"How can this be? Dad, you can't just leave without leaving anything for us."
"Leave what? What do you want me to leave?"
"That... depends on what you have."
"I have some tattered clothes. If you like, you can take them after I die."
Li Mei: “…”
She was very angry and asked, "Dad, how could you say that to me?"
"What should I say? I'm an old man, what do you want from me?"
"You..." Li Mei was so angry that she was speechless.
She finally realized that the old man was deliberately giving away his wealth.
He really wanted to spend all his money before he died.
Xie Zhili hurried to pull Li Mei away. It was New Year's Day and he was afraid that they would quarrel again.
He whispered, "Stop talking. Xie Linan is here. Do you think you can take advantage of her?"
Only then did Li Mei shut up in dissatisfaction.
After Xie finished his meal, he followed Hongxia to her home.
Lin Xinghua climbed up the stairs slowly with a cane, and 껩 followed him.
He knocked on the door, "Hongxia, open the door."
"It's the grandpa who's here." Hongxia hurried to open the door.
"Grandpa, why are you here?"
"I climbed up."
"No, I mean what are you doing up here?"
"I came to see you guys, what are you doing?"
"I'm reading a book, look."
Hongxia pushed over a pile of books that he didn't recognize.
"What are you talking about, Grandpa?"
"It's nothing, just some popular martial arts novels. Xiao likes to read them, so I bought them."
Some of the limited editions she bought were not available in the Lincheng Bookstore, so she bought them in the big bookstore in Haicheng.
Lin Xinghua frowned, "Xiao, will this affect your grades?"
Xie 뀗 didn't say whether it would be affected or not, he just said: "Grandpa, I ranked third in the final exam this year, and I set a goal for myself to ensure that I am in the top five."
"Oh, that's great. You're better than your brothers."
“So can I read these books?”
"Ah? Sure, Grandpa didn't say that you can't see it, I'm just asking casually."
"oh."
Seeing how cautious he is, Grandpa feels very sorry for him.
After a while, the old man asked, "Little boy, are your parents good to you?"
Xie 뀗: "..." 뀞I thought you knew everything, didn't you?
"That's fine."
Hongxia: "What else is there to do? Little boy, while Grandpa is here, it's New Year's Day, you complain, you complain."
Xie: "There is nothing to sue."
"How come you can't sue them? They scolded you and beat you, have you forgotten? They are not good parents, why should you cover up for them?"
Xie blushed, put the book aside and ran away.
Hongxia looked puzzled, "Hey, why are you running? Xiao, where are you going?"
Hongxia chased after her.
Lin Xinghua chased after him with his crutches.
He walked slowly, holding on to the handrail as he went downstairs.
Li Mei was shouting downstairs, "Xiao 뀗, where are you going?"
Xie 뀗 ignored her.
After a while, Hongxia caught up with her.
Xie Li asked, "Hongxia, what are you doing?"
Hongxia, "Xiaoyou is angry, I'm going to comfort him."
"What's going on? Did you have a fight?"
"No, it's all my fault that my third uncle fucked his wife."
Everyone: “…”
Li Mei stamped her feet in anger, "What does this have to do with me? I didn't even go upstairs."
At this time, the old man came down slowly.
Xie Li went forward to support him and asked, "What happened to them?"
The old man said, "It's all my fault for being so nosy."
"Why are you so talkative?"
"Well, I want to ask him if he is good and if his parents are good to him."
Everyone: “…”
Xie Linan said unhappily, "You are really old and confused. You are asking questions knowing the answer. You are just rubbing salt into someone's wounds."
Li Mei: “…”
Xie Zhili: “…”
"Xiao 뀗 is our biological son. You are saying this as if we have abused him."
"Yes, I admit that I disciplined him when he was disobedient, but whose child is not disciplined? What will happen to an undisciplined child? He will be a second-rate person on the street."
Zhang Hui said, "Little bastard, how can a boy be so stingy? He keeps running away and needs a girl to coax him. Third brother, sister-in-law, such a boy needs to be educated well. It's not good to be too stingy. Otherwise, he won't be able to find a wife."
"We know that it's hard to teach a child when he grows up. He's said to be sullen, angry, ignoring people, and running around. Oh! It's so hard to be a parent."
They feel wronged.
Not long after, Hongxia coaxed Xie 뀗 back, and Xie 뀗 went upstairs without saying a word.
Hongxiaxiao was about to go upstairs, but was stopped by Xie Li.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing." Hongxia glanced at Xie Zhili and Li Mei and said, "I told him that whoever treats you well, you should be nice to them in the future. If someone treats you badly, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. When you grow up, you can deal with them."
Xie Zhili was furious when he heard this.
"Hey, you little girl, how do you talk like that?"
"Am I wrong?"
"How can you teach people to be disobedient to their parents?"
"Third uncle, please don't talk nonsense. How did I teach people to be unfilial to their parents?"
"So you just..."
Um?
Hongxia smiled and said, "What happened to me just now? I just said whoever treated him badly should remember this grudge. A gentleman's revenge is never too late. I will deal with them when I grow up. The "they" I was talking about are those who treated him badly and bullied him. Have you treated him badly and bullied him?"
The two were so angry that their faces turned red, but they couldn't refute it.
Li Mei stamped her feet and said, "Xiao Li, look at her, you should take care of her!"
Xie Li said cheerfully, "I think what she said makes sense. She is not wrong. You are still young now, so you should be patient. It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Isn't that right?"
Li Mei was furious and shut her mouth.
After dinner, the two families went home.
Xie 뀗 was carrying a big bag of books, which were given to him by Hongxia.
She said that if she saw a good book in the future, she would buy it and send it to him at school.
Xie Linan helped the old man into the house to rest, and the two chatted for a while.
꺗 said to Xie 뀗.
"I still have a little money on me, not much, just over a thousand yuan. Lin An, I want to leave it for Xiao, so that he can go to school."
"Well, you give it to him."
"I can't give it to him now, because he won't be able to keep it if I give it to him. I'll give it to you, and you can give it to him after he gets into college. Judging from the character of your uncle and aunt, they will definitely ignore him once he goes to college."
Xie Linan nodded, "Okay, I'll give it to him."
"Oh! I don't know if it's enough."
"Don't worry, the school provides subsidies."
"I asked Lin Li and Lin Qi about it. The living expenses provided by the school are not much, not enough for food, and I heard that they are getting less and less. Also, there are conditions for the subsidy, and only poor students can get it. Because of his parents' conditions, he can't get it."
Xie Linan doesn’t know about this.
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