Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

As for Li Qiuyun's reluctance to let Ding Ping take care of her child... Grandpa Li is nosy about this or that, but he can't let it affect his great-grandson.

Although Li Qiuyun was a son-in-law and her children took his surname, who knows if Li Qiuyun's grandson will even take his surname? Many men return to their ancestral home after three generations. He is a man and understands men best, so in his heart, the most important thing is the offspring of Li Zhiguo, a male heir. The offspring of Li Qiuyun are unstable, and he has no expectations for them.

Since in his heart, Li Qiuyun's child is not as important as Li Zhiguo's child, then naturally he should hand over Li Qiuyun's child to Ding Ping to take care of, so that his beloved great-grandson will not be affected by Grandma Li taking care of Li Qiuyun's child.

Li Zhiguo was pleased to hear what Grandpa Li said, thinking that this was for the best.

As for whether Ding Ping would be unwilling to take care of Li Qiuyun's child, or whether Li Qiuyun would be worried about Ding Ping taking care of the child, that's their business, as long as it doesn't affect the child.

He had previously tried to discuss the matter with Li Qiuyun, hoping that both sides could compromise and resolve it. But Li Qiuyun had said that she would do whatever she wanted and completely ignored him. Now that he had resolved it, it was up to Li Qiuyun to decide how to handle it. In any case, it was now his turn to say that he could do whatever he wanted.

After Grandpa Li made this decision, he naturally didn't inform Li Qiuyun. He figured it wouldn't be too late to tell her after Li Qiuyun gave birth and needed Grandma Li to take care of her.

He wasn't afraid that Li Qiuyun would make a scene. What did she have to do with it? It was wrong to let Grandma Li, who was so old, take care of a newborn baby.

Although they did take care of Li Zhiguo's son, firstly, Li Zhiguo's son was already grown up and didn't need much care; they just slept in the same room, so there was nothing inconvenient about it. Secondly, he preferred Li Zhiguo's son and was naturally willing to take care of him.

Although Grandpa Li didn't inform Li Qiuyun, and Li Zhiguo didn't say anything either, Linlang would. After all, if Li Qiuyun didn't know about next year's events and thought that Grandma Li could take care of the child, she might not do anything. It would be too late for conflicts to arise after her child was born next year. That's not what she wanted to see. She didn't want to wait until next year to see this outcome.

Of course, the main reason is that Grandpa Li might suffer a stroke and become paralyzed next year. After Grandma Li takes care of him, she'll probably get exhausted and also suffer a stroke and become paralyzed. It will definitely be chaotic then, and she has no interest in staying at the Li family to watch. She just wants Li Qiuyun and Li Zhiguo to give her money before these things happen, so she can take the money and get out of there. As for how the Li family will fight over who takes care of Grandpa Li and Grandma Li, it's none of her business, since she'll be leaving.

So Linlang found an opportunity when Li Sanshen's daughter, Li Jing, asked Li Qiuyun who would take care of her after she gave birth to twins. Linlang knew that whatever she said, Li Jing would definitely tell Li Qiuyun, since the third branch of the family most wanted the second branch to fight.

Since Li Jing was acting as a gossip, Linlang naturally told the truth. She said that as far as she knew, Li Qiuyun wanted Grandma Li to take care of the baby, but Grandpa Li was worried that Grandma Li was too old and taking care of such a small baby would be too tiring and she might fall ill. So, he wanted Ding Ping to take care of her child.

When Li Jing heard Lin Lang say this, she immediately told her mother, and then her mother passed the news on to Li Qiuyun.

Of course, it wasn't conveyed directly, but rather relayed as if asking Li Qiuyun if that was the case.

Upon hearing that Grandpa Li wouldn't allow Grandma Li to help her take care of the child next year and planned to have Ding Ping do it instead, Li Qiuyun immediately became furious. After seeing Aunt Li off, she went to confront Grandpa Li, just as Aunt Li had hoped. Of course, the third branch of the family didn't want Grandma Li to help Li Qiuyun take care of the child. After all, they also had children to care for, all of whom were the old couple's great-grandchildren. Why should Grandma Li only take care of the children of the second and eldest branches of the family and not theirs? Even if Grandpa and Grandma Li lived with the second branch, they still had to take care of the children.

Although they didn't want Grandma Li to take care of Li Qiuyun's child, that didn't stop them from watching the second wife's family fight like dogs. After they finished fighting, if it really was Grandma Li who was taking care of the child, then they could continue arguing.

For example, before, when Grandpa Li and Grandma Li helped put Li Zhiguo's child to sleep, they would scold Grandpa Li and Grandma Li.

At the time, Li's mother didn't want to get involved in their dispute, since it had nothing to do with her, so why was she making a fuss? Actually, Li's father originally wanted Li's mother to help Li Zhiguo and his wife take care of their child. Given Li's mother's honest nature, she might actually be able to take care of the child. Fortunately, Li's grandfather was afraid that Li's mother, as his stepmother, wouldn't treat his great-grandson well, so he said that since the great-grandson was old enough, it wouldn't be a problem to take care of him for a nap. He didn't want Li's mother to take care of the child, so they took care of him themselves, which made Li's mother happy to have some peace and quiet. Li's father felt that he was a grown man, so he didn't want to get involved in the argument. As for Li Qiuyun, she was saying at the time that Li's grandparents should help Li Zhiguo and his wife take care of their child. Although she had already decided to have a son-in-law marry into the family and might have Li's grandparents take care of the child in the future, and the third wife might also have a dispute, it didn't matter. She hadn't started getting married and having children yet, so she let Li Zhiguo and his wife argue with the third wife themselves. It would be good for her to see how Li Zhiguo and his wife would argue and learn from them.

As a result, Li Zhiguo and his wife were cowards, remaining silent and joining the third branch of the family in cursing Grandpa and Grandma Li.

This is quite normal. In Li Zhiguo and his wife's view, as long as Grandpa and Grandma Li don't stop helping them take care of their child, that's fine. What does it have to do with him if they get scolded? He's the grandchild, so it's not appropriate for him to comment on his elders' affairs. Let Grandpa and Grandma Li handle it themselves.

Actually, it wasn't entirely a cowardly act. At first, Sister-in-law Li did argue a bit, saying that Grandpa and Grandma Li lived with them, so they helped take care of the children. If the third family didn't like it, they could bring Grandpa and Grandma Li to live with them, and then Grandpa and Grandma Li would naturally help take care of the children too.

This is the truth, but it was said deliberately to provoke the third wife, because the third wife has very few houses and there is simply no place for Grandpa Li and Grandma Li to live.

The third branch of the family was naturally angry when Li Dasao poked their throats like that. They immediately scolded her, saying that she had no right to interrupt when her elders were speaking, and slapped her back, telling her that she had no right to speak.

Seeing that his wife had argued back for a few minutes but was quickly silenced by such words, Li Zhiguo stopped trying to argue further.

How was it finally resolved? Grandpa and Grandma Li gave in and secretly gave money to the three families as compensation. So, while they claimed to be giving money to Grandpa and Grandma Li for their old age, just like Li's father, in reality, Grandpa and Grandma Li not only didn't give them any, but they actually ended up giving them money.

But there was no other way. Because they were arguing, Grandpa and Grandma Li didn't dare to offend their youngest son, fearing that he would threaten them with taking care of them in their old age. In that case, they would have to put all their eggs in one basket—it was too risky. So Grandpa and Grandma Li had no choice but to give in.

So when Aunt Li San told Li Qiuyun that Grandpa Li didn't plan to let Grandma Li help her take care of the child, she certainly didn't mean she wanted Grandma Li to help Li Qiuyun take care of the child; she was purely looking for an opportunity to see the second wife's family fight. (End of Chapter)