Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Calabash Brothers Save Grandpa, Right?
This sudden turn of events left everyone who had been discussing the matter stunned, and even Zhong Jingui forgot to cry.
Zhang Chunxue clicked her tongue: "Hey, Zhong Guoqiang, didn't you use too much force just now? Your mother seems to have fainted from being suffocated by you!"
Zhong Guoqiang was trembling with anger: "You, you, you... My mother was clearly made to faint by you!"
Zhang Chunxue smiled brightly: "You flatter me too much. I'm not that powerful. I can't possibly make someone as shameless as her faint with anger."
She clapped her hands: "Alright, I'm not going to argue with you guys anymore. I came here to watch the fun, but I ended up becoming the fun myself!"
"I still need to get Grandpa Liu to fix the stove!"
She turned around and nodded slightly to the officers at the brigade headquarters.
Looking at Song Xingzhi, she moved her lips, but finally spoke softly, "Thank you, Xingzhi."
When Song Xingzhi heard that he was not addressed as "Secretary Song", he was initially taken aback, but then his face lit up with a smile: "Yes, you're welcome, it's nothing."
Zhang Chunxue turned to leave, but Huang Xiaolan took a big step and blocked her way: "You, you made your mother-in-law faint! You, you have to take responsibility!"
Zhang Chunxue's face was also a little hot, after all, it was the first time she had called Song Xingzhi's name in front of so many people.
But Huang Xiaolan suddenly appeared, and her face immediately darkened: "Are you two never going to stop?"
She clenched her fists: "I can't lay a hand on Liu Cuie because of her age. But I have absolutely no qualms about hitting you, Huang Xiaolan!"
Seeing her suddenly cold gaze, Huang Xiaolan felt a chill inexplicably run down her spine and quickly took a step back, no longer daring to stop her.
Zhang Chunxue then snorted coldly and strode away.
After a moment's thought, Song Xingzhi turned and walked towards Zhang Chunxue's house.
At Zhang Chunxue's house, Zhong Chengyi was pacing anxiously: "Second brother, didn't Aunt Wang just say that Mom was arguing with someone at the west end of the village? Are we really not going to help?"
Zhong Chengren scoffed: "You know how formidable Mom is! We'd only be a burden if we went!"
"Besides, they only argued, they didn't fight. Mom won't suffer any losses, don't worry!"
Zhong Chengfa hesitated, "Didn't Aunt Wang say that Grandma went too? Mom will be at a disadvantage if she goes up against Grandma, won't she?"
"You're overthinking it!" Zhong Chengren pouted. "When Xiaoxiao got engaged last time, did you see Mom show any weakness when facing Grandma?"
"I feel like Mom is unstoppable right now!"
He hadn't forgotten the scene where Zhang Chunxue had given his Wan Shu a good scolding last time.
Every single woman in the village is no match for her mother.
However, no sooner had he finished speaking than a cold voice rang out.
"So you're just going to abandon her?"
Song Xingzhi walked in, glanced at his three useless sons, and said with a frosty expression, "No matter how capable Sister Chunxue is, she is still a woman. Moreover, she is all alone. What will she do if the other party really gets angry and starts a fight?"
"People say that raising a son is about having someone to rely on when you get old. What about you?"
"What can you rely on Sister Chunxue for?"
Although the three Zhong brothers had stood at attention when Song Xingzhi entered, they all looked somewhat embarrassed after being scolded by him.
Zhong Chengyi quickly defended himself: "Secretary Song, I did consider helping Mom! But my second brother insisted..."
"Don't you have your own brain?" Song Xingzhi interrupted him directly. "If you really want to help your mother, nothing anyone says can stop you! In the end, you just don't want to go!"
"Back then, Chunxue refused to remarry for your sake, and this is how you repay her?"
Zhong Chengfa's face twitched: "Secretary Song, we...we'll go right away! We'll go right away!"
Song Xingzhi sneered: "What are we going to do now? The fact that I'm standing here means the matter has been resolved!"
His gaze swept across the three faces one by one: "I'm just feeling heartbroken for Sister Chunxue!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
The three brothers looked at each other in bewilderment.
Zhong Chengfa swallowed hard: "Oh no, Secretary Song made it sound so serious. Will Mom scold us again when she gets back?"
Zhong Chengren swallowed hard: "I... I don't think so, do I?"
Zhong Chengyi immediately complained to him, "It was all because of what Second Brother said, no need! If Mom comes back and causes trouble, Second Brother, you'll have to take full responsibility yourself."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Chengren became anxious: "Secretary Song just said that if you really want to go, why don't you go? I say whatever I want, so if I told you to eat shit, would you go or not?"
Zhong Chengyi's face immediately darkened: "Second brother! You son of a bitch..."
"Alright, stop fooling around!" Zhong Chengfa's face darkened even more. "Isn't his mother your mother? You're just spouting nonsense!"
"You'll fight again in a minute, and when Mom comes back, she'll make the three of us kneel as punishment, right?"
Zhong Chengren and Zhong Chengyi immediately fell silent.
However, Zhong Chengren's eyes lit up when he remembered that it was Zhong Xiaoxiao who spoke up for them last time when they were forced to kneel as punishment: "Hey, what about Xiaoxiao? She didn't help either, did she?"
Zhong Chengfa rolled his eyes: "Xiaoxiao went to the neighboring village today with Hongqing on Yuanyuan's back to borrow high school textbooks from Liu Yaru!"
"She wasn't even in the village; she had no idea about this at all!"
He couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "Even if Xiaoxiao were here, wouldn't we be the ones getting scolded? What can a little girl like Xiaoxiao do to help Mom? If she were to leave, she'd probably be the one crying first!"
The more he talked, the more Zhong Chengren and Zhong Chengyi felt their scalps tingle. They both thought that when Zhang Chunxue returned, they might be scolded, which would be the least of their worries.
But they were overthinking it, because Zhang Chunxue had long since stopped caring about them and was utterly disappointed in her three sons.
Zhang Chunxue wouldn't be grateful if they went, and she wouldn't care if they didn't go.
Having experienced such things in her previous life, Zhang Chunxue had long since given up all hope for her three sons.
Not long after, Zhang Chunxue returned from Grandpa Liu's house.
She had already arranged with Grandpa Liu to have him build a large tin stove.
Grandpa Liu readily agreed and told her to come back in three days to pick it up. Zhang Chunxue hurried home. Seeing Zhang Chunxue return, the three brothers felt a little uneasy.
Zhong Chengyi, quick-witted as ever, hurried to greet her with a broad smile: "Mom, you're back?"
"Are you thirsty on this hot day? Shall I get you a glass of water?"
When the other two brothers saw him take the lead in fawning over them, they couldn't help but secretly curse him as a sycophant.
Zhong Chengfa's mind raced, and he immediately said, "Mom, I'll go get you a stool! You must be tired from walking all that way!"
Zhong Chengren also smiled and called out "Mom".
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