Tian Guihua smiled, but as she smiled, tears streamed down her face. "Baoguo, do you think so too?"
Seeing Tian Guihua's appearance, Hua Baoguo panicked and quickly shook his head, "Mother, it's all my fault. I haven't done a good job all these years. Don't listen to Liangfen's nonsense. If it weren't for you and my father, I wouldn't be able to work outside with peace of mind all these years."
"I was wrong before, I didn't hand over the money every month. This family has been supported by you and Dad for so many years. From now on, I promise I won't keep a single penny; I'll give it all back to the family."
Xun Liangfen asked, "...Hua Baoguo, what do you mean by this?"
Hua Baoguo didn't even look at her. He took out his wages and receipts for the past few months from his pocket and put them all into Tian Guihua's hand. "Mother, since Xiangyun has made up her mind, she will definitely listen to you two. Please take care of these things and prepare more dowry for Xiangyun."
As for Xun Liangfen, Hua Baoguo no longer dared to hope for her.
Xun Liangfen said, "You gave all your pay ration coupons to your mother. How are you going to live in the future?"
“I eat and sleep in the car, how can I not live like this?”
By the way, you can do whatever you want with your salary; I don't want to interfere anymore. But please treat my salary the same way.
Xun Liangfen, “…” How can these be the same? Although both of them receive a salary, the difference is huge. The difference in their ranks is too great. Hua Baoguo’s salary is several times that of hers.
In the past, I would handle all the household expenses and receipts myself. Now that I have nothing, how can this family function?
Tian Guihua didn't want to accept the money, but seeing Xun Liangfen's questioning, she wiped away her tears and deliberately nodded slightly in front of them, "That's good too. The children are all grown up, and our great-grandchild will be born soon. These are all places where money is needed."
By the way, you grandparents should also do something to show your support. And while you're at it, let's discuss who will come back to take care of the child.
"In the end, all you want is for me to stop going to work," Xun Liangfen said bluntly after all these days, knowing that she couldn't maintain a superficial peace with the Hua family. "If I can't come back to take care of them, and you, my great-grandmother, don't lend a hand, then I can't help you either."
"Hua Baoguo, did you hear that? This is your wife," Tian Guihua said with a sneer. "If you don't want to get involved, that's fine too."
Xun Liangfen was somewhat smug; sure enough, if she pushed her a little, the old woman wouldn't take an inch further.
Tian Guihua didn't let her be smug for long. "You can choose not to be a member of the Hua family, and this matter won't fall on your shoulders. Also, you have to write it down in black and white that your three children have nothing to do with you, and don't expect them to support you in the future. You can do whatever you want."
Although it wasn't said explicitly, the intention to sever ties was quite clear.
Xun Liangfen naturally objected, "How could that be? No matter what, I'm still their biological mother!"
"Alright," Hua Baoguo said immediately when he saw that the two of them were about to start arguing again. "My mother is right. You really haven't done anything for your children all these years."
And I also know that you have always been reluctant to transfer your job to your child because you were thinking of leaving it to your nephew in your maternal family.
Since you already have a plan in mind, then when you go back to your parents' home and ask your nephew to take care of you in your old age, you can't just take without giving anything back, can you?
Xun Liangfen felt wronged; she really didn't have such thoughts.
So her mother had mentioned it to her before, but ever since the two sides had fallen out, she changed her mind.
She just didn't want to go back to family life and face the mundane tasks of cooking, which is why she was reluctant to hand over her work to her children.
“I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense,” he said firmly, but Hua Baoguo and his mother believed him completely.
He felt even colder towards her, thinking that Xun Liangfen was someone he couldn't warm up to; she was living off the Hua family, yet none of her members were good people.
When Hua Guangzong returned and saw the expressions on the faces of the mother, son, and daughter-in-law, he ignored them and led Hua Zhian to clean the fish and rub it with salt.
Hua Baoguo, with a forced smile, assisted from the side, "Dad, I didn't expect our fish resources here to be so good. You never come empty-handed."
Unexpectedly, his flattery backfired, and Hua Guangzong kicked him, saying, "Do you even need to tell me that? If it weren't for your mother and me being so careful with our money, this family would have fallen apart long ago."
Hua Baoguo felt extremely wronged. He never expected Xun Liangfen to do this, which made the two elders in the family dislike him. When his youngest son came back, he greeted him but ignored him.
But husband and wife are one, so he has to take the blame whether he wants to or not.
“Son knows, Dad. I know I haven’t done well enough over the years. How about I take early retirement and transfer my job directly to Xiangyun?”
He always thought that since the elderly at home could take care of the children, he couldn't mistreat them.
Looking back now, it was actually the couple who mistreated the children.
Even if Xiangyun got married before graduation and didn't have to go to the countryside, she would still have a job and wouldn't be looked down upon by her husband.
"You want them to live separately as soon as they get married?" Hua Baoguo said irritably. When will his son learn to use his brain in daily life?
He's incredibly skilled with equipment, but he's practically an idiot when it comes to daily life.
"Or we could have Zhian hand over the work here to Xiangyun and have him come to the city with me."
I was thinking that since Xiangyun is a girl, I could use some connections to get her into the office.
If Zhi'an had gone through that, he could only have been an apprentice, and he would have had to learn many things from scratch.
He wanted his son to be a train conductor, and becoming an apprentice was the best option. That's how he got there back then. It was tough and tiring, but what's a boy afraid of?
Hua Guangzong was really thinking about it seriously. He had been picking him up and dropping him off every day these past few days, and luckily the weather had been relatively sunny. If it had rained, he wouldn't know what to do.
“Alright, your mother and I are getting old now, it’s time to pass on your affairs to you.”
That doesn't make sense. If we take good care of our grandson, we'll have to take care of our great-grandson later.
We've fulfilled our responsibilities, both those that were ours and those that weren't. The rest is up to you.
Hua Baoguo felt a pang of guilt. "Dad, I'm sorry to you and Mom. I'll take care of you at home from now on."
As for Xun Liangfen, who was standing in the corner sulking, she felt a sudden dizziness. Hua Baoguo was only so old, yet he was already thinking about retirement.
He's not at work, is it okay to leave her alone in the city?
Looking at how she has been taking care of Hua Baoguo and helping him with the trivial matters of his life for so many years, only she knows that if it weren't for Hua Baoguo, the train conductor, how many people would give her face?
But now, the Hua family doesn't give her a friendly look. Even her own son, Hua Zhian, only called out to her once and then ignored her.
These children have really been spoiled by their grandparents; they're not close to her at all.
If she were to let him go to the city with her, as his mother, she wouldn't be able to control him, and she might even have to clean up his messes.
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