AD (QT) Chapter 68

(Word Count: 6325)

 

Han Ze and Hu Xialan returned to their home in Boya New Garden, and Liu Mingda and Wang Peining followed them back.

 

Liu Mingda tugged at Wang Peining’s arm, signaling her to apologize to Han Ze.

 

Wang Peining glanced at Liu Mingda, clutched her handbag, and had a hint of reluctance on her face. She gritted her teeth. For the sake of the wedding house, it was just an apology, and it would not affect anything. She smiled again, took a step forward, walked to Han Ze’s side, and whispered: “Uncle Han, my tone was not good just now, don’t take it to heart, I am young and ignorant. You and aunt will teach me more in the future, I will definitely change.”

 

Han Ze lowered his head and said nothing. Hu Xialan tugged at his arm and gave him a look. The children have apologized, why don’t you find a way to step down quickly? Are you still going to accept the children’s marriage?

 

Han Ze looked up, sighed deeply, and paused his gaze on Liu Mingda and Wang Peining. He said, “Peining, we know you are a good child. Most of your generation are only children. Our family is special because we have more children. I remember that your parents only have you as a daughter, right?”

 

Wang Peining nodded. Her parents taught in their town and only gave birth to her as a girl.

 

Han Ze smiled and said, “You are the only daughter of your parents. I guess you were loved and spoiled by your parents and grandparents. You just developed a bit of a spoiled temper. It’s harmless. Which young person doesn’t have a temper? When I was young, I even fought with people with a stick. It’s okay.”

 

Hu Xialan smiled slightly. Liu Mingda and Wang Peining looked at each other and said that they could just coax her over.

 

Han Ze changed the subject and said, “I’m putting myself in your shoes. When I was young, I didn’t like being controlled by my parents. You are already in your twenties and will soon be thirty. Who wants to be controlled and questioned by their parents all day long? Isn’t it annoying? ”

 

Hu Xialan kept smiling. Wang Peining agreed with Uncle Han’s words. If her family hadn’t urged her to get married, she would have wanted to play with Mingda for two years before getting married. She was almost annoyed to think that after getting married, her parents would urge her to have children.

 

Han Ze smiled and glanced at Wang Peining, then turned to look at Hu Xialan and said, “Look, Peining agrees with this.”

 

Hu Xialan said in a gentle tone, helpless and funny, “Yes, yes, you make sense, okay?”

 

“What I said makes sense. This is the experience I have summed up over the years.”

 

Han Ze leaned on the sofa, glanced at the two children, and pointed to the sofa next to him, “Sit down, don’t stand. I’ve been running around all morning, it’s so tiring. ”

 

Hu Xialan shook her head helplessly, looking like she couldn’t do anything about him.

 

Liu Mingda took Wang Peining’s hand and sat on the sofa.

 

Hu Xialan stood up to pour water for them and took some fruit. She smiled gently: “Peining likes to eat red grapes, Mingda likes to eat oranges, I always buy big and fresh ones…”

 

Han Ze sat next to her and said with a smile: “Your aunt is so virtuous. She goes to the supermarket early every day. She said that only in this way can she buy the goods that have just been put on the market and pick good vegetables and fruits. If you go too late, you will buy what others have left. Eat fruit, eat fruit. ”

 

Liu Mingda pinched a red grape and handed it to Wang Peining, who took it with a smile and started to eat it.

 

Hu Xialan sat beside them, peeling an orange with a knife. She looked at the two of them with a smile. The couple had a good relationship and should have gotten married long ago. She put the peeled orange on a plate, picked up a piece with a toothpick and handed it to Han Ze, who took it and ate it in two bites. After eating, he threw the toothpick into the trash can and continued, “Xialan, do you know Brother Zheng in our community?”

 

Hu Xialan nodded and said with a smile, “I know. I meet Sister Zheng every day when I go to the supermarket to buy vegetables. Yesterday she complained to me that their son is 33 years old and still doesn’t want to have a partner. Sister Zheng and her husband were so anxious that their hair turned white. They asked the sisters who danced with them in the community to introduce a partner to her son. In the past two months, her son has dated more than 20 times. ”

 

Wang Peining asked curiously, “He’s been dating more than twenty times?”

 

Hu Xialan smiled and nodded, “Not more than twenty times. Almost once every other day.”

 

Wang Peining was surprised, “More than twenty times, and he hasn’t met the right one?”

 

Hu Xialan shook her head and said with a smile, “Not only has he not met the right one, but Sister Zheng’s son is almost having a dating phobia. He gets scared when it comes to dating. He got angry and moved out to rent a house. He said that when Zheng Dasao and her husband give up the idea of ​​letting him date, he will move back. What do you think of this child…”

 

Han Ze disagreed and said, “It’s not Zheng Ming’s fault. Since Zheng Ming is willing to date, it means he is not opposed to getting married. The reason he doesn’t want to get married is probably that he hasn’t met the right person and doesn’t want to make do… Brother Zheng and his wife didn’t think about the problem from the child’s perspective. If they had thought about it from the child’s perspective, they wouldn’t have forced Zheng Ming to date. What if Zheng Ming was forced to find a girl to marry casually and live an unhappy life in the future, who can they blame? When he finds a girl he likes, he will naturally want to get married. ”

 

Wang Peining kept nodding her head. Uncle Han was right. Parents should put themselves in their children’s shoes. If they keep forcing them, what they will get may not be obedience, but resistance and rebellion. His parents should really learn from Uncle Han.

 

Han Ze smiled and said, “Pening agrees with what I said, right?”

 

Hu Xialan glared at him in reproach.

 

Wang Peining agreed, absolutely agreed.

 

Han Ze saw Wang Peining nodded, ignored Hu Xialan’s roll of the eyes, and said, “Let’s not talk about the distant past. You all know Aunt Jiang downstairs, right?”

 

Wang Peining said, “I know. Isn’t their son married? The grandson is already in his teens.”

 

Han Ze looked at her, frowned and said, “The problem is that his son is already in his teens and he has been married for more than ten years. A man in his forties can’t even earn enough to support his son, let alone spend. He also smokes all day. Guess how much a pack of cigarettes he smokes costs?”

 

Wang Peining opened her eyes wide, “How much a pack?”

 

Han Ze sighed: “Forty-one yuan, a pack. My children are grown up, and I don’t have much burden, so I don’t dare to smoke such expensive cigarettes.”

 

Hu Xialan glared at him: “No matter how good the cigarettes are, they will harm your health. Smoke less.”

 

Han Ze didn’t say anything. The original body had already quit smoking. Occasionally, he would smoke a little when he couldn’t help it, but it was true that the original body envied others who could smoke forty-one yuan pack of cigarettes.

 

Liu Mingda asked with a smile, “How much does he make a month?”

 

Han Ze frowned, “He works as a security guard in the Xinhua Bookstore in the city center, and his salary is not very high.”

 

Wang Peining clicked his tongue twice, “Then how dare he smoke such expensive cigarettes?”

 

Hu Xialan interjected, “The reason he dares to spend so much money is because Aunt Jiang and her husband can make money, and they spend all the money they make on their son and grandson.”

 

Han Ze disagreed, “Aunt Jiang held her 66th birthday last year. How many more years can they make money? Didn’t you see that Aunt Jiang’s daughter-in-law quarreled with Aunt Jiang’s son every day? They were still getting a divorce a few days ago. A man in his twenties who relies on his parents for support is because he is young and incompetent. He is still relying on his parents at the age of forty. Even if there is someone to take care of his children at home, his daughter-in-law will feel hopeless.”

 

Hu Xialan and others agreed that a man in his forties who can’t make money should at least learn to save money. Parents can’t be relied on for a lifetime.

 

Han Ze sighed and said, “The examples of Zheng Ming and Aunt Jiang’s son remind us as parents that when children grow up, we should let go and let them fight and struggle on their own. We can’t control everything for them and let them think that their parents support them in everything and that there is someone taller to take care of them. This will make them lazy and unenterprising.”

 

Hu Xialan looked at Wang Peining with satisfaction and said, “Fortunately, our Peining and Mingda are both good children, with good jobs and good treatment…”

 

Han Ze was also very pleased. He looked at the two of them and said, “Yes, you two are college classmates. You are both almost 30 years old this year. You both have good jobs and benefits. You will definitely have a good life after marriage, and we can rest assured. I am an open-minded parent, and your mother is also very open-minded. In the future, whether you get married or buy a house, you can do whatever you want. Don’t worry, we will never interfere, and we will not say a word to embarrass you. We will never let the things that happened to the Zheng family and the Jiang family happen in our family.”

 

Wang Peining paused while holding Liu MIngda’s hand, and looked at Han Ze in disbelief. What does Uncle Han mean? Weren’t they just having a pleasant chat? She thought he was no longer angry, and now it seems that Uncle Han is obviously not angry either. Why doesn’t he care about them? If he doesn’t care about them, where will they get the money to buy a house?

 

Liu Mingda’s face froze. Dad means that he won’t interfere in his buying a house? Not interfering means that he won’t pay for him to buy a house? Not to mention giving him a house at home?

 

Hu Xialan pulled the corner of her mouth unnaturally: “The children are still young. If you’re not the the masters of the family, who will be the masters of the family?”

 

But she couldn’t help but panic in her heart. Did Old Han really not intend to give Mingda a house, nor did he intend to pay for him to buy a house? How could this be possible?

 

Han Ze smiled and said: “At the age of thirty, you are not young anymore. It’s time to let them learn to be the masters of the family. When I was thirty, I had Feiyu and Shutao. Xialan, for the sake of the children, you have to learn to let go.”

 

Hu Xialan frowned, and Han Ze said again: “Besides, our ideas are different from those of young people. Let them do it themselves. Let’s enjoy our future life. If you control us too much, it will be annoying.”

 

Liu Mingda thought that Han Ze was still angry about what happened in front of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and he quickly said: “Dad, Peining is just a little bit temperamental. She doesn’t have any bad intentions. Don’t take it to heart. I like you to control me, and I won’t get tired of it.”

 

Han Ze laughed happily and said comfortingly: “You are a sensible child. Although you are not my child, you are better than my child. You are filial and sensible, better than Feiyu. Your mother and I are counting on you. You like me to take care of you, but I don’t care about you. Maybe one day you will get tired of it. Who can I count on? I will be satisfied if I can be an old man who doesn’t annoy my children when I am old.”

 

Wang Peining thought, if you count on Mingda, why not give the house to Mingda? However, she dared not say this even if she was beaten to death. Even if Mingda called Han Ze dad for more than ten years, he was not his biological father after all, and it was not legitimate.

 

Liu Mingda smiled bitterly and said, “Dad, the wedding house I want to get married…”

 

Han Ze smiled and said, “Just buy it, no need to ask me. You can buy wherever you want, don’t worry about not being able to take care of us if you buy it far away, as long as it is convenient for your work.”

 

Hu Xialan smiled and spoke, but her tone was a little stiff: “Old Han, the child wants the money to buy a house…”

 

Han Ze looked at her strangely: “You should buy a house, the family does not need you to pay for living expenses. The more expensive houses in our Huacheng are more than 20,000 yuan per square meter, and the cheaper ones can be bought for tens of thousands of yuan. How big do you plan to buy? How much is the down payment?”

 

Wang Peining’s smile froze on her face, and she said angrily: “No matter how big the house is, it will cost hundreds of thousands for a down payment. Where can I save so much?”

 

Hu Xialan’s eyebrows jumped, and she looked at Han Ze nervously.

 

Han Ze smiled, his face full of pride: “Peining, although he is not a young talent, he is also successful in his career. Don’t worry about Mingda. Our Mingda suffered a lot when he was young. He is thrifty and frugal. After graduating from college, he has a good job and lives at home. He doesn’t need to keep a car. He doesn’t smoke. The taxi company also reimburses him for his commuting. He is reluctant to buy clothes on weekdays. It’s your aunt who can’t bear it and buys them for him. It can be said that the money he earns, except for the personal connections with his friends, is almost useless. He definitely has enough money to buy a house for a down payment. I have never worried about him. My son, if you marry him, you will definitely enjoy a good life.”

 

Wang Peining frowned. Frugal and thrifty? Is Uncle Han talking about Mingda? She has been dating Mingda for nearly ten years. How come she didn’t know that Mingda was like this? She was about to ask for clarification, but Liu Mingda saw that the situation was not right and quickly said, “Dad, since we haven’t got the marriage certificate, Peining and I still have things to do at the company, so we’ll go back to the company first.”

 

Han Ze nodded quickly, “Company matters are important, so you guys should go back to the company quickly.”

 

Watching Wang Peining and Liu Mingda leave, Hu Xialan couldn’t help complaining, “Why did you tell Mingda about her in front of Peining? It would be so embarrassing for the child.”

 

Han Ze didn’t care, “What’s the big deal? Our child has a good temper and knows how to live, so the girl should know. Look, Peining’s parents didn’t let them get a marriage certificate when they heard that Mingda didn’t have a house for marriage. Who are they looking down on? Now let them know that Mingda has money to buy a house, and then see if they are willing.”

 

Hu Xialan felt bitter in her heart. The key point was that Mingda didn’t have money to buy a house.

 

The Han family has four houses, all of which were allocated after the demolition of the old house. Han Feiyu and Han Shutao are not short of houses. Their deceased mother is an only child. Their grandparents’ old house was demolished and they were allocated two houses. After the two old guys died, the houses were given to them. Old Han’s house was not all given to Mingda. He called him dad for so many years, so he should buy him a wedding house, right?

 

But he actually said that he didn’t care.

 

The reason made her unable to refute. After all, for so many years, she often told Old Han that Mingda had no house and had to save money to buy a house. Usually, he could save money by eating and living at home. She just asked Old Han for money to buy clothes for Mingda, and he readily agreed to support Mingda to save money to buy a house.

 

The reason why she said that was to remind Han Ze that Mingda lived so frugally in order to buy a house, and he was reluctant to buy clothes. If she said too much, Han Ze would definitely be soft-hearted because of his love for Mingda. When Mingda got married, he had no money to buy a house, and he would naturally think of Mingda when he had so many houses.

 

Second, ever since she married Han Ze, she often talked about Mingda and Mingkai’s childhood hardships and their thriftiness in front of him. Old Han liked Mingda and Mingkai so much because he felt sorry for them. She had to talk about the children’s difficulties in front of him frequently so that he would think more about them.

 

Unexpectedly, she ended up talking Mingda into a dead end. Han Ze thought Mingda had money in his pocket, so how could she have the nerve to ask him for money to buy a house for Mingda?

 

Old Han was not stupid. Once he knew that Mingda had no money, the image of thriftiness that she, Mingda, and Mingkai had worked hard to build in front of Old Han for more than ten years would be ruined. Old Han would also think that they were lying to him. From now on, he would no longer believe what she said, and might even divorce her. Mingkai was studying for a master’s degree. Without Old Han’s support, how could he go to school? Whether for Mingkai or for herself, she was determined not to lose her image in front of Old Han.

 

Seeing that she had been silent and absent-minded, Han Ze frowned and asked, “Are you worried about the two of them?”

 

Hu Xialan came back to her senses, and she curled her lips listlessly and said, “The children were supposed to get a marriage certificate today. I never thought that Peining’s parents would disagree. You said they were the same. Although you are not Mingda’s biological father, you have raised him for more than ten years. What’s the difference between him and your biological children?”

 

Han Ze said indignantly, “They don’t want Mingda to recognize his biological father, do they?”

 

Hu Xialan was stunned and spat, “How is it possible? Their father stabbed someone in his hometown and is still in prison. It will take another two years for him to be released. They don’t know who Mingda’s biological father is.”

 

Han Ze hummed and said, “In the end, it’s a matter of house. If Mingda buys the house, all problems will be solved. Let’s not worry about it. Let Mingda go to see the house this weekend. When he buys it, just tell us.”

 

Hu Xialan was full of bitterness. Buy a house? Buy it with your face?

 

Han Ze said again: “I’ll go shopping with you tomorrow morning.”

 

Hu Xialan frowned and looked at him: “Why did you think of buying vegetables?”

 

Han Ze smiled and said: “Didn’t we say that we’re going to go see Feiyu and Shutao? I don’t know how the two children are doing”

 

Even if Hu Xialan was reluctant, Han Ze took the initiative to propose it, so she couldn’t object. She could only agree with frustration, because she was a virtuous stepmother.

 

The next day, the two went to the supermarket early. Han Ze felt that the meat in the supermarket was not fresh, so he ran to the vegetable market to buy meat. He bought two pounds of beef specially made for steak. Han Ze thought about it and said: “Shutao often forgets to eat when she writes manuscripts. Let’s buy some pork and leeks, and weigh a few pounds of dumpling skins. Make some dumplings for her and put them in the refrigerator. She can cook dumplings when she is hungry.”

 

Hu Xialan lowered her head and did not let Han Ze see her ugly face. She smiled and went with him to buy meat, leeks, and dumpling skins.

 

After buying these, Han Ze suddenly asked: “Peining likes to eat red grapes, Mingda likes to eat oranges, do you know what Feiyu and Shutao like to eat? Alas, I am really not a qualified father. It’s no wonder that the children resent me. I don’t even know what fruits they like to eat.”

 

Hu Xialan’s face changed slightly. She didn’t know either. After thinking about it, no matter what they bought, the two children would not like it. She casually said: “Peining likes to eat apples, Feiyu likes to eat bananas. How about we buy some apples and bananas?”

 

Han Ze smiled: “Fortunately, you are here. When their biological mother was here, she was not as careful as you. Let’s go to the supermarket. The fruits in the supermarket are better.”

 

The two bought fruits and came out of the supermarket. Hu Xialan was almost heartbroken. She spent hundreds of dollars to buy these things for the two kids. She was not willing to spend so much money normally. Thinking of this, she smiled and said, “The prices are too high. Money is not easy to spend. Such a small thing costs six or seven hundred yuan…”

 

Han Ze said indifferently, “The children are all grown up. Even Mingkai will graduate from graduate school in two months. After graduation, we don’t have to worry about him. What are you worried about? It’s just a few hundred yuan. Our family can still afford it.”

 

He comforted her like this, and Hu Xialan felt even worse. It was just a few hundred yuan. If it was for Mingda and Mingkai, she would not care at all. But she was unwilling to buy things for the two children. Besides, what do you mean that they don’t have to worry about Mingkai after graduation? Mingkai hasn’t found a job yet, so how can he not worry about his family?

 

Han Ze smiled and said, “I know you are usually frugal. How about this? Today I spent a few hundred extra dollars. In the next half month, I will give you less money for buying groceries. I don’t care what I eat. You and Mingda are used to being frugal and don’t care about food and drink. You can always save these few hundred dollars.”

 

“Ah?”

 

Hu Xialan looked at Han Ze suspiciously. After a while, she found her voice again: “You eating poorly, I’m worried that your body can’t stand it.”

 

Han Ze waved his hand and said with a smile: “What can’t be endured? It’s because we live too well that we get some strange diseases, such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high blood lipids. They are all caused by eating greasy food and eating too much salt. For our health, it’s better to eat light.”

 

Hu Xialan: “…”

 

You can use less oil and salt, but it doesn’t mean eating poorly.

 

The two took a taxi to the community where Han Feiyu and Han Shutao lived. They got off the car, carried a few large bags of things, and took the elevator upstairs. When they arrived at their door, Han Ze put the key back. Hu Xialan was happy. Did he plan to go back again?

 

Han Ze said, “I’ll ring the doorbell first to see if Shutao is home. This kid sometimes writes articles at the magazine office and sometimes at home. He might be at home.”

 

Hu Xialan restrained her joy and said with a faint smile, “Just ring the doorbell.”

 

At this time, it was already eleven o’clock, and Han Shutao was still at home. She was busy with her manuscript last night and went to bed at three in the morning. Just as she got up, she heard the doorbell ring. She asked sleepily in the room, “Who is it?”

 

Han Ze looked at Hu Xialan happily and said loudly, “It’s me. Your dad.”

 

There was no sound in the room for a long time. Han Ze was a little nervous. Would this child not open the door for him?

 

A few minutes later, the door opened. Han Ze breathed a sigh of relief.

 

Han Shutao stood by the door, looked at her father and Hu Xialan behind her, and said expressionlessly: “I just changed my clothes. What’s the matter with you?”

 

Han Ze carried the bag on the ground into the house, and said with a smile: “Your Aunt Hu and I haven’t seen you for a long time. We came to see you.”

 

Han Shutao glanced at the two of them sarcastically, with his arms folded across her chest: “See us? No need.”

 

Han Ze frowned: “Kid, how can you talk like that? You and your brother are my children. Isn’t it my duty to come and see you? Mingda is getting married soon and is already discussing buying a house. I’m not rushing you to get married, I just want to understand your situation. Are you dating someone? That way I can rest assured.”

 

“Liu Mingda is so lucky to have you as his biological father. You even prepared a wedding house for him.”

 

Han Shutao’s face became even more indifferent. She just ignored the two of them, walked to the refrigerator, opened it, poured a glass of milk, and drank it directly.

 

Han Ze frowned and said, “Why are you drinking cold milk? Is your milk expired?”

 

Han Shutao rolled his eyes, “I bought the milk yesterday and it’s just opened. If you have the time, you might as well take care of the wedding house problem of your biological son Mingda. As for me and my brother, you don’t have to worry about it.”

 

Han Ze frowned and never relaxed. He looked at Hu Xialan apologetically. Hu Xialan pulled the corner of her mouth and shook her head, indicating that it was nothing. He smiled with relief, then looked at Han Shutao: “What do you mean by biological son or not? If Mingda is my biological son, then what about you and your brother? Little girl, you’re just talking nonsense.”

 

Han Shutao said without thinking: “I’m not talking nonsense, Mingda is your biological son, and we are stepchildren, otherwise why would you treat us so badly? Don’t worry, your stepchildren will not ask you to buy a house when they get married in the future. As for whether we have a boyfriend or not, you don’t have to worry about it.”

 

Han Ze snorted and said, “Don’t talk nonsense. I’m a very open-minded parent and I won’t urge you to get married. As for Mingda’s wedding house, I don’t have to worry about it. They can buy any house they want. I won’t care. I give you complete freedom.”

 

Han Shutao curled his lips and said bluntly: “Of course you don’t care, you just have to pay the money. It’s OK. ”

 

Han Ze smiled and said proudly, “You are wrong. I didn’t pay a penny for your Brother Mingda to buy a house. He has worked for so many years and saved his salary. It’s no problem for him to pay the down payment. You and your brother should learn from Mingda. ”

 

Han Shutao looked at Han Ze suddenly, then at Hu Xialan. Seeing that she looked ugly, she turned back to look at Han Ze and asked very unexpectedly, “You are telling the truth? You really don’t plan to buy a house for Liu Mingda?”

 

Han Ze’s face was not good: “You can ask your Aunt Hu about this. For so many years, you have been saying that I am biased. Now you know why I am biased, right? Mingda has worked hard for so many years and can buy a wedding house by himself. Can you do it?”

 

Hu Xialan was stiff all over. Bitterness could not describe her mood at the moment. Logically, she should be happy that Han Ze praised her son. But she couldn’t even cry now. She wished that time could go back and she could go back to the past and never pretend to be diligent and frugal, so that she would not cheat her son now.

 

Han Shutao touched her chin and looked at her father strangely. She asked again, “Oh, no, you really don’t plan to buy a house for Liu Mingda? Why don’t I believe it?”

 

How could she not know whether Liu Mingda had money or not?

 

Han Ze’s face turned even darker, and he said angrily: “Who are you suspecting? Your brother Mingda has been frugal and hardworking since he was young. He has such a high salary. After so many years, he has saved hundreds of thousands. What’s the problem?”

 

Han Shutao glanced at Hu Xialan, who looked unhappy, and said in a good mood: “Yes, yes, our brother Mingda has been capable and frugal since he was young. He will definitely be able to buy a house with his own ability. Silly old man, you are really capable. You have trained your son so well.”

 

Han Ze said proudly: “That’s right.” Then his face turned dark and he frowned: “What did you call me just now? Silly old man?”

 

Han Shutao immediately said: “Han, it’s Han, not Silly. You heard it wrong.”

(Old man Han is Lao Han while Silly old man is Lao Ha so… quite easy to mishear )

 

Han Ze said angrily: “I don’t care if you are a silly old man or an old man Han. I am your father, not some old man. You are a big girl in your twenties. You should have passed the rebellious period. Can’t you even call me dad?”

 

Han Shutao hung her head and said nothing.

 

Hu Xialan pulled Han Ze’s arm and said gently, “Speak softly, children need to be taught slowly.”

 

Han Shutao curled her lips in disdain. Han Ze slowly calmed down his anger. He looked at Hu Xialan and said in a voice that Han Shutao couldn’t hear, “You are right. They are already in their twenties. They are adults and understand everything. We can’t treat them the same way as before. The examples of the Jiang family and the Zheng family are there. We have to talk to them clearly. We can’t let them think that we are interfering in their affairs. If we make them annoyed, they will not listen to us at all.”

 

Hu Xialan: “…”

 

Han Ze glanced at her: “I think she may have just got up. Go and cook noodles for her. I will have a good talk with her.”

 

Hu Xialan gritted her teeth secretly, glanced at Han Shutao who was stiff-necked, and went to the kitchen.

 

Han Shutao choked, and Han Ze looked at her: “Shutao, do you think you did anything wrong?”

 

Han Shutao simply ignored him and turned on the TV to watch.

 

Han Ze snatched the remote control from her hand, turned off the TV, and said angrily: “I’m your dad, you call me a silly old man, do you think it’s reliable?”

 

Han Shutao rolled his eyes and said disdainfully: “You also know that it’s unreliable? Have you done anything reliable in all these years?”

 

Han Ze asked back: “What unreliable things have I done? Isn’t it you and your brother who like opposing me? You don’t want to live at home, so you have to move out to live?”

 

Han Shutao sneered and crossed his arms: “I don’t want to quarrel with you, it’s boring.”

 

Han Ze took a deep breath and asked: “Okay, your Aunt Hu asked me to talk to you nicely, so I will talk to you nicely. You and your brother have lived outside for a long time, why don’t you move back and live there for a while? Look at the life you are living outside, and look at the dust on the ground, I don’t know how long it has been cleaned.”

 

Han Shutao sneered: “If we move back, can you live there?”

 

Han Ze frowned and said: “Why not? There are so many rooms at home…”

 

Han Shutao said directly: “It’s okay to live with that woman, but I don’t want to live with Liu Mingda and his wife!”

 

Han Ze smiled and said, “I thought it was something else. Mingda and his girlfriend won’t live with us after marriage, and I don’t agree. Didn’t I tell you that they are buying a house?”

 

“Even if they are buying a house, it won’t be so quick to take it.” Han Shutao was not fooled.

 

Han Ze said, “They can go out and rent a house. I don’t plan to let them live with us. Your Brother Mingda’s girlfriend has a little temper. I’m afraid she and your Aunt Hu won’t get along, and then they will quarrel. ”

 

Han Shutao rolled his eyes: “Are you afraid that Wang Peining will bully that woman?”

 

Han Ze said helplessly: “Your Aunt Hu has a gentle temperament and is easily bullied. I’m not just worried that Wang Peining will bully her. ”

 

Hu Xialan was thinking about other things. After boiling some water, she remembered to ask the girl if there were any noodles here. When she came out and heard Han Ze’s words, she felt mixed emotions and didn’t know how to react.

 

Han Shutao caught a glimpse of Hu Xialan’s passing figure, and suddenly covered his face and laughed. Oh my god, her silly old man is really a silly old man. He probably didn’t know that Hu Xialan was eager to live with her son and daughter-in-law.

 

Han Ze saw his daughter smile, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said, “So, don’t go against me. Living outside, you won’t eat well or dress well. When you come back, I will ask your Aunt Hu to make delicious food for you in different ways every day. How about it?”

 

Han Shutao raised his eyebrows: “Okay, I agree. My brother listens to me, and I agree on his behalf.”

 

Han Ze asked in surprise: “Really?”

 

Han Shutao nodded, “Really. ”

 

She was going back to watch the show.

 

Hu Xialan came out with a bowl of dumplings. She smiled and said, “I didn’t find any noodles in the kitchen, so I made half a bowl of dumpling stuffing and made more than ten dumplings. Shu Tao, just eat it.”

 

Han Ze smiled and said, “Look how good your Aunt Hu is to you.”

 

Han Shutao was in a good mood now. She believed whatever the silly old man said. She nodded while eating dumplings. Not to mention, this woman was very good at making up lies and her cooking skills were not bad either.

 

Han Ze saw that she was eating happily and asked, “Is it delicious?”

 

Han Shutao told the truth, “It’s delicious.”

 

Han Ze looked at Hu Xialan, meaning, see, I said the children wouldn’t think your cooking was bad.

 

Hu Xialan smiled unnaturally. They didn’t dislike the food she cooked, so did she have to cook for them? She was not a nanny.

 

Han Ze saw his daughter eating, so he pulled Hu Xialan aside and whispered, “After lunch, let’s help the brother and sister pack their clothes. ”

 

Hu Xialan had a bad feeling in her heart, she asked carefully: “Why pack clothes for them?”

 

Han Ze said happily: “Shu Tao agreed to come home and live with me, she still has to convince her brother. Are you happy?”

 

Hu Xialan forced a smile, she was not happy, she was not happy at all.

 

Han Ze said again: “Let’s prepare better meals these days, and try to let them live at home for a long time…”

 

Hu Xialan whispered: “Didn’t you say that eating too much greasy food is bad for the body?”

 

Han Ze waved his hand: “They are young and it’s okay. Besides, they are not like Mingda, who has been used to suffering since childhood. Even in the years when their mother passed away, they have never suffered with their grandparents. They were all raised in pampering. If we prepare bad meals, they will think that we deliberately abused them and don’t want to live at home, so we should prepare better meals.”

 

Hu Xialan could no longer smile. Her son was used to suffering, so the meals could be worse? What kind of reasoning is that?