no longer visible, Grandpa Luo sat back in his seat, with a faint redness around his eyes.

  Luoye also felt uncomfortable in her heart, she understood the feeling of leaving her hometown, fortunately, there was Shifu accompanying her together, otherwise Grandpa would really take a long time to adapt.

  "Yèr, have Dàbó and èrbó done anything wrong these days?" Wēn xīn asked her daughter quietly when no one was paying attention. She found that her daughter had become much colder towards Dàbó and èrbó, a coldness that seemed to be deeply ingrained.

  "No, what's on your mind, mom?"

  Wen Xin is the kind of person who doesn't hide her emotions. As soon as she arrived today, Luo Ye discovered that she was weighed down by worries, which made her worried too - had something else happened during her absence?

  Went to bed at 2 am together, special thanks to 'Luohuayuwudie' for the big red envelope, special thanks to 'Xiangpiwawa' for the reward, thank you all for supporting me.

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  Book number: 1921618

  Introduction: The eldest daughter of the braid era struggles to make a living in a boiled water life.