Cheng Jingmo's face remained expressionless, his eyes stern. "Mom, I've sent a lot of money home over the years, so you must have a hard time. It's only right that I get back what my dear mother left me."

When it comes to money, Mu Huanzhen is even more insatiable.

She didn't know how much Cheng Jingmo's monthly salary was, but it must be quite a lot. Yet, he only sent 30 yuan home!

"Jia Wa, we receive the money you send us every month, but with so many people in the family, that little money isn't even enough for the family's food. Besides, everything costs money."

Cheng Jingmo said calmly, "Thirty yuan is not a low amount. Most families here don't even make thirty yuan a month."

This was true. Mu Huanzhen looked embarrassed and said, "In the past few years, it was more than ten or twenty yuan, and thirty yuan has only been the case in recent years. As you get higher and higher in your official career, your salary must have increased a lot!"

What this means is that thirty yuan is not enough, the price needs to be raised!

Cheng Jingmo said, "That's all I have. If you want it, take it. If you don't want it, forget it! I have a family to support too!"

Hearing this, everyone present looked at each other.

Cheng Shuanzhu tried to smooth things over and said, "Mom, if you really have this gold bracelet, please return it to the guy who picked up the baby. He has never seen his mother since he was a child, so give it to him as a remembrance."

In fact, he had also seen this gold bracelet, but it was not easy to expose her in front of Cheng Jingmo, so he could only say this.

Mu Huanzhen said angrily: "No! There is no gold bracelet!"

Cheng Jingmo said calmly, "I call you mother out of respect. It would be embarrassing for everyone if we quarreled."

Mu Huanzhen was so angry that she slapped her chest. "You're such a pickpocket! Your father picked you up from the mountains and raised you for over ten years. Now that you've become successful, you're talking to us like this?! Don't you want to recognize this family anymore?"

Cheng Jingmo said, "I'm grateful to Dad for picking me up. But when it comes to raising me, everyone in the village knows how you raised me."

"You're hurting your father by saying that, you kid!" Mu Huanzhen brought up Cheng Huazi again. "Back then, everyone lived like this, hungry and full. People in the village even starved to death. We put all our energy into raising you."

Cheng Jingmo pulled a wry smile at the corner of his mouth.

It seems that we have to fall out today.

He said: "I slept in a cowshed. They had bread to eat and clothes to wear when they were tied up, but I had nothing. People would take pity on me and give me clothes. When I was hungry, I would go to the reservoir to catch fish and go to the mountains to find game. I survived on my own."

"Also, you don't consider me a family member. Everyone in my family is named Cheng Shuan or something like that. I even had a name that was given to me temporarily by my third uncle."

The faces of everyone present darkened.

Cheng Jingmo looked at Cheng Huazi and said, "Dad, when I was seven, you took me hunting and I got lost. You probably didn't want to raise me and left me there on purpose. There was so much snow in the mountains that I was frozen stiff. It took me a whole day and night to find my way home. I'm lucky to be alive."

"I didn't understand at the time and thought I had really gotten lost. Later, you sold me again, and then I realized you didn't want me anymore. Because everyone in my family had something bad happen, you listened to your third uncle and bought me back."

Cheng Jingmo began to list those things one by one, and everyone in the main room felt very uneasy.

Yu Xiangnian heard this in the room and felt a lump in his throat.

Cheng Jingmo never mentioned these things before. Every time she asked, he would just say calmly, "It's all in the past."

He always remembered the little kindness shown by Cheng Huazi and his wife, and buried these painful experiences deep in his heart.

But now he has to uncover the scars in his heart layer by layer.

How much pain is in his heart?!

Cheng Jingmo said: "When I first joined the army, my salary was more than ten yuan, and I sent you ten yuan. Later, the salary gradually increased, and I also kept increasing it for you."

"I don't just send money every month. Seven years ago, you telegraphed me saying Shuan Suo needed to build a house for his wedding, so I sent you all the over 100 yuan I had saved. Three years ago, Shuan Suo got into trouble and needed compensation, so I sent you another 200 yuan. I've kept every remittance slip. I have a clear conscience towards this family."

Yu Xiangnian thought to himself, no wonder Cheng Jingmo was reluctant to buy even a piece of clothing. Everything he wore from head to toe was issued by the army.

It turns out that all the money was sucked away by these vampires!

Cheng Jingmo added, "When I got married, you sent me a telegram saying you wanted to meet my wife. I was very happy at the time. You thought I would be useful to the family and you would value me more."

"I originally thought that if you were nicer to my wife, I would just ignore what happened before. But when my wife came back this time, you didn't even make her a good meal, and you made her suffer."

"My wife is precious. She has been cherished by my family since she was a child. I can't bear to say anything harsh to her, and you are complaining about her."

"All these years I have always been grateful for the kindness you showed me by picking me up and giving me a life. I have done my best to satisfy whatever you want. I don't argue with you about anything, but you treat me like a fool."

"That's enough!" Cheng Huazi was so embarrassed that he couldn't even hold his face. "It's just a bracelet. Ask your mother to look for it in the next two days. If she finds it, I'll give it to you!"

Cheng Jingmo said, "I won't take it until I find it. I must take it! Mother will definitely keep it well."

Before joining the army, Cheng Jingmo secretly searched the room where Cheng Huazi and the others lived, but only found the jade pendant.

Maybe Mu Huanzhen felt that the jade pendant was not as valuable as the gold bracelet, so the place where the jade pendant was placed would be a little easier to find.

Cheng Huazi's face was darker than the bottom of a pot, and he said in a bad tone: "Picking up a kid, he went to the army for ten years, and he must have grown up!"

Cheng Jingmo continued in the same tone, "There's one more thing I need to inform you of. Starting next month, I will no longer send you money. I've repaid your kindness."

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of everyone present changed!

You know, the money Cheng Jingmo sends every month is a considerable income for this family!

And it’s pure income!

Cheng Jingmo only sent money back home and didn't consume a single grain of flour!

Mu Huanzhen started crying and slapping her thighs while crying.

"Oh! I've raised an ungrateful bastard for so many years! Now that he's made it big, he doesn't need his parents to support him for so many years!"

"If it weren't for his father, he would have been eaten by wolves! Now he thinks this family is a burden and wants to abandon us all!"

"Mom, there's no point in crying. I've made up my mind!"

Cheng Jingmo stood up and said, "Give me the bracelet tomorrow and we'll go!"

Cheng Jingmo walked out of the main room and just as he pushed open the door, Yu Xiangnian threw herself into his arms.

Holding his waist with both hands and resting her head on his chest, she said, "Cheng Jingmo, I will treat you well in the future."