Fang Zhiyi was stunned for a while, looking at her parents with their heads down, and cautiously called out, "Dad? Mom?"
Fang Shucai hesitated for a moment, then looked at his son for a while. Seeing that his eyes had indeed returned to normal, he whispered, "Son?"
Fang Zhiyi nodded: "It really wasn't me. Grandpa told me to do it because he said otherwise these people would always think I'm easy to bully... I also felt it wasn't right, but I couldn't disobey Grandpa..."
Fang Shucai lowered his head and nodded after a moment: "Listen to your grandpa, he is your grandpa after all, and also my father."
Only Li Qingmei remembered Fang Zhiyi's words from earlier: "Son, when you helped them before, they didn't even give you a sip of water?"
Fang Zhiyi bit her lip and said with a simple smile, "No, Grandpa is exaggerating. I did drink the water. I just rushed back after helping out."
Li Qingmei, after all, was not Fang Shucai, and her expression turned rather unpleasant: "You say we're all relatives, but after helping them, not only are we not invited to have a meal, but we won't even be allowed a sip of water. Fang Shucai, is this what you call relatives?"
Fang Shucai murmured, "I don't know either... Son, why didn't you say so before?"
Fang Zhiyi's voice was a little soft: "I don't think it's a big deal. It would make it seem like our family is stingy if we talked about it."
"These bastards, do they really think our family is easy to bully?" Li Qingmei exploded. She was honest, but she wouldn't stand idly by and watch her son be bullied.
When a relative called again, Li Qingmei grabbed the phone and said, "No time! I'm not going! Don't you have any sons or daughters? Can't you do it yourself?"
Looking at her mother's state, Fang Zhiyi suddenly realized that her parents would also defend her.
"See? If you have grievances, speak up, instead of just working like a fool. Your little bit of pride is worthless." Grandpa's voice rang out.
Fang Zhiyi nodded slightly.
What surprised him even more was that his usually honest father went out after dinner that day, and when he came back, he had several hundred yuan in his hand, which he slapped directly into Fang Zhiyi's hand.
"Dad? What's this?" Fang Zhiyi asked, puzzled.
"I went directly to his family to ask for the wages I owed your brother for the work he did last time! They pay several hundred yuan a day for a worker, but you bring up family ties? Why? Did we eat his food or wear his clothes?" Fang Shucai's face was still flushed, showing how agitated he had been. "But don't blame your uncle's family. Your uncle only just found out about this. When I left, your brother was kicked to his knees by him."
Fang Zhiyi's eyes were a little red, and he gripped the money in his hand tightly.
"You...you should go back to work tomorrow."
Fang Zhiyi's emotion was abruptly cut off: "Why?"
"Damn it, now I don't know whether to call you son or dad when I see you!" Fang Shucai was full of frustration. He wanted to show some concern for his son during dinner, but Fang Zhiyi shut him up as soon as he opened his mouth, leaving him speechless. "Is your grandpa still here?"
Seeing Fang Zhiyi nod, Fang Shucai said with a mournful face, "Dad, ptooey, son, ptooey... well, oh dear! Now that I've done what I should do, shouldn't you let your grandson go?"
Fang Zhiyi stared blankly at her father for a long while before finally saying, "Dad, Grandpa said... said..."
"say what?"
"none of your business."
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