After receiving the compensation, Chang Ling encouraged her mother to go out for a nice meal. Her father was usually stingy and only cared about himself. The Chang family was always frugal when buying vegetables and meat. If they bought too much, her father would nag her mother for being too generous and not managing the household well.

"Mom, how about we go out for dinner tonight? To celebrate Chang Jing's change of heart, let's eat something good to nourish him."

"What do you mean by 'repentance'!" Chang Jing glared at his sister, annoyed. He knew better than to say it. He could see right through people's wickedness, couldn't he?

Seeing her son and daughter get along so easily and lovingly was a rare treat for Chang's mother, and not wanting to disappoint them, she readily agreed to go out for dinner.

"Great, Mom! I want to go to the newly opened Bajun Tea House. I heard their char siu bao is especially delicious, fatty but not greasy."

The Chang family was used to being frugal, and Chang Ling, who was already an adult, rarely ate out, except when relatives invited her to weddings. So, not wanting to spoil her daughter's fun, Chang's mother checked the seven hundred yuan in her pocket and agreed.

Seeing his younger sister so excited about going out for a meal, Chang Jing felt a lump in his throat and secretly vowed that he would earn enough money in the future to give his sister and mother a comfortable life.

Back in the hospital, he had already confirmed that the soul space he had obtained during his transmigration was still bound to him. Although the space had become level zero after his rebirth, he was confident that it would level up soon.

The upgraded space allows for planting and animal husbandry, and the presence of spiritual spring water can help people recuperate, ensuring that one's mother will no longer suffer from illness in this lifetime.

As long as his heart is cold and hard enough, none of the scoundrels in the Chang family can control him anymore. Without expectations and without morality, no one can kidnap his heart.

"Mom, when Lao Chang comes home from get off work, the old lady will definitely call him over to stir up trouble for you. If he causes you any trouble, you must call me."

Chang Jing was afraid that his mother and his father, that scumbag father, would get into a fight, and if the fight got too heated, they might even come to blows. In order to prevent his mother from suffering any losses, he had to keep an eye on her.

Although he was reborn without his former strength, his fighting skills were already etched into his soul, making him more than capable of dealing with Lao Chang, a middle-aged man.

"Don't worry, he can't win an argument with me. This time, I won't go along with your dad no matter what."

Chang's mother was also furious that her husband was too blindly obedient to his mother, listening to whatever she said. If it weren't for her two young children needing a father, she would have divorced him long ago and run away.

“Mom, that’s the right way to think. You’re just too soft-hearted. Dad is blindly filial and gives all his salary to his wife. He also often uses the money you earn to gamble and play mahjong. He always lets the neighbors bully us. I hate him.”

Chang Ling has always been more sensible and calculating than Chang Jing since she was a child. However, she rarely said such things to her mother and Chang Jing in the past because she knew that Chang Jing was not clear-headed and did not stand with her and her mother. No matter how much she said, it would be a waste of time.

Now things are different. Today, Chang Jing has finally cleared her head and is no longer being manipulated by the old lady of the Chang family. She can now persuade Chang's mother to only take care of her and her brother, and let Old Chang continue to be a scoundrel.

Chang Jing seemed to understand the contempt in his younger sister's eyes. He felt guilty but also agreed. His father had never truly loved him and his sister, especially Chang Ling, who had been neglected and scolded by her scumbag father who favored boys over girls since childhood.

“Mom, if Dad is still so blindly filial and only listens to the family across the street, then let’s get rid of him! Changling and I are all grown up now, and we don’t want you to continue to put up with us. You work so hard setting up your street stall every day, and Dad never helps you. He even often takes the money you earn to support the old lady. Since that’s the case, it would be better if you separated. You wouldn’t have to work so hard if you only supported us siblings!”

The brother and sister tried to persuade their mother, saying one thing after another. In fact, this was not the first time the topic of divorce had been brought up in the Chang family; they had experienced it several times before.

The worst incident was when his father lost nearly 100,000 yuan gambling. His scumbag father ran away in the middle of the night, leaving the mother and son alone in their dilapidated rural hometown, where they were also being chased by debt collectors who blocked their door.

During that period, we lived in constant fear, day and night. During the day, shrewish women would come to our house and sit and guard us, and at night, strong men would bang on the door and shout. There were red characters written on the door, and our whole family became the biggest joke in the village.

That time, Chang's mother was so angry that she wanted a divorce. The old lady of the Chang family was not happy about it, so she asked the four daughters of the Chang family who had married out to raise money. Chang's mother also went back to her parents' home to borrow money and together with several of the aunts of the Chang family, they raised 100,000 yuan to pay off the high-interest loan.

It was that gambling incident that made Chang's mother furious and declare that if Chang's father didn't find a proper job, she would take the children and go back to her parents' home.

Feeling guilty, Chang's father went back to his parents' house and begged for a job at the street light department, a subsidiary of the power supply bureau. The price was that he had to hand over his salary to Chang's mother to pay off the 100,000 yuan high-interest loan.

A few years later, when Chang Jing was ten years old, someone invested in building a university in his rural hometown, and the family's orchard was expropriated. That time, the old lady of the Chang family received 300,000 yuan, and Chang's mother received 160,000 yuan.

As soon as the 160,000 yuan was in hand, the old lady of the Chang family came to the door and asked Chang's mother to take out 100,000 yuan to pay off the gambling debts from back then.

Paying back debts is a matter of course, but Changba gave his wife his salary for three years, so he should have paid back at least 30,000 yuan! How come he still has to pay back 100,000 yuan after giving her his salary for three years?

That time, another argument ensued. Chang's mother was scolded and berated by the old lady of the Chang family all day, which instigated Chang's father to hit Chang's mother. Meanwhile, Chang Jing and Chang Ling were locked in the bedroom and not allowed to come out.

In the end, for some reason, Chang's mother compromised halfway and agreed to take out 80,000 yuan to settle the accounts.

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