Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 1303

Chapter 1303: Chapter 1175: Discovery

Zhou Jiao couldn’t be bothered to respond, but once something landed on her plate it still had to be dealt with; even if she didn’t handle it, she at least had to show some reaction, maybe even cough up some money.

Right now she was frowning tightly, looking at the writing paper that May 1st had handed her.

Huang Cuilan was really sick!

Of course she refused to admit it was her own crow’s mouth!

The woman wasn’t mentally ill yet, but she probably wasn’t far off. Any woman living such a lousy life would end up with her nerves shot.

"Mom, do you think someone could’ve coached her to fake being sick?"

Zhou Jiao looked up and glanced at her son.

"Think about it: she’s now all depressed and threatening suicide, and insists she has to see my eldest uncle before she can calm down. Doesn’t that mean my eldest uncle has to take her along to the provincial city?"

Zhou Jiao looked at him, amused. According to his analysis, what a grand conspiracy!

"How can things line up that neatly?" May 1st curled his lips. "Our family just bought a courtyard in the provincial city for Grandpa and Grandma, and she picks this time to threaten suicide?"

Zhou Jiao looked at her son, thoughtful.

"Have you considered this: if Grandpa and Grandma move to the provincial city, then next summer, after Ming Zuo and Ming You graduate from college and stay on in the provincial city, other than Mai Miao, she really won’t have a single person by her side in the county town."

Zhou Jiao was the kind of person who, once she lost interest in someone, never bothered to spend another thought on them; but hearing her son say this now, the logic actually held!

"Back in our hometown, when you said you wanted to buy a courtyard for the old folks in the provincial city, I was against it. Not because I couldn’t part with the money, but because there was no need. Second Uncle is so dutiful, he wouldn’t fail to leave a room for the old couple."

Zhou Jiao shot him a sidelong look—typical backseat driver! Why didn’t he bring it up then? Not mentioning it at the time was one thing, but even after they came back, he could’ve said something.

May 1st gave her a fawning grin. "I was worried Dad would misunderstand me. Back then we couldn’t find a courtyard on short notice, and I wasn’t home during summer break.

Besides, the courtyard’s ours anyway, so if we buy it, we buy it."

"Enough, I’m not blaming you."

"So what do we do now?"

Zhou Jiao pressed her fingers to the bridge of her nose. "Mountain high, road far—we can’t manage that much. If she’s not well, we can only follow social convention for now, send along a token and mail some nutritional supplements over."

May 1st stood up and pressed on her temples, swept a glance outside, and whispered a reminder: "Mom, you really don’t need to take this to heart. She’s got three sons and a daughter. If the kids aren’t thinking of solutions now, what’s the point of raising them?

It’s Dad you should keep an eye on. Whatever you do, don’t let him get involved. It’s their domestic business—if he sticks his nose in, he’ll end up the bad guy on both sides."

"Okay."

May 1st smiled, started thumping her shoulders, and went on: "I’m not just fearmongering. Look at Second Uncle—he’s been all over their situation. But do you think Xi Zi and his two brothers see him as a good guy?

It’s only because he’s transferred to the provincial city now. Otherwise, just imagine: would Xi Zi and the others be acting the way they are? No matter how bad their mother is, she’s still their birth mother.

To be honest, I’m really disappointed in those three brothers. It’s only because it’s them—if it were me, I don’t care if he’s Second Uncle or not, if he dared to split up my parents, humph..."

Zhou Jiao burst out laughing and patted him on the back.

"And Eldest Uncle, what a selfish man. I have no idea where Dad and Second Uncle get this idea that he’s full of brotherly affection. That way their brains work, I really can’t agree with it.

If he truly cared about his younger brother, he shouldn’t have put Second Uncle in such an awkward position. He knows perfectly well Second Uncle has broken with her, so why keep that woman around?

Think about it: if, in the future, my wife got into it with my brother and I still kept her, then which matters more—my brother or my woman?"

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