"You curse ?" Luo Cuilan frowned and looked at Fang Pingying.
"I’m advising you," Fang Pingying said calmly, "Out of concern for you as Zhiyong’s sister, I’m offering you a kind word."
"Hmph." Luo Cuilan snorted disdainfully at Fang Pingying and stopped talking.
Though she was outwardly defiant, she also knew in her heart that Fang Pingying was correct; she did indeed need to be careful about her pregnancy. Even the doctor had said that it was extrely difficult for her to beco pregnant this ti, and if anything went wrong, she should give up any hope of having children ever again.
If she truly couldn’t have children, Zhang Jianguo would most certainly divorce her.
Ever since Zhang Jianguo learned of her pregnancy, she had noticed a change in his behavior this past half year.
Before and after she got pregnant, Zhang Jianguo had been like two different people.
Previously, Zhang Jianguo had practically stopped caring about her, leaving her to seek treatnt in the city by herself, indifferent as to whether she got better. Even after she ca here and started working at the factory, he didn’t take it very seriously. He would earn a bit of money each month without giving a penny to Luo Cuilan.
But once he knew Luo Cuilan was pregnant, he pampered her and gave her most of the money he earned each month.
For Zhang Jianguo’s sake, Luo Cuilan also had to take good care of the child in her womb.
Over there, Luo Honglan was making a phone call ho.
Whenever they called the village, they would ring up the Village Branch Secretary’s residence and ask the Secretary to fetch soone. Then they would hang up, wait a little while, guessing that the person had been called, before making a second call.
When Luo Honglan made the second call, it happened to be Zhou Yuni who answered.
Hearing Luo Honglan’s voice on the phone, Zhou Yuni asked excitedly, "Hong Lan, when are you all coming back?"
Hearing Zhou Yuni’s question, Luo Cuilan licked her lips, a hint of fear in her voice as she replied softly, "Mom, there’s a lot going on over here during the New Year, so we aren’t coming back for the holidays."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuni raised her voice on the phone, "What, you’re not coming back for the New Year? And your older brother and sister-in-law aren’t coming back either?"
Then, without waiting for a response from Luo Honglan, she railed against Fang Pingying on the phone, "Is it your sister-in-law’s idea? Is she really intending to cut ties with the Luo Family just because of what happened last ti with your second brother?"
Luo Cuilan, fearing that Fang Pingying might overhear, hurriedly explained in a low voice, "Mom, no, it’s just that there’s really a lot going on here, we can’t make it back for the New Year."
Zhou Yuni didn’t care about what Luo Honglan was saying and insisted, "What about your older brother? Is he there? Put him on the phone. I want to ask him if he truly has lost all conscience. Now that he’s got a wife and children, enjoying a good life in the city, he just disregards the wellbeing of his parents."
"Mom..." Luo Honglan called out in a low voice, worried that Zhou Yuni would make a scene.
"And you, if they don’t co back, you aren’t coming back either, what are you planning?" Zhou Yuni scolded Luo Honglan on the phone, "You ungrateful girl, you better co back, or I’ll disown you as my daughter, you believe that?"
Luo Honglan wanted to spend the New Year here because she’d hoped to be with Chen Jie. When Chen Jie heard that Luo Honglan wasn’t going back with him, he also didn’t return for the New Year, staying here to accompany Luo Honglan.
So, Luo Honglan still wanted to find a way, "Mom, how about I co back after the New Year is over?"
Zhou Yuni flatly refused over the phone, "No way, you must co back for New Year’s, co back with your older brother, or else I’ll co to the provincial city to find you. As for your sister-in-law, whether she cos back or not is up to her, if she doesn’t want to bother with , I don’t care to bother with her either. But you must rember to bring Ruirui back, I want to see my eldest grandson."
Zhou Yuni did not wait for Luo Honglan to respond, just hung up the phone.
After putting down the phone, Luo Cuilan imdiately ca up to ask, "What did Mom say? Did she say to let bring the money back for you?"
Luo Honglan ignored Luo Cuilan, just looked sowhat troubled at Fang Pingying, "Sister-in-law, my mom wants to go back for New Year’s, she made quite a fuss over the phone."
Regarding this matter, Fang Pingying did not interfere, she softly said, "It’s up to you to decide whether or not to go back for New Year’s."
"Then I’ll go back for the New Year." Luo Honglan thought for a bit and said to Luo Cuilan, "Sis, you guys have already bought tickets for today, right? Then you go back first, I’ll bring the money back myself. I’ll go buy a ticket later and go back with Yu’er and Brother Cheng Fei in a few days."
After hearing this, Luo Cuilan looked as if she was very angry, but didn’t say anything, just poked Luo Honglan’s head and scolded, "Luo Honglan, go ahead and make trouble, making trouble with heavily pregnant, you’ll be happy if sothing happens."
Luo Honglan touched her forehead and said quietly, "Sis, it’s because Mom insisted on going back on the phone, she’ll definitely scold to death if I don’t go."
"Well then, it’s settled, you’ll go back in a couple of days, we’ll leave today." After saying that, Luo Cuilan, without saying goodbye to anyone, just pulled Zhang Jianguo and left.
It was Zhang Jianguo who called out to Fang Pingying to say he was leaving first.
After the two left, Fang Pingying closed the door and called out Li Yuchun and the rest to continue kneading dough and steaming buns.
Fang Xiu ca out to see nobody in the living room and said with a puzzled face, "Luo Cuilan left?"
"Yes."
Fang Xiu pouted, not quite believing, "She ca on purpose to get the money, and she just left so easily without getting it, that’s strange."
Luo Honglan chid in, "I’m going back by myself, she can’t say much about it."
"You’re going back?" Fang Xiu knew about Luo Honglan saying she wouldn’t be returning before.
"Yes, my mom wanted to co back, she was cursing loudly on the phone, and she also said..." Luo Honglan was hesitant to repeat what Zhou Yuni had said about Fang Pingying on the call, simply saying, "Mom also said to have the older brother call her back tonight, she wants both elder brother and you, sister-in-law, to go ho for New Year’s."
Luo Honglan had been on the phone, and Fang Pingying was standing by the entire ti, so she could guess what Zhou Yuni said from Luo Honglan’s words.
But Fang Pingying had long stopped concerning herself with these matters, as for Luo Zhiyong, she simply nodded towards Luo Honglan, "Tell your elder brother, whether he calls or not, let him decide."
Yu’er was beside her, kneading the dough while shaking her head, saying, "Given my uncle’s wife’s temperant, if you guys really don’t go back for New Year’s, who knows what sort of trouble she’ll stir up at ho."
"Let her be, I can’t control it." Fang Pingying was too lazy to bother, she simply wouldn’t go back; out of sight, out of mind.
Li Yuchun, knowing Zhou Yuni’s character, was worried that if Zhou Yuni really made a scene, it could affect Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong’s relationship, so she persuaded Fang Pingying, "Pingying, if Zhiyong wants to go back for New Year’s, just let him go, if you and the kids don’t want to return, then don’t. In the end, they are his biological parents, after hearing about the previous commotion, he probably isn’t at peace."
"Yes, whatever he wants." As for Luo Zhiyong, Fang Pingying also had never restricted him from fulfilling his filial duties to his parents.
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