Li was stunned for a moment, and just when she was about to deny it, she heard the old lady cough twice.
Luo Ran turned around and looked over.
The old lady lowered her eyes and said softly: "This is my idea."
He raised his head and glanced at Luo Ran, then continued: "Back then, for your sake, your father would rather contradict me and leave Beijing than renew his relationship. Now that he is getting older, you, as a daughter, cannot be looked down upon by people. After watching him for a hundred years, there won’t even be anyone who kowtows! Are you worthy of his kindness in raising you over the years?”
She said this as if she would be a heinous sinner if she disagreed with her father's adoption of Luo Hongjun today.
Luo Ran stood up slowly, walked to the middle of the ground and knelt down: "It's my granddaughter who is unfilial and makes my grandmother worry about us at an age when she should be enjoying her old age."
The old lady seemed very satisfied with her attitude, and her tone softened a lot: "Since you don't have any objections, then go back and ask someone to see a better life..."
"I disagree!"
Before the old lady finished speaking, she was interrupted by Luo Ran's crisp voice.
She didn't seem to hear clearly and asked again: "What did you say?"
Luo Ran raised his head, looked directly into the old lady's eyes, and said, "I said, I don't agree with dad adopting Jun'er."
The old lady frowned and was about to reprimand when Luo Ran said again: "Grandma, don't be impatient. Listen to Ran'er speak slowly."
The old lady looked at her and responded lightly.
Luo Ran then said: "Hongjun is already twelve years old this year. His second uncle and two aunts have worked hard to raise him. If he is adopted by his father at this time, what will his second uncle and two aunts think?"
Li Shi smiled quickly and said: "Don't worry Ran'er, we are all a family. It doesn't matter whether Jun'er calls me mother or not, as long as we are all in this house, it doesn't matter. What's more, your second uncle also feels sorry for your brother. Even though I’m reluctant to give up, I won’t object.”
Luo Ran shook his head: "The second uncle and the second aunt are righteous, but outsiders don't think so. Others will say that the father has robbed the son that the younger brother has worked so hard to raise. If they meet someone with evil intentions, they will also say that the second uncle covets the title of the father. Wouldn't this hurt the brotherhood between father and second uncle?"
Li's face turned pale.
The old lady couldn't help but shouted: "Who dares! I want to see whoever thinks that he is gossiping about nothing, and if I find out, he will be beaten out of the house with a stick!"
Luo Ran smiled and said: "Grandma can control the mouths of everyone in the house, but can she block the mouths of everyone in the world?"
The old lady's face turned cold: "Then what do you mean? Do you really want your father to die alone?"
Luo Ran smiled slightly: "Of course not. In fact, my granddaughter also wanted to discuss this matter with her grandmother, but there have been too many things recently and she always put it off. Now that the second aunt mentioned this matter today, her granddaughter put all her thoughts into it. Tell me what you think, and if anything is wrong, please forgive me, grandma."
The old lady nodded helplessly.
Luo Ran said: "In these years, Ran'er has been with his father. Every time he sees other people's wives and daughters, but his father is always alone, he feels extremely sad. His clothes are torn and there is no one to mend them. He comes back from the battlefield with serious injuries. I can only secretly ask the servant to give him medicine. Especially on family reunion days, I always see my father drinking alone all night without anyone to talk to."
These are not just words by Luo Ran, but her true words, which are the feelings she has felt for her father for two lifetimes.
Even the old lady couldn't help turning away and secretly wiping away her tears.
Although she is a little partial, that's because Luo Deyun has not been with him all year round. Let me ask, what mother doesn't love her child?
It’s all the meat that fell from your own body!
Luo Ran continued: "So, when I return to Beijing this time, my granddaughter wants to ask her grandmother to arrange a marriage for her father. Ran'er doesn't need her stepmother to be outstanding in appearance, or her family background to be prominent. As long as she understands her father, she can help him when he is tired. Bring him a bowl of soup and pour him a cup of tea when he is in trouble, and just be able to talk to him when he is depressed."
I have to say that these words really spoke to the old lady’s heart.
The old lady sighed deeply and said, "Okay, let's get up and talk. It's hard for you to have such thoughts. It shows that your father has not loved you in vain all these years."
Luo Ran stood up with a humble attitude: "Dad also often taught Ran'er, saying that my grandfather passed away early, leaving my grandmother to support the entire Hou Mansion, which was extremely hard. Dad always blames himself for not being able to fulfill his filial piety in front of my grandmother."
The old lady smiled happily and said to You Rong: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to balance. Your father also wanted to protect Da Jin. It doesn't matter that I, an old woman, have to work harder. As long as you are all obedient and promising, when I die, in Luo It would be nice to have an explanation to the ancestors of our family."
Luo Ran comforted him a few words and said: "That's why Ran'er just disagreed with adopting Jun'er. When the new couple comes in, they will always have a child for their father. If Jun'er is adopted at this time, Jun'er will be adopted by Jun'er at that time." Isn’t his identity embarrassing? Furthermore, families of the same age don’t want their daughters to marry and have to face a stepson who lives next door to them, right? Isn’t this disrespectful to others? "
The old lady also thought she was right and nodded: "But, has your father agreed to marry again?"
Luo Ran smiled: "Grandma, please don't worry. At that time, my father refused to renew their relationship, just because he felt sorry for Ran'er who lost his mother when he was a child. Now that Ran'er has grown up, he can't see his father alone all the time, right? Besides, there is grandmother on the side to persuade him. , Daddy will never disobey grandma again."
On this point, she was confident of persuading her father. In their previous life, didn't they convince their father that they didn't have the support of their biological brothers after getting married?
In this life, she can do it too.
Seeing that the relationship between the old lady and Luo Ran had eased, Mrs. Li was extremely anxious. At this time, it was inappropriate to stop Luo Deyun from remarrying or to mention Ji Jun'er again. She could only ask Aunt Du for help. .
Aunt Du nodded understandingly, deliberately stretched her head to look outside, and whispered: "Old madam, the steward of the accounting room is here."
At this time, the old lady's anger had mostly disappeared.
She even thought in her heart that even if Luo Ran was greedy for money, she could still turn a blind eye because of her performance today.
Li didn't think so. Even if she had other concerns, she couldn't just let it go today.
The accountant is a man in his late forties, named Hu Yi, with a fair face and a slightly plump face, and a pair of big, shrewd eyes.
"I would like to say hello to the old lady, the second madam, the third madam, and all ladies."
"Well, get up."
The old lady said calmly.
Mrs. Li glanced at the old lady, smiled and said to Hu Yi: "Manager Hu, I came to you today to verify something with you."
As he said that, he glanced in Luo Ran's direction again.
