Chapter 146 It’s better not to see
her. With a “crash”, the stewed chicken and the birthday cake were all smashed into pieces. Now no one can eat them.
Zhuang Tunan rubbed his arm. Fortunately, his physique had been strengthened, otherwise he might not be able to overturn it. He did not give others a chance to react. He picked up Zhuang Xiaoting and walked away, shouting as he walked, "Mom, they don't let us eat, why are we still shamelessly staying here?"
Seeing him run out of the house, Huang Ling didn't have time to think too much and quickly chased after him. It was already dark now, and if two such young children ran out, what if they got lost? At this time, the people in the house reacted, and Lao Deng cursed, "He is a rebellious man!"
"Brother, how do you teach your children?" Zhuang Ganmei grimaced because of the scalding chicken soup.
"That's right, isn't it the sister-in-law's responsibility to do some work? Why is she so resentful? It must be because she taught the child too much!" Her daughter-in-law was not much better. She had birthday cake all over her face and put the blame on Huang Ling. However, she never thought that she was also the daughter-in-law of the Zhuang family and should help her mother-in-law on her birthday.
"Wow~~" The two naughty kids Zhendong and Zhenbei howled at the top of their lungs. It was unclear whether they were hurt by the table or they were heartbroken at the thought of not being able to eat so many delicious foods.
Only Zhuang Chaoying was left with a gloomy face and unable to speak for a long time. He cared most about his reputation, but this time Zhuang Tunan made him lose face.
"Chaoying, say something, can you still manage the family?" The old lady felt very uncomfortable, because today was her birthday.
"I'm going to go out and find them. This time I'm going to give him a good beating!" With a swish, Zhuang Chaoying stood up and was about to go out.
"Stop! What will happen to the birthday party if you leave!" Lao Deng hurriedly stopped him. He hadn't eaten yet, and when he smelled the fragrance filling the room, his stomach started to growl.
"I'll ask her to come back and do it again." Zhuang Chaoying was still planning to go out and chase her.
"Redo it? She hates us so much, and you still want her to come back to do it? Besides, even if she comes back, where will the food come from? The vegetable market has been closed for a long time now!" Lao Deng grabbed Zhuang Chaoying's arm, "Let's go to a restaurant today, you pay!"
"Dad, where do I get the money?" Zhuang Chaoying turned around in surprise.
"Brother, you're a grown man, but you don't even have some money on you?" Zhuang Ganmei was full of disbelief. He was also full of resentment towards his brother. Back then, he was able to go to a technical secondary school and was assigned to a good job, but he could only take over his father's job, and his salary was not as high as his. He felt aggrieved. Now that he had found an opportunity, he would definitely teach his brother a lesson.
"I really don't have anything. We have two children at home. How much can we have left from our combined salaries?" Zhuang Chaoying turned his pocket over to show them. There was only a little change for the bus fare in it.
"It's enough for you to support Tuanan, why do you want to raise another one that loses money?" It would be fine if he didn't say this, but he got angry when Lao Deng was mentioned. If it weren't for Zhuang Xiaoting, Zhuang Chaoying could have handed over more money to the family every month.
He thought about it and went back to the inner room, taking out a few dozen yuan from his savings, "I'll pay you first, and you can pay me back tomorrow when you withdraw the money. What's going on? Your mother's birthday is coming, and I have to pay for a meal! I've raised you for nothing!"
These words were like slaps in the face, burning Zhuang Chaoying's face. He had always prided himself on being filial, but he didn't expect to be insulted by his own father today.
The old woman was not idle either. She slapped her legs and howled, "Oh, why am I so miserable? I raised my child with all my heart, but now my son has forgotten me after getting married. I can't even celebrate my birthday properly."
Zhuang Chaoying was upset for a while after hearing this, but he didn't think too much and agreed directly, "Dad, I'll listen to you, Mom, let's go to a restaurant."
Now Lao Deng stopped cursing, the old woman stopped howling, and Zhuang Ganmei's family stopped making a fuss. Everyone quickly changed their clothes and went out. But no one remembered that Zhuang Chaoying's clothes were also dirty, and no one wanted to find him some clothes to change.
He could only find a rag to wipe the soup off his body, then followed them out dejectedly to a nearby restaurant for dinner.
Meanwhile, Huang Ling had already caught up with Zhuang Tunan and his sister. She thought it was not a good idea to go back now, as Zhuang Tunan might get beaten, so she simply took them on the bus to go home.
"Tuanan, even if you feel sorry for your mother, you can't do that! What if you hurt someone?" Huang Ling was in a very complicated mood. On the one hand, she was happy that her son knew how to feel sorry for her, but on the other hand, she felt embarrassed. Such a big thing had happened, and she didn't know what to do when Zhuang Chaoying came back.
"I was just too angry. I won't do it again next time." Zhuang Tunan promised in a low voice. In fact, he would dare to do it again if there was a next time.
"Oh." Huang Ling sighed. She really didn't know how this would end. She could only shake her head helplessly. "Your grandparents must be really angry this time. How are we going to meet next time?"
"It's better if they don't see us. Anyway, they only care about Zhendong and Zhenbei. Every time we went there before, didn't we carry a lot of things? And when we came back, they didn't give us anything. Most of these things ended up in Zhendong and Zhenbei's stomachs." Zhuang Tunan didn't care at all.
"Mom, don't go there anymore." Zhuang Tunan pulled Huang Ling's sleeve, looked at her eagerly and said, "Let's just live our own lives. If Dad wants to go, let him go by himself."
Huang Ling was indeed moved by what she heard. What kind of life did other dual-income families in the factory live? What kind of life did her family live? She herself was fine, but seeing her two children suffer with her, she had already accumulated a lot of resentment.
But in this day and age, it is still difficult to make such a decision, "They are your grandparents after all."
"Have they fulfilled their responsibilities as grandparents? When you gave birth to Xiaoting, grandma only came and stayed for three days before running away. She didn't take care of you at all. And she keeps talking about those three days, as if our family owes her a huge favor!" Zhuang Tunan brought up the thing that Huang Ling was most concerned about.
"Xiao Ting is so pitiful. Every time they go there, they don't like her. Zhendong and Zhenbei bully her, but they don't care and blame Xiao Ting instead. I feel sorry for them, but I don't want Xiao Ting to suffer this kind of injustice again."
"Mom, I'm hungry." Hearing her name being called, Xiaoting turned her head pitifully.
Huang Ling felt distressed when she saw her like this, and quickly hugged her in her arms, "When we get home later, Mom will make you some shredded eel noodles."
Several passengers nearby had been listening to the gossip for a long time, and now they understood. Immediately, an enthusiastic older sister came out to speak up for the injustice, "Big sister, I've heard almost everything about your family. The old man is really unreasonable, even worse than the children! Now it's a new society, we won't be wronged by this, and we won't go if we can avoid it in the future!"
"Yes, how can an elder behave like this? It's not right!" Other people also echoed.
Zhuang Tunan gave them a thumbs up in his heart, saying they did a great job.
After returning home, we quickly cooked a few bowls of noodles, and the three of us started to eat them with slurps. We all felt much happier than when we were at Lao Deng's house.
After eating, Huang Ling had a new worry: what should she do when Zhuang Chaoying comes back? (End of this chapter)
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