Ye Zhiguo felt guilty after his mother's words, but he still felt sorry for Ye Lan. The reason Ye Lan had a congenital heart disease was because of the scandal between Shen Yanhong and him, which was discovered by Shen Yanhong's husband at the time. That man beat Shen Yanhong every day when she was pregnant with Ye Lan.
After Ye Lan was born, she was in poor health. The doctor said it was because she was exposed to external stimuli during her pregnancy.
Ye Zhiguo felt guilty towards Ye Lan because of this. He didn't expect Ye Lan to work and earn money. With his salary, he could support Ye Lan and find her a good husband so she could live a peaceful and comfortable life.
But now my mother's words make sense. Ye Lan used to take medicine and rest in bed every day, and she was always sickly. After my mother came, she did housework every day and became much more energetic, and even her appetite improved.
"Then let Lan'er stay home and do the housework, so that you can have an easier time, Mom," Ye Zhiguo suggested as a compromise.
The old lady glanced at Ye Lan with disdain and said sarcastically, "I'm not so old that I can't move. I can do all the housework with my eyes closed. I don't need Ye Lan's help."
Shen Yanhong gritted her teeth and asked in a forced voice, "Mom, what do you mean?"
The old lady looked at her with a gloomy expression. "I've already made arrangements with Zhao Di from the alley. Tomorrow morning at seven o'clock, I'll take Ye Lan to work at the shoe factory. If she does well, she can earn a thousand yuan a month. Zhao Di and Ye Lan are the same age, and she earns a thousand yuan every month. Look at the good-for-nothings you've raised. All they know is how to spend money, eat meat, and lie around like corpses. They don't know how to earn a single penny!"
These words struck Shen Yanhong and her daughter like a bolt from the blue, leaving them stunned and unable to recover for a long time.
Go work in a leather shoe factory?
How did that old hag come up with that?
Ye Lan glared angrily at Ye Qingqing, who was quietly eating meat. It must be that this bitch who bewitched the old woman. Otherwise, how could the old woman, who never leaves the house, know Zhao Di?
It's even less likely that they would know how much Zhao Di earns each month!
"I can't handle working at the shoe factory, Dad... I don't want to go, I just want to stay home and do housework..." Ye Lan cried.
Shen Yanhong was both angry and resentful. She kicked Ye Zhiguo hard under the table and complained, "Lan'er has a heart condition. How can she handle working in a shoe factory? Working there will kill Lan'er!"
Ye Zhiguo hesitated, but the old lady's offer of a thousand yuan in wages tempted him.
But he still felt sorry for Ye Lan, and his two hearts were in turmoil, pushing Ye Zhiguo to his limits.
"Smack!"
The old lady slammed her chopsticks on Ye Lan, pointed at her nose and yelled, "You can't handle this? You can't handle that? What are you going to do if you can handle it? Our Ye family can't afford to support a piece of trash like you. If you don't want to work, get married! You have two options!"
"Mom..."
Seeing that Ye Lan seemed frightened and pitiful, Ye Zhiguo couldn't help but soften his heart and called out in dissatisfaction.
"Shut up, you think you can just send me a few hundred more dollars? I raised you with all my heart and blood, and I only get eighty dollars a month. But you spend thousands on other people's illegitimate daughters every year. Have you no conscience?"
The old lady's anger flared up when she thought about how her living expenses had been cut by twenty yuan for no reason, and she gave Ye Zhiguo a thorough dressing-down.
She, as the biological mother, only spends about a thousand yuan a year, while Ye Lan, that bastard child, lives a much more comfortable life than her. How can the old lady feel at peace?
When the old lady got angry, Ye Zhiguo didn't dare to say a word. He just smiled and said nice things, "Mom, please keep your voice down. It's not good if the neighbors hear."
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