Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 464: 464 reactions

Looking at his wife who resembled a quail, ”From now on, my son will not go to the Zhou family, if you’re not satisfied, then get lost.”

”Your sisters also have sons, so why are you willing to send your son over there? Now he’s been raised like this, are you satisfied?”

Zhou Minli was afraid, not because of her son, but because her husband was angry. She didn’t think there was anything wrong with her son.

She tossed and turned all night, but her husband didn’t pay her any attention.

The next day, Yang Zhiqiang heard the commotion outside and got up. He saw his younger brother making a fire for Mom.

He awkwardly stood to the side.

Yang Chunsheng got up, ”Big brother, you make the fire, I will wash my face.”

Yang Zhiqiang sat down, ”Mom, when I picked up Shubao, I told the Zhou family that my son would not be going there in the future.”

”Zhiqiang, why don’t you start working on building a house today? You two should move out, leave the child here.”

”Mom.”

”Say no more. If you’re unwilling to leave Shubao here, take him with you. If you still want to go to the Zhou family, you can go with him too.”

”Mom, Shubao will stay, I trust you to raise him.

Today, I’ll find someone to dig the foundation. From now on, I won’t do any housework.”

He knew his mom was angry because of this. It wasn’t because he did a bit of work, but because his wife was too sloppy.

When Zhou Minli opened her eyes, it was already past eight. She was scared out of her wits, hurriedly got up, and found no one at home.

She lifted the pot lid and took a look, there was nothing to eat.

Her heart was filled with anxiety. Hu Chunhua was a low-maintenance mother-in-law and was usually nice to her. But now it seemed she was really angry with her.

But she had no choice. She wanted to get married here, but her family had already found her a marriage back home, and they offered a higher bride price. At that time, she agreed to marry Yang Zhiqiang and have a son to be raised by the Zhou family.

Thinking about this still gave her a headache. Looking at her parents-in-law’s reactions, it was clear that the child couldn’t go to the Zhou family anymore.

What if her parents came to take the child? Now she was absolutely terrified, feeling that if this matter was brought to light in the future, she would be in trouble, so she couldn’t sleep last night and got up late today.

To her mother-in-law, it probably seemed like she was feeling resentful towards her younger brother-in-law’s job.

Though she was indeed a bit envious, she wouldn’t really do something like that.

No, she needed to confess to her in-laws.

Hu Chunhua was outside playing with her grandson.

Actually, this child was just spoiled by the Zhou family. Saying he’s badly behaved isn’t quite right, he’s just indulged in everything and is afraid of nothing.

However, the Zhou family’s living conditions were not as good as the Yang family’s. Hu Chunhua was entertaining him with snacks brought back from the capital, and she even gave him milk powder mixed with brown sugar to keep him from fussing.

Winning over a four-year-old was no problem at all.

After he was full, she took him outside to play with other kids. She didn’t believe it would take more than ten days or half a month for her grandson to become attached to her.

Yang Minggang dropped his younger son off at the train station.

He directly gave him a packet of money, ”This is the money your mom saved for your future house and wedding, it’s always been kept for you. Now that you’re going away, take this money. If you find a suitable house, buy it. Settle down soon.

Only when you settle down can your mom and I rest easy.”

That morning, Mom had already given him a hundred yuan in front of his big brother.

”Dad, keep this money for you and Mom.”

”Save it, take it with you. We can’t help you much when you’re away. So be careful and stay alert.”

Yang Chunsheng clutched the money, his heart heavy, knowing it was his parents’ hard-earned savings.

”Alright, go on in, I’m heading back, your nephew isn’t doing well.

And don’t worry about your mom and me. As long as you’re doing well, we will be too.”

Yang Chunsheng watched his father leaving on the bus, wondering when his once strong, sheltering father had become so frail-looking.

As noon approached, Hu Chunhua took her grandson home to cook, chatting along the way about what to eat for lunch.

This child was just spoiled and hadn’t eaten anything special at the Zhou family.

When they got home, Hu Chunhua saw her daughter-in-law preparing to cook.

”Mom. I want to make pancakes.”

”No need, make flatbreads for my Shubao. And fry an egg for my eldest grandson.”

Shubao’s face was full of smiles. He rarely had flatbreads let alone fried eggs at his grandma’s house.

Hu Chunhua went inside and made a bowl of milk powder for her eldest grandson, and gave him half a snack.

”Shubao, we’ll just eat half, or else you won’t have room for the fried egg later.”

The little boy nodded vigorously, the treats he got today he’d never seen before.

Zhou Minli felt a bit at ease. Luckily, seeing her mother-in-law’s attitude towards her son, she knew she wasn’t really angry.

She followed along, tending the fire and picking vegetables, even washing them meticulously because she knew her mother-in-law thought she was sloppy.

Hu Chunhua was also observing Zhou Minli, seeing her like this, she knew her daughter-in-law was up to something. She was usually carefree, suddenly being like this was impossible.

Yang Minggang came back home and played with his grandson.

Yang Zhiqiang returned very late, luckily the child had milk powder and snacks.

”Mom, I’ve found someone, tomorrow we’ll start digging the foundation, it should be done in about two days, and I’ve arranged for the earthen bricks.”

”Alright, tomorrow let your dad go get tiles.”

Zhou Minli saw the meal was almost ready, ”Mom, I need to tell you something, don’t get mad.”

The three of them looked at her.

”Mom, back when I married Zhiqiang, my family was against it, but I told them I would let them raise my son in the future, and they really believed it.

Mom, I know you must be very upset, but I just wanted to marry Zhiqiang at that time and had no other way.”

Hu Chunhua looked at her daughter-in-law, ”That’s your business, Shubao belongs to the Yang family, he won’t be going to the Zhou family anymore. As for how you handle it, that’s up to you.”

Hu Chunhua had been worried all day, thinking something serious had happened seeing her daughter-in-law’s unusual behavior.

If it was just this, she wasn’t really worried. The Zhou family wouldn’t dare to come to the Yang family to demand the child.

Yang Zhiqiang felt a mix of emotions hearing his wife’s words. She genuinely liked him, and although she had many little problems, because she was good to him, he really couldn’t complain. He planned to keep a better watch over her, help her become more organized, and have a good life together.

Zhou Minli felt a sense of relief, the truth was finally out in the open with her in-laws. In the future, if something happened, it would be easier to deal with, and her in-laws wouldn’t be as likely to blame her.

But thinking about her own family, she felt a headache again.