Mu Xiu was a little puzzled. He took a look and quickly shook his head. "No, Mom, this won't do. My friends are all struggling financially. How can I let them pay me back? You guys just have to grit your teeth and get through this."
Hehe, you can just grit your teeth and get through it. You make it sound so easy, as if it were a simple matter.
"You make it sound so easy, saying you can just grit your teeth and get through it. But how do you expect to get through it?"
Don't we need money for food and daily life? And what's going on with the houses in our town? Mu Xiu, explain to me why Ge Liang is over there.
You only think about your brothers' difficulties, but why don't you think about your mother and your son's difficulties? We also need to live. The children need to go to school, and I need medical treatment. How can you say that none of these things require money?
If you didn't have money, we would accept it, but you lent all your money to others. This is what a son and a father should do!
Mushyu, think about it yourself. Have any of your good brothers come to see you? You've made a mess of things all by yourself!
If you don't agree, then from this day forward we're severing our mother-son relationship. Since you don't care about our lives, then from now on, you have nothing to do with us anymore.
If you don't want that, then break off the relationship.
He should just keep those IOUs.
"Mom, can you please stop acting like this? My brother is really struggling. His parents want to come and stay here but they don't have a place to live. Besides, he's the only one earning money to support such a large family. How can I, as his brother, not help them?"
You should help your brothers when they're in trouble, otherwise who will treat you like a brother in the future?
"You can help, but why are you dragging us into it? Your son and I can't even afford to eat now. Do they see that? Have they helped you?"
Mu Xiu, can you clear your head? You treat him like a brother and give him everything, and he takes it for granted. But what about your family?
Do we not need to eat or live?
We're having a hard time too; I can't even afford to eat."
Mu Xiu felt his mother was being a bit too harsh; things weren't that bad. "Mom, why don't you hang in there?"
Mo Yan couldn't hold back and slapped him. "Mu Xiu, you might as well be dead. I'd rather pretend I don't have a son like you than keep you here to make me angry."
I've reached retirement age and have no money to live on, so you have to give me retirement money every month. Your son is still in school, so you have to be responsible for his tuition and living expenses. Together, we, the grandmother and grandson, earn 6,000 yuan a month. You don't have the money, so these IOUs must be returned.
Even if you don't sign, I can still sue them; this is to protect our rights.
If you won't sign, then we'll use other methods, it's okay.
"Mom!" Mu Xiu looked at his mother disapprovingly, "If you do this, I'll end up without any brothers."
The other person was still angry, but Mo Yan just smiled and looked at him coldly.
"What does it have to do with me? All I want now is to live, to continue my life with my grandson. What does it matter to me whether you have brothers or not?"
Mu Xiu was even more frustrated. "Mom, you can't do this."
“I’m not your mother, I’m just an old lady who can’t work. You have to pay me living expenses, but you don’t have money. That’s okay. Someone owes you money, and I have to get that money back. Do you understand?”
Helping your brother isn't illegal, but neglecting your mother and son is. Do you understand?
Mu Xiu: "???"
Mo Yan was too lazy to say anything more. "Actually, you don't need to understand. I know it's enough for me."
Mu Xiu just watched as his mother was about to leave.
"Mom, is Ji Shu really gone?"
Finally, he couldn't hold back and asked the question he had always wanted to ask.
Mo Yan stopped and turned to look at him. "Otherwise what? If Mu Xiu weren't here, I really would have liked to beat you to death. You've ruined such a good family."
Ji Shu has sacrificed so much for you, and what have you given her in return? There's no future with her. It would be better if she were just a brother to you. As your brother, you don't have to do anything, just give her money and a house. Meanwhile, your wife, kids, and your mother would be left homeless.
The only reason she's been able to endure this long is because she's so kind.
Being with someone like that is truly painful.
It's not that he doesn't work hard, or that he can't earn money, but all his abilities and all his money have absolutely nothing to do with his family.
A person who always puts other people's affairs first is really... useless.
Why get married? Because you want to have a home with your partner, support each other, and accompany each other. But someone like him... who can stick with that?
"Mom, I..."
Mu Xiu wanted to say something, but Mo Yan had already left, leaving everything to be handled by the lawyer. During this time, Jia Rui didn't say a word; he just waited obediently outside for his grandmother.
After Mo Yan came out, she patted his head and asked, "Have we arrived yet?"
"Um."
Mo Yan took the little guy to the amusement park. He was very sensible and didn't buy anything or any food. He matured a lot all of a sudden, so much so that he didn't seem like a child anymore.
"Let's cook together when Jiarui gets home, okay?"
Hearing his grandmother's words, Jia Rui nodded vigorously. "Okay."
"Shall we play a game?"
Mo Yan patted his little head; the mischievous Mu Jiarui of the past was gone.
What game?
Jia Rui looked at her grandmother with some confusion and curiosity.
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