Faced with this one-sided public opinion, Zhou Tiemei was extremely anxious, tears streaming down her face, and she quickly shook her husband beside her.
"Jiecheng, explain yourself quickly."
Actually, Zhou Tiemei can't be blamed for this. You have to understand that in this era, a bad reputation is a big deal, especially when it comes to being labeled as unfilial.
If he went out like that, he'd be drowned in people's spittle.
Yan Jiecheng, on the other hand, was not flustered at all. He first reassured his wife and then slowly spoke.
"Dear elders, you can't just listen to my dad's side of the story. As everyone knows, my dad is notoriously calculating, and I have no choice but to do this."
When I was a temporary worker, I had to give my family 5 yuan a month for living expenses. Later, when I became an apprentice in the factory, they raised my salary to 10 yuan.
I've never said anything about these things, but now that I'm a full-time employee, he wants me to pay an extra 5 yuan. What about in the future? There's no limit to how much he'll pay.
You all tell me, is this really like father and son? Every single person in this courtyard, do you know any father who would scheme against his son like this?
Well! After Yan Jiecheng dropped this bombshell, the neighbors in the courtyard all turned their guns on Yan Bugui and began to verbally attack him.
"Tsk tsk! I knew it! This Yan Laokou is really ruthless. When he gets ruthless, he doesn't even spare his own people. His scheming is unmatched."
"Exactly, they're just sucking the blood out of their son, instead of reflecting on their own actions, they're blaming their son for being unfilial. They're really disgracing our hospital."
"You're kidding me. Strictly speaking, Yan Bugui isn't one of our people. He's just a tenant here. You can't lump him together like that. We can't afford to lose face like that."
Hearing the neighbors' comments, two people at the scene felt uncomfortable.
One of them is Yi Zhonghai, which is tantamount to negating what he said before, so he felt a little uncomfortable, but he would not go up to speak up for him.
Another one, of course, is Yan Bugui. Being scolded by so many neighbors, anyone would feel uncomfortable in that situation.
At this point, in an attempt to turn the tide, he repeatedly considered in his mind whether there were any people in the courtyard whose situation was similar to his own.
"Xu Damao? Liu Guangtian? Sha Zhu? Sun...? Sigh! None of these are suitable."
After much thought, Yan Bugui actually came up with a name: the Jia family.
But Jia Zhangshi is still in prison and hasn't shown her face for several years, so it's not appropriate to bring her up in public.
Left with no other option, Yan Bugui had only one last trick up his sleeve: playing the victim.
So, disregarding his own shame, he forced out two tears and began to sob.
"What do you people know! I don't have a job. As the eldest child in the family, shouldn't Jie Cheng shoulder the responsibility of supporting the family? Do you want to see our whole family starve to death?"
"Well……?"
After hearing Yan Bugui's words, the fence-sitters' neighbors will start criticizing Yan Jiecheng again.
But this time Lin Wencui didn't give them a chance. If they keep pulling each other like this, will they even eat?
So she decided to speak the truth.
"Uncle Yan, did you only recently lose your job? Didn't your family struggle to make ends meet when your son was doing odd jobs? If I'm not mistaken, you had to pay your family's taxes after liberation, right? How could you have starved to death?"
Lin Wencui's series of questions drew everyone's attention back to Yan Jiefang.
But Yan Jiefang hung his head and remained silent. His aggrieved expression made it clear without asking that what Lin Wencui said was true.
Faced with this series of questions, Yan Bugui was speechless and could only repeatedly signal to his wife with his eyes, asking her to come out and say a few words.
But what could Aunt Yan say? After all, these were facts, so she could only pretend not to see them.
Seeing that no one spoke, Lin Wencui really wasn't going to waste any more time, so she had no choice but to ask Yan Jiecheng for his opinion.
"Jiecheng, your dad probably realizes his mistake. What are your thoughts now?"
"Auntie, things have gotten to this point, I'm not going to put up with it anymore. Let's just break up! It'll be better for everyone that way."
"you…?"
Yan Bugui was furious and started cursing at his son.
"Fine, fine! What an ingrate! Get lost! You really think you can't live without me? Let me tell you, you'll regret this."
At this point, Aunt Yan couldn't just stand there dumbly, so she quickly stepped in to smooth things over.
"Jiecheng, you can't be foolish. Quickly apologize to your father. Why are you acting like a child? You're just making a fool of yourself in front of outsiders."
"Why are you trying to persuade him? If he wants to leave, let him leave. But let me make this clear: he can't take anything from this house with him."
Yan Bugui finally understood: "I have 8,000 yuan in my hands, why should I have to be at your beck and call? No way!"
"Okay, okay, Mom, you heard that too. I don't want the things. If you need anything in the future, don't come to me. We'll leave tonight and go to the neighborhood office tomorrow to complete the separate household registration procedures."
Furthermore, I ask all my neighbors to bear witness that I, Yan Jiecheng, am leaving this house with nothing today. From now on, whatever happens in this household will have nothing to do with me.
After speaking, Yan Jiecheng turned to look at Zhou Tiemei.
"Wife, pack our clothes, we don't need anything else."
Seeing that the die was cast and knowing that further words would be of no use, Zhou Tiemei could only walk back to her room with tears in her eyes.
A moment later, when she came out of the room again, she was carrying two packages and didn't know where to go.
"Jiecheng, where are we going now?"
"Let's take it one step at a time! Don't worry, we won't end up homeless."
After speaking, Yan Jiecheng, being quite considerate, bowed to the neighbors in the courtyard to say goodbye before finally walking out of the courtyard…
Seeing her son leave, Aunt Yan was so angry that she stomped her feet and punched Yan Bugui a few times.
"Honey, why didn't you stop them?"
"Come on! You still haven't figured it out? That brat came prepared and already found a place. Even if I stop him, do you think he'll come back?"
Yan Bugui replied irritably, then walked into the house.
Seeing that there was no excitement to be had, the onlookers dispersed without Lin Wencui having to tell them to, since it was cold outside and getting cold wouldn't be worth it.
However, today's incident also served as a reminder to everyone in the compound that they should be less calculating in the future, otherwise, even their own sons will not be able to survive.
On their way back to the backyard, Liu Haizhong and his wife discussed this matter.
"Honey, do you think Guangtian is thinking of separating from the family and living on his own because he rarely comes back these days?"
"No way, right? Honey, we even bought meat to celebrate yesterday. Besides, we didn't ask him for living expenses, so why would we hate him?"
Although his wife's analysis made a lot of sense, Liu Haizhong didn't think so.
The thought of always being served by Seven Wolves made him feel uneasy.
“Honey, why don’t we find Guangtian a girlfriend soon, so he won’t have to stay in the dormitory every day?”
“Sure! Aunt Yan said yesterday that she would help introduce someone, so let’s take a look in the next couple of days.”
"Then let's hurry!"
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