The person who opened the door was Old Lady Yin's son Yin Sheng. He was not surprised at all to see Old Chen. After greeting him, he stood by the door without any intention of inviting him in.
"Xiao Yin, I'm here to take your Aunt Xia home."
Yin Sheng politely declined, "Uncle Chen, my aunt has already gone to bed. So many things have happened in your family today, and she must be very tired. Why don't we wait until she wakes up? It's not a good idea to call her now."
Old Chen pinched the corner of his clothes, and he really wanted to see Old Mrs. Xia. No matter how he tried to persuade her, Yin Sheng pretended not to understand and just wanted him to leave.
He was annoyed and said it directly, "Xiao Yin, I know you are a good child and you are helping your Aunt Xia, but your aunt and I are family. Don't you want us to live in harmony? Why do you always stop me? Your aunt is sleeping, so I will go and take a look, and then I will leave, okay?"
After he said that, he was about to push Yin Sheng away and go in, but the young man was very strong. Old Chen pushed him several times, but he didn't move at all.
"Xiao Yin! What on earth do you want to do?"
Yin Sheng felt miserable. He was a man, so he didn't understand what his mother and Aunt Xia were thinking. They said he didn't want to see him, so he didn't want to see him. His mother even said she would beat him to death if he couldn't even stop an old man. He also wanted to give Uncle Chen a break, but his mother was watching from behind, as if Uncle Chen would be hit on the head with the broom if he entered the house.
He didn't want to be beaten by his own mother at such an age, and all for these two unrelated people.
Yin Sheng's mouth corners slightly raised. He originally wanted to show that he was a good person and therefore very kind, but this expression was a mockery in the eyes of the angry old Chen. The old Chen pointed at his nose and started to curse.
"Xiao Yin, I originally thought you were the most promising and conscientious child in our compound. You were able to bring your mother from the countryside and treat her so well. You must be a filial child. But I didn't expect you to stop me from doing something like this. Do you really have to watch me and your aunt quarreling? Why are you so vicious?"
When Yin Sheng heard Uncle Chen inexplicably put the blame for their quarrel on him, he immediately became unhappy. He had originally felt quite sympathetic towards him.
"Uncle Chen, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. What do you mean by vicious? Can't you see that my aunt doesn't want to see you at all. She's so old, her head is split open, and she can't even figure out something like this. No wonder the family is a mess."
Old Chen immediately grabbed Yin Sheng by the collar and said viciously, "What did you say?"
Yin Sheng pushed the old man away and said, "My aunt is so unlucky to have found a man like you. She has lived half her life in vain with a man who doesn't care about her and a bunch of useless and ungrateful sons. Uncle Chen, why are you so vicious?"
Old Chen was scolded back by a younger man named Yin Sheng, and he was so angry that he was gasping for breath. "How could I not feel sorry for her? I have been supporting her with good food and drink for so many years. She asked for my salary, and I gave it to her without hesitation. She hit me whenever she wanted, and I never got angry with her."
"At home, whatever she says goes. She even caused my family's Xiangdong to be separated, my eldest grandson became someone else's, and even my second brother and I have a rift. I never blamed her for any of this. How can it be said that I don't care about her?"
Yin Sheng pushed Old Chen, who had tried to sneak in, out. The door was halfway closed. Before it was completely shut, he said, "Uncle Chen, you know exactly what's going on. You can fool others, but don't fool yourself."
On the first day of the new year, Old Chen was rejected again.
He was shouting outside and banging on the door, but no sound came from inside.
Inside the house, Old Lady Xia pointed outside the door and smiled, "Donghua, listen, he said all those bad things happened to him because of me. He felt sorry for me by not blaming me, so I should be grateful."
Yin Donghua closed the door, also furious. "How shameless! How shameless! Sister Yue'e, what a miserable life you lived in the past?"
Yin Sheng didn't want to go into his mother's room to listen to the two old sisters talking, so he sat in the living room and played with Hu Yingying.
Xia Yue'e looked at the darkening sky and suddenly said, "I want to divorce him."
Old Mrs. Yin was stunned for a moment, "Divorce?"
Old Lady Xia thought she was shocked by the divorce. "Yes, how can I live with this kind of person anymore? I must divorce him. Donghua, don't you support me?"
Yin Donghua said a little embarrassedly: "Sister, I support it, I support it very much. It's just that there has never been a divorce in our village before, I... I just..."
Old Lady Xia: "There were no divorces in my old village, nor in this compound or the nearby compounds. So I will be the first divorced person here. You shouldn't be surprised, after all, you and that old man... didn't you want a divorce too?"
Mrs. Yin thought of her deceased husband, her eyes full of smiles. "I'm lucky. He died before we could get divorced. I hope my good luck can bring you too."
Old Mrs. Xia: ...She is really a good sister to her. Her life is getting more and more hopeful. She is looking forward to Old Chen’s death.
At the Chen family, Old Chen started sighing as soon as he got home. The living room was a mess and no one had cleaned it up. Chen Xianghong and the others were still in the hospital taking care of the third child.
He didn't know what was going on. How could a good year turn out like this? The room was cold and his heart was cold too.
Chen Xiangnan took Tang Jiao home. They were supposed to celebrate the New Year happily and lively, but now this happened. His father had a head injury, his mother ran away, and his brother was in the hospital.
He has lived for more than 20 years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a year.
"Dad, where's Mom?"
Hearing the voice, Old Chen's cloudy eyes gradually cleared up, "Your mother is at your Aunt Yin's house and refuses to come back."
Chen Xiangnan: "She refuses to come back? What did she say?"
Old Chen shook his head. "I didn't say a word to her, and she didn't even show up. What's even more hateful is that Old Lady Yin's son. He wouldn't let me in, making me act like a criminal, afraid that I'd rush in and hurt your mother."
Chen Xiangnan frowned, "Yin Sheng doesn't seem like such a tough person."
Old Chen cursed angrily, "He pretends to be friendly and amiable on weekdays, but he's definitely full of evil intentions. He wishes our family would break up so he can see us laugh at him."
Chen Xiangnan didn't know how to respond, so he said, "I'll go over there and ask."
He took Tang Jiao and turned away. After a while, the two came back dejectedly. Like Old Chen, they were stopped outside. They were even worse off. Yin Sheng didn't show up and the door wasn't even opened.
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