"Father, Mother, what should we do? My elder brother has ruined my life!"

Sanzhuzi pointed at his silent elder brother, ready to strike again.

Zhao Dayong stopped him, "That's enough. You've hit me, you've scolded me, this matter ends here. Now that you know someone is deliberately leading you astray, you're not allowed to run around at home anymore. You should come with us to work in the fields and be a good person."

Can we stop being street hustlers? You may feel comfortable now, but what will you do when you get older?

Sanzhuzi, listen to your father's advice, let's be good people, okay?

“He’s at home, I’m at home, Dad, do you think we’re a good match? If you want me to stay at home, fine, but kick him out.”

Zhao Dayong choked.

Erzhuzi looked at his hesitant parents, wondering what they would choose.

He used to think his parents doted on his third brother the most, and that he and his eldest brother were like adopted children. Now he realized that he was the only one who was adopted; they both loved him, but not him. Not only did they not love him, but they also liked to throw all sorts of dirty water on him and schemed against him relentlessly.

Like his former third uncle, he was someone who was abandoned in his family.

"Sanzhuzi, your eldest brother is not in good health, and he doesn't have a wife yet. How will he live if we kick him out? You two should stay home and live a good life together, okay?"

What's past is past, let's not think about it anymore, let's just forget about it, okay?

Sanzhuzi waved his father's hand away, "Fine, I get it. You chose him, huh? I understand."

“No, no, you’re not young anymore. Just stay home and work with us. After two years, when everyone knows you’ve learned your skills, girls will be willing to marry you. Dad will find you a wife, and your life will improve.”

"Didn't you just say your older brother deliberately corrupted you? Sanzhuzi, prove to Dad that you can actually do it. If it weren't for him leading you astray, you'd actually be a good kid, okay?" Zhao Dayong pleaded.

His two sons were a source of great worry for him, and he hoped they would both be well.

“No way,” Sanzhuzi coldly refused. “Let me put it this way, from now on, this family will be either him or me,” he pointed at Dazhuzi, “I will beat him every time I see him.”

Zhao Dayong and Li were in despair.

"Can't we just calculate it?"

"Did he forgive you for scheming against your third uncle? Did you forgive your eldest uncle for lying to you back then? Dad, don't force others to do things you can't do yourself."

Compared to what you did to Uncle Three, wasn't he far more vicious?

No wonder people say evil deeds will be punished. See? Even if we didn't deal with him, retribution still came. Hahaha! He'll be childless his whole life; I'm quite satisfied with this retribution.

Dad, I remember you and Mom used to gossip in the house, mocking Uncle San for not being able to have a son. You said they must have done something bad in their past life and were being punished in this one. You also said that their family deserved to be long-term laborers, and that without a son, they would die without a son and naturally wouldn't have a good life.

Now your son is even worse off than them. Not only can he not have a son, he can't even produce a daughter, and he doesn't even have a wife. What terrible things did he do in his past life? This life is worse than being childless; when he dies, no one will even know!

Sanzhuzi's words were laced with venom, piercing Zhao Dayong and Li's hearts, and as if that wasn't enough, he stirred them up a few more times.

"You...you wicked creature! Shut up!" Zhao Dayong's vision went black, his blood boiled, and he raised his hand to strike.

Sanzhuzi stretched out his face and shouted, "Hit me! Hit me! If you kill me, your eldest son can take care of you in your old age and bury you! Look at that good-for-nothing, can he break a basin for you or carry your spirit!"

"Once you're all dead, he won't even have anyone to collect his corpse, hahaha, brother, are you satisfied with your retribution?"

The big pillar clenched his fist so tightly it made a cracking sound.

Zhao Dayong couldn't bring himself to throw a punch.

Li cried her heart out.

They shouldn't have spoken to the children without keeping it in mind, thinking they were too young to understand. But Sanzhuzi remembered everything.

"What exactly do you want to do to become a decent human being?" Zhao Dayong asked helplessly.

“I can’t study anymore,” Sanzhuzi suddenly felt very sad for some reason. “I can’t study anymore, Dad. Just pretend you never had me.”

He almost never comes back to this house now. If he hadn't heard from outside that Zhao Xiucai's family had returned, and if he hadn't run into villagers saying that his third uncle was having a feast tomorrow, he would never have come back.

"Sanzhuzi, I beg you, I beg you, please, can you live a good life with your older brother? Can you let go of the past? Your older brother will never scheme against you again, never again." Zhao Dayong tugged at his son's sleeve, his old eyes filled with tears.

"Between my older brother and me, Dad still chose him. I understand."

Sanzhuzi knew he had been abandoned. His elder brother was quite capable, managing to get their parents to favor him so much now.

Fine, let him show favoritism if he wants. Why should he bother arguing with someone who has no descendants?

Actually, being a street hustler is pretty good. At least he's been happy these past few years, fighting with his brothers and getting hurt, and he's happy about it too.

Among the brothers, everyone knows there's a guy named Sanzhuzi, who's the most loyal and the most daring fighter!

He felt he hadn't wasted his life; being a notorious street thug was a kind of success, wasn't it?

As for the eldest brother, humph, this matter won't be so easily settled. The good-for-nothing can't beat him. Although he doesn't want to, even if he has to endure the unpleasantness, he will come back to visit this family often in the future. How can an enemy live a good life?

My elder brother said that it is not gentlemanly to leave a grudge unavenged, and he must avenge his grudge, and he must avenge it severely.

Despite his best efforts, Zhao Dayong couldn't persuade his youngest son to come home. Heartbroken, he roared at Erzhuzi, "Are you satisfied now? You're the one who stirred up all this trouble. Are you satisfied with the state of the family now?"

Sanzhuzi felt a bit sorry for his second brother, as he seemed to have always been the one being scolded since childhood.

He used to be scolded by his second brother for not studying hard.

Later, the eldest brother stopped going out to work, and even when the second brother did the work, he still didn't scold him, saying that the second brother couldn't get the eldest brother to work and that he wasn't doing a good job.

Even after they got married, it was still the second brother who got scolded. Now that he lives in the county town, he's still the one getting scolded...

It was his eldest brother's fault to begin with, and it was just a coincidence that he overheard it. But his parents thought his second brother was wrong and that he shouldn't have said anything. Compared to his second brother, he didn't seem to be feeling as bad.

There's always someone at the bottom.

Isn't Zhao Dazhuzi living too comfortably? He's done all sorts of bad things but nothing's happened to him.

The world is so unfair!