Chapter 244 After much thought, I blame it on his mother.
But she couldn't possibly do something that would cause a rift with her son.
She's not stupid; she's not going to fall out with a moth over a stranger.
Zheng Xiulan stood up, walked over and knocked on Zhang Haijun's door, "Boss, if you have any complaints, come out and say them. Don't keep yourself cooped up in your room, or something bad will happen to you..."
There was no movement inside.
Zheng Xiulan patiently tried to persuade him again, "Haijun, Mom knows you've worked hard all these years, but this money is for your brother to get a job. You don't want to see him achieve nothing in his life, do you? He needs a job to find a wife. Please stop making a fuss, okay? I'm begging you, alright?"
There was still no movement in the room.
Zheng Xiulan's face immediately fell, and she raised her hand and began to bang on the door.
He shouted, "Zhang Haijun, open the door for me! What do you want? Come out and tell me!"
She paused, hoping for a response, but it remained unanswered.
Zheng Xiulan immediately became anxious, and the smell of anger spread instantly. The sound of banging on the door became louder, and the words she used to coax her changed.
She shouted, "Zhang Haijun, you're the eldest, and you didn't offer to help your younger brother. But when I took out money to buy a job for our third brother, you snatched it away. What are you trying to do? Are you so jealous of your own brother's success?!"
"...Birds of a feather flock together. I think you and Su Hongying are exactly the same—petty and low-class. Open the door and give the money back, do you hear me?!"
Zhang Haijun was furious and felt utterly disheartened.
He got out of bed, stuffed the money he had slapped on the desk into his pocket, opened the door, looked at the furious Zheng Xiulan, and sneered.
He said, "Mom, you've finally told the truth. You look down on me. You just use me as a money-making tool to support your two sons..."
Zheng Xiulan: "...When did I say I looked down on you?"
"From beginning to end!"
Zhang Haijun said angrily, "I said I needed money to bribe officials to get a permanent position, but you wouldn't give me any. My third son has a lousy job, and you didn't even blink before handing over five thousand yuan for his wages. Do you even care about me as your son? You don't!"
Zheng Xiulan took a step back after being yelled at, sensing that something was wrong.
Zhang Haijun continued, "You don't just dislike Su Hongying, and you don't simply feel you didn't get any advantage from their family. You just blatantly look down on me and by extension, look down on her! Since you dislike us so much, let's leave!"
He took a step and left, this time heading straight for the gate.
When Zheng Xiulan saw her son open the door to leave, she felt inexplicably flustered. She turned to call for Old Man Zhang, who watched coldly and said, "You caused this yourself, so you should deal with it yourself. Why are you looking at me? You've scolded your eldest son like this. You're such a smart aleck."
Zheng Xiulan glared at him angrily.
"Don't talk like that when you're not the one suffering."
She retorted to Old Man Zhang, then turned to Zhang Haijun and said, "Son, you're already a workshop foreman, that's amazing! Mom has always been so proud of you..."
"The deputy, the deputy!"
Zhang Haijun was about to explode. What did his mother mean? Just because he was already the workshop foreman, he didn't need to climb any higher and should be content with the status quo, giving her all his money every month to support her other sons?!
On what grounds?!
Zhang Haijun walked out the door, slammed it shut behind him, and the earth-shattering sound echoed through the hallway.
The commotion startled Fan Liangyu, who stood at the door and listened to the whole thing. She watched in surprise as Zhang Haijun, his face ashen from anger at his mother's outburst, stormed out of the house. Her eyes flickered.
Zheng Xiulan stared blankly at the slammed door, feeling both angry and ashamed. She turned to Old Man Zhang and asked indignantly, "Has he gone mad? What did I say that caused such a big reaction?"
Old Zhang gave her a cold look.
Fan Liangyu spat, thinking to himself, "Does he really think everyone else is stupid? Zhang Haijun wants to be promoted from deputy to full-fledged officer and wants money to bribe his way out, but the old lady is holding onto the money and refusing to give it to him. This matter is bound to cause more trouble."
"Fan Liangyu, I'm talking to you, can't you hear me?"
Behind her, Zhang Lao Er, with a cold face, reached out to pull her.
Fan Liangyu looked at her coldly and said, "Don't touch me with your claws. I told you before, I'm determined to get a divorce."
I should have packed my things and left as soon as I got back from the hospital.
It's not too late to pack up now. She pushed aside Zhang Lao Er, packed her things into a large cloth bag, and carried it out.
Zhang Lao Er was furious and shouted, "Get out! If you dare to walk out of this door today, don't even think about coming back in!"
Fan Liangyu didn't turn around, but raised his right hand and waved it gracefully behind him.
He said, "Never again."
Open the door and leave swiftly.
Enraged, Zhang Lao Er quickly chased after him and kicked the door.
"Ah! My foot..."
Zhang Lao Er kicked his toe and cried out in pain. When he took off his shoe, he saw that his toenail had split open, and blood was flowing from the edge of the toenail, drawing a strange character with a missing top beam. No wonder it hurt so much.
"Mother……"
When Zheng Xiulan saw how badly he was injured, she cried out in pain and hurriedly went to find some gentian violet to apply to him.
While cooking, she grumbled, "Seeing blood during the New Year is really unlucky. It's all that wretched slut Su Hongying's fault. We could have just let her eat her food quietly, but she had to make a scene. Look at the mess she's made! This family will be torn apart sooner or later because of her..."
"Mom, you can talk about her, but why are you dragging me into this?"
Zhang Lao Er was also furious when he mentioned Su Hongying. His good wife was gone just like that during the New Year!
Who can he complain to?!
After thinking it over, I realized it's all his fault.
"...It's the New Year, and you insisted on making her pick up vegetables from the ground to eat. Those muddy things still have some blood on them. If she doesn't want to eat, then so be it. You can scold her if you want, but why did you have to hit her? You pushed her down and she started bleeding heavily. Why didn't you just take her to the hospital? You insisted on delivering the baby at home, and Fan Liangyu couldn't stand it anymore..."
Otherwise, if Fan Liangyu hadn't taken his mother's constant teasing seriously, he wouldn't have lost his wife during the New Year.
Looking at his toes, which were smeared with purple smears, Zhang Lao Er kicked over the purple medicine in front of his foot. "You blame this and that, but why don't you think about who caused all this? If you hadn't insisted on bullying Su Hongying, this family would still be fine!"
After saying that, he got up from the ground and stumbled back to his room, slamming the door shut with a loud bang.
Zheng Xiulan's face was contorted with anger, "..."
"You've all gotten out of hand! What do I owe you? I've worked myself to the bone for you, and now you think you're all grown up? You feel bad when I say something to your wives? You all give me attitude!"
"...Let me tell you, this house belongs to your father and me. We used the housing allocated to us by our work units and ran ourselves ragged to get it from someone else. We just wanted our family to live together. If you don't want to live here, get out!"
She was panting heavily as she cursed, but seeing that Zhang Lao Er's door didn't budge, she snorted coldly, thinking that Lao Er was scared and didn't dare to leave. She thought about saying something more to call Lao Er out and apologize to her.
A mother must never lose her authority. If he dares to argue with her like the eldest son this time, he'll dare to steal her money for her funeral next time.
This is absolutely unacceptable.
To everyone's surprise, not long after she finished speaking, Zhang Lao Er came out wrapped in a green coat, glanced at Zheng Xiulan half-dead, and said, "Fine, I'll get out!"
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