After the old man finished cursing, he turned around and walked back angrily.
Cheng Tianyuan was frightened, thinking that the old man was going to start a fight, so he quickly stopped her.
"Mom! Mom! Why are you so excited all of a sudden? Don't be angry, don't be impatient, we have something to discuss!"
Liu Ying found that the way forward was blocked and was so angry that she threw the crutch in her hand wildly.
"What are you doing? Are you afraid that I will go ahead and argue with Ling Ling? I'm telling you - if you don't talk about this, I will! I keep my word. If you don't go, I will go!"
Cheng Tianyuan was a little confused and lowered his voice and asked: "Mom, why are you acting like this suddenly today?"
"I didn't just think like this today." Liu Ying frowned depressedly: "As early as when you agreed to give Yang Yang the surname 'Xue', I didn't agree with it. Originally, the second child and Ling Ling were surnamed 'Xue', and I already
I was very reluctant. Unexpectedly, there was a fourth child later, and I wanted her to be named "Xue". I thought that she was a girl after all, and would have to get married sooner or later, so forget it. I didn't even mention that my great-grandson would follow her.
The second child's surname is 'Xue', how can it be arranged today? Lingling is also true! I don't even ask you or what I think! I don't agree! I don't agree!"
Cheng Tianyuan hurriedly made a hissing gesture and whispered: "Okay, okay, if you don't agree... Lingling and I will discuss it again, okay?"
"Anyway, I don't agree!" Liu Ying muttered: "No matter how you discuss it, your great-grandson must be named 'Cheng'."
Cheng Tianyuan was a little irritated and said: "Mom, don't be too quick to get angry. I told you that we should discuss it carefully. You have to give me some time. Besides, I only said that we should discuss it, but I didn't say that we would definitely do what you want.
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"Then what's the point of discussing?!" Liu Ying snorted coldly: "I might as well talk to Lingling myself!"
Cheng Tianyuan shook his head firmly: "No, aren't you making things difficult for her?"
"I..." Liu Ying's eyes turned red again and she choked: "Isn't it difficult for me? Your father is dead, and you are the only one left in our old Cheng family. You originally had a third son, so why not take the second son?
After changing his surname, even his children will now have the surname 'Xue' - wouldn't that mean they are missing a lineage from now on?"
Cheng Tianyuan frowned and whispered: "Mom, how come you still have so many old ideas from the past? What's so different? Even if Yangyang's surname is not 'Cheng', he is still my son. His children are still my grandsons.
Granddaughter. This is a fact that can never be changed."
"We don't have the surname 'Cheng' anymore, so what the hell!" Liu Ying shook her head: "I don't care, we can't let the little darlings have the surname 'Xue' anyway. I can agree to other things, but I really can't agree to this!"
Cheng Tianyuan looked downcast and said, "Mom, if you do this, it will definitely cause family conflicts or even a family crisis."
He knew that his old mother still carried the traditional ideas of passing on the family lineage from the older generation, but he never expected that she still could not change her old and rigid ideas after living in the city for decades.
Xue Ling is the only daughter in the family, and her father-in-law and mother-in-law only have a daughter.
At first, she tried her best to have three more children because she didn't want the next generation to be too thin.
The father-in-law and mother-in-law had no sons, so they inevitably felt a little regretful in their hearts. But they had grandchildren, and the line of the old Xue family would not be broken in the future. They were worthy of their ancestors, and felt relieved in their hearts.
If the old mother comes to make trouble at this time, the father-in-law and mother-in-law will inevitably be disappointed or even angry.
After all, this matter had already been decided at the beginning, and the two children would take their mother's surname, and the two would take his surname "Cheng". Who knew that when the next generation came, their family would go back on their word!
Isn’t this going to cause chaos?!
Liu Ying dodged a few times and blinked.
"I... what I said is the truth. Yang Yang's child is the first generation of great-grandchildren in our family. How can we also have the surname 'Xue'? Even if we want a surname, it must be half and half. Otherwise, the male should follow our surname Cheng, and the female should follow our surname Cheng.
The baby’s surname is ‘Xue’? What does it look like?”
Cheng Tianyuan asked back: "Mom, do you think it's okay? Their father's surname is 'Xue', their mother's surname is 'Wang', but they have a child named 'Cheng' - isn't this also a mess? Mom, since we agreed to follow Xue Yangyang in the first place
If the surname is Ling, Yangyang’s child must also have the surname ‘Xue’.”
"No!" Liu Ying objected: "Then wouldn't it mean that our family is missing a bloodline?"
Cheng Tianyuan turned coldly and said: "We have the eldest and the third child in our family, which is enough. Mom, when our family was so poor, how could we find a wife? If I had tried so hard to make money and not married, or my marriage would have been different.
Ah Fang is just as unlucky, maybe our Cheng family doesn’t even have a single bloodline. Mom, why don’t you take a step back and think about it? If that were the case, would you still have so many grandchildren? Is it possible?”
Liu Ying was stunned.
Cheng Tianyuan sighed helplessly: "Mom, since Dad agreed that the second and fourth sons should take their mother's surname of 'Xue', you should understand what he means. Although the Lingling family owes us a favor, they have already
My father-in-law and mother-in-law never disliked our family being poor and were willing to marry Ling Ling to me instead of forcing me to marry into the Xue family because our family was poor. If I married into the Xue family, all four children would have to be named 'Xue'."
Liu Ying swallowed her saliva and hesitated: "Then - our family must not be willing to do it! You are not willing to do it either, right?"
Cheng Tianyuan laughed and asked: "Mom, back then our family couldn't even afford a few dollars. My father was sick and was in bed all year round. Xiaofang was not sensible. I worked outside and my family was very poor. Back then, they forced us to pay back the money.
, even if you kneel down to others, they will not pay attention to you. Have you forgotten this? When people are in trouble, when their loved ones are in urgent need of money for medical treatment, how can they care about dignity and face."
Liu Ying was stunned again. Thinking of those tragic days, tears flashed in her eyes.
Cheng Tianyuan took her hand and held it tightly.
"Mom, don't you think about it carefully? If my father-in-law and mother-in-law didn't nod and agree, if our family didn't marry Lingling, our family could at most buy a house in the county town, and I could at most marry a country wife and get a share.
A salary or a stable income. How can our family be as glorious as it is today? How many children can be so promising?"
Liu Ying was extremely hesitant and shrank her hands, only to find that her son was holding them tightly.
"That...is definitely incomparable."
Cheng Tianyuan smiled softly and said: "Since you know you can't compare, you should be grateful and shouldn't be greedy at this juncture. Mom, you have been in the big city for many years. How many people have settled here and become a big city?"
The new residents in the city have almost lost contact with the original countryside. You have seen a lot of these. We occasionally think of Chengjia Village. Several children have only been there once and have no impression of it at all. No need to wait.
The next generation, their generation has no feelings for Chengjia Village. Mom, we have to move on in life."