Chapter 152: Chapter 152

But when they reached the entrance of the courtyard at Grandma’s place, they found a yard full of people, all pointing and talking about Grandma’s house.

Some of the elderly women, who were close to Grandma, were wiping their tears, wanting to help but too scared to go in.

Bai Ruxue quickly jumped off the tractor, followed swiftly by Bai Daliang, who was strong and agile; together, they pushed through the crowd and rushed inside.

Meanwhile, Wang Zhiyong, the driver, was completely bewildered. He didn’t know whose place this was or what had happened, but he didn’t dare leave the tractor and could only stand at the street entrance guarding it.

When Bai Ruxue reached Grandma’s doorway after pushing through the crowd, she saw the elderly lady, who had earlier commented on how much her dad resembled Granduncle, standing there, her face filled with anger and helplessness.

"Hey? Aren’t you..." the elderly lady pointed at Bai Ruxue as she was about to speak, but Bai Ruxue pushed past her.

She didn’t have time to talk to anyone because something unusual was happening inside, and she was worried that the ruffian might harm her grandma.

"Gangzi, we really have nothing left to sell! This is our last bit of survival grain. If you sell it all, how will our family live?" Xianglan cried and shouted.

"Get out of my way! You old hag, it would be best if you starved! You can go join old man down there! You won’t even give me a bit of grain, what kind of a mother are you? Being your son is truly unlucky!" Lin Gang roared viciously.

Hearing this, Xianglan trembled with anger, only able to vent her inner fury with tears.

"Ha..." Bai Ruxue laughed out inadvertently as she entered and heard those words, finding it amusing.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Lin Gang turned around and saw a young girl walking into the room with a smile on her face, and asked sharply.

"I came to take my grandma away! As for you! You didn’t want to be Grandma’s son anyway! I’ve also found your biological parents for you! Didn’t you want money? Your biological parents love you! Whatever you want, they’ll give it to you! How about it? Want to meet your real parents?" Bai Ruxue succinctly explained the situation.

"What? Biological parents?" Lin Gang was swayed by the prospect of getting whatever he wanted! But he still asked, "Are you saying I’m not their biological child?"

"Yes! Just come with me!" Bai Ruxue nodded.

Lin Gang, already tempted by the idea of his biological parents satisfying his needs, couldn’t resist.

He immediately headed out, "Hurry up, then! I don’t want to stay here another minute! No wonder these two old folks keep minding my business and won’t give me money; turns out I’m not their biological child!" he muttered complaints, but then a bit of excitement arose in him.

With his last finance-giving father recently deceased, now another biological parent appeared! Life could get good again!

"Xiao Xue, what’s going on? What’s all this about biological or not biological?" Bai Daliang, who had followed Bai Ruxue inside, asked in confusion upon hearing Bai Ruxue’s words.

He was already puzzled when his daughter brought him to Great Aunt’s house, and now even more so upon hearing about biological relations. Updates are released by N0v3l.Fiɾe.net

Suddenly, he remembered the great aunt’s husband, who looked a bit like him.

An unsettling feeling rose within him, causing his tone to turn somewhat sour.

"Yes! Xiao Xue! What’s all this talk about being biological or not? Gangzi is indeed my biological son! I’ve only had this one son my whole life!" Grandma cried, her mind too muddled to process much.

"Stop crying and bring bad luck! Don’t stop me from finding my real parents! Let’s go! You can see for yourself!" Gangzi, seeing the old woman’s demeanor, immediately became displeased and started tugging at his mother.

At this point, he had no regard for their mother-son relationship, roughly pulling her along.

"Grandma! Come with us! You’ll understand the whole story when we get there!" Bai Ruxue pushed Lin Gang aside and stepped forward to support her, gently persuading.

Xianglan glanced around, saw her son glaring at her like he’d hit her if she didn’t comply, and had no choice but to nod.

Seeing his daughter act this way, Bai Daliang also lost any desire to object.

That day, he was also puzzled as to why he resembled his uncle-in-law. However, since his uncle-in-law had just passed away and his aunt was still mourning, he had prevented his daughter from speaking out, though this didn’t mean he hadn’t thought about it.

So, the four of them hurriedly exited the room, while the people standing in the yard stared at them. Lin Gang cursed at the crowd angrily, almost starting a fight, but Bai Daliang held him back and dragged him onto the tractor with much effort.

When they reached the village, it was already dusk, and every household was starting to finish up their meals.

Bai Ruxue had already arranged with the team leader to get involved due to family matters, so the tractor went directly to pick him up, and they returned home together.

Upon arriving, Bai Ruxue found that Grandma Bai had already returned home.

He could only leave everyone at home and personally made a trip to the old house.

"You wretched girl, what are you doing here?" Li Guihua said with a sour face as soon as she saw Bai Ruxue walk in.

She was still healing from the beating last time, and the wounds ached with every movement.

"I came to invite Grandma and Grandpa back home for dinner! We have some good food today!" Bai Ruxue didn’t care too much about Li Guihua; time was tight.

"Really? You have the heart for that, girl?" Li Guihua doubted.

"How could you say that, Third Aunt? If you don’t believe me, you can come too."

"Just as well, I haven’t prepared dinner yet! Might as well go!" Li Guihua quickly patted the dirt off her clothes, chuckling as she headed inside, probably to call people.

Soon enough, they heard Grandma Bai’s voice, "Anyone can go if they want to! I’m not going! Does that girl have the heart for that? Saying she cooked meat to invite us for dinner?"

Bai Ruxue put her hand on her forehead, realizing that Li Guihua had exaggerated the story without a second thought. She only mentioned having some good food, but it turned into meat stew from Li Guihua’s mouth.

"Mom, Xiao Xue personally came to invite us over! Imagine how hurt she’d be if you didn’t go! Please go, Mum! Dad, say something!" Li Guihua was so eager to have a good meal that even her wounds hurt less.

She kept persuading the old couple to go.

"Go, the child has shown filial piety!" Grandpa Bai also spoke.

"Yes, Mom! I hear that Brother’s family eats lavishly every day! It’s a rare chance to be invited for a meal; we should go!" Bai Dahe eagerly helped Grandma Bai put on shoes and started to drag her along.

Grandma Bai wanted to hide on the kang. She knew what schemes that wretched girl might be hatching, and she was terrified, devoid of any appetite. Moreover, after learning of her eldest son’s death, she was in a confused daze.

She kept replaying the scenario when she swapped the children.

She also regretted it, initially thinking that once her son prospered, she would secretly reunite with him, but she hadn’t anticipated that her son would die so young! It left her unable to cope.

"Let’s go, Mom! What got into you today? Come on, your son will piggyback you!" Bai Dahe’s mouth watered at the thought of the fancy meal, and without further ado, he carried Grandma Bai outside.

Bai Ruxue didn’t have to wait long in the courtyard before the entire old house family started coming out one by one.

She said nothing, turned, and left.

Li Guihua quickly followed, saying nice things. They arrived home together.