"If you go there, you'll have to ask for leave from the factory and get a certificate from the factory, and you'll lose several days' salary. It's not necessary, is it?" Old Chen said, frowning as he took a puff of his cigarette.
Similarly, Old Chen also received an angry slap.
"When you donated your salary to that widow, why didn't you think about the days you were missing out on? When that widow was wearing red and green and eating meat and fish, why didn't you think about your own daughter who was wearing rags and eating coarse food in the countryside? You're the only one who's allowed to feel sorry for that widow, but I'm not allowed to feel sorry for Xiang Hong?"
Old Mrs. Xia didn't give Old Chen any face in front of the children and told him everything at once.
The family was in chaos again. Zhu Wenying was the most stingy. When she heard that Old Chen would rather give money to the widow to buy clothes than spend it on his eldest grandson, she immediately started yelling.
"Dad, Baoyuan is already four years old, and I can't bear to take him to a state-owned restaurant. And you, on the other hand, give half of your salary to Widow Huang. Do you only care about them and not us?"
Old Chen also got angry. It's fine if the old woman hit him, but why are you, a junior, yelling, "I give my money to whoever I want, and you're controlling me?"
Zhu Wenying: "Why can't I control it? We haven't split up, and we don't live separately. Look at Mom's clothes, they're all patched up, but she's not willing to change them. And then look at that widow Huang, she's so old, but she dresses better than me. If you give her money, it means you're cheating, you're having an affair. At your age, how can you say it to others?"
Old Chen said: "As a daughter-in-law, you keep eyeing your parents-in-law's money every day. Do you think it will sound good if you tell others about it? I have never seen a daughter-in-law as vicious as you."
Chen Xiangnan looked at this, then at that, his mouth opening and closing again, and finally he figured out something. If he agreed with his mother, he would get some benefits, but if he disagreed with his mother, he would get a slap in the face.
He immediately expressed his support for Old Lady Xia to go to the countryside and said that he could take a few days off to accompany her, which earned him an appreciative look from Old Lady Xia.
"Okay, now your father's money is in my hands, and I won't give it to outsiders. From now on, I will only be responsible for your meals. You will pay for other expenses yourself. Don't bother me." She paused, then said, "I gave your father money for the meals these days and asked him to cook for you."
"The second son will come with me to the countryside. Old man, please take good care of Lingling and don't let her mother take her out."
Old Mrs. Xia had already made the decision, so Old Chen had no choice but to nod. He had also heard about Chen Lingling's situation. It was too tragic. Neither of his two daughters-in-law was a good person. He didn't know what sin he had committed to deserve these two things.
If this were said, Old Lady Xia would agree with it, but she felt that her two sons... oh, no, three sons were not good people either.
Maybe the way I raise my children is wrong. The children I take good care of are all ungrateful. Only the daughter who is raised in a free-range way is a good one and someone still cares about her.
Old Mrs. Xia locked up the things her daughter sent her and prepared to go to work tomorrow to get a certificate.
Today was a day off, so Old Lady Xia hung out the quilts at home to dry, and washed her own and Old Chen's clothes. She hadn't wanted to bother with Old Chen, but he'd been beaten by her yesterday, and his back might have been injured, making it difficult for him to bend over. And since he'd been sensible enough to hand over all his wages, she had no choice but to wash his clothes.
At noon, she took out the dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots that Xiang Hong had sent her, stir-fried the mushrooms with minced meat, and made a tomato and bamboo shoot soup, which was refreshing and appetizing. In the hot summer, she loved eating something refreshing.
Dong Chunmiao hid in the house and didn't want to come out to eat, and Old Lady Xia let her do as she pleased.
When they just came back, Zhu Wenying didn't want to go out with her swollen face, but she was frightened by the crazy knocking on the door by Old Lady Xia, so she had to come out.
Seeing that Dong Chunmiao was also beaten, she felt inexplicably better.
If only their family was beaten, Zhu Wenying would be furious. Why did Grandma Xia not beat the second son for wanting to work, but their family was beaten like this for wanting some money?
Now that she saw that Dong Chunmiao's condition was not much better, the anger she had been holding in her heart subsided. It seemed that her mother-in-law was quite fair, but why did she only hit Dong Chunmiao and not Chen Xiangnan?
Sure enough, her mother-in-law favors the second child.
Thinking of this, Zhu Wenying felt a little angry again. Why was it so unfair?
She is just that kind of person. Even if she is unlucky, she would rather see other people suffer with her.
After dinner, Old Mrs. Xia assigned work to the two families. Each family took turns washing dishes and doing housework for a week. Anyway, as a mother-in-law, she would not serve them anymore.
At this moment, she suddenly thought that the third brother had not returned home for a day and a night.
"Old man, where's the north?"
Only then did Old Chen react. The third child said he had run away from home and had not returned yet.
Because of this incident, none of the three sons were at ease.
"Then I'll go look for it!" Old Chen put down his pipe and was about to walk out, but Old Mrs. Xia didn't move.
"Aren't you going?"
Old Lady Xia: "I won't starve to death. If I really get hungry, I'll go home."
Old Chen scolded: "Is there a mother like you? What if something happens to the child?"
Old Lady Xia: "What could have happened? Even if someone had murdered him, we wouldn't be able to find him."
Old Chen choked and said, "What if someone bullies me?"
Old Lady Xia: "He's such a grown-up child, wouldn't he run home if he was bullied? Besides..."
Old Mrs. Xia shut her mouth because she saw the dirty third brother standing at the door.
"Xiangbei?" Old Lady Xia walked over. Although she said she didn't care, she was still a little worried. "How did it become like this?"
My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
