“Everyone makes choices, everyone has their own preferences. Duo is pitiful, but she has parents. The second son and his wife have said they want to change, but you all refuse to let them raise her anymore and instead want me to take on this responsibility…”
“I have sons and daughters, and even a grandson. In two years, my second son will get married, and then there's my eldest son and his wife. They certainly won't just have Xiangwen as their only child. How many mouths will there be to feed in the family then…”
"Thinking about these things makes my spine feel like it's going to break. I just can't be tough... I'm only capable of this much. I can't be a good person. I have to support the children of my brothers who are still alive."
"If we really support her, another mouth to feed means another food source. What will happen to my children, my grandchildren, and my future grandchildren then?"
“I refuse to believe that anyone else in this situation would make the same choice as me. I simply made a choice that a normal poor person would make, so how did that become such a heinous crime? That you would hold a grudge against me for so long, and that a single unpleasant word makes it seem like we need your support…”
“Dad, I am your son. Fusheng and Wansheng are your grandsons, and Xiangwen is your great-grandson. We are all your blood relatives. In the past, I never let you go hungry or cold, nor did I eat dry food myself while you ate porridge... How could I be so heinous?”
Yun Youtian's words left Yun Dazheng feeling somewhat confused. What had he done? What was he here for? Why were his son and daughter-in-law criticizing him?
After a moment of stunned silence, Yun Dazheng couldn't help but speak up: "I also want to ask, what did I, Yun Dazheng, do wrong? I just wanted my grandson to help out for a few days, how did it become a reason for you to criticize me?"
The words were barely out of my mouth when I realized with a jolt. Right, what did I do wrong?
Thinking it over, Yun Dazheng continued, "Even if it were summer or autumn, the busy harvest season, it wouldn't be too much for me, as a grandfather, to ask my grandson to help out for a few days. What am I raising my children for? Isn't it so that one day, we can have some hope?"
"I've only just begun, and my daughter-in-law keeps bringing up this difficulty and that difficulty, both openly and secretly, talking about beekeeping and the past. Isn't she implying that I, Yun Dazheng, am hiding my skills and unwilling to teach you?"
"Eldest brother, put your hand on your heart and think carefully. In order for our family to settle down here, and to save up a business for each of you brothers, how much hardship and toil have your mother and I endured? If I really had that ancestral skill, wouldn't I have used it to earn some money and make things easier for myself? Do you think I'm that stupid?"
"Or do you really think that I, Yun Dazheng, am able to foresee the future and know that you two brothers will treat this old man like this, so I have been on guard against you since you were children?"
"If I really had that ability, I..." Yun Dazheng paused here. Children are all debts; if he really had that ability, he wouldn't be able to abandon his children.
Hearing Yun Dazheng's words, Yun Youtian said in a heavy tone, "Dad, I didn't talk about the past, I never thought I was unfilial to you, and I didn't blame you. I just feel that you... aren't you being too harsh on me?"
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