CHAPTER 319: CHAPTER 261 IS THIS REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS?_2

But she had only ever overworked her eldest son’s family to help out her second son, she never meant to harm anyone... truly.

However, when she last took people to barge into her eldest son’s home, she almost caused his serious illness to worsen... that’s a fact.

In an instant, she felt a stifling blockage in her heart.

"All I’m saying now is that none of you can go to my eldest son’s family, and whoever dares to... this old woman will not stand for it, and you can forget about getting anything from me ever again."

Rong Wenze was dismissive, how much money could his old mother possibly have in her hands?

Was it just the 300 yuan from the last time? How much more could they squeeze out of her worn-out hide?

Seeing the expression on his face, Grandma Rong knew what he was thinking, "Do you really think all I have is 300 yuan?"

Rong Wenze was shocked, "Mom, you have more than 300 yuan?"

Grandma Rong snorted coldly but remained silent, then she got up and left.

Rong Wenze stood there dumbfounded... did she have the money or not?

Rong Manman, observing the person deep in thought, had a glint in her eye and then whispered:

"Dad, even if grandma does have some money, can it compare to the man Rong Yan married? I heard... that’s the Qin Family, just giving a job to the eldest brother or the second or third brothers would bring glory to our ancestors. Today is a good opportunity..."

Rong Wenze looked up at her, "Do you have your eye on Rong Yan’s man?"

Such a blunt question made Rong Manman blush, "I..." She couldn’t deny it because there was no one else in the yard, and she wanted her dad’s support.

With her dad’s nature of not acting without profit, he would surely help her.

But then, reality hit her like a slap in the face.

"Forget it, you think you can match up?" Rong Wenze’s face showed impatience, "Are you prettier than Rong Yan? Or are you more educated than her? Enough with these impossibilities, you should think more realistically about someone else. And listen to your grandma, don’t go finding them; if you offend them, it could spell disaster for our entire family."

In the past, it was his elder brother who was forgiving, and some things were overlooked.

But now it was different, his elder brother was ferocious!

What if he found out Manman was eyeing his daughter’s man, wouldn’t he come over and wipe out their entire family?

Rong Manman’s eyes widened, clearly unable to believe what she had just heard, "Dad, I’m your actual daughter, right?"

Has there ever been a father who disparages his own daughter like this?

Moreover, other than not being as beautiful, how was she inferior to that slut Rong Yan?

"What’s the use of being able to read? Isn’t that just a bookworm?"

Rong Wenze grew even more impatient, "That ’bookworm’ is a college graduate, who is guaranteed a job upon graduation and doesn’t need to look for work anymore, and it’s an office job at that. If you’re so capable, why don’t you find someone like that too?"

A female worker from a factory division compared to someone who works in an office... there’s no comparison whatsoever.

"Enough, don’t cause trouble."

After saying this, he didn’t care how Rong Manman looked and went straight back into the house.

Compared to the troublesome family of his elder brother, he was more interested in how much money his mother really had... perhaps the old man left some treasure for her!

Standing in the yard, Rong Manman trembled with rage.

****

The variety of dishes for lunch in the quadrangle was quite exceptional; the average family might have at most eight dishes.

This time, they prepared eighteen courses for each table.

Including fish and meat... the standard was quite high.

Most importantly, there was a bottle of fine wine at every table.

This meal lasted very long; after other guests left, Old Sir Qin didn’t stay much longer either, knowing his grandson and granddaughter-in-law had no time to spare!

And the cleaning up of bowls and chopsticks was taken care of by the old neighbors brought by Madam Rong.

Including Aunt Jin and a few others, they busily worked until two in the afternoon to finish all the tasks.

As for the leftovers, there truly were none.

Originally, there was supposed to be a little left, but those who could eat well finished everything off.

Madam Rong had to give a small bag of candy to each person who helped.

"Take these back for your kids to try."

Aunt Jin declined at first but then accepted, "Alright, we’ll take them, hoping to share in the joy. It’s getting late; we’ll be off."

"Okay, take care, and come to visit when you have time."

Aunt Jin also felt a bit melancholic; after all, they had been neighbors for many years. Now, with the Rong Family moving next door, it would be difficult to see each other as regularly.

"Sure, we will come visit. We’re off now."

Several people bid farewell to Madam Rong one by one.

Madam Rong saw her guests off until they were out of sight then turned around.

Seeing Qin Ye coming out of the main house, she called him, "Qin Ye, where did you borrow tables, bowls, and chopsticks from? They can be returned now."

"I’ll go deliver it in a moment," Qin Ye said and then walked up to his mother-in-law, "Mom, this is for you."

He took the gold bracelet from his pocket and handed it over to Madam Rong.

Madam Rong was stunned, "This, this is for me?"

Qin Ye nodded, "Yes, I wanted to give it to you this morning, but I got busy and forgot. Try it on, I had it made especially for you, and I even had the character for ’longevity’ engraved on it."

Madam Rong was utterly shocked, the bracelet felt heavy, definitely worth a lot of money.

"You should take this back and return it, what am I going to do with a gold bracelet at my age..."

"I can’t return it, the gold is mine, it’s just been remodeled. After all, it’s a gift from me to you, Mom, you really can’t despise it."

Madam Rong: ...

Why would she disdain such a large gold bracelet?

"This, this won’t do..."

"Oh Mom, don’t keep refusing it, this is your son-in-law’s sincere sentiment! If you don’t accept it, wouldn’t that hurt his feelings? Not only should you accept it, but you should also wear it every day, better yet, show it off to your old neighborhood sisters... Tell them it’s from your excellent son-in-law... and make them green with envy until they cry!"

Qin Ye: ...

No, that was not his intention. That was not what he had in mind.

Madam Rong: ...

Her daughter never said anything nice.

However, she did not give the gold bracelet back.

"Qin, I really like it, thank you! I didn’t expect you to get me something the father and daughter didn’t, and I’m delighted."

From the kitchen, an innocent Rong Wenming emerged: ...

Rong Yan: ...

She had never bought gold, but she had certainly bought many other things, hadn’t she?

Madam Rong was genuinely happy, but she was reluctant to wear it right now, after all, she had to work daily, and besides, the bracelet was a bit big and far too conspicuous.

Better to wait and wear it later.

She happily tucked the bracelet away.

"Old Rong, go with Qin and return these tables and chairs, and remember to bring some candy for them."

Rong Wenming nodded, "Alright."

Then he looked at Qin Ye, "Where did you borrow these from?"

Originally, he had planned to borrow them himself, but Qin Ye’s neighbors were a bit far from the courtyard, while his cousin Qin Zhen had a place to borrow from.

So he left the matter alone.

"It’s just from my grandfather’s place, I’ll take them over now, Dad, you don’t need to carry anything, I can handle it by myself."

"I’m free anyway, I’ll just move the chairs, we have a handcart, don’t we? We can’t load big things, but a few chairs, we can manage."

Qin Yu also came out to help.

Seeing this, Qin Ye didn’t say anything more.

Originally, Qin Zhen had said to wait... he had something to do and would come by later to help, but Qin Ye thought it was better to return the tables and chairs sooner.

After all, it wasn’t far, and it wouldn’t take much effort to make a few trips.

Just as they were preparing to move the furniture,

Qin Zhen came back again.

This time accompanied by Qin Heng and Luo Cheng.

Seeing them moving tables, Qin Zhen approached quickly, "Qin Ye, didn’t we agree to wait for us to come and pick them up? Why the rush?"

"It’s not very far." Qin Ye mainly didn’t want to trouble them.

"Alright, we’ll do it together, it’ll just be a couple of trips," Qin Zhen didn’t waste words and got straight to work.

Qin Heng and Luo Cheng each shouldered a table too.

A few trips back and forth, and everything was taken care of.

Seeing them return, Madam Rong handed each a cup of iced tea, "Here, have something to quench your thirst."

"Thanks, Auntie, oh, it’s iced, how wonderful," Qin Zhen gulped it down, "Having a refrigerator is just great, it makes me want to buy one too."

However, something so luxurious was something his family wouldn’t approve of.

Madam Rong didn’t know how to respond to that, she just smiled and lifted the kettle, "Another bowl?"

"Sure," Qin Zhen wasn’t shy.

After he finished drinking, he mentioned the second reason for coming, looking at Qin Yu, "Qin Yu, have you got everything ready? You leave tomorrow."