The three of them sat in the room until late at night. After scolding Old Lady Yin's family, Old Man Chen began to blame Old Lady Xia for always making trouble at such an old age. Other old ladies were all well-behaved, so why was she so noisy?
So much had happened in their family over the past six months. Thinking about it, I realized it was all Old Lady Xia's fault. Parents should be more tolerant of their children, so why was she so harsh on them?
Old Chen couldn't understand it. He felt that all three of his children were good kids. The eldest couple were workers and had a grandson. The second child was capable enough to marry the daughter of the hospital director who was a nurse. Although the third child was a little naughty, he was also a pure-hearted child. He would become more mature when he grew up. Every family had this experience. Why was it that only Old Lady Xia was so special, scolding and beating this one and that one every day?
Now, not only is the New Year not celebrated, but she's not coming back either. If she doesn't come back, and her daughter Xiang Hong doesn't come back either, then who's going to take care of this mess?
How could these men do such a thing?
Old Chen selectively forgot that Old Mrs. Xia had forced him to do housework a few months ago. He just thought that since the house was so messy, it was the woman's turn to clean it up.
Tang Jiao wanted to clean up, but Chen Xiangnan stopped her. Old Chen also felt that she shouldn't be allowed to do so. Her father was a doctor, so how could she say such a thing? Besides, they had just been married for a short time, and Chen Xiangnan also cared about her.
Old Chen just ignored the mess in the living room. Seeing that it was already late, he asked them to clean up their own rooms and go to bed first. He would think of a way to find Old Mrs. Xia tomorrow.
Chen Xiangnan and Tang Jiao tidied up the room that Old Lady Xia had messed up and picked up the clothes that had been thrown out.
Tang Jiao sighed, "Is it really not necessary to clean it up? I think Mom is really mad. If she comes back tomorrow and sees that the house is still this mess, she will be angry again."
Chen Xiangnan: "Even if we need to clean, it shouldn't be just the two of us. The house doesn't belong to us. If we're exhausted by then, no one will remember our kindness. It's not worth it."
Tang Jiao sat on the edge of the bed without saying a word. It was easy to overthink things late at night. She was thinking about the words that Old Lady Xia cursed at her when she went crazy.
"Do we really have to make others remember our good deeds? Isn't this our common home? What does it matter if we do more or less?" Tang Jiao suddenly asked this question. She really couldn't understand why she had to be so calculative even in her own home? When she was at her parents' home before, no one had this idea.
Chen Xiangnan put the soiled clothes in a pile and put the unstained clothes in the closet. Upon hearing this, he sat down next to Tang Jiao and said, "Since it doesn't matter if we do more or less, why can't we do less? According to you, we are a family and shouldn't be so fussy. So if we do less, others shouldn't be fussy with us, right?"
Tang Jiao didn't know how to refute this for a moment. What she meant was that people should be more tolerant and less picky about their families, but Xiangnan meant that their families should be more tolerant and less picky about them. They were both talking about helping each other among family members, but the meanings were completely different.
But when asked to point out the problem behind his words, Tang Jiao didn't know what to say. Her experiences from childhood to adulthood made her wonder why Chen Xiangnan would say such a thing.
If everyone in the Chen family did as she said, their family would be very harmonious. But if they did as Chen Xiangnan said, everyone would be selfish and unwilling to be the tolerant one. Instead, they all hoped that others would tolerate them.
Tang Jiao felt that this was wrong. Family members should care about each other and give sincerely. If only one person gave for a long time, the relationship would be too distorted, as if everyone was parasitic on that person.
"I think you're wrong." Tang Jiao pulled his hand.
Chen Xiangnan disagreed. "Okay, it's so late, let's go to bed first. Tomorrow we can coax Mom back, and our family will be the same as before. You know, our compound is different from other compounds, and our family is different from other families. You'll be right to listen to me."
Tang Jiao was dazed and led astray by him, and did not think about his subsequent words any further.
Chen Xiangbei's injuries were less severe than Old Chen's; he wasn't bleeding at all, but the doctor still kept him in the hospital overnight for observation. Old Chen was also supposed to be hospitalized, but he ran away without anyone stopping him.
Chen Xianghong was so troubled by her younger brother that she didn't sleep much all night. She asked Yu Hongzhen and his sister to go back first and she stayed by herself to look after the child.
Yu Qingqing was reluctant to go back. She wanted her brother to stay with her to help Chen Xianghong, but Chen Xianghong insisted on letting them go. She also asked them to come early tomorrow to pick up Chen Xiangbei from the hospital, and let them have a good sleep so that they would have the energy to take care of their brother for her tomorrow. Only then did they leave.
Chen Xiangbei was particularly annoying to others while lying on the hospital bed. Sometimes he said he was thirsty, sometimes he said he was dizzy, and sometimes he said his back was itchy and asked Chen Xianghong to scratch it for him.
Chen Xianghong felt sorry for her brother, so she didn't sleep all night. It was not until Chen Xiangbei fell asleep in the early morning that she took a nap.
After a while, the nurse urged them to be discharged from the hospital. Chen Xianghong was in low spirits and Chen Xiangbei was also very unhappy. He had just fallen asleep and had not slept well at all.
"Sister, why didn't Mom and Dad come to the hospital? I was beaten so badly that I had to be hospitalized, but Dad slapped me a few times and ran away yesterday, and Mom didn't even show up. Do they still care about me as their son?"
"Sister, why are you like this? If you don't want to take care of me, just say so. I know you are selfish and don't want to care about me at all. If you don't want to care, then don't care. There is no need to pretend to be a good sister and come to the hospital. Do you want others to praise you as a good sister?"
Chen Xiangbei kept muttering and complaining all the way. Chen Xianghong was exhausted, but when she thought about how Chen Xiangbei had suffered a lot and was beaten so badly that there was still a big bruise on his face, she didn't want to bother with him anymore.
She felt that Chen Xiangbei was probably angry, but it wasn't directed at her, so he should just vent it out.
Yu Qingqing couldn't stand it anymore and winked at Yu Hongzhen, asking him to come out. But Yu Hongzhen was just as Old Lady Xia said, it was useless. He actually thought that this was an internal matter between the two siblings and he didn't need to interfere.
Yu Qingqing had no choice but to step forward herself, "Xiangbei, your sister took care of you in the hospital all night yesterday, why didn't she take care of you now?"
Chen Xiangbei: "What's your business? Our family has never celebrated the New Year like this before. This year, you two came over, and two people in our family almost died. I even suspected that you brought bad luck to our family. How dare you come and blame me?"
Chen Xianghong pulled Yu Qingqing back, shook her head at her, and whispered, "Qingqing, Xiangbei is in a bad mood because he got hit on the head, so let him take it out on me. It's okay, he'll be fine soon, so don't bother with him."
Yu Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered what Old Lady Xia said. Her sister-in-law was really...
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