Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading

Chapter 176: Taking In the Cheap Grandma

Su Xiaoxiao glared at her: "What does it matter to you if I participate or not? You’re really worrying over nothing, like eating radishes while sighing."

Zhang Dongmei was choked by her words, snorted coldly, and looked away: "What’s with the attitude? Do you really think you’re something special? It’s not like I want to bother with you."

As she spoke, she shook the Gold Bracelet in her hand: "Running a cafeteria isn’t something for poor households like yours to handle. With your family’s condition, you can’t even afford meals. I advise you to be down-to-earth and stop dreaming during the day."

Su Xiaoxiao initially didn’t want to bother with her, but who knew she wouldn’t stop.

"Mr. Zhang, since you kindly advised me, let me offer you a word: try using a magnet on that Gold Bracelet, maybe you’ll be pleasantly surprised."

"What do you mean, Su Xiaoxiao? Are you saying my bracelet is fake? Impossible! My partner is a wealthy businessman from Hong Kong; how could they give me fake stuff? You’re just jealous."

Zhang Dongmei was full of disdain.

Su Xiaoxiao said: "Instead of bickering with me, you’d better go home and have a good look at that Gold Bracelet; don’t end up selling it and counting money for others."

After saying this, Su Xiaoxiao no longer paid attention to her and turned away.

Zhang Dongmei looked at the Gold Bracelet on her wrist, her expression becoming somewhat conflicted.

Could Su Xiaoxiao really know something?

After confirming the relationship with Chen Dashan, he hadn’t given her anything more valuable other than this Gold Bracelet.

Lately, he also occasionally found excuses to borrow money from her.

No, she had to go back and find someone to check if the bracelet was real.

While Zhang Dongmei was full of conflict, Su Xiaoxiao was happily riding her bicycle home.

Before finishing her shift, she had already picked up the two sets of clothes that Manager Wang promised for her—one for Sister Zhaodi and the other for her mother Liu Cuilan.

She rode her bicycle all the way and arrived home happily.

Upon reaching the entrance, she saw many people gathered in the yard.

Thinking they all came to find her for something, she didn’t pay much attention.

Just when she was about to push the bicycle inside, Aunt Wang grabbed her arm: "Xiaoxiao, why are you only back now? Hurry in and see, something happened at your home."

"What?"

Upon hearing about the trouble, Su Xiaoxiao immediately handed the bicycle to Aunt Wang: "Auntie, keep an eye on my stuff first, I’ll go check."

She squeezed through the crowd and went inside, hearing the indistinct wailing of her grandmother Wang Chunhua from afar.

"Wuu wuu wuu... let me die... wuu wuu wuu"

Following the sound, Su Xiaoxiao saw Wang Chunhua sitting on the ground, wailing loudly.

Wang Chunhua sat on a broken wooden door, drooling uncontrollably from the corner of her mouth, her clothes dirty and unkempt, completely different from her previous smart appearance.

She frowned and walked up to stand beside Liu Cuilan: "Mom, what’s going on? Who brought her here?"

Wang Chunhua couldn’t move well now, without someone sending her, she definitely couldn’t have come.

"Who else but your second aunt?"

After saying this, Liu Cuilan explained the entire story to Su Xiaoxiao.

Early this morning, Zhang Guifang came over, forcing them to take up the responsibility of caring for the old lady. Liu Cuilan refused, so she directly hired two people to throw the old lady at the door with a broken door board and left straight away.

"Such sin, this is simply sinful."

"I say Wang Chunhua brought this on herself, favoring the second son’s family so much, now look what happened."

"Indeed, how badly did she bully Cuilan’s family back then? They’re cut off now, yet she’s still expecting them to take care of her in old age; how shameless is that?"

Listening to the surrounding remarks, Wang Chunhua felt embarrassed, but unable to move or speak clearly, she could only listen anxiously.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the skewed-faced old woman on the ground: "Mom, how do you plan to handle this?"

After all, good or bad, Wang Chunhua was once her mother-in-law.

It’s hard for her to just throw her out.

After a moment of silence, she turned to Su Xiaoxiao: "Xiaoxiao, if I want to bring your grandmother to stay at our home, do you think it’s feasible?"

Although phrased as a question, Su Xiaoxiao could hear Liu Cuilan’s compassion in her words.

She understood her mother’s nature very well; although at times she seemed strong-willed, she was actually softer than anyone inside, otherwise, she wouldn’t have been bullied by Wang Chunhua in the past.

"Mom, whatever happens at home is what you decide; I’ll listen to you. I believe elder brother and second brother wouldn’t mind either."

Liu Cuilan glanced at Wang Chunhua on the ground: "Mom, I can take care of you, but in the future, don’t meddle with family affairs and the children’s marriages."

"If you agree, nod; if not, I’ll send you back to your second son’s place."

Wang Chunhua nodded vigorously; she certainly didn’t want to go back to the second son’s place.

Her second daughter-in-law used to call her mom affectionately, but now that she saw she wasn’t useful anymore, she wasn’t willing to even give her hot meals.

Each day she only got scraps and leftover soup, and wasn’t given much, leaving her eyes almost turning green from hunger.

If she went back, she wouldn’t be far from death.

"Mom, this place is quite small; where are you planning to let her stay?"

There were only a few rooms, all full.

Liu Cuilan and Xu Zhaodi were in one with Little Stone.

The third and fourth brothers shared one, and whenever the older brothers returned, they squeezed in with them too.

The only spare room was hers, but it was small, and if the old lady moved in, they’d end up sleeping side by side.

She couldn’t accept that.

In her memory, this grandmother never showed her a good face. Because she was a girl, she was always beaten and scolded.

She never got any good food, but being blamed and taking hits were common.

"I’ve decided, we’ll tidy up the east wing room for your grandmother to stay in."

The east wing room was similar to her room in size, but was initially built just for storage, so it was much more primitive.

Liu Cuilan mentioned this, then looked at Wang Chunhua on the ground: "Mom is letting you stay in the east wing room; you have no objections, right?"

Of course, Wang Chunhua dared not object; even staying in a chicken pen or pigsty would be better than going back to the second son’s place.

Immediately, she nodded quickly, afraid of being sent away if she was slow.

"Alright, since your grandmother has no objections, we’ll tidy up the east wing room later, and she can move in."

Hearing this, Wang Chunhua was moved to tears; she never thought that after being a strong woman all her life, she would end up being taken in by the daughter-in-law she looked down upon the most.

That night, Wang Chunhua moved into the east wing room at Su Xiaoxiao’s house.

Although the conditions were poorer, Wang Chunhua didn’t dare to complain even a little bit, after all, they were estranged now. If the first daughter-in-law really ignored her, she would just have to go back and wait for death.

After settling Wang Chunhua in, Su Xiaoxiao called Liu Cuilan and Xu Zhaodi: "Mom, Sister Zhaodi, let’s talk about the cafeteria bidding."