Chapter 23 They Want to Come Back on Their Own
Zhuang's mother and Lin Fang were resting at home with their legs crossed.
"See? Boss, you're still soft-hearted. I told you you could give it away!"
"Yeah, that's right! Mom is really awesome! Now Ganmei and Dad can have an extra bowl of rice!"
"Well! I'll pick you up when school starts..."
Just when I was feeling happy, I heard Zhendong and Zhenbei calling for their mother.
"Hey, why are you back so soon?" Lin Fang went to open the door.
As soon as the two children entered the room, they hugged her thighs and cried.
"Zhuang Chaoying! I call you Big Brother! These two kids call you Uncle! Not only do you not treat them as your own children, but how can you even abuse them?"
Lin Fang said angrily.
"Lin Fang, what are you talking about? When did I ever abuse the child? You sent him here, and Huang Ling and I treated him well." Zhuang Chaoying's face turned red after being scolded.
When Zhuang's father saw his grandson being bullied, he came over and asked:
"Boss, why did you send the child back? How much can he feed you? You two are both working!"
Zhuang Chaoying heard that everyone was accusing him without any basis, so he raised his voice:
"Ask them, they wanted to come back on their own! I didn't even mention sending them back, they cried and wanted to come back while they were eating!"
If you say he abused his child, he would definitely not admit it.
"You must be the ones eating the meat and letting them drink porridge!" Lin Fang thought about the food.
"I saved all my rations for them! And they're still eating porridge!" Zhuang Chaoying pulled Zhenbei over and said, "Talk to your parents and tell them what's going on!"
"Tell me, Zhenbei, don't be afraid of him! If anyone bullies you, mom will stand up for you!" Lin Fang asked while hugging her eldest son.
"We, we will come back on our own." Zhenbei looked around at the people in the room and answered.
"Why are you not full?"
"I'm full. I had rice, winter melon, carrots, and fried meat with salted vegetables." Zhendong recalled and answered.
"Are you full? Then why did your aunt beat you?" Lin Fang asked again.
Both children shook their heads: "He didn't hit us."
"Did she hit you and not let you speak?" Lin Fang said again.
"Lin Fang, don't go too far! I, Tunan Xiaoting, have never hit anyone, so how could I possibly hit Zhendong Zhenbei? Investigate! I won't leave until I find out the truth today! Take off your clothes and let me see!"
Zhuang Chaoying was very angry when he was wronged. He was a teacher and had self-respect.
"Can you tell if I take it off? I'm wearing clothes!"
"It's not a cotton-padded jacket!" Zhuang Chaoying slammed the table.
"Hey, don't be anxious. They definitely won't beat the child. Is the child disobedient?" asked Zhuang's mother.
"No, great aunt didn't beat us. She asked us to do our homework. We don't have to do our homework at home! So we don't want to stay there!" Zhendong replied.
"Their toilet is far away and smells bad. I'll sweat every time I run there! I don't want to go there either!" Zhenbei also answered.
Lin Fang was stunned.
Zhuang's father said again: "What kind of questions is such a young child asking?"
"Dad, didn't you say you were sending them there for tutoring? Of course they have to do homework. Their grades are so bad, and summer vacation is the time to overtake. What's wrong with doing homework?"
"Children's main priority is playing, and learning is secondary."
"If you send him out to play, why not just let him play at home? It'll bother Tunan! Tunan has to go to No. 1 Middle School when school starts. There are so many talented kids there! We can't slack off for even a single day!"
Zhuang's father said, "To put it bluntly, I just don't want them to go!"
"To put it bluntly, you are..." Zhuang Chaoying finally didn't say the second half of the sentence.
But Zhuang's father and mother had already felt it.
They felt that their son was also starting to become calculative.
"Can you please not be so picky?" Zhuang's father looked resentful every day.
"It's not me who's fussy about it! They're the ones crying and wanting to come back. So, Zhendong and Zhenbei, come back with me, so your grandparents and parents won't have to scold me."
When the two children heard this, they rushed into the house and started crying loudly.
"See! It's not that I don't want to. I've only done two questions. If I become successful in the future, you can just indulge me!"
Zhuang Chaoying didn't want to say anything to them anymore, so he walked out of the Zhuang family.
Along the way, he began to reflect on himself. He could have refused directly. Is it so hard to say that Tunan is not full?
Xiaoting was a good girl and wouldn't say anything unless she was extremely hungry, so Tuanan took her share. It was Huang Ling who discovered it.
Later, Huang Ling secretly started a small business, earned money, and bought food on the black market, so that the family could have enough to eat.
He was very opposed to Huang Ling doing business, and even more opposed to her going to the black market.
But Huang Ling shut him up with just one sentence: "If you have the ability, do you need me to do this? If you don't have the ability, just shut up!"
Zhuang Chaoying had to admit that Huang Ling was bold and smart, and she always succeeded.
He didn't dare ask Huang Ling how much money she earned. He didn't even have the courage to ask where the black market was, asking him to take the risk for his family and buy some food.
Obviously, Huang Ling never had any expectations of him.
She does everything she can on her own.
If she couldn't do something, she would ask someone for help, either Lin Wufeng, sometimes Li Yiming, or the boys in the maintenance workshop.
She is always popular and generous, and there are many people willing to help her.
That's why everyone knew that she had a useless husband and they felt quite sympathetic towards her.
Zhuang Chaoying knew all of this.
He also wanted to work hard to repair their relationship, but it was obvious that Huang Ling would not give him a chance.
Especially this weekend, Lin Wufeng and several boys from the maintenance workshop helped clean up the small attic at home, installed wooden boards and skylights, saying it was a separate room for Xiaoting.
In fact, Huang Ling also slept in the attic at night, fearing that Xiaoting would be scared sleeping alone. In fact, she didn't want to sleep in the same room with her son again.
But even so, Huang Ling had no intention of sleeping in the same bed with him.
Is that how disgusting it is?
Not only that, she now divides the money very clearly.
Both of their salaries were in her hands, but they were kept in separate passbooks.
The monthly expenses should be shared equally between the two of us, and no one should take advantage of the other.
She would take out his passbook and check the balance for him.
Zhuang Chaoying said no, but Huang Ling insisted on doing so.
"This will all be left for the children. Once they start working, I won't care about your salary anymore. You can give it all to them."
Zhuang Chaoying was very sad. How could he become like this just for a little money?
However, he seemed to feel more and more that what Huang Ling said before was right.
He was just a blood bag, and they didn't really consider him family.
But how can family love be explained clearly in one go?
Yes! Family love.
Coming soon.
Zhuang Chaoying's comfortable life lasted only two days before he was invited back to the Zhuang family.
Huang Ling was also invited this time because Zhuang's mother sprained her foot.
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