When Chen Xiangbei followed his elder brother to the hospital, he saw a circle of people gathered in front of his bed.
"Sister-in-law, sister, brother-in-law...what happened to Dad?" Chen Xiangbei started calling people as soon as he entered the ward. Unexpectedly, he was the last one to arrive.
Several people were silent for a moment. Because it was too embarrassing, Zhu Wenying finally spoke out, "Dad had a quarrel with Yang Su and he got so angry that he had a stroke."
Chen Xiangbei narrowed his eyes. "What the hell? He had a stroke after a quarrel?"
Looking at the man lying on the hospital bed with trembling hands and slurred speech, Chen Xiangbei scratched his head, "What about Yang Su Ren?"
Chen Xianghong gets angry when she talks about Yang Su. "After Dad had a stroke, she asked the neighbors in the compound to notify me, Brother Yu, and my brother and his wife. By the time we got home, Yang Su had already run away."
Zhu Wenying curled her lips and said, "That old man is really cunning. When I entered the house, all the cabinets were open. He must have rummaged through the boxes and took away all the valuables. His two sons are also missing."
Yu Hongzhen said in a deep voice, "The monk may run away, but the temple cannot. The most she did was run from Dad's house to her old house. I don't know what she's doing."
Zhu Wenying looked at the old man on the hospital bed and asked, "Even though that's the case, who will take care of Dad?"
Chen Xianghong frowned. "Logically speaking, even if Dad is unreliable, we kids shouldn't just leave him alone like this..."
Chen Xiangbei leaned against the wall and said in front of Old Chen, "Sister, Dad is not unreliable anymore. He wanted to break off relations with us because of Yang Su and the others. Logically speaking, it should be Yang Su and the others who take care of us."
Zhu Wenying was even more blunt, saying, "Dad has done evil things in the past, and now he's getting his comeuppance. All he thinks about all day is helping outsiders, and he doesn't care about the mess at home at all.
I'm telling you in advance, Xiangdong and I both have to work and raise children, and we were even separated from the family. The son-in-law has to go home to take care of his father, and we didn't get any benefits at all."
Chen Xianghong was not convinced, "Sister-in-law, you are saying this now. Before the land was divided, your family benefited the most. So, according to this, Brother Yu and I are the ones who should least bear this responsibility.
I am a married daughter and have never received anything from the family before, so this matter has nothing to do with me. But am I not still standing here to discuss this matter with you?"
Zhu Wenying said sarcastically, "How could you not get it? I knew when Dad and Mom divorced. Mom left a lot of money for you guys."
Chen Xianghong sneered, "The money I left behind is not even half of what I used to pay for your and Big Brother's weddings, or to support you after Baoyuan was born."
Zhu Wenying wanted to argue with her, but this woman seemed to want to roll up her sleeves and fight her. Thinking of the fight in the state-owned restaurant before her marriage, and the dirty tricks she used, Zhu Wenying thought about it and decided not to argue with her.
Anyway, it is absolutely impossible to ask her family to contribute money and effort.
The atmosphere cooled down, and Chen Xiangdong suddenly thought of something. "I have to tell the second child about Dad's matter, right?"
Chen Xiangbei said disdainfully: "My second brother? He doesn't even care about his own daughter, so how could he care about this old man?"
Chen Xiangdong was dissatisfied: "At least give him a letter. Even if you can't contribute labor, you can at least contribute some money."
Chen Xiangbei crossed his arms and said, "Anyway, I feel really uncomfortable taking care of this old man. I guess you all have the same idea as me.
The money that Yang Su’s eldest son Wang De used to pay back his father for his job is still in my hands. I can use that money to hire someone to take care of my father.
I had thought that if I had this money in my hands, I would give it to him for emergency use when he got old and was destitute after being swindled out of his money by Yang Su. I didn't expect that this emergency would come so soon."
Chen Xianghong also began to do the math in her mind, "Dad should still have some money on hand. He didn't give them any money after the quarrel with Yang Su some time ago. He's too old to spend much money during this period.
Besides, the machinery factory should also have subsidies and consolation money, which can be used for treatment and hiring. Also, Dad will probably have to apply for early retirement. My suggestion is not to sell this job, but just take the pension, so that he won't lose his mind and get all the money from selling his job in one go."
Yu Hongzhen: "Let Xiangbei and I go to the machinery factory and tell him that Yang Su can't take away Dad's pension."
It was only then that Zhu Wenying remembered that her father had a job. Her eyes rolled around at the thought of his job, but before she could open her mouth, Chen Xiangbei pointed it out.
"Sister-in-law, don't even think about this job. You just weren't willing to pay or work hard, and now you still want this job, you're too greedy.
If you really cheated Dad out of this job, I would definitely find a way to make you pay it back with your current job."
After saying this, Chen Xiangbei was shocked. Why is he doing things a bit like his second brother now? Are the family members really becoming more and more alike?
Yu Hongzhen also chimed in, "Sister-in-law, if that's the case, I will also help Xiangbei."
Zhu Wenying was unhappy. "Okay, you're a family, and I'm the only one with a vicious mind, okay? If anything happens in the future, don't call us. We were the first to arrive today to bring Dad to the hospital."
Chen Xianghong: "Sister-in-law, if Dad doesn't get better in a year or two, his pension may not be enough. By then, even if we are reluctant, we will have to take turns to take care of him. Even if you say it, your family is the one that receives the most care from Mom and Dad.
By then, even if you don't want to take care of it, how will you feel about the pressure on your factory? Your reputation will be ruined."
Zhu Wenying felt it was unfair, "You guys should have come up with an idea now. Xiangdong and I are going to get nothing out of this anyway, and we might even have to contribute money and effort later on.
But what about the second brother, Chen Xiangnan? He was sent abroad and didn't have to bear any responsibilities? I remember that Yang Su had more than 400 yuan, but he kept it all and didn't share any with us. "
Chen Xiangbei felt very annoyed when he thought about his second brother. Chen Lingling would sometimes ask where their father had gone, why he didn't come to see her, why he didn't write to her, etc.
The child was only a few years old, her mother was dead, her father ran away, she knew nothing and was sometimes laughed at by other children. She was just a niece, not a biological daughter. Chen Xiangbei felt sorry for her, but his second brother just patted her butt and didn't care about anything.
This bastard!
But they had no way to deal with him. He was out of town, and if he didn't want to pay, they couldn't force him to.
"I'll send him a telegram when I get back and see what his attitude is. There's really nothing else I can do." Chen Xiangbei inexplicably began to become the most reliable child in this incident.
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