Chapter 84: The two sides fought fiercely, and everyone turned their eyes...
Mr. Dong fell, injured his spine, and was sent to the hospital.
The atmosphere in the Dong family had been strained since two of their members were laid off. Now, with Dong Hongfu and Liu Qiang's wife, Ye Jiayi, struggling at work, everyone in the Dong family was like a powder keg, poised to explode.
This time, Mr. Dong fell because of a few meatballs.
Dai Ying returned to her mother's home to attend her nephew's wedding. After the wedding, her mother brought her a box of uneaten meatballs and asked her to take them home to feed her grandson.
Dai Ying brought the meat back, put it in her room, and secretly gave it to her husband and son as a snack.
After Liu Wen discovered that the three of them were having their own private class, he told Liu Qiang, who then told his mother Wang Sumei about it.
The next day at breakfast, Wang Sumei spoke about the incident indirectly.
Dai Ying was a strong-willed person and could not stand Wang Sumei pointing at her nose and scolding her, so she scolded back.
Dai Ying felt that these meatballs were given to her by her mother, so it would not be excessive for her to keep them for her family.
Wang Sumei believed that the family had not been divided. When Dai Ying went to her parents' home for a banquet, the gifts she brought were also from the public treasury, so the meatballs Dai Ying brought back should also be handed over to the public treasury for everyone to eat together.
Dai Ying said that the last time Liu Qiang attended his colleague's son's full moon party, the egg cake he brought back was also eaten secretly by his family.
Liu Wen said that the last time Dai Ying bought breakfast, she secretly bought a fried dough stick for her elder brother Dong Kangtai.
Everyone else in the family had plain porridge and pickles, but Dong Kangtai had fried dough sticks. He cooked his own special meal, not even wiping his mouth clean. He and his sister could see the grease at the corners of his mouth.
Dong Kangtai said that when Wang Sumei stewed chicken in the past, she would secretly keep two pieces of chicken thighs for Liu Wen and Liu Jun to eat.
Besides, this family's surname was Dong, and he was the only grandson of the Dong family. What was wrong with eating more delicious food? Liu Wen and Liu Jun were just outsiders, and the Dong family was willing to take them in, which was already very worthy of them.
Dong Kangtai had long had his eye on the house Liu Qiang and his family lived in. While some of the boys his age already had sons, he was the only one who hadn't had a house, and his blind dates had been unsuccessful.
The marriage of his cousin from my grandmother's side further deepened his dissatisfaction with Liu Qiang's family.
If they could drive Liu Jun and Liu Wen's family out, they would have an extra room in their house, and he would have more confidence when he went on blind dates.
Dong Kangtai's words directly hit Wang Sumei in the heart.
She sat down on the ground, slapped her thighs and started crying. She cried because her ex-husband died early, leaving them an orphan and a widow to be bullied. She also cried because Old Dong was so inhumane that he watched his own son and his family bully her, his stepmother.
She insisted that the boss give her an explanation.
You have to know that before she married Lao Dong, there were more than just widowers who wanted to marry her. If Lao Dong hadn't promised to give her son a place to stay and a job, she would never have married Lao Dong, an old man almost ten years older than her.
When Wang Sumei talked about work, Dong Hongfu became unhappy.
They called Liu Qiang a loser, saying he got the boss's job but was still a temporary worker for over a decade. He was fired just like that. Because he was a temporary worker, he didn't even get much compensation.
He also said that it would have been better to give this job directly to the eldest sister Dong Taohua. You know, Dong Taohua was unfamiliar with the place after going to the countryside, but she was still able to get into the system and become a Women's Federation officer.
If she were to join the steel mill, with her abilities, she could easily rise to the position of managing director. Perhaps she could even find an opportunity to skip the front-line workers and work in the office or the union.
By then, the brother and sister will support each other, and he won't be in such a difficult situation now.
After being scolded, Liu Qiang started to hit back at Dong Hongfu, saying that he had the nerve to call him a waste, and that he, Dong Hongfu, was also a waste.
When his mother passed away, he had already reached the level of a seventh-grade worker and was awarded the honorary title of National Model Worker. When it was his turn, haha, after scheming for more than 20 years, he was still only a third-grade worker when he returned?
His mentor had privately told him countless times that he was an unfilial son. He lacked the ability and could have simply done his duty, but he chose to scheme for personal gain and engage in shameful, scandalous acts.
Liu Qiang's words were harsh and directly touched Dong Hongfu's heart.
You have to know that he has lived his whole life under the halo of his mother, and he hopes to surpass his mother's achievements, so that those who think he is not as good as his mother can see that he, Dong Hongfu, is not a hopeless person.
But the more you want to surpass, the harder it becomes.
His biological mother, Lin Chunya, was a very powerful and strong-willed woman.
But he was too strong and too willful. He took care of both work and housework at the same time, and he worked himself to death. All the wealth he earned in his lifetime went to the women who came after him.
When Xu Heye heard this, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Her grandmother, Lin Chunya, was truly a legendary woman. Xu Heye had heard her mother tell her stories since she was a child, and she was no stranger to her. Ms. Lin Chunya was an orphan, raised in various households. Later, amidst the turmoil of war, she joined the revolution and became a glorious Red Army soldier.
After China was founded, she came to the steel plant and started as a low-level worker. With her diligence and willingness to learn, she gradually rose to the level of a fifth-level worker.
Unfortunately, my childhood was characterized by frequent hunger and overeating, which damaged my foundation. After marriage, I gave birth to four children, which further depleted my Qi and blood.
She's also very strong-willed and works like crazy. The man she married doesn't care about her, but instead argues with his wife over a man's reputation. He doesn't even bother with housework or children. He leaves everything to her, exhausting her to death.
Miao Zhi felt sorry when she thought of that tough and stubborn woman.
She looked at Xu Heye and said seriously, "Heye, remember, when you look for a man in the future, you must open your eyes and look carefully. Don't look for someone like your grandfather. He has no ability, but he can't stand his wife being better than him. When he finds that his wife is more capable than him, he thinks of ways to suppress her and hold her back."
"If your grandmother hadn't gotten married, she might have become an excellent female engineer now!"
At the time, they had no resources, no money, and no skills. The Russian technicians hired by the state were all extremely arrogant. They also loved drinking and were addicted to it.
Lin Chunya, a woman, wanted to learn some skills, so she had a drinking contest with those old Russians. She persisted even when she had stomach bleeding, and managed to get a group of grown men drunk.
Miao Zhi felt sorry for the deceased for a while, and then she began to gloat over his misfortune.
"Your grandpa, you don't cherish good women. As soon as your grandma died, he brought such a woman into the house. Look, now the retribution has come."
Xu Heye sighed.
Even if Old Dong was punished, he'd lived to see his due. For an average person to die at seventy would be considered a happy death. But my grandmother was only in her early forties when she died, a woman's prime.
She glanced towards the operating room, where the lights had just gone out. The door opened from the inside, and the doctor who had been operating on Old Dong came out and asked, "Where are the family members? Have they arrived?"
Dong Fuyun and Dong Hongfu, whose face was covered in claw marks, hurried over to greet them: "Here we are, doctor, the family members are here."
Dong Fuyun said, "Doctor, the family is here. I am the patient's son."
Dong Hongfu also said: "Doctor, I am also the patient's son. How is my father?"
The surgeon, wearing a white robe and a white mask, glanced at the claw marks on Dong Hongfu's face and pretended not to see them.
"The operation was very successful and the patient is fine. However, follow-up care is still necessary. The elderly are old and their recovery ability is not as good, so the family members need to pay attention to their care."
Dong Fuyun: "We understand. Thank you, doctor."
The doctor nodded. "The patient is still under observation and will be transferred to the intensive care unit in about half an hour. He will be observed in the intensive care unit for 24 hours. If there are no problems, he can be transferred to the general ward at this time tomorrow."
The operating room has a sterile passage leading directly to the intensive care unit. Once the nurse has finished treating the patient, they will wheel the patient over. Family members can go directly outside the intensive care unit and wait."
The group was transferred out of the intensive care unit.
Not long after, Old Dong, who was full of tubes and wearing a ventilator, was pushed into the intensive care unit.
The intensive care unit must maintain a sterile environment, and family members are not allowed in. Dong Fuyun leaned against the glass door, staring eagerly at Old Dong inside.
His mother died young, and all his impressions of her came from what his brothers, sisters, and neighbors said. He knew she was a good person, but after all, he had never met her, so he couldn't form an emotional connection with her.
Old Dong is not a good person and is also selfish. But no matter how bad he is, he is still my father.
Seeing Dong Fuyun so worried, Xu Heye hurriedly advised, "Uncle, you're worried. Grandpa will be fine. The doctor said the operation was a success. He'll be transferred to the general ward by this time tomorrow, and then you can go see him."
Good people don't live long, but evil deeds last for thousands of years.
When she died in her previous life, Old Dong was still alive! He was about to become a centenarian.
Dong Fuyun nodded, took a long breath, and looked at Miao Zhi: "Aunt Mei, thank you for sending my dad here."
"Don't be polite, we are neighbors." Miao Zhi said.
Dong Fuyun: "By the way, Aunt Mei, how did my dad fall?" It's a pity for Old Dong. He was afraid of falling when going up and down the stairs, so he walked slowly and steadily. He was obviously not limping, but he still used a cane for support.
Miao Zhi looked at Dong Hongfu somewhat embarrassedly.
"That's all an accident."
At that time, Dong Hongfu was stabbed in the heart by Liu Qiang. In anger and humiliation, he punched him directly.
Wang Sumei couldn't stand seeing her son being beaten by her stepson, so she scratched him and made Dong Hongfu's face covered in blood.
Dai Ying saw her husband being beaten and joined the fight. Ye Jiayi certainly couldn't bear to see her husband and mother-in-law suffer.
Seeing his step-grandmother and her family of three beating his parents, Dong Kangtai joined the fight. Could Liu Wen, the Liu family, just stand by and watch his parents and grandmother get beaten?
The whole family started a fight, from the house to the downstairs.
The two sides fought fiercely, and everyone turned their eyes to Old Dong.
Old Dong was in a dilemma. One of them was his biological son, and the other was his wife. The two sides started fighting. He couldn't help either of them, nor could he not help either of them.
He could only rely on his old age to mediate, but his centrist behavior of sitting on the fence was a capital offense in the eyes of either side.
After a shoving match, neither side was unharmed, with Dong Hongfu suffering minor injuries at best. Old Dong, the man trying to mediate, suffered a terrible setback; he fell flat on his face during the scuffle and injured his lumbar spine.
After hearing the whole story, Dong Fuyun was speechless.
He looked around and found that besides him, Xu Heye and his elder brother Dong Hongfu, the only person present was him.
"Where are the others?" Dong Fuyun asked.
"Well..." Miao Zhi was a little embarrassed, "The others... are all at the police station!"
"What's going on?"
Miao Zhi said, "This happened by accident. My son Xiangyang saw them fighting so hard that he went to the police station to report a group brawl. The police came and arrested everyone."
That's why she came to the hospital with me.
And if Old Dong hadn't injured his spine in the fall and needed a guardian to sign a consent form for surgery, Dong Hongfu would probably be in the police station now.
Dong Fuyun: “…”
It’s so fucking speechless. Open the door for Speechless’s mother. Speechless is home.
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