Chapter 163: Favoring Sons over Girls

"Why are you standing outside the gate instead of eating?" Shen Zheng asked.

Hearing Shen Zheng's voice, Shen Haifeng quickly stood up and said pitifully, "My grandma called me out."

Shen Zheng raised his eyebrows.

His mother usually wouldn't do such a thing.

After all, it was too late for him to feel pity for her.

"Don't pretend to be pitiful, reason."

Shen Haifeng smiled, "Dad, grandma made lunch, fried pancakes and shredded potato soup for lunch, and I said something wrong."

Shen Zheng asked, "What did you say?"

"I said stone cakes soaked in water..." Shen Haifeng was very upset.

Shen Zheng snorted, "You deserve it."

As he said that, he was about to return the same way, with no intention of entering the house at all.

Shen Zheng walked out a few steps before Shen Haifeng reacted. He quickly chased after him, "Dad, where are you going? Aren't you going home for dinner?"

Shen Zheng said, "To the cafeteria."

Shen Haifeng trotted, "Dad, take me with you."

Shen Zheng took Shen Haifeng to the cafeteria for a meal, and then took some food home.

As soon as Shen Zheng entered the door, "Mom, I brought food back. Have you eaten?"

Zheng Lanhua poked her head out, "Yes."

Shen Zheng walked in, "Mom, did you cook today? It looks good."

Zheng Lanhua rubbed her cheeks, "Well, it's okay."

It's just that the teeth are a little broken.

No, I can't do it next time, otherwise my teeth will fall out.

Zheng Lanhua untied her apron and walked out, "You guys clean up, I'll go out for a walk and digest the food."

As soon as Zheng Lanhua left, Shen Haiping and Shen Jinxia came out of the house.

Shen Zheng shook his head helplessly and put the food on the table, "Eat."

The two children must not be full.

When the two children finished eating, Shen Zheng washed and put away the lunch boxes, and Zheng Lanhua also came back from outside.

She pretended not to see anything, didn't ask anything, and went back to the house and said she was going to sleep.

Shen Jinxia asked blankly, "Did grandma not notice?"

Shen Haiping said, "Maybe she just doesn't want to pay attention to us."

Shen Haifeng said, "You really know."

When going to school in the afternoon, Shen Haiping found that his deskmate Liu Niandi was still unhappy.

He was on duty that day and stayed to clean after school.

Shen Haifeng and Yu Feixu were playing at the door while waiting for him.

So they went home together a little later than usual.

On the way back, the three of them heard someone crying and making a lot of noise. The crying was particularly scary.

Shen Haiping felt that the crying sounded especially like Liu Niandi.

Looking in the direction of the sound, to the east of the school, a middle-aged man was holding a stick and beating Liu Niandi.

Liu Niandi hid and cried.

There was no one in the school at this time, so naturally there were few people around. There were also people gathered there and in a stalemate with the middle-aged man.

Shen Haiping ran over quickly.

Shen Haifeng and Yu Feixu also chased Shen Haiping there.

As they got closer, Shen Haiping could hear the middle-aged man saying, "You want money, you want money, you only want money! You are a little girl, but I don't allow you to go to school, but you insist on going. The tuition is so expensive, are you worth the money?"

"What's the point of keeping a money-loser like you!"

The middle-aged man said, hitting Liu Niandi with the stick in his hand.

"Stop!" Shen Haiping shouted.

The man looked at the three children in front of him with disdain, "I tell you, this is my own family business, don't meddle in it."

"Don't hit anyone no matter whose business it is." Shen Haiping said, "Who are you?"

The middle-aged man held a stick in his hand and said, "I am her father, she is my daughter, so what? I gave birth to her, I can beat her if I want. Don't meddle in other people's business. Officials can't meddle in family affairs, let alone she is my daughter, I can do whatever I want!"

Shen Haiping said angrily, "It's not you who gave birth to her, it's her mother."

As he said that, he ran over to help Liu Niandi up, "How are you? Do you want to go to the hospital?"

Liu Niandi was in pain all over her body, but she was used to it.

She just wanted tuition money, but she was blocked here and beaten.

Liu Nian Di shook her head, "I'm fine."

Her voice was as trembling as a mosquito, very small.

Shen Haifeng didn't know Liu Nian Di either, but he couldn't just watch a little girl being beaten.

Moreover, it was obvious that his brother knew this girl, and she looked like a classmate of theirs.

Shen Haifeng asked Liu Niandi's father, "Why did you hit someone?"

"Why?" Liu Guangzong said unhappily, "She asked me for money, forty-two yuan! Where can I get it. This damn girl must be here to deceive me. Why does the school charge so much money? I want to ask the teacher to see if she is lying!"

Shen Haifeng said, "The school notified her of forty-two yuan, she didn't lie to you."

Liu Guangzong said, "I don't have money to give her to study anyway. She is a girl, what's the point of studying so much? She will get married in the future, and she will be a money loser. You are different. You are all sons, and your family must support you. You don't understand, and I can't talk to you."

"If it's really 42 yuan, then you don't need to study. It just so happens that our family is short of someone to do the work."

Liu Guangzong went to pull her, "Come on, go home, don't embarrass yourself here."

Shen Haiping stood in front of Liu Niandi, "She just wants to study, what's wrong with her?"

The crowd that gathered around also followed to blame Liu Guangzong, "What era is it now? Girls are still not allowed to go to school?"

"How can you be a father like you? You don't even give money for your child's studies, and you even beat people!"

Liu Guangzong felt ashamed. He was used to being domineering at home, but he didn't dare to speak out outside.

Although he could say a few words to the kids like Shen Haifeng, he became indifferent when he saw these adults.

He could only vent his anger on Liu Niandi.

"You silly girl, you only know how to cause trouble. You want to study, right? Go wherever you like, and don't come back to this home!"

After saying that, Liu Guangzong strode away.

Shen Haiping was very angry.

Liu Niandi sat on the ground, hugged her legs, tears streaming down her face, but she didn't say a word.

Yu Feixu scratched his head, "What should we do now?"

Shen Haifeng was also worried, "We can't just leave her here alone."

Shen Haiping asked Liu Niandi, "Has your father always been like this?"

Liu Niandi nodded, "He...he only likes my two brothers."

Shen Haiping asked again, "Then do you have a place to go now?" Liu

Niandi shook her head again, she really had no place to go.

In the past, she was kicked out of the house because she didn't do her job well or her brothers complained about her, and she could only stay at the door and wait for them to calm down.

Shen Haiping asked Shen Haifeng, "Brother, can you let Liu Niandi go to our house first?"

Shen Haifeng also saw that Liu Niandi was pitiful, but, "I'm afraid we can't take her in. Daddy probably hasn't come back yet, and I don't know if Mom is done with her work."

Liu Niandi hurriedly said, "No, no, I'll let me in when my dad calms down. Thank you for just now."

As she said that, she walked away step by step in the direction of home.