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, let’s discuss it carefully if we have anything to say!”
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 Lingling?
I’m telling you—if you don’t talk about this, I will! I keep my word, and 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 this way today."
Liu Ying frowned depressedly: "As early as when you agreed to let Yang Yang's surname be 'Xue', I didn't agree with it.
Originally, the second child and Lingling were named "Xue", and I was already very reluctant.
Unexpectedly, there was a fourth child later and I wanted her to be named "Xue" too. I thought she was a girl after all and would have to get married sooner or later, so that was fine.
At the beginning, we didn’t even mention that the great-grandson would also take the surname ‘Xue’ after the second child. How could it be arranged today?
It’s true, Lingling! I won’t 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, we must let our great-grandson's surname be 'Cheng'."
Cheng Tianyuan was a little irritated and said: "Mom, don't get angry in a hurry. I told you that we should discuss it carefully. You have to give me some time.
Besides, I only said that we would discuss it, but I didn’t say that we would definitely do what you want."
"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 swallowed more: "I'm not in trouble?
Your father is dead, and your lineage is the only one left in our old Cheng family.
You originally had a third son, but you changed your second son’s surname, and now even his children have to have the surname of ‘Xue’ – wouldn’t that mean you are missing a lineage from now on?”
Cheng Tianyuan frowned and whispered: "Mom, why do you still have so many old thoughts from the past?
What is the same lineage but not the same lineage?
Even if Yang Yang’s surname is not ‘Cheng’, he is still my son.
His children are still my grandchildren.
This is a fact that can never be changed.”
"My surname is no longer 'Cheng', so what the hell!"
Liu Ying shook her head: "I don't care, we can't let the little babies have the surname of '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.
Father-in-law and mother-in-law do not have a son, so it is inevitable that they feel a little regretful.
But they have grandchildren, and the lineage of the old Xue family will not be broken in the future. They can live up to their ancestors and feel 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, it was already settled at the beginning that the two children would take their mother's surname and the other two would take his surname "Cheng".
Who would have thought that when the next generation comes, their family will go back on their words! Isn’t this going to cause chaos?
! Liu Ying dodged a few times and blinked.
"I... what I said is the truth.
Yangyang’s child is the first generation of great-grandchildren in our family. How can he also have the surname ‘Xue’?
Even if you want a surname, it has to be half and half.
How about the boy’s surname is Cheng and the baby girl’s surname is ‘Xue’?
How's it going?"
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 promised Yang Yang to take Xue Ling’s surname, we must let Yang Yang’s child take the surname ‘Xue’ too.”
"no!"
Liu Ying objected: "Then wouldn't it mean that our family is missing a bloodline?"
Cheng Tianyuan grimaced and said, "We have enough eldest and third eldest children in our family.
Mom, our family was so poor back then, how could we find a wife?
If I had devoted all my energy to making money and not gotten married, or if my marriage was as unhappy as A Fang's, we might not even have a single bloodline in the Cheng family.
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 debt of gratitude, they have already repaid it.
My father-in-law and mother-in-law never despised our family being poor and were willing to marry Ling Ling to me instead of forcing me to marry into our family because of our poverty.
If I had joined the Xue family, all four of my children would have been 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 bedridden all year round. Xiaofang was ignorant. I worked outside and our family was extremely poor.
Back then, when people forced us to pay back the money, even if you knelt down in front of them, they wouldn't pay any 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 their consent, and if our family didn't marry Lingling, our family could at most buy a house in the county, and I could at most marry a country wife and get a salary or a stable income.
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.
You have seen a lot of how many people have settled here, become new residents of the big city, and have almost lost contact with the original countryside.
We occasionally thought about Chengjia Village. Several of our children had only been there once and had no impression of it at all.
There is no need to wait for the next generation, their generation will have no feelings for Chengjia Village.