"I told you I'll pay for Mom's retirement. But I'll only pay according to our original agreement. Mom will live with you, and I'll pay her once at the beginning of every month for her living expenses."

"I'll consult with the relevant community staff and re-determine the amount. If our mother gets sick and hospitalized in the future, our two families will take turns taking care of her, one person a day at a time, and each of us will pay half of the expenses. I won't pay for anything else. As for Wenwen's car, don't even think about it. My Wenwen doesn't owe you, her uncle, anything!"

Old Mrs. Zhang was the first to react. She rushed forward, pointed her trembling fingers at Zhang's father's nose and scolded him.

"You, you unfilial son! You're forcing your mother to death! I worked so hard to raise you, send you to school, and find you a wife. Now that I'm old and useless, you start to despise me and want to throw me to the eldest brother's family so you can enjoy the good life yourself!? Oh my God, open your eyes and look at this. How can there be such a heartless beast in this world!"

Zhang Hua's family also gathered around the old lady, supporting her body which was weak due to emotional excitement, and applying eye drops to Zhang Hao's family in a comforting manner.

"Mom, even if my second brother's family is unfilial, you still have us. You're old and you can't let your emotions fluctuate so much! My second brother's family is reluctant to spend money and doesn't want to provide for you in your old age. They just want to live a good life themselves. This is human nature. Don't blame him too much."

Zhang Hua asked his wife to stay with the old lady, while he stood up and righteously accused Zhang's father.

"Zhang Hao, how did you become like this? Our mom is old and in poor health, how could you provoke her like this?! It's just a car, how can it be more important than our mom's health? Our mom is so sad that she's crying like this, can't you just give in to her for once?!"

The neighbors who were watching were also moved by the crying of the poor old lady Zhang, and some of the people in the crowd began to murmur inwardly.

"I really didn't expect Zhang Hao to be so cruel. After all, she's his own mother. She worked so hard to raise three children and helped Zhang Hao start a family. Even if she's a little biased, she should have thought about the difficulties his mother went through to buy him a house and marry him off!"

"Yeah, Zhang Hao's family looked honest and obedient. I never thought they were such people who didn't even care about their own mother."

There were some sensible people in the crowd who heard the neighbors' discussions and spoke up to defend Zhang Hao's family.

"You just moved in here and don't understand yet, but it's actually not like that at all. The old lady of the Zhang family favors her eldest son, saying she lives with him and his family, with the eldest son doing the labor and the younger son paying for it. But in reality, her eldest son doesn't take care of her at all. Instead, she serves her eldest son and his family herself."

"I used to help take care of my eldest son's children. Later, when the children grew up, I started doing laundry, cooking, and cleaning for them. My eldest son didn't even give the old lady money for food. Whenever she ran out of money, she would ask her youngest son for money."

"Zhang Hao not only supports the old lady, but also his eldest brother's family. Even so, his eldest son and his family often scold the old lady for eating and drinking for free at his house, and accuse Zhang Hao's family of taking advantage!"

However, most of the people at home at this time were elderly men and women. Elderly people of this age are most afraid of their children being unfilial. When they heard Mrs. Zhang's accusations, most of them would still sympathize with her. Even if there were a few clear-headed people who wanted to explain a few words on behalf of Zhang Hao's family, they were drowned out by the crowd.

"You could say anything else, but I really can't accept the part about helping Zhang Hao get married and have children! What did you say when Zhang Hao and I got married? You said our family had no money, couldn't afford the betrothal gifts, and couldn't hold a wedding banquet. You also told Zhang Hao and me that if the marriage could happen, then it would happen, but if it couldn't, then Zhang Hao would remain single! In the end, it was my parents who paid for our wedding. You even took all the gifts from our relatives, and made us pay for the gifts ourselves."

"From the time I was pregnant until the baby was one month old, you, my grandmother, never showed up once except to ask for money. Zhang Hao and I bought this house with our combined earnings. We were short of 10,000 yuan for the down payment, and when Zhang Hao and I came to your house to beg you to lend us some money, you just picked up a broom and kicked us out."

"Now you're saying that you helped Zhang Hao get married and have children. I'm really curious. So, in front of everyone today, you should tell me what you, as a mother, did to help Zhang Hao get married?"

Old Mrs. Zhang was unable to refute Zhang's mother's questioning for a moment, so she had to turn to look at Zhang's father.

"Zhang Hao, do you think so too!?"

Old Mrs. Zhang pointed at Zhang's father and pounded her chest with her other hand, questioning angrily.

"Are you blaming me? Are you deliberately trying to get revenge on me? That's why you're using your wife's mouth to air your dissatisfaction! And then you can get rid of me, your useless mother, right?!"

"Mom! Stop it!"

Mr. Zhang, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly exploded, shocking everyone.

The curse that Old Lady Zhang was about to utter was suddenly swallowed back, and she coughed a few times because of her own saliva.

"You, ahem, what do you want to do? Are you going to hit me?!"

An honest person's sudden outburst is more oppressive than a bad-tempered person when he is angry.

The whole place was silent. Only Old Mrs. Zhang, relying on her status, dared to ask a few questions with her neck stiff. However, when she saw Zhang's father's eyes getting redder and redder, she quietly took a few steps back.

Father Zhang stared at his mother with his eyes fixed, his tone filled with pain and confusion.

"Mom, why do you push me so hard? Ever since my dad passed away, you said we couldn't afford to send three children to school, so you made me drop out of school and work in a factory to earn tuition for my brother and younger sister. I worked hard and gave all my wages home. Later, the factory wanted to promote me to the main factory for training, but you said my brother needed money to get married, and I wouldn't be able to earn money while I was there, so you wouldn't let me go."

"Finally, my eldest brother got married, and my youngest sister graduated from high school. I told you I needed money to get married, but you said the family money had to be saved for my eldest sister-in-law to have children and for my youngest sister's dowry, leaving me no money. You told me to get married if I could, and that if I couldn't, I'd deserve to remain single!"

"I got married and bought a house thanks to my wife's family, and now you come asking me for money to support you in your old age, and then you give all the money to my eldest brother's family, who live much better than us. You didn't consider at all how much pressure I was under at the time because I had just bought a house, was saddled with debt, and had to raise two children!"

"Later, our family worked hard and our lives gradually improved, but my eldest brother's family became lazy and lived in poverty. Seeing this, you felt unbalanced and ran to my house, saying that my eldest brother had to take care of you and couldn't go out to work to earn money, and asked me to give money to support my eldest brother. I mentioned several times that I wanted to take you to live with me, but you accused me of scheming against you and wanting you to take care of the children."

"For so many years, I have tried my best to meet all your unreasonable demands, and even wronged my wife and children, just to make you look at me, your son, more. But no matter how much I do, you still only see my eldest brother. Even in your heart, my younger sister, who has married and moved away, is more important than me. I really can't understand why you just don't like me."

"Mom! So why is this happening? Why are you so partial? Why do you only hate me? Am I not your biological son?!"