Old Chen kept thinking about what to say when he saw Old Mrs. Xia later, and suddenly he stopped.
"Dad, what's wrong? Did you forget something? I'll go back with you to get it later. Wenying is still in the hospital and it's urgent." Chen Xiangdong was really anxious. His Baoyuan was also in the hospital and cried all night yesterday. His wife was also in the hospital and was still feeling unwell. His vicious mother-in-law was watching him closely, and he was really worried.
Old Chen suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Boss, give me money."
Chen Xiangdong stared blankly at his father's rough palm, "What?"
Old Chen said: "Give me money. I took a day off today because of you and my salary was deducted. Please make up for it, otherwise I'm afraid your mother will beat me."
Chen Xiangdong: "Dad, are you going to argue with me about this?"
Old Chen said with a sad face, "If you don't give it to me, then I'll go back to work. I don't want to argue with you, but what if your mother argues with me? I'll be the one who gets beaten."
He said with some resentment, "You really don't feel the pain unless you are slapped in the face."
Chen Xiangdong was really convinced. "Dad, I'm so miserable and you still want to make money from me. That Jiang Fangru is also staring at the salary of Wenying and me every day, and wants us to hand it over in full. Why do you only care about money? Am I not your child? Why can't you consider me for a moment?"
Old Chen turned and walked away. He wondered how much money he would have to pay for the time he was out of the factory. He'd probably go and plead for mercy later. "That kid, Boss, is hopeless. He keeps saying it's all their fault. He doesn't want to care anymore." The last time he was injured, he ran away faster than a dog, not even bothering to come see him.
Just like his wife said, this child is beyond saving and it is better to just give up.
Seeing his father's resolute back, Chen Xiangdong immediately called out to him, "I'll give it to you, isn't that enough? Come back!"
Old Chen walked back slowly and stretched out his hand firmly.
Chen Xiangdong had no choice but to take out several small bills from his pocket, counted out a few of them with heartache and handed them over.
Old Chen immediately took it, counted it, and said with some disdain, "That's all? It's not even enough for half a day's salary. You don't care about me, your father, at all. You want me to die. Then I won't go!"
Chen Xiangdong: ...Is the father-son relationship between them only maintained by money? His mother has changed, and his father has changed too.
Finally, the father and son reached an agreement and hurried to the gate of the textile factory.
Old Mrs. Xia was in a very calm mood today. Apart from the fact that she was annoyed by the news that her eldest son was looking for her early in the morning when she went to work, nothing else happened.
She was working hard when she heard Old Chen coming.
Today was really unusual. The son came to see him, and his father came to see him too. Since it was this old man, he had to be given some face.
I didn't want to give her this face, but she was called in for a talk by her boss before, who said that she went to the machinery factory and beat her husband in public, which had a very bad influence, and told her not to do that again in the future.
Several factories are located together, and many people know each other. The news of her beating the old man has spread everywhere, and it has had a bad impact. Anyway, her salary will not be deducted, and the leader's words are still useful to her, so she can only say that she will not do it again in the future.
When she arrived at the gate, she said hello to the security guard and went out.
"What do you want from me? If you have something to say, can't you talk about it after work? And why did you bring him here again? I told you I won't care about him anymore." Old Mrs. Xia pointed at Chen Xiangdong, the unlucky guy, and became annoyed again. They all took her words lightly, right?
"Speak softly, it's not a glorious thing to begin with." Old Chen pulled the man aside and pointed at the gossipy eyes of the person on duty in the security room. He really didn't want to be the topic of conversation.
After Old Lady Xia steadied herself, she impatiently asked again, "What's the matter? Can you please not come to me if it's not a matter of life and death?"
Chen Xiangdong pleaded softly, "Mom, I really have no other choice. You don't know how vicious they are, they are not human beings."
He wanted to talk to his own mother about the Zhu family's troubles, but Old Lady Xia was impatient to listen. When she saw Chen Xiangdong start to scold the Zhu family, she sneered, "Sometimes you can be so vicious that you don't seem like a human being."
Chen Xiangdong felt really miserable. He always thought that he had not done anything wrong. He didn't know why everyone said that he was unfilial and an ungrateful person. Even his own mother disliked him.
But now was not the time to argue about this. Facing Old Lady Xia's deathly gaze, he told her about the Zhu family's affairs. Finally, he begged, "Mom, this time it's really a matter of life and death. Please help us. If you don't want us to move back in the future, we won't come back and will just stay at the Zhu family, okay?"
Old Lady Xia felt that the old man, the rag-and-bone kid, must be exaggerating again. If it was a matter of life and death, the police would have been dispatched long ago. So she didn't answer, but instead asked Old Chen, "How long have you been on leave?"
Old Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he came to ask, "I've been here all day, and it's not easy for the child. After all, he's our own son, so I'll lend a hand if I can. Just like he said, just think of it as the support of his mother's family."
Old Mrs. Xia raised her hand and wanted to point at him and scold him, but Old Chen mistakenly thought that she was going to slap him again, and reflexively stuffed the money he had just taken from the boss into her hand.
"This is my boss's compensation to me. I didn't ask for leave for nothing. You can't hit me."
Old Mrs. Xia stuffed the money into her pocket, thinking that the eldest son had learned his lesson this time.
Old Chen, who thought he had escaped, gave Chen Xiangdong a look and said, "See, I told you your mother was going to hit someone."
Chen Xiangdong really believed it. If that was the case, his mother's help to him would probably not be in vain, because he didn't buy anything and had no money left.
However, the matter was urgent, and he made up his mind after thinking for a moment, "Mom, please help us, and I'll give you two hundred yuan." He was afraid that his mother would not work if he said less, as his mother now had a big appetite.
Old Mrs. Xia suddenly felt that her resistance was not so strong anymore. In fact, she almost softened her heart just now. Just like what Old Chen said, he was his son after all, although he had never been nice to her and indirectly killed her in the previous life.
As soon as she thought of her death in her previous life, her heart hardened. When she was about to refuse, the boss said he would give her money.
She doesn't like the boss's family, but who can resist money? She is good at quarreling, not to mention that the boss and his family are in the right this time.
"Okay, but I'm not doing this for money, I just..." Old Mrs. Xia wanted to imitate Widow Huang's sweet words, but when she saw the gloomy face of the eldest brother, she couldn't say it after all.
"Forget it, when will you pay me?"
Chen Xiangdong: ...Is this what money makes the world go round?
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