Chapter 297 What do you mean by "repay"?
Zhang Lao Er reacted quickly, grabbed her hand, and threw her onto the sofa.
"How old are you? What are you making a scene for?"
Zheng Xiulan looked at Zhang Lao Er as if he were crazy and yelled, "Lao Er, I'm your mother, why are you throwing me!"
“Su Hongying was pregnant with your grandson, and you still fell down, didn’t you? You’re strong and healthy, and I didn’t throw you to the ground…” Zhang Lao Er said sarcastically.
Zheng Xiulan couldn't take it anymore. The eldest son was like this, and the second son was like this. She was going crazy.
Pointing at Zhang Lao Er, he said, "You've been corrupted by Fan Liangyu too, that slut, that vixen..."
"How dare you mention Fan Liangyu?"
Zhang Lao Er's eyes were full of resentment as he glared at Zheng Xiulan. "Do you know that when I go to her now, she completely ignores me? She says a few words and then tells me to come back to you and marry that damn graduate student!"
Zheng Xiulan opened her mouth as if to say something, but Zhang Lao Er gritted his teeth and raised his hand to cover his eyes.
He said, "Mom, don't let me see your face, I want to punch someone!"
Zheng Xiulan was shocked and looked at Zhang Lao Er in disbelief.
"How dare you! I'm your mother. I carried you for ten months, raised you with love and care, and this is how you repay me? Look at you both, your older brother and you, you've both gone mad for a woman! You've even forgotten your own mother..."
"You're the crazy one!"
Zhang Lao Er spat, "If it weren't for your fuss on New Year's Eve, now that we have a little nephew in the family, Fan Liangyu told me early this morning that we're planning to have a child after the New Year. She said that whether you take care of one grandson or two, it's all the same... Isn't it better for our family to live happily together?"
"Of course not!"
Zheng Xiulan retorted, "You gave birth to these children, why should I take care of them? When I was a daughter-in-law, no one helped me take care of my children either. I raised all of you by myself, why should I take care of your children..."
"So you've turned this family into this mess? How dare you say we're crazy?!"
After delivering his sarcastic remark with a cold face, Zhang Lao Er slammed the door and went back inside.
Zheng Xiulan opened her mouth, glared at the door, and breathed heavily with anger.
On the sofa, the child's face was red from crying, but Zheng Xiulan seemed oblivious, lost in her own world, muttering, "What did I do wrong? I've been through the same thing. I've been through the gates of hell three times, and I'm still alive and well, aren't I?"
I've had countless arguments with your dad about divorce, but I still managed to raise you all peacefully.
Why doesn't it work for them?
They're all women, why should I be blamed for their shortcomings?!
Old Zhang glanced down at it and muttered, "Serves him right."
His stomach rumbled a few times at an inopportune moment. Old Zhang glanced at the cold stove in the kitchen, went back into the house to get some money, took off his thick cotton cloak, and went out to eat.
I'll settle accounts with the second son when I get back.
When Zhang Laosan returned, Zheng Xiulan was still repeating those few sentences over and over. His heart pounded with alarm, and he quickly closed the door, sat down on the sofa, and advised, "Mom, girls these days are different from before. They've gone to school, received education, and embraced new ideas and spirits. It definitely won't work if you stick to the old-fashioned thinking. Why don't you apologize to your eldest and second brothers, and then you can go with them to find your sister-in-law and bring her back..."
"What did you say?"
Zheng Xiulan, her face cold, slapped Zhang Lao Er hard across the face. "What nonsense are you spouting?! I'm the mother-in-law, how can I bow down to the younger generation? Those two are full of bad intentions. Su Hongying holds a grudge against me for pushing her, and if she stays at home, she'll sow discord between me and your eldest brother. I'd rather die than let her come back! That Fan Liangyu only cares about money. If it weren't for her, how could your second brother be so heavily in debt?"
She pinched Zhang Laosan's arm, speaking as if to her two sons but also to herself, trying to let her sons know her unquestionable position as the head of the household, and said angrily.
"...Those two will never set foot in my Zhang family again in this lifetime!"
"mom……"
Zhang Laosan didn't know how to continue persuading her. He sighed. His mother was too stubborn; there was no way he could persuade her. Zhang Laosan frowned and simply nodded in agreement with her.
She said, "Then forget it. You still have to choose a daughter-in-law who suits your taste. You can also find a good wife for your eldest and second eldest brothers later."
Zheng Xiulan remained silent.
Zhang Laosan glanced at his little nephew, who was crying so hard he was almost choking, and called to Zheng Xiulan, "Mom, the child is crying like this, it's so pitiful, why don't you comfort him? Try to soothe him..."
"I won't coax you!"
Zheng Xiulan glanced at the child and said coldly, "That's Su Hongying's child. Let him cry on his own. He'll stop crying when he's had enough."
Zhang Laosan, "..."
He felt a pang of guilt. "Mom, it's true he was born to Su Hongying, but he's also my eldest brother's own flesh and blood. Even if you don't care about Su Hongying, you have to consider my eldest brother's feelings, right? The child is innocent..."
Why should I care about your older brother's feelings?
Zheng Xiulan glanced at him, then turned to look at the closed door of Zhang Haijun's room, and said indignantly, "Has he given me a kind look these past few days? He doesn't give me, his mother, a kind look, yet he expects me to give his son a kind look. Why should I? Am I some kind of despicable person?"
Zhang Laosan, "..."
He realized that he could no longer communicate with his mother.
He couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
"mom……"
Zheng Xiulan stood up, went back to her room, and closed the door.
Helpless, Zhang Laosan looked at the child who was crying so hard he was about to faint, bent down to pick him up and knocked on Zhang Haijun's door, "Brother, the child is crying so hard he's about to pass out, please comfort him."
Zhang Haijun glanced down at the child and the empty living room.
He glanced again at the closed door of Zheng Xiulan's room.
Tell Zhang Laosan, "The child is what Mom wanted, go and give it to Mom, don't give it to me."
After saying that, he closed the door with a cold face.
"Hey, big brother..."
Zhang Laosan was speechless. What was he doing?
If you don't want to treat your child well, then why have a child at all?
They just watched their child cry themselves to death and did nothing...
They're all sick!
When Old Zhang returned after dinner, he saw the child crying and called to Zhang Laosan, "Didn't you hear him crying? Can't you comfort him? It's giving me a headache! Your mother is really sick; she doesn't want to raise a child but insists on having one, and it's making your eldest brother so angry that he doesn't care about the child at all..."
Zhang Laosan nodded in agreement.
As Old Zhang spoke, he walked toward Old Zhang's second room. Before Old Zhang could say a word, he was startled by the way Old Zhang kicked the door open.
"Dad, what are you doing?"
Old Zhang glanced at him and said, "Take him back to your room, this is none of your business..."
As he spoke, Old Zhang kicked Zhang Lao Er's door again.
He yelled, "Second brother, get out here right now! You've taken a year's salary from me in advance, come out here and tell me, how are you going to pay me back?!"
What do you mean, "pay back"? The third brother already wasted five thousand yuan of your money, why don't you make him pay it back first?!
Old Zhang's heart skipped a beat, he cursed, and nervously looked at Old Zhang, who happened to be turning his head to look at him...
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