Niu Chunhua imitated Zhao Youcai's original words in a very realistic manner.

"Zhao Youcai said that it was Zhao Youfu who asked him to go to work, and Zhao Youfu had to take care of him, so he went back to work."

"But in my opinion, neither Zhao Youcai nor Zhao Youfu wanted to take care of Old Lady Wang. They both ran away, thinking that someone would come back to take care of her. If no one went back, the hospital would take care of her. Unexpectedly, the hospital was so stubborn and went straight to the street office and the factory."

"So Zhao Youcai made up a lie, saying he didn't trust Zhao Youfu to take care of his mother, so he wanted to take care of her himself and asked Zhao Youfu to give him 10 yuan a month. If he was truly filial, he wouldn't have taken care of his mother at all during the years she pretended to be paralyzed."

"Do you think Zhao Youfu will give in? He's a man who only takes in money and never gives out. How can he still give Zhao Youcai 10 yuan a month for Old Lady Wang's pension?"

Ma Xiulan was about to say that Zhao Youfu would give in because Zhao Youcai had the leverage over him, but Niu Chunhua couldn't wait for her answer and continued:

"That's not the most hateful thing. The most hateful thing is that I heard Zheng Laizi from our hospital say that Zhao Youcai told Director He that he wants to take good care of his mother and doesn't want to give you your salary for now."

"They've only given me a month, and they're already trying to delay it. But Old Lady Wang is indeed paralyzed. If you don't agree with his reason, it will seem mean. If you agree, I'm afraid they'll be able to use this excuse for a while."

Ma Xiulan clenched her palms. Since they were playing tricks on her, don't blame her for preferring to die in glory rather than live in disgrace.

Anyway, he now has gold bars and skills to make money, so it doesn't matter if he loses Zhao Youcai's future salary. What's more important is to make their lives worse.

"Oh, right, I have to hurry to Zhao Youfu's house to find out the latest situation. I just stopped by to tell you that Aunt Qian is still waiting for me to find out the latest news together."

Niu Chunhua hurried to leave after she finished speaking, so Ma Xiulan had no choice but to go to the kitchen and get two freshly baked sweet potatoes and a handful of White Rabbit candies to give to Niu Chunhua:

"You and Aunt Qian, drive slowly. You can ride my bike."

Niu Chunhua was not polite either. Seeing two bicycles, one new and one old, parked in the yard, she pushed the old one and left.

"Wait for me to send you a message."

Niu Chunhua went to Zhao Youfu's house without stopping. The staff of the street office took Zhao Youcai with them. In the middle, they went to Zhao Youfu's factory to find Director Zhou, who was in charge. The three of them had just arrived.

Aunt Qian was already waiting near Zhao Youfu's house.

Niu Chunhua handed Aunt Qian a sweet potato and a handful of White Rabbit candies and said carefully, "Xiu Lan gave these to you as a thank you."

Aunt Qian's eyes lit up when she saw these things: "Hey, what are you thanking me for? We've been neighbors for many years. Xiulan is just polite."

She held the White Rabbit milk candy in her hand and when she put it to her nose, she could smell the milky aroma. She carefully put it into her pocket. This was a good thing and she would give it to her grandson later.

However, the sweet potatoes would not taste good when they got cold, so she decided to eat them now. The hot roasted sweet potatoes were so delicious in such a cold weather. The two of them followed their colleagues from the street office into Zhao Youfu's house.

Zhao Youcai frowned when he saw Aunt Qian and Niu Chunhua: "What are you doing here? Go back quickly."

Aunt Qian held her head high and said, "We are enthusiastic supporters of Secretary Wang from the Subdistrict Office. We must protect Secretary Wang."

Secretary Wang looked at the two aunts who seemed to be watching the fun, but she did not ask them to leave. After all, they had said they wanted to protect her, which also showed that she was popular among the people.

"Both aunts are kindhearted people, so just stay."

Seeing this, Zhao Youcai didn't want to drive away Aunt Qian and Niu Chunhua, so as not to leave a bad impression on Secretary Wang.

Zhao Youfu was lying in bed catching up on his sleep. He hadn't slept all night and had been in the hospital for a long time. He was so tired that he ran back home and just wanted to sleep. Unexpectedly, he was woken up by a knock on the door. So many people rushed into the room at once.

Among them was Director Zhou from his own factory. Zhao Youfu was confused: "What's going on?"

Zhao Youcai started the conversation by questioning, "Didn't you tell me to go to work first and leave Mom to her? Why did you go home and sleep? How could you leave Mom in the hospital?"

Secretary Wang then persuaded them: "Your parents raised you when you were young, and you should take care of them when they are old. This is your obligation. There is no point in trying to escape it."

Director Zhou's face darkened: "We can't have workers with corrupt morals in our factory."

Zhao Youfu felt very aggrieved. He glared at Zhao Youcai and said, "When did I ever tell you to go to work and take care of Mom? I didn't abandon Mom in the hospital. I just had a fight with you and went home to sleep in anger."

Zhao Youcai said with a firm look: "Secretary Wang, Director Zhou, I told you that my brother would never admit that he deliberately left my mother in the hospital. After all, he was there all night yesterday..."

When Zhao Youfu heard that Zhao Youcai was going to tell Director Zhou of his factory about his gambling all night last night, he immediately compromised:

"Brother, I just woke up and am not fully awake. I meant that you should go to work and I'll take care of Mom. I was worried about her all night last night and didn't sleep well. So I thought I'd go home and take a nap before going to the hospital, but I overslept."

Director Zhou saw Zhao Youfu's eyes rolling around and subconsciously didn't believe it. He looked at Zhao Youcai:

"What did you say he did last night?" How could there be such a sudden reversal of events?

Zhao Youfu quickly winked at Zhao Youcai, who heaved a long sigh:

"My brother was really worried about my mom last night. He came to my house early this morning to see her, and then she had a stroke."

"Then you should go to the hospital and settle the medical bills right away. The hospital has already contacted our factory, which will have a very bad impact. There's also the follow-up issue of supporting the elderly, which you should also discuss."

Director Zhou had a stern face. He didn't have the energy to deal with such trivial matters. The new factory director was coming tomorrow, and he hadn't sorted out all the factory's documents yet.

Zhao Youfu nodded: "I'm sorry to trouble you. I'll go to the hospital now. You can go back and do your work first."

Director Zhou was in a hurry to leave, but Zhao Youcai wanted to take this opportunity to finalize the matter: "Director Zhou, my brother and I are discussing retirement matters, and we still need you to be present."

Director Zhou had no choice but to stop.

Zhao Youfu felt that Zhao Youcai hadn't held his fart well.

Sure enough, when Zhao Youcai said that he would have to pay 10 yuan per month for Mrs. Wang’s pension, that was no different from killing himself.

"There's no rush. Let's go talk to Mom."

Mom will definitely not allow big brother to bully her like this.

Zhao Youcai sighed, "Mom is partial to you in everything. Even the meat my daughter brought home was taken to your house. If you come to me to discuss this, then I definitely won't need you to support me in my old age. Isn't that what you're thinking? But I raised you since you were a child. I have a lot of children and grandchildren now, and life is difficult. Otherwise, why would I ask you for this pension money?"

"Director Zhou..."

Zhao Youfu gritted his teeth secretly: "Okay, I'll give you the 10 yuan."

Zhao Youcai pressed the issue further: "As for the medical expenses, you haven't taken care of Mom for all these years, so you paid for the 30 yuan."