Three Women in the Cage

Chapter 271 Visit

Ma Mei called Xinxin and said, "Your grandparents are going back to their hometown this weekend. Why don't you come over and we can send them back together?"

Xinxin frowned after hearing this. She didn't want her aunt to send away two lonely and helpless old people at this time.

For a moment, he didn't know how to answer, and why did he look for him but not Chi Lin or Yang Qing, who were also in his hometown.

Aren't they always like-minded? Why didn't he call them at this crucial moment? It seems he couldn't call them, so he could only think of himself, the honest person who never seemed to know how to say no and who worked hard without complaint.

Xinxin was very dissatisfied with her aunt's behavior of sending the two old people back to their hometown, but as a junior, she couldn't say anything. For the sake of her grandparents, she had to agree.

Then she called Yang Yu and told him the situation on the phone.

After hearing this, Yang Yu said angrily: "I didn't expect that she would abandon grandpa and grandma in the end. She is as ruthless as your aunt. It was she who wanted grandma to come, and now she is the one who wants grandma to go."

"After she raised the child, she started to dislike her grandparents for being useless. She no longer wanted to support them and wanted to abandon them. This person is really realistic."

But no matter how angry and dissatisfied Yang Yu was, the destined outcome could not be changed.

She no longer had the courage and energy to argue about right and wrong, nor did she want to go down the same path as she had with Tian Yun, where she ended up in a bad situation.

What could he possibly do for his parents? What could he possibly force Ma Mei to do? She hadn't been able to protect anything for her elder brother, nor had she been able to fight for anything for her nephew. She was completely helpless, and she'd even injured herself.

She didn't want to repeat the same mistakes and get hurt all over.

But they are my parents after all. They are in such a situation now, and I can't bear to ignore them no matter what.

So, she specifically instructed Xinxin: "You go and help deliver the gifts! When you return to your hometown, buy them whatever they need. Visit them more often during holidays. They are not able to move around easily now, and I'm afraid your aunt won't take care of them. You have to pay more attention to them..."

At this point, Yang Yu suddenly remembered something and said worriedly, "When you usually go to visit, put your things down and go back early, so as not to run into Li Jian on the way. What if he takes revenge on you? Try to avoid him, okay?"

It would have been fine if she hadn't mentioned this. As soon as she heard this, Xinxin felt a little scared. Now she had to go there by herself. She suddenly didn't dare to agree to her mother, but she couldn't say what was in her heart. She had to pretend that she didn't hear clearly and bluff it off.

She didn't know whether to go visit him on the weekend, so she could only take it one step at a time.

Two days later, Ma Mei found a car locally and moved all the belongings of the two elderly people into it, as the car was too crowded to fit them all.

A wheelchair was also bought specifically for Yang's mother to use at home so that she could move around more conveniently.

At this moment, Yang Zheng got the news from somewhere and suddenly rushed over.

The moment she saw Yang Zheng, Xinxin was stunned. She didn't expect that after not seeing him for so many years, this boy who was one year younger than her had changed so much.

He has matured and grown taller. Perhaps it is because he has been exposed to the wind and sun at the construction site for a long time. His face is tanned and his body is covered with dust from the construction site. He gives people the image of a farmer, which is completely different from what he should look like at his age.

Right! He dropped out of school early and quickly entered society. He had suffered beatings and scoldings from his mother and Li Jian, so he should have matured early. However, he matured so thoroughly that people almost forgot that he was still a half-grown child.

Xinxin recalled what her mother had said before, that her aunt wanted Yang Zheng to take revenge on them. She wondered if Yang Zheng still held a grudge against them and wanted revenge.

She looked at him with mixed feelings. Coincidentally, Yang Zheng also looked over. He bared his dark teeth at Xinxin and said, "Third sister!"

I was shocked. I didn't expect him to call me by his original name, "Third Sister". The words seemed to tell me that he never held a grudge.

He actually didn't listen to his mother. At this moment, Xinxin felt a little confused. Then she thought that perhaps his experiences at home had diluted his feelings for the word "mother".

Or perhaps, he has his own sense of right and wrong and knows how to distinguish between sincerity and falsehood.

Yes, yes, they are no longer children, they have finally grown up!

Xinxin sighed and responded: "Yeah!"

Such a simple response resolved the barriers between them. At least they did not hold a grudge against each other because of what happened in the past.

However, apart from this, they seemed to have nothing else to say, and many things could never go back to the way they were before.

After Yang Zheng greeted Xinxin, he called out to Ma Mei, "Third Aunt!"

Ma Mei greeted him enthusiastically: "Hey, Yang Zheng is here! Hey, he's grown up so much, I can hardly recognize him."

"By the way, was it your mom who asked you to pick up grandpa and grandma? Oh, thank you for taking the trouble to come all the way here. I wanted to ask your mom to pick them up at the village entrance!"

Yang Zheng smiled and said, "It's okay. I haven't seen my grandparents for a long time, so I came to see them. Let's go! Let's go back together."

Seeing Yang Zheng coming, Yang's father and mother looked at him with tears in their eyes. They could never have imagined that at this moment, Yang Zheng would be the first one to come and pick them up.

This grandson who is not their blood relative, this child they raised with great difficulty, finally feels at this moment that all their efforts have been worth it.

Yang Zheng comforted them: "Grandpa, grandma, I'm here to visit you..."

It has been many years since I last visited him, but now I really miss him. He couldn't come before, and the two old people couldn't go back. We were separated by thousands of mountains and couldn't ask each other if he was well!

Now that we meet again, we are in such a helpless situation. I don’t know whether I should sigh or feel relieved.

The two old people just kept crying, crying about the impermanence of the world and the fickleness of human nature.

Ma Mei said to Yang Zheng: "Your grandparents haven't been back for a long time. Now they are crying with excitement when they see you. Alas, it's all our fault for not letting them go back earlier. You should comfort them..."

After hearing this, Xinxin chuckled. Were they excited? They were crying because they couldn't help themselves!

Perhaps Yang Zheng had really grown up. After hearing this, he smiled and comforted: "Don't cry, Ermao and Sanmao have all grown up. When you go back, you can take a good look at them..."

The two old men listened silently. They were their eldest son's two sons, their own grandchildren. But, what would happen if they grew up?

He raised his two biological sons with great difficulty, but before he could enjoy a few years of happiness with them, they were left here in a hurry.

Now they are thrown back to their hometown to fend for themselves. Who will really care about them? They are unsure and have lost confidence in their son, daughter-in-law, and even their own daughter. Who would want a burden like them?

Not to mention grandsons? Everything is just a passing cloud, nothing can be relied upon...

They seemed numb, as if they could sense the lingering survival in the future.