Chapter 68 Parents are partial to each other
"Third brother, third brother, Dad didn't mean that. Third brother, don't be angry." Gu Chuan shouted desperately from behind, but did not stop Gu Yan and the others.
"Dad, look at what you said? How could you treat Third Brother like this?
With Third Brother's abilities, how could he possibly be without food during the winter? Besides, even if it were true, wouldn't it be our duty to help Third Brother if he encountered difficulties?
How could you say such harsh words? I know that in Dad's heart, the eldest brother is the most important, and the second brother is also loved by Mom.
There are only me and my third brother, as if we were picked up from outside. To be honest, I am a little better than my third brother, at least I grew up with you.
"Dad, aren't you worried that my third brother will be completely disappointed with you?" Gu Chuan shouted angrily when he saw his third brother being driven away by his father.
Before Gu Chongshan could speak, Zhang Dahua couldn't help but say, "Fourth Brother, how do you talk to your father like that?
How are we biased? Are we short of food or clothes? You heartless person, your father and I have worked so hard to raise you, and this is how you repay us?
"Mom, you don't have to say that to me. When it comes to being an ungrateful person, no one can compare to my second brother. I just want to ask you, how much did you spend on my second brother's grocery store?
My second brother said he borrowed it, but did he say when he would pay it back? Or did you, Dad and Mom, never plan to ask him to pay it back?
Let’s not talk about this for now. Let me ask you, since your second brother opened a grocery store, has he ever brought oil and salt to the family?
Yesterday I went to town to sell game and saw my second brother's mother-in-law coming out of his grocery store carrying a lot of bags.
My second sister-in-law also brought out a pheasant, and finally gave the pheasant to her mother.
Mother, I know you feel bad for my second brother, but is he really incapable of hunting? Is he really so incapable of hunting that you need to borrow money to open a shop for him?
Besides, there are many people who can work to support their family without hunting or owning a shop, and they won’t starve to death. Why can’t my second brother do that?
In the final analysis, it's just that you're biased." Gu Chuan's long-accumulated resentment suddenly burst out.
"Are you... are you telling the truth? Did your second brother's mother-in-law really take a lot of things from the grocery store?" Gu Chuan said so much, but none of them was as big a blow to Zhang Dahua as this sentence.
Gu Chuan knew that Zhang Dahua was partial, but he didn't expect that even after he said so much, his mother still only cared about his second brother.
"Hmph." Gu Chuan snorted coldly and ran out to chase Gu Yan.
Zhang Dahua watched her son run out, and she threw down the clothes in her hands in anger: "I really owe you guys, you all say I'm partial, the second child has been in poor health since he was a child, how can I not take better care of him?
Now everyone says that I am partial. If the third child says that to me, I have nothing to say. The third child has been with his grandparents since he was a child, and I really didn’t take good care of him.
But the fourth child was brought up by me, how could he say that to me?"
As she spoke, Zhang Dahua became sad and began to wipe away her tears.
Gu Chongshan also filled his cigarette pack with a gloomy expression and took two puffs.
He listened to what Gu Chuan said, but he didn't expect that the fourth brother also had such a strong grudge against them.
He knew that the third brother was resentful towards them, after all, they had never taken care of him since he was a child.
But the fourth brother, if he were to ask himself honestly, he really loved him, so why was he so resentful?
Gu Chongshan really didn't understand how things could turn out like this?
He admitted that he was partial to the eldest son, so he valued him more.
The second son has been in poor health since childhood. His wife feels sorry for him, but he sometimes can't stand his wife's nagging and just turns a blind eye.
The third child was sent to live with his parents since he was young, and he didn't see them very often. To be honest, he did owe the third child a little.
But why does the fourth brother also have such a strong resentment?
He felt that he treated the fourth and second brothers the same way. Of course, he was busy hunting all day and neglected him.
Gu Chongshan thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't know where the fourth brother's resentment came from.
"You too, old man. Why are you saying all that to the third brother? The third brother is not close to us to begin with, and you keep saying that. He thinks we won't care about him in the future." Zhang Dahua complained.
“That’s not what I meant, I just wanted him to hunt well and save more money.
Who knew it would turn out like this once I said it?" Gu Chongshan muttered.
Gu Chongshan really didn't mean it, and he didn't expect that he would say that casually.
His original intention was really just to let Gu Yan hunt well, because he was worried that they would not have a good life in the future.
Besides, even if Gu Yan didn't grow up by his side, he was still his biological son. If Gu Yan really had nothing to eat, would he just watch the couple starve to death?
"What should we do now? I hope the third brother won't hold a grudge against us?" Zhang Dahua still didn't want to lose her son Gu Yan.
"How dare he! I'm his father, what's wrong with me saying a few words to him? How dare he resent me?" Gu Chongshan shouted loudly. However, if the last sentence had a little more confidence, it would have been more convincing.
Zhang Dahua didn't know how things turned out like this. He was happy that the third brother and his friends remembered to buy things for them when they went to the provincial capital, but in the blink of an eye, the third brother and his wife left in anger.
It’s all this damn old man’s fault.
"Mom, I'm going to visit my third brother's house." Gu Xiang said timidly when she saw that Zhang Dahua was not so angry.
"Go ahead and talk to your third brother. Your father didn't mean that. Oh, and pick some vegetables from the garden for your third brother."
They've been away for so long, the vegetable patch must have been abandoned," said Zhang Dahua.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Gu Xiang trotted out with the basket.
Zhang Dahua saw Gu Xiang running out, then turned back to Gu Chongshan and said, "Old man, do you think we made a mistake by lending money to the second brother to open a shop?"
Gu Chongshan looked up at Zhang Dahua and said, "Humph! I told you not to spoil the second brother too much, but you didn't listen.
You also said that he was weak and would not be able to support his family if he could not hunt. I was confused at the time and believed you without thinking much about it.
Now that I think about it, what the fourth brother said is not without reason. So many people without land and fields are living well. Why can't the second brother do the same?
Just like Lao Si said, you can go out to work, you can be a peddler selling small things, or at worst you can sell pheasants and rabbits, and you can make a living."
After Gu Chongshan said this, although Zhang Dahua felt that Gu Chongshan was right, she still said unconvincedly: "Don't I feel sorry for the second child? Besides, how tiring is it to go out to work? There is no way the second child can do it.
Besides, the second daughter is pregnant, and it won’t be long before there is another person added to the family. How can I support the family without a livelihood?
We are all brothers from the same family, the fourth brother and his friends are too stingy."
Although Gu Chongshan felt that what Zhang Dahua said was a little wrong, he did not argue with me, Zhang Dahua.
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