Chapter 169 Who Owns the House
? Zhuang Chaoying stared at Huang Ling fiercely and punched the table hard. Two glasses fell heavily on the concrete floor and shattered with a loud bang.
Huang Ling did not back down. She pulled Zhuang Tunan behind her to protect him and continued, "Tunan and Xiaoting are both mine. You will no longer have any burdens and can be at ease honoring your parents and supporting your siblings. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"
"Oh, Sister Ling, why can't we talk it out nicely? The couple has been together for so many years, why would it come to the point of divorce?" Song Ying, who was next door, heard the noise and couldn't help but come over to smooth things over.
This is the trend nowadays. The sense of boundaries between neighbors is not as clear as in later generations. Moreover, the two of them work in the same unit. Since such a big conflict has arisen in her good sister's family, she naturally has to come and persuade them.
"Yeah, if you have any conflicts, can't you just talk it out nicely? You are a model couple in the cotton mill, how come you are about to get divorced?" Lin Wufeng also came over to help persuade them, and before coming, he had already asked Lin Dongzhe to take Zhuang Xiaoting out to play.
"It was Tuanan's grandmother's birthday, and he directly overturned the table. This year during the Chinese New Year, Huang Ling ignored my parents. I asked them to apologize to my parents, but what happened was that it was like setting off firecrackers." Zhuang Chaoying didn't understand.
"My mother worked hard to cook for a whole day, but she was not even allowed to sit at the table and was forced to eat with Xiaoting in the kitchen! Since my mother can't eat, no one else can eat!" Zhuang Tunan revealed these things directly.
"We just moved in, and they want Zhendong and Zhenbei to live in their house, and they want Xiaoting to go over to take care of grandma. They don't care about Xiaoting at all. So why should we go there for the New Year? Will it be the same as before, with my mom working hard to cook? And then we go to the kitchen to eat with Xiaoting? And after eating, we don't even have a place to sleep?"
"It's all your fault that you taught the child bad things!" When Zhuang Chaoying heard this, not only did he not regret it at all, he also blamed Huang Ling.
He looked at Lin Wufeng and talked about the difficulties of his family. "My brothers and sisters and I had a hard time when we were young. There were many children in our family and not enough food. Even so, my parents insisted that we all go to school. Before school started, my mother would go around looking for relatives to borrow rice for us to take to school. She would also mix corn and millet into the rice bags to barely fill us up. Aling's family was well-off since she was a child. She doesn't understand the friendship between us brothers and sisters who grew up together through hardships."
Lin Wufeng was dumbfounded. "Teacher Zhuang, every family was like this when we were young. We all grew up in misery. Listen to me, one generation takes care of the next. You can take care of your brothers and sisters, but don't let your children suffer with you. You have suffered, so don't let your children suffer again."
"Why are they suffering?" Zhuang Chaoying still didn't understand.
Song Ying was shocked. "Do you think Sister Ling is enjoying herself with you? She takes good care of the children, but she doesn't even want to make clothes for herself. She wears work clothes in the summer and cotton-padded clothes that are too small for Tunan in the winter. I touched it and the cotton is hard and no longer warm. "The same goes for the shoes. The uppers are torn and the soles are almost worn out."
Hearing this, Huang Ling gave up completely. "Okay, then take good care of your brotherly and sisterly friendship in the future. I won't be a drag on your family anymore. Let's go through the divorce procedures tomorrow. I'll take care of the two children, so you don't have to worry about them."
"Mom, I'm grown up now. I can take good care of you and my sister." Zhuang Tunan was very happy. He could finally get rid of this guy who was holding him back.
Zhuang Chaoying once again felt the familiar resentment. Whenever someone tried to expose the illusion of harmony in their family, he felt an uncontrollable resentment. This resentment made him lose his mind. He rushed to Huang Ling and raised his hand high.
"Teacher Zhuang, what are you doing?" Lin Wufeng wanted to come over to stop him, but it was too late.
Fortunately, Zhuang Tunan reacted quickly. He rushed out from behind Huang Ling and slammed his hands on Zhuang Chaoying's thighs, "Don't hit my mother!"
Zhuang Chaoying was caught off guard and, coupled with Zhuang Tunan's great strength, he was actually pushed to the ground by an eleven-year-old child.
"Teacher Zhuang, calm down, calm down." Lin Wufeng finally rushed over and hurriedly supported Zhuang Chaoying, while Song Ying intentionally or unintentionally stood in front of Huang Ling.
"Okay, okay, okay, you all don't recognize me anymore, right?" Zhuang Chaoying was so angry that he couldn't speak. He has always been very face-conscious, but today his wife and children have completely ruined his good reputation.
"Let's get divorced tomorrow!" Zhuang Chaoying pushed Lin Wufeng away, propped herself up on the ground, stood up, and walked out without looking back.
"Xiao Ting!" Zhuang Tunan chased after her immediately. He was afraid that Zhuang Chaoying would meet his sister on the road and take his anger out on her.
The others also hurriedly followed him out. When they saw Lin Wufeng walking towards the alley after leaving the courtyard gate, Song Ying breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, Dongzhe took Xiaoting to the back alley to play, I'll call them back."
Outside the yard, the neighbors on both sides had closed their doors, but there were many pairs of eyes hiding in the cracks of the doors and windows. They all heard the noise in the yard and were hiding in the house eating melons.
After a while, Song Ying came back with the two children. Zhuang Xiaoting didn't know what had happened and was still talking and laughing with Lin Dongzhe.
Song Ying comforted Huang Ling, "It's okay for a couple to quarrel after a while. You just came back and haven't eaten yet, right? I'll make it right away. Let's eat at my house today and try the fish balls Wu Feng brought back from Fujian."
Huang Ling didn't want to eat now, but the two children hadn't eaten yet, so she had to agree, "I'll be here later, Xiaoting, come in and I'll tell you something."
The two families went back to their own rooms, and Huang Ling closed the door. Before she could speak, Zhuang Tunan spoke first, "Xiaoting, we don't have to go to grandpa's house anymore, and we don't have to see Zhendong and Zhenbei anymore. We will go to grandma's house for the New Year and other holidays. What do you think?"
"Good!" Zhuang Xiaoting clapped her hands happily.
When Huang Ling saw this scene, she couldn't hold back her tears. She didn't expect that her daughter still remembered the grievances she suffered in the Zhuang family, and she became more determined to divorce.
She hugged Zhuang Xiaoting and said, "Your brother is right. We don't have to see them anymore."
Then she talked to Zhuang Xiaoting about the divorce. Zhuang Xiaoting was still young and didn't understand much. She just hugged Huang Ling and said, "Mom, I will definitely listen to you in the future."
In another corner of the city, Zhuang Chaoying had returned home angrily. As soon as he saw his parents, he said, "Huang Ling wants to divorce me!"
"Ah? How dare she!" The old woman was stunned.
Lao Deng immediately asked the question he had been thinking about for several days, "You two are getting divorced, what will happen to the house? You can't give the house to her!"
(End of this chapter)
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