"Mom, are you crazy?" Chen Zhi never knew how to hide his emotions. When he heard Chen Qiuling ask him to move things, he immediately became unhappy and shouted, "Aren't you just making things difficult for yourself and me? Aren't the three of us living quite well?" Originally, Chen Zhi wanted to say that the two of them were living quite well, but after thinking about it, he added Bai Dalin instead.
After all, Bai Dalin was her provider, and the money he spent was all from Bai Dalin. Without Bai Dalin, he wouldn't be as comfortable. He reluctantly included Bai Dalin in the calculation.
Even so, he didn't want to help that old hag move things. That old hag always looked down on him and picked on him, and Chen Zhicai didn't want to run into that bad luck.
“Now he’s capable, everything is new and good, why do you want to suffer like this?” Chen Zhi said in a low voice. “Besides, Bai Nuo’s mother…” Chen Zhi was already a teenager when he married Bai Dalin along with Chen Qiuling, and he knew everything. Chen Qiuling naturally knew what Chen Zhi was talking about.
"Zhi'er, how did our lives compare to now when your father was still alive?" Chen Qiuling asked casually.
“Of course it’s better now…” Chen Zhi replied without hesitation. “He treats you very well and always puts you first…” In Chen Zhi’s opinion, Bai Dalin was a fool. He would definitely spend his money on himself first. How could he possibly spend it on a woman? Even if that woman was his mother, Chen Zhi would still spend money on himself first.
“Even if he’s willing to give me everything, he’s still a man, and the worst thing a man can do is lose face.” Chen Qiuling looked at her son with great affection and taught him little by little, “When you get married, you must never let your wife ride on your head. You must keep your wife in check. Only then can a man have dignity. Even if your father loves me, that old woman doesn’t want to accept me and keeps making a fuss, making your father lose face inside and outside the home. One day, he will take his anger out on me because of the gossip from the neighbors.”
"But what if that old woman stops arguing with you?" Chen Zhi asked. Wouldn't they have to invite that...something over then?
"Don't worry..." Chen Qiuling sneered. "I brought this up first. No matter how much trouble that old woman causes, your father will think I've been wronged. Son, as long as we can keep your father in check, we don't need to be afraid of her." As long as she plays the role of a gentle and agreeable wife in front of Bai Dalin, she can do whatever she wants with those people.
Chen Qiuling didn't care whether Chen Zhi understood or not, and waved Chen Zhi away to help, "Go, bring all their junk over here."
**
Bai Nuo never expected Chen Zhi to come to their side, and even less did she expect that Chen Zhi would come here to take their things.
"Wait a minute!" Bai Yu slapped Chen Zhi's hand away, his small frame blocking Chen Zhi's path, and asked with an unfriendly expression, "Then what are you doing here? Get out!"
"I'll say it!" Chen Zhi glanced at Bai Yu with disdain, then his venomous gaze lingered on Bai Nuo's face. Fortunately, Chen Zhi remembered why he was there, and he raised the corners of his mouth in a mocking tone, "You think I wanted to come here? It stinks like a beggar's den. If it weren't for my mother asking me to come and help you move your things, and my mother being generous by wanting to live with you, I wouldn't have bothered coming."
"Get out!" The old woman, whose legs were not very mobile, still sat on the bed and glared at Chen Zhi. "We don't live with scum like you."
Seeing Chen Zhi standing there like a block of wood in his house, Bai Yu was filled with rage. He grabbed a kitchen knife and brandished it, yelling, "Get out!"
Seeing the cleaver about to fall on him, Chen Zhi quickly dodged, but lost his footing and fell flat on his face. He scrambled to his feet and ran away, saying as he ran, "You were the ones who said you weren't going to move."
Bai Nuo watched coldly without saying a word until Chen Zhi left, then Bai Nuo whispered, "Grandma, I want to move there."
"Sister, are you crazy?" Bai Yu couldn't believe it. Could it be that his sister had really been bribed by the old hag with five taels of silver?
Bai Nuo bit her lip. "Grandma, my mother's dowry is still in their hands. They have everything they want, while we can't even get enough to eat."
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