Chapter 156 I Don't Treat You Like My Father
However, some people in the commune were very reluctant to let the brigade leader Zhao Mancang give the whole bear to the Chen family.
The sika deer that saved the Chen family's precious child weighed at most forty or fifty jin of meat, but a big bear would weigh at least two or three hundred jin. They couldn't bear to give all that meat to the Chen family.
Ma Xiulian had anticipated this, so she announced loudly, "Tomorrow is Guaibao's birthday, and our Chen family will use this big bear as the basis for the banquet. Everyone is welcome to come and join the fun!"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the production team immediately beamed with joy. "Okay, we'll definitely go tomorrow!"
They all praised her for being generous, after all, they could not only eat bear meat, but also save a meal for themselves, which was a great thing!
Zhao Mancang was even more decisive, saying, "Kill the remaining bear today as well. Send half to Director Gu and the others, and cook the other half together tomorrow."
The vast majority of people have no objection to this.
Amidst the joyous atmosphere, Ma Xiulian used her work points to exchange for sixty catties of fish, and a bucket of goldfish that her granddaughter had specifically requested.
After the fish were distributed, the entire commune began busily preparing to boil water and kill the bear.
At this moment, Li Chunhua from Old Chen's family was applying medicine to her husband's wounds.
While applying the medicine, she complained with red eyes, "Dad hit you way too hard! Look what he's done to you!"
"Ouch, be gentle."
Chen Jianye's back was covered with crisscrossing, swollen bruises, many of which were oozing blood. Even a light touch hurt. "I did something wrong, so it's only right that my father beat me."
"I was already very gentle," Li Chunhua said indignantly. "It's all that damned girl's fault! Why did we save such a worthless piece of trash?! She can eat like a glutton. It's good that the bear ate her, which will save us a lot of food!"
How could you say such a thing?!
Chen Jianye immediately frowned and scolded, "No matter how distant our darling is from us, she is still our own daughter."
Li Chunhua scoffed and said, "You treat her like your own daughter, but she doesn't treat you like her own father! When your father was beating you just now, your daughter didn't even say a word to plead for you, she just watched you get beaten."
Fortunately, Chen Jianye didn't have her thick skin. He said with a face full of guilt, "It's my fault as her father."
What have you done to wrong her?
Li Chunhua said matter-of-factly, "The greatest blessing we parents have given them is to bring them into this world! For that alone, they should be filial to us and repay us for the rest of their lives!"
Chen Jianye did not object to these two sentences, because he also believed that it was a matter of course for children to be filial to their parents.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Li Chunhua got more and more excited: "But look at that brat, when has she ever shared any meat in her bowl with us, her parents? She only knows how to please her grandparents who are in charge of the household!"
Chen Jianye said in a low voice, "It's only right for my son to be filial to his parents."
Although he sometimes felt a pang of sadness seeing his little daughter being close to and filial to her parents, they were, after all, his parents who had given him life and raised him. He simply took it as his daughter fulfilling her filial duty on his behalf as their father.
Li Chunhua rolled her eyes. "She's a thief! She knows her parents are in charge now, so she's trying so hard to please them. And her in-laws just fall for it. They've been tricked out of so many good things by that brat over the years! They eat rice every meal, meat every day, and new clothes all year round!"
(End of this chapter)
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