After the crowd dispersed, Hu's mother got up from the ground, helped Hu's father up, and stood in the yard with her hands on her hips, cursing the group of people who had just fought with them.
I came to live in my son's house peacefully, but was beaten for no reason. Who would be happy about this?
This group of people are even more unreasonable than the most unreasonable hooligans in their village. This is her son's home. Will his son's parents be scolded by these neighbors if they come to stay for a few days?
Hu's mother couldn't understand why these people said that to them?
Father Hu brushed the dirt off his clothes and waited until Mother Hu had finished scolding him before leisurely returning to the house.
"Go and bring that little girl here later." Father Hu said to Mother Hu after sitting down.
Mother Hu was unhappy. She was not familiar with the girl and did not like her, so she did not want to raise her. "What's the point of bringing her back? It will waste more food. If the old woman wants to raise her, then she can raise her."
Father Hu's face darkened. "Didn't you hear how much the old woman paid to support her every month? That's a full fifteen dollars. How much can a little girl really spend on fifteen dollars?"
Mother Hu nodded in agreement. "That old woman looked kind, but I didn't expect her to be so vicious. Why didn't they say anything to her, but instead came after us? They're all a bunch of blind and evil people!"
Father Hu slammed the table and analyzed, "If we bring that girl back, how will that damn old woman have the nerve to accept the money? When the time comes, won't she have to hand over the money as soon as we ask for it? How much can a little girl eat? As long as she doesn't starve to death, it's fine. This is fifteen yuan. How much do we save in a whole year?"
"The second brother is such a shrew. He only gives us ten dollars a year, but he only gives us fifteen dollars a month to support that damn girl. What does he think of us?"
"Even if we're not good enough, we still gave birth to him and raised him, right? If it weren't for us, would the second son have such a good job and be able to live in the city and be a city dweller?"
"He treats a worthless, money-losing girl like a spoiled young lady, while he doesn't even look at our Binbin. How could he be like that? Binbin is the only root and only son of our Hu family."
"That money-loser will still have to get married in the future, and at most she'll receive a small gift. All the years of careful care and support will be for nothing. The second son, that idiot, has wasted all his years of education. If I had known earlier, I should have stopped him from studying and let him stay in the countryside farming. He wouldn't have become this heartless bastard who doesn't even recognize his parents!"
Hu's mother was also regretting, "Yes, if the second son didn't study, he wouldn't be able to live in the city. If he hadn't come to the city, he wouldn't have met his previous wife who died young. If he hadn't met that wife who couldn't even give birth to a son, he wouldn't have only had that girl as a child until now. If he had married a village woman, he would definitely have many children, and our Hu family would definitely be prosperous."
Hu's mother concluded, "I think it's all because of him studying. I always say that those who have studied are not good people. They have corrupted good children."
"The captain wants all the children in the village to go to school, but he charges money and doesn't teach them anything good. Who would go? Anyway, no matter what, our eldest grandson can't go!"
Hu Bin was playing with the flowers by the window. When he heard this, he shouted, "Grandma, I won't go to school. When I grow up, I will be the most filial to you."
Mother Hu was deeply moved and said, "What a good grandson you have."
Father Hu was also delighted by these words. He smiled and continued, "If you ask me, even if we don't support that damn girl, he still has to give us money every month. But will he give it to us if we say so? He won't."
"Then what should we do? If that girl is raised by us, the second son will have to give her to us even if he doesn't want to. Then the two of us won't go back to the village. We can just live here and enjoy the comfortable life of city people. We can then get some money from the second son and send it back to the village to raise our grandson."
Hu Wei was a little dissatisfied. Why did his parents have to go back when they could live in the city without working in the fields? The city was so much better. They didn't have to work in the fields, there were fewer bugs, and the second son had a precious fan at home. It kept them cool in the hot summer.
If he had not come to the city this time and experienced the happy life in the city, he might have stayed in the village quietly and thought that the life of facing the loess and back to the sky was not bad.
But now that he has experienced it, the days before are very painful for him. He doesn't want to farm at all and doesn't want to go back to the countryside at all.
"Dad, isn't it good for our family to stay here? It's not like the second brother can't support us. How much do we eat? Besides, it will be difficult for you to see Binbin after you live here. Don't you miss him?"
"We all live here, with loving fathers and filial sons, and three generations living under the same roof. This is what a family is."
Jinju also agreed with what her husband said. It was so nice here. Her deceased sister-in-law and daughter-in-law were both prettier and more comfortable than her. She found a lot of them and hid them in her luggage.
But some clothes are worn here and everyone is used to it. If you wear them again when you go back, people will definitely talk about you. Wouldn’t that be a waste of those good clothes?
Moreover, she also wanted her son to be a city dweller, even if it was only half a city dweller.
"Mom and Dad, it's so nice for Binbin to live in the city. He can eat so many delicious foods, and have drinks and fun things. If we give these things to that little girl, it would be better for them to go directly into our Binbin's mouth."
Father Hu nodded. He also felt that his grandson should eat better than others.
"But we're all staying here. What's the excuse? The heartless second brother won't let us stay. He's very wary of us."
Hu Wei patted his chubby son's head and suddenly came up with a sinister idea. He signaled Jin Ju to take Hu Bin back inside to prevent the child from overhearing and spreading rumors outside.
Seeing the door closed, Hu Wei continued, "Dad, if that girl is gone, will the second son concentrate on helping my son? Then my son will be the only young man in our family, and he will give him all his money. Otherwise, he will have no one to send him off to when he dies, so he will definitely try to please my son."
Hu's father cursed, "Are you crazy? Do you want to kill someone? Do you want to be shot? Besides, if that girl really died, your brother would definitely fight us to the death."
Hu Wei disagreed. "He's dead. At worst, he'll beat him up to vent his anger. By then, he'll be childless, so no matter how angry he is, he won't hit me too hard. After all, my son is his only support in the future."
Father Hu: "What if he marries another woman and has children? Then he'll send us all to eat peanuts, while he'll be living well out there with a son and a daughter. Wouldn't your death be unjust?"
Hu Wei was stunned for a moment, then he came up with a bad idea. "How about we lure that little girl out to play and sell her off? We can get money and make her disappear. Then we can just say she ran away on her own, right?"
"The second brother also had no evidence to prove that we did it on purpose. He went looking for that girl for a few years but couldn't find her, so he naturally gave up."
Seeing that Hu's father was hesitant, he knew that he was also wavering. "Even if he has another son in the future, that's fine. It doesn't matter if he doesn't help my son. At least our Hu family will have more grandchildren. There is only benefit and no harm, Dad. I'm doing this for the sake of our family."
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