Oh no! The leader's young wife is demanding a divorce every night!

Seeing his grandson's clueless and silly appearance, Grandpa Lu got angry and gave him another hard slap.

This time, Lu Yanting was smarter. He covered his head in advance, but the old man hit his buttocks instead, completely disregarding common sense.

"You little monkey, you're always lazy when I ask you to do a little work. Your grandpa is eighty years old this year, and if we don't hold a birthday banquet soon, I'll be lying on my back."

"Times have changed. We need to cut back on expenses this time. The dishes should be decent, not as extravagant as in previous years. Also, have the clan elders put out the guestbook."

"Huh? Grandpa, you want to accept gifts?" Lu Yanting finally understood the old man's plan. He didn't really want to celebrate his birthday; he clearly wanted to use the banquet to collect money from gifts.

In the past, Mr. Lu's birthday celebrations were always grand and lavish, and he never accepted monetary gifts.

They held a three-day banquet, treating all the men, women, and children of the Lu family to food and drink for free. It was incredibly generous and respectable.

Lu Yanting felt embarrassed by this sudden shift in sentimentality.

"Grandpa, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Old Master Lu blushed, looking slightly embarrassed, and forced himself to argue.

"What's wrong with that? What family doesn't accept money as a gift at a wedding or birthday banquet? I...I...I'll only accept it this once, so what?"

"Our family has given away so much money in gifts over the years, can't we even break even?"

"Right now, your older brother is drowning in debt and can't pay it back. As his grandfather, I have no choice but to swallow my pride and help him out."

"I did the math. Based on the amount of money we've given away as gifts over the past few decades, even if we only get 70% back, we can still make 10,000 to 20,000 yuan."

Lu Yanting and Lu Yanzheng were speechless, and then they both said in unison.

"Grandpa, don't do it!"

"How embarrassing!"

Old Master Lu wouldn't listen and insisted on doing it.

"What's shameful about it? If anyone's going to be shameful, it's me. You two, mind your own business. Anyway, I'm practically in my grave; face won't save my life."

"Only if I can help Yanzheng raise enough money for a divorce can I face Grandpa Yingying after I die."

Here we go again!

Since he got old, this old man has been talking about death all the time, and he often uses the threat of death to force people to submit.

Lu Yanzheng was utterly speechless and had no desire to speak.

But little did they know, even more shameless things were yet to come than accepting gifts at the birthday banquet.

Old Master Lu stroked his beard, his dark eyes darting around, and he came up with another good idea.

"After I finish my birthday banquet, I'll go to the hospital for a while and get a doctor's certificate saying I have a serious illness and need a lot of money. Then, I'll ask the clan chief to arrange for everyone to donate some money to me."

"Over the years, I have donated 9,000 yuan to Project Hope in the city, and 20,000 yuan to build a school, ancestral hall and dam in the village. I have also helped out a lot if any family in the village has a serious illness or is in difficulty."

"Now that my family is in trouble, it's only right that everyone helps out."

After hearing the old man's shameless idea, Lu Yanzheng and Lu Yanting felt that their grandfather was going to completely disgrace the Lu family's ancestor.

"Grandpa, you can have your birthday banquet, but if you dare to fake illness and ask the villagers for donations, I'll file for retirement right now. If you condone your family's swindling and cheating, I might as well quit being a regimental commander."

Now, Lu Yanzheng has finally found the old man's weakness.

He threatened to retire if the other man dared to threaten him with suicide.

Compared to Lu Yanzheng, Lu Yanting is even more ruthless.

"Old man, let me tell you this: if you dare to fake illness to swindle money, I'll go to Qin'an County, dig up Grandpa He's tombstone, and rob Uncle He's grave. Let's see if you'll still do such a despicable thing."

Old Lu was so frightened that his beard trembled, and he dared not entertain any more wicked thoughts.

Faking an illness to solicit donations won't work, but borrowing money to do business is acceptable, right?

For the sake of his grandchildren's happiness, Old Master Lu made up his mind to do one last good thing before he went to his coffin: pay off Lu Yanzheng's debts, get him divorced, and marry He Yingying so that he could die in peace.

The more Old Man Lu thought about it, the more motivated he became, wishing he could fly back to his hometown immediately to make money.

But this idea absolutely must not be known to Lu Yanzheng and Lu Yanting. Otherwise, these two upright and incorruptible grandsons will join forces to tear this old man apart.

He glanced at He Yingying, who was silently clearing away the dishes, then at his heartless eldest grandson, and then at the idle Lu Yanting, and a new plan formed in his mind.

"Yanzheng, send someone to take me back to my hometown. Leave now."

"Yanting, you should stay in the army and learn some skills from your brother. Also, help Yingying out. Your brother is biased, and that woman is a formidable character. If Yingying doesn't have someone to back her up, who knows how badly she'll be bullied."

"You keep a close eye on him and make sure your brother doesn't get involved with that woman again. If either of them bullies Yingying, tell Grandpa immediately. I'll risk my old life to stand up for Yingying."

Lu Yanting had a splitting headache and didn't want to stay here at all.

How can you expect an unmarried brother-in-law to supervise his older brother and sister-in-law's sex life?

Even before the execution began, he could already foresee how horribly he would die.

Besides, he was no match for his older brother. One flick on the forehead from his brother would be enough to smash his head open. There was no chance for him to complain.

"Grandpa, I want to go back. I'll go with you right now. My back doesn't ache anymore, my legs don't hurt, and I'm not tired anymore. Just don't make me stay, I'd even go back to be a blacksmith."

Old Master Lu glared and gave a forceful order.

"You're not allowed to go back. With your lazy and irresponsible attitude, you'd be wasting your time if you went back. From now on, you're staying in the army. You're not allowed to go back until your brother and that woman get a divorce."

Lu Yanting was heartbroken. His older brother wouldn't get a divorce, so why was he dragged into it too?

He's in his mid-twenties, at the age where marriage is desirable, and he needs to find a good partner. If he's stuck in the military, how will he keep in touch with Xiaohua, Xiaohong, Xiaoting, Xiaoyan...?

"Brother, please save me!"

Lu Yanzheng was not only saving him, but also saving himself; he couldn't wait for him to take his grandfather back.

He glanced around the room, looked around, and finally found a good excuse.

"Grandpa, I'm broke right now, penniless. I have to support my wife and my sister, so I can't possibly support my brother anymore."

"Besides, look, I only have this one two-bedroom apartment. Re'er sleeps in one room, Yingying sleeps in the other, but if Yanting stays, where will he sleep?"

Grandpa Lu pointed to the corner behind the door and said.

"Isn't there a living room? We can just put a few benches up and bring a blanket, and we can sleep there, right?"

"Back when we joined the army and fought, having a bench to sleep on was the best we could hope for. When conditions were tough, we just lay on the ground."

"Grandpa, can you please stop dwelling on the past? Things are different now."

Just as Lu Yanting was about to say, "How can anyone sleep on a bench?", He Yingying interrupted and answered.

"Grandpa is right. Zheng Ge was sleeping on a bench a while ago too. He was sleeping soundly."

He Yingying hoped Lu Yanting would stay, so she would have family to back her up. Xiao Re would also no longer dare to bully her while Lu Yanzheng was at work.

Lu Yanting had a hard life.

She was more wronged than Dou E, and more miserable than Wang Baochuan.

How did he end up with such a biased grandfather and such a troublesome older brother?

"Dad, Mom, help! I want to go home!"