Chapter 160: Chapter 160

Soon, everyone from the old house came over, except for the three little children.

Grandpa Bai entered and immediately spoke, "I agree with your first condition! Since you no longer acknowledge me as your brother, if you want to sever ties, so be it!"

After speaking, he sat down on the kang with an unpleasant expression.

"Heh... As long as you mean what you say!" Bai Xianglan spoke.

"Grandma, later please write down all the conditions you proposed, and have them signed and stamped, then send them to the brigade leader as a witness! They have no choice but to honor their words!" Bai Ruxue suggested timely.

"Alright! Xiao Xue is right! Let’s do it that way!" Bai Xianglan laughed; her granddaughter was indeed clever.

She originally thought she would just muddle through old age with that bastard son, but never expected that her biological son would be so excellent, bringing her so many grandchildren, that she could one day enjoy a tranquil life playing with grandchildren.

This made her feel like she was dreaming, but seeing her son who looked eight-tenths like her husband, she realized all of this was real! Even Heaven couldn’t bear it, returning her true son to her.

"The second condition is that you take care of your own son! If Gangzi continues to hassle me or my son, I will not hold back! Prison for those who deserve it! Compensation when required! No leniency!" Bai Xianglan spoke in a severe manner that demanded attention.

Grandma Bai immediately responded, "Alright! My son will be my responsibility; I definitely won’t let him bother you!"

"Can you really ensure that?" Bai Xianglan sharply questioned.

The two went back and forth negotiating, while Bai Daliang and Wang Cuihua each held a child and sat on the north kang, staying silent.

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Grandma Bai was now on the south kang, talking with Bai Xianglan, who was sitting beside Grandpa Bai.

As for Gangzi, he stood next to Bai Xianglan.

"Old man, say something!" Grandma Bai was the most anxious one now, fearing that the old man wouldn’t agree to their conditions, leading her to end up in jail.

After all, one’s own son should indeed be managed by oneself; not agreeing would be inhuman.

"Fine! We’ll take care of Gangzi from now on! Don’t worry! He won’t trouble you anymore!" There was anger in Grandpa Bai’s voice.

But he thought, being almost forty, there shouldn’t be much need to care for him either, so he agreed.

However, he hadn’t thought that Gangzi had already lost his wife, had no children, no home, and carried all sorts of bad habits, like a penchant for gambling.

"No, no way! I don’t agree! Am I your forgotten son of over thirty years, and you have no feelings for me at all? You’re just giving me away?" Gangzi, standing beside Bai Xianglan, became agitated and shouted out.

"Yes! You are the child I raised for over thirty years. You and Daliang are both innocent in this, but now, I’m not giving you away! I’m returning you to your biological parents! I’ve given enough to you! I’ve raised you with great care since you were small, and you’ve squandered away the household. For the rest of my life, I just want to make some amends to my biological son! I don’t intend to handle anything else!" Bai Xianglan spoke forthrightly to him.

"No way! If really impossible, you take Bai Daliang back too, then you’ll have two sons; what could be bad about that?" Gangzi suggested.

Bai Xianglan knew Gangzi wasn’t attached to her, only to her pension. He certainly understood this when he went to the old house yesterday, which made her even less willing to acknowledge him as family again.

"Gangzi, do you not understand what I’m saying? I said for the rest of my life, I will only make amends to my biological son! I can’t handle anything else! You have your biological parents! Your mother loves you so much! There’s no reason not to acknowledge your roots! This is settled!" She then turned to Grandpa Bai and his wife, "You agreed to the second condition! If you can’t deliver, don’t blame me for being unkind!"

Anyway, she had laid out her terms, and whatever happened next was Grandma Bai’s problem.

The child is innocent, but each should take responsibility for their own child, which is not wrong, and she isn’t a saint, continuing to raise a son after being hurt in such a way is not something she could do; moreover, if she isn’t decisive, it will bring trouble for her son later.

"Then... Can I continue to inherit Dad’s job?" Gangzi finally compromised, realizing that acknowledging his roots was not due to affection for this mother, as long as his interests were not at stake, whose son he was didn’t matter?

Hearing this, Grandpa Bai’s eyes brightened as he looked up at Bai Xianglan, and Grandma Bai also looked at her with anticipation.

"I’ve already done the Lin Family a great disservice, and now that I’ve taken back my biological son, if this job doesn’t go to them, I won’t have face to meet his father after passing!" Bai Xianglan’s eyes filled with tears as she spoke.

"Daliang is already working at the milk powder factory!" Grandpa Bai suddenly threw in this comment.

"Yes! Bai Daliang is already working at the milk powder factory! Give the job to me! Otherwise, how will I live afterward? I have nothing!" Gangzi echoed Grandpa Bai.

"Daliang may have a job, but his wife doesn’t!" Bai Xianglan remarked.

This matter wasn’t discussed the previous night, so Bai Ruxue didn’t know what decision grandma would make, watching from the side.

Wang Cuihua, although she also wanted to earn money, could do nothing now, with two little children still nursing, and she had never thought about taking a job before.

Upon hearing this, Grandpa Bai had a look of reluctance on his face, but Grandma Bai couldn’t think of so many things. Anxious to find a resolution, she steered the conversation away from whether getting the job was good or not.

"Sister, we agreed to your second condition! Don’t worry, Gangzi won’t trouble you! This way I won’t have to face any charges, right?"

Bai Xianglan knew the other party was determined to protect herself. While she considered asking for compensation, Xiao Xue mentioned the old house couldn’t provide any money, and any dispute would never end, so her third condition was

"Third condition! Cooperate in changing the surnames of the two kids back, and switch their household registrations! Daliang’s registration should be with our Lin Family! Transfer Gangzi’s registration!"

Hearing this, Grandpa Bai sighed in relief, thinking this should be the final condition, right? No compensation, nothing out of his pocket, so he agreed! The registration was bound to be transferred sooner or later, whether city or rural, it didn’t matter much to him.

"Agreed!" he said, happily accepting all the conditions.

"Then what about me?" Gangzi, still not giving up, looked at Bai Xianglan, pleadingly.

"Mom, you know, I even lost my wife now, and once the household registration is changed, I won’t even have a city registration; returning to the countryside, I’ll have no home! What should I do?"

"After you return, your biological parents’ house is your home! Your mother loves you so much, she will find you a wife and build you a house! You just come back at ease! Isn’t that right, Liu Lanxiang?" Bai Xianglan concluded, finally asking Grandma Bai.

Though in the past, she could still call her sister-in-law, now she directly called her by name.

Grandma Bai didn’t dare dissent, so she had no choice but to nod, "Yes! Don’t worry, son! Mom will help you! Everything will be taken care of by your parents!"

But Grandpa Bai’s expression was hard to decipher; without saying a word, he stood up and left.