Chapter 395
Old Man Duan looked at the six soupy dishes on the table, with only a few slices of meat in them, and fell silent.
He suppressed his emotions for a long time, but finally couldn't help but said gloomily: "I gave you so much money to buy food, and for the New Year's Eve dinner today, you only cooked these few dishes?"
Old Mrs. Tao pretended to be pitiful: "Do you think I don't want you to eat well? It's the New Year, and the price of vegetables has skyrocketed. The little money you gave is not enough to buy meat."
"The money I gave you isn't enough to buy you meat, but it's enough to buy you and the other two new clothes and shoes!" Old Man Duan roared, "Don't think I don't know that you bought new clothes and shoes for your two sons and yourself!"
"You stinky old man, what are you yelling about?" Sanqing threw his chopsticks on the table and yelled back at Old Man Duan: "My mother didn't hide it from you when she bought us new clothes and shoes. What's wrong with you?"
Siqing also spoke up, "If you think the food is not good, just make it yourself! My mom has been busy all day preparing these dishes. It's fine if you don't appreciate her hard work, but you're still nitpicking. What right do you have to be picky?"
"I paid for the groceries, so everything you eat, use, and wear is mine! This home is mine, too! You have no right to interrupt me when I'm speaking!" Old Man Duan shouted loudly with anger, his face turning blue.
Sanqing raised his arm and punched Old Man Duan in the face, knocking his entire body sideways.
Old Mrs. Tao was originally listening to the quarrel leisurely, but she was frightened when she saw Sanqing suddenly hit someone.
"Sanqing!" Old Mrs. Tao shouted in a loud voice.
"Mom, don't worry, I will hold back and won't hurt him badly." Sanqing said.
Only then did Old Mrs. Tao feel relieved and returned to her leisurely demeanor.
She was afraid that Sanqing would really beat Old Man Duan to death, and the situation would end badly.
It is true that everything they live in, eat, wear and use now is provided by Old Man Duan. If something happens to Old Man Duan, she is afraid that they will lose everything they enjoy now.
Old Man Duan covered his face which was hurt by the beating and spat out a tooth that was knocked out.
He was dumbfounded and couldn't believe that these two bastards dared to hit him!
Seeing that Old Lady Tao had no intention of protecting him, he angrily said, "You just let your two sons attack me?! If I hadn't married you, would you be living the life you have now?!"
Old Mrs. Tao resisted the urge to roll her eyes and pretended to reprimand Sanqing: "Can't you just talk nicely? Why did you resort to violence on New Year's Day? Don't be so impulsive."
Sanqing said, "Mom, I'm not impulsive, he forced me to. It's New Year's Day, and he's complaining about this and that. I don't understand why he has so many complaints. If he doesn't like your cooking, he'll make it himself. If he doesn't like you buying him new clothes or shoes, he'll give you money to buy them. The money you used to buy us new clothes and shoes was all saved by you. What does it have to do with him?"
"Your mother doesn't work and doesn't have a pension, so where does she save money? The money she saves is the money I gave her!" Old Man Duan said angrily.
Sanqing waved his fist again.
When Old Man Duan saw this, fear showed on his face and his eyes became evasive.
Sanqing hadn't intended to hit Old Man Duan again. He was afraid that if he punched him again, he would really hurt Old Man Duan and have them take care of him during the New Year. He just wanted to scare Old Man Duan, and seeing that Old Man Duan was obviously scared, he smiled contemptuously.
"She takes care of you all day long, shouldn't you give her money? You still want her to be a free servant?" Sanqing said.
Old Man Duan glared at Sanqing, feeling extremely angry, but he didn't dare to say anything, fearing that Sanqing's fist would fall again.
His current physical condition is not strong enough to withstand a beating, and he cannot beat young people.
However, he was unwilling to hold back his anger.
He could only overturn the table, letting all the dishes roll to the ground, and then he left home angrily.
As he left, he could still hear Sanqing and Siqing cursing.
Sanqing: "You old man, you wasted a whole table of food. My mom spent so much time preparing this."
Siqing: "Fortunately, we didn't pay for the food. He was wasting his own money and food."
Not long after he walked out of the house, Old Man Duan regretted his decision.
That was obviously his home. If anyone was to leave, it should be Sanqing and the other two. Why should he leave?
However, he didn't dare to go back now.
He just overturned the table, and the floor must be a mess now. He was afraid of getting beaten when he got home.
Old Man Duan had no choice but to bite the bullet and leave the compound.
At this time, almost every household was celebrating the New Year together. Hearing the laughter coming from the house from time to time, Old Man Duan felt even more desolate.
Snow began to fall from the sky, and a thin layer of snow soon accumulated on the road.
The children ran out happily to play in the snow, and the adults behind them reminded them to wear more clothes. The scene was warm and festive, making Old Man Duan look even more lonely.
He suddenly remembered that it seemed to have snowed on the day Old Lady Duan passed away.
He began to miss Old Lady Duan, Duan Dawei, Duan's mother, and Caixia. He thought, if Duan's mother came to cook the New Year's Eve dinner, she would definitely not just prepare a few slices of meat, she would definitely prepare a table full of dishes. If Duan Dawei and Caixia were still alive, no matter how angry he was, they would not refute him, let alone hit him.
Old Man Duan sighed with regret and suddenly wanted to go see Duan Dawei.
Old man Duan knew where Duan Dawei lived.
Duan Dawei's current address was told to him by Old Lady Tao. After Duan Dawei left, Old Lady Tao said that even if Duan Dawei moved out, she still had the responsibility to support him and that she had to let Duan Dawei give her a portion of his salary every month.
Old Man Duan thought that what Old Lady Tao said made sense, so he asked Old Lady Tao to do it.
Old Mrs. Tao found out that Duan Dawei was currently renting a house. She originally wanted to report this matter to the relevant departments, leaving Duan Dawei with nowhere to live and forcing Duan Dawei to take his salary back to the Duan family. However, the relevant departments no longer cared about the private rental of houses because there were too many educated youth returning to the city.
When Mrs. Tao's trick didn't work, she went to the gate of Factory 1 to make a scene. However, after being frightened by the people in Factory 1, she didn't dare to make a scene anymore and gave up the idea of asking Duan Dawei for his salary.
On the one hand, Old Man Duan secretly mocked Old Lady Tao for not being able to handle such a small matter. On the other hand, he felt that Duan Dawei's salary was not enough to support Duan's mother and Caixia. He thought that sooner or later the three of them would come back to beg him to let them return to the Duan family. Therefore, he stopped caring about Duan Dawei and just waited for them to come back to him on their own.
At this moment, Old Man Duan unknowingly walked to the place where Duan Dawei and his family lived now.
The lights were on in the house, and although the door was closed, one could hear voices coming from inside the house from time to time.
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