When Zhang Ru first married into the family, she hoped that Qiao Hainan would become more diligent, but things didn't go as planned. In addition, her mother-in-law's doting attitude eventually made him give up.
Since she has no worries about food and drink at home, why should she bother with that?
Qiao Tianli had had this idea in his mind for a long time. The eldest and second eldest sons were able to start their own businesses, but the third son, who was already over thirty, was still at home doing nothing and waiting to die.
What will happen to the child when his health fails? Qiao Xiaoni's admission to university served as a wake-up call for him; he could no longer spoil the child...
"It's decided then. I'm tired too. You can all leave now. I need to rest." Qiao Tianli took off his shoes and got onto the kang (a heated brick bed) to rest.
Mrs. Qiao breathed a sigh of relief; the matter was now closed. The old man's outburst had been terrifying, and her lingering resentment vanished. She gave her son and daughter-in-law a meaningful look before leaving the house.
Seeing the old man lie down, covered with a blanket, Qiao Hainan opened his mouth to say something but swallowed it back. He could only place his last hope in his mother, and then left the room.
Seeing this, Zhang Ru followed them out.
Qiao Sunshi was already hungry, and now she was even hungrier. She ate first and then went to the kitchen to take a look. What she saw was alarming: most of the salted fish, eggs, rice, etc. that she had painstakingly saved up had been taken out.
"Good heavens! All the stuff I've saved up for half a year!" Qiao Sunshi finally couldn't help but start wailing.
Little did she know that missing a meal would result in such a huge loss! Looking at the remaining five eggs and a small salted fish, and remembering the piece of salted meat in the jar, she hurriedly opened it to find that it was gone.
He was so angry that he sat on the ground and cried his heart out as if someone had died.
Zhang Ru opened the cupboard and saw that all the leftover food from lunch was stored there, with plenty of each item remaining. She waved to Qiao Hainan, who was standing at the door.
Qiao Hainan understood immediately and quickly came to her side, rubbing his hands together when he saw the ready-made food.
Zhang Ru gave him another look, and he quickly nodded, turning around to help Qiao Sunshi up. "Mom, the ground is too cold, don't catch a cold. Let me help you back to your room to rest. Let them eat the food, that's fine! There's no use feeling sorry for them now! Besides, if you keep crying, what if Dad gets angry and comes to beat you?"
Thinking of the beating she would receive, Qiao Sunshi immediately stopped crying. "You're so much better off. Your eldest brother, second brother, and your father are all bastards. I've been so good to them for nothing."
Qiao Hainan wanted to eat what was in the cupboard; otherwise, he wouldn't have gone up to persuade others!
Qiao Sunshi was helped into the house by her son and lay down. She had a terrible headache from all the things that had just happened, so she closed her eyes after lying down.
Qiao Hainan picked up a small blanket from the side and covered her with it. "Mom, I'm going out first. If you need anything, just call me loudly."
"Yes!" Qiao Sunshi was very touched. She thought her third son was the best, and that she had raised her other two sons in vain.
Qiao Hainan quickly returned to the kitchen and saw that Zhang Ru was already eating with her rice bowl. He immediately became anxious.
Why didn't you wait for me to eat together, you woman?
Zhang Ru swallowed the egg in her mouth. "Who told you to be gone for so long? Hurry up and eat something, there's not much left."
Qiao Hainan didn't care about arguing with her. He picked up the bowl of rice and started eating, stuffing it into his mouth as much as he could.
The food was delicious, and the two of them devoured it all, leaving not even a drop of soup...
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