Chapter 1714 - 1653: The Counterpart in the Group Favorite Story 83

As autumn arrived, the weather gradually cooled down.

Pei Laoshi and Liu Dalian were getting older, and Anning wasn’t comfortable with them staying in the countryside, so she brought them to the city to live. After all, the medical conditions here were better, and life was generally more convenient.

As the weather gets cooler, the elderly don’t really like going out.

Recently, Liu Dalian started talking about the children, saying it had been a long time since she saw them come back.

It happened to be Xiao Daguang’s memorial day, and Si Wen and Si Ya said they wanted to come back to pay respects at Xiao Daguang’s grave.

When Liu Dalian heard the kids were coming back, she happily started making phone calls.

Si Ya had just gotten off the plane when she received a call from Liu Dalian: "Grandma, we are at the airport, we’ll be home soon, uh, don’t come pick us up, we’ll take a taxi ourselves, uh, I just want to eat big pork ribs, and my aunt’s handmade noodles, I just love those, uh, let aunt make them for me, see you later."

Si Wen was walking beside Si Ya: "Why didn’t you ask aunt to make fish for me too?"

Si Ya gave him a glare: "Aunt knows, doesn’t she always make it for you every time you come back? Don’t worry, there’ll definitely be some for you."

They went out and hailed a taxi, but instead of going home, they took the taxi to a small restaurant near First Middle School.

This small restaurant was real estate Xiao Yuan bought early on, and later Xiao Daguang had been running it. When Xiao Daguang couldn’t manage it anymore, Size was old enough. He wasn’t good at studying and didn’t like school, didn’t pass college after high school, but he did learn good cooking skills. Now that Xiao Daguang and Zhong Liumei were gone, Size managed and ran the small restaurant by himself.

A few years ago, Xiao Lei got too old to manage, so he took Bai Yumei and her daughter Liu Dandan back to the hometown here.

The house in the hometown that no one wanted, Xiao Yuan and Xiao Feng left it for Xiao Lei, so he had a place to settle when he came back.

Over the years, Xiao Lei saved some money, he repaired the house a bit and prepared for retirement.

In his younger years, he never took care of Size, nor came to see the child who was always raised by Xiao Daguang and Zhong Liumei. Although Gao Nana later had another son, it wasn’t that she didn’t care for Size. She was capable, always working in the factory, with her salary increasing year by year. Bai Yucong was capable too, leading a small team doing renovations. They didn’t snag big projects, but small jobs kept on coming, saving a considerable amount of money annually. Gao Nana kept thinking about Size, always finding time each year to visit him. All the clothes Size wore since young were bought by Gao Nana.

Gao Nana even mentioned letting Size study, saying she would pay the tuition, but Size insisted on not studying, so there was nothing she could do.

In any case, Gao Nana was much better than Xiao Lei as a father; Size and Gao Nana, though not very close, still maintained contact.

It was different with Xiao Lei; Size never really considered him as a father. In Size’s heart, the closest were his grandparents, then his uncles, followed by his own mother. As for his biological father, who was that?

Once Xiao Lei returned, he wanted to reconnect with Size and wanted Size to live with him, but Size straight out scolded him away.

Size didn’t hate Xiao Lei before, but since Xiao Lei didn’t come back when Xiao Daguang and Zhong Liumei passed away, Size began to resent him.

Now with grandparents gone, and his own mother having her own matters, reconciling with his father was impossible for Size, so he lived alone.

This child was quite stubborn, also diligent, with a good heart. Xiao Yuan saw him being alone, couldn’t just ignore it, and told Size that he would give him the house and the shop where he lived now, for him to establish a family and career in the future.

But Size didn’t just take it for free.

When Xiao Daguang and Zhong Liumei were alive, Xiao Yuan and Xiao Feng would send money every year.

After all, it wasn’t easy for the two elderly to raise a child. Xiao Yuan said he wouldn’t take care of the child, but he couldn’t be so heartless to truly not care, though he didn’t raise him, there was no lack when it came to food and clothing for the elderly and child.

The money he sent every year was quite a bit, and although Xiao Feng sent less, it was enough for the elderly and child’s living needs.

Plus, Xiao Daguang earned some by running the small restaurant, he didn’t care for anyone else, but felt for Size. Upon his deathbed, he left all the money he’d saved over his life to Size.

Size used this money to buy the house and the shop.

In fact, both Xiao Yuan and Anning mentioned not needing any money, but Size insisted on giving it. If they didn’t take it, he wouldn’t accept the property, so Xiao Yuan had to accept it.