At this time, Li Yalin’s wife Chen Junmei was wearing an apron, cleaning up the dishes.
Li Yalin had just ended the group chat with Ye Chen and his two uncles in the yard, and immediately returned to the house, saying to his wife, “Junmei, I need to go to Australia, depart immediately.”
“Go to Australia? So urgent?” Chen Junmei was extremely surprised and said, “Yuanyuan’s due date is coming soon. What big matter requires leaving at this time? Don’t let it affect you holding your grandson at the first moment.”
The child in Li Yuanyuan’s belly had already been checked to be a boy, and the due date was approaching.
Son-in-law Sun Hui had also long accepted the An family’s proposal with joy, deciding to let the child be born with the mother’s surname Li.
From the traditional Chinese perspective, since it followed the maternal surname, this grandson was not a real grandson, but a grandson.
The Li family had been single transmission up to Li Yalin’s generation. When it came to Li Yuanyuan, Li Yalin had originally prepared to be scolded bloody by his old father after death, but unexpectedly, the An family helped him reverse the situation.
Whether son or grandson, both inherited half of the family’s bloodline. From this point, there was no difference. The real difference was the surname.
In China, the surname was not just a character, but the inheritance of this family.
Even if the daughter married someone with the same surname, this family’s Li surname and that family’s Li surname were completely different.
This family’s Li surname generational characters might be “Yu Yan Tan Feng Lian, Cheng Zhen Tian Yin Han; Dai Yu Zhi Jun Shu, Mao Can Pei Ming Yuan.”
Another family’s Li surname generational characters might be “Wei Zheng Bo Xian Zhe, Jian Shu Yao Hua Guang; Xiang Yun Zhao Jin Xiu, Ming Yue Qing Guo Liang.”
Seemingly the child had the same surname as the parents, but writing the child into whose family genealogy and following whose generational characters ranked the generation, only then counted as continuing the incense for this family. If another family had no one to continue their generational characters, the ancestral generational characters would be cut off there.
The boy in Li Yalin’s daughter’s belly had been determined to follow the Li surname, so he would inherit Li Yalin’s family’s generational characters, write it into Li Yalin’s family genealogy. From then on, the genealogy could continue to extend and branch out.
Therefore, Li Yalin had long regarded this boy as his own grandson in his heart.
Seeing that his daughter’s due date was approaching, he naturally wanted to stay and wait for the good news, but right now Ye Chen was in trouble and needed his help. He could not delay no matter what.
So, he said to his wife, “This time it’s something in Uncle An’s family, quite urgent, needs me to go help. You think, our family can have today, all thanks to the An family’s care. Yuanyuan’s due date is still three days away. If it starts late, maybe have to wait another week. Now the situation is urgent, how can I wait until Yuanyuan gives birth before going?”
Chen Junmei nodded understandingly and said, “But it’s already past nine now, where do you have a flight to Australia?”
Li Yalin smiled and said, “That’s why I say the situation is urgent, the plane is already prepared.”
Chen Junmei said somewhat nervously, “So urgent, there won’t be any danger, right?”
“No.” Li Yalin comforted, “Just going to help Uncle An and them investigate a person’s whereabouts, nothing big, no danger, rest assured.”
Chen Junmei breathed a slight sigh of relief and said, “Then you must be careful about safety. This round trip will take at least ten days or half a month. Probably when you come back, the grandson will have been brought home. We will wait at home for your safe return.”
“Good!” Li Yalin smiled and said, “If the daughter has any sign of movement, go to the hospital immediately. Remember to update me with any news!”
