Chapter 163 Returning to My Mother's Home
"Apologize? Why should I apologize?" Zhuang Tunan asked directly.
Zhuang Chaoying hadn't realized that Zhuang Tunan's tone had changed yet, and he was still saying the same old things, "You are the eldest grandson of the Zhuang family, you should set a good example for your brothers and sisters. How could you overturn the table on grandma's birthday? This is unfilial, shouldn't you apologize to grandpa?"
"Chaoying, today is Tunan's big day. Can't we talk about it in a few days?" Huang Ling was also angry. Everyone was having a good time, but you had to bring up things that were not related to the topic. Aren't you just making everyone upset?
Zhuang Chaoying was puzzled. "It's Tunan's big day, so the whole family should be happy together."
"How am I unfilial? He stood up for my mother when she was bullied. If this is not filial piety, then what is filial piety? Even if he needs to apologize, he should apologize to me." Zhuang Tunan refused to give in.
"How is this bullying your mother? Your mother is the eldest sister-in-law of the Zhuang family."
I don’t know if it’s because she moved to a new house, saw Song Ying’s confident attitude, or because Zhuang Tunan had been specially recruited into the university, but Huang Ling is now more and more unwilling to endure all this.
Before Zhuang Chaoying could finish her words, she launched into a barrage of insults, "So what if you're the eldest sister-in-law of the Zhuang family? Your parents favor your younger brother. They didn't give you a penny of your salary before you got married, but you only got a washbasin and a thermos when you got married, while I had two children and got nothing. When your younger brother got married, your mother wanted to use the sewing machine from my parents' dowry as a betrothal gift, and told me that marriage was a lifelong event and that I had to be respectful. I was stunned when I heard that. Does your mother also know that marriage is a lifelong event?"
"These things happened so many years ago, why do you still keep thinking about them? You are totally unreasonable!" Zhuang Chaoying couldn't understand it at all. Wasn't it just for the sake of the harmony of the big family? Why could he endure it but others couldn't? "You also know that these things happened so many years ago?" Huang Ling became more and more angry. "But in all these years, has anyone said sorry to me? Has anyone changed? Have they never improved at all? You have to hand over your salary every month, and every time I go to their house, I have to cook, just like an old nanny. But they just sit there with their hands in their pockets, waiting for the food to be ready? Why do I have to do all these jobs?"
"Mom, grandpa and grandma don't like Xiaoting and me, so why should we go to their house for the New Year? Let's go to grandma and grandpa's house this year." Zhuang Tunan felt that the time was about right, so he gave a timely push.
In the past, Huang Ling would not have been able to make up her mind not to visit her parents-in-law’s house during the New Year, but the situation is different now, especially what happened today, which made Huang Ling feel even colder.
It was indeed a good thing that Tunan was admitted to university. Huang Ling's first reaction to the news was that Tunan was only eleven years old. Could he adapt to life away from home? What should I, as a mother, do to help him get through this?
Zhuang Chaoying's first reaction was that Tuanan had become successful and could help his two younger brothers Zhendong and Zhenbei, just like he helped his two younger siblings Hualin and Ganmei. This made Huang Ling shudder.
For the sake of this big family, she can sacrifice herself, but she is absolutely unwilling to sacrifice her own children. She doesn't want Zhuang Tunan to become like Zhuang Chaoying, being dragged down by the whole family.
In the past, Zhuang Tunan was still young and didn’t understand this principle, so she didn’t know what to say. But now that Zhuang Tunan has come to his senses and doesn’t want to repeat Zhuang Chaoying’s mistakes, then as a mother, she should provide a good life for her child.
So Huang Ling agreed without hesitation, "Okay, this year during the Chinese New Year, we will go to grandma and grandpa's house. We don't have to wait until the Chinese New Year, we can go today. I will ask for leave from the factory leader right now."
After saying that, Huang Ling immediately started packing her luggage, and Zhuang Tunan also helped. Zhuang Xiaoting was still young and didn't understand what was going on. She was just happy to see her grandparents.
After a while, Huang Ling left with a bag in her right hand and holding Zhuang Xiaoting's hand with her left hand. Zhuang Tunan followed behind with a small bag. The three of them just left, leaving Zhuang Chaoying alone in the empty house, at a loss.
After entering the cotton spinning mill and talking to the factory leaders, Huang Ling immediately approved her leave. For one thing, Huang Ling was a model worker in the factory and she still had several days of leave this year, so it was only natural for her to be approved for leave.
Secondly, the other person’s child has already been admitted to university. No one can predict how far an eleven-year-old college student can go in the future. There is no need to get yourself into trouble over a trivial matter.
After completing the leave procedures and buying some gifts in the store, the three of them went to the train station, queued up to buy tickets, waited in the station, checked their tickets and boarded the train. After an hour and a half, they arrived in Changzhou from Suzhou where their grandparents lived.
When leaving the station, Zhuang Tunan deliberately looked back at the sign of Changzhou Station. Fortunately, the cap of the word "Chang" was not removed. It would probably take many years for Changzhou's famous nickname to appear.
After taking the bus for a few stops and walking for a while, the three of them finally arrived at their grandparents' house. When they knocked on the door, their grandma came out and was startled to see them. She came over without even saying hello in advance. Could something have happened? "Grandma, I got into college, and I came here today to tell you the good news." Zhuang Tunan stepped forward and acted cute, which instantly put his grandma at ease.
"Are you going to college? Which school? What's your major? Come in and tell grandpa about it." Hearing the voice, grandpa also came out of the house.
As soon as they entered the house, grandma and grandpa were busy pouring water, and looking for snacks everywhere. It was completely different from the treatment at their grandparents' house.
Zhuang Tunan ate snacks and drank soda, and told his grandparents how he was specially recruited by Jiangsu Normal University. Grandparents listened very carefully and asked with concern, "You have to go to college by yourself at such a young age. Can you adapt?"
Look, this is the difference. Those who truly treat you as a family member will always care most about whether you are living a good life, while only blood-sucking worms care about what you can bring to them.
"Fortunately, the school is not far from home. The bus only takes half an hour to get there. I have agreed with Teacher He that if I miss home, I can come back and stay anytime." Zhuang Tunan replied. This is also the benefit he fought for himself.
"That's good, that's good." Grandma and Grandpa felt a little relieved.
They were having a great time, but Zhuang Chaoying ran into trouble.
The next morning, Suzhou Daily announced the news that Zhuang Tunan was specially recruited by Jiangsu Normal University. A large number of people immediately flocked to Zhuang Chaoying's home, including reporters, leaders, and enthusiastic spectators.
When I arrived at the courtyard, I looked around and wondered where Zhuang Tunan had gone.
(End of this chapter)
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