Chapter 378 Tidying Up the Room
Lu's mother lay listlessly in the dark, smelly blankets, muttering absentmindedly, "Hungry..."
Lu Huailin held his breath as he entered the room. He glanced around and saw his mother lying on the bed, thin as a rake, her face deathly pale.
In an instant
Anger surged to the top of my head; if it weren't for the last vestiges of reason telling me not to act impulsively...
He wished he could strangle Brother Lu and Fang Yi, that heartless couple, right then and there.
He knew that Lu's mother was extremely biased, and he also knew that he would teach her a lesson she wouldn't forget, so that she would know right from wrong.
When it's her turn to mess with his wife, she'll find all sorts of ways to deliberately torment her.
But seeing his mother being mistreated like this still made Lu Huailin feel heartache, anger, and rage.
I think Brother Lu is worse than an animal.
Lu Huailin tried hard to suppress the surging anger in his heart, picked up his lunchbox, turned around and went out to knock on his neighbor's door.
A middle-aged woman opened the door. She looked at Lu Huailin, who had no expression, with a puzzled expression and asked warily, "Who are you?"
Lu Huailin suppressed his emotions, coughed lightly, pointed to his mother's courtyard, and explained that they were mother and son.
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman exclaimed in realization, "Oh, you're Sister Lu's eldest son!"
She then looked Lu Huailin up and down and said with a smile, "You can just call me Aunt Yu."
After Lu's mother moved in, she would often boast to the neighbors about how good her eldest son was to her and how filial he was.
This made those of them who had married and become mothers-in-law extremely envious and jealous.
Lu Huailin did not argue when he saw that Aunt Yu had mistaken him for his elder brother.
He gave a slight twitch of his lips and explained, "I want to find two diligent and efficient people to help my mom tidy up her room."
"Auntie, do you have anyone you recommend?"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Yu smiled and waved her hand, saying, "No need to look for anyone else, I can do it myself."
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin quickly explained, "Auntie, my mother's room is a bit messy."
"She's lying in bed unable to move and needs to be wiped down. Do you think we should get someone else to help?"
"After it's all over, I'll give each of them twenty yuan as payment."
When Aunt Yu heard that each person would be paid twenty yuan, she rolled her eyes at Lu Huailin.
He said irritably, "We're all neighbors. I was just helping tidy up the house. It was a small favor. Why do you need to pay me?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin stopped in his tracks, thought for a moment, and said, "Aunt Yu, why don't you go in and take a look first?"
After saying that, the two entered the courtyard one after the other. Before they even entered Lu's mother's room, Aunt Yu smelled a certain odor.
He asked in confusion, "What's that smell coming from your house?!"
Lu Huailin pursed his lips and pointed to his mother's room: "Aunt Yu, please go in and take a look. If you don't like it, I'll find someone else."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Yu looked at Lu Huailin with a puzzled expression.
I don't understand what he meant.
Soon, Aunt Yu understood what Lu Huailin meant.
As soon as she entered Lu's mother's room, she was hit by a stench of urine mixed with a sour, rotten smell, which almost made her vomit.
Without having time to see the actual situation inside the room, I held my breath and quickly walked out.
With a face full of anger, he launched into a tirade against Lu Huailin.
The implication is that he is unfilial, failing to take care of his own paralyzed and incapacitated mother in a timely manner.
It was all for naught that Lu's mother was always thinking about him and trying to maintain his reputation for filial piety.
Lu Huailin's eyes were deep and his lips curled into a sarcastic smile: "Aunt Yu, the filial person you mentioned is my eldest brother, and the one taking care of my mother now is also my eldest brother."
Aunt Yu was stunned for a moment when she heard this. How come she had never heard Lu's mother mention that she had two sons?
Lu Huailin glanced at Aunt Yu, then turned to face Brother Lu and Fang Yi, who had just entered the room.
He said coldly, "Brother, it was agreed that each family would take turns taking care of Mom for four months."
"How come you've taken such good care of Mom after only two months of her being born into your family?"
Fang Yi was very dissatisfied with Lu Huailin's words.
She can take care of him however she wants; why should he interfere?
Fang Yi's gaze fell on Aunt Yu, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.
Lu Huailin was trying to ruin their reputation, and he snorted coldly in his heart.
"Oh, so this busy man has finally remembered that he has a bedridden biological mother?"
After saying that, he glanced at Aunt Yu and deliberately said, "Mom has been paralyzed in bed for half a year. You can count the number of times you've come to see her on one hand!"
"How dare you question me and your older brother?"
“Even if my husband and I don’t take good care of you, it’s not like you, where we don’t see each other for half a year.”
Upon hearing this, Brother Lu sighed and said, "Yes, Huailin, although it was agreed at the time that each family would have four months."
"But as you've seen, ever since Mom was discharged from the hospital, your sister-in-law and I have been taking care of her."
"Because we've been busy at the factory these past few days, my husband and I haven't had time to clean my mother's personal hygiene in a timely manner."
"Your accusations without any evidence are really hurting my brother's feelings."
After saying that, Brother Lu squeezed out two tears with reddened eyes.
It gives people the feeling that a man doesn't easily shed tears, only when he is truly heartbroken.
Accused of being wronged by his own brother, he had no choice but to shed tears of sorrow.
Fang Yi glanced at Lu Huailin and said sarcastically, "If our mother were relying on him, the grass on her grave would probably be as tall as a person."
"I don't know how my brother-in-law has the nerve to come and question my wife and me like that!"
Brother Lu choked up at the right moment and said, "Yes, Huailin, you don't know how hard it is to take care of a paralyzed person."
At the open courtyard gate, someone heard their argument and asked in confusion, "Are these Aunt Lu's son and daughter-in-law?"
“That’s not right. I remember they said they didn’t know Aunt Lu, they just shared a courtyard.”
Lu Huailin watched with a sarcastic expression as his elder brother and Fang Yi put on their act.
He glanced at the onlookers and said sarcastically, "Brother, you and your wife really have a tough time."
"I live in a rented house and spend my mother's monthly pension of more than 40 yuan."
After speaking, Lu Huailin paused for a moment, looking directly into his brother Lu's tense eyes.
He scoffed, "To save you from all this trouble, I've decided to ask the landlord to cancel the lease."
"Let's use Mom's retirement pension to find her a suitable person to take care of her, so that my older brother and sister-in-law won't have to work so hard!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Da's face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a cold voice, "Mom said that her retirement pension will all go to me in the future."
Lu Huailin glanced at his elder brother and said casually, "Mom is already struggling to take care of herself, how could she possibly mention giving you her retirement pension?"
After saying that, he turned and shouted towards the courtyard gate, "I'll pay twenty yuan to have someone help clean the room, there are..."
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