Chapter 63 Family background

"Uncle, your mother is really something else. She's decisive and smart. Otherwise, you two brothers and your sister-in-law would all have starved to death." He Caiwei was a little impressed with the grandmother she had never met.

Such decisive women are truly rare in this era; nowadays, the most common are women who depend on men for survival.

This Uncle Lu is really something else; he actually revealed all his family's wealth. If his mother runs off with the money, he'll be devastated.

"Of course, I've been listening to my sister-in-law talk about my mother since I was a child. Although I don't really know what my mother looks like, my sister-in-law says that my mother looks most like me. My mother is literate and is the daughter of a schoolteacher. Like my mother, such a beautiful and virtuous woman, that old man must have been out of his mind."

Weiwei, let me tell you, that old man isn't even that good-looking. That old woman only stayed with him because he's so generous, you know? She's only four years older than my brother. The old man's almost seventy this year. What do you think a woman in her forties would want from a man in his sixties? We'll just wait and see. Once the old man runs out of money, that old woman will definitely pack her bags and run away.

There's absolutely no way my brother would take out those hidden things and give them to the old man. Those were all earned by my mother. She said back then that all the family property was earned by her and would all be left to my brother and me. What the old man took is already enough.

Honey, when I take you back to pay respects to my mother, I'll take you to see it. There are quite a lot of things there, but I didn't look at them carefully, and since I didn't need them, I didn't pay much attention to what was inside.

After I disappeared this time, the organization sent people to investigate. They found out it was his stupid son who did it, so they arrested him. That idiot even wanted my older brother to plead with the organization to release his son. Later, he seemed to be bothering my older brother, wanting him to give him half of the salary I had earned over the years.

She's ugly, but she's got pretty big dreams. I think that old woman was definitely behind the money-sharing incident. And after that idiot got arrested, my older brother had people beat him up several times, except for not killing him.

"No matter what, from now on, apart from my eldest brother and sister-in-law and a few nephews and nieces, the others aren't family." Lu Zhiheng felt an urge to turn his muddle-headed father upside down and shake him to see just how much water had entered his brain.

"Uncle, what does your half-brother look like? What does he do for a living?" He Caiwei was quite curious about what the son born to the mistress looked like.

After all, Uncle Lu said that his old man wasn't good-looking, but Uncle Lu and his older brother were both quite good-looking, and the two looked about 70% alike.

"Not so good, hey, you know what, that brat doesn't look like the old man at all. Could it be that the thing isn't the old man's child?" Lu Zhiheng recalled carefully. Those people had been hanging around in front of them for too long, it was impossible for him not to remember them.

He Yuping reached out and pinched him. Her daughter was right there. How could he say such things? Didn't he know to keep his daughter out of sight?

"Ouch, honey, I know I was wrong. I won't say such things in front of our daughter again." Although Lu Zhiheng wasn't in much pain, he still had to put on an act.

He Caiwei wasn't going to be a third wheel. Seeing the two of them interacting so much, she decided not to stay. The gate to the courtyard had been open for several days, and she and her grandfather had been using it to get home from meals every day.

He Yuping watched He Caiwei's departing figure and glared fiercely at Lu Zhiheng.

This person always talks like this, and then their words always go off-topic.

"Honey, I know I was wrong, please forgive me. Honey, it's time to rest, it's already 9 o'clock." Lu Zhiheng held his wife's hand, ready to rest, but his wife moved him to the innermost part and slept on the outermost part herself, with at least a meter of distance between them.

"Honey, we've been married for four days now, why are you keeping such a distance from me?" Lu Zhiheng had been feeling down these past few days. He thought he had finally gotten his wife after getting the marriage certificate, but his wife was afraid of hurting his leg, so she kept a certain distance from him, which was really bothering him.

“I’m afraid I’ll hurt your leg, so just calm down. You’re not ready yet…” He Yuping wanted to say that his legs couldn’t bend very well yet, but he was pressed down so hard that he almost couldn’t breathe.

"Wife, wife, you can't doubt your husband's abilities in bed, or you'll regret it..." Lu Zhiheng wouldn't let such a good opportunity pass by, and he certainly couldn't let his wife doubt his abilities.

Because of those words, He Yuping paid a "heavy" price and was not released until dawn.

Lu Zhiheng was able to walk on his own with support, although it was a bit slow, he was still able to move freely. He slowly moved out of the room, took a towel and a basin, and went back to the room. He carefully tidied up his wife before relaxing and going to sleep peacefully.

When He Caiwei arrived, she found the courtyard quiet. She didn't knock on the door to disturb them. Instead, she went back to her own courtyard, prepared breakfast, and brought it to this courtyard to keep warm in a pot before going back to eat with her grandfather.

After lunch, still not finding any movement from next door, I had to make lunch again, keeping it warm in the pot before leaving for school.

It seems I'll have to ask for a day off for Comrade He again today. Her uncle and the others will be arriving tomorrow, and we'll need to prepare a banquet to welcome them. He Caiwei has already asked her mother for a week off.

Of course, his mother wasn't here, so she took over the work at the library. Every day after class, she would spend two hours in the library, tidying up the books on the tables and putting them back on the shelves.

She doesn't get home until 7 pm every day after finishing her tidying up. The principal is particularly fond of this cute, diligent, and capable girl. In addition, she is hardworking and has already finished studying all the junior high school courses through self-study.

The principal also planned to have her take the junior high to senior high school entrance exam during the end of this semester. He Caiwei was quite happy about it. If history really does repeat itself, then there will be natural disasters in 1959.

Schools may also close due to natural disasters, so it's best to avoid that period. If she continues at her current pace of study, she will be just graduating from university and starting work when the natural disaster strikes.

Thinking of these things, she readily agreed to the principal's idea and prepared to take the high school entrance exam with the second-year students when she was preparing for the final exam.

After the first time, the second and third times were a natural progression. Lu Zhiheng seemed to have gotten hooked, and since he could now move freely, He Yuping could no longer hide and could only let him do as he pleased.

That day, she slept until noon and saw that her daughter had thoughtfully prepared lunch, which was kept warm in the pot. She felt like she was on fire.

For several days, He Caiwei cooked before going out and didn't go over there, because she was afraid her mother would feel embarrassed if she saw her.