Zheng Juan looked at the vegetarian noodles and pickles on the table. How much money had she given to her family over the years? Why did coming back to eat a bowl of vegetarian noodles become a loss?
She slammed her chopsticks on the table and said in an unhappy tone, "Mom! How much money have I given to the family over the years? Without me, could our family have built three new houses? Without my eldest brother, could he have another house in the Second Ring Road? What's wrong with a dozen square meters? Didn't I buy it for him? What's wrong? He eats my food and lives my house, and now you call me a money-loser?"
When Old Man Zheng saw his daughter was about to storm out, he quickly glanced at Old Lady Zheng, then peeled a hard-boiled egg for Zheng Juan and said, "Don't be angry with your mother, daughter. She's just too worried about your eldest brother's matter. Don't you know your mother? She's not a bad person, she's very straightforward."
When Old Mrs. Zheng looked at Old Man Zheng, she swallowed the words she wanted to say.
Zheng Juan looked at her mother's expression and knew exactly what she was thinking.
It has been like this since she was a child. All the good things belonged to her brother, and she had nothing. From the moment she started working, she had to give two-thirds of her salary to her family. Until she got married, her pockets were cleaner than her face.
After getting married, she spent a lot of money on her family to prove that she could provide for her parents in their old age. Half of the Zhang family's money was sent back to her parents' home.
Zhang Yu seemed to be afraid of her, but in fact he did nothing at home. Fortunately, Zhang Yu didn't care about anything, otherwise she would not be able to get so much money to take home.
When she got married, she saved up all her money for her dowry by living frugally. If she hadn't married Zhang Yu because she got pregnant before marriage, she would probably still be in the village.
Thinking of the time when her first daughter was sent away, she felt a little uncomfortable.
Ate that boiled egg.
Zheng Juan looked at her parents, who were dressed well, and thought about how they used to wear patched clothes. It was true that clothes make the man, and now they all looked decent.
"I'm going to stay home for a few days."
"Okay, girl, it's okay for you to stay home for a few days. But what's going on between you and your son-in-law? He's never had a quarrel with you in all these years."
Zheng Juan ate her noodles, her expression slightly impatient. "It's normal for a couple to not get embarrassed. I just didn't mention it before."
"Girl, Dad still wants to say something: Husband and wife fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. If you really can't help it, just admit your mistake to your son-in-law."
Zheng Juan's face darkened. "I admit my mistake to him? He hit me first! That bastard gets me mad just talking about him!"
"Then you can't live at home forever. Without money, when can your elder brother move into a new house?" Old Mrs. Zheng muttered softly, and then Old Man Zheng pinched her directly, making her cry out in pain.
"New house, new house! I just knew it was a new house! My eldest brother is almost fifty and can't even afford to buy a house. In my opinion, he shouldn't buy one. Others rely on their parents and children, but he relies on his sister!"
When Mrs. Zheng heard her daughter talking about her son, she immediately became unhappy. She didn't care about Old Man Zheng's expression and stood up, pointing her finger at Zheng Juan. "Other sisters also support their brothers, why can't you? What have you done? Isn't it just to give the family some money to build a house? That's all you have done. What else can you do? If you are capable, you can let us live in the Zhang family's old house, live in the military compound and enjoy the scenery. Can you do that? You are just pretending at home. Outside, you are nothing, a money-losing thing!"
"I've raised you for over ten years, but I think you've wasted your time. You're an ungrateful bastard who only knows how to challenge your parents when you get home. I'll beat you to death, you unfilial daughter!"
Old Mrs. Zheng picked up the broom on the ground and was about to hit Zheng Juan, but Old Man Zheng quickly snatched the broom away.
But at this moment, there was a sudden noise at the door outside. It turned out to be Zheng Juan's brother Zheng Zong who came back. Seeing this posture, his chubby face pulled up, "What's wrong? Why is Mom hitting people again?"
Zheng Juan got angry when she saw her brother's fat head and big ears, what a coward!
When Old Lady Zheng saw her son coming back, she immediately put on a smile and ignored Zheng Juan. She took Zheng Zong's hand and sat down. "Why did your son come back today?"
"I heard that Zhang Yu beat Zheng Juan. Shouldn't I come back to check?"
Old Mrs. Zheng glanced at Zheng Juan and said, "Look at you, your brother cares about you so much!"
Zheng Juan rolled her eyes as she stood at the door of the living room, watching her mother holding Zheng Zong's hand and asking him all kinds of questions. She was in her forties or fifties, but she was still like a baby.
Zheng Zong took his hand out of the old lady's. "What's going on? Why are you two so old still arguing? And that person is really scared of you, so why did he hit you? How about I go over and support you?"
Zheng Juan's expression softened a bit, and she looked at Zheng Zong. "Finally, you said something sensible. Don't think too much about it. It's just a little quarrel between husband and wife."
Zheng Zong saw that her face was covered with bruises and he obviously didn't believe it, but he didn't ask any more questions. After all, he had other purposes for coming here today.
"Xiaojuan, I heard that your Zhang Fan has made a lot of money?"
Zheng Juan narrowed her eyes and trembled in her heart. How did he know?
"Big money? What big money?" Zheng Juan pretended to be confused.
Zheng Zong glanced at Old Lady Zheng. "Zhang Fan has a few bad friends. I ran into them last time I went out. They said Zhang Fan has become successful now. He often goes to Donglaishun and Quanjude by himself during the first month of the lunar year."
"You son of a bitch," Zheng Juan cursed silently.
"You believe what your friends say? If he makes a lot of money, how can I not know? How can a kid who is not even 20 years old make a lot of money? Donglaishun and Quanjude are all nonsense!"
Zheng Zong rolled his eyes and looked at the people in the room with his chubby face. The old man and the old lady seemed to be unaware of it, and Zheng Juan denied it very thoroughly. Could it be that the little hooligan really said nonsense?
That's right, how much money can a little gangster who knows nothing about anything make? Even if he makes some money, it is probably from speculation.
Seeing that Zheng Juan had no hope, Zheng Zong turned around and started to complain to Old Lady Zheng, "Mom, can you lend me twenty yuan? Your eldest grandson is sick this month and has been taking a lot of medicine and supplements. We can barely make ends meet."
Zheng Juan looked at Zheng Zong as if she knew it, saying that he had borrowed money and had never paid it back.
Old Mrs. Zheng was very surprised. "What? The eldest grandson is sick? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Come quickly, I'll bring you something to nourish the child."
Old Mrs. Zheng took Zhengzong to the outer room. Zheng Juan knew that she was going to give the money secretly.
Zheng Zong took the money and some food and rode his bike home.
Without even saying hello, he just took it and ran away.
When Old Lady Zheng returned to the house, she saw Zheng Juan still at the door and said angrily, "You have to go back tomorrow. Your nephew is sick and you didn't even show any appreciation. Is this the way a sister should be?"
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