Chapter 324 Heartbreaking
Song Chunxue led them to the main house.
The elderly couple looked around, and every corner of the courtyard made their eyes gleam with greed and delight.
"Sit down. I'm sure you've already eaten, so I won't prepare breakfast for you." Song Chunxue called out to the outside, "Hongying, bring some water."
Jiang Hongying looked at He Chuan and said, "Go ahead, those are your parents."
She wiped the stove with a rag. The stove, paved with polished pebbles, was beautiful, and even colorful.
Things are different now. She lives in the courtyard bought by her mother's senior brother, and she doesn't have to worry about the He family's attitude when eating. She can also order He Chuan around with a clear conscience.
Indeed, a married woman's confidence comes from her family.
She could give herself some of the remaining money, but she wasn't that fierce. She was naturally gentle and couldn't learn the kind of temper that makes her go crazy when she's unhappy.
Otherwise, she could also give herself confidence.
However, she couldn't bring herself to be ruthless in front of He Chuan's mother. Perhaps her fate was simply not as strong as her mother's. She couldn't help but feel afraid when she saw the look in He Chuan's mother's eyes.
Besides, He Chuan's mother is plump and strong; if she were to actually fight, she would only be the one getting beaten up.
He Chuan scooped the boiled water into the teapot, then took some tea leaves from the exquisite teacup, poured in the hot water, and placed it on a tray, intending to take it to the main house.
“I’ve always heard that wealthy families serve tea to their guests as soon as they enter the house. Who knew I’d be serving tea to my parents today?”
Jiang Hongying put down the rag, suppressing a laugh, and asked, "And then?"
“As a son, my parents must feel terrible. I don’t know if they’ll be happy for me.” He Chuan sighed. “I could never drink tea from such a fancy teacup on my own.”
Jiang Hongying looked at him calmly, thinking that he had been eating well these past two days and hadn't been working so hard, so his mind had become sharper.
She was able to see through He Chuan's thoughts, thinking that she was just guessing.
“If my mother were like your mother, she would be sad for you, but now that we live in such a magnificent courtyard, she should be smiling in her sleep for you.”
"Otherwise, she wouldn't be a normal woman. She wouldn't be good to her son, and she might even be jealous of you."
Jiang Hongying said calmly, "Believe it or not, she'll be sarcastic and say to you later that you're protecting me and that you're disowning your mother now that she's rich."
"If you soften your heart, she'll take the opportunity to move in, under the guise of serving us, serving our daughter-in-law, believe it or not?"
He Chuan was stunned. Although he knew his mother had a bad temper, he didn't think she was that kind of person.
Without saying a word, he carried the tea tray to the main room.
"Mother, Father."
He Chuan wanted to offer his parents tea, but the words wouldn't come out.
They had never brewed tea like this in their entire lives; he was afraid of being scolded.
He was born into a poor family and should not forget his roots.
"Oh, Chuan'er, you're even serving tea to your parents? Such beautiful teacups, we can't afford to drink from them, what if you get them dirty?" He Chuan's mother said irritably, "Are you showing off to your mother?"
"..." The guilt that had just arisen suddenly turned into sadness, like waterlogged willow catkins falling into the soil.
The children were all avoiding him, and as their son, he couldn't turn a blind eye.
This is the first time he's left everything behind to live away from home. Whether or not they will separate in the future, he still needs to discuss it with his parents.
If his parents were willing to give him a piece of land to build a small yard so he could continue farming, he would consider continuing to take care of them.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" He Chuan's mother sneered. "You've grown wings and don't recognize your mother anymore? Are you really planning to become someone's live-in son-in-law?"
"I raised you with all my hard work, and it's not as important as a few kind words from your mother-in-law. Do you think that just because you live in this courtyard, it's yours?"
"Let me tell you, from now on everyone in the village will say you're a freeloader, living off your wife's family. Do you really think you're a human being?"
He Chuan clenched his fists, his heart sinking to the bottom.
"So, what does Mother intend to do?"
He Chuan took a deep breath. "Would you let me build a yard on the land? I've been talking about this for two years. Since you don't like Hongying, we'll live separately. We won't abandon you when you're old. We'll both do the farm work. It'll be okay if Mom cooks a couple of meals for the children..."
He was too angry to say anything more.
His hard work and dedication, even serving meals to his parents after Hongying was beaten, only resulted in them taking advantage of him.
He did nothing but tell Hongying to endure it again and again.
No wonder Hongying considered divorcing him.
"Your second brother and sister-in-law are so filial, did they bring you food and feed the livestock last night?"
He suppressed his anger and tried to speak calmly, "I've been honest and hardworking these past few years, never complaining, and my mother thinks I'm stupid. Even if she treats me badly, I should still be filial, right?"
“My second brother and sister-in-law always watch the show with sarcasm and ridicule, talking without any sense of the pain. They won’t even carry a bucket of water for you, but they came all the way here to laugh at Hongying when she was beaten. Doesn’t Mother know that Hongying and I are husband and wife, that we are one, and that laughing at her is laughing at me?”
"Everyone says I'm stupid and honest, so does Mother think I don't know what it's like to be insulted and ridiculed?"
These words shocked He Chuan's parents, who looked at their usually quiet son in disbelief.
"You..." the old woman pointed at He Chuan angrily, "We can talk about these things at home, family scandals shouldn't be aired in public..."
"I know that family scandals shouldn't be aired in public. My mother-in-law came all this way, but you kicked them out. I left with the child, and you're still unhappy. Do you know that I also have to save face?"
Sitting quietly to the side, Song Chunxue looked at him with tears welling up in her eyes. She saw the shadow of the Third Child from her past life in him.
"Bang!" Old Mrs. He slammed her hand on the table in anger. "How dare you talk back to your own mother like that in front of outsiders? Did you even consider my feelings?"
He Chuan sniffed and turned his face away.
"Now that you're all high and mighty, you're always protecting Hongying, as if your mother is the real villain. I'm just a bit short-tempered, it's not like I'm deliberately trying to pick a fight with you, is it really necessary to criticize me like this?"
She got more and more excited as she spoke, pointing outside the door and saying, "You all dress so well now, living in such a spacious courtyard, and you think you can just recognize someone else as your mother?"
"I've wasted all these years raising you. If I'd known you'd be so ungrateful..."
“We may not have money, but surely we have a place to build a yard?” He Chuan retorted, “What did you say when I wanted to build a yard and move out?”
He Chuan stood up angrily, "Do as you please. I'm greedy for money now, and I'm willing to be someone else's son. At least they don't treat me like a human being just because I have nothing."
Halfway there, he turned back and took the tea tray that was on the table.
"He Chuan, you stop right there! Do you know whose belly you came from?" Old Mrs. He was so angry that she took off her shoes.
"Alright, alright, what are you doing? Trying to cause trouble in my house?" Song Chunxue said coldly. "Do you only feel comfortable when you beat your own son in front of me, an outsider?"
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