But this is the daughter’s house, it definitely will be left for Hua Hua. Just leave it here, Hua Hua is almost grown up, and when the time comes, he can decide for himself.

It was hard to make the trip here, so they didn’t rush back. Instead, they stayed here for a week. They went around various places here, but although it’s nice here, the prices are high, buying anything is more expensive than over there.

So, they stayed a few days and went back.

This matter waited until the child finished school, and Qiu Hualan kept an eye out for any sign, no place seemed unusual, nor was there any news of Ah Qing.

No news is a good thing, but while feeling relieved, she was also worried about Ah Qing. Not knowing where she was now, or what her situation was.

.....

"Why does mother-in-law introduce work to the third son’s couple, but not let us go, we’re all from the same parents, why is your mom so biased?"

"As if you didn’t know, the third one is not very bright, but his wife is smart. After mom went to work over there, they started thinking about this. It’s great now, without a word, the two of them went to the city, even took the child. Looks like they’re planning to settle down in the city."

"Hmph, you don’t need to say it, they’ll be city people in the future. Brothers alike, you’re no worse than him, but now they’re climbing up higher than us, how can this work? Hurry up, call your mom, have her quickly find you a job... no, find me one too, we’ll take the whole family along with the children over there. If they can live a city life, so can we."

"Isn’t this inappropriate?"

Liang Weixiang managed with difficulty to use connections to find work for the third son and his wife. The two of them took their child and happily left with their bedding in tow. Meanwhile, the second son’s household exploded, the second son’s wife was angry at Liang Weixiang for her bias, only thinking about the third son and not considering them. So angry that she didn’t even make dinner and started a fight with the second son.

Over there, the eldest son’s wife didn’t make a fuss, one of her relatives works in the city, usually tired, and the family doesn’t have a house there, crammed in a small dorm room, living inconveniently. Going out is always costly, nowhere near as saving as having land at home and growing your own. The family is reluctant to spend money or eat well. It might look glamorous on the surface, but they are actually not doing better than those back in the hometown.

The third son’s couple took their child over, life wouldn’t be too good for them. This time, the eldest son’s wife saw it openly, she was actually thinking to have both families leave, so the old man’s carpentry jobs could be passed directly to their eldest family. Fewer competitors, more money. That’s what she was thinking.

But the second son’s family didn’t think that way, she felt living in the city is better than in the countryside, so for two days, she urged the second son to go to the city to find her mother-in-law, causing a fuss for her mother-in-law to find them work.

Liang Weixiang finding a job for the third son’s couple took two months of her salary, and it’s not even a well-paying position, she’s just a gatekeeper and cleaner, she doesn’t have that much face to get both of her sons and daughters-in-law in. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

However, the second son’s wife refused to budge and insisted on making a fuss about not leaving. In the end, there was no choice, Liang Weixiang could only half-heartedly promise them to arrange work for them.

Liang Weixiang didn’t have that much capability, couldn’t get them into the factory, so she spent her days going out looking around, keeping an eye on where shops or factories were hiring.

Usually, that person took good care of her, going with her to find work, only now, with the third son’s wife and son here, they couldn’t be blatant about it.

Actually, she didn’t know, the third son’s wife figured it out but was smart enough not to speak out. Because she realized this bachelor in the village was more capable than her father-in-law, her mother-in-law having an affair with him wasn’t bad. At least he could be helpful to them.

So the couple pretended not to see anything. Just occasionally running into each other would feign ignorance and not ask.

Liang Weixiang slowly realized, everyone pretended to be smart but acted foolish.

Liang Weixiang saw the third son’s couple as perceptive, but the second son’s wife wasn’t as reliable. So she couldn’t let both couple come.

Saying she would find them a job, actually just stalling, dragged it out for a year without finding a suitable job.

The second son’s family waited at home every day for Liang Weixiang’s news, never receiving news, and the second son’s wife became irritable, quarreling with the second son whenever irritated, over time, the couple’s fights became routine.

Meanwhile, the eldest constantly took care of Li Daguo comfortably, the eldest followed Li Daguo making furniture, going from one owner’s place to another, learning a lot of techniques, and during this period, Li Daguo paid his son a significant amount of wage.

Li Daguo meant to pass his carpentry work to the eldest in another two years. Over the years, Li Daguo has gotten to know many people, within a ten-mile radius, everyone knew he did carpentry work, so whenever someone needed a job, they would look for him. If he passed this work to the eldest, people would definitely say to have their eldest do it. Gradually, Li family’s eldest taking over from his dad would spread, not worried about not having work or making money.

While over there, the second son’s family constantly fussed about going to the city, didn’t even farm properly, the second son’s family had poor harvest this year, just barely enough grain for submission. Living was a bit tight, tough to get by. No choice, the second son stopped waiting, joined the village’s funeral and wedding chef, started working again, at least getting some good meals and spare cash.

This time, the second son’s wife utterly despised Liang Weixiang as a mother-in-law, swore she wouldn’t care for her old age, even stopped giving monthly living expenses to Liang Weixiang.

Now the eldest disagreed, why should their family not cause trouble or find a hassle, still honestly pay money, while the second son’s family constantly makes a fuss, without causing trouble it’s already good, even stopped paying now, how is this fair?