Chapter 130: Chapter 123: Su Family Affairs, Part 1
Zhou Wenxiu seemed unwilling to argue further, and spoke directly.
Su’s mother almost smashed the hot water bottle in her hand over her head full of nonsense!
The state only pays about fifteen to twenty thousand for the land, and yet she’s shamelessly asking for more!
Su Chengji, seeing his wife on the verge of exploding, quickly pulled her back and gently said to Su Jianyi, "Brother Jianyi, the price of thirty thousand you’ve set is non-negotiable. You’ll still need to consult with Third Uncle and even Second Aunt and Little Aunt. Even with the entire family present, you won’t have grounds to stand on."
"What do you mean thirty thousand is non-negotiable! Haven’t Su Chenggong’s earnings in recent years been plenty?"
Zhou Wenxiu retorted angrily.
Su’s mother rolled her eyes, "Sister Zhou, do you still want the money? If you want it, can you just shut up?"
"You—"
Zhou Wenxiu, infuriated, glanced at her husband’s warning gaze and swallowed her resentment.
"Look for yourself. Within twenty thousand, I’ll persuade elder brother to talk with you. It’s getting late, think it over, and we’ll contact you by phone."
By saying this, Su Chengji was essentially issuing an eviction notice.
Su Jianyi didn’t press further and just said, "Then Wenxiu and I will go back and discuss this further."
"The door’s behind you, no need to see you out."
Su’s mother sat back on the sofa, coldly saying.
Just as Su Chengji was about to move forward, she pulled him back, giving him a glare, and he also sat back on the sofa.
Zhou Wenxiu was fuming inside, but considering her husband’s status, which was far superior to Su’s mother, she endured it.
Once they had the money, they could smooth over a few important relationships, and maybe next year her husband would be promoted to deputy mayor.
By then, she wanted to see if those with the surname Bai could remain so arrogant.
As they opened the door, Su Jianyi and Zhou Wenxiu saw Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng standing at the entrance.
"Xiao Meng, you’re back?"
Su Jianyi spoke first, not thinking much of it.
"...Yeah."
Xiao Meng’s response was cold.
After greeting Su Xiaomeng, he met eyes with Yin Shixiu, nodded slightly, and then led his wife downstairs.
Watching the man’s back, Yin Shixiu then entered the house with Su Xiaomeng.
"Xiao Meng and Xiao Yin are back!"
Su Chengji quickly got up and said with a smile, "Come, come, wash your hands and have dinner!"
"What’s with that expression?"
"What kind of person is Uncle?"
Su Xiaomeng complained angrily.
"Your uncle hasn’t changed a bit since day one."
Su’s mother got up, went to the kitchen, and brought out the prepared dishes.
Yin Shixiu took off his jacket, hung it in the bedroom, washed his hands, and sat at the dining table.
"Third Grandpa worked so hard to raise him to be this capable, and how long did he take care of Third Grandpa? Hmph..."
Su Xiaomeng couldn’t help but mock.
"And then there’s Aunt... always going on about ’my Hao Hao, my Hao Hao.’ Geez, it’s just studying abroad! My uncle’s also an overseas returnee, right? Uncle!"
Yin Shixiu just chuckled, placing some food in her bowl.
Su’s mother glared at Yin Shixiu, casually saying, "You took Meng Meng to your company?"
"Yeah, I don’t feel at ease leaving her home alone."
"But he felt totally at ease locking me in the office,"
Su Xiaomeng quickly added, with a touch of sarcasm.
Yin Shixiu was momentarily taken aback, meeting the simultaneous gazes of Su Chengji and Su’s mother, quickly explaining: "No, I didn’t lock her in. I was having a meeting in the conference room and made sure there was plenty to eat, something to drink, and entertainment for her in the office, and a secretary was keeping an eye on her. I’m more at ease this way."
Su Xiaomeng raised an eyebrow, not realizing her words almost got Yin Shixiu in trouble.
After hearing this, Su’s mother finally withdrew her gaze and casually said, "She’s not a child anymore, and there’s still more than four months until the due date. You can’t take her with you every day."
Yin Shixiu glanced at Su Xiaomeng...
"I just don’t feel at ease when she’s alone at home."
With her belly getting bigger, if she falls or something, I’d be worried to death, especially since her belly is going to get even bigger...
Su’s mother cast another glance at Yin Shixiu, then said, "Anyway, just do what you can. Don’t let it affect your work too much."
A son-in-law wanting to protect her daughter, as a mother, she naturally had no reason to object.
"If you’re worried about Xiao Yin’s work, then Xiao Meng can come with me!"
Su Chengji quickly looked at Su Xiaomeng, smiling, "Meng Meng can come to the shop with your dad, plant some flowers and grow some grass, how about it?"
Raising her eyebrows, Su Xiaomeng thought the idea wasn’t bad, just as she was about to nod, she saw Yin Shixiu uncharacteristically choking on his food!
He coughed a couple of times, quickly waved his hand, "It won’t affect my work, it won’t! I’ll take her along, I’ll take her along!"
Su Xiaomeng and Su Chengji exchanged a glance, planning to discuss it further, but Su’s mother decisively said, "It’s better for Shixiu to take her along."
Su Chengji blinked, and Su Xiaomeng scratched her head.
She wanted to be with Dad more...
Yin Shixiu and Su’s mother were thinking along the same lines.
When those two get together, it always feels like something big is going to happen!
After dinner, Yin Shixiu took Su Xiaomeng out for a walk.
Su Chengji and Su’s mother, while cleaning the dishes, discussed the issue of the fields that Su Jianyi and Zhou Wenxiu had raised.
"To put it plainly, they see that elder brother has made money through the fields, and elder brother is close to Third Uncle. They are afraid that in the future, Third Uncle will leave everything to elder brother."
Su’s mother said.
"So, wife, what should we do now? If Su Jianyi really wants to take back these acres, big brother is in trouble."
"What else can we do? Buy them."
Su’s mother sighed, "You say, what’s the use of your third uncle raising a son like this? Just messing around all day! And he claims not to be corrupt, who would believe that!"
"Wife, keep your voice down when you say that..."
"What is there to be afraid of?"
Su’s mother glanced at Su Chengji, "That Zhou woman just went to the United Kingdom last month for nearly half a month. Look at her flaunting on Weibo and social media, as if she nearly declared the whole UK as hers!"
Su Chengji chuckled and hugged his wife, "Exactly, what’s there to show off? When my wife was young and studying abroad, she toured through most of Europe and never boasted like this. Sigh, what kind of taste does Su Jianyi have anyway? How come he’s so far off from me!"
Su’s mother elbowed his slightly protruding belly, "Are you complimenting me or yourself?"
"Isn’t it the same whether I compliment me or you!"
"I’ll tell you, if your belly dares to stick out any more, I won’t give you any food!"
Su Chengji quickly sucked in his stomach, "Yes, ma’am!"
Su’s mother was amused by him and then calmed herself, saying seriously, "Let big brother grit his teeth and buy this place. Transfer the ownership of the land to big brother’s name. That way, Su Jianyi won’t keep using this to cause trouble later."
"But where would big brother get that kind of money? His son, Bo Wen, hasn’t been married for long, and he has a grandson and granddaughter. His savings have mostly been spent on his family, and his younger daughter is taking the college entrance exam this year, she will need money for university soon..."
"His vegetable base has just started to show some promise in the last two years, getting back the costs, but it’s only enough to pay off external debts."
Su’s mother listened, deep in thought, "Otherwise, how about we lend him a hand? Big brother’s vegetable base is doing well; if Su Jianyi disrupts it, that would be a real shame!"
Su Chengji looked at his wife...
"We can lend it to him first, and he can pay us back once he has some revenue. What do you think?"
"Si Xian..."
He rarely called her name seriously like this.
"What?"
Su Chengji took a deep breath, wrapped his arms around his wife’s waist, and leaned down to kiss her!
Su’s mother gave him a playful shove, "What are you doing?"
"Why are you so wonderful?"
Su Chengji held Su’s mother close, filled with affection.
He initially had this plan in mind but didn’t dare to say... in the end, he didn’t expect...
"Anyway, Xiao Meng is now with Yin Shixiu, so no worries about their livelihood. Our money is just sitting there otherwise, and I know big brother well, even better than you do!"
"Are you complimenting me here?"
"... Do you think it’s a compliment?"
Su’s mother gave him a look, seeing him smile flatteringly with his eyes bent, she immediately said, "Don’t get all clingy now! Careful or I’ll slap you out! At this age..."
Su Chengji was so joyful inside that he paid no heed to her warnings. He swept her up in his arms and headed straight for the bedroom!
"Su Chengji! If you want to die, then..."
"Bang"
The door was shut.
A few days later, Su Xiaomeng inadvertently recalled what Su Jianyi and Zhou Wenxiu had said about those acres.
So she asked her parents how they finally handled it.
"Eighteen thousand per acre, and your uncle bought them. They’re going to do the property transfer registration in the next few days."
In between, Su’s mother didn’t mention the disgusting things Su Jianyi and Zhou Wenxiu had said and done.
Su Xiaomeng continued asking, "Didn’t third grandpa have anything to say?"
"Your third grandpa did disagree, but your uncle couldn’t bear to see an elderly man getting dragged into this mess."
Speaking of her third grandpa...
"They plan to bring your third grandpa to live in the city with them."
"Really?"
"Saying they want to show filial respect, they’ll probably move him by the end of the month."
"Really? Then I won’t even be able to see third grandpa when I visit grandpa’s house in the future?"
"You can visit them at their home."
"I don’t want to visit that bad uncle’s house!"
Su Xiaomeng pouted.
At night, Su Xiaomeng lay in bed unable to sleep, as the two little ones in her belly were moving around nonstop.
Yin Shixiu turned on the bedside lamp, gently touching her belly, "Okay, okay, mommy needs to sleep. No more kicking..."
Seeing him like this, Su Xiaomeng found it so amusing that she "pfft" laughed out loud.
For a moment, Yin Shixiu couldn’t sleep either; he propped up his head to look at her,
Su Xiaomeng looked back at him, giggling, "Uncle, I think you’ll make a great dad in the future."
"What about you? Will you be a good mom?"
"..." Su Xiaomeng was momentarily stunned.
Yin Shixiu quickly diverted the topic, "These two little ones are so lively, who do you think they’re like?"
"I was well-behaved; they definitely don’t take after me."
Su Xiaomeng immediately responded.
Yin Shixiu pinched her nose, "Behaved? How are you behaved?"
Su Xiaomeng pouted and pulled his hand down, "Uncle, don’t you think my third grandpa is pitiable? His wife died early, and then he lost his daughter, leaving only this one son. And now, in his old age, he’s being schemed over for his inheritance..."
"How could uncle and aunt be so excessive? Their family conditions are so good, and uncle’s position keeps rising, what more could they want..."