Can the nature of Chapter 816 be the same?
"You child, you're still stirring things up at a time like this!" Shen Chengcheng said to Shen Ci with dissatisfaction.
Shen Ci said coldly, "I didn't stir up trouble. The jewelry my mother gave to my grandmother belongs to her. My grandmother has the right to use that jewelry for anything, and my mother will not interfere."
“But it’s only right that my mom is filial to my grandma, she doesn’t owe you anything.”
Shen Jingjing was furious that her younger brother had squandered all the money she had lent him in just over two months.
Although I never thought he would actually use the money for anything worthwhile when I lent it to him, I never imagined it would be gone so quickly.
That's fifty yuan! In a place like Longyang, some people don't earn that much money in ten years.
The old lady didn't want to make a big deal out of her eldest son's feelings, and although she was angry, she knew she couldn't ignore her younger son.
He ripped the gold bracelet off his wrist, then untied the necklace and stuffed it into Chen Chengcheng's hands: "Go sell it to pay back the money."
After saying this, the old lady turned and went into the house.
“Auntie is so straightforward. Let’s go. With gold prices so high right now, we should be able to sell quite a bit of this. We can talk about it if we need more.” Huanzi’s face lit up with joy, and as she spoke, she pulled Chen Chengcheng away.
Shen Mingming's face turned red with anger, but her younger brother was just that kind of unreliable person. He was such a grown man, and scolding him was completely useless.
"I'm going to check on Mom," Shen Mingming said before heading to the old lady's room.
Shen Jingjing sighed helplessly: "Let's go see Zheng Hong."
In the end, only Shen Ci was left in the courtyard. After sitting for a while and finishing cracking the melon seeds in her hand, she got up, clapped her hands, and went out.
Inside Zheng Hong's room, she sat on the bed wiping away tears.
Tao Tao kept comforting them from the side. When he saw Shen Jingjing and Shen Yingying come in, he quickly stood up and greeted them: "Auntie, Auntie."
Upon seeing Shen Jingjing, Zheng Hong couldn't stop her tears: "Big sister, how can he be like this? You lent him so much money, and he gambled it all away in such a short time."
"He went out to gamble?" Shen Jingjing frowned.
Shen Yingying also asked, "When did it start?"
Zheng Hong cried and said, "It's been so many years. Ever since he met those shady friends outside, he started gambling. At first, it was just small betting, and sometimes he could even win some. I never thought that this time he would take all the money he had in his hands and gamble it all away. He really dares to do that!"
"Sister, it's fifty yuan. He didn't even think about using that money for Tao Tao. He has no sense of responsibility or duty as a father."
The Shen sisters exchanged a speechless glance. After so many years away, they hadn't expected Chengcheng to be even less reliable than when he was a child.
But there was nothing they could say or do about it. Although she was the older sister, it was ultimately Shen Chengcheng's own business.
It's just a pity for Zheng Hong.
The old lady was equally furious, and felt incredibly ashamed.
She was especially ashamed to look at her eldest daughter's face. It was her daughter who insisted on helping her son ask her for money. Now that such a mess had happened, no matter how biased the old lady was, she couldn't be completely indifferent.
Especially since her eldest daughter was so filial to her when she came back this time.
The atmosphere at home remained tense until evening. Zheng Hong usually cooked, but seeing what had happened to the second son's family, Wang Chunyan took the initiative to go into the kitchen to cook.
When it was time to eat, Shen Ci, who had been out for a stroll all day, returned carrying a bright red bag.
A subdued silence hung over the dinner table. Zheng Hong didn't come out, and everyone ate in silence.
Wang Chunyan set aside some food for herself: "I'll take it to Zheng Hong."
Shen Chengcheng raised her eyelids guiltily, too embarrassed to speak.
"grandmother."
At this moment, Shen Ci suddenly spoke. She looked at the old lady with a smile, picked up the bag at her feet, and walked over: "This is for you."
The old lady was taken aback, and subconsciously reached out to take it, but looked at her eldest daughter with a puzzled expression.
Shen Jingjing didn't know what Aci had bought, but she was happy that her daughter had taken the initiative to buy something for her grandmother, so she said to the old lady, "Mom, open it and take a look."
The old lady took the box out of the bag. She was very familiar with this process because she had done it before.
Upon opening it, there was indeed a gold bracelet inside.
The other box contained a gold necklace.
It wasn't sold by Chen Chengcheng, but rather a different, newer style.
Everyone at the table was shocked, including the old lady…
Shen Ci said, "Grandma, my mom asked me to buy you a new one."
The old lady was stunned, looking at her daughter with a shocked expression: "Jingjing..."
Shen Jingjing snapped out of her daze. Although she hadn't asked her daughter to buy it, since her daughter had said so, she had to go along with it: "If you run out, just buy a new one. It's okay, Mom. I know you like this."
But Chen Chengcheng objected: "Sister, you were planning to buy Mom a new one anyway, so why bother with all that trouble? You could have just given me the money directly."
"They're definitely selling it for less than you bought it for, so they're losing a lot of money!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Ci's expression changed, and she looked at her second uncle and said, "Second Uncle, it's my business if Grandma sells her jewelry to pay off your debts."
“My mom feels sorry for my grandma, so it’s my mom’s job to buy her a new set.”
"What if my mom just gives you the money directly? Is that the same thing?"
Shen Ci did this on purpose. These days she could see that her mother's filial piety towards her grandmother was not just out of obligation and responsibility, and her grandmother was also slowly undergoing some subtle changes in her attitude towards her mother.
She wanted her grandmother to know and understand that the money spent on her grandmother was her mother's filial piety, and that her mother had no responsibility or obligation to cover up her second uncle's expenses.
Shen Chengcheng was speechless, nodding angrily and helplessly.
Just then, Zheng Hong suddenly came out from the back room, her eyes red and swollen but her expression indifferent.
It seemed that after a good cry, she had figured out a lot of things.
She stood to the side, not taking a seat, but staring intently at Chen Chengcheng, her cold gaze filled with endless disappointment and hatred.
The next second, she said, "Let's get a divorce. We'll go through the formalities tomorrow."
Everyone was shocked, and Shen Chengcheng even jumped up from her stool: "What did you say?"
"divorce."
Zheng Hong remained calm, her tone cold and firm, clearly indicating that this was a decision she had made after considering it all afternoon.
Upon hearing his mother's words, Tao Tao did not react excessively; he simply lowered his head silently.
"Zheng Hong, are you crazy? We've been married for twenty years, and now you want a divorce?" Shen Chengcheng looked at Zheng Hong in disbelief, her heart pounding wildly.
Zheng Hong's calmness frightened him.
"Shen Chengcheng, in twenty years, have I ever relied on you even once?" Zheng Hong coldly shook her head: "Not even once. I earn the money, I raise the children, but what about you? What have you done for me and for Tao Tao?"
She didn't wait for Shen Chengcheng's answer, nor did she need it, because she knew Shen Chengcheng wouldn't be able to say anything.
"If you don't show up by nine o'clock tomorrow morning, I'm going to file for divorce."
(End of this chapter)
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