"My three brothers drink, gamble, and smoke. They're idle all day long. They're in their twenties and don't even have a stable job. They eat and drink at home every day. They're very well-behaved."
"..." Shi Dujuan choked, then said angrily: "How dare you say that about your brothers?!"
"Did I say something wrong?!"
"Of course you're wrong! Which of your three brothers is not more obedient and sensible than you!"
"Sensible?" Tian Xiaohua smiled. "Mom, you're not so stupid that you don't know. I've been working for so many years. With your thriftiness, our family wouldn't be rich, but at least we wouldn't still be living in that shabby house and starving."
"Where's the money I earned all these years? Did rats eat it all?"
“…”
Looking at Shi Dujuan's guilty expression, Tian Xiaohua's eyes reddened and she smiled.
"If I'm not mistaken, you gave all the money to my three brothers after you got it from me."
"...Nonsense!" Shi Dujuan refused to admit it out of guilt.
"Don't explain. It's not like I haven't seen it before, and it's not like I've only seen it once."
“…”
Having her little thoughts exposed, Shi Dujuan was extremely dissatisfied: "Your three brothers are so old, how can they live without some money! Especially your eldest brother, he got married and had a child, so you should give more. As a younger sister, you should help him!"
"Then do you know what my three brothers do outside with the money?" Tian Xiaohua asked.
“…”
Looking at Shi Dujuan's confused expression, Tian Xiaohua knew that she definitely didn't know.
"My eldest brother likes to drink. He has a lot of drinking buddies. Because he cares about his reputation, he says he has family problems and has hundreds of thousands of yuan in savings. Then others try to trick him into buying good wine. My eldest brother is afraid of losing face, so every time someone asks him to buy wine, he buys good wine that costs several thousand yuan a bottle."
Shi Dujuan was stunned.
"My third brother started smoking when he was eleven or twelve. At first, he smoked pipe-type cigarettes, which were relatively cheap. Later, when he heard that people in the city didn't smoke those cigarettes anymore and that the ones they smoked were better and more expensive, he became extravagant. Now he's been a heavy smoker for over a decade. When he's addicted, a pack a day is not enough."
Shi Dujuan was stunned again. Her obedient and smart little son turned out to be a heavy smoker!?
Tian Xiaohua seemed not to notice Shi Dujuan's expression and continued speaking.
"My eldest and third brothers are fine. If they are really determined to quit smoking and drinking, they can still be saved. But my second brother has gone completely crazy."
She stared at Shi Dujuan with red eyes: "Mom, guess what my second brother did outside?"
“…”
"Gambling, he gambles!"
“…”
"I don't know how much he owes, but it must be thousands if not tens of thousands!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Shi Dujuan was so excited that he stood up and was about to hit Tian Xiaohua.
"You money-loser, who allowed you to say that about your brother? I'll beat you to death..."
Tian Xiaohua pushed Shi Dujuan hard with red eyes, and she fell to the ground again. This time her elbow was also broken.
"As expected, I've explained it so clearly, but you still protect them. Mother, can you tell me the truth? Is it because you like your son, so you have always protected my third brother since he was a child, and my brother doesn't like me, or is it..."
Tian Xiaohua didn't have the courage to say the rest of the words, her lips trembling: "It's because I'm not your biological daughter that you treat me like this."
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