Although her two sons were unfilial, it was because she favored the two grandchildren of Laoer’s family.
But when Laoer and his spouse left, if she didn’t take care of them, what would become of Laoer’s children?
Should she just let them starve to death?
"Grandma, Eldest Uncle and Little Uncle Fang hold grudges against Xiao Yun and me, but don’t blame Eldest Uncle and Little Uncle Fang. In our village, it’s common for the eldest family to take care of the elders. You raised Xiao Yun and me despite that, struggling to raise us well."
"Grandma, my brother and I respect you, my brother and I respect you. We’ll earn money to support you, and when we’re young we’ll look after you when you are old."
Grandma Fang was truly heartbroken by her two sons.
They were unwilling to take care of the two children Laoer left behind.
"Right, I plan to agree with what Third Brother said about going to the Capital City to make money. Grandma, let’s go to the Capital City together. Once I earned the money, if Eldest Uncle and Little Uncle Fang need help, I will certainly help them."
Fang Chaoyang had never thought that after becoming wealthy, he would reach out to help Eldest Uncle Fang and Little Uncle Fang.
He remembered vividly how they treated him and his sister.
How they scolded them, he remembered clearly.
They called them thieves, eating the food they provided.
Grandma Fang thought about what Educated Youth Yun said, that as long as the granddaughter went to the Capital City, she would have a job and could make money.
With a job, finding a partner would be easier.
"Okay, I’ll go with you to the Capital City."
Fang Chaoyang and Fang Meiyun exchanged glances, smiling in each other’s eyes.
But since they were going out, some things in the house still needed to be dealt with.
This time they were leaving, they might not return until the end of the year.
Their stay away would be long, and certainly Eldest Uncle’s wife and Little Aunt would come to rummage through the house.
Sold the chickens. Kept two, left one for the household, sent one to Third Brother’s family.
"Did Grandma Fang agree?"
"Agreed, and started to take care of some things around the house."
"Hmm, we leave the day after tomorrow, on the fifth."
What about the vegetables on the homestead?
"The things we can’t take with us, you can bring to my house for storage."
While the fine grains still sold, the coarse grains were not so easy to sell.
"Xiao Mao’s father, why don’t you ask Little Uncle Fang if he could also take you to the Capital City to make money?" Sister-in-law Zhao looked at her husband.
If Little Uncle Fang was taking a distant cousin to the Capital City to earn money, why not take his own brother?
She had heard that Xiao He was going to continue working and earning money in the Capital City with Third Brother’s group.
That way, if Xiao Mao’s father went with Little Uncle Fang to work in the factory, she could stay at home with the children and earn work points from the fields, which wouldn’t be bad.
She thought it was a beautiful plan.
"Third Brother’s family is going to the Capital City for schooling. As for Xiao He and Xinxin, they just got lucky to get jobs. I don’t want to join in that excitement," Xiao Mao’s father refused.
Seeing her husband reluctant,
"If you don’t want to talk, I will."
Sister-in-law Zhao thought about her two daughters’ education and felt the pressure mounting.
Sanya wasn’t young anymore. Da Bao was already in school, and it wasn’t possible for her not to attend. If Daya and Erya didn’t go to school, her father-in-law would be the first to confront her.
Nowadays, going to college meant a job assignment upon graduation.
Like the Third Brother’s sister-in-law, who had gotten into college.
She would be assigned a job later on.
"Xiao Mao’s mother, Third Brother won’t agree," Zhao Tianxiang also wanted a monthly salary, but Third Brother’s temperament wasn’t something you could sway just by talking.
If he disagreed with something, even if you tried to physically persuade him, he wouldn’t agree.
Back when Third Brother had graduated from high school but refused factory work, he was beaten by his father.
"But you are Third Brother’s own brother," Sister-in-law Zhao couldn’t believe it.