Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Creating Nuisance and Trouble
Zhao Xiaogui was so angry that he no longer looked kindly upon Xia Chengzong.
“Look, these are your dear grandparents and parents, always trying to drive my sister to her death, is that what makes you happy?” Zhao Xiaogui, a young teenager, his eyes blood-red with rage, gritted his teeth and said, “Listen to my dad and go back quickly to stop my aunt!”
“Absolutely cannot agree to the adoption!”
Xia Chuyi pursed her lips, took a deep breath, clenched her fists, and said, “I’ll go back.”
My cousin is right, this person must definitely not be adopted.
Given Mother Xia’s nature, if she didn’t have a “son,” Xia Chuyi could still handle her to some degree, but if she really had a “son,” who knows how crazy she could become.
“I’ll go back with you,” Xia Chengzong suddenly said with a stern face.
“I’ll go to help you,” Xia Chengzong said.
After pondering for a moment, Xia Chuyi nodded, “Xiao Gui, you watch the shop. Second Brother and I will go back for a bit and try to return by tonight.”
“Don’t worry, sister, the braised dishes are almost sold out, and I’m good at packing up!” Zhao Xiaogui puffed out his chest, striking a mature pose, and promised.
Before leaving, Xia Chuyi meticulously instructed him with many words and then left with Second Brother Xia.
Due to time constraints, the daily bus to the village had not yet reached its departure time.
Xia Chuyi thought it over and ultimately decided to take a shortcut, walking home with Second Brother Xia.
Because they were preoccupied, what was usually over an hour’s walk only took about fifty minutes for the pair to reach the village.
As soon as they arrived home, without even catching their breath, they headed straight for the Xia Family.
From a distance, they could see quite a few figures moving around in the Xia Family Courtyard.
As they approached, they could hear people talking inside.
“Big brother, why do you only adopt a son for the second branch and not for our third branch?” It was Third Uncle Xia, who usually didn’t speak up much.
“Yes, big sister-in-law, since you are willing to let go of a son, letting go of one is the same as letting go of two. Adopt one for the second branch, and one for our third branch too,” Third Aunt Xia spoke up, her tone no longer as gentle as usual.
Third Uncle Xia and Third Aunt Xia, obsessed with only one thing in their lives, sons.
“Third brother, Third sister-in-law, how can you compare to me?” Mother Xia’s voice came with a sobbing tone, “You are alive and can still have children. What about me? I am a widow. If our third branch doesn’t adopt, you still might have descendants, but our second branch, without adoption, truly means the end of our line!”
Perhaps because she was about to have a “son,” hope had risen in her heart, making Mother Xia’s voice also louder.
Xia Chengzong quickly looked at Xia Chuyi.
The term “end of our line,” Aunt Xia truly did not take her into consideration.
Xia Chuyi stared ahead, her expression emotionless.
Sad? Maybe a bit in the past.
Now, she was likely just profoundly disillusioned.
“I don’t care, ultimately, my parents must be fair. If the second branch adopts, the third branch must also adopt. Big brother and big sister-in-law have three sons, just right, one for each family!” Third Uncle Xia insisted doggedly.
Third Uncle Xia and Third Aunt Xia, incessantly causing trouble, finally enraged Uncle Xia.
“Wanting to adopt a son? On what basis! What good things can you provide for the child?” Uncle Xia spoke recklessly.
Upon hearing this, Mother Xia couldn’t hold back her tears anymore and hurriedly followed Uncle Xia’s words, “The child, adopted by the second branch, would directly be the child of a martyr, a military family.”
“And also the shop, the city shop that Chuyi opened. Once the child is adopted over, naturally, it will be his.”
As soon as Mother Xia’s words were out, the people of the main branch immediately looked at each other.
It indeed was as expected, Mother Xia would give everything to her “son.”