In her past life, Chen Hong often consoled herself: compared to the exploitation and grievances her father suffered at the hands of her grandparents, her own situation was much better.

My father single-handedly supported ten people, including my grandparents, brothers, sisters, and his own small family, yet he couldn't even afford to contribute a penny to the household expenses.

Compared to that, she had to secretly spend twenty or thirty yuan to buy some durian for her son behind her husband's back, so she was already considered relatively financially independent.

Chen Hong was only able to persevere until her eldest son graduated from university and her youngest son grew up, all thanks to the contrast between her and her father's difficult life. Only those who have experienced the oppressive atmosphere of a marriage can truly understand its bitterness!

I've started my life anew, having escaped that painful and helpless fate. But how can I change my father?

Chen Hong was very troubled; she knew her father's stubbornness all too well. In her past life, it was right before he fell ill and could no longer speak.

We tried to persuade him to do less work and worry less about his brother's family, but no matter how many times we told him, he wouldn't listen. His lifelong motto was, "Keep pushing the cart as long as it doesn't fall over! Live to work, die to live!"

That's what he said and did in his past life. But seeing the look in his eyes in the later stages of his illness, Chen Hong knew he must have regretted it. But it was too late; there was no turning back.

His son, whom he had devoted half his life to, disappointed him, barely caring for him throughout his illness. His daughter-in-law wouldn't even stay by his side, and his youngest daughter lived far away in Beijing. Only his eldest daughter was by his side, but even she was powerless to help, barely able to take care of herself.

After a heated argument with her husband, Chen Hong had obtained his permission to bring her father home to care for him. However, the stubborn and sensitive old man refused to leave the old house or cause trouble for his daughter.

This kind of father filled Chen Hong with immense guilt and sorrow. Since her father's death, she has avoided the topic of him. What could she say? Talk about her incompetence, her powerlessness, or her helplessness?

In their final days, the father and daughter could only hold hands, speechless. Chen Hong knew her father was very worried about her and regretted listening to her mother and indulging her brother too much, letting him become a lazy, good-for-nothing like their grandfather.

Although he tried to correct his brother's personality later on, even though it created a huge rift between father and son, and he eventually suffered a stroke and blood clot due to anger, he did not see his brother change in the slightest.

My father passed away with regrets. He had worked hard all his life, and none of his three children could give him a peaceful old age. In the last ten days of his life, his three children surrounded him at his bedside. He didn't know that his youngest daughter, whom he was most proud of, had also been divorced at the age of forty-five.

The younger sister kept it a secret from everyone in the family, just like Chen Hong now. She didn't want her family to know, so they could only worry and feel sad, but couldn't help her at all, and could only repeat words of comfort.

Sometimes, however, the comfort of family can be like a blunt knife, piercing the heart. It's better to pretend not to know, let time quietly carry away the pain, and never mention it again.

Since their father passed away, Chen Hong and her sister have harbored some resentment towards their mother and don't know how to face her.

My mother bears a great deal of responsibility for my father's lifelong suffering. From the time my brother was very young, she favored boys over girls. When he did something wrong, she not only ignored him but also made excuses to protect him. This caused him to become increasingly unreliable as he grew up, and the relationship between father and son almost turned into enmity.

With my mother's help, my father used his life savings to buy two houses for my older brother. He didn't save any money for his own retirement, and later, when he fell ill and needed medical treatment, he struggled to make ends meet and faced numerous difficulties.

My father spent his whole life earning money. He gave the first half of his life to my grandfather, who was raising his parents and brothers. He gave the second half of his life to my mother to support her son's family.

He never saved a single penny until he fell ill, and he never owned a bank account in his entire life. All his money was in his mother's hands, and it all went to pay off her son's debts.

Chen Hong's brother wasn't a bad person, but he was spoiled from a young age and spent money extravagantly. All he did was eat, drink, have fun, gamble, and drink heavily. When he ran out of money, he would ask his mother for more. He couldn't control himself at all.

In Chen Hong and her younger sister's eyes, their mother was just helping her brother's family to leech off their father.

Unfortunately, in their feudal mindset, they were willing to work themselves to death for their son, and all their sacrifices were for the sake of their family.

They never considered that the family didn't belong to their father alone, and that the whole family couldn't rely on him to live.

After Dad passed away, my brother gradually learned to work, and my sister-in-law also went to work as a waitress and a deliveryman.

My mother sadly returned to her hometown to live alone. Only then did she realize that her husband was much more important to her than her son.

In the two months since her rebirth, Chen Hong has called her father more than a dozen times, asking him to come to Jiaodong to help take care of the children, promising to send him money every month.

But the old man disagreed. He didn't want to accept his daughter's help, as it made him feel ashamed and unable to hold his head up high.

I firmly believe that I can earn money by working hard and putting in more effort, and I don't rely on anyone.

Chen Hong was so frustrated by her stubborn father that she couldn't do anything about him. He hadn't experienced the suffering of his past life yet, so he wouldn't listen to anyone's advice.

Chen Hong planned to tell her family about her divorce when she returned to Jinan in about ten days to attend her sister-in-law's one-month celebration. She and her younger sister planned to feign weakness and coax him to come to Rongcheng.

Maybe after living there for a while and seeing that she can make money, she'll agree to stay?

To be honest, Chen Hong really couldn't predict the outcome; she could only take it one step at a time. The worst-case scenario was that, like in her previous life, her father would fall ill from anger again.

In this life, I now have confidence; the space can bring me immense wealth, and the food it produces can also improve my health. As for whether it can cure diseases, I don't know yet, but the possibility is very small.

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