Old Mrs. Zhang held the hand of her caring eldest son and glared at Zhang Hao hatefully.
He's such an ungrateful guy. I've raised him for so many years in vain!
Zhang Wenyu helped his curled-up father up, frowning slightly.
"Uncle, why are you being so hypocritical? My grandma did all this for you! You pretend to be a good son while using my grandma to suck my family's blood. Now that you've had enough, you still want to scold the person who provided blood for your family?!"
A fierce look flashed in Zhang Hua's eyes and his face darkened.
"Why are you butting in when the adults are talking? You're so disrespectful to your elders! You really should learn from your sister Shu Ting, so that you won't be criticized by others for having no manners in the Zhang family!"
"Who are you saying has no rules?!"
Zhang's mother didn't want to continue pampering this family. Seeing Zhang Hua turn his attention to Zhang Wenyu, she rushed over and scolded him.
"How dare you say Wenwen is unruly? I think you are the most unruly ones! You are so biased. Even if you can't treat your sons equally, you shouldn't praise one son to the sky and trample on the other! And the younger one, hehe, Wenwen is much more sensible than your two children! At least Wenwen wouldn't steal money from other people's homes and frame them after being caught. And he wouldn't spread rumors and slander her maliciously just because he's jealous of his cousin!"
"As for you two, you're even more disgusting. You took advantage of my mother's favoritism and made her, who's over 70 years old, go to my brother's house and cause trouble, just to seek benefits for yourself. Yet you pretend to be the good guys, condescendingly blaming the real victims. How much have you taken from my house over the years? How much money have you taken from us through your mother? You two healthy people don't work hard to earn money, but instead you keep your eyes on your brother's family. How dare you criticize others?!"
Seeing that she was affected, Zhang Hua’s wife Wenxia no longer hid behind.
"I say, my sister-in-law is too angry today! What do you mean by us seeking benefits for ourselves? It was the old lady who asked you for money, and it was your husband who agreed to pay. We never asked your family for money! Besides, the matter of old-age care was also agreed upon in the beginning. My family is the eldest, and the old lady lives in my house. So my family put in the work and your family paid. You can't deny it and want to push the responsibility of the old lady's care to my family!"
Mother Zhang was so angry that she laughed at Wenxia's words.
"Push it onto your family? You're just looking for work for yourselves! Where were you all when the old lady was injured and hospitalized? It wasn't Zhang Hao and I who paid for it, and took turns taking leave to take care of her! And the time the old lady had a fever, you just dumped her at my door, took the living expenses I had just taken from my family for her, and went traveling. Weren't we the ones who took her to the hospital?! You still have the nerve to say your family contributed to the effort? Were you there when the old lady needed you that time?!"
Wenxia refused to admit these things and pointed at Zhang's mother and said angrily.
"You, you're talking nonsense!"
Zhang's mother refused to give in. She thought that the matter had already become a big deal, and her family would definitely become the talk of the neighborhood after today. She might as well take advantage of the situation and make things clear to avoid being accused of being unfilial.
"Where did I say anything nonsense? Just point it out! The neighbors are all here, let's let them judge for us!"
Zhang Hua also knew that his family would be in trouble if these things were made public, so he naturally didn't want anyone to discuss them. Seeing that the situation was not good, he quickly spoke out to stop the two from arguing.
"Okay, honey, stop talking. Why are you arguing with her?! She's just a petty woman. Let's not argue with her!"
He turned around and looked at Zhang's father, who looked in pain, with eyes full of contempt.
He planned to start with Zhang's father. After all, he, the younger brother, had never dared to disobey his mother and always looked cowardly in front of her.
"Zhang Hao! Are you planning to hide behind a woman forever? You're the man of the family, so you should make the decision on this matter. Tell me what you think about what Mom said. Don't worry, even if you just want to enjoy yourself and don't want to worry about Mom's retirement, I, as her brother, will continue to provide for her."
Zhang Hua said this deliberately. He deliberately mixed up Old Lady Zhang's previous request with the pension money Zhang Hao had given her. He simply couldn't believe that this fool could be so cruel as to abandon the mother who had raised him!
Sure enough, Zhang Hao touched his face heavily, revealing his eyes full of red bloodshot, with pain and sorrow rolling in his pupils. He let out a long breath and still spoke firmly.
"I won't neglect our mother's retirement."
Zhang Wenyu closed his eyes slightly to hide the disappointment in his eyes.
Even if Zhang's father agreed to her grandmother's request, she would not really obey and give the car to her uncle's family. But she still felt a little disappointed.
Although Zhang Hua had guessed that Zhang Hao would not refuse, when he really heard Zhang Hao agree, his eyes lit up with joy and a smile spread across his eyebrows.
Haha! This trip was definitely worth it! Not only did he get some money, but he also got an extra car! He'd done some research, and this car looked different from the others. It was big, the model was cool, and it was most likely a luxury car worth close to a million. Driving it out would definitely be quite impressive!
Just when he was imagining himself driving a luxury car and being envied by others in the future, he suddenly heard Zhang's mother's disappointed cry.
"Zhang Hao!"
Mother Zhang looked at Father Zhang with disappointment, sadness emanating from her eyes.
"You've been subsidizing your eldest brother's family for so many years, and I've never said anything. But if you still want to use the money your daughter earns to support your eldest brother's family, then don't come back! Go with your eldest brother's biological mother!"
Zhang Hua was worried that if Zhang's mother continued talking, Zhang's father would change his mind, so he interrupted her quickly.
"Sister-in-law! This is a matter between us brothers, you'd better not interfere. Besides, Zhang Hao has already agreed. As a daughter-in-law, how can you not agree with your husband being filial to his mother-in-law?"
“Big Brother!”
For the first time in his life, Zhang's father interrupted Zhang Hua. He looked at his wife with tears in her eyes, his daughter who said nothing but looked disappointed, and his son who turned away and refused to look at him, and he sighed inwardly.
He knew that he had wronged them over the years. Even though he and his wife earned money together, they still lived a tight life. It took a long time for the children to buy clothes or toys.
This was all because he was worried about his mother's hardship living in his unreliable eldest brother's house, so he pretended not to notice his mother's various ways of asking for money and then giving it all to his eldest brother's family, hoping that his eldest brother would treat his mother better for the sake of the money. Unexpectedly, they thought he was a fool, and he wanted his children to continue to support these greedy bloodsuckers.
Father Zhang hardened his heart and looked at his mother and elder brother who had always taken advantage of him.
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