Xiao Wei held the pear Li Junsheng gave him and reached out to be picked up.
The little boy even remembered to hold the pear and say thank you to his grandfather.
Li Junsheng felt both happy and sad. It was just a pear. His eldest son's two children had eaten so many fruits from him but never said thank you!
"Father, since you're here, why don't you come to our place for a while? I'll let Xiaocui make some dishes, and we can have a drink."
Li Guohua smiled at Li Junsheng. It was rare for them to be so close!
Li Junsheng agreed and, leaving the hospital, bought quite a few dishes to go back to the temporary rented house where Li Guohua and his wife lived.
Li Junsheng bought a chicken and fish, and also bought rock sugar and silver ear fungus to make a lung-nourishing soup for Xiao Wei!
Li Guohua and Ji Xiaocui couldn't help but wonder where he got so much money.
It turned out Li Junsheng had sold his factory job!
Li Junsheng told the couple about the factory layoffs. Li Guohua and Ji Xiaocui didn't say much about it.
They weren't even envious of the money Li Junsheng had!
Li Junsheng asked them to come home for dinner that night to discuss dividing the money. The couple agreed.
Li Junsheng had lunch at Li Guohua's place, saw his grandson, and improved his relationship with his second son!
It was getting late, and it was time to go home.
On the way, Li Junsheng couldn't help but think that if he wanted to make money, he needed to resolve the family issues first, or there would never be peace!
The elder son and his wife were eyeing his money like hungry tigers, even willing to deceive their own siblings.
Li Junsheng had no doubt that they would do even more outrageous and crazy things for money.
He couldn't trust living with such a person!
Then there was Ma Yulian, who schemed with all her might. With her around, there would never be peace at home.
These two major problems needed to be solved!
Thinking about this, Li Junsheng returned home with a dark face.
As soon as he pushed open the door, Li Guojun came forward with his son and daughter.
"Father, where have you been all morning? We were waiting for you to have lunch!"
Li Guojun smiled, and his young but already shrewd granddaughter Xingxing also flattered Li Junsheng.
"Grandpa, have some candy! Grandpa from outside gave me this. I thought of you and didn't eat it."
Looking at Xingxing and his grandson Xiaoming, Li Junsheng inwardly sneered. The elder son and daughter-in-law were indeed cunning.
Knowing about the money division, they had specially brought their children back from their mother's house, thinking they could get more by adding two more people!
They thought he would divide the money based on the number of people in each family.
The granddaughter was acting unusually today. She was never this attentive or nice to him before.
Also, children's thoughts were simple. The eagerness to please was written all over Xingxing's face!
Even without thinking, Li Junsheng could guess that the elder son and daughter-in-law had repeatedly told Xingxing to flatter him.
Looking down at the innocent faces of Xingxing and Xiaoming, Li Junsheng's thoughts drifted back to his previous life.
He couldn't help but think about how these grandchildren had treated him!
At that time, Xingxing made him sleep in the doghouse, and grandson Xiaoming was even worse, pouring his food into the dog bowl, wanting him to compete with the dog for food.
Thinking about this, Li Junsheng couldn't help but feel even more cold!
His already dark face became even darker.
Xingxing shrank her neck, not knowing what was wrong with her grandfather today, looking particularly scary!
Li Junsheng took a deep breath, thinking that since these two children were still young in this life, he didn't need to do anything to them.
If they grew up to be as mean as they were in the previous life, he could correct them then!
Thinking about this, Li Junsheng took out the three cents in change from his pocket and gave it to Xingxing.
Ignoring her overly excited expression at seeing the money, Li Junsheng coldly said, "I won't eat the candy. Here are a few more cents. Take your brother to buy two more pieces, and you two can eat them!"
"Oh! Great! More money to buy candy!"
Xingxing didn't thank Li Junsheng, took the money, and ran out with her brother.
Li Guojun was secretly pleased, thinking it was right to listen to his wife and bring the children back!
After Li Junsheng sent the children away, Li Guojun immediately smiled and flattered him.
"Father, you must have missed them since you haven't seen them for a while? Not only you miss them, but they miss you too, especially Xingxing, who keeps talking about wanting to come home to see Grandpa..."
"Is that so?!"
Li Junsheng, who had been suppressing his emotions, suddenly changed his expression and kicked Li Guojun in the stomach, knocking him to the ground!
Li Guojun fell backward in surprise, stunned!
"Ah, Father, what are you doing?"
Wang Xiuhua quickly helped Li Guojun up and then questioned Li Junsheng.
"Why did you hit Guojun for no reason? He was thinking of you, worried you would be hungry, and specially saved lunch for you!"
Li Junsheng ignored his daughter-in-law and mentioned that Li Guojun had used his name to ask the second son for the one hundred and eighty back!
"Li Guojun, you deserved that kick! How could you use my name to ask the second son for that one hundred and eighty back? You know Xiao Wei was sick and needed the money for treatment. Were you trying to let him die? He's your own nephew!"
Li Guojun didn't expect Li Junsheng to find out so quickly, but he wasn't afraid that Li Junsheng knew.
He rubbed his stomach, not only unrepentant but also stubbornly argued back.
"So what! The second son didn't need that much money for his son's treatment. What's wrong with me getting the extra money back?"
Li Junsheng was so angry he laughed.
"Do you know that because of the lack of money, Xiao Wei's illness wasn't cured, and they had to be discharged?"
"That was my money! What right did you have to ask for it back? I'm not dead yet, and the money is still mine. If I hadn't gone to see Xiao Wei today, I would still be in the dark!"
Li Junsheng paused and held out his hand to Li Guojun.
"Give me back that one hundred and eighty!"
Li Guojun would never give back money he had already gotten.
He stiffened his neck, looking like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, and said to Li Junsheng.
"I've already given the money to Xingxing for school fees. Xingxing is also your granddaughter. What's wrong with spending it on any grandchild?"
"Besides, your money is my money. It will be mine sooner or later. Why can't I ask the second son for it back?"
Li Junsheng, hearing Li Guojun's righteous words, took off his size 44 shoe and grabbed his collar, ready to hit him hard.
The elder son was no longer just a freeloader!
"That's enough!"
Ma Yulian shouted.
She had been in the bedroom because of the rift with the elder son and daughter-in-law.
Hearing Li Junsheng and Li Guojun arguing, she realized this was a good opportunity to protect the elder son and mend relations with them!
Ma Yulian walked over, protecting Li Guojun like a hen protecting her chicks, then said sarcastically to Li Junsheng.
"Li Junsheng, that's enough. Didn't you tell me earlier not to keep the money to yourself?"
Thinking about what Li Junsheng had said earlier, Ma Yulian also wanted to take the opportunity to mock Li Junsheng and stir up trouble between father and son.
"You said all the children are your own, and it's right to share the money with them. You said that this morning, and now you've forgotten?"
"The second son didn't need that much money for his child's treatment. The elder son was afraid he would waste it and couldn't get it back later. What's wrong with getting it back early? Don't keep harping on about it!"