"It was you! You're the one who caused my parents to fight, weren't you?!"
A teenager rushed out and started berating Chen Suwen, claiming that all the chaos in her family was because of her.
Chen Suwen looked up at the boy, who was only twelve or thirteen years old. His face was still very young, and he was tall and thin. Chen Suwen couldn't help but look at Tan Xiaojuan.
“You’ve raised your son very well; he looks quite tall.”
Yes, this boy, who is only twelve or thirteen years old, is quite tall. In the south, where the average adult male is only a little over 1.6 meters tall, or even a little over 1.5 meters tall, being able to grow to 1.7 meters is indeed tall.
Of course, it's also possible that Tan Xiaojuan and her husband were originally from the North, and they naturally had the genes for being tall, so even after moving to the South, they still managed to raise their child to be tall.
However, after merely praising the child for being tall, Chen Suwen stood up and waved at him, saying, "Do you want to get beaten up too? It seems you don't know my reputation yet?"
You should know that her battle with He Yuxian made her famous in the family compound. Many people would gossip about her behind her back, but they didn't dare to say anything to her face.
This young man, fearless and unafraid, dared to come up to her and point out her mistakes.
"You're saying I caused your parents to fight? Tell me, why did your parents fight? How is it all because of me?"
The Wang family lived next door to her daughter and son-in-law. If Tan Xiaojuan and her husband were arguing, she couldn't possibly have missed the noise.
Although she sleeps very soundly, it doesn't mean she won't be woken up or can't hear others arguing.
She simply developed the ability to sleep even in noisy environments.
Even if I get woken up, I just turn over and go back to sleep.
But it's unlikely that you can't hear a sound at all.
The young boy became even angrier when he saw Chen Suwen's "dead pig doesn't fear boiling water" attitude.
"It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, how could my mom be reading a book all day long, neglecting to wash clothes and cook meals?"
"She even made my dad do the laundry and cook! Aren't laundry and cooking women's jobs? How can my dad, a grown man, do laundry and cook?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Suwen's gaze turned noticeably colder, and her tone was equally icy. "You mean, it's unforgivable for your mother to do the laundry and cooking, and for your father to do it?"
"Isn't that right? My dad is a great hero, a real man, the pillar of our family! How could the head of the family do such a shameful thing?"
Tan Xiaojuan's face darkened upon hearing her son's words. She put down her book, pulled out a bamboo stick from somewhere, and started beating him.
"Wang Shengnan, did I teach you to talk to your elders like this? You don't even know how to be considerate of your mother. What use are you to me?"
Tan Xiaojuan also felt disheartened.
She pampered and protected him like a treasure, and this is how he thinks of her now?
Chen Suwen bluntly pointed out the boy's core thought: "Do you think your mother should be a beast of burden for your family, like a slave with no independent thought, and only have to work?"
"Your mother only needs to serve you and your father; what she thinks is unimportant?"
Before the boy could answer, Tan Xiaojuan couldn't hold back any longer and hit him harder.
"What do you mean, Wang Shengnan? I raised you with my own hands, served you every day, and this is how you think of me?"
"Isn't it good that I enjoy learning? Isn't it good that I'm making progress? You really love your illiterate mother who can't read a single word, don't you?"
"Or do you simply not want me to be your mother?"
Chen Suwen was unmoved as she watched Tan Xiaojuan beat her son, and she wasn't surprised by Wang Shengnan's thoughts.
Many boys rarely empathize with their mothers, even if they appear to be protective of their mothers in novels or videos they've watched.
But in reality, men are more empathetic towards other men, and sons are more protective of their fathers.
People born in the 1970s are even less likely to empathize with their mothers.
If Tan Xiaojuan continues to work hard and serve the whole family like a maid, then of course everyone will be happy.
Once she awakens to the truth and wants to improve, she rekindles her passion for learning and puts aside her housework, which naturally displeases the other beneficiaries.
If Tan Xiaojuan stops doing housework, then who will do it?
Of course, it was done by other people who were usually treated like royalty by her.
Wang Shengnan was angry mainly because Tan Xiaojuan had even learned to make her son clean and fetch water.
As for washing clothes, I was probably worried that my son, who had never done such a job before, wouldn't be able to do it well, so I didn't let him do it.
"I've taken care of you for twelve years, Wang Shengnan. I've washed, dried, and put away your clothes for you. I almost even put them on you."
"I've prepared the food and brought it to you to eat."
"You don't care about me at all now? Am I your mother or your slave, Wang Shengnan?"
"And your dad, does he also think I should serve him and shouldn't have to do any work?"
"You complain so much when I ask you to do laundry. How many men in the neighborhood do laundry for their wives?"
"So you think your dad, Wang Mingqiang, is superior? Making him do your laundry is like insulting him?"
Yes, Song Che wasn't the only man in the family compound who knew how to do laundry; there were several other men in the same household who also did laundry.
Of course, unmarried soldiers wash their own clothes. Their mothers can't accompany them to the army, so who else would wash their clothes if they didn't do it themselves?
In other words, the families of those who got married could accompany the soldiers, and the household chores were then shared among their families.
In fact, most soldiers know how to do laundry, so it's not unusual for Tan Xiaojuan to have her husband do the laundry.
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