Chapter 387: Ungrateful
Zhao Liya smiled, "Then what? What if our family encounters trouble next time, and you shrink your necks again? You can take advantage of it when it's beneficial, but you can't share the hardship! After all, you are all old and young, sick and weak, women and children, how pitiful you are. My father and mother should take care of you selflessly and without regrets. Even if you are ungrateful, you will still be labeled as ungrateful! Afterwards, we have to continue to do so without regrets?"
Old Master Zhao San was so angry that he almost fainted. He angrily accused: "You little girl, what do you know? There are so many things involved here, you don't understand at all!"
Mrs. Deng said coldly, "Ya'er is right. Everything is like this. Reciprocity is the norm. Whatever you do to us, we will naturally return it in full. What's wrong with that? Since we are no longer family, I can't say much. In short, everyone should be responsible for their own choices! Go away and don't come here again!"
Zhao Liya sneered, "That's right! Not everyone is worth associating with! Don't worry, my father is busy and has no time to retaliate against you. You don't deserve him to waste his time on you. Just live your lives honestly and peacefully, and that's all. If you dare to stir up trouble behind my back again, hmph, you can try to see what my father will do."
Everyone in the Zhao family was furious.
Widow Qu laughed heartily. "I've really learned a lot today. I've never seen anyone talk about ingratitude and shamelessness so confidently! I mean, your clan really knows how to have fun! Aren't you just afraid of being implicated and only wanting benefits over disadvantages? Why bother saying so much? Do you know the Zhao family's housekeeper Hu? Housekeeper Hu's son accompanied Lord Zhao and his family in exile to Lingnan, and later, housekeeper Hu and his wife also followed. That's what we call loyalty and righteousness! What about you, the Zhao family? Besides shrinking your turtle's neck, what else do you do?"
"Oh, and I see that Lord Zhao has turned things around again, and he's so proud to come and ask for money! Tsk tsk, so there are such good things in the world! How dare you come here? Haven't we expelled Lord Zhao and his family from the clan? Lord Zhao and his family have nothing to do with you now, right?"
"Are you guys worthy of sitting so arrogantly in front of my sister? You come in and start complaining, are you worthy? It seems you haven't even greeted my sister yet? Oh, you really don't understand the rules and etiquette at all! To put it bluntly, this is called shamelessness! No wonder you can do such shameless things!"
Zhao Liya covered her mouth and chuckled: "Auntie is so right!"
Widow Qu laughed out loud: "I'm just telling the truth!"
The Zhao clan members were so angry that they were shaking and wished they could crawl into the ground.
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "You don't know my aunt, do you? My aunt is from Lingnan. When our family was exiled to that village, we had nothing, not even a shabby house. We never dared to imagine that we would ever be able to return to the capital, and no one in the village would have thought so either. Back then, some people even came to our house and tried to steal our things! Fortunately, my aunt and cousin helped us a lot, and we were able to settle down there."
"We're not the kind of people who would be ungrateful. Later, when we had hope for the future, we naturally returned the favor. Look, when we returned to Beijing, we brought our aunt and cousin back with us!"
Widow Qu said with a smile, "Xiaoya, you're just too polite! In this world, there are many ungrateful and shameless people, but there are also many people who have a conscience and know right from wrong. If you can help someone in need, then do so. This is also a way to accumulate good karma!"
Zhao Liya also laughed: "What my aunt said is true, but there are always some people who are only interested in profit and can only see the word profit! How can they care about human feelings and conscience? Even if they are blood relatives, they are still conscienceless!"
The two of them sang the same tune, and not only Old Master Zhao San and Grandma Zhao Si, but even the younger generations felt very uncomfortable and embarrassed.
These words, one by one, mercilessly tore their self-deceiving facade to pieces!
Old Master Zhao San silently stood up and slowly sighed, "I won't argue with you. You simply don't understand, and I can't blame you for thinking that. A clan of hundreds of people can't afford to sacrifice one or two people in vain. That's simply not worth it! If that were the case, with countless lives at stake, would you ever feel at ease? In everything, we must always look forward. Alas, you don't understand, you simply don't understand! Well, there's no point in talking any more! Let's go!"
“Let’s go, let’s go!”
"Let's go!"
The younger ones felt their faces burning and didn't want to stay there any longer.
Deng said calmly, "Then please come in. Everyone, watch your mouths. If we learn of any messy rumors out there, don't blame me for being rude."
"If you are not afraid, you can give it a try."
Everyone in the Zhao family was horrified and left the Zhao house in a panic.
They boarded the dilapidated donkey cart, feeling angry and ready to cry.
"It's so embarrassing! If I had known I wouldn't have come!"
"Just shut up! What shame! It's the Deng mother and daughter who are so mean and mean!"
"That's right, Zhao Xiang definitely doesn't know about this. It's impossible for Zhao Xiang to be so ignorant!"
"Hmph, women are ignorant. If we had known Zhao Xiang wasn't here, we shouldn't have gone in! We wasted all this time trying to explain this to them. We should always put the overall situation first. They don't even understand such a simple truth!"
"Then let's come back next time?"
"I never want to see them again! Ignorant women, such ignorant women!"
The Zhao family members went back dejectedly, and the two elders and Mr. Zhao told the clan leader everything that had happened.
The clan leader's face turned purple, and he managed to force himself to remain calm.
"What nonsense! What do they know?"
"Exactly! It's a pity that Zhao Xiang isn't here today, so the mother and daughter had to argue with each other for nothing."
"We haven't thought it through yet. Let's just go see Zhao Xiang directly next time."
"Yes, this matter should have been discussed with Zhao Xiang. What's the point of looking for them?"
The clan leader sighed and said, "It seems they still hold grudges. Well, let's not argue with them and talk things over slowly. We must let Zhao Xiang return to the clan. If he still holds grudges, I, the clan leader, can personally apologize to him."
"this--"
"father!"
"You don't have to say anything. For the sake of the clan, this is worth it."
While they were still discussing their plan, Zhao Xiang returned home and couldn't help feeling disgusted when he heard his wife and daughter talk about the Zhao clan.
(End of this chapter)
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