As soon as these words were spoken, the people watching around immediately exploded and started talking about it.
"If you send twenty dollars there every month, it's almost equivalent to a temporary worker's hard-earned wages for an entire month.
Captain Zhou, you must think carefully about this matter. After all, your own family also needs your care."
The highly respected Uncle Li, the captain's family member, had a solemn look on his face, and his tone was mixed with a hint of blame and deep worry.
"That's right, Captain Zhou. We're all old neighbors living in the same compound. Everyone knows you've always been kind-hearted and helpful. But even if you're a kind-hearted person, you can't always let yourself suffer losses and grievances."
Aunt Li on the side couldn't help but join in the persuasion.
Captain Zhou realized that he had always ignored the real needs of this family and the feelings of his wife and children.
He clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms, as if this could alleviate the pain and self-blame in his heart.
"I...I was wrong." Captain Zhou's voice was low and hoarse. He slowly stood up, walked to Mrs. Zhou, and bowed deeply.
"I'm sorry, I ignored your feelings and failed to fulfill my responsibilities as a husband and a father. I will change in the future and work hard to make this family a better place."
Mrs. Zhou's eyes instantly became moist, and tears flowed down her cheeks like a flood that had broken through a dam, no longer able to be suppressed.
She stared straight at Captain Zhou, her sincere and unwavering eyes like a burning flame, burning every corner of her heart.
Gradually, the resentment that had accumulated in my heart began to dissipate like smoke.
In fact, she has always known in her heart that Captain Zhou is by no means a cold-blooded person.
The reason why he is so dedicated to taking care of his nephew is simply because of his kind heart and strong sense of responsibility.
However, even though she understood these things, she still couldn't let go completely. So, after taking a deep breath, she mustered up the courage to express her concerns and dissatisfaction to Captain Zhou:
“I have never stopped you from caring for and taking care of your nephew, but for some reason, every time I heard your sister-in-law talk about the child’s situation, I always felt that she was not telling the truth.
Think about it, what child in this world gets seriously ill every month? And every time you say you only need to send 20 yuan to your nephew, what's the reality? Every time you send him 30, 40, or even more yuan!
Our family depends on your meager salary to survive. A family of four can only make ends meet by living frugally.
But now, the expense of sending money to your nephew is almost enough to make ends meet!"
Listening to his wife's merciless criticism, Captain Zhou's face became increasingly ugly, and a nameless anger suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart.
He widened his eyes, glared at Mrs. Zhou, and shouted:
"You, you're talking nonsense!"
"I'm talking nonsense? Humph! Think about it carefully. Every month, when you add up all the miscellaneous wages you get, isn't almost half of it taken away by your sister-in-law?"
When Mrs. Zhou saw that Captain Zhou was defending her, the little understanding in her heart suddenly disappeared to Java.
She was furious, with a look of desperation, as if she was really going to throw her whole body into a commotion. Her outburst immediately stirred the crowd around her who had been watching the scene quietly.
Everyone turned their eyes to Captain Zhou, who was standing silently by the side. The sympathy, pity, and tolerance that were originally contained in their eyes disappeared at this moment, and were replaced by full of incomprehension and disagreement.
You know, Captain Zhou earns more than 80 yuan a month.
If, as Mrs. Zhou said, he sent ten yuan to his parents in his hometown every month and gave another forty yuan to his sister-in-law's family, then wouldn't there only be twenty or thirty yuan left for the couple to live on? No wonder Mrs. Zhou always lived so frugally on weekdays.
"Isn't it a bit too much to send so much money to my sister-in-law's family every month?"
"It's more than 40 yuan, that's two people's salary."
"If you don't know, you might think it's to support your own wife."
While everyone was discussing this, Mrs. Wang raised the key question for everyone:
"Captain Zhou, even if your nephew is often sick and needs medical treatment, isn't it a bit too much to send 40 yuan to your widowed sister-in-law all at once?"
As soon as this question was asked, the noise in the crowd instantly died down, and everyone once again focused their attention on Captain Zhou, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation.
Captain Zhou sighed helplessly and said:
"The reason I sent so much money back home was because my nephew was in poor health and had to go to the hospital every few days to see a doctor and get medicine. These expenses are not small. I can't just watch him suffer. Besides, every penny I sent back was used in the right way. I definitely didn't squander it."
After saying this, Captain Zhou seemed to be deflated suddenly, and he looked extremely tired and exhausted.
Mrs. Zhou said, "Okay, okay, whatever you say is what it is." Mrs. Zhou was a little discouraged. She knew what kind of man she had.
"Just now, didn't Mrs. Zhou say that your nephew is as strong as a calf? Why does he still go to the hospital so often? Captain Zhou, have you ever taken your child to the hospital?"
Someone questioned.
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