Chapter 342 The glasses leg is broken
【Three days before departure back to Beijing】
This is where the flashback begins, and I start to recall why Pengfei didn't go to see Tunan off.
After the Chinese New Year, Tunan and Pengfei returned to the village twice, once on National Day and once before returning to Beijing. Pengfei was also absent when they finally left. For details, please see the articles for today and tomorrow:
Tuanan went back to Zhuang Chaoying's house. The reason he chose this day was because Hongbin was going back to school the next day, and Zhu Xiuyu was going to see him off.
Now every time Hongbin starts school, Zhu Xiu Yu will go to see him off and stay in Shanghai for one or two nights before coming back.
She asked Hongbin to take her to various places in Shanghai to play, in fact, she also wanted her son to go out and see more and walk more.
Of course, this was also taught by Huang Ling.
If the mother and son were alone, neither of them would go because they were afraid of spending money. But if they were together, they would go because they both cared about each other.
Zhu Xiu Yu did not go to work today. She stayed at home with her three children and cooked dishes that they liked.
The four of them sat in the front yard picking vegetables and chatting.
The three children were chattering, but Zhu Xiuyu didn't say anything. She felt very satisfied just accompanying them, watching and listening.
Outside the alley, someone was hawking plum blossom cakes, and Tunan said, "Pengfei, go buy some! I haven't seen any this morning."
"Okay!"
Tuanan had vegetables in his hand. He stood up and raised his hand sideways. Pengfei took the money from his coat pocket and ran to buy plum cakes.
Both Hongbin and Zhu Xiuyu like to eat.
Zhuang Chaoying sat in the room, looking out at them through the open door, unable to fit into the world of those four people.
Pengfei came back from buying plum cakes and said with a laugh, "I bought five, but the boss charged me for four."
Zhu Xiuyu brought a basin of clean water for everyone to wash their hands and eat cakes.
Pengfei also handed one to Zhuang Chaoying.
Zhuang Chaoying waved his hand: "I don't like sweet food, give it to Hongbin, he likes it."
"Oh, Brother Hongbin, here you go." Pengfei handed it to Hongbin.
"Thank you, Dad!" Hongbin had no problem eating two, so he took it happily.
"Come inside to eat, it's windy outside." Zhu Xiu Yu drove them all into the house.
Everyone then moved to the front room where Zhuang Chaoying slept.
Zhu Xiu Yu rarely stayed in this room when there was no need. She might come in just to pass by Peng Fei's room to clean the house, deliver fruits, put away clean clothes, and do other chores.
Zhuang Chaoying pushed his glasses and said to Tunan:
"Tunan, you should go to your grandparents' house the day before you leave! Explain to them and I'll accompany you..."
Zhu Xiuyu chuckled and interrupted Zhuang Chaoying: "Tunan, I knew you were coming today, so I packed some pickles and dried fish for you. You can take them away later."
"Okay, Auntie's cooking is still the best. The pickled vegetables and steamed buns are really delicious." Tuanan responded quickly.
"You can't eat steamed buns every day, you have to eat meat too. Only by eating meat can you have strength!" Zhu Xiu Yu instructed again.
"Okay, I understand, Auntie." Tuanan answered obediently.
Zhuang Chaoying knew what Zhu Xiuyu meant. He looked a little unhappy, but did not mention it again.
Because they had eaten plum cake in the afternoon, Zhu Xiu Yu prepared dinner a little late, and it was not easy to rush Zhuang Chaoying since he was hungry.
After dinner, Tuanan prepared to go back.
Zhu Xiuyu held his hand and repeated what she had said a thousand times:
Eat regularly, don't skip meals, don't study too late, drawing is bad for your eyes, make sure you rest your eyes...
Tunan listened attentively and responded to every word.
"Then I'll go back first. I'll go directly to the train station to wait for you tomorrow. I won't come back home." Tuanan said.
"No need, we're not far away, we can't give you a ride." Zhu Xiu Yu shook her head.
"Auntie, it's okay."
Zhu Xiuyu then said to Pengfei and Hongbin:
"We ate so much tonight, so you two should walk your brother Tunan for a few steps to help him digest the food."
"Aunt, I'll take the garbage to the garbage station." Pengfei said as he picked up the iron bucket containing the garbage, and the three of them walked out of the alley together.
Just as Zhuang Chaoying was about to lower his head to read, Zhu Xiuyu stood at the door.
"I understand if you don't see us off, but why don't you see Tunan off?"
Zhuang Chaoying didn't take it seriously: "It's not the first time I go back to school. Besides, his mother and Xiaoting will send him off! Also, I'm not not sending you off, it's just..."
He stopped talking halfway through. It seemed that he had not mentioned this matter this year, so he continued:
"Then I'll take you there tomorrow."
"Oh, no need. Your face is much more important than your son." Zhu Xiu Yu sneered.
"I said it's not okay to send it, and it's not okay not to send it, right?"
"Teacher Zhuang, you always live in your own world and have not made any progress. You only say that your son wants to be close to his mother and Uncle Zhou, but you never think about why." Zhu Xiu Yu chuckled.
Zhuang Chaoying became increasingly angry as he spoke:
"What do you mean? What's wrong with me? I'm not good to Tunan. I just don't have his mother's strength, so I can't let him live a luxurious life!
I get angry when I see his outfit now. A watch costs hundreds of dollars, a leather jacket costs dozens of dollars, and his pants, shoes, and even socks are all very particular. When we were his age, we still had to wear patches on our clothes!"
Zhu Xiu Yu stepped forward and slapped him.
Zhuang Chaoying's glasses were knocked to the ground and the legs of the glasses were broken.
"That's because your family's best clothes are reserved for the third child! So you can only wear patched clothes, and your sister can only sleep on the dining table! You still think you are so great for enduring hardships! Who wouldn't think you are a fool?
"Forget about that. You actually think Tuanan is the kind of kid who despises the poor and loves the rich! Now I finally understand why Aling slapped you in the face! You deserve it!" Zhu Xiu Yu said heavily.
Zhuang Chaoying covered his face and looked at Zhu Xiuyu in disbelief.
Zhu Xiuyu didn't wait for Zhuang Chaoying to react before delivering another devastating blow:
"He doesn't want to be close to you because you can't care about him in life and can't keep up with him intellectually! Yes, I'm uneducated and I can't keep up with the kids, but I'm willing to watch them grow up on their own. I support them with a smile, and whatever they do is right in my eyes! And you, not only can't keep up, but you also make things worse!"
"When did I ever cause him any trouble?" Zhuang Chaoying asked through gritted teeth.
"If I hadn't stopped you, you would have continued. How miserable would the child be!"
"What did I say? I just said that he was going to school. What's wrong with going to see his grandparents? It's just to go and see. How can it be so difficult for him to do it?" Zhuang Chaoying questioned, slamming the table.
Zhu Xiuyu sneered:
"You're just thinking, just thinking, what are you thinking? What are you thinking? It's all wrong! We already had a scene yesterday when we went to their place, and you're asking him to go again. What's going to Tunan? It's a panacea! They can live forever if they go there! I see you gave them all your salary, so I guess they must want to live a hundred years!"
How old is your child and you're planning to let him take over your shift, Mr. Zhuang? You've been waiting for this day, right? You've been raising your child just to wait for this day, right?
You finally don't have to worry about your vampire parents anymore, because your child has grown up and is capable of taking care of them. You can use the name of filial piety to let your child take over and leave him alone. Don't you breathe a sigh of relief?
You also know that they are worthless, right! It's just that you have to save face and want others to say that you are a filial son, so you have to do these things. Now you can hand this matter over to Tunan with confidence, and you can hand it over to Pengfei later.
You can tell others that you raised a filial son, and if Tunan and Pengfei don't treat them well in the future, you can still accuse them of being unfilial. Anyway, you won't have anything to do with them in the future, right?"
Every word Zhu Xiuyu said was like a knife cutting into Zhuang Chaoying's body.
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