Although he didn't want to let the Bai family off easy, Xu Ergen considered himself a reasonable man. Of course, the most important thing was not to put his own girl in a difficult position.
His girl had come to him and her other grand-uncle to discuss the matter first. He wasn't some senile old fool; how could he let her lose face in front of her husband?
Setting aside the matter of a permanent, full-time position, Xu Ergen began by considering his grandson-in-law's interests, counting on his fingers as he softly analyzed the pros and cons.
It had to be said that Mr. Xu, who could conveniently go deaf from time to time, was a master of navigating the world, even if he was barely literate.
This was a kind of wisdom that couldn't be learned from books. Life experience had made this little old man, not yet sixty, all the more shrewd.
