Zhang Xiaolian carefully supported Old Man Zhang and said softly, "Dad, please stop arguing with Mom! It's not good for your health to get angry. Come, come, let me help you go to the bedroom and have a good rest. Actually, I think after this incident, brother won't just listen to Mom like he used to."
Hearing the voice, Zhang Fan quickly stood up, walked quickly to his father, and comforted him sincerely: "Dad, you can relax. I, your son, have understood a lot of things. From now on, I will never blindly follow your mother's arrangements." After that, he gently patted the back of Mr. Zhang's hand to express his determination.
Mr. Zhang's tense face finally relaxed a lot and he nodded slightly.
With Zhang Xiaolian's gentle and careful support, he slowly walked towards the bedroom.
He helped Mr. Zhang lie down, tucked in the quilt carefully for him, and after watching the old man fall asleep peacefully, he gently closed the door and turned to the living room.
She frowned slightly, her eyes inadvertently sweeping over her angry mother sitting on the sofa, and a complex emotion surged in her heart.
Zhang Xiaolian took a deep breath, gathered herself, and then looked straight at her mother, not disguising the dissatisfaction and reproach in her eyes. She said coldly, "Mom, to be honest, as your biological daughter, I really don't want to talk to you like this. But when it comes to my brother's choice of marriage partner, you've really gone too far! How could you completely disregard my brother's feelings and wishes and force the decision on his behalf? Do you know that because of this wrong decision of yours, my brother has been hurt so badly! He almost lost his job! Aren't you heartbroken?"
Chen Juan felt very upset when she heard her daughter say that. She said, "Which child would say that about their mother like you? You unfilial daughter, I really want to beat you up. You're not like your brother at all. Fanfan, look at what your sister said to me, why don't you say something fair?"
Zhang Fan said expressionlessly, "Mom, what kind of fairness do you want me to say? Don't you want me to beat Xiaolian?"
After saying that, he walked into his bedroom without looking back.
Zhang Xiaolian said, "It's because my brother listened to you that you've ruined him. I'm not saying anything bad about you, but my sister-in-law is hundreds of times better than this Liu Tingting. She made the whole house a mess the day she came into the house."
Chen Juan frowned and said anxiously, "Oh, this isn't Tingting's fault! It's all caused by that barefoot doctor's son. That little guy is so naughty, who would have thought he would cause such a big disaster?"
Zhang Xiaolian's eyes widened as she stared at Chen Juan in disbelief. She said unhappily, "What's the big deal? It was just someone stepping on your wedding dress. Why are you fussing over a four or five-year-old? I'm so impressed! Mom, you too, I don't understand. What kind of magic potion did your best friend give you to make you so devoted and devoted to her?"
Just as the mother and daughter were arguing, there was a rapid knock on the door outside.
Zhang Xiaolian and Chen Juan confronted each other, and neither of them opened the door.
At this moment, a rapid and loud shout suddenly came from outside the tightly closed door. The voice sounded obviously from a woman: "Xiaojuan! Open the door quickly! Open the door quickly..."
Chen Juan frowned slightly, and quickly put on the serious and somewhat dignified look of an elder. She ordered her daughter in an unquestionable tone, "Xiao Lian, are you deaf? Didn't you hear someone knocking at the door? Go open the door for your aunt quickly."
Zhang Xiaolian went to open the door very reluctantly. When she opened the door, she saw a woman with disheveled hair standing at the door.
When she saw this man, her face darkened and she said rudely, "How dare you come to our house? Do you think this matter is not a big deal?"
After saying that, Zhang Xiaolian was about to close the door to prevent her from coming in. In a flash, the person standing at the door put his foot against the door.
She shouted loudly: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law..."
The person who came was none other than Liu Tingting's mother, Zhang Shaofang, who was Chen Juan's good friend at the cotton mill.
Although this person is old, she is still plump. Many people pursued her when she was young, but she met the wrong person. She married the son of a factory director. Not long after, her husband was beaten to death in a fight between gangs. Later, she married a drunkard and gave birth to Liu Tingting. It must be said here that Liu Tingting inherited her mother's beauty.
Liu Tingting's biological father was a demon! He became a completely different person the moment he touched a little alcohol, completely ignoring his family. Once drunk, he would unleash his fists on his family like a wild animal, and Zhang Shaofang was the first to bear the brunt of the beatings.
Every time Zhang Shaofang was beaten while drunk, she suffered severe physical and mental damage, with new wounds piling up on old ones. She was often beaten to a state of bruises all over her body, which was a horrible sight.
However, Zhang Shaofang, who wanted to escape this nightmare marriage, found that she could not escape at all. Due to various reasons, divorce became a luxury for her.
In this way, days passed by in endless pain and suffering. Until Liu Tingting was three years old, fate seemed to have finally given up on the misery and brought a glimmer of hope to the family.
That day, Zhang Shaofang's alcoholic husband was drunk and staggering on the road. He accidentally fell into a stinking sewage well on the side of the road. Although people found him in time and launched a rescue, they were ultimately unable to save his life.
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