Chapter 190 Are you trying to force me to my death?

"You are our son, what do you need? Huh? You want to rebel? If you don't raise your elder brother's child, who will?"

ah?

You ungrateful wretch!

What good are you to us?! You're useless! You piece of trash!

From childhood to adulthood, we've known you're useless! You're nowhere near as good as your older brother!

You're not even worthy to carry my shoes!

Let me tell you, if you don't support your older brother's children, don't call us Mom and Dad anymore!

What use are you, such useless trash? Huh? You're still eyeing our wages and food!

We're not dead yet!

Even if we die, our money will still belong to my grandson!

What does this have to do with you?

You're a piece of trash!

Faced with the familiar insults, Zhao Erdan's mind cleared up!

Yes, these are the real parents!

"Mom and Dad, in your eyes I'm just a good-for-nothing, right?"

"Of course, if you're not trash, what are you? Didn't we assign you this job?"

After all these years, I'm still just a temporary worker!

Whose fault is it that you only earn a little over ten yuan a month?

ah? "

Upon hearing this, Zhao Erdan looked at his father and said, "Dad, you seem to have forgotten how my older brother gets his salary!"

I passed the exam!

I gave it to my older brother!

"If I'm a piece of trash, then what is the big brother?"

With a loud "smack," a slap landed across Zhao Erdan's face! His ears rang!

"What are you comparing yourself to your older brother for? You're the younger brother, are you just going to watch your older brother be unemployed?"

Your older brother only took you seriously for the job you got; otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered with it! If you weren't his younger brother, do you think he would have accepted it?

Have we been bad to you all these years?

I'll feed you and clothe you!

Why wasn't it you who died?!

In the end, Zhao's father cried out in anguish!

Zhao Erdan's mind was filled with thoughts like: Why wasn't it you who died? Why not you? Ha... what have I been all these years?

He slowly stood up and calmly looked at his parents: "Mom and Dad, no matter what I do, you will never like me!"

I used to think you just didn't like me!

turn out to be……

They actually wanted me dead!

"You are my parents. I will take care of you when you get old! Don't worry, but that's all I'll do!"

Never again!

"Even though you're treating me like this, I'm actually quite at ease!"

Zhao Erdan no longer felt guilty or reluctant! Parents are parents, but they are not parents either!

"son……"

"I'm leaving now, but I'll come back to visit you all when I have time!"

Zhao Erdan turned and left, only to run into Zhao Dabao and Zhao Erbao at the door!

Zhao Dabao glanced at Zhao Erdan, snorted, rolled his eyes, and went inside!

Zhao Erbao pursed his lips: "Uncle, when are you going to take us back? Let me tell you, if you and Aunt don't apologize to my brother and me, we won't go back!"

Zhao Erdan chuckled: "Alright, then let's not go back!"

Zhao Erbao stood there, stunned!

After Zhao Erdan returned home, he tidied up the house thoroughly. He cleaned up all the rooms that he had previously given to Da Bao and Er Bao, and borrowed a small stroller to put all the children's things in!

It will be delivered to the Zhao family in a bit!

The house was sparkling clean. Zhao Erdan thoroughly wiped and polished the living room, a smile spreading across his face!

When he was about to deliver the gifts, he suddenly saw the cotton-padded coats he had made for his two children last year, and a wave of sadness washed over Zhao Erdan!

"Mom and Dad, I've brought all the kids' things over! Please put them here and accept them!"

There were clearly people inside, but no one answered!

See, Zhao Erdan, this is your status in the Zhao family! No matter how hard you try, it's useless!

Nobody cares about you!

but……

But you have your own children and your own wife! They're waiting for you!

He smiled, turned around, and left!

Watching her son leave from inside the house, Zhao's mother sighed, "Why did you say those things?"

Let's talk about it privately!

We only have one son now, and you're becoming estranged from him. What will we do in the future? Who will take care of us in our old age?

"Hmph! I need them to support me in my old age? I've always been nice to them, and they think they're so important?"

You were originally carrying twins. If he hadn't taken up so much nutrition, would you have only given birth to one? He's a nemesis!

"He was born a bad seed! He couldn't get pregnant! And now he won't even raise his own nephew. See? He's showing his true colors!"

We shouldn't give him the time of day! Let him think we can't live without him!

"Hmph, what a piece of trash!"

"I'm so angry!" said Zhao's father.

At this moment, Zhao Dabao whispered, "What will we do in the future? What if our uncle doesn't support us anymore?"

Zhao Erbao said nonchalantly, "No way, Uncle listens to Grandpa and Grandma the most, he won't abandon us!"

"That's right! It's all thanks to our grandson's intelligence!"

"That's what Zhao's mother said proudly!"

After Zhao Erdan finished tidying up, he asked for leave from the factory in the afternoon!

After buying a few pastries, we headed straight to Hongqi Village!

He really ran out of money. He wanted to buy more things, but... he still had to make a living after he got back!

Zhou Ye and Xie Hongli were sunbathing in the yard. They had lunch and were enjoying the sunshine. It was very relaxing!

Xie Hongli looked a little distracted as she watched the two children play.

"Second sister, what's wrong?"

Xie Hongli blushed: "Am I too useless? I've been so worried about Erdan at home, I wonder how he's doing!"

Those two kids are not easy to take care of; they won't eat this or that! But when they encounter something delicious, they eat a lot!

I'm afraid Erdan won't be able to handle it!

Zhou also saw a corner of a garment by the door!

He laughed and said, "What are you worried about? You're better off without a family like that! If you want a divorce, I support you!"

Don't worry, the Xie family can afford to raise these two children!

Xie Jianshe is no pushover either!

Just stay put!

After saying that, he saw Xie Hongli looking at him gratefully: "Xiao Ye, you are the best sister-in-law in the world!"

If Jianshe treats you badly in the future, I'll kill him!

You're so kind!

"Hehe... Anyway, your family will always be your support! Don't worry about anything!"

"Mmm!"

"By the way, have you decided when to get a divorce?"

"Huh?" Xie Hongli was stunned for a moment!

"No, we can't get a divorce!"

Zhao Erdan rushed in, carrying pastries in his hand, his face full of grievance and guilt!

Xie Hongli rolled her eyes at him when she saw him, and turned away!

Zhao Erdan looked at Zhou Ye helplessly!

Zhou gave a wink and turned to go into the kitchen without hesitation!

In the kitchen, Wang Guihua is kneading dough!

"What's wrong? Who's here?"

"Zhao Erdan!"

"What? I'll go out and see!"

Zhou stopped her, saying, "Mom, peek in through the door! Don't go out!"

Wang Guihua felt a little strange and secretly walked towards the door!

"young married woman!"

"snort!"

"Honey, I know I was wrong! I'm so sorry!"

"snort!"

"Okay, okay, I know it's my fault! I'm sorry to you and your child! I've always valued my parents too much!"

Now I realize that the one who truly cares for me is you!

At this point, Xie Hongli burst into tears, feeling wronged!

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! Hongli, don't cry!"

"Mom, don't cry!"

"Mom...Mom..."

Little Stone and Honghong looked at Xie Hongli anxiously!

Zhou watched all this with satisfaction from the kitchen!

After talking for about ten minutes, the two finally calmed down!

Xie Hongli awkwardly entered the kitchen: "Mom, I..."

"Are you going back?"

"Okay! Erdan and I are going back! The two kids still have to go to school! We've already been delayed for a few days!"

Wang Guihua sighed: "Alright then! We're family after all, and Erdan doesn't have any bad intentions!"

Now that you've woken up, you should all live your lives properly!

Making sure you live your lives well is more important than anything else!

"Mom, don't worry! I will protect them from now on!"

"Alright, now that you've talked it out, let's go back! Hongli, go pack your things!"

"good!"

These past two days, Mom gave herself a few clothes and also made two sets of clothes for Xiao Shitou and Honghong to change into!

These are all things you need to bring!

In the kitchen, Zhao Erdan wanted to go out, but Wang Guihua stopped him!

"Wait a minute!"

As he spoke, he took out a large bamboo basket!

It contained five pounds of cornmeal, one pound of wheat flour, and two pounds of millet! It also contained two pounds of pork belly and a piece of cured pork!

After thinking about it, I put in about ten large cornbread buns, a big pumpkin, a few eggplants, a few chili peppers, a bunch of greens, and about ten eggs!

"You haven't received your salary yet, have you? Take these home to eat; they should last until payday! Don't let the kids go hungry!"

Zhao Erdan blushed with embarrassment!

"Thank you, Mom!"

He has to accept it. Look, these are the parents who truly love their children! They don't even know their child is being cared for, yet they still give them food and meat!

Look at your parents, when have you ever seen them?

but……

He glanced at Zhou Ye, as if afraid that Zhou Ye might overthink things!

To everyone's surprise, Zhou was stunned. What was this?

never mind……

"Brother-in-law, wait a minute!"

They took out a large piece of black cloth from the house!

"Here, take this too. Look at your clothes and pants, the patches are almost too big to cover! Let your second sister make you a new set of clothes."

Otherwise, life would be too miserable!

Zhao Erdan was deeply moved! His sister-in-law is such a wonderful person! Not only is she beautiful, but she also has a beautiful heart!

Before I could even say a few words of thanks, Xie Hongli came out!

Looking at the things her family had prepared, Xie Hongli was about to cry again!

"Thank you so much! Sister-in-law, you're so kind! Mom, you're so kind!"

"Alright, alright, that's enough! Mom's only advice: come back if you feel wronged!"

I'll see who dares to bully you!

Zhao Erdan scratched his head and smiled sheepishly!

When the two returned, Xie Hongli looked at everything in the room and smiled!

"Why did you clean the house?"

Zhao Erdan said with a smile, "I was thinking that you'd be in a better mood if you were clean and tidy, wouldn't you?"

"hehe……"

"Alright, it's almost evening. Mom will cook dinner for you, okay?"

"I'm so hungry!"

Honghong clapped her hands happily!

Zhao Erdan coaxed the children while Xie Yanli put all the food and vegetables in the cupboard and locked it!

I used to think it was unnecessary!

Now it seems...

That's absolutely necessary! I've always been too good-natured! Xiao Ye is right, if you're good to me, I'll be 100% good to you; if you're not good to me, then I'm sorry!

Even though I don't know how to swear!

But the right thing to do is to keep your things hidden!

In no time, hot steamed buns, stir-fried pork with chili peppers, and braised eggplant were all ready!

A warm bowl of millet porridge, once it's gone, feels so comforting!

"Mom, it's so great that my brothers aren't fighting over my food! Can it always be like this?"

"Sure, Dad promised you, let's live a good life together!"

"OK!"

When we were halfway through our meal, there was a sudden knock on the door!

"Uncle, open the door!"

"Uncle, we're back from school!"

Zhao Erdan's face stiffened, and he looked at Xie Hongli!

Xie Hongli didn't look up, but instead put food on the children's plates: "Eat up! Don't mind them!"

Zhao Erdan paused, picked up his bowl, ate it in a few bites, and then shoveled the food into Xie Hongli's and the two children's bowls!

"You guys keep eating! I'll go check! It wouldn't look good if the door wasn't open!"

"good!"

Xie Hongli had a slight smile on her lips!

This is a good start!

"Why are you here?"

Zhao Dabao frowned: "Grandma sent me. I can smell the aroma. Is the food ready?"

He was about to go inside when he said that!

Zhao Erdan blocked it directly!

"Uncle, you won't let me in?"

Zhao Dabao's eyes widened!

Zhao Erbao said with a smile, "Dabao, Erbao, I've already talked to your grandparents!"

From now on, you will either live with your mother or with your grandparents! Your uncle is incompetent and can't earn money to support you!

There's nothing we can do about it!

You should go back to your grandparents' house quickly. They're richer than your uncle, and they'll definitely eat better there!

Zhao Dabao glanced at his uncle, then pulled Zhao Erbao away!

The neighbors were quite surprised to hear the noise: "Erdan, what's wrong? Aren't you taking care of your older brother's child?"

Zhao Erdan sighed: "Sigh... My sister-in-law knows I'm just a temporary worker. There's nothing I can do, I'm poor!"

If I were to raise my older brother's two children, my kids would go hungry! Those half-grown boys will eat their fathers out of house and home!

There's nothing I can do!

"Heh...you've finally figured it out! You used to always go to work, didn't you see how capable your two nephews are!"

They bullied Little Stone right in front of us!

"You even hit Honghong! If your Hongli hadn't told me not to tell you, I would have tattled on you long ago! It's a blessing that you've come to your senses now!"

"That's right, don't raise them! They'll just turn out to be ungrateful wretches!"

"That's so true! I've been wanting to say that for a long time!"

"Zhao Erdan, you have to have a conscience! Our Hongli is so wonderful! She takes care of the family and the children, and she's so gentle!"

These words made Zhao Erdan feel utterly ashamed!

"Yes, yes, I will definitely treat Hongli well!"

"That's more like it!"

"that is!"

Xie Hongli pursed her lips inside the house. Her neighbors were all very kind and took good care of her!

Zhao Dabao returned to the Zhao family home and started crying!

Even a ten-year-old child can cry very loudly, so Zhao's mother quickly covered her mouth and asked, "What's wrong?"

What wronged you?

"Didn't you go to your uncle's house? I heard your aunt come back!"

Zhao Dabao said aggrievedly, "My aunt is back, and they've already eaten! I can smell the delicious food!"

But my uncle wouldn't let me in!

We've already agreed to come to Grandpa and Grandma's house!

Waaah...

Why? My dad's dead, doesn't my uncle love me anymore? We're so pitiful! I don't have a dad anymore!

"Will there be no more uncles in the future?"

"Waaaah... Waaah..."

Zhao Erbao also started crying!

Zhao's mother's face turned ashen!

"What should we do?"

Mr. Zhao glanced at Mrs. Zhao: "Let's go beg her, we'll kneel down at worst! Do they really think we'll kneel down?"

"I can't handle two kids!"

"How about... we send it over to the eldest son's wife?"

"Why send anything? You know what kind of person my eldest daughter-in-law is. She might find someone else one day, and our grandson will have someone else's surname!"

Zhao's mother gave in!

Let's go!

And so, the two old people led the two children to Zhao Erdan's door!

Zhao's mother said loudly, her voice trembling with tears, "Second daughter-in-law, it's me, your mother-in-law! I know you've come back!"

Open the door for Mom!

Mom knows you're angry with us, but the child did nothing wrong!

Isn't it going too far to not let the children eat?

Or we'll kneel down before you!

We old fogies won't live much longer! Kneel down before you!

"Oh dear, my son, you died such a terrible death! Now that you're dead, no one will care for your child!"

Come up here!

Please, come back!

Look at you, nobody's taking care of your kid!

Zhao Erdan left speechlessly, looking at his parents sitting on the ground.

"Mom and Dad, what are you doing?"

Zhao's father pointed at Zhao Erdan and said, "You ungrateful wretch, how could you not let your nephew into the house? We've already prepared the meal, are you just missing a bite for him?"

ah?

How can you be such a bad uncle?

Zhao Erdan felt sad seeing his neighbors watching.

Yes, my parents have never cared about my dignity!

When I was little, I came home late and wanted to eat a piece of the meat left on the table, but my dad pulled me outside to stand.

He claims to be a thief! He steals things from his own home that don't belong to him!

I got hit by my mom because I wanted to wear a new pair of shoes!

She said she could only wear her brother's unwanted clothes!

Now it's the same old story: I've never needed to save face!

"Mom and Dad, it's mealtime now. You've already cooked, so why don't you give them a bite to eat?"

"What could be so important that they can't eat first and then talk about it?"

Zhao's mother paused for a moment, then looked at the two children!

Unexpectedly, Zhao Dabao and Zhao Erbao looked at him with reproach!

"Child, it's Grandma who's worried..."

"Yes, you're in a hurry! Mom, I'm just your uncle. If I'm capable enough, I can support you!"

But as you know, my monthly salary is only a dozen yuan!

If I raise my nephew, I won't be able to afford to raise my own child!

The food we ate today was brought from Hongli's parents' house! I still have eight days until payday!

Have you thought about how we're going to live?

"I really can't afford to raise this child anymore. Since you won't give him to my sister-in-law, then you can take him back and raise him yourselves!"

Mr. Zhao was furious: "What are you saying? We're old, how are we going to be taken care of?"

"Didn't you say that you only need one mouthful of food? What's so hard about raising them? Your two grandsons are outstanding, but they won't live more than five or six years!"

Then I'll be able to earn money to support you!

"I...I..."

Zhao Erdan said with a bitter face, "Mom and Dad, I really have no choice. No matter what, I've been raising them for two years!"

I'm so tired!

I want a few days of peace and quiet! No matter how much you all cause trouble, I won't keep it!

If you can't raise the child, send him to your sister-in-law! It's her responsibility! It's unreasonable; his biological mother is still alive, and you expect me, his younger brother, to raise him!

Zhao's mother looked at Zhao Erdan incredulously: "Son, is it because your wife doesn't want to? Huh?"

Is it because I'm forcing you?

You wouldn't really do that to your nephew, would you?

Where is your wife?

"Let her out!"

Xie Hongli took a deep breath inside the house and said to the two children, "Little Stone, take good care of your little sister!"

Don't come out, okay?

"Mmm!"

Little Stone obediently nodded!

"Mom, you were looking for me!"

Xie Hongli came out expressionless!

When Zhao's mother saw Xie Hongli come out, she immediately called out, "Hongli, please have pity on these two children!"

Mom is kneeling down before you!

Mom is kowtowing to you!

I'm so sorry, your older brother is dead and I'm leaving you to bear this responsibility!

Mom, I'm so sorry!

It's all Mom's fault! Just let Mom die! Waaah..."

Seeing that Zhao's mother was putting on an act again, Xie Hongli said softly, "Mom, I don't quite understand you. Why do you keep saying to kneel down and kowtow?"

They even said they wanted to die?

Am I incapable of supporting two children? If I truly couldn't, I wouldn't have raised them for two years! Do you know what we've been through these past two years?

I may not have enough to eat, your son may not eat well, and even my child may not have enough to eat, but your two grandsons eat their fill every meal!

We have limited resources; we can't afford to raise them anymore!

Are you going to force us further?

"Then tell me, what should we do? We can't afford to raise your grandson, and you haven't helped us at all in the past two years!"

You two old folks earn only thirty or forty yuan a month, and you haven't given them a single penny! Their mother has never given them any money either!

How will we feed them?

Tell me?

"Doesn't Erdan get a salary?"

Zhao's mother is still trying to argue!

"A salary of just over ten yuan is barely enough to support our family! How are we supposed to raise four children?"

Please give me a solution!

Do you want Erdan to divorce me, or do you want my two children to starve to death?

You said it!

“Every time something doesn’t satisfy you, you say you’re going to kneel down for me, but have you ever actually done that? No!”

You're saying you have to kowtow? Have you ever kowtowed before?

No, not at all!

So, are you trying to force me to my death?

Xie Hongli remembered the methods her family had taught her, mustered her courage, stepped forward, and knelt down!

Kneeling before your mother-in-law is not shameful!

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Zhao's mother dodged!

More and more people gathered to watch the spectacle!

"This mother-in-law is truly wicked! She's trying to drive her daughter-in-law to her death!"

"Absolutely! Just look at that mother-in-law's face! She's always bullying her daughter-in-law; she's such a jerk!"

"Yes, isn't this moral blackmail? I can tell from that: her eldest son is gone, so she's making her youngest son raise her grandson!"

"They didn't spend a single penny of their own money; they really know how to get a bargain!"

"Yes, look at those two grandsons, they're so big and chubby. Their aunt has taken such good care of them these past two years!"

Look at this young wife, how thin she is! She looks so pitiful!

"That wicked mother-in-law, she's so evil!"

"That father-in-law is wicked! He's driving people to their deaths!"