Chapter 234 – My Daughter Will Not Sacrifice Everything For Her Younger Brother (part 6)

The 2 kg of cherries took about a month for Li Su and her daughter to finish. Although it was no longer fresh after refrigeration, the taste was not as sweet as before.

But the mother and daughter were still very happy.

Compared with the happy and stable life of Li Su and her daughter, the Zhang family’s lives seemed to be less pleasant.

When Qi Ya was 8 months pregnant, because Mother Zhang had not cleaned the floor properly, she slipped and gave birth prematurely. After being sent to the hospital, she gave birth to a frail son who had to be sent to an incubator as soon as he was born.

Qi Ya may only be able to have this son in her life. He could have been healthy, but now he was like this. How could she not be angry?

Mother Zhang was also very regretful. Because of her, her eldest grandson, who was healthy, was born prematurely. She simply could not regret it enough! In the hospital, she cried and grabbed the ground. “Damn it. Why can’t I even wipe the floor? I harmed my eldest grandson! Damn it!”

Father Zhang and Zhang Wei could not bear to blame Mother Zhang. After all, it was all unintentional and it wasn’t as if Mother Zhang wanted this to happen.

Zhang Wei in turn persuaded Qi Ya not to care too much and to still give his mother some face. After all, this matter was unintentional. Nobody wanted such a thing to happen.

Qi Ya trembled with anger and wanted to curse, but she felt the wound on her stomach. She then looked at her weak son, who needed someone to take care of him. She had to endure it. But, because she was angry, she didn’t do much this month.

This had nothing to do with Mother Zhang. Because Mother Zhang felt ashamed, she was very dedicated when helping out with the confinement period. On one hand, Qi Ya was angry with Mother Zhang, and on the other hand, she was thinking about her son who was still in the premature birth incubator. The confinement was not done well and she almost suffered from postpartum depression.

When Qi Ya was young, she failed to take care of herself. After many miscarriages, she was not able to confine herself properly. She originally planned to take advantage of this confinement period to recuperate, but such a thing happened. She was extremely annoyed.

The child stayed in the incubator for more than a month before being discharged from the hospital.

The Zhang family took their son home carefully. Mother Zhang was not afraid of spending money at this time. She paid for it herself and invited a golden confinement nurse to come back, and she did not express her opinions. Everything was done according to the confinement nurse.

Qi Ya watched for a while before she was relieved. Her opinion on Mother Zhang was better.

With the help of the confinement nurse, Qi Ya was really relieved and was ready to go to work in a clothing store. Because the confinement was not done well, and there was no milk, the child drank milk powder. Qi Ya also wanted the best for her son, so the milk powder she chose for her son was imported from abroad. In addition to diapers and other items, money was being spent like flowing water.

Zhang Wei didn’t have any savings before marriage, and Mother and Father Zhang’s money was spent on the daily expenses of the family and the salary of the confinement nurse. So most of the children’s expenses were paid by Qi Ya herself. After a long time, Qi Ya felt a little distressed.

In addition, during her confinement period, she had no time to take care of the clothing store. Zhang Wei, a paper tiger, couldn’t handle it at all. The clothing store’s business plummeted, and she wondered if the employees had messed with the account. Qi Ya couldn’t bear it.

Qi Ya and Zhang Wei went to the clothing store, while Mother and Father Zhang, and the confinement nurse took care of the child at home.

But no matter how careful the confinement nurse was, the child was still ill every three days. The most serious illness, pneumonia, resulted in hospitalisation.

At this time, Qi Ya would think of the culprit and couldn’t help but indirectly criticise Zhang Wei at home, or find various reasons to quarrel with him.

And every so often, Mother Zhang would hide in the room and cry alone.

Father Zhang sighed and frowned.

The old couple did not have any of the savageness and ferocity they directed at their ex-daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

It was the amount of money one had that determined one’s family status! In this family, Qi Ya now earned the most money, and she gave birth to the grandson of the Zhang family, so she was the most superior in the Zhang family.

Mother Zhang was not in good health and she was in a depressed mood, so she became ill not long after.

Mother Zhang’s illness made Qi Ya even more disgusted. She said she was afraid of Mother Zhang being contagious, so she took her child and the confinement nurse to a rental property.

Zhang Wei was very angry but he couldn’t do anything about her.

Mother Zhang was already ill and she couldn’t see her beloved eldest grandson. Her illness got worse. Father Zhang and Zhang Wei wanted to take her to the hospital, but she refused to go. She was afraid of spending money, so she only used her medical insurance card to buy back some medicine. All of her money went to her eldest grandson.

Suddenly one day, Mother Zhang suddenly fell into a coma. Father Zhang was so anxious that he quickly sent her to the hospital, but it was too late.

Before Mother Zhang died, she never forgot her eldest grandson.

But no matter how many times Zhang Wei called Qi Ya, Qi Ya refused to bring her child to the hospital. She said that there were many germs in the hospital and her son was weak. She was afraid he would get infected with something.

In the end, Mother Zhang passed away while hoping to see her grandson once more. When Mother Zhang died, and Qi Ya came late.

Because of Mother Zhang’s death, there was a rift between Zhang Wei and Qi Ya, but Qi Ya didn’t care. She knew that having money meant that she had the last word. As long as she had money, Zhang Wei would not be able to leave her. What’s more, she now had a son.

After Mother Zhang was buried, Qi Ya refused to move back in.

Father Zhang was still angry at first, but then became anxious when he didn’t see his grandson moving back in. In addition, he hadn’t seen his grandson for a few months and he was thinking a lot.

He then urged Zhang Wei to bring back Qi Ya and their son.

But Qi Ya refused to move back, saying she was afraid and that she wanted to buy a house again.

Zhang Wei thought that Qi Ya was a huge hypocrite. What was she afraid of? Who was she afraid of? Was she afraid of his mother? Before, there were a lot of troubling things that happened, but she didn’t seem afraid back then.

Qi Ya ignored Zhang Wei’s cynicism. Even if she didn’t buy a house, she still wouldn’t go back.

Zhang Wei couldn’t think about her. He didn’t have a formal job now. He only helped out in the clothing store. All the money gained from the clothing store was in Qi Ya’s hands. Qi Ya was not like Li Su. Qi Ya was not afraid of him at all. If she didn’t give him money, then he really didn’t even have a penny.

Zhang Wei had to go back and tell Father Zhang what Qi Ya said.

Father Zhang slumped his shoulders and was disheartened. There was a long silence before he said, “Then sell this house and buy another one again!” Otherwise, where would the money come from to buy a house? What Qi Ya meant was that she would not pay for a house. Everything was for his grandson.

The sale of the house went very smoothly. It was only a few days after the advertisement was posted that someone inquired about it. They finally sold the house for a relatively good price.

But when it came to buying a new home, there were many problems.

Qi Ya said that the new house still needed to be renovated. After the renovation, it would take some time before they could live in it. It was not cost-effective to rent a house during this time. What she meant was to buy a second-hand house and move in.

But Father Zhang disagreed. If she wanted to buy a new house, why buy a second-hand house? You could just live in the old house. Why sell the old house?

The two were at a stalemate. Zhang Wei was in a dilemma. The matter of buying a house could only be put on hold for the time being.

At this moment, it was rumoured that the old Zhang family’s house might be demolished! Father Zhang and Zhang Wei regretted it. Qi Ya also regretted it a lot after learning about it.

Qi Ya urged Zhang Wei to find the house buyer. She wanted to tear up the contract and get the old house back, or ask the other party to give another 500,000 yuan.

How could the other party agree to such conditions? The contract had been signed by both parties and the real estate deed had also been transferred. Why would they bother with them? There was no such thing in the world. He bought the house so that his children could go to school, and he didn’t know that this area would be demolished.

Besides, it was not a matter of one or two days. It had been two or three months. If they wanted to go back and regret it, then they had to pay extra. There was no such thing.

In the end, the matter was brought to court. Of course, the court did not support the unreasonable demands of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family lost the case.

Zhang Wei and Qi Ya were annoyed and blamed each other, causing a lot of trouble.

On the other hand, Father Zhang was still a bit arrogant. He didn’t support going to fight with the other party, or filing a lawsuit. It was too embarrassing.

Father Zhang could only take a step back and buy a second-hand house when he saw his son and daughter-in-law accuse each other about the house.

He didn’t expect that, in the past few months, the local house price had risen again. The second-hand housing that Qi Ya had been interested in had also risen by 70,000 to 80,000 yuan.

The money they originally had was not enough. Qi Ya had to take some money. Then when they went through the transfer procedures, she insisted on adding her name to the real estate certificate.

However, Zhang Wei suddenly became shrewd. Not only did he refuse to add her name, but he didn’t even add his own name. He only wrote the name of Father Zhang.

How could Qi Ya agree to such a thing? The two quarrelled on the spot.

Father Zhang was so troubled. He saw that the people around him, including the owner of the house, were laughing at them. He slapped the table angrily. “Don’t write anyone’s name. Just write my grandson’s name only and be done with it! ”

Zhang Wei and Qi Ya stopped talking. In the end, the transfer procedure went through smoothly.

The Zhang family changed houses and everything started anew. It appeared that everything had passed, but a few people still had all kinds of dissatisfaction buried in their hearts.

Li Su didn’t know anything about the Zhang family’s situation. She just knew that, due to the influence of the plot, the Zhang family would communicate with her sooner or later, but she did not deliberately inquire about the Zhang family’s situation because it was not necessary.

In the face of the harm caused by that family, only when you were strong could you not be afraid of anyone.

On the weekend, Li Su took Zhang Yao to a nearby children’s art center. She planned to take Zhang Yao to try it out so that she could see it for herself. Then Zhang Yao could choose the courses she wanted to study.

Li Su and Zhang Yao talked for a long time in advance to ensure that Li Su had enough money for Zhang Yao to learn these things and that it would not affect their lives. She would also not work too hard. Zhang Yao reluctantly agreed.

Li Su was still hesitating about which class to register her daughter in. Drawing or painting? Or another class? But, she saw Zhang Yao staring through a window with bright eyes as she watched the little girls in the room wearing pink dance dresses and practicing under the guidance of the teacher.

Li Su understood, then smiled and stroked Zhang Yao’s hair. She held Zhang Yao’s hand, went to the front desk, paid the money for a year, got dance clothes and dance shoes, and had Zhang Yao change in the locker room.

“Go on. Mum will wait for you outside!” Li Su sent Zhang Yao to the door of the dance studio. She then handed Zhang Yao over to the teacher and smiled.