Chapter 301 I’m not afraid of death, but I don’t know if you are afraid
"Xiu Yu, do you have to be like this? I've already said I will change..." Zhuang Chaoying pleaded.
But Zhu Xiuyu answered firmly:
"If you could change, Aling would still have left you. You can't change. So, let's do this! Either give me twenty-five dollars a month, or we can go our separate ways. I won't take advantage of you for a single cent."
Zhuang Chaoying took a few deep breaths and then said, "I'll give you all the salary, but you'll still be in charge of the family. You don't have to worry about my family's affairs. I'll take care of yours in the future, okay?"
"Teacher Zhuang, don't be so careless. Your third child will be out in a few years."
Zhuang Chaoying was stunned for a moment and murmured, "No, whether he comes out or not will not affect our lives."
Zhu Xiu Yu didn't answer, letting him do whatever he wanted.
She knew that Zhuang Chaoying would not divorce her, even though there were quarrels and fights at home every day.
Because he will be transferred to No. 10 Middle School after the end of this school year.
Although No. 10 Middle School is not as good as No. 1 Middle School, it is also a key high school under the city, and is several levels higher than the children's schools.
If we divorce again, I'm afraid this matter will fail.
Not only that, he couldn't afford to lose face.
He couldn't afford to lose face after being abandoned by one woman after another.
The two walked slowly for the rest of the journey.
When they were almost home, they met an acquaintance and greeted him as usual, as if nothing had happened.
Originally, they had agreed to go and pay New Year's greetings to Huang Ling today, but Huang Ling told Zhu Xiuyu that she had something to do today and asked him to go to her house for dinner tomorrow, so Hongbin went to play with his classmates.
When Hongbin returned home in the evening, he felt that the two of them were acting strangely, but also calmly.
He still slept in Pengfei's room at night, and Zhu Xiu Yu had no intention of changing.
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On the seventh day, Zhu Xiu Yu went to open a shop.
Around noon, my little cousin came over.
Because if it was my uncle, the security guard would immediately drive him away, but my little cousin and his family didn't recognize him.
My cousin was in a good mood today. He smiled awkwardly and said:
"Cousin, your shop is really nice!"
"My aunt has left a statement of severance at the neighborhood committee. If you want to see it, go get it. She's with your eldest brother now. I can tell you the address, but it's just a temporary place where they work. They should have moved out by now."
The little cousin looked surprised: "You taught me that!"
"What a joke! This was my aunt's own decision, and the neighborhood committee can attest to it. I was simply helping your brother send my aunt to his place at his request. Your aunt and uncle are old, so it's perfectly normal for you two brothers to each raise one! No one owes anyone anything."
"But......."
"If no one works like a slave for you, then you have to find a way yourself! Don't you still have a dad? If your mom can't work like a slave for you, then let your dad do it! You can't just let yourself and your son do the work!"
Zhu Xiuyu showed her signature smile, still as humble as ever.
The little cousin looked at her blankly.
"Also, Auntie has severed ties with you, and I no longer have any relationship with you three. If you dare to harass me again, you should bolt your door twice at night and be careful when you walk on the street."
"Why"
"I can pounce and chop you up at any moment, depending on my mood! Anyway, I've already betrayed Hong Bin, he doesn't need me anymore, so what am I afraid of? I'm not afraid of death anyway, so let's see if you are!"
As Zhu Xiu Yu spoke, she raised the knife she was using to chop the duck in sauce and chopped it hard into the solid wooden chopping board in front of her, making a loud noise.
The loud noise attracted the attention of the security guards at the door, who came over and asked, "Auntie Zhu, is there anything wrong?"
"Oh, it's okay. I'm chopping the duck! It's a bit loud, isn't it? I'll be careful. Sorry." Zhu Xiu Yu said softly.
The little cousin was frightened by her action, and when Zhu Xiuyu pulled the knife out of the chopping board, he crawled away.
After returning home, the two immediately went to the neighborhood committee to inquire about the situation.
After Zhu Xiuyu's brainwashing, all the people in the neighborhood committee sat on my aunt's side.
If they were young people, they might have tried to persuade them, but they are so old, and it is very common for two brothers to support an elderly person each, so no one takes it seriously.
What's more, this is the old man's own wish.
My uncle gritted his teeth and said, "Bring him back!"
My cousin asked, "Zhu Xiuyu said she moved away a long time ago. Where did she go to pick her up? Why didn't she come back with us? Besides, I definitely can't go. The boss will definitely beat me to death."
My uncle said, "Zhu Xiuyu might be deceiving us. Don't be fooled by her honest appearance. She is actually very cunning."
The little cousin waved his hands quickly, "Dad, there's nothing we can do to her now, and we certainly can't go looking for her. She could just tell us a fake address, and then we'd go there with all the trouble and not find her, and it would just be her saying she's moved away."
My uncle gritted his teeth and cursed, "What an ungrateful bastard! I have to go find her!"
"Don't look for her! She's about to chop someone into pieces!" The younger cousin repeated what Zhu Xiuyu had just said. "We can't do anything to her, but she can do something to my son! What if she really chops someone to pieces if we push her too far? Your grandson is our only child!"
My uncle stopped talking.
He knew that Zhu Xiu Yu's previous forbearance might have been due to her aunt and Hong Bin.
Now, there are two people, one has run away, and the other is capable of protecting herself, so she really has nothing to worry about anymore.
"Dad, hey, the money for buying a job is gone, can you help me think of a solution?" the little cousin asked again.
"You're just being so frivolous! If you didn't owe me money, I'd use my job to pay it off. You're not a regular employee now! Forget about how I'd get all that money. Just stay a temporary worker and do your job well. At least you'll have food to eat. If you gamble again, you'll really have nothing."
The little cousin knew his parents’ situation and knew that he had been squeezed out almost completely, so he had to give up.
"Then I have to go to work. Dad, you should do more housework! There's nothing I can do about it."
My uncle was so angry when he thought about this that he almost fainted.
The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren began a chaotic life.
Zhu Xiu Yu finally rescued her aunt and completely got rid of the three vampires. She felt extremely relieved.
Zhuang Chaoying had no idea how much effort she had put into this.
Until Hongbin and Tunan returned to school, only Pengfei and his wife were left at home.
Life seemed to be back on track, but in fact, all three knew that the relationship had not eased.
There are three rooms, one for each person. One does the accounting, one prepares lessons, and one studies. They do not interfere with each other, but they also have no intersection.
Zhuang Chaoying wanted to change this relationship between husband and wife, but Zhu Xiuyu was unwilling to give him a chance.
Zhu Xiuyu would take out twenty-five yuan from the salary handed over by Zhuang Chaoying, and then return the rest to him.
He wanted to send ten yuan to Hongbin every month, but Zhu Xiu Yu refused.
He wanted to send ten dollars to Tuanan every month, but Tuanan refused.
The drawer containing the passbook was never locked again, and no one touched it except him depositing his remaining salary every month.
Zhu Xiuyu made sure he had enough to eat and did his clothes, but didn't care about anything else.
She didn't do this because she had some expectations, she did it for the children.
She hopes that this family will appear as normal as possible. She doesn't know whether Tuanan and Hongbin will return to Suzhou to work after graduating from university. If they come back, it may have a bad influence. Pengfei is at an important stage of preparing for the high school entrance exam.
Only Zhuang Chaoying himself knows the abnormal part.
When his clothes were torn and buttons fell off, Zhu Xiuyu would wash them and would not sew them for him. He soon learned how to sew buttons and mend clothes by himself.
Huang Ling has always taken good care of Pengfei's clothes from head to toe, so Zhu Xiuyu doesn't have to worry about it. In the past, she only took care of Zhuang Chaoying, but now, she no longer takes care of it.
Zhuang Chaoying had to go to a state-owned store to buy clothes by herself. She felt embarrassed at first and just paid for the clothes she thought were okay without trying them on. Only when she got home and tried them on did she realize they didn't fit.
Later I learned that I could just try it out there and then pay, so I got used to it.
However, he had never been to Yuesheng Department Store and had only waited for Zhu Xiu Yu to close her stall across the street.
On Zhu Xiu Yu's birthday, he bought her a shirt, but Zhu Xiu Yu immediately put the money under his books. She never wore the shirt before.
The cold war, which is more terrifying than a quarrel, is eroding his heart bit by bit.
He hoped that their relationship would improve over time, but by the end of the semester, it hadn't.
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