Back to 1984: Let's Work Hard Together to Raise The Kids!-Chapter 205: Standing Up for Once

Lin Ying nodded along with a stern face, "You guys are really something! Such a big issue happened and no one bothered to inform us. If you had at least notified us, we could have rushed over to back your aunt and uncle up!"

Xu Kang shook his head, "Mom and Dad, it’s fortunate we didn’t tell you. You have no idea how crazy Aunt and Ping’an were. They made such a scene that Grandpa chased Aunt around the mountain with a super thick stick. If it weren’t for Uncle coming back to save Aunt, I honestly don’t know what would have happened to her!

If you guys had gone, Grandpa would have definitely beat you up too without mercy."

Lin Ying was so startled by Xu Kang’s words that she shivered, and her feverish mind calmed quite a bit, though she grumbled obstinately, "But you still shouldn’t have kept it from us!"

Xu Kang shrugged his shoulders, "Didn’t keep it from you, did I? I’m telling you now!"

Lin Ying paused for a moment, rolled her eyes, "Go, go, stop playing word games with me. Take a break, then go back to the village with your dad later, see the grandparents, uncles and aunts in the village, and pay respects to the ancestors while you’re at it."

Ever since they had a falling-out with the old family house, they had been conducting the ancestor worship on their own, without mixing with the old house.

After moving to the town, the village house was used solely for worship, and they would normally not return—only returning to the village for ancestor worship.

Xu Kang nodded, understanding the rituals.

Lin Ying, seeing her youngest son being obedient, was delighted and quickly prepared a lavish dinner for him.

After the family of three finished eating, Lin Ying continued running the shop.

Xu Dahai held a bicycle to take Xu Kang back.

The bicycle basket was filled with items for ancestor worship.

By the time the father and son entered the village, it was only three in the afternoon.

Most of the villagers were working in the fields, hardly anyone knew, but soon after the two had almost finished worshiping, some people suddenly showed up at the house.

Xu Dahai went to the yard and quickly greeted them.

The team leader said cheerfully, "They told me you were back in the village and I didn’t believe it. But it’s true, and it’s not your grandparents’ anniversary—what are you worshiping for today?"

Xu Dahai looked at his younger son coming out and said proudly, "My son Ah Kang is going to university in the capital, so we brought him back to pay respects."

The team leader’s eyes widened, "Your son Ah Kang also got into university? Wow! Incredible, the ancestral tomb is smoking!"

When Xu Jian got into university before, the village was already buzzing for a while, mostly because Xu Jie didn’t do well in the exams. His score was only enough for the bottom rank and couldn’t get him into a good vocational college. Wang Fengying couldn’t accept her son being worse than Xu Jian and insisted on having Xu Jie retake the exam after a year.

Xu Jie didn’t want to, and the matter caused quite a ruckus at home; nobody in the village didn’t know.

Eventually, Xu Jie couldn’t win against Wang Fengying and studied an extra year. But his results were still only sufficient for a vocational college.

In recent years, Wang Fengying and her husband had been laid off gradually, and they couldn’t afford to fuss anymore, so they could only let Xu Jie attend vocational college.

Everyone said Xu Jie was not destined for university, and Wang Fengying was just making a fuss. They also said having one university student in the family was impressive enough—good fortune wouldn’t always fall in the same household.

But Wang Fengying was adamant that Xu Dahai’s family had stolen their luck, gossiping about them everywhere in the village, and even had Wang Ximei consult a feng shui master to relocate the ancestors’ tomb and alter the feng shui.

No one knew if the feng shui of the old house had improved, but it was obvious that the second house’s feng shui remained great.

Sure enough, there was another university student, one going to study in the capital! Even more impressive than Xu Jian.

Xu Dahai feigned modesty, waving his hand, "Oh, it’s nothing, it’s thanks to the child’s grandpa, aunt, and uncle being dedicated. After all, the child’s aunt has also been to university; a cultured person’s teaching is definitely not the same as ours. Let’s not talk about it now, come by for dinner at my place sometime!"

"Alright, alright..." Everyone chatted warmly and watched Xu Dahai and Xu Kang leave the village.

The news spread quickly.

Zhang Guizhi, wandering around the village, heard the rumor and rushed home, "Mom, Mom, it’s terrible, I heard Xu Kang from the second brother’s family got into university too!"

Wang Ximei, who was feeding chickens and ducks in the backyard, returned to the front yard angrily, throwing down the broken dustpan heavily, "Which nonsense are you listening to? Earlier, when Xu Jian and Ah Jie took exams together, the ancestors didn’t recognize the talent letting Xu Jian sneak his way into university—that spot was meant for Ah Jie!

We’ve relocated graves and clarified everything to the ancestors, how could Xu Kang still get into university!"

Zhang Guizhi listened with her head full of black lines, "Mom, what are you thinking! Getting into university isn’t just about ancestral blessing! If ancestral blessing were that effective, everyone would just burn incense to the ancestors and not bother studying!

I heard it from the team leader, others might talk nonsense, but the team leader wouldn’t speak carelessly! Plus, the team leader said Xu Kang got into a university in the capital—that’s the capital we’re talking about! Ordinary folks might not even visit once in a lifetime, but others at a young age are already going there!"

Zhang Guizhi was filled with envy, speaking more and more regretfully. If she hadn’t fallen out with the second house, she’d be able to share in the glory now.

Not to mention, her three daughters would proudly mention their two college-bound cousins when going out, others would think of them more highly rather than gossiping behind their backs about having no brothers, facing demise.

Wang Ximei was displeased; if ancestral blessing was useless, what was the purpose of relocating the grave!

Moreover, Xu Kang is still one of her grandsons, and the second son talked about severing relations but really severed relations—he doesn’t visit her or let his children come over, what does that imply?

The more she thought, the more blocked Wang Ximei felt inside.

When the two sons were home in the evening, she started making a fuss.

"You tell me, why did I toil so hard, dragging you three brothers up from infancy?"

Xu Dachuan and Xu Dashan looked at each other, not understanding.

"Mom, just say what you want, don’t beat around the bush. I’m dumb, can’t figure it out." Xu Dachuan spoke impatiently.

Recently, someone invited him to earn money together, doing shady things. And indeed, those methods were quick ways to earn money. With some cash, he spoke more confidently. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Wang Ximei’s carefully brewed emotions were thus interrupted, making her glare angrily, and she scolded Xu Dachuan harshly, "You’re just stupid, hopeless like mud, can’t even produce a son, what can I expect from you?"

Xu Dachuan also got angry, slamming his chopsticks hard, "Yeah! I’m useless, utter trash! Does that satisfy you? If you don’t like me, I’ll just leave!"

"Hey... what’s wrong with me saying a couple of things? Your family of five eats my food, uses my things, lives in my house, yet gets feisty with me! If you have guts, your whole family should get out!" Wang Ximei was furious, determined that her youngest son couldn’t leave this house, and spoke very unkindly.

Unexpectedly, Xu Dachuan directly grabbed Zhang Guizhi.

"Go! Pack our things, we’re leaving now!"