Since Zhou Zhijian had made it so clear, Li Jinhua didn't need to hide it any longer. After all, she didn't think she had done anything wrong from the bottom of her heart.
That was her grandson, her only grandson!
Li Jinhua cried and complained...
"Your poor father died so early. Life was hard back then. How could a woman like me, raising a boy like you, survive? I had no other choice... I really had no other choice but to find a man to rely on..."
"Zhijian, you are my son, and Zhiqiang is also my son. You two are pieces of my flesh and blood. You are now in the army and you are so successful, but Zhiqiang can't even get enough food in the village. Can you watch your brother suffer? Are you going to watch them starve to death? It's not that I am partial, I just want both of you brothers to be well. As the older brother, isn't it your duty to take care of your younger brother?"
"…This is all because of your wife's failure! She can't even give birth to a grandson! Mother has no other hope but to have a grandson! If she could give birth to a grandson, why would I want to count on your brother? If you want to blame someone, blame your wife. It's all because of her failure to give birth to a grandson."
"Son, don't be angry. I know it's not easy for you to make money, but your brother has to help. At most...at most, I won't send so much in the future! Less, less, okay? Five...eight dollars a month! Just eight dollars! I definitely won't ask for more. After all, you are brothers, just think of it as helping your brother."
Even at this time, Li Jinhua was still fully focused on scheming against Zhou Zhijian and seeking wealth for her youngest son.
Little did he know that the word "brother" from her mouth was like a steel knife stabbing Zhou Zhijian's heart.
Zhou Zhijian's face turned ashen. He had probably never been so absurdly angry in his life!
He had lived for almost thirty years, and only now did he find out that he had a half-brother, who was born to him because his mother betrayed his father.
Think about this.
Zhou Zhijian clenched his hands into fists, and then heard a "clang" sound.
In anger, Zhou Zhijian swept the enamel cup next to him to the ground, spilling the tea all over the floor, and the clanging sound continued.
“Waaaaa…”
The child who was drinking milk in the room was startled by the noise and started crying in fear.
Wang Chunling walked over and closed the door to block out the sounds from both sides, because she already knew Zhou Zhijian's attitude clearly and didn't need to listen any further.
This foolishly filial man was finally driven into despair by his stupidity.
"Zhijian..." Li Jinhua looked at Zhou Zhijian in fear and trepidation. This was the first time in her life that she saw her gentle son get so angry.
Zhou Zhijian stood up, staring at Li Jinhua with a sullen face, and said in a deep voice, suppressing his anger, "Okay, eight dollars is eight dollars!"
When Li Jinhua heard Zhou Zhijian agree, she thought he had let it go and was pleasantly surprised. "Zhijian, it's great that you agreed. After all, you are brothers. If you help Zhiqiang now, Zhiqiang will help you in the future. Why not let Zhiqiang's son recognize you as his father—"
"Mom." Zhou Zhijian really didn't want to listen to Li Jinhua, so he interrupted her and said, "Leave the compound and go back."
Li Jinhua was suddenly stunned.
Her head buzzed and she stared at Zhou Zhijian with wide eyes. After the initial trance, she asked in disbelief.
"What do you mean, you want to drive me away? You want to drive me away?! Zhou Zhijian, I am your mother! You actually want to drive me away! Are you my son or not?"
Zhou Zhijian looked at the yelling Li Jinhua expressionlessly, "Don't you have another son?"
"You...you...has your conscience been eaten by a dog? You actually want to drive your own mother out of the house!" Li Jinhua cursed angrily.
But this time, Zhou Zhijian will never be bound by moral shackles again.
"Go back to your hometown. I will send you eight dollars every month. You can decide whether to keep the money for yourself or give it to your youngest son."
"I won't go back! I absolutely won't go back! I'm going to stay here! I'm going to stay here even if I die!"
Li Jinhua has become accustomed to the good life in the compound. How could she possibly go back to the countryside to be a miserable farmer?
Zhou Zhijian didn't argue with her, but just said, "If you don't want to go back, then our whole family will be kicked out."
Li Jinhua didn't understand what Zhou Zhijian meant and kept asking, "Why? Son, you were doing well in the army, how could you be kicked out?"
"All right? Haha." Zhou Zhijian sneered, looking at Li Jinhua with an increasingly sarcastic look, "Mom, you didn't let Chunling give birth, causing her to almost die of dystocia. If it weren't for Comrade Jiang's medical skills and saving Chunling's life, your son would have been punished by now."
"And you sold your own granddaughter. Do you think that if you don't admit it, the people above you won't know about it? And that they won't be able to investigate it? It's just that the decision from the organization was a little slow because of the recent Spring Festival."
"And today... today you caused such a big mess again, and no one in the compound can accommodate you! Do you think you can stay here any longer?"
The content of Song Hongmei's previous conversation with Zhou Zhijian was nothing more than one sentence: If he can't even handle his family problems, he doesn't need to be the company commander.
Song Hongmei is not only the women's director of the compound, but also the lover of Political Commissar Zhao. Her attitude also represents the attitude of Political Commissar Zhao.
Zhou Zhijian has nowhere to retreat.
He finally said to Li Jinhua, "Mom, do you want to go alone, or do we all have to be driven away? It's up to you!"
After saying that.
Zhou Zhijian pushed the door and walked out of the room, not wanting to stay in the suffocating environment for another second.
After Zhou Zhijian left, Li Jinhua was stunned for a long time, muttering to herself, "How could this happen? How could this happen... How could this happen..."
Immediately following.
Her body softened and she sat down on the ground, clapping her hands on the ground and sobbing, "Oh my God...you are going to kill me..."
Li Jinhua had only one choice, which was to be driven away alone.
If she dragged Zhou Zhijian down and Zhou Zhijian retired from the army and became a farmer, she wouldn't even get eight yuan a month.
As the saying goes, as long as the mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood.
No matter how stupid Li Jinhua was, she knew that she had to protect Zhou Zhijian and not implicate him in order to keep the money for the rest of her life.
"...Oh my God... How am I going to live after you let me go back... Bastard... All of you are bastards... That little bitch... It must be that little bitch who did this... Son... I did this all for your safety... For you... Little bitch... You will die a miserable death... You will die a miserable death..."
That night, Li Jinhua's crying and screaming continued for a long time.
Everyone who walked past her house could hear her cursing Chu Yue once or twice.
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