An 80s female translator was spoiled rotten by a rough and jealous man.

Chapter 210 "Have you appeased him?"

Grandma Huo felt sorry for Cui Yan's hand injury, so she called the school to ask for a day off to rest. Anyway, it was the weekend, and the senior students were studying on their own.

Cui Yan injured her right hand and couldn't write, so she simply ran to the clinic lobby to help one of Grandpa Huo's apprentices get medicine.

As the morning approached 10 a.m., some patients had already finished their consultations and obtained their prescriptions, and wanted to have their medicine decocted at the clinic. The boilers set up in the courtyard also started operating one after another.

Looking out the window, Meng Youyou saw Grandma Huo busy in the courtyard. She nudged Huo Qingshan's arm and said, "Go out and help Grandma. She looks a bit tired taking care of so many pots of medicine by herself."

Huo Qingshan nodded slightly. "Yes, if you feel bored in your room, you can go to my room next door and find some books to read. If you want to go for a stroll in town anytime, just let me know."

"it is good."

When Huo Qingshan walked to the boiler, Grandma Huo was leaning over, one hand on her knee, trying to pick up an empty wooden bucket from the ground. Huo Qingshan bent down, picked up the bucket first, and said, "Grandma, I'll go fetch water."

Grandma Huo looked up at him, glanced at him, said nothing, and withdrew her hand, which was taken as tacit consent.

Huo Qingshan walked to the well in the northwest corner of the courtyard, filled a bucket with water, carried it back, and placed it on the open ground next to Grandma Huo's feet.

The bottom of the wooden bucket collided with the bluestone floor tiles, causing ripples in the clear water inside. The ripples spread out like startled fish, and the gourd ladle on the surface of the water also swayed.

Huo Qingshan pulled up a small stool and sat down next to his grandmother. Without saying a word, he took a palm-leaf fan and started fanning himself.

Grandma Huo glanced at her grandson, then looked up at the closed wooden door of a room to the east. She looked away, focusing intently on the stove in front of her, and asked casually, "Have you coaxed him?"

Huo Qingshan continued fanning himself, turning his head to look at his grandmother beside him. After a few brief silences, he understood what his grandmother was thinking and said with utmost seriousness, "She is not the kind of girl you think would throw a tantrum easily."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Huo smiled kindly, but did not respond. Instead, she changed the subject: "How is your relationship with the Huo family lately?"

Huo Qingshan asked, puzzled, "Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

The old woman spoke again as if chatting casually, saying, "It's easy for Grandma to understand why you like her. She's young, beautiful, and has a sweet tongue, which is indeed appealing. I have no reason to object to it either. After all, your grandpa and I are getting old, and in the end, it's just the two of you who will be living together."

Huo Qingshan knew perfectly well that there would likely be a "but" coming next. Sure enough, the old man's tone suddenly changed: "But have you ever thought that with your own conditions, your grandparents can't help you much? All the family's wealth is in this courtyard. Without the Huo family's help, do you want to transfer back to the capital on your own in the future, or what?"
"Would parents agree to let a girl from such a family background suffer with you in a small place like Fanzhou City?" Grandma Huo didn't know much about the old ties between the Huo and Meng families and the complicated web of interests that had always existed. After all, the capital was too far away from her. This old woman had never been to the Huo family in the capital in her life. She didn't care about her former son-in-law's family situation either. She was just analyzing the problem from her own perspective for her only grandson.

Huo Qingshan remained silent, listening patiently.

Grandma Huo continued earnestly, "You may not like hearing this, but I still have to say it. After all, your mother passed away early, and I still have to do my part for her. I can't just be a hands-off parent. If I don't tell you, no one else will. As an elder, given the nature of your work, of course I hope my grandson can find a gentle, considerate, understanding, and caring partner. Their family background doesn't need to be great, and they don't need to be exceptionally beautiful."

Spoiling someone isn't a problem. Their parents have the ability and means to provide for them from a young age, letting them live a life of luxury and comfort. We outsiders have no right to judge.

When young people are in love, they get carried away by passion and tend to overlook many practical issues. Since you've already brought her home to meet me and your grandfather, it seems you're aiming for marriage.

Getting a marriage certificate is easy, but what happens after you get it? Life still has to go back to the mundane realities of daily life. Are you two planning to live separately after the wedding? Will she still live with her parents after the wedding? Or will she live with the Huo family, but you haven't been back to the Huo family for so many years? Or will she continue to live with you in the military base?

"Besides... Qingshan, are you confident that you're willing to coax her for the rest of your life?" The old man asked, enunciating each word carefully.

Huo Qingshan gripped the fire tongs in his right hand and stirred the firewood in the stove. The fire gradually rose, and sparks flew wildly, making people's skin feel dry. He looked up at a window in the east room. Half an hour ago, she had taken the initiative to kiss him there. Their lips were intertwined, and he had embraced her for a long kiss.

Her cheeks were flushed, as always. She was the kind of person who dared to say anything bold and explicit. After each kiss, she would be too embarrassed to look at him for a while. She would either look away to avoid his staring gaze or press her face against his chest. Huo Qingshan had noticed this habit of hers a long time ago. He thought that she would get better after a few more times, but he didn't expect that she would still be like this after so long.

The man pulled himself out of his reverie and answered his grandmother's series of concerns in a low voice: "I've thought about all of those things you just mentioned. I'm older than her, and I'm a man, so these are issues that should have been considered in advance..."

A sharp clang interrupted Huo Qingshan's narration. From the front hall of the clinic came the sounds of porcelain shattering on the ground and people pulling and cursing, as if a considerable commotion had broken out.

The commotion was so loud that even Meng Youyou, who was taking a nap in her room, was startled and ran out of her room following the sound.

……

In the front hall, a middle-aged woman wearing a bright red floral jacket grabbed Cui Yan's right hand, which was wrapped in gauze, and shouted loudly, "I don't care. Her biological father accepted my family's deposit and betrothal gifts, so the marriage is settled. She is my Wang family's daughter-in-law. I'm taking her to the tailor shop to measure her new clothes now. Is there a problem?"

Who are you to her? Do you think your words carry more weight than her own father's?

Although Tingting was terrified by the woman's fierce aura and almost fainted from crying, she still clenched her little fists and kept swinging them at the woman's arm that was tightly gripping Cui Yan. She choked out a few broken words: "You... let go, let go... Sister Xiao Yan."

Supported by a young apprentice, Grandpa Huo stood in front of the door where the woman was trying to rush out, and reasoned with her in a hoarse voice.

A group of patients and their families, who were unaware of what was going on but loved watching the spectacle, gathered around.

Huo Qingshan acted quickly. Hearing the commotion, he arrived in the hall before Grandma Huo and Meng Youyou, only to find this chaotic scene before him.