Otherwise, with Jiabao’s bad reputation, coupled with the Qiao Family’s poverty, he might end up staying a bachelor.
But not only did Jiabao get married, now he even has children.
Thinking of these, Granny Qiao looked at He Tiantian with more gratitude and satisfaction in her eyes.
Ah, such a good child!
"I used to be heartbroken for Zhenbang. I wouldn’t let Zhenbang worry about anything in or out of the house. I even took out my dowry to help support the family!"
"Granny, I’m not trying to take credit, but I feel that since I married Zhenbang, I am part of the Qiao Family and should consider for the Qiao Family!"
"But it’s been over a year, and Zhenbang, he seems to prefer hanging out with those street thugs!"
"Granny, did you know? Zhenbang hasn’t made any money for more than a year. He has always been taking money from me—"
"...I’m not worried about the money. If I were worried about the money, I wouldn’t have given my entire dowry. I, I’m worried about Zhenbang!"
"Granny, you’re older, more experienced, and you’ve been in a wealthy family, so you know a lot of principles!"
"I, I’m really afraid that I might be harming Zhenbang!"
If Mrs. Qiao had said these things, Granny Qiao would have definitely thought Mrs. Qiao was just reluctant to part with the money, unwilling to help her husband’s family, or serve her own man.
But coming from her favorite granddaughter-in-law, Granny Qiao didn’t get angry immediately, but actually began to reflect seriously.
Just like He Tiantian said, Granny Qiao grew up in a wealthy family from a young age and even accompanied the young lady to cities like Capital City and Shanghai.
She had seen worldly experiences and knew the twists and turns within the inner quarters.
She understood the principle that spoiling kills, just like negligence.
But when it happened to her own family, she didn’t realize it at the time.
Now, directly pointed out by He Tiantian, Granny Qiao immediately fell into deep thought.
The granddaughter-in-law was indeed good and was even willing to contribute her dowry to support the Qiao Family.
But if this spoiled their grandson, causing him to lose his drive, then, then—
One of He Tiantian’s words startled Granny Qiao the most: "Zhenbang hasn’t made money for over a year."
As the eldest son and grandson who had started his own family, with Granny, parents, a wife, and a child on the way, Jiabao couldn’t even fulfill the basic responsibility of supporting the family.
Spending days with a group of thugs eating, drinking, and having fun—was this not turning into the same kind of riffraff?
As an old family maid, Granny Qiao had seen too many cases of families ruined by excessive indulgence.
Some squandered their inheritance on opium, gambled away even their daughters, and their parents and elders died directly from anger or illness...
Once prominent and prosperous families were instantly ruined, all because they failed to raise their offspring properly.
The Qiao Family was not even a prominent wealthy household; they definitely couldn’t afford the trouble caused by a delinquent.
"...Granny, I know you have something valuable hidden. Please don’t rush to deny it, I don’t covet your stuff, and I won’t report or expose it."
He Tiantian had laid the groundwork for a while, finally getting to her point, "I’ve already cut off the money to Zhenbang and made him earn money for the family!"
"Recently, Zhenbang went to the city again. But, I feel like something’s off about him. I’m afraid he can’t handle the hardship anymore and might look for shortcuts."
"Granny, if one day Zhenbang comes to ask you for your precious hidden treasure, saying it’s for doing business or finding opportunities, please, please don’t believe him."
"Just tell him straight up that there is no such Inheritance. Our Qiao Family is poor and destitute, and we depend on him to make money and revive the family honor."
He Tiantian remembered that in the original plot, before the original character, Jiao Jiao, eloped with someone, she stole a treasured possession of Granny Qiao’s.
Of course, this item wasn’t the "embroidery" that He Tiantian mentioned, but it was related to Embroidery.
It was an Ancient Embroidery Pattern, recording several lost stitching techniques.
However, it was a sensitive period at that time, and such embroidery patterns, considered feudal remnants, were wrong for Granny Qiao to secretly keep.
Thus, after it was stolen by the original character, the Qiao Family dared not publicize it, fearing it would bring disaster to their household.
Granny Qiao fell seriously ill because of this, not just from anger and heartache, but more from fear.
She feared the exposure of this Ancient Embroidery Pattern, afraid that it would harm her son and grandson.
If it really was because of her initial carelessness that the entire Qiao Family suffered, she, she wouldn’t even face the ancestors of the Qiao Family after death.
Anger, regret, fear, and other emotions intertwined. Granny Qiao, getting on in years, was on the way to the hospital, and her son even fell down a slope trying to save her... ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NovelHub(.)net
Granny Qiao passed away before reaching the hospital, her eyes never closed.