Chapter 45: Fang Family Farce
Chapter 46: Fang Family Farce
Fang's mother stayed in the hospital for a week before the doctor agreed to discharge her, and told her to get enough rest when she got home and to avoid excessive mood swings.
Fang Qing thanked him repeatedly and took his mother home on a tricycle. After Fang's mother came to her senses, she kept thinking about her family's restaurant. After several days of not opening the restaurant, Fang's mother frowned in pain, thinking that the loss was heavy, and insisted on going back to open the restaurant.
But Fang Qing was frightened by her mother this time, and she refused to let her work any more, "Mom, just take a good rest, don't worry about the restaurant. My aunt will be here in the afternoon, so you can rest assured with us here."
After settling his mother down, Fang Qing hurried back to school.
These days, she and her brother took turns going to the hospital to look after their mother every day. Fang Qing also had to study and was so busy that she bumped into someone as soon as she entered the school gate.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't look at the road..." Fang Qing apologized hurriedly and breathed a sigh of relief when he looked up.
"Fang Qing? Where are you going in such a hurry?" Wen Ning felt a dull pain in his chest from the collision, and looked at Fang Qing in surprise, who was obviously thinner.
"My mother was discharged from the hospital today. I just came back from home. I asked for leave in the morning, so I have to go back to the classroom to make up for the morning class." Fang Qing greeted with a smile.
Wen Ning was puzzled. "Your grades are already very good. You don't have to work so hard. You should learn to relax. It's not good to be so tense all the time."
Fang Qing sighed bitterly, "No, I'm already feeling the strain. If I don't work harder, I'll soon be left behind by others. I'm not like you who can calculate as soon as you see it. I'm not that smart..."
Wen Ning smiled faintly and nodded in understanding, "Okay, then go ahead. If you need help, tell Er Ling and we will help you find a solution."
Fang Qing smiled gratefully, then ran away with his schoolbag.
Wen Ning stood there and watched her rashly run into the building and almost bump into the door frame. He bit his lip to hold back his laughter. When he turned around, he suddenly remembered that he forgot to tell her that his birthday was next weekend. "Forget it, let Wen Ling tell her."
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Because Old Madam Fang and her aunt went to the restaurant to cause trouble, which made her wife so angry that she was admitted to the hospital, Fang's father always felt that he had to reason with them about this matter, so he took a day off and went to their house to argue. However, he did not expect that he would be kicked out by his sister-in-law and mother, who even turned the tables and said that the second branch of the family did not support the elderly and was unfilial.
As soon as Mr. Fang got home, he sat in the yard and was angry. He really couldn't understand. They were originally a family, how could it become like this?
The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. It was fine that his mother didn't like him, but now his family members were also disliked. She always spoke ill of her family behind their backs. What deep hatred was there?
Mr. Fang didn't understand, so he just drank and fell asleep in a daze.
But unexpectedly, the next day, the street director came to the door and said that someone had reported under real name that their family was abusing the elderly, not supporting the elderly, and not providing living expenses for the elderly.
They demanded that the couple give Mrs. Fang living expenses on time every month, otherwise they would take him to court and make him unable to work in the government department anymore...
The farce of the Fang family spread widely in the community, and the surrounding people were pointing fingers at the Fang family. Of course, there were also people who knew the inside story and said that Mrs. Fang was too cruel and why did she make her own son look so ugly.
Finally, Fang's father couldn't stand it anymore and found the street director to ask for help in mediating. Director Xing found a suitable time and called all the members of Fang's family to the street office to let the two families talk things out.
However, Mrs. Fang’s stubbornness and her eldest daughter-in-law’s dominance ultimately led to the failure of the mediation.
Seeing the Fang family's small restaurant business becoming more and more prosperous, Mrs. Fang, at the instigation of her eldest daughter-in-law, actually took her son to court! She asked her second son to pay her 150 yuan a month for living expenses, and an additional 50 yuan a quarter for her medicine and medical treatment.
After investigation and visits, the attorney finally understood the specific situation of the Fang family and produced strong evidence in court, proving that Fang Decai had paid his mother's living expenses on time every month since he got married, and was also responsible for all the living expenses of the family. Moreover, when the family was divided, Fang Decai took the initiative to keep his mother to live with him, but it was Mrs. Fang herself who rejected this proposal, so the claim that Fang Decai's family did not support the elderly was completely false.
On the contrary, Mrs. Fang’s other children never asked about her living conditions, nor did they give her any pension money.
In court, the other children of the Fang family were embarrassed by the evidence produced by the lawyer, and the eldest daughter-in-law wanted to sink her head into the ground. However, Mrs. Fang, who was sitting in the plaintiff's seat, did not care and said, "This is my son. I can ask anyone for money. They have to give me whatever I want. You have no right to interfere!"
The judge looked at the unreasonable old lady Fang and shook his head helplessly. It was really difficult for an honest judge to judge family affairs. When faced with such an unreasonable person, the judge felt sorry for Fang Decai's family.
Finally, based on all the evidence and witness testimony, and based on the latest wage level in Jingtan County, the judge ruled that Fang Decai's family should pay Mrs. Fang 45 yuan in living expenses every month.
Upon hearing the verdict, Mrs. Fang was so angry that she cursed the judge, saying that he and Fang Decai's family were colluding to bully her. The eldest son Fang Decheng quickly grabbed his mother and said, "Mom, cursing the judge is illegal, so please stop talking!"
Old Mrs. Fang didn't take it seriously and wanted to continue to curse, but the guard warned her that she would be detained if she continued to insult the police officer. Only then did she shut up.
After leaving the court, Mrs. Fang felt very upset. She was clearly in the right, but how did it end up like this? Not only was her request for 200 yuan per month not supported, but the court also believed that her second son's family did nothing wrong. Did that mean that she was wrong?
The old lady Fang became angrier and angrier. This time, she didn't need anyone to help her. She walked out of the court angrily with her walking stick, cursing as she walked. The world has changed and people's hearts have become evil...
Seeing that her mother had gone back, the eldest aunt Fang Cuilian felt awkward staying here, so she found an excuse and left without saying a word about her mother's living expenses; the old uncle also scratched his head in annoyance. He tried to persuade his mother, but it was still useless. He told the second brother Fang Decai that he had something to do and slipped away too; the youngest uncle-in-law sighed, patted his second brother on the shoulder, and turned around to go home.
Fang Decai looked at the verdict in his hand. Although he felt relieved, he couldn't be happy at all.
Fang Qing returned home from school and found the atmosphere at home strange. After asking, he learned that his father had won the lawsuit. But when he thought of the usual faces of his grandmother and others, he knew that something unpleasant must have happened again.
(End of this chapter)
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