Chapter 116 Severing Ties
"All you do is yell! What's wrong with your brain? It's full of mush! They want a house, what good will your yelling do? Will it scare them away? You don't know anything! You don't understand anything! All you do is whine and cry like a woman!"
He cursed more and more fiercely, spitting everywhere.
"Just like Shen Cuifen! Never thinks before acting! Has no sense of the bigger picture! They set a trap, and you just walk right into it! Do you think they can move the house? Do you think they can? And you panic first! You're a disgrace!"
Lu Zhonghe seemed to have suffered a great injustice, looking like he was the most innocent one.
But when he saw Lu Zhongping being beaten, he almost burst out laughing on the spot.
"Oh……"
He chuckled to himself.
"Serves you right! Who told you to always steal my food! Let's see what you'll do now!"
Lu Zhongping was knocked back and staggered backward.
He glared at Lu Jianguo, his nose in the air, his face full of resentment.
But he didn't say anything more.
At this moment, Shen Xuelin cleared his throat.
"As for the house, we really can't move it."
“The wood is too heavy, the bricks are too heavy, and we can’t even lift the beams. We can’t move them even if we dismantle them; the mountain roads are muddy, and even oxcarts can’t get up here. We know about this.”
Lu Zhongping's eyes lit up immediately.
Lu Jianguo also raised the corners of his mouth.
"See? It's not that I don't want to give it to you, it's that you can't take it with you! Who can you blame?"
But Chen Xuelin changed the subject and continued slowly and deliberately.
"However, since you, Lu Jianguo, have personally agreed to use this house to pay off the debt, then from now on, this house belongs to the Chen family! Since it is our property, shouldn't we have the final say on how to dispose of it? Sell it or not, demolish it or not, it's all up to us!"
He paused, then deliberately scratched his head.
"But the problem is, in these famine years, who would buy a lonely, dilapidated house? Where can we find such a sucker to buy it so quickly?"
He spread his hands, looking utterly helpless.
Shen Cuifen suddenly walked out from the crowd with a smile.
"Sell it to me! I happen to have fifty yuan here!"
"In a couple of days, I'll borrow a few more piglets to raise. They'll be perfect for a pigsty! I might as well put them to good use. The piglets can grow up to be fat and healthy, and we can slaughter them at the end of the year for the New Year. That would be so practical!"
Shen Xuelin sighed, his brows furrowing tightly.
After a long while, he nodded to Shen Cuifen.
"Alright, it's settled then."
He deftly reached out and took the fifty yuan that Shen Cuifen handed him.
Lu Jianguo was dumbfounded!
His eyes were wide open like copper bells, and his face turned pale and then red.
Not only him, but Lu Zhongping and Yang Juanhua were also stunned.
Yang Juanhua was still clutching her apron in her hand, her mouth agape for a long time.
Lu Zhongping stood there, stunned.
Only Lu Zhonghe was still there, covering his neck and chuckling.
"Are you all conspiring to trick me?"
Lu Jianguo's face turned green.
Shen Xuelin slammed his hand on the table, startling Yang Juanhua.
He stared sharply at Lu Jianguo.
"Who's playing you? You said it yourself, in black and white, clearly stated in front of everyone: the house will be used to pay off the debt! Now that it's been given to us, how we handle the house is none of your business to tell us what to do."
"If you could come up with fifty dollars in cash right now, I wouldn't even want this dilapidated house! The walls are filthy, the paint is peeling off, and the roof leaks. But can you come up with that? If not, shut up!"
He simply and decisively took the fifty yuan out of his pocket and stuffed it into Shen Cuifen's hand.
As Shen Cuifen collected the money, she nodded in agreement.
"Exactly! I still think it's not spacious enough! I'm worried about my piglets feeling cramped! If they catch a cold, it'll be a huge loss. If only we could tear down that wall and expand the space!"
Lu Zhongping felt a chill run down his spine.
What did Shen Cuifen mean by that?
Is your own son less precious than a few pigs?
Sure enough, I was the most insignificant person in this family.
His parents looked down on him, and his younger siblings didn't care about him either.
His older brother lived like a decoration, not even as good as a pig.
Lu Jianguo was so choked up that he couldn't say a word.
He was already starting to regret it; why had he agreed to the divorce in the first place?
Shen Cuifen is gone, the family is broken up, and even the house can't be saved!
Couldn't you have been more careful when you went to find Zhou Yangyu?
I'm bound to get caught red-handed!
The whole village knew about it, and he became the laughing stock of the village!
Just as everyone was arguing and making a fuss.
No one noticed that Lu Zhongping was staring intently at Shen Cuifen, his eyes filled with a sinister light.
While Shen Cuifen was pointing at Lu Jianguo and cursing him incessantly, he suddenly rushed forward.
"Hand over the IOU!"
Lu Zhongping's eyes turned red as he glared fiercely at Shen Cuifen!
Lu Jianguo slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "What a good son!"
At the crucial moment, Zhongping still came up with a plan!
That's a brilliant idea!
That's really a sharp mind!
How come I didn't think of that?
I might as well just snatch it and tear it apart; the worst that can happen is I get a beating!
Without a loan agreement, who would know that money was owed?
"ah……!"
Before Lu Zhongping could even get close, he was kicked away by Shen Yong'an.
Then, with a "bang," it slammed against the corner of the wall.
Lu Zhonghe finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Before he could even laugh out loud, he saw Lu Zhongping struggle to get up from the ground.
Suddenly it turned around and pounced on him.
"Oh my god!"
Lu Zhonghe was so frightened that he was completely taken aback and didn't even have time to react.
As a result, he was pressed down firmly and became Lu Zhongping's cushion.
The back of his head hit the ground with a "thud".
The two of them fell heavily onto the cold, hard ground.
They cried out in pain almost simultaneously, their faces contorted in agony.
"Ouch, my neck is going to break!"
Lu Zhonghe clutched the back of his head, his voice filled with shock, pain, and grievance.
"Oh dear, my stomach feels like it's going to explode!"
Lu Zhongping pressed his hands tightly against his abdomen, breathing heavily.
Upon seeing this, Yang Juanhua immediately stumbled and rushed over.
"Oh my precious grandson! He was beaten by his own uncle! What a terrible thing! Heaven, open your eyes! What kind of world is this? How could he do such a thing? Doesn't he fear retribution?!"
As she spoke, she tenderly helped Lu Zhongping up and then went to pull Lu Zhonghe up as well.
Shen Cuifen was startled by the sudden chaos.
She raised her voice, questioning him angrily.
"Yang Juanhua, don't try to twist the truth here! If he hadn't snatched my IOU from Lu Zhonghe, would things have turned out like this? He started it by grabbing things, so he deserved to be hurt!"
Her gaze swept coldly over the two of them.
"Besides, they are no longer my sons. We have long severed all ties. How could my brother Shen Yongcai be their maternal uncle? Don't use that title to play the victim!"
Regardless of the past life, the one in which she raised with great care only to be betrayed and killed.
It's still the reality of her two sons hurting and scheming against her time and time again in this lifetime.
Her heart had long been riddled with holes and turned completely cold.
From now on, she will have no expectations of them whatsoever.
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhongping stood up angrily.
He glared at Shen Cuifen, his voice trembling but filled with hatred.
"Shen Cuifen, you said those words yourself! You said them with your own mouth! Very well, very well indeed!"
"From this day forward, we have no mother-son relationship! From today onward, you are no longer my mother, and I am no longer your son! You don't need me to see you off when you die!"
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