Chapter 55 Why Don't You Like It?
As she spoke, a hint of complaint crept into her voice: "Mom, how exactly do you raise children?"
Ma Xiulian's face immediately darkened, and she began to berate him: "You still have the nerve to blame me?! Don't you even know how you've been a father?! My darling is almost four years old, and have you, as her father, ever held her even once?! Have you ever fed her even once?! When she was sick and had a fever, did you even say a word of concern?! How could I have given birth to such a worthless wretch like you?!"
Ma Xiulian grew angrier and angrier as she spoke, wishing she could take a stick and beat him up.
Helian Jiao, however, was completely oblivious, gazing at her with bright, adoring eyes.
Every time Grandma argues, she's so imposing and powerful!
Chen Jianye was thoroughly scolded and became somewhat guilty: "I, I, I am her biological father, and I work in the fields all day long, I don't have time to hold the child."
Chen Jianye felt quite wronged. He was a grown man who worked in the fields all day long and was exhausted like a dog. Besides, taking care of children was originally a woman's job.
Ma Xiulian's face was filled with murderous intent: "Then how come you have time to hold Xiaobao?!"
Even when Sanni was a child, Chen Jianye held her and doted on her.
Chen Jianye blurted out without thinking, "How can a daughter compare to a son?"
He used to have feelings for older girls, but after Li Chunhua repeated those words to him so many times, they gradually became etched into his mind.
Standing to the side, Li Chunhua nodded in deep agreement: "My daughter is just a money-losing burden raised by other people!"
Ma Xiulian was furious with these two idiots. "You don't care, but I do!"
Seeing this, Helian Jiao, who had been watching the commotion like an outsider, quickly reached out her little hand and gently patted her grandmother's thigh, coaxing her in a soft, sweet voice, "Grandma, don't be angry, I'll help you hit him."
Her tone and manner were exactly the same as how Ma Xiulian usually coaxed her.
Ma Xiulian's eyes welled up with tears: Her precious child is so well-behaved and filial, why don't the third son and his wife like him!
After Helian Jiao finished speaking, she clenched her little fists and was about to hit Chen Jianye when Ma Xiulian quickly picked her up. "Don't be angry, Grandma. Let's go to the kitchen and make noodles for our little darling."
Although Chen Jianye is an irresponsible father, a daughter can't hit her father; she doesn't want her precious child to be struck by lightning.
After Ma Xiulian, a key player, withdrew from the battlefield, Zhou Zhaodi immediately stepped in: "Third brother, I'm not trying to criticize you, but your feudalistic preference for sons over daughters is too strong! Look at your sister-in-law, she's more successful than all of you brothers."
Zhou Zhaodi admitted that she also favored sons over daughters and felt that she would have to rely on her son to support her in her old age, but she also liked her little niece, Guaibao, and her own daughter.
Besides, my little niece is very lucky; she's beautiful and will definitely marry a city man like my sister-in-law.
Li Chunhua rolled her eyes and retorted vehemently, "Second sister-in-law, you make it sound so easy, but why don't you count how many girls from our entire Sanqiao Commune have married into the city?! Aren't they all married peasants who toil in the fields for a living!"
Most importantly, that brat isn't close to her at all, and even if she marries into the city, she won't be filial to her as her mother.
Zhou Zhaodi looked at her like she was an idiot, thinking that Li Chunhua's brain must be filled with mush!
Instead of taking advantage of her young age and forgetfulness to coax her back, they actually hope that their own daughter will not have a good life.
That biased mind is truly ruthless!
Hearing this, Old Man Chen finally spoke in a deep voice: "Since our precious baby is being raised by us, we will also take care of her marriage in the future."
(End of this chapter)
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